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I want to believe this concept art wasn't made by Blue Sky.
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It translates to 81, which seems so disappointing. Futurama used to throw on little geek and tech references, hell it may be the reason Rick and Morty does it now, but back then David Cohen at least had a logical reason for throwing them in unlike Rick and Morty they didn't just throw in random tidbits so the smooth brains watching could feel intellectual for a momment. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the show get cancelled at 2 seasons and the third season is like 3 pitty episodes or am I mixing it up? You hit the nail on the head. The later half of the first season had Danna and cos masks come off and they showed they really intended on pushing more esg pleasing diversity shit and the second season amped it up to the max. The ratings dropped, parents and normies left the show in droves, amd despite what Disney wants to belive a pack of screeching Troon coombrains on Twitter aren't enough to keep a show alive. So they axed it giving Dana a half seasons worth of "specials to wrap things up amd she was lucky to get even that since Disney's notorious for axing anything that doesn't bring in the numbers with out so much as a goodbye. And the funny thing is despite still getting a half season to tell a proper ending and REALLY pushing her agenda in the end (the aforementioned redesigns which added in pride pins and characters painting their nails in the rainbow mafias colors, to bi history being a subject actually taught at a MAGICAL school) Dana still cried "wah wah Disney hates rainbow people and canceled my show because trolls called my lesbian self insertion story dumb!"
Also can someone please fix the quoting and editing on here?! It's starting to piss me off.
So you've never even seen the 2015 Peanuts Movie from Blue Sky, right? It was CG and it was good.
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God damn, that framing is outright comical. Charlie Brown over in the darker parts near the corner, even the normal blonde girl taking a step to the side, while the crippled brown girl is in the middle being illuminated by the only light in the room and striking a pose. Fucking kek. I'm not sure why she's dabbing, either, but it doesn't help the questionable first impression.Peanuts Movie 2 leaked concept art from /co/, get it while it's up
https://mega.nz/folder/46BD1LiR#568xwJ43WGSV4fLgk-Lzrw
From the rest of the concept art it looks like it's going to be some weird kind of love story? Charlie's always chasing after the girl or showing her around some places. Looks like a big abandoned theme park or fair which- honestly- looks awesome. I have no clue how it'll relate to these suburban kids and/or their romance, but I don't care too much because god DAMN those visuals are pretty.
That aside, I'm worried this is going to be another case of "here's the main character but better in every way and also a minority". You know the kind. The Rey, the Korra, that type of character.
She'll start out all loud and boisterous, very "look at me I'm so awesome" (and the story will go along with this instead of ever attempting to disprove her), and the main character of the previous films will either agree and fall head-over-heels in love with her/acknowledge her specialness or just be entirely absent and often disrespected (obviously not the case here but worth mentioning since it's a part of the archetype).
As time goes on and the story progresses/the fans complain, the character will be shown to be more vulnerable- but always in some minute, typically-inconsequential way that doesn't detract from her awesomeness. Then from there on it'll become a weird race to the bottom where the character who was initially portrayed as Our New Lord and Savior is now on the ropes constantly, shown to be weak and pathetic via the plot but treated by the story and characters as if she's still some weird superboss, until she almost becomes an archetypical Damsel in Distress while viciously denying such a label. The story will end with the character's awesomeness once more reaffirmed, either through the character leaving in an emotional goodbye scene or by taking over the reins from the aforementioned previous protagonist in a scene that has most of the cast agreeing that "it's better this way".
I'd say I'm jumping to conclusions- but the new girl has her own new dog, she clearly fits the bill for "new minority character", she's visually framed in ways that highlight her against the old cast, and even her design is very very obviously different to every single other character's (I don't mean in terms of race. Look at the clothing- she's way more urban and her design is more complex).
I'm guessing the movie will go something like this:
- New girl moves into town/comes to visit. Is from a nearby city. Loud, confident, and boisterous- but insecure about her disability/position in her new home and goes on adventures to creepy/broken-down places to distract from her similarity to them (and/or just to distract in general. Am brainstorming here)
- Charlie Brown welcomes her, falls in love. Blonde girl whose name I keep forgetting playfully teases him about it and he gets flustered.
- Cue montage of new girl settling in. She's "cooler" than the rest of the new kids somehow- maybe she teaches them cool tricks with her wheelchair that they replicate with bicycles, maybe she's the life of the party at some school event, maybe she can harass the teachers and get away with it, I'm not sure. Whatever props her up as a cool kid. Throughout this montage Charlie can be seen being awkward around her with various other kids possibly picking up on his affections and reacting differently to keep things interesting. Lucy might be mean about it, Schroeder might be supportive, blonde girl will continue being playful.
- New girl asks Charlie to come with her on a trip to some abandoned fair/theme park. He says yes one day and then kicks himself over it the next, leading to a scene made solely to tease Charlie about his affections via blonde girl (I'm guessing this is where that dancing and singing from the scene portrayed within the picture in the post I'm quoting is coming from) that new girl interrupts halfway through by coming over for a visit. After this scene he becomes a little more confident and goes on the trip without blushing every 5 seconds.
- When they get to the theme park, antics ensue. Charlie is perpetually scared of shit like broken machinery or the abandoned haunted house that the two go through, while new girl is thrilled. Eventually Charlie's fear is justified as some ride they're on goes haywire and he has to save her from it. He succeeds because this is a kid's movie, but new girl is shaken.
- New girl breaks down with Charlie and exposits backstory. He's taken aback but very sympathetic, probably leading to a hug and maybe to a kiss or something.
- The next day new girl has to move away for some unforeseen reason/return to the city if she's not actually moving in. There's an emotional goodbye which focuses on Charlie, and the movie ends with the main cast being sympathetic to him while he thinks about sending her letters or something.
It's always been 3D, just stylized to look 2D. Peanuts was one of the first big-studio movies to pull that off before Spider-verse made it cool. This is not a new addition.
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And yet here I am thinking, what would Sparky think? That's what this sequel tells me.
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The yellow dog from fairly odd parents who's voice actor trooned out?
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They could have adapted one of the many movies they have yet chose to make a self insert film
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I have pretty much ignored everything post-Schulz. The franchise is so directly connected to him that I just really don't see anything afterwards as even legitimate. Sort of like reviving Pogo.
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Edward "DD": we could just go to our house eddy.
Eddy: what and ruin the plot?
ED: end of first sequence and fade to black
Edward: I think I've lost 10 lbs this season!
Ed: I should have the feeling in my legs back after these words from our sponsors double D
DD: curse broadcast commercialism!
I loved it when ed edd n eddy broke the 4th wall. Take note modern writers THAT is how you do meta humor.
Eddy: what and ruin the plot?
ED: end of first sequence and fade to black
Edward: I think I've lost 10 lbs this season!
Ed: I should have the feeling in my legs back after these words from our sponsors double D
DD: curse broadcast commercialism!
I loved it when ed edd n eddy broke the 4th wall. Take note modern writers THAT is how you do meta humor.
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While I never watched that show, I was referring to Schulz's nickname he had as a child, itself a reference to Barney Google's horse, Sparkplug.
Given the large body of work Schulz has left us with, you'd think they'd find something they could adapt than this.
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You and me both. What little I saw of the new Apple TV show was okay too.
Sigh.
Also if this is someone for Charlie Brown to crush on does that let us add the little red headed girl to the list of gingers replaced by black people?
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I hadn't even thought of that, but that would be absolutely shitty vandalism, considering LRHG was based on a real life crush of Schulz.
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Insert ever increasingly relevant quote about how evil cannot create, only corrupt.
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from memory there's a fence sitter that's voiced by one in the show.
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The Little Red-Haired Girl was in the first film and was sort of the connective tissue that tied the different sequences together. It really did feel like classic Schulz, for the most part; there wasn't an attempt to give it a plot, there were long Red Baron fantasy sequences, etc. I found it very faithful and a nice, comforting movie.
It does differ in that LRHG notices him, we see her face, and they have actual reciprocal interactions. Feels like heresy! But he deserves the win at this point.
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It was a good film. For when it was made it could have been utterly dire but it felt very Peanuts like. I am still undecided on the conclusion, however at the time I assumed there would be no follow up so I kind of took the attitude that sometimes a little bit of positivity is fine.
I forgot the film industry is creatively bankrupt and a new film was inevitable.
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I was actually surprised by the Peanuts film, a lot of the advertising and framing around it before it's release gave off the impression they were going for a "This ain't your parents' Charlie Brown! :RECORD SCRATCH:" approach but it was close to the feel of the classic specials and the strip.
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Yeah- it's another reason why I'm so confused by this sequel. I mean, I probably shouldn't've expected anything less, but it's still sort of weird and doesn't feel right. If it was LRHG in wheelchair girl's position I'd totally be on board for a fluffy story where Charlie Brown (almost) gets his one wish, but it's not and so I'm not.
Unfortunately that's just how marketing is nowadays.
The first film was great though, yeah. Even my stupid adhd self could sit down and appreciate something as gentle and slow-paced as it. Felt like drinking warm honey milk on a snowy day, if that helps paint a picture. Shame that the sequel's kind of just throwing that out the window from what I can tell.
Most of modern marketing for movies 2010 onward is just manipulative bullshit and talking down to audiences. If it's a summer blockbuster, it has to follow trailers for Inception or Deadpool. If it's a horror movie, it has to implement loud sound effects to count as jump scares. And also a lot of movies being based off of IPs are literally trying to use the same goyslop shit, such as copying capeshit. Most of American cinema is pretty much just like fast food. The studios want to either make movies "fun" like rollercoasters or try to add in identity politics shitUnfortunately that's just how marketing is nowadays.
The first film was great though, yeah. Even my stupid adhd self could sit down and appreciate something as gentle and slow-paced as it. Felt like drinking warm honey milk on a snowy day, if that helps paint a picture. Shame that the sequel's kind of just throwing that out the window from what I can tell.
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