AniNate Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 I maintain that Star Wars will help rather than hurt TGD. I'm predicting it'll be the prime fallback choice for sellouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 10 minutes ago, tribefan695 said: I maintain that Star Wars will help rather than hurt TGD. I'm predicting it'll be the prime fallback choice for sellouts Double feature with SW7 will no doubt help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Especially with the PG rating, which like it or not probably does make it more appealing to teens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 1 hour ago, tribefan695 said: I maintain that Star Wars will help rather than hurt TGD. I'm predicting it'll be the prime fallback choice for sellouts Agreed. It may be a month old, but it will still be infinitely more appealing than Alvin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Just finished reading the junior novelization of this. The ending to me was not so rich or satisfying. It generally sounded a bit plain to me, and not as deep and inventive as IO which the novel alone made me excited to see the film But I hope the movie turns out more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenstate5 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I think that's because they've said the movie sells itself on the visuals telling the story, a bit like WALL-E. May not come across nearly as well on page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Yeah, I don't think what they're going for here can really be justifiably represented in a book aimed at little kids Though admittedly the ending felt a bit pat for me too initially. But thinking about it there's potential for a truly heartwrenching emotional component in the film itself. The ending of Nemo and Wall E would probably come across the same way in print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenstate5 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) I will quickly comment that Disney junior novelizations debuting weeks prior to the film release is an absolute slap-in-the-face to every one on the crews of these films. They pour their lives out into a movie that tells a story their specific way with visuals, voice acting and direction... only to have the story spilled out onto the world in a totally different, unintended medium that's written as basic as possible nearly a month prior to debut for merchandise reasons. They seriously can't just wait to release it in tandem with the film? Seriously? I think some respect is deserved for the Pixar people as much as they are appeasing JJ's heavy attempts to keep TFA spoilers to an absolute minimum prior to release. They also make Disney guys oodles of money, same with WDAS. Let their entertainment tell the story before some random ghostwriter does. Sheesh. Edited October 30, 2015 by goldenstate5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 I agree with you in spirit, but there's just not a whole lot else I'm truly excited for right now so I'm pretty much lapping up whatever I can find from this. I've only skimmed it, at least, so I'm still fuzzy on the details. I think the only other things I want to know about this before I'm truly satiated is whether or not this'll have an original song, and whether there'll be an advance screening in the Cleveland area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shayhiri Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) 4 hours ago, MinaTakla said: Just finished reading the junior novelization of this. The ending to me was not so rich or satisfying. It generally sounded a bit plain to me, and not as deep and inventive as IO which the novel alone made me excited to see the film But I hope the movie turns out more interesting. THAT's it. That right here seals it for me. Remember the Shay telling you all for months this seemed really off? Well I was right, again. Not gonna hold my breath - if I ever even see this at all. Edited October 30, 2015 by shayhiri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenstate5 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Yeah one person's opinion of something that isn't the movie means that it's bad. I'd say you're grasping at straws, but clearly the straws are completely imaginary as always with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFanaticGuy34 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 The question is.......how will The Good Dinosaur do in China? I mean, IO underperformed over there......but i dunno....this could be an easier sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 hahaaha at grown-ass men reading 'junior novelizations' for plot details. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) I see nothing wrong with reading junior noveiizations as adults. When I read the stories of IO, Minions and Frozen as novels, it did reveal a lot of the plot to me. Now reading Peanuts. My problem with TGD as a novel is that it left me with a 'that's it?' feeling that IO didn't. But let's see how the movie works, Edited October 31, 2015 by MinaTakla 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) 17 hours ago, goldenstate5 said: I will quickly comment that Disney junior novelizations debuting weeks prior to the film release is an absolute slap-in-the-face to every one on the crews of these films. They pour their lives out into a movie that tells a story their specific way with visuals, voice acting and direction... only to have the story spilled out onto the world in a totally different, unintended medium that's written as basic as possible nearly a month prior to debut for merchandise reasons. They seriously can't just wait to release it in tandem with the film? Seriously? I think some respect is deserved for the Pixar people as much as they are appeasing JJ's heavy attempts to keep TFA spoilers to an absolute minimum prior to release. They also make Disney guys oodles of money, same with WDAS. Let their entertainment tell the story before some random ghostwriter does. Sheesh. Agree with you in general Although IO, Frozen and even Minions as novels gave a very good sense of the stories of these films, so I am hoping TGDs novel left out some details because it did portray the film a bit plainly. Edited October 31, 2015 by MinaTakla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenstate5 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I did read the IO novel after the fact to see if there was anything cut, but they really do read as scene-by-scene descriptions of the film. There was another IO novel that I also read called "Driven by Emotions" which tells the story from the perspective of all the different emotions, and the Fear, Anger and Disgust chapters fill in the holes of Riley's life without Joy and Sadness rather nicely. (basically them causing her to act like a bitch to everyone in school for a few days, and then agonizing with the reality of running away the day she plans to do it) Didn't know Minions had a novelization. That has to be... odd. Regardless, I'm fine with the wait to see the film. I was listening to a Pixar podcast where one of the hosts went to the press event for TGD and said one of the clips they screened made her more emotional than any other Pixar film, and the other host happened to have seen the same clip (they refused to give any details) and agreed. So... hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 It's probably the same scene that had everyone tearing up at D23. I just can't imagine I'll walk out of this film thinking it's too plain with that in it. Actually, considering that that certain scene appears to be what establishes Spot's personal arc, the ending ought to hit really hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenstate5 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Reveal hidden contents? No thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 I like that they're now worded that way rather than "spoiler", since that can be a nebulous term that means different things to different people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenstate5 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I almost got Star Wars spoiled earlier the other day because I wasn't sure exactly what it was. Thank goodness I closed it quickly enough not to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
