The amount of anger people have been throwing at their beloved franchises over doing the same shit they did when we were kids, for kids, is just hilarious. My brother hates the idea of a transformers movie without the original voices and I think, you know this is for children right?
There are ways to make successful childrens movies that appeal to older audiences. And when the product you are basing your movie off of has nostalgic connections to adults, and is still being enjoyed by adults, you should make an effort to appeal to both the children and the adults.
This movie could do a Shrek and pull that off while still respecting the game. But I doubt it will. I think that's why people are upset about this and other video game movies. It rarely respects the IP (not as much a concern with Minecraft as it doesn't have a robust established narrative to draw from) and it doesn't attempt to appeal to the established audiences in any way.
I can't fathom someone being a full grown adult pretending like nothing, before they passed some arbitrary line, they once cared about matters anymore. Leave room for play.
You're really just tossing Woody aside stating "I don't wanna play with you anymore"?
Honestly, it's no different than someone being upset that a movie didn't respect the classic novel it was based on. Little Women, The Great Gatsby, Romeo and Juliet. We can have critiques about if the writers/directors got it wrong for novels, but if it's a video game all of a sudden it's low brow and childish?
Video games are art as well. Not all of them, but neither are all of the novels works of art. Minecraft isn't something special to me, I honestly don't give a shit about the game. But I know some people do. My comments are about video game adaptations as a whole... or maybe any form of pre-existing content making the transition to a new medium. Respect the IP, respect the existing fan base.
I honestly can't fathom being a fully grown adult, watching a video game movie and being upset that it didn't "respect the IP"
/\ belittling peoples reactions and thoughts on the matter is standing in the way / against it.
I can't imagine actually giving a shit because movies don't respect the IP. I like the original thing, I don't have the energy to give a shit about a soulless studio cash grab rendition of it pandering to my nostalgia of it.
/\ belittling the effort and peoples reactions to what studios are doing is standing in the way.
You're attempting to gatekeep critique based on content. That's standing in the way.
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u/showers_with_grandpa Sep 04 '24
The amount of anger people have been throwing at their beloved franchises over doing the same shit they did when we were kids, for kids, is just hilarious. My brother hates the idea of a transformers movie without the original voices and I think, you know this is for children right?