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[Wademan94]

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Can also apply to Sony Pictures Animation

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Talk to me people! Find what I have to say interesting when I’m not complaining god damn it!

 

[Noipoi]

Talk to me people! Find what I have to say interesting when I’m not complaining god damn it!

Have you watched any of the Ice Age movies?

 

[TheMightyP]

So can I be totally honest since were talking abiut movie studios?

I don't think Illumination is awful. They're just averagelly average and safe, and that's ok for the audience they want to hit (little kids).

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Have you watched any of the Ice Age movies?

Yeah! I didn’t like the first one much but the second two I watched way more because they had dinosaurs in them and I was a huge dinosaur kid. I like ice age animals too, but not as much as dinosaurs. I never watched beyond 3 though, but I really loved them as a kid! I should probably rewatch them. Too bad they’re probably only on Disney+ now.

 

[duxx]

Yep ****lords.

After a few days just thought I'd fully confirm it. I'm taking a step back between now and E3. A few of yous I'm messaging on PMs about stuff as I have a plan about something off-site I hope to do after.

Smash that like button like it's the only action you're ever giving to someone for now though.

Yeah that kinda joke but I've had a crappy few days, an old friend's influence is growing on me and I've became a bit of a **** from almost endless. Be nice to your friends but an ass to your enemies. That's the way of having Celtic blood in me.

ive never been more happy to be called a ****lord

 

[Noipoi]

So can I be totally honest since eere talking abiut movie studios?

I don't think Illumination is awful. They're just averagelly average and safe, and that's ok for the audience they want to hit (little kids).

I think the worst thing about them is their capacity for good. They’re content making generic kids movies that are inoffensive but will never be considered one of the greats either.

the second two I watched way more because they had dinosaurs in them and I was a huge dinosaur kid.

Based Snake?

 

[TheMightyP]

I think the worst thing about them is their capacity for good. They’re content making generic kids movies that are inoffensive but will never be considered one of the greats either.

And tbh, there's nothing too wrong with that. It won't be winning awards anytime soon, bit if you want to simply shut your brain off and spend time with like a little cousin or something like that, Illumination has you covered.

Though Minions will probably annoy you.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I think the worst thing about them is their capacity for good. They’re content making generic kids movies that are inoffensive but will never be considered one of the greats either.



Based Snake?

I’m a huge ****ing paleontology/paleoecology nerd. Dinosaurs were like... my life as a child and I would get mad when shows got scientific details wrong.

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

ive never been more happy to be called a ****lord

A close friend once told me that you call real friends ****lords.............which is some people here.

You call your enemies................
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I'll need to ask him.

 

[duxx]

Based Snake?

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[Michael the Spikester]

I’m a huge ****ing paleontology/paleoecology nerd. Dinosaurs were like... my life as a child and I would get mad when shows got scientific details wrong.

When hasn't dinosaurs been anyone's childhood?

I still love dinosaurs to this day and who wouldn't?

 

[TheMightyP]

I was a Space Kid, but then equatioms and theories came into play and I was no longer a space kid.

 

[Shroob]

I was a Space Kid, but then equatioms and theories came into play and I was no longer a space kid.

It's all fun and games until Math gets involved.

 

[Noipoi]

I’m a huge ****ing paleontology/paleoecology nerd. Dinosaurs were like... my life as a child and I would get mad when shows got scientific details wrong.

I would rewatch Ice Age 3 trying to name every single dinosaur that appeared. I succeeded.

I was nuts about dinosaurs and then I saw HTTYD and I got nuts about dragons. And then I discovered Pokémon which had both dinosaurs and an entire type full of dragons. All in the same year.

What a good year that was.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

I would rewatch Ice Age 3 trying to name every single dinosaur that appeared. I succeeded.

I was nuts about dinosaurs and then I saw HTTYD and I got nuts about dragons. And then I discovered Pokémon which had both dinosaurs and an entire type full of dragons. All in the same year.

What a good year that was.

You really should read The Great Zoo of China then.

Jurassic Park but with dragons.

 

[MooMew64]

I like Despicable Me 1.

Outside of that?

...

 

[TheMightyP]

I never saw HTTYD3, but I do remember seeing 1 and 2 in theatres and being super sad after Hiccup's dad died.

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

I'm terms of Illumination films, I think all three Despicable Me's were solid and I honestly really enjoyed Sing for what it was.

Everything else, yeah nothing special, but Ive definitely seen worse.

 

[Deleted member]

Honestly, when it comes to things I loved as a kid, history was my thing. I spent hours just reading every little detail about ancient civilisations like the Greeks, Romans, medevial Europe, etc. I still do kinda enjoy learning about history to this day.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

I use to not mind Shrek Forever After but after thinking about it again, the movie takes it away from me since even for someone like Shrek how mean-spirited he was in the beginning. Even for Shrek that was totally out of character.

Still much better then Shrek the Third.

 

[Noipoi]

I never saw HTTYD3, but I do remember seeing 1 and 2 in theatres and being super sad after Hiccup's dad died.

You should watch it, perfect end to the trilogy.

It has some issues of course, the side characters are really annoying in this one. But the Hiccup/Toothless stuff is amazing as always and it wraps up their character arcs nicely.

Then again it’s my favorite film series so I’m biased...

 

[TheMightyP]

I remember liking Despicable Me 1 and 2.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

So whose gonna be watching Luca which comes out this month?

Asking given the current discussion.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

You’re right.

I have two air fryers.

Then this is for you

 

[Noipoi]

So whose gonna be watching Luca which comes out this month?

Asking given the current discussion.

It looks beautiful. And I don’t gotta pay 30 bucks for it, so I’ll check it out.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Kung Fu Panda IMO is as perfect of an animated trilogy that you can possibly get. Granted I don't think the third was as good as the last two but it was still pretty close.

Please DreamWorks don't make a fourth movie, it ended perfectly with Po now having both his fathers and back with his people.

 

[Deleted member]

I remember liking Despicable Me 1 and 2.

Despicable Me 1 was the goat. The whole thing is easily the best movie they've made.

Then Illumination made 2, realized they could make millions without trying, and the rest is history.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Then Illumination made 2, realized they could make millions without trying, and the rest is history.

The same as with Blue Sky with Ice Age.

They did what was once one of my favorite animated franchises dirty.

 

[Noipoi]

The same as with Blue Sky with Ice Age.

They did what was once one of my favorite animated franchises dirty.

The third one made 888 million dollars.

They realized they didn’t have to care after that.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

The third one made 888 million dollars.

They realized they didn’t have to care after that.

Still didn't mean they had to rely on and resort to toilet humor and pop culture references. What happened to the emotional drama we saw in the first movie. The second and third films while not having the same level as the first movie did still both had emotion and heart to them as well.

 

[Wademan94]

So can I be totally honest since were talking abiut movie studios?

I don't think Illumination is awful. They're just averagelly average and safe, and that's ok for the audience they want to hit (little kids).

Many could argue that being consistently average and safe is worse as it ends up having nothing of substance to offer. As an amateur artist, I don’t like Illumination. They lack artistic integrity. Their business model is to make films as cost effective as possible. Their only goal is to turn a profit and they treat their films as just products.

I like the first Despicable Me, I’ll say that much though.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Man June is gonna be full of movies to watch!

Awake, Infinite, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, Luca, The Ice Road, and Werewolves Within (Only if a dog doesn't die)!

Still haven't watched A Quiet Place Part II. Waiting for good quality to watch that.

 

[TheMightyP]

They lack artistic integrity. Their business model is to make films as cost effective as possible. Their only goal is to turn a profit and they treat their films as just products.

Unfortunately, that's not limited to Illumination. Look at Disney, they're dead set on making bad live action remakes that will sell a billion overseas without having to try. Dreamworks runs their franchises to the ground with uneeded sequels, Blue Sky did the same before Disney shut them down.

 

[Wademan94]

Brb, been putting off burning a Minion for a while.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

It startled me how many potential crossover mashup theme songs there are and how many of them don’t exist. Like... you can find a Christmas version of Jurassic park music but not a mashup of the MMPR and TMNT themes? HOW!?!

 

[Michael the Spikester]

I wonder if we're ever gonna get that supposed Kombat Pack 3...

E3 potentially perhaps?

 

[MooMew64]

I wonder who the DLC characters in Age of Calamity are...

Besides the obvious picks.

 

[Noipoi]

I wonder who the DLC characters in Age of Calamity are...

Crash Bandicoot.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

The Light Fury is kind of a divisive character in HTTYD3, but I liked her.

Her romance with Toothless was well-written.