At this point I'm going to Ladbrokes and betting against everything Kotaku promotes. They are like Jim Cramer of the gaming industry.
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2024
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I mean tbf we got 40 year old on here salty about this movie, while my kids can't wait to see it.
It reminds me of adults bitching about minions being dumb and childish, that's the point
So sometimes the most profitable quarterly isn't the best thing to do?
Minions were made TO BE DUMB, Minecraft is the most popular game in the world MADE DUMB FOR PROFIT - there's a massive difference and blaming the people mad not the problem is pretty stupid
Why are you pretending like Minecraft is a masterpiece of storytelling and mature gaming? The game is stupid and fun and kids love it. Why does everyone want every game movie to be dark and broody?
No?
I'm just saying people enjoy a game idk what youre gaining from gatekeeping that.
Saying something is just for kids is the only stupid thing I'm hearing tbh, adults are allowed to have fun
To be fair Minions is a childrens film and the people complaining about Minecraft are fans who for right reason hate the real characters thing. It would've been better to be animated...we all know the film is gonna flop.
2024 is the year of a lot of gaming and gaming-tangential products being made with a ridiculous price tag but not a clear audience of people who ever asked for it. 🤔
I've read the article. It is based on the author's personal experience, which, news flash, does not represent reality as a whole. Also, even then he is wrong, kids movies can appeal to anyone: The Lego Movie, The Super Mario Bros Movie, Sonic the Hedgehog films.
Also, he called Minecraft Story Mode a "Netflix cartoon".
Reminder: Jack Black broke up Tenacious D to try to save this thing
and...
"Oh, no see, you're mad, but you see this version of the franchise isn't for you. It's for a new crowd that was alienated by the previous version and you need to be nice and let them have their..."
Shut the fuck up, if it's a version of a thing made for people who are defined by not liking the thing, it's not going to get the other crowd to like the thing, it's just going to piss off the people who do like it...
This is the second time I’ve seen someone say this. Tenacious D is not broken up. Where are you getting this information?
Fuck kotaku. It's biased journalism and garbage takes just for the sake of being garbage takes. Seriously the most useless reporting in the industry. And also, fuck Jack. He is a coward and should've had Kyle's back. It wasn't even that bad of a joke.
OK, so it's going to be a shitty movie and no one is going to watch it, other than YouTubers, so they can dunk on the movie.
This is a second shitty movie with Black Jack in it. Lets hope he's not a trend setter.
He got a lot of money to be Bowser in a movie that made a lot of money, desperate film makers wanting to get in on the "Video Game Movie" trend thinking it's the next "Super Hero Movie!" trend hire Jack Black thinking he's the sole reason for Mario's successful movie and not just a component of it.
..and Jack Black's just taking the check and not correcting them.
Don't blame him, he's just grabbing that bag.
I was referring to Borderlands: The Movie, not Mario.
And I'm blaming him a little as he still took the bag.
Plenty of children movies appeal to both demographics. LTT's most recent stream passed some good ideas around about what would have made a better movie.
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