Yeah, it's definitely more of a shared universe thing, and was marketed just fine. Those who need or care to know that it's "officially" an Alien prequel already do. Those who don't gain no benefit from such knowledge. There's nothing about it that would have been improved if they had put "PREQUEL TO ALIEN" on all the posters and trailers.
Mal: Cut it out. Job's not done until we're back on Serenity. Zoe: Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to enjoy the moment.
'Ariel'
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Sean K - Jun 08, 2012 11:28:33 am PDT #21040 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean K - Jun 08, 2012 11:28:52 am PDT #21041 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
¹: First most popular: "Hey, click on this..."
Hee!
§ ita § - Jun 08, 2012 12:20:24 pm PDT #21042 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
AND YOU STILL FALL FOR IT....MWAHHAHAH
Pixar's 22 rules of storytelling.
In terms of firsts, Brave has a few for Pixar, right?
- First set in the UK
- First 'fairy tale'
- First female lead
Are those right?
Tom Scola - Jun 08, 2012 12:30:19 pm PDT #21043 of 30000
hwæt
I think Cars 2 may have had some scenes in the UK, but I’m not going to bother to find out for sure.
Sean K - Jun 08, 2012 12:36:33 pm PDT #21044 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I was going to say the same thing (I haven't seen it, so can't say either), but I don't know if that quite counts as "set in".
§ ita § - Jun 08, 2012 12:43:06 pm PDT #21045 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I found myself reacting adversely to (of all things) Merida's weaponry. I guess I felt like they had to make her cool enough for boys by making her do stereotypically masculine things. If she liked embroidery, she wouldn't carry a movie.
Kind of like how Snow White needed to swing a sword.
But then I just realise I'm looking for all this equity in the stories on the big screen, and there aren't enough stories to cover everything I want to see, even if there were audiences.
I mean, it's cool for girls to see that it's fine if they can do "boy" things better than boys. Maybe in the next movie they'll tell them it's fine if the want to do "girl" things. And in the movie after that, boys will get to do "girl" things as well. This is scheduled for shortly after hell freezing over.
Yes, I will never be happy. I totally get that.
Consuela - Jun 08, 2012 12:44:28 pm PDT #21046 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And in the movie after that, boys will get to do "girl" things as well. This is scheduled for shortly after hell freezing over.
Yeah. Baby steps, baby steps. I hope!
Amy - Jun 08, 2012 12:51:19 pm PDT #21047 of 30000
Because books.
Possible feature film version of Stephen King's It.
Naturally, one of the first comments is someone asking if the kids' group sex scene will be included this time.
Sean K - Jun 08, 2012 12:59:53 pm PDT #21048 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Now I want to see James Bond embroidering.
Atropa - Jun 08, 2012 1:05:14 pm PDT #21049 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
A movie of It seems pointless, because they'll never be able to cast someone who will top Tim Curry as Pennywise. And if they CAN, I dont want to see that, because my brain will melt in terror.