Well...

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u/AKSpartan70 2d ago

This is going to be one of the biggest flops of 2025 and honestly I’m looking forward to the content roasting it

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u/Hygochi 2d ago

Maybe in a perfect world the constant underperforming live actions would stop them from pillaging their nostalgia reputation. Yet now they're trying to pillage Moana, a series from 2016

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u/AKSpartan70 2d ago

Speak No Evil isn’t even 5 years old and got an American “remake” that genuinely doesn’t even understand what makes the original so good

The constant demand for content was never going to be a good thing. It’s killing so many IPs and fandoms

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u/LordManders 1d ago

I didn't hate the Speak No Evil remake. I thought MacAvoy acted his tits off in that.

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u/Rough_World_7063 1d ago

That’s not a new thing. The Ring, The Grudge, The uninvited, Shutter etc all had American remakes within a few years of the originals

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u/CinemaDork 1d ago

Yeah, there's a pretty big difference between Disney making more Moana movies and someone remaking a foreign film for American audiences.

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u/genuinely_insincere 1d ago

I think it's weird how you are so concerned about things being quality, but then you make such an inane, parroted, empty statement about "internet bad."

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u/fang_xianfu 2d ago

I was going to make a comment about how they will adapt animated properties into live-action but not the other way round, and then I realised that a modern CGI-filled movie a la Marvel is the animated version.

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u/30fps_is_cinematic 2d ago

No original ideas - too risky. Live actions, sequels and superhero slop is all you’ll get and you’ll be happy with it

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u/polchickenpotpie 2d ago

Maybe if people actually went to watch the original ideas we'd get more

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u/Tosslebugmy 2d ago

This is the problem, we can complain all we want yet people line up in droves for this stuff and original stuff can really burn the studio.

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u/MightyMightyMag 1d ago

So true. Would you rather lay your resources out for a known property that most likely will make 1 billion, or push that out on a new one where it’s more risky? I know what I would pick, but that’s why I’m poor.

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u/Walter_West 2d ago

These movies don’t flop, they make Disney a lot of money. I mean they totally suck, but there’s a reason why they keep on making them.

It’s definitely a case of for terrible or worse for us who are on a sub reddit for movies but for Disney? It’s a case of for better or money

That last paragraph made a lot of sense in my head…

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u/Hygochi 1d ago

I used "underperforming" and not "flop" very intentionally.

The LA movies are definitely underperforming compared to when they first started with them and have downright bombs like Mulan (granted COVID) and underperformers like Mufasa and The Little Mermaid. These movies don't just cost money they use Disney's reputation which as of late is floundering (pun intended)

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u/MightyMightyMag 1d ago

I found it rather poetic. I was moved, friend, moved.

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u/Stop_Sign 1d ago

They're pillaging freakin Lilo and Stitch for a live action. Nostalgia is all they have