I, personally, find the latter the most interesting. I found an LA Times article that supports that Wreck-it Ralph is going to be in Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed. I suppose that fits, since Disney did release a Wreck-it Ralph game so Wreck-it Ralph is a video game character. It will be interesting to see what other video game licensing deals come out with Wreck-it Ralph.
Wikipedia is generally a reliable source, with the reliability scaling up the more a subject is popular and politically uncontroversial.
Wikipedia is a fantastic source for finding chemical structures. Also, finding uses of equations and clear, well-presented proofs. Wikipedia helped me learn how to do a standard deviation by hand before I realized that my calculator could do it in a few seconds.
I, personally, find the latter the most interesting. I found an LA Times article that supports that Wreck-it Ralph is going to be in Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed. I suppose that fits, since Disney did release a Wreck-it Ralph game so Wreck-it Ralph is a video game character. It will be interesting to see what other video game licensing deals come out with Wreck-it Ralph.
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I too would be curious to see what else they do. I'd imagine an actual video-game tie-in would be a hell of a challenge to do (though not impossible), so maybe cameos in other games like this is better? I dunno.
I too would be curious to see what else they do. I'd imagine an actual video-game tie-in would be a hell of a challenge to do (though not impossible), so maybe cameos in other games like this is better? I dunno.
I loved it. I thought the game cameos were handled really well, the fictional game worlds were well thought-out, and the rules of their universe made for a really entertaining story. I also thought the cast and the voicework was really impressive.
It was...okay? The movie is great for the first....fourth or so. If you've watched the movie trailers, you've seen pretty much all of the major cameos, the movie itself actually spends the vast majority of its run in the "Sugar Rush" setting, which is supposed to be designed like a Japanese kart racer but honestly just feels like somebody picked up a CandyLand board, said "Do that, but with these American brand candies we've licensed", and called it a day. Once the movie hits there, it gets stuck, and goes through some obnoxiously predictable storylines.
Ralph becomes friends with a character with the intent of fulfilling some selfish goal. How do you think this will go? That's how it goes, complete with the "stop the movie for 20 minutes while we watch characters sulk for awhile" moment. Other than one well-done plot point which SHOULD be obvious but is integrated well enough that I didn't see it coming, every plotline in the entire film can be called as of a quarter of the way in, and the ride stops being fun. Silverman's character is one of those sidekicks that is supposed to grate on the main hero but ends up grating on the audience, the whole Sugar Rush world is as saccharine and lifeless as its premise, and the movie spends far too much time retreading old ground and explaining its rules so it can use them half a minute later to fulfill predictable by-committee plotlines, down to the big setpiece finale.
The movie does some cute things but also does them somewhat inconsistently. Characters in the "Fix-It Felix" universe have limited animation frames, as though they're still sprites, but Ralph and Felix seem to fade in and out of it without much reason behind it.
I thought it got bogged down after Sugar Rush too, but I liked the characters and their relationships enough that I was able to look past it. The world itself was fairly lifeless though, to me, and affected my view of the film enough that I gave it a "B" in the end. I loved Sarah Silverman's character actually, because it's a reflection of childhood and inappropriateness that I think resonates. That relationship between the two of them builds enough that when the movie closed I was actually a bit teary eyed.
Would quite like to see this, but as Ryan also said, we don't get it in the UK 'til next year. See, this sort of shit is why I'm tempted to download the bloody thing rather than see it in a cinema. Why do they do this?
I actually liked Sugar Rush and Vanillope (Sarah Silverman's character). I would have liked to see more Hero's Duty, but given the dark theme of the game as well as the dark colors (as it's a pastiche of first person shooters), I can see why it went by so fast given that this is a family movie.
I agree with Rather Dashing about the plot point that's revealed in the last half of the movie. I completely missed it as well, and when it came I had an aha! moment. It's done really well.
I'm actually surprised that they were able to get the Tapper bartender (and that he had a fairly significant role) given that Midway is owned by Warner Bros. now. They seemed to have some problems with the other Midway licenses though (such as Kano from Mortal Kombat, who has different colored clothes and lighter colored skin and is never mentioned by name).
I don't want to see this, but the girl does. It just looks really predictable and I feel like I've already seen it.
Some of it is predictable, but I think its fun and the major reveal is a pretty big surprise, especially given since all the facts are explicitly laid out for you.
Do you remember watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Maybe, maybe not, depending on how old you are, or whether or not your parents' crippling nostalgia forced you to endure an era of cartoons you were never born into. Either way, one of the most amazing elements of that movie was seeing characters like Bugs Bunny and Micky Mouse sharing screen time with one another. You have to understand, this was like seeing Cain and Abel buddying it up at the bar after Cain had just tried to murder him. You know what, at one point in the movie, Donald Duck and Daffy Duck actually do try to murder each other, in what can only be described as the worst incident of Dueling Pianos to have ever gone awry. What I'm trying to say is, these guys were never supposed to share screen time, yet here they were. Wreck-It Ralph does the same thing for video game characters, and it can get hilarious.
You see, Ralph is a bad guy from a game named Fix-It Felix. The problem is, after 30 years of being the bad guy, he's tired of Felix getting all the glory while he gets left out. He doesn't even want to be the good guy. As he says to a Bad Guy support group, he'd probably be okay with being the bad guy if, after the arcade closed, people at least treated him nicely. Unfortunately, Ralph's got hands the size of Don King's hair and feet so big that a dance with him would end in tragic horror. So, even when he's just trying to be nice, he does occasionally end up breaking a few things. Or a few rooms.
Turns out that heroes win medals, and bad guys don't, so if he can get his hands on a medal, maybe he'll be accepted by those around him. So he sets off in search of one. This search will take him out of his game world and into at least two others. He'll also cross through a sort of hub world where game characters jump games all the time in order to visit one another. The problem is, if you die outside your game, you die for good, so there's a real risk to the journey. But Ralph is determined, and along the way he meets two other video game heroes that become allies of sorts for him.
Let's get something straight: Jane Lynch has some of the best one liners I've heard since Arnold decided to retire from his Terminator gig. Playing a tough as nuts military commander named Tamora Calhoun in a first person game called Hero's Duty, she plays host for Ralph's first foray into the gaming world. On the other hand, you've got Sarah Silverman playing the sometimes-too-adorable Vanellope Von Schweetz, a racing character from a Mario Kart styled game named Sugar Rush. Maybe Vanellope was supposed to be the light hearted entertainment, but Tamora steals every scene she's in. Every. Damn. One. She's a gun at the local bully yard when everyone else is trying to give noogies. She actually does have her own sentimental story going on with Fix-It Felix, who goes after Ralph, but the heart of the story is Ralph's relationship with Vanellope.
I wasn't sure if the character of Vanellope was supposed to be a little girl, or just somewhat like that since her program is supposed to be so adorable, but I think half of my inability to see her as having adult features stems from the fact that she's so obviously played by Sarah Silverman. The truth is, though, that the relationship is sweet, and the two do learn from each other over the course of the movie. Don't get me wrong, the movie falters the most in her game world, which comes off too adorable and cuddly for its own good.
Still, it may be the movie's weakest game world, but it's also the place where the bulk of the plot and relationships unfold. Once you get past that cutesy exterior, the heart of the story really comes through. The characters are genuine even while being parodies of existing game tropes, and there's an interesting twist toward the end that adds just the right amount of tension to the movie. I should add that the soundtrack is pretty good, too. Composed by Henry Jackman, it slides between traditional orchestra, sometimes accompanied with synthesizers, to full on 1980s video game sounding music. It's done really well, and there's some touching music to accompany what's unfolding on screen. I guarantee you, if you grew up in the 80s, you'll hear a few compositions that stir up that old feeling of hearing synthesizers on a movie.
Go see this! It's a great movie. It's great for kids, and adults will still have a good time, especially as you pick out the different game characters floating around. It's got just the right mix of comedy with a touching story, and the last scene, oh gods. I think I shed a tear there at the end.
You know what, at one point in the movie, Donald Duck and Daffy Duck actually do try to murder each other, in what can only be described as the worst incident of Dueling Pianos to have ever gone awry.
That scene is the worst part of an otherwise great movie. Everything about it is horrible. I love Roger Rabbit, but watching the dueling pianos sequences just makes me angry.
That scene is completely irrelevant to the plot and tone of the film, and indeed constantly butts into the rather dramatic scene between Maroon and Valiant, so I can see where you're coming from, Dashing.
On the other hand, it's also absolutely hilarious on its own.
That scene is completely irrelevant to the plot and tone of the film, and indeed constantly butts into the rather dramatic scene between Maroon and Valiant, so I can see where you're coming from, Dashing.
You have touched one issue, but there are several. Seriously, the piano sequence is ripped straight out of an alternate universe version of Roger Rabbit where everything is deliberately done badly as a cruel social experiment to see how much suck people can take before they start to think something is up, even when good visual matches for beloved animation characers happen to be on the screen.
The scene stops the movie dead and adds nothing.
The scene makes the classic mistake of conflating Donald Duck and Daffy Duck and treating them like they are both "angry ducks with speech impediments", and like they are essentially the same character-wise. They are not. You have Donald and Daffy Duck on screen at the SAME TIME, two character GIANTS in the world of animation, and you fuck up history's only chance to put them up against each other as comedic foils. This part alone just leaves me fuming, because it just shows a blatant disregard for who these characters are.
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Does not suprise me one bit. It seems Sega's been pretty desperate for money.
Right never.
I seen it on wikipedia and i looked on the sega blog and it said Wreck it ralph will be in sonic and all stars racing transformed
Sonic was seen in the 10 minute footage released at Comic Con 2012. Apparently, he was in seen in the released footage talking to Q-bert.
I, personally, find the latter the most interesting. I found an LA Times article that supports that Wreck-it Ralph is going to be in Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed. I suppose that fits, since Disney did release a Wreck-it Ralph game so Wreck-it Ralph is a video game character. It will be interesting to see what other video game licensing deals come out with Wreck-it Ralph.
Wikipedia is a fantastic source for finding chemical structures. Also, finding uses of equations and clear, well-presented proofs. Wikipedia helped me learn how to do a standard deviation by hand before I realized that my calculator could do it in a few seconds.
I too would be curious to see what else they do. I'd imagine an actual video-game tie-in would be a hell of a challenge to do (though not impossible), so maybe cameos in other games like this is better? I dunno.
Very true. I forgot the bias that was totally wrecking the neutral POV when dealing with Young Earth Creationists.
He's still going to have his own game, too
But yeah, can't wait to see more of Wreck-It Ralph.
Also, it is known, I believe from the Sonic Boom event, that Sonic will be voiced in that film, in a sort of Sonic Says segment,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfS9cytmmCY
Ralph becomes friends with a character with the intent of fulfilling some selfish goal. How do you think this will go? That's how it goes, complete with the "stop the movie for 20 minutes while we watch characters sulk for awhile" moment. Other than one well-done plot point which SHOULD be obvious but is integrated well enough that I didn't see it coming, every plotline in the entire film can be called as of a quarter of the way in, and the ride stops being fun. Silverman's character is one of those sidekicks that is supposed to grate on the main hero but ends up grating on the audience, the whole Sugar Rush world is as saccharine and lifeless as its premise, and the movie spends far too much time retreading old ground and explaining its rules so it can use them half a minute later to fulfill predictable by-committee plotlines, down to the big setpiece finale.
The movie does some cute things but also does them somewhat inconsistently. Characters in the "Fix-It Felix" universe have limited animation frames, as though they're still sprites, but Ralph and Felix seem to fade in and out of it without much reason behind it.
Edit:I will admit i'm pissed off that Disney decided not to release it in the UK until 2013!
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Would quite like to see this, but as Ryan also said, we don't get it in the UK 'til next year. See, this sort of shit is why I'm tempted to download the bloody thing rather than see it in a cinema. Why do they do this?
I don't think polls can merge.
I think i might have to put this in my signature
I agree with Rather Dashing about the plot point that's revealed in the last half of the movie. I completely missed it as well, and when it came I had an aha! moment. It's done really well.
I'm actually surprised that they were able to get the Tapper bartender (and that he had a fairly significant role) given that Midway is owned by Warner Bros. now. They seemed to have some problems with the other Midway licenses though (such as Kano from Mortal Kombat, who has different colored clothes and lighter colored skin and is never mentioned by name).
Some of it is predictable, but I think its fun and the major reveal is a pretty big surprise, especially given since all the facts are explicitly laid out for you.
You see, Ralph is a bad guy from a game named Fix-It Felix. The problem is, after 30 years of being the bad guy, he's tired of Felix getting all the glory while he gets left out. He doesn't even want to be the good guy. As he says to a Bad Guy support group, he'd probably be okay with being the bad guy if, after the arcade closed, people at least treated him nicely. Unfortunately, Ralph's got hands the size of Don King's hair and feet so big that a dance with him would end in tragic horror. So, even when he's just trying to be nice, he does occasionally end up breaking a few things. Or a few rooms.
Turns out that heroes win medals, and bad guys don't, so if he can get his hands on a medal, maybe he'll be accepted by those around him. So he sets off in search of one. This search will take him out of his game world and into at least two others. He'll also cross through a sort of hub world where game characters jump games all the time in order to visit one another. The problem is, if you die outside your game, you die for good, so there's a real risk to the journey. But Ralph is determined, and along the way he meets two other video game heroes that become allies of sorts for him.
Let's get something straight: Jane Lynch has some of the best one liners I've heard since Arnold decided to retire from his Terminator gig. Playing a tough as nuts military commander named Tamora Calhoun in a first person game called Hero's Duty, she plays host for Ralph's first foray into the gaming world. On the other hand, you've got Sarah Silverman playing the sometimes-too-adorable Vanellope Von Schweetz, a racing character from a Mario Kart styled game named Sugar Rush. Maybe Vanellope was supposed to be the light hearted entertainment, but Tamora steals every scene she's in. Every. Damn. One. She's a gun at the local bully yard when everyone else is trying to give noogies. She actually does have her own sentimental story going on with Fix-It Felix, who goes after Ralph, but the heart of the story is Ralph's relationship with Vanellope.
I wasn't sure if the character of Vanellope was supposed to be a little girl, or just somewhat like that since her program is supposed to be so adorable, but I think half of my inability to see her as having adult features stems from the fact that she's so obviously played by Sarah Silverman. The truth is, though, that the relationship is sweet, and the two do learn from each other over the course of the movie. Don't get me wrong, the movie falters the most in her game world, which comes off too adorable and cuddly for its own good.
Still, it may be the movie's weakest game world, but it's also the place where the bulk of the plot and relationships unfold. Once you get past that cutesy exterior, the heart of the story really comes through. The characters are genuine even while being parodies of existing game tropes, and there's an interesting twist toward the end that adds just the right amount of tension to the movie. I should add that the soundtrack is pretty good, too. Composed by Henry Jackman, it slides between traditional orchestra, sometimes accompanied with synthesizers, to full on 1980s video game sounding music. It's done really well, and there's some touching music to accompany what's unfolding on screen. I guarantee you, if you grew up in the 80s, you'll hear a few compositions that stir up that old feeling of hearing synthesizers on a movie.
Go see this! It's a great movie. It's great for kids, and adults will still have a good time, especially as you pick out the different game characters floating around. It's got just the right mix of comedy with a touching story, and the last scene, oh gods. I think I shed a tear there at the end.
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On the other hand, it's also absolutely hilarious on its own.
You have touched one issue, but there are several. Seriously, the piano sequence is ripped straight out of an alternate universe version of Roger Rabbit where everything is deliberately done badly as a cruel social experiment to see how much suck people can take before they start to think something is up, even when good visual matches for beloved animation characers happen to be on the screen.
The scene stops the movie dead and adds nothing.
The scene makes the classic mistake of conflating Donald Duck and Daffy Duck and treating them like they are both "angry ducks with speech impediments", and like they are essentially the same character-wise. They are not. You have Donald and Daffy Duck on screen at the SAME TIME, two character GIANTS in the world of animation, and you fuck up history's only chance to put them up against each other as comedic foils. This part alone just leaves me fuming, because it just shows a blatant disregard for who these characters are.
The scene departs from the excellent filmmaking technique of the rest of the film, and has *a broken, inexcusable scene flow that leaves the sequence an incoherent, bumbling mess.
It really is just plain broken from start to finish. Not good in context, and certainly not good on its own.
I have to disagree.