Recently, Disney have rolled out a trailer to their new film, Wreck It Ralph, about a video game villain who’s reaching out to become a good guy, with cameos from famous games trying to convince Ralph to stay bad, such as Kano from MK (What the hell is MK doing in a kids movie?!, Zangief from Street Fighter (He’s not even a bad guy, even if his russian accent makes him sound like it), Dr. Robotnik, and so forth, and I have to say, even though I’m an avid game fan, I’m not going to look forward to the final product’s release.
Not that a concept like this isn’t good in it’s own right, it’s just that whenever Disney try to reach out to the hip audience, the new generation, they always fail (I’m looking at you, Atlantis), especially if it’s geared towards minors and pre-teens.
I don’t think the film will be bad in general if it’s also geared towards adults as well as mindless kids, but when you compare it to other Disney/Pixar works, it just feels like it’s on the same levels as Illuminous Entertainment with Despicable Me, or the Lorax, and coming from a gaming afficianado like me, that’s saying a lot.
Let me know what you guys think as soon as you watch the trailer, and whether you think it will be good or not!
Yeah, it does with all these cameos and these game concepts, I just hope that Disney doesn’t ruin it by catering to young kids as well. I also like the fact that just like Tangled, it uses 2d animation and gives them a 3d cgi outer shell.
Didn’t really say Atlantis was bad, it was good in general, especially the animation, but the villains and some other moments kept it from being groundbreaking, especially seeing how bad the box office bomb was. Disney has a good track record, except from the amount of sequels and Sitcoms they crap out and a few movies like Home on the Range, and Chicken Little. (F***ing hate that movie)
Like I said, might be good, but I’m not too confident that the film will be well recieved and will live up to the, and you can definately tell that Roger Ebert’s not going to enjoy this film, he hates video games after all.
Yeah I agree. It’s very rare that a big budjet hollywood flick puts focus on video games (and pays homage to a classic). I’m expecting Roger Rabbit level cameos and some fun references. I think the OP is in the minority. How fucking awesome is it that they would even consider Street Fighter? It even further solidifies how iconic these characters really are.
