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And now, the final leg of the Tudyk Trilogy...

Comic book movies have enjoyed a resurgence of late thanks to stuff like Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy and Marvel's Cinematic Universe, so when Marvel came under Disney's umbrella in 2012, it almost seemed inevitable that the studio would take a crack at adapting one of their comics. Except for one thing... Marvel was already busy adapting some of their lesser known titles like Guardians of the Galaxy and Antman for the MCU. So just like Leo in Inception, they had to go deeper...



This comic's only real claims to fame are a) two of the comic's characters are actually part of the X-Men and b) its authors went on to help create Ben 10 (and now you know why that show's always had that comic book vibe to it :-))

It also didn't help matters that the title read more like a generic movie sequel than a legitimate superhero comic. I mean, how many "where's 1-5?" jokes did we have to endure? Not many, actually, but still ;-)

So yeah, it seemed a big gamble for Disney to adapt a super obscure comic book as their Frozen follow-up. Nonetheless, I imagine its obscurity was also one of its strengths, as it also afforded Disney more leeway in adapting it. You see, comic book nerds can be pretty obsessive in expecting a faithful adaptation of their favorite works, and will complain loudly about any major (and not-so-major) deviations. When even Marvel themselves were scratching their heads that WDAS were adapting the comic, one imagines Disney felt comfortable with taking the characters and (say) turning them into science students, without having to worry about getting much backlash :-)

And it certainly didn't hurt matters, as it beat Nolan's much-hyped Interstellar at the box office (wow, three references to Nolan films in the intro... huh), and went on to win itself an Oscar, though not without some controversy...

( But enough with the introductions, let's get going! )

Video game movies. Just those three words conjures up images of the worst films Hollywood has had to offer, be it Bob Hoskins as Mario, Freddie Prinze Jr. fighting cat aliens, or much of Uwe Boll's oeuvre.

But whereas Hollywood has long had trouble adapting actual video games into good movies, films built around the concept of video gaming as a whole have had a less spotty record. That's not to say that they're all good, but let's just put it this way: Tron is still somewhat fondly remembered some thirty years on for its innovative CG work.


You could say that it left behind quite a Legacy ;-)
(High Def Digest)

When Disney decided to to finally bring their long-percolating idea for a video game movie to fruition, unlike with most other video game movies, most people simply just accepted that it was going to be decent at the very least... After all, this is the Lasseter era of Disney we're talking here. Sure enough, Wreck-It Ralph managed to earn itself $180m in the US, and even got an Oscar nomination, where it would find itself on the wrong end of one of the most divisive moments in the Best Animated Feature category's history not involving Legos. So, let's take a look, shall we?

( Let's get wrecking )