If they never release to cinemas, then chuddy YouTubers can’t gloat that they bombed. Optics are more important than money.
I notice the therapy element in a lot of modern writing, where the characters are not required to change; they are required to be validated. There's wish fulfillment going on where the writer wants a particular resolution to a parent/child conflict that only allows for the parent to apologize. It's not just that the writers feel entitled to work out their issues in their art, it's that they set it up LIKE a therapy session, where one party is just there to listen. The writing process could round it out; like, A Goofy Movie is also about complex family dynamics and isn't afraid to show adult perspectives on things, but all the characters are equally dynamic and flawed and affect the story. Everyone matures and errs, and you don't get the sense that the writers resent the characters or the way they handle things.
The worst part is that it isn't even "therapy", its just unresolved immaturity and narcissism by being incapable of comprehending that parents are not perfect people and that sometimes they have to do things kids don't like to help them grow out of that immaturity and narcissism into better people.
Asian culture puts a lot of importance on reputation and conformity. Asian parents are hard on their kids because they want to keep up appearances and not become gossip or "rock the boat" in the community. They might love their children, but they put societal expectations over their children's needs first, and that's become more and more obvious that it's not working with the current generation for whatever reason. Maybe it's the West's fault, maybe it's just the end result of an industrialized society, who knows.
Depends on what they're seppukuing over. More often than not, it's accepted as someone "regaining honor" by offing themselves to save their family/peers further grief of their failures.
It can seem that way as some Asian countries have a history of generational punishment (parents are punished alongside their children for the crines their children commit) and that's a hard learned history lesson that's difficult to forget. Most countries like China and Japan place very high importance on reputation, and a person that was unruly as a child may forever hold a black mark that keeps the child ostracized well into their childhood. The "no repercussions, no responsibilities" movement is a fairly new thing which has led to all sorts of damage to the social framework that is actively breaking down. The current culture of letting naive children do whatever they want is highly unsustainable as these children have yet to learn why things are done the way they are, like why it's a bad thing to publically declare yourself a woman and chop off your dick.
It's interesting how pampered children of minority have their own "fuck you mom and dad for making me go to church on Sunday". In the Christian case you'd usually just have people claim atheism and be massive degenerates. In the minority case they still want to be considered as this minority, since their entire career is based on it, so they basically try to subvert their own history and culture to align with progressive values, which is arguably worse.
Tho atheism does dive deep into corrupting Christian mythology in order to get some semblance of tradition and symbology. The upside down cross is the cross of St.Peter, and goth is basically Memento Mori.
if it's anything like Splash Mountain? Negative three weeks on AA breakdowns.
Oh Hell no. When I went to Disneyland as a kid it was one of my favorite rides. It was considerably shorter for one thing, plus Splash Mountain actually had a villain (The Fox) from the film pop up throughout the ride and act as a considerable threat towards Brer Rabbit. When you were ascending before the drop you were surrounded by the Fox’s antagonizing laughter. It was great.
The new ride honestly makes me wonder if Disney no long can afford major upgrades and renovations to it's parks.
That and all the talented imagineers have either retired or went to work for Universal. It's not looking good long-term for Disney.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they started running into more roadblocks budget-wise during the ride’s development. Tiana’s Bayou Adventure was announced in early 2020, and since then Disney’s has hemorrhaged over a billion dollars and lost a lot of respect.
I thought the Disney Japan park was still doing good? the Frozen's Anna animatronic went viral on TikTok the special effects ion her dress when she freezaes and thaws
Disney’s Japan park is run by a different company (Oriental Land Company), as far as I understand it Disney doesn’t have any direct involvement in that park.
They haven’t been able to for a while now, in the time that it took them to do shitty refurbs of a few rides Universal built a whole new land.
That is somehow better and worse at the same time. Does Disney make any money from that park aside from flat rate licensing fees? does OLC get to choose what characters and scenes they do and do not show?