shrubsnout
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I'm not sure what other people are expecting. I mean, a continuation of the story that may or may not be relevant? We've got the Miraculous World for that.
The movie being a rehash of the story with some twists, is understandable from a cinematic point of view. I don't even watch movies much and understand what they could and couldn't do. I don't see the movie drawing in new fans, but it felt meaningless for an existing fan. There were also many scenes cut. Some scenes wouldn't fully address some criticisms, but it would've allievated it a little.
The most unnecessary jarring point is the voices going from character to singing voice. Instead of having all the voices naturally from the characters, they did the Hollywood thing and used a name instead.
Sure, the musicals were corny, but eh. If you were taking them seriously, or laughing at them, you've got problems, and some growing up to do.
Most people actually aren't mentally mature enough for a kids-teen TV series, and it shows. Can they analyze the storybeats and make clear, concise connections and points? No.
This movie is essentially alternate universe Miraculous. The ending shows that it'd follow a much different story, and it also shows the devastating effects of a villain. There was no lucky charm here.
Granted, I would've been happier if this was actually the start of the Shadybug world.
What this movie is, is basically an abridged version of the Miraculous TV series. As a stand-alone, it's fine, but as part of a series, it's only fun to watch because you get the Hollywood version of many characters. It becomes a movie-length scavenger hunt that you can skip through. It's possible to skip through the musical bits if needed, too. The Chat Noir parts are meh. Personally, it's nice to have something like this, because it's still better than many options in the world.
Unfortunately, fans and othersuch aren't so great. On other sites, an "11 year old" reviews it by calling it boring and more.
Same movie that made a mime actually threatening, with some classy explosions. But then again, someone that gives their kid enough media to have them review it, isn't a good parent. I have to witness this so very, very often...
Characters: Already established as part of a series, this simply is an abridged re-introduction.
Animation: It's very pretty.
Music: Decent-to-Great. Musical bits were okay, that's about it.
Voices: In English dub, it was fine. All the familiar voices we know, more or less.
Story: A rehash with a Hollywood twist. All Hollywood adaptations do exactly what this did, cutting and cutting and more cutting of the world. They've got a time limit and a funding limit.
That's pretty much it. It's simply fanservice, or a distraction for a child if they get immersed in colorful moving images.
As fans, it is confusing; who is it made for? Something we'll never truly know.
The movie being a rehash of the story with some twists, is understandable from a cinematic point of view. I don't even watch movies much and understand what they could and couldn't do. I don't see the movie drawing in new fans, but it felt meaningless for an existing fan. There were also many scenes cut. Some scenes wouldn't fully address some criticisms, but it would've allievated it a little.
The most unnecessary jarring point is the voices going from character to singing voice. Instead of having all the voices naturally from the characters, they did the Hollywood thing and used a name instead.
Sure, the musicals were corny, but eh. If you were taking them seriously, or laughing at them, you've got problems, and some growing up to do.
Most people actually aren't mentally mature enough for a kids-teen TV series, and it shows. Can they analyze the storybeats and make clear, concise connections and points? No.
This movie is essentially alternate universe Miraculous. The ending shows that it'd follow a much different story, and it also shows the devastating effects of a villain. There was no lucky charm here.
Granted, I would've been happier if this was actually the start of the Shadybug world.
What this movie is, is basically an abridged version of the Miraculous TV series. As a stand-alone, it's fine, but as part of a series, it's only fun to watch because you get the Hollywood version of many characters. It becomes a movie-length scavenger hunt that you can skip through. It's possible to skip through the musical bits if needed, too. The Chat Noir parts are meh. Personally, it's nice to have something like this, because it's still better than many options in the world.
Unfortunately, fans and othersuch aren't so great. On other sites, an "11 year old" reviews it by calling it boring and more.
Same movie that made a mime actually threatening, with some classy explosions. But then again, someone that gives their kid enough media to have them review it, isn't a good parent. I have to witness this so very, very often...
Characters: Already established as part of a series, this simply is an abridged re-introduction.
Animation: It's very pretty.
Music: Decent-to-Great. Musical bits were okay, that's about it.
Voices: In English dub, it was fine. All the familiar voices we know, more or less.
Story: A rehash with a Hollywood twist. All Hollywood adaptations do exactly what this did, cutting and cutting and more cutting of the world. They've got a time limit and a funding limit.
That's pretty much it. It's simply fanservice, or a distraction for a child if they get immersed in colorful moving images.
As fans, it is confusing; who is it made for? Something we'll never truly know.
Season 1 was actually, pretty good. Season 2 was... well, bad. The 2 episodes I had a tough time with the most, is written by someone credited for the upcoming "woke" Comix Zone film, which gives no hopes of it being enjoyable with those two episodes as a basis.
Season 2 is the point where characters stopped developing, since apparently they can only develop on their initial introduction.
Visually, it's Dragons in a more modern time (1,300 years later to be exact), but since it's a cliff and a crevice, there's little to explore. That's where the Nine Realms supposedly comes in, but we wouldn't know that without making a random guess.
There's not much of a catchy theme or melody, and while the voicework is fine, you've got the problem in the writing which reflects in the voice.
When you try too hard to diversify, the colors stand out. You've got the weird lil' bit hippy, somewhat stupid Asian girl, the shy friendless nerdy Indian girl, the awkward strong paranoid black guy, the charismatic yet rebellious white guy. "Diversity" stands out like a sore thumb because they're all archetypes.
The only thing that's been enjoyable has been the dragons themselves. On their own, they've got more personality than all the humans combined. Problem caused by Asian girl was so bad that I wanted to tap out but kept watching. The paranoia from the black guy was so damn cringy, because, why? That's the cliche you want to go with? Or the petty teenage argument that ends with the equivalent of "you don't have a dad"? What the hell was that even about? I can't even mark it as a spoiler because it feels like I'm just talking about plotholes. They have nothing to do with the character's development, it's just drama for the sake of drama.
I'm not even sure where to touch on the plotlines introduced in Season 2. There's a character, essentially a rich ass who inherited a lumber mill/farm, I'm not even sure anymore, and ends up burning it down by chance due to his ego. Of course, he'll eventually want revenge and then Season 3. This does not work for something with only 6 episode bursts per season. They haven't even been addressing the Dragon problem, and there's like two of those issues so far.
The story is supposed to be about Dragons, not humans. Focus more on the Dragons aspect. They don't care about the issues we humans face, they aren't eligible for the criterias we set. It's funny that despite saying all that, mythical creatures always have more humanity than humans themselves.
9 Realms could've spent it's time much better, but chose teenagers over the grand scheme that you'd expect from Dragons. Even as a standalone, it would've faired well, but the path and direction they chose is not a pleasant one.
Season 2 is the point where characters stopped developing, since apparently they can only develop on their initial introduction.
Visually, it's Dragons in a more modern time (1,300 years later to be exact), but since it's a cliff and a crevice, there's little to explore. That's where the Nine Realms supposedly comes in, but we wouldn't know that without making a random guess.
There's not much of a catchy theme or melody, and while the voicework is fine, you've got the problem in the writing which reflects in the voice.
When you try too hard to diversify, the colors stand out. You've got the weird lil' bit hippy, somewhat stupid Asian girl, the shy friendless nerdy Indian girl, the awkward strong paranoid black guy, the charismatic yet rebellious white guy. "Diversity" stands out like a sore thumb because they're all archetypes.
The only thing that's been enjoyable has been the dragons themselves. On their own, they've got more personality than all the humans combined. Problem caused by Asian girl was so bad that I wanted to tap out but kept watching. The paranoia from the black guy was so damn cringy, because, why? That's the cliche you want to go with? Or the petty teenage argument that ends with the equivalent of "you don't have a dad"? What the hell was that even about? I can't even mark it as a spoiler because it feels like I'm just talking about plotholes. They have nothing to do with the character's development, it's just drama for the sake of drama.
I'm not even sure where to touch on the plotlines introduced in Season 2. There's a character, essentially a rich ass who inherited a lumber mill/farm, I'm not even sure anymore, and ends up burning it down by chance due to his ego. Of course, he'll eventually want revenge and then Season 3. This does not work for something with only 6 episode bursts per season. They haven't even been addressing the Dragon problem, and there's like two of those issues so far.
The story is supposed to be about Dragons, not humans. Focus more on the Dragons aspect. They don't care about the issues we humans face, they aren't eligible for the criterias we set. It's funny that despite saying all that, mythical creatures always have more humanity than humans themselves.
9 Realms could've spent it's time much better, but chose teenagers over the grand scheme that you'd expect from Dragons. Even as a standalone, it would've faired well, but the path and direction they chose is not a pleasant one.
Essentially Zog 2, the direct continuation from the first movie/book.
Also accurately adapted, but with a bit of additional depth added that the first movie didn't have.
In order to avoid spoilers, the premise is effectily: A stubborn old fool who'd rather choose death than to believe in someone who he should be holding dear.
Zog & co. Solve a series of problems around the unnamed, unexplored world. These characters hardly speak. Their voices are fine, especially if you consider the thousands of voices in our reality.
A dragon and a knight having a fight seems hardly a problem, if anything, a knight is finally being a knight, and the dragon is... well, did you not see the first Zog and it's opening few minutes with what would be the idea of a dragon chomping a human in half?
Both movies have a pleasant musical score and theme.
Visually, it's the same, there's no loss.
I've seen the most Karen of complaints, though. We've got "too much fighting", someone didn't like the unicorn's horn operation (it's a unicorn, not a bicorn), and other such.
I can find myself rewatching both Zog stories in the future, simply because it's pleasant. I just wish they were a bit longer. Despite the title, it simply doesn't have enough Zog in it, while the first movie ended with the similar problem, not enough Zog, the title character. Still, we have to remember it was essentially done for free, a TV film for the holidays.
Also accurately adapted, but with a bit of additional depth added that the first movie didn't have.
In order to avoid spoilers, the premise is effectily: A stubborn old fool who'd rather choose death than to believe in someone who he should be holding dear.
Zog & co. Solve a series of problems around the unnamed, unexplored world. These characters hardly speak. Their voices are fine, especially if you consider the thousands of voices in our reality.
A dragon and a knight having a fight seems hardly a problem, if anything, a knight is finally being a knight, and the dragon is... well, did you not see the first Zog and it's opening few minutes with what would be the idea of a dragon chomping a human in half?
Both movies have a pleasant musical score and theme.
Visually, it's the same, there's no loss.
I've seen the most Karen of complaints, though. We've got "too much fighting", someone didn't like the unicorn's horn operation (it's a unicorn, not a bicorn), and other such.
I can find myself rewatching both Zog stories in the future, simply because it's pleasant. I just wish they were a bit longer. Despite the title, it simply doesn't have enough Zog in it, while the first movie ended with the similar problem, not enough Zog, the title character. Still, we have to remember it was essentially done for free, a TV film for the holidays.