As a big fan of the series, they had me with the return of Kittridge
Great “women are too hard to animate” vibes in that comment, Geoff!
The problem for Disney/Pixar is that it can’t lean on “well, people are just waiting for home” because Universal has had some massive animated box office hits post-pandemic (Mario, Minions, Puss in Boots) even though those too drop on Peacock after six weeks or so, so demand is there, but whatever Disney & Pixar has…
As it stands, this is the lowest domestic box office for Pixar—which recently saw job cuts ahead of the movie’s release—since 2015's The Good Dinosaur and 2020's Onward both opened to $39 million.
Good to see lead series writer Jenna Ortega so chipper despite the strike!
Obviously Mel had to be replaced, so hopefully they went with someone who is not a real-life dingus—
The big Shao Kahn guy is probably most notable for being the dude John Cena fought in Fast 9. And when you dwarf John Cena, you are a BIG BOY
I admit, I might have waited for it to drop on Max if not for the emphasis on Keaton.
What’s really annoying is that the first ten minutes are REALLY cool (love they kept Sub Chinese and didn't interchange his and Hanzo's nationalities) and then it drives off a cliff with Discount Shang Chi
*sees synopsis for the Johnny Cage animated movie*
Yeah, I think the biggest takeaway of the trilogy is that there was misdirection in that the entirety of it comprises Peter’s actual origin story, and that doesn’t snap into focus until it’s Aunt May who gives him the with-great-power line.
For better or worse, it definitely hews very close to The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse’s aesthetic
“ The Metroidvania genre (even if that term is made up and is impenetrable to a layperson)“
We’re about to find out!
Gotta save stuff for the sequels, like the Sonic movies have done!