'Strange World' Disney's 2022 Animated Film

[TP2000]

I just think it’s telling that people aren’t scrambling to find ideological reasons for the failure of DC League of Super-Pets.

Probably because there is no real ideology behind a movie like Super Pets.

It's just a crappy summer kids movie. About dogs with super powers, I guess?

It had a production budget of $90 Million and made $204 Million at the box office globally. It fared much better financially than Lightyear did with its $200 Million budget (?!?) and $218 Million at the box office globally.

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Financial analysis of DC League of Super Pets (2022) including production budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports.

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[BuddyThomas]

Some of what has been deleted...

Well, considering that we have a thread about a black mermaid that has been locked and a thread about handicapped dolls that has been locked due to so many intolerant posts, I suppose it doesn’t come as much of a surprise what has been posted here. My posts on this thread have been deleted as well but I have a very, very hard time tolerating intolerance.

 

[LittleBuford]

Probably because there is no real ideology behind a movie like Super Pets.

Nor is there any behind Lightyear. It’s just a boring movie. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

 

[TwilightZone]

Earlier today I mentioned that Tomorrowland was a dreadful movie with a good message. The message of tomorrowland is by dreading that the future will be bad, the future actually will be bad because people stop doing active measures to ensure a good future.

I think I could argue the same with Strange World and Lightyear. Their inclusion of gay people teaches a good message that, you know, gay people are normal people too. But that doesn't mean that the movies are any good.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Earlier today I mentioned that Tomorrowland was a dreadful movie with a good message. The message of tomorrowland is by dreading that the future will be bad, the future actually will be bad because people stop doing active measures to ensure a good future.

I think I could argue the same with Strange World and Lightyear. Their inclusion of gay people teaches a good message that, you know, gay people are normal people too. But that doesn't mean that the movies are any good.

Except that Strange World isn’t a “dreadful movie”, and 75% of critics agree.

 

[Disney Irish]

Earlier today I mentioned that Tomorrowland was a dreadful movie with a good message. The message of tomorrowland is by dreading that the future will be bad, the future actually will be bad because people stop doing active measures to ensure a good future.

I think I could argue the same with Strange World and Lightyear. Their inclusion of gay people teaches a good message that, you know, gay people are normal people too. But that doesn't mean that the movies are any good.

Feed the good wolf...

 

[erasure fan1]

Except that Strange World isn’t a “dreadful movie”, and 75% of critics agree.

Dreadful? I'm guessing absolutely not. Completely average giving people no real reason not to wait for D+? Most likely.

 

[TwilightZone]

Got curious about the graph thing, here's all of disneys sci fi animated movies ranked, inflation toggled btw

EDIT: Here's one with Mars needs Moms if Stitch isnt sci fi enough for you

Tomorrowland

And Chicken Little (it has aliens, I'm counting it)

 

[BuddyThomas]

Dreadful? I'm guessing absolutely not. Completely average giving people no real reason not to wait for D+? Most likely.

I found it to be fantastic. It’s a total action movie with all sorts of great sequences. Most of the people on here who are going on and on about how awful it is have never seen it and have no intention of seeing it.

 

[mickEblu]

If Tiana's Bayou Adventure sucks, will you even entertain the idea that part of the reason it might suck is because the best Imagineers in the company were kept off of the project because the optics wouldn't be right?

Is this really happening?

 

[MrPromey]

Because those movies are rated PG-13 or R and are not targeted at children aged 5 to 11 via the Target toy aisles or McDonald's Happy Meals, I think that's the right decision for them to make.

Except Wakanda Forever.

That one WAS in in happy meal boxes when Strange World came out.

Go figure.

 

[LittleBuford]

If Tiana's Bayou Adventure sucks, will you even entertain the idea that part of the reason it might suck is because the best Imagineers in the company were kept off of the project because the optics wouldn't be right?

If someone had evidence to that effect, I’d be happy to hear it. But I have very little time for baseless speculation and conspiracy theories.

 

[Chi84]

If Tiana's Bayou Adventure sucks, will you even entertain the idea that part of the reason it might suck is because the best Imagineers in the company were kept off of the project because the optics wouldn't be right?

Who are the people who were kept off the project? Do you know for a fact or are you speculating?

 

[TwilightZone]

The elite Imagineers were not only kept off of the project, they've been run out of the company.

Won't happen unless his exit agreement were to be torn up for some reason.

And he is heavily involved in Tiana Mountain, which is a good sign!

I think it was, at first. The project has really evolved in a good way, despite the weird model at D23.

 

[Chi84]

The information is pretty public. The project is being run by an accountant and an HR executive.

The elite Imagineers were not only kept off of the project, they've been run out of the company.

Why were they run out of the company?

 

[BuddyThomas]

The information is pretty public. The project is being run by an accountant and an HR executive.

The elite Imagineers were not only kept off of the project, they've been run out of the company.

A simple Google search turns up zero results that would confirm what you have stated above. Would you care to cite your sources for these claims?

 

[TP2000]

Got curious about the graph thing, here's all of disneys sci fi animated movies ranked, inflation toggled btw
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EDIT: Here's one with Mars needs Moms if Stitch isnt sci fi enough for you

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Tomorrowland
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And Chicken Little (it has aliens, I'm counting it)

Isn't this a fun toy!?! I love it.

So... at least Strange World has beaten Mars Needs Moms (barely)!

This also reminds me of how badly I wanted to love the Tomorrowland movie and see it succeed, and thus breathe new life into the park's various Tomorrowlands. But it flopped.

 

[TP2000]

This will be a rough weekend for Hollywood, it's last before Avatar.

Wakanda Forever is fading, and nothing is a big hit. And of course.... Strange World.

Anecdotally, I just got back from running two evening errands in town. The streets and shopping centers and big box stores in town were PACKED with cars and people. I haven't lived here long, but I didn't know traffic like that could happen here. Americans are out shopping and going to restaurants and getting ready for Christmas, quite obviously.

They just aren't going to the movies much this year.

 

[TwilightZone]

This also reminds me of how badly I wanted to love the Tomorrowland movie and see it succeed, and thus breathe new life into the park's various Tomorrowlands. But it flopped.

It's sad when the tomorrowland arg used to promote the film had a better story than the actual movie.

I wonder if anyone here remembers that...I think it was more of a micechat thing.

 

[mickEblu]

This so called “children’s cartoon” happens to be rated PG, not G, and I don’t know why supposed Disney superfans on this thread continue to refer to animated motion pictures as “cartoons”.

I use them interchangeably depending on my mood and how much I feel like using my thumbs.