Is the hype for this movie a meme or something...?
I get live action Scooby-Doo movie vibes (i.e. it's accessible to kids but tries to entertain adults; the trailer parodies/pays homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey, of all things, ahaha), except it's Barbie, which is extra hype because she has an even bigger multigenerational appeal; if you didn't play with them growing up, chances are you know someone who did. I've watched and enjoyed most of the animated movies, and this looks like a fun time, too, but in a more cheeky way, and unlike those movies, this one actually has marketing, a budget, an award-winning director, writers and producers, and an all-star cast. I just hope it has original songs that are catchy like the animated movies. With regards to it being a meme or not, I think this quote is relevant:
Let's be very honest about something. The quickest way for any work of art, fiction, or other pop culture ephemera to cease being taken seriously is for the broader culture to intuit that it was made for or enjoyable by women, especially teenage girls
They don't normally go this hard for something like Barbie (even though they should), and that's why it seems like a meme. That and, well, it's super campy. I think most folks are laughing with it, than at it, if that makes sense. It has a certain charm to it
More on topic, a while back I mentioned why I'd like a playable Daphne, but if we got Barbie instead? GOOD LORD. 63 years of costumes/references to choose from. Barbie has done pretty much
everything. She's a trailblazer. She's easily my most wanted character, for several reasons. I used to play with Barbie dolls when I was little, so there's a bit of a nostalgia factor, too