Lord, I know I haven't been a good man

[crantz]

Lord, I know I haven't been a good man, but I deserve some sort of reparations for the amount of people who argue with me when I'm not wrong or just repeat my point back at me, badly. Or worse, try to make a joke off my joke but theirs is a parasite that kills the original humour.

In other less pissy news:

Watched Strange World, the 2022 Disney animated movie I never saw advertised anywhere with my friend. We played our game of 'why did Disney bury this movie?' as we watched and found a bunch of examples which spoke well for the movie.

Further, the movie was interesting as it read as the evolution of the sci-fi genre - macho man white grandpa, sensitive but still colonial white son, equity and systemic minded black grandson and The Women Were Also There I Guess (I liked them but they did not get any arcs, which was frustrating but also, I suppose, a sign of the sci-fi metaphor).

Also Splat was like, the Chosen One on his own quest in there. That's my explanation for why he's the only blue one and how he leads to the heroes succeeding in their heroing.

Comments

[ashenmote]

Oooooh. I kept wondering about the burying by Disney, but after the great plot twist I have no further questions. About that.

Okay, in the whole Giant Turtle/Living World scenario, Splat is the equivalent to a T-Cell-Receptor, right? The way Explorer!Clade explains it there seem to be many like him, trying to lead visitors to their demise, but we only ever meet this one for some reason.

[crantz]

Your version does have the extensive gay stuff too, right?

There's other Splats, but Splat is the only one of its colour!

[ashenmote]

I think? I noticed and appreciated it. But seeing that the son's love interest then conveniently doesn't partake in the adventure which is just for the family, the gay stuff seemed just off-stage enough to be Disney-compatible? Maybe I just don't know enough about recent Disney politics.

Ah, that's a point in favor of Chosen One splat then.

[crantz]

Normally it's a one and done mention - There's the lengthy-ish scene at the start, he gets dating advice from Grandpa and there's more near the end too.

Other burying theories are the races of the parents and the eco message.

Yeah I think Splat was the one who was destined to save the Turtle.

[ashenmote]

Oh yeah I didn't expect them to redeem angry Grandpa to the extent they did, that was nice. And son's crush/boyfriend was longer on screen than strictly necessary, that's also true.

The last Disney thing I saw was Elemental. I don't know I liked it very much, I definitely liked this one better, but Elemental kind of set my expectations for how daring Strange World would feel and for what I think modern Disney would allow.

It's embarrassing, I didn't figure out they were inside a living creature until it was spelled out, in spite of all the hints and garish colors, and I didn't consider turtles until the very end.

Too bad Splat isn't the only red one instead because then you could argue it's because Splat swallowed the red pill! :D