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Rewriting Bad Cinema: Ralph Breaks the Internet (WIR 2)

Okay, so I’m bored and have no idea what to post and I’ve had this idea in my head for a while so welcome to a new series thingy I’m going to do on my account called “Rewriting Bad Cinema” where I go and rewrite bad movies and sequels to something better.

Disclaimer: This is just for fun and not to be taken seriously, this is just my what if takes on how to change a piece of media. Please do not take any of what I say seriously. :)

Warning: This post contains spoilers for both Wreck It Ralph 1 and Ralph Breaks the Internet. If you would like to experience any of these movies yourself without spoilers, please go watch them and then come back here!

For this first installment of Rewriting Bad Media, we are going to be taking a look at Wreck It Ralph 2!

More under cut

For Rewriting Bad Cinema, we're first going to establish the movie's plot, establish its problems that make it bad, and then come up with a way to rewrite the movie that remedies most of the problems as best as possible including removal of some elements, restructuring of the plot, and adding to it.

What's the original plot of the movie?

Wreck It Ralph 2 is a 2018 film released by Disney. In WIR 2, the steering wheel for Sugar Rush is broken in an accident after Vanellope goes against the player’s controls and drives on a bonus track Ralph constructed for her. Litwak attempts to fix the game but is unsuccessful and ends up breaking the steering wheel even more, and after the search for a replacement wheel is unsuccessful, Litwak unplugs the game. This causes all the Sugar Rush citizens to become homeless. This causes Ralph and Vanellope to hatch a plan to go to the internet and find a new steering wheel before Sugar Rush is taken out of the arcade for good. Hijinks and brand placement happens and in the end, Sugar Rush is repaired, the citizens are no longer homeless, and Vanellope ends up staying in a new game on the internet called Slaughter Race.

What are the main problems?

Wreck It Ralph 2 is majorly considered a bad film because of:

Too many brands: WIR 2 is mostly criticized on how often it focuses on brands and cameos. In the first movie, most brands and IPs such as Sonic, Mario, Pac-Man, etc, were placed there as tributes to gaming and the culture that surrounds it. Most of the brands were limited to gaming brands, which made it feel more thought out and less like a cash grab. The brands also had an impact on the movie and its plot and world building. In WIR 2, there is no limitation on the brands represented. The movie includes a whole mess of brands from social media platforms to stuff from the Disney company. This made these additions feel soulless and worthless. The brands also had little impact on the plot and its world building, making them feel more worthless.

Mischaracterization of Characters: WIR 2 is often criticized for how much it mischaracterizes Ralph and Vanellope. For Ralph, it mischaracterizes him into a needy, insecure guy even after he completed a character arc for the same thing in the first movie. For Vanellope, it mischaracterizes her into a selfish person and makes her act a lot like the first movie's villain, Turbo.

No Mention of Past Events: WIR 2 is often criticized for how it just ignores a lot about the original movie. There are barely any mentions of the first movie at all, not even the original villain, Turbo, is mentioned. The only thing that is mentioned is the medal that Vanellope made Ralph in the first movie.

No Use of Other Characters: WIR 2 is also criticized for how little it uses any of the characters from the first movie with Ralph and Vanellope being the only two who are focused on throughout the entire movie. Felix and Calhoun, the other two MAIN characters from WIR 1 seem to have a B-plot in the first part of the movie, but are eventually totally forgotten about and their plot wraps up entirely in the background.

My proposal for a rewrite

Wreck it Ralph 2, in my opinion, is not really a needed sequel. I believe this because of how well the first movie wraps up any lose ends with its ending. However, if I were to write a sequel to Wreck It Ralph, this is most likely how I would handle it.

Removals and Restructuring

First of all, let's just get rid of the internet world entirely. The internet world as a concept was pretty cool, but in execution, there's not really a good way to have the internet world and not have a lot of the brands without it being really confusing. The internet will still be a thing as it seems like a really natural way for the movie's plot to go, but the internet world will not play a factor into the movie's plot.

One thing I kind of liked from the original WIR 2 was the beginning segment before any of the main plot gets started. If you ignore the small bits of mischaracterization from Ralph and Vanellope, it's a nice little opener and establishes what the two have been up to since the first movie pretty well. So, we are going to be bringing that segment with us to the rewrite with a few writing tweaks to recharacterize Ralph and Vanellope into how they were at the end of the movie. Let's also add Felix and Calhoun into this segment to catch up with how they've been doing since the first movie. This slice of life segment will help establish our characters as well as establishing the world for any new viewers who may have not seen the first movie.

Main Plot Proposal

Since we've gotten rid of the entire internet world which was the main premise of the film, the plot is going to need an entire overhaul. So, first, let's change the main focus of the film. In the original Wreck It Ralph 1, Ralph's struggle with his identity and self worth was the main focus of the film and that carries over to the second film with the sequel focusing more on Ralph than Vanellope. For the rewrite, the story is going to be focusing on Vanellope and diving into her character more. For the rewrite, I think it would be interesting to dive into Turbo and the effects his actions have on the cast specifically Vanellope. This would let the movie have a nice message about coming to terms with your trauma and not letting it control you. The catalyst for this? Bringing back Turbo.

Hear me out. The movie opens. It's been about five-ish years since the events of the first, and Vanellope has a problem. Even after everything has been reset and she finally has her life together, she just can't seem to move on from the trauma that Turbo/King Candy has caused her over the 15 years of his reign. She seems to flinch at the mere mention of his name and gets uncomfortable and upset when confronted with anything that resembles him. Ralph, Felix, and Calhoun try to help her with it in their own ways, but since she's a kid, Vanellope doesn't really have the tools required for dealing with her feelings. The day the movie opens up, Ralph, Calhoun, Felix, and Vanellope are all hanging out around the arcade to try to help Vanellope feel better. The four are all hanging out in the power strip when people start gathering around an outlet, finding that a new game is being plugged in. The four go over to investigate, and find that the new game being plugged in is Turbotime Remastered.

Turbotime Remastered Backstory and Aftermath of the Plugging In

Around a decade and a half after Turbotime was released a remastered version of it was created with upgraded graphics, more tracks, a bigger cast of playable characters, and more. Mr. Litwak, being a big fan of the original Turbotime, always dreamed of being able to buy the remaster for the arcade and after not being able to afford it for so long, he has finally managed to safe up enough funds to buy the cabinet. The day the cabinet arrived, Litwak immediately had it plugged in, placing the console right next to Sugar Rush. Meanwhile, in the power strip, all hell has broken loose. Everyone is freaking out about the game being plugged in, especially Vanellope, who is just unconsolable. Before anyone can process anything, a group of people step out into the power strip. In the front center of this group stands Turbo, however, this Turbo is much different from how everyone remembers him. Instead of being this evil asshole, this Turbo is chipper and kind. Turbo excitedly introduces his friends to the power strip, walking to every single person, and eventually getting to the main four. Turbo tries to introduce himself to the four but Vanellope starts freaking out, causing Calhoun and Ralph to get defensive. Felix manages to deescalate the situation before it gets too out of hand and awkwardly apologizes and excuses the group. The group discusses the situation in secret with Vanellope being silent the whole time. They don't really have the time to process anything however, as the arcade is about to open, causing them to all have to go their separate ways.

That day after the arcade closes, Vanellope leaves her game to meet up with the others and ends up bumping into Turbo again. Vanellope starts to freak out again but Turbo doesn't really seem fazed. He helps Vanellope up and introduces himself again. Vanellope introduces herself to Turbo and the two get to talking a little. Vanellope finds out that Turbo has no recollection of any of the events from the years past, no recollection of the Road Blasters event, no recollection of his takeover of Sugar Rush, no recollection of the race and CyBug takeover, nothing. Eventually, Turbo and Vanellope end up going their separate ways with Vanellope going off and joining her group while Turbo heads to explore the arcade with his group.

Plot Throughout the Movie

Throughout the movie, Vanellope and Turbo start talking and hanging out more, eventually forming somewhat of a friendship. Throughout their time together, Vanellope starts telling Turbo about her past experiences with him but doesn't tell him he was the one who caused everything. Turbo responds to this very supportingly, telling her that it wasn't her fault that any of that happened to her. Throughout the rest of the plot, Vanellope ends up refinding herself and starts to move on from her trauma.

B-Plot Revisions

Another thing I really liked from the original Wreck It Ralph 2 was the little snippets of the B-plot with Felix, Calhoun, and the Sugar Rush racers. I'm a sucker for unconventional found family, so I love the small snippets of the B-plot in WIR 2, so I want to carry it over to the rewrite. Now, Turbo being back isn't only going to really affect Vanellope, but it's also going to affect the other Sugar Rush racers as his actions majorly affected them as well. So, for the B-plot, Felix and Calhoun would act as adoptive parents to the Sugar Rush racers, helping them conquer their fears and move on. This plot would happen over the span of the movie and finish before the ending climax in a few shorter scenes. The B-plot would probably get as much screen time as WIR 1's B-plot.

As for Ralph, he would act as Vanellope's support/wingman throughout the movie and a mediator between her and Turbo while she interacts with him and his group. The movie wouldn't focus on him as much as Vanellope since his character arc has mostly concluded nicely in the first movie but he would still get a decent amount of screen time since his relationship with Vanellope is an important part of both his and Vanellope's characters.

Story Additions: Lore of Turbotime Remastered

Turbotime Remastered consists of 6 total characters all complete with a special gimmick that would give each character an advantage and disadvantage in a race. Of course, there's Turbo. He acts as a kind of leader of the group. His gimmick is bug themed and would give him the advantage of being speedy and the disadvantage of not being very durable. Then, there would be Avery, the moral support of the group. Avery would have a land animal gimmick, which would give her the advantage of stealth, but the disadvantage of slower recovery. The next character would be Rocket, the brains of the group. Rocket would have a robot gimmick which would give him the advantage of being very durable but the disadvantage of being the slowest. The next character would be Ivy, the healer of the group. Ivy would have a plant gimmick which would give her the advantage of quick recovery, but the disadvantage of not being very stealthy. The next character would be Quinn, the wildcard of the group. Quinn would have a clown gimmick which would give her the advantage of evading, but the disadvantage of unpredictablilty. The last character would be Deino, the brawn of the group. Deino would have a dinosaur gimmick which would give him the advantage of strength but the disadvantage of speed.

Another addition to Turbo Remastered are the new racing tracks, each being themed to a certain character. For Turbo's map, his would be an updated version of his original map with more variety and turns added to the donut. Avery's map would follow her animal theme and consist of four different quarters each themed to a major habitat that animals live in. Rocket's map would be machine themed, featuring a bunch of robots and machines. Ivy's map would be plant themed, featuring a bunch of different plants. Quinn's map would be circus themed, featuring a three section race through a circus performance. Deino's map would be dinosaur themed, featuring a sectioned race where each section takes place in a period of dinosaur time. These tracks would act as the character's home and place of residence.

In the coded backstory, Turbo met his friends while adventuring and the six ended up forming a somewhat family type of bond with each other. The group all has there counter opposites, with Turbo countering Rocket, and Avery countering Ivy and Deino. Quinn, being the wildcard, would be the odd one out, not having any counters to anyone. Despite their differences, the six all have sincere friendships with each other.

Ending of Wreck It Ralph 2 Rewrite

There are multiple ways for this ending to go. One way is to give new Turbo all the memories of old Turbo and causing Turbo to go mad and try to take over the arcade. This would split off into two possible endings of Turbo either being totally defeated like before and Turbotime Remastered being unplugged, or Turbo being redeemed and making up for all his past mistakes. I'm not going to be going down that route however, as I feel like both endings would be a little too cliche and predictable. The unplugging ending would also probably get rid of a lot of character development that the movie had built up. So, instead, let's do an ending like this:

After Turbo, Vanellope, and Ralph are done hanging out for the day, Turbo is confronted by Avery. Avery spills the beans on how everything Vanellope has been telling Turbo about is about him and starts manipulating him into believing that Vanellope hates him. This makes Turbo angry since he was starting to believe he and Vanellope were friends, and he agrees to help Avery and the others get "revenge". After the arcade closes, the Turbotime Racers invade and take over Sugar Rush, leading the Sugar Rush Racers to have to defeat the Turbotime Racers with the help of Felix, Calhoun, and Ralph before the arcade opens or they will have both Turbotime Remastered and Sugar Rush unplugged.

In the final confrontation, Turbo and Vanellope meet face to face. Vanellope ends up confessing to Turbo that yes, she was scared of him at first but now she's ready to accept that he isn't the same person anymore, and his past actions don't have to affect her anymore. Turbo and Vanellope make up, causing Avery to lash out, leading to a final showdown of some sorts and Avery's redemption. In the end, Avery admits she was jealous of how close Turbo and Vanellope were getting and she was scared of being abandoned. Avery's redeemed and everything goes back to normal.

Story Conclusion

In the end, Vanellope realizes her feelings about the past don't have to define her and she's able to move on and heal from her trauma and live her life free of fear, Turbo doesn't gain any of old Turbo's memories, he realizes that he is a different person from old Turbo and movs on to create his own identity, separate from his old self, The Sugar Rush Racers are adopted by Calhoun and Felix and get over their fears, Ralph continues to be supportive of Vanellope, and The Turbotime Racers learn to not be easily jealous. In the end, Turbotime Remastered stays plugged in, and Turbo and Vanellope's friendship goes back to normal.

TL;DR of the Rewrite's Plot

The trauma from Turbo/King Candy's actions have heavily affected Vanellope to the point its difficult for her to move past it, but when a remaster of Turbo's game, Turbotime, is plugged in, Vanellope is forced to come to terms with her trauma and reconcile her feelings about it with the man behind it all.

Conclusion

Okay, that's all! This was a long one, so if you made it all the way here, thanks for reading! I'm probably not going to do anything with this since this was just a fun little writing exercise, but if you would like to make it into a fanfiction of some sorts or something then feel free to take this idea and credit me! I'm most likely going to do more of these so look out for that! Anyway, thanks again for reading and have a nice day :)

[cringywhitedragon]

A continuation of my WIR2 rewrite concept: Character background on The Vagrant/Thief (Lock N’ Chase)

The true identity of the mysterious Vagrant turns out to be none other than the titular Thief from the game Lock N’ Chase.

His game got unplugged due to its unpopularity several years prefer the events of the first movie and it’s implied he may have been the only one to have escaped in time.

To get by, he’s been living in the bowels of Game Central, occasionally stealing from other games like Tapper (mostly tip money) as a means of trying to relive the good ol days. This has lead him to have become a bit of an urban legend of the station of sorts.

Some say he’s a ghost, others claim he’s a malicious and spiteful character who wants revenge for having his game unplugged.

When in actuality, he’s become much more of a pessimist with a dream that holds a deep regret for not saving the others in his game, but instead running off with his stolen goodies.

His ultimate goal, however, is to find his way to the “Plugless Land” (aka the internet). A rumored location where arcade games can exist without needing a plug (A nod to emulation and programs like MAME). And well, the arrival of a few arcade games with online functionality has been just what he was waiting for.

Until he meets Vanellope on her quest to prove herself when she sneaks off into Slaughter Race.

He tries to warn her off from it before following her and later Shank when the trio are forced to flee into the Internet.

At first, he only aims to ditch them for his own goals but does eventually begin to grow attached to them as they face off with a new secondary antagonist (later ally) in the form of an antivirus program (More on them later).

This all leads up to his reveal when both Ralph and Co and Vanellope’s group reunite. Ralph and Felix, having found a memento of the Thief grow suspious when he decides to “backstab” them, leaving the group to be captured and placed into “Quarantine” by their pursuer, believing them to be malware and putting them at risk of deletion.

Thief makes his way to place he had been looking for (The Arcade Archive, which takes the form of a mix between a homeless shelter and a social services type place). He takes a number and sits down to wait where he meets some other arcade characters. After a conversation with the one sitting next to him does he decide to rethink his plans after realizing that he does have people he cares about.

He makes amends by busting Ralph and Co out of the slammer and the group makes plans to return until they run across the real bigs bad.

Seeing his friends cornered, the Thief decides to sacrifice himself to save them. Leaving behind his blue top-hat as a memento.

“I’ve made my peace. See you all in the Great Arcade in the Sky.”

The movie ends with a memorial being held in honor to him with each of the main characters (And the antivirus guy) giving a speech.

[cannedbabs]

I am DEFINITELY not getting the rest of these refs out anytime soon. And I want to post to update but I also wanna share art. Dilemma. So art be upon yee!

Stupid turbo ref (he is canon turbo… minus the hair. This is just how I stylize him)

ALSO GASP WOAHH!! CANN POSTED SOMETHING NOT A SKETCH? FULLY COLORED? Haha ladies and gents,,,! Calm down,, 😏 I’ll sign autographs soon,,,

Uhhh errmmm he has. 12 T’s hidden in his design can u find them all /hj (half joke as in. They’re all there. I did it on purpose. But they aren’t apparent and I’m sure as hell not making anyone look for them)

BONUS STUFF:

More reference shtuff for my rewrite :] this is mostly for me but thought some people may get a kick out of it.

Update being I’m starting school again so art will be less. But !! I’ll be around. I’m trynna be more social :] but that’s all

[natsuki208]

A RWTI Rewrite!

I made it clear once that I think the sequel to Wreck-It Ralph is hot garbage, but there is still one key thing - it could’ve worked.

I’m not entirely against the idea of our beloved main cast going to the internet; they should’ve just tossed aside all the product placement, to not assassinate the characters and themes from the first movie, and I don’t know… have an actual main villain.

Let’s say that instead of Sugar Rush breaking its steering wheel (and for the record, Vanellope being bored with her game), Litwack’s is slowly going bankrupt due to less and less people going to the arcade. So after several games being unplugged, the Core Four head off to the newly linked wifi server to see what they can do about the situation.

Some things happen that led them needing to raise money for the arcade, maybe they meet Spamley whom informs them to go to one particular side of the internet; the online games section that includes Slaughter Race.

That’s honestly what I have so far, but I will come back to this and add on some new ideas (you guys can give advice as well).

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Tagging: @rascalentertainments and @king-candybug-backup and @mondo-tastic

[mbat]

yknow, ralph breaks the internet has been rightfully criticised to death for years because its one of the worst mainstream animated movies to have ever been released, and honestly is one of the worst sequels ive ever seen or heard of, which is really funny when sequels are famously not very good in most cases

all this to say that i think my biggest issues with it aside from the abysmal writing and the product placement up the ass, is that first off, its not even about video games. the original wreck it ralph is basically a love letter to video games, the references and the care put into those aspects of the movie are so delightful, but the sequel is practically not about video games at all, not really.

also moreso, you literally couldve just replaced any of the characters in ralph breaks the internet with brand new original characters and it wouldve been the same tbh. it just didnt feel like a story unique to those characters and their setting, and they were so out of character that it wasnt even them anyway.

if the sequel had been them discovering the world of online and modern video games, it wouldve been cool. theres so much potential there because of the evolution of video games, and how limited arcade machines are compared to online games, and the things these characters couldve discovered about themselves and eachother couldve been cool (not to mention any new characters introduced and the plots those could have), but instead we got product placement self advertising emoji movie out of character hell

[sml-wiki]

been obsessed with wreck it ralph this week and got bored enough to work on a lil rewrite for breaks the internet. this guy just exists mostly for my rewrite/au and also i just wanted t omake something silly for myself alalalaaa

also as a bonus

instead of ralph being weirdly clingy its this random sewer rat ralph and vanellope met. instead of product placement bs, bti is more focused on the characters and world. vanellope doesnt go turbo however, her and ralph's friendship dynamic still changes by the end (tho they still hang out, its just more "oh wow over the 6 years we've known each other we've changed)

spamley's now the more "clingy" aspect of everything, he more or less mirrors what is now VANELLOPE'S struggles with ralph and her's friendship (shes scared to grow distant from her best friend who helped her so much, because she is still a child and does not handle things well i think because she is a child. less weird than ralph doing it)

still figuring out things but i will update. um. eventually and make things more readable alala

[snailstrailz]

More wbti rewrite ideas:

In part thanks to @scentedwonderlandpoetry for originating some of these ideas!

- hero's duty online, that one really sticks with me

- I said it before but more emotional focus on felix. He should have a bigger character arc here

- the arcade gets closed and everyone gets separated and have to find each other. Possible locations: the Internet, a different (bigger) arcade, a game console

- if they go into a console and it's like a cult in there those people are CRAZY.

- or in another arcade it's a toy story 3 prison break thing.

- they meet another version of Turbo from a whole different Turbo Time cabinet or game who's actually a pretty nice guy and helps them. Maybe differentiate him by giving him blue eyes like on the art on the side of the machine

- modern version of Ralph from a spinoff does the old switcheroo with our Ralph by effectively kidnapping original Ralph and taking his place

- Calhoun and Vanellope have time together, I wanna see them interacting. Like, they're trying to do a getaway but Vanellope can't reach the pedals in the car they find so she has to teach Calhoun to drive on the fly

- polybius joke they have to do a polybius joke

- exploring the concept of going turbo more. Is there situations where it's ok?

- I actually like knowsmore and spamley they can stay

[jitteryjive]

im rewatching ralph breaks the internet right now and this movie is so fucking bad i Need to rewrite it I Need To

[marvelvsmarvel]

WandaVision Ep7 Speculation #1

Episode 7: Breaking the Fourth Wall left a lot to be digested and honestly too much for a single post so I’ll be doing a few topical breakdowns.

NEXUS: I know we’re getting into Multiverse and the commercial specifically spoke on realities but it does seem like many people forgot that the MCU showed NEXUS as the epicenter of the World Wide Web in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Consider that all but the Lagos commercial touched on an aspect of AoU from Stark to Strucker to Hyrdra and this would include Nexus. Why is this important?

Ultron: Before the premiere I revealed that Google had Evan Peters cast in the show that heavily spoiled his reveal but another interesting cast was SPOILER James Spader as Ultron’s Voice. In my pre-premiere prediction I had stated that there would be an error in reanimating Vision and the Ultron portion could take over as the big finale battle (think Iron Giant). Think about it. Vision supposedly blocked Ultron out of the Internet only into the bodies he inhabited and that’s why it was important not to let any of the Ultronbots leave Sokovia. And yet it didn’t specify that the bodiless digital Ultron was gone. And if his attempt to kill digital Jarvis is anything you probably can’t completely kill Ultron and he’s simply been waiting for Vision’s body to be compromised which leads me to-

SWORD: Sentient Weapon OBSERVATION and RESPONSE Division. Jimmy Woo and Monica Rambeau instantly took Director Hayward’s motives with Vision as weaponization but if the above info proves true SWORD really was just tracking Vision to make sure that if it occurs and Ultron returns in an even more powerful form that they would hopefully have a response prepared for it. Armor Wars anyone? Could also explain why they wouldn’t help him when he was trying to break free because who honestly knows who or what Vision is right now? Though it doesn’t explain why they tried to shoot at Wanda (Insert Secret Invasion - Hayward is an evil Skrull prediction tie in).

Vision: So the lingering question is how does this effect Vision and the only way to go is a prediction. I believe our Vision is gone and is not coming back. When Wanda saw the dead Vision back in Ep3 it seemingly confirmed that she reanimated an empty shell but if Wanda is rewriting reality then why he can’t leave the Hex? I’m proposing a question and answer towards that statement that if Wanda is only rewriting reality then is nothing made from scratch? What I mean is are her own sons Tommy and Billy other children that were rewritten? Errgh food for thought. Vision even asked Darcy “What am I now? We really don’t know.

Prediction: Agnes or her husband Ralph or Señor Scratchy or Dormammu or Nightmare or Mephisto whoever turns out to be the big bad is possessing Vision’s “soul” and they want Wanda to as Tommy said “fix the dead” for them which could simply mean to free them from their dimension and make them “alive” in the MCU which sounds very Dormammu motivated. But in a very Mephisto fashion it is the villain that created the children for Wanda but obviously not for free. To tie it in with the above info the villain offers Wanda to choose either her children or Vision to which for Young Avengers purposes among others I believe she’ll have her third and final tragic goodbye to Vision in which case the villain will be freed Wanda will get to keep Tommy and Billy but then a battle with UltronVision will close the series with Monica Rambeau coming to the rescue and showing off her new powers.

[trinketstar]

Also I assume that Sans is met at the end of your Ralph Breaks the Internet rewrite because he slept through the rest of the movie and only just woke up?

Oh yeah all the end credits pass by, theres silence, and then sans pops up like "hey what did i miss?" And the first 4 notes of megalovania plays and the movie reel abruptly ends

[breckstonevailskier]

Frozen II thoughts

While there is some good stuff in the movie, it’s sadly held back by the movie’s flaws.

In terms of stuff I liked, well first off, the visual effects are excellent. These are probably the most stunning visuals I’ve ever seen in an animated film. It really shows how talented the animators and artists at Disney are. There’s also something to appreciate about the more epic scale of the story, even if it does come off like Avatar: The Last Airbender or The Legend of Zelda at times. While the songs aren’t quite as memorable as the first film's, they’re well put together (Kristoff’s number aside). Heck, the film has some of the best and most powerful individual scenes I've seen from a Disney movie, including  Elsa's number in Ahtohallan and Anna's emotional breakdown in the cave.

Here's the thing though. While the scenes are amazing, it feels as though the filmmakers came up with a whole bunch of ideas they wanted to animate, and then worried about the story to connect it all. Far too often, the movie kinda hinges on coincidences in order for the plot to progress. For example,  at the end, Anna just so happens to exit the cave close to the dam, which just so happens to be close to the Earth Spirits who can destroy it. Not to mention, she can only do this because she just so happened to veer off the path Elsa sent her and Olaf down. Oh, and Kristoff just so happened to be close enough to rescue her after she woke them up. Like seriously, talk about overly convenient. And that's just one moment out of several that feels really off in terms of connective tissue holding everything together.

It also makes the story come off as convoluted once the main characters reach the enchanted forest, with the movie introducing pointless characters, jumping back and forth in time too much and having a hard time keeping track of all the characters and their intentions.

Ryder and Honeymaren were completely pointless to the story. The trailers made it seem like they were going to be important, and considering this movie went through 50 rewrites and 12 animated versions, they probably did originally have larger parts in the narrative at one point. Instead, they just sort of interact with the main cast once or twice and that’s it. They didn’t really push the story along. They weren’t a part of the main plot or add anything really.

Same with Bruni the fire salamander. He’s cute, but he doesn’t add anything that Olaf and Sven already did as the cute/funny side characters. Just felt like another merchandising opportunity. If they got rid of those three characters, it would have helped the story feel less messy.

Kristoff was also criminally pointless. He feels like he was put in only because he appeared in the first film. He seriously does almost nothing of note until the very end. In fact, he has a continuous span of 26.5 minutes off-camera between the end of his song and his reappearance with the earth giant scene leading to the dam

The ending was also rushed. It needed like an extra 15 or 20 minutes. And it’s kinda odd that we’ve had three Disney-animated related features in a row (Ralph Breaks the Internet, Toy Story 4 and Frozen II) that have all had the main cast split up.

In Frozen II’s case, while this is not as egregious as something like Ralph Breaks The Internet, it still breaks down when you start to seriously think about it. Like, I don't buy that Elsa would so willingly stay behind, even if she does plan to visit Arendelle every week, nor does Anna immediately becoming queen instead feel like anything other than forced. For one, Elsa was the one who was groomed to be queen, not Anna. Secondly, as the tie-in book Forest of Shadows shows, Elsa has a pretty demanding workload as queen even with Anna there to provide her help, and Anna is going to have that as well. As @l-egionaire  has pointed out nicely here in this post, Anna’s going to find herself very overwhelmed and possibly even hate the job. Not only will Anna have such a busy schedule, but she won’t get as much downtime as before, and she will also probably have difficulty maintaining an image of grace in front of her staff, her advisors, her constituents, and foreign dignitaries. Would’ve made more sense for Elsa to return to Arendelle with Anna, Elsa stay as queen while Anna gets duties that give her reasons to go off on adventures away from the castle.

Really, it seems that, in the attempt to make everything bigger and better than the first movie, the writers sacrificed cohesion and proper build-up.

Don't get me wrong though, the movie is arguably one of Disney Animation's better sequels that isn't related to Pixar, so it's definitely not 100% a case of  sequelitis. But that just makes it all the more frustrating, because it's this close to being something truly spectacular, only to be brought down by the problems I mentioned above. If the writers had put a little more effort into making sure each scene flowed properly, as opposed to just getting to each scene they wanted to make (which they would’ve been able to do if Jennifer Lee hadn’t started at the end and worked her way backwards), this could have been one of the best out of the Disney canon. As it is though, it settles for being merely "good enough".

[cringywhitedragon]

How I would rewrite WIR:WBTI (Codename: Leveled Up to the Clouds)

I’ve said it countless times by now. I love Wreck it Ralph not just because it’s a massive loveletter gaming culture and collab between the gaming industry and Disney, but also one of the best CGI movies they have made with a twist villain and possibly one of their best films of all time.

Then the sequel came out and proceeded to turn one of the best movies of all time into what essentially feels like Disney’s attempt at the Emoji Movie and also ruin parts of both Ralph and Venelope’s personalities in the process.

Don’t get me wrong, the idea of the internet could have made for an interesting plot. Especially involving that of video games which could be a logical transition to instead focus more on the whole online aspect of video games instead of well… just the internet and a whole bunch of Corpo sponsors that have nothing to do with video games.

This is, how Reshi would rewrite Wreck it Ralph: Ralph Breaks the Internet

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First off, title change since for this concept the internet itself is not just the central focus. Yes I’m going to be boring and just call it Wreck it Ralph 2: Leveled up to the Clouds for now.

Our film begins with a recap of the first as a voiceover from Ralph explains what has changed: He’s become a lot more respected in the arcade, Felix and Calhoun are still the same, and him and Vanellope are best buds, often going on misadventures together after hours now that she’s no longer bound to Sugar Rush.

Things are all fine and dandy until an announcement is made that Litwick’s is getting some “upgrades” in the form of some new fancy games with “online connectivity” as well as access to the internet.

People are excited and ready to greet the newcomers about to get plugged in, resulting in a welcoming partying being held in Game Central.

Everything goes well at first until something unexpected comes through the wire

We will call this entity Malware.

It proceeds to attack the celebration, nearly taking out Vanellope before Ralph and Calhoun dispatch it. The reasonably traumatized girl is then taken to safety as others return to their games.

As a result of the incident, Surge restricts access to games with online components and the internet as a whole.

Calhoun starts hosting some mandatory training drills so that the arcade denizens are more aware. Ralph, while reluctant to attend does make a point while Vanellope doesn’t see a point despite what almost happened to her, feeling as she’s too weak to do anything.

This does lead to a bit of a falling out between Ralph and Vanellope, which eventually leads to her running off in order to investigate the now gated off worlds.

Ralph on the other hand is quick to realize his mistake and is comforted by Felix as we get some reflexions back on the first movie. With plans to apologize after closing time the next day.

We cut back to Game Central, as we follow Vanellope sneaking around before making her way into one of the “restricted” ports. There, she’s scared by a character we will simply call “The Vagrant”, a currently unnamed character that managed to escape their own game when it was unplugged years ago and has been living in the shadows of Game Central.

They recognize her as the girl that was nearly killed by the Malware before giving her a cryptic warning about how these creatures operate and where they come from before vanishing into the shadows, leaving the creeped out Vanellope off on her way.

Back to Ralph. He and the others make plans to visit Sugar Rush so he can apologize only to learn that Vanellope ran off (Thankfully she wasn’t on the board for that day).

Obviously panicked, Ralph runs off. Clearly terrified of the possibility that Sugar Rush might get shut down just like what had nearly happened to Fix it Felix Jr because of his own actions.

Ralph learns that she ran off to one of the restricted games and begs Surge to let him go after her. He is declined.

Eventually a plan is made by Ralph, Calhoun, and Felix that all three of them were going to go after her as the Arcade was going to be closed for a few days with Litwick being away. The three sneak into the game where she was last seen, Slaughter Race.

We cut back to Vanellope who’s exploring this new dangerous world. There she meets Shank who saves her from a group that sees her as an easy target. At first, Shank is confused on why she’s here and volunteers to take Vanellope back but stops when she realizes Vanellope wants to know more.

Cut to the two bonding and eventually Vanellope wanting to know more about the “online functions”. Shank reluctantly agrees but the two are ambushed by The Vagrant, who’s not happy about Vanellope being here as it would get him caught.

The three get into a squabble before they are interrupted by a piece of Malware that forces them to flee using the Online Functions, transporting them to the Internet.

After the two escape, we cut to the Malware entity returning to its “nest” through a backdoor where we get a glimpse of the big bad. The Malware informs its master that it’s found a “New connection” that they could spread to.

Vanellope and The Vagrent are in awe. The latter finally glad to know that they were right. Their plan being to escape to the internet as a means of finding a purpose.

Yet due to the Malware, Vanellope and Shank find themselves unable to return home, stopping the Vagrent before they can get away. Reluctantly they team up, traveling through various other games along the way. At the same time, Ralph and crew are hot on their trail.

Maybe at some point somebody gets infected.

We get some more story stuff, characters reminiscing, some minor encounters with the big bad’s minions, etc until the groups reunite. Ralph and Vanellope get a heartfelt reunion and the Vagrent’s identity is revealed to be an old friend of Ralph and Felix from a game that got unplugged.

The group eventually finds a way back home yet are eventually confronted by the Big Bad, who makes their intention known. The group is taken to their nest but escape.

Some more time passes and eventually they get back. The Vagrant eventually sacrifices themsleves to help hold off the infection from breaching Game Central and several characters from other online games join forces with the main heroes to fight off the Big Bad, leading to the climactic final fight. This time with Vanellope being the one to do them in, making it seem like she dies in the process.

Ralph, heartbroken at the loss of his friend is seen grieving while the others try to comfort him. Until a snarky voice calls him a big baby does he realize that she’s alive.

Eventually the ban is lifted and things go back to normal as online and offline games mingle.

In the end, Vanellope is given the choice if she wants to go to Slaughter Race but decides against it, knowing that she’s needed in Sugar Rush but she does vow to spend time with Shank when they have time off, ending with the two racing through Sugar Rush in their respective cars.

Also Owl City does the ending theme (inspired by this song)

[cannedbabs]

More on that RBTI rewrite thing. I only meant to do the top pieces but added the other two for shits and giggles

I could practically hear the “but Litwack didn’t get internet until 2018! Why do you imagine Turbo accessing it in 2013?” And the funniest answer is the right answer

(Anyone is free to ask questions about this Rewrite/AU thing!! I tried to write out an explanations worth but tbh it turned into a whole novel and idk a better way to give details except stupid doodles which are only 50% lore related)

[swift-and-styles]

twenty eighteen

Rules: Answer the questions about 2018 and tag some people!

Tagged by: the lovely @casaharrington <3

Top 5 films you watched in 2018:

Bad Times at the El Royale (Goddard, 2018)

Avengers: Infinity War (Russo’s, 2018)

Wreck It Ralph: Ralph Breaks the Internet (Moore, Johnston 2018)

Hereditary (Aster, 2018)

Halloween (Green, 2018)

Top 5 TV shows in 2018: 

Stranger Things

The Walking Dead

Grey’s Anatomy

Riverdale

MTV Scream

Top 5 songs of 2018:

Delicate - Taylor Swift

Hard Feelings - Lorde

Guys My Age - Hey Violet

Youngblood - 5 Seconds of Summer

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Top 5 books you read in 2018:

I haven’t read any books except imagines and fafiction... is that bad???

Five Good/Positive things that happened to you in 2018:

my cousin came down form Vancouver and is now living here with her family of 3 (i’m an aunt to a beautiful niece and nephew)

I finished a fanfic that was fun to write (i’m rewriting and going to post on here)

I made some wonderful new friends this year and they all make me go uwu

made a bestie on here and she’s the Audrey to my Noah

i have nothing else to put here but those 4 thngs im very proud to be part of.

Tagging all the lovelies I think will enjoy this @partayswiftie @bleachella @complexstyles @imjustgonnaswift @taylorize-me @idsb @autumnsletters and some others i can’t think of but you can do this if you’d want :) happy new years!!!

[omniversalobservations]

Will We Ever See a Star Wars/MCU Crossover?

Ben Lindbergh: Daniel, Kevin Feige says that Patton Oswalt’s 2013 pitch on Parks and Recreation is “probably as close as we’ll ever get” to seeing a Star Wars–MCU crossover. In February, the Marvel mastermind dashed hopes (and assuaged fears) that he and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy would join forces and rule the galaxy together, telling Yahoo! Entertainment, “I really don’t think so … I don’t think there’s any reason for it.”

However, I can think of one reason: It would make a gazillion dollars. The new Space Jam may be bad, but it still bodied Black Widow at the box office last weekend, posting the strongest opening of any pandemic-era Warners or family film despite a simultaneous streaming release on HBO Max. A Star Wars–MCU crossover would be a much bigger deal than a team-up between Tweety and LeBron James. Granted, Star Wars and the MCU are already raking it in as separate entities, but with Disney’s non-streaming revenue depressed by the pandemic and its streaming subscriber growth slowing, the pressure to milk Marvel and Lucasfilm for all that they’re worth could become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

Another Marvel mastermind, the late Stan Lee, anticipated that temptation in 2016. “Obviously the people who produce these [movies] are looking to be as successful as possible,” he said. “If they feel that incorporating Star Wars with the Marvel characters will be very successful, they’ll find a way to do it.” Even Feige—who, by the way, is producing a Star Wars movie—didn’t totally rule out the idea, noting that “If you’d ask me if anything we’re talking about right now was in the realm of possibility 20 years ago, I would’ve said, ‘I don’t think so.’” My take? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And so will a Star Wars–MCU crossover, someday and in some way.

What say you? Will Disney bring together a group of remarkable characters to see whether they could become something more?

Daniel Chin: Yeah, as much as I hope that this never happens, I agree, Ben. No matter how you might feel about it, a Star Wars–MCU crossover is inevitable.

Despite Feige shooting down the idea, the fact that the architect of the MCU is himself crossing over to a galaxy far, far away shows how closely tied these two mega franchises are already becoming. Feige even handpicked Michael Waldron, head writer of Loki and cowriter of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, to work on his secretive Star Wars project as well.

And speaking of Waldron, the finale of Loki just set up the MCU with limitless storytelling possibilities in the years to come. The era of the multiverse has officially arrived, and with Feige recently holding a meeting at Marvel Studios to establish the rules of the multiverse and discuss how they’ll deliver on all the excitement surrounding it, it’s clear that these interdimensional stories aren’t going anywhere any time soon. If the MCU is already rewriting its own history with the upcoming animated anthology series What If…? based on the notion of colliding realities (along with the rumors that we may soon see three Spider-Men in Spider-Man: No Way Home), then what’s to stop the House of Mouse from linking up Baby Yoda and Baby Groot in the near future?

Since we’re both in agreement here that this extremely lucrative crossover is sure to happen one way or another, what do you think it could look like and how do you think Disney could actually make it work?

BL: I imagine the Mouse’s attitude would be similar to the Avengers’ in Endgame: whatever it takes. On top of the creative connections we’ve already mentioned, Marvel is the primary publisher for Star Wars comics. It wouldn’t be a big leap for the crossover to start on the page, where the expectations and scrutiny would be a bit more muted than they would if this were built up as a blockbuster movie or major streaming series.

The urge to create crossovers is nothing new, and there’s precedent for a smaller-scale meeting of Marvel heroes and characters from a famous sci-fi franchise: In the 1990s, the X-Men crossed over with Star Trek via two one-shot comics and an accompanying novel. The comics were kind of a home-and-home series: In the first one, the X-Men traveled through a dimensional rift into the 23rd century of the Star Trek timeline while pursuing Proteus. In the follow-up, a rift in the space-time continuum caused by a malfunctioning time-displacement field sent the 24th-century crew of the Enterprise into the parallel reality of the 1990s X-Men. Those setups could serve as a template for a future Star Wars–MCU merger: Just dream up a temporal rift into an alternate dimension, insert some technobabble, and presto, you’ve got yourself a crossover episode.

Of course, there was no MCU in the 1990s. Nor were there streaming services. If and when Disney decides to bring together its two biggest moneymakers, it will probably want to do so in a way that would bolster its streaming catalog. One possibility is a noncanonical, just-for-fun spoof along the lines of last year’s LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, which featured crossovers between characters from multiple eras of Star Wars. This year, another Disney acquisition, The Simpsons, crossed over first with Star Wars and then with the MCU via short films on Disney+. By the transitive property, then, we’re due for a short film featuring Star Wars and the MCU (both of which were already represented in Disney’s 2018 animated movie Ralph Breaks the Internet). Video games are another medium where this would work: Both Star Wars and the MCU have made forays into Fortnite, and it wouldn’t be shocking to see them overlap there, in DLC for Marvel’s Avengers, or even in a Super Smash Bros.–style brawler.

Source: The Ringer

[mceproductions]

2018 Countdown Recap

For those who havent been keeping up here is the recap of the contdown. 

Best of 2018

   Movies

  1.  Black Panther

2.  Mission Impossible: Fallout

3.  Avengers: Infinity War

4.  Ready Player One

5.  Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse

6.   Ralph Breaks The Internet

7.   Crazy Rich Asians

8.   Aquaman and A Star is Born

9.   A Quiet Place and Marry Poppins Returns

10. Deadpool 2 and Incredibles 2

11. Bohemian Rhapsody

12. Maze Runner: The Death Cure

13. Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again and Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom

14. Ant Man and the Wasp

15. The Meg

 Runners Up:

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Oceans 8

Christopher Robin

Paddington 2

Venom

 Honorable Mention

Wont You be my Neighbor and Isle of Dogs

  Worst

 1. The Cloverfield Paradox

2. Fifty Shades Freed

3. Pacific Rim Uprising

    TV Shows

   Best New Show of 2018 Nominee*

Winner^

 1.  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

2.  RWBY (ROOSTER TEETH)

3.  The Good Doctor (ABC)^

4.  FLCL Progressive and Alternative (ADULT SWIM)

5.  This is Us (NBC)

6.  SNL (NBC)

7.  The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

8.  Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)

9.  Steven Universe (CARTOON NETWORK) and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

10. Westworld (HBO)*

11. The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) and DuckTales (Disney)

12. Adventure Time (CARTOON NETWORK) and Attack on Titan (ADULT SWIM)

13. Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

14. Big Hero 6 The Series (Disney)* and The Handmaids Tale (HULU)

15. Star Wars Rebels (DISNEY XD)

16. Will & Grace (NBC) and Outlander (STARZ)

17. Marvel Netflix Shows (NETFLIX)

18. Cobra Kai (YouTube RED)* and Black-ISH (ABC)

19. The Simpsons (FOX)

20. CITRUS (Funimation)

21. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) and Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FXX)

22. Castle Rock (Hulu)

23. SpongeBob (NICK)

24. Black Lightning (CW)*

25. New Girl (FOX)

 Runners Up:

The Flash (CW)

Pokemon Sun and Moon Ultra Adventures (DISNEY XD)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

The Loud House (NICK)

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (COMEDY CENTRAL)

  Honorable Mention

Roseanne and The Conners (ABC)

  Worst

 1. 13 Reasons Why (NETFLIX)

2. The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead (AMC)

3. Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits (FUNIMATION)

   MUSIC

  1.  Maroon 5 and Cardi B “Girls Like You”

2.  Keala Settle “This is Me”

3.  Childish Gambino “This is America”

4.  Kendrick Lamar & SZA “All the Stars”

5.  Justin Timberlake “Filthy”

6.  Bruno Mars and Cardi B “Finesse”

7.  Ariana Grande “Thank U Next”

8.  Celine Dion “Ashes”

9.   Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper “Shallow”

10. Ed Sheeran “Perfect”

11. BTS “IDOL”

12. The Greatest Showman Ensemble “The Greatest Show”

13. Alan Silvestri “Porch”

14. Imagine Dragons “Whatever It Takes”

15. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt “Found Tonight” and Drake “Gods Plan”

16. Weezer “AFRICA”

17. Camilla Cabano “Havana” and Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin “I Like It”

18. Lilly James, Jessica Wynn, Alexa Davies and Celia Irme “When I Kissed the Teacher”

19. Lady Gaga “I’ll Never Love Again.” and Arianna Grande “No Tears Left to Cry”

20. Zac Efron and Zedaya “Rewrite the Stars”

21. The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar “Pray for Me”

22. DJ Khlaed, Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo “No Brainer”

23. Jeff Williams and Casey Lee Williams “All that Matters”

24. Liam Payne and Rita Ora “For You”

25. Eminem “Venom”

26. Selena Gomez “Back to You”

27. Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams “A Million Dreams”

28. Zedd “The Middle”

29. Imagine Dragons “Thunder”

30. LiSA “Catch the Moment”

 Runners Up:

 Mamma Mia Cast “Super Trouper”

Katherine Ho “Yellow”

Twenty One Pilots “Jumpsuit”

RADWIMPS “NANDEMONIYA”

Carrie Underwood and Ludacris “Champion”

   Honorable Mention:

Loren Allred “Never Enough”

    WORST

 1. Tyler the Creator “You’re a Mean one. Mr. Grinch”

2. Lil Dicky and Chris Brown “Freaky Friday”

3. DJ Khaled and Demi Lovato “I Believe”