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In preparation for a family D&D campaign I've been consuming quite a bit of fantasy RPG media. Just finished Pixar's Onward, a movie I haven't felt the need to revisit since I first watched it in 2020. Onward landed a lot better the second time, but it still falls short of what might have been. As before, my biggest gripe is with how strangely empty and sterile the world feels. The setting does not feel inhabited or vibrant, with the fantasy aesthetic just lazily slapped on as a thin veneer in most places. Also, logically speaking, the dad's upper half should have lasted for a further 24 hours. Would have been a happier and funnier ending. I get that Pixar was going for poignant and that it might not have been as impactful, but I think it still could have worked. A montage of scenes with the boys spending the day with just the top half of their dad would have been a great cap to the movie, IMO. The movie's poor box office performance basically kills any hope for a sequel, but if there were a sequel I'd watch it.
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Applewhite posted:In preparation for a family D&D campaign I've been consuming quite a bit of fantasy RPG media. Just finished Pixar's Onward, a movie I haven't felt the need to revisit since I first watched it in 2020. i mean its better then Bright or whatever and i am not expecting some deep lore poo poo from a one off pixar movie but yeah same.
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Feb 25, 2022 18:08
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very sad the sequel Upward will never be made
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Feb 25, 2022 18:08
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Applewhite posted:Also, logically speaking, the dad's upper half should have lasted for a further 24 hours. Would have been a happier and funnier ending. I get that Pixar was going for poignant and that it might not have been as impactful, but I think it still could have worked. A montage of scenes with the boys spending the day with just the top half of their dad would have been a great cap to the movie, IMO. I think the point of the movie is that the younger son is only ever going to have a small, incomplete image of who his father was, and that he has to learn to make due with that. So your idea would kinda blow it! (Agree that the movie is just okay)
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Feb 25, 2022 18:37
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General Dog posted:I think the point of the movie is that the younger son is only ever going to have a small, incomplete image of who his father was, and that he has to learn to make due with that. So your idea would kinda blow it! If the movie is gonna be mediocre anyway it might as well have a happy ending.
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Feb 25, 2022 19:19
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That's the secret, themes don't matter if the movie isn't good.
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Feb 25, 2022 22:23
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Which one was that again
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Feb 25, 2022 22:25
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Lmao prepping for a DnD campaign by watching Disney movies instead of watching the only good fantasy movie: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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Feb 25, 2022 22:42
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I’ve watched every Pixar movie except Cars 2 and this one. I completely forgot about this one. I’m good with that.
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Feb 25, 2022 22:53
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a peck of pickled peckers posted:Lmao prepping for a DnD campaign by watching Disney movies instead of watching the only good fantasy movie: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey My D&D prep mix (not in any particular order): Harmonquest Konosuba Onward LotR Record of Lodoss War Vox Machina D&D 2000 the Movie I mix in some bad RPG stuff to remind me the bar isn't very high so I don't stress out.
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Feb 25, 2022 23:39
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Fartington Butts posted:I’ve watched every Pixar movie except Cars 2 and this one. I completely forgot about this one. Cars 2 is like a Hitchcock spy thriller, only Jimmy Steward's role is played by a talking tow truck voiced by Larry the Cable guy.
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Feb 25, 2022 23:40
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Dial M for Mater
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Feb 26, 2022 00:11
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Extra Large Marge posted:Cars 2 is like a Hitchcock spy thriller, only Jimmy Steward's role is played by a talking tow truck voiced by Larry the Cable guy.
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Feb 26, 2022 00:19
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Better than encanto
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Feb 26, 2022 00:51
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I do like how the point of every Pixar movie now is “there’s no shame in throwing in the towel on you dreams.”
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Feb 26, 2022 01:03
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Mozi posted:very sad the sequel Upward will never be made Forwardward
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Feb 26, 2022 01:23
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I guess I have no taste whatsoever, but I thought it was a perfectly decent Pixar/Disney sort of movie. Not as great as, say, The incredibles, but better than that crappy dinosaur movie.
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Feb 26, 2022 01:29
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I’m 1000x times more interested in the family D&D campaign. Please don’t let your kids play any of the furry races, they’ll insist on it for the rest of their lives if you do.
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Feb 26, 2022 01:32
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Maybe you should've taken a cue from the title op
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Feb 26, 2022 02:38
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JnnyThndrs posted:I guess I have no taste whatsoever, but I thought it was a perfectly decent Pixar/Disney sort of movie. Not as great as, say, The incredibles, but better than that crappy dinosaur movie. "The Good Dinosaur?" More like "The Bad Moviesaur."
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Feb 26, 2022 03:12
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Nigmaetcetera posted:I’m 1000x times more interested in the family D&D campaign. Please don’t let your kids play any of the furry races, they’ll insist on it for the rest of their lives if you do. One's a Dragonborn and the other is literally Inuyasha.
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Feb 26, 2022 03:13
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General Dog posted:I do like how the point of every Pixar movie now is “there’s no shame in throwing in the towel on you dreams.” that feelings movie was about how living in san francisco kinda sucks and resonated with me pretty well
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make a dracula like the one from hotel transylvania
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