#salt robot

[saltlordofold]

practice cooldown between comms (tragic conversations often take place at lake Calenhad)

[thisrandomstuff]

I can't believe that unnecessary rehash of a "live-action" movie is getting tens on IMDB. I could get sixes — they did steal most of the basic plot beats of the original, after all and some people are dying for any kind of content involving their favourite movies/shows —, but tens? The audience must've been blind and deaf for this.

How does it get a ten, when some of their original movies barely get a seven? I hope that with time that rating will take a plunge, because it does not deserve a ten. It fails as an adaptation, it fails as its own movie and it fails because it doesn't understand the basic, technical aspects of film-making. This movie is fails on a technical level.

So those ten star reviews? Are completely inaccurate.

It currently sits at an 8.2 rating (overall). Admittedly early days, but it shouldn't start off at over 8 on the scale, a movie should work to get there. Otherwise temporary hype is going to keep the ratings off for the long time.

And some of the 10 star reviews include lines like "better than I thought" which alone doesn't explain why the hell you'd rate it ten. Isn't the agreement that generally 10 stars means masterpiece? That the flaws are so minimal that it doesn't matter? That the thing basically changed your life? I don't see how a remake is going to do that considering the vast majority of us have probably seen the original, animated version... unless, of course, you're the kind of person who looks down upon animation (you do realise the dragons in the la are animated, though, right? Just worse... right?), but this should not be rated 10 stars. Or even nine, I mean, it didn't bother changing the plot, but then changed everything around it that made it really, truly work... and they changed it for the worse.

Also, tell my why is this live-action rehash higher rated than any of DreamWorks animated movies? Why is Bluesky not even allowed to have a single movie (not even the first Ice Age movie) sit at an 8.0, but this soulless thing sit at an 8.2?

Let me show you how this compares to the other DreamWorks movies, btw (I'll do you a solid and only include the firsts in a franchise):

Abominable - 7.0

How to Train Your Dragon (animated) - 8.1

Kung Fu Panda - 7.6

Megamind - 7.3

Over the Hedge - 6.7

Penguins of Madagascar - 6.8

Puss in Boots - 6.6

Rise of the Guardians - 7.2

Shrek - 7.9

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - 7.2 (this one was 2D, which is rare)

The Bad Guys - 6.8 (what the hell is wrong with people???)

The Croods - 7.1

The Prince of Egypt - 7.2 (Again, 2D movie, underrated.)

And yeah, okay, Bee Movie gets like a 6.1, which is fair enough, however, even that is more creative and more interesting than the live-action How to Train Your Dragon.

The Wild Robot is the only one who makes it to an 8.2 rating... which infuriatingly places it at the same level as that live-action movie. You know people look at these ratings when they wanna decide what to watch, right? I mean, not always, but often, especially if they're undecided. You know how unhelpful it is to have a rehash rated the exact same as a visually stunning, stand out movie which actually tries and understands the medium and does something different? Also, the fact that just based on that rating alone, someone could very likely choose la httyd over Spirit, TPoE, The Bad Guys, Megamind, RotG and PoM is just saddening. On the bright side, I suppose once they've watched that insult of movie and they come across the original — supposing they haven't watched it yet — they'll be mind-blown and maybe, just maybe, they'll raise their standards a little higher and stop listening to IMDB.

The fact that most of these don't even get to sit at 8.0, but somehow audiences have already decided this thing was worth an 8.2. That's an entire star more than The Prince of Egypt, which is THE Dreamworks 2D animated movie everyone talks about. It has powerful music, gorgeous light and shadow, stunning art and animation... but somehow, the worse knock off another movie is rated more? For what reason exactly? Originality? It's not remotely original. And as far as the "remake" part of it goes, it doesn't even remake the thing it was supposed to well, nor does it truly try to do something different. It's this lukewarm middling thing that never needed to exist, which at best should put it at a 6.0, since even the Bee Movie at least did something different. (Yes, the bar is that low.)

Really, it deserves more of 4.0-5.0 rating, because it's a slap in the face of everything that came before (kinda' like the live-action Snow White)... and because it wasn't needed or even really asked for? People certainly would've loved more HTTYD content, but, really, are we so desperate we'll settle for a remake?

C'mon, just re-watch the original.

Also, if you even just visually compare any of these movies — even the ones that aged less well — to the live-action you will see a downgrade, not an upgrade.

And yes, even the bloody bee movie:

(Ngl, some of these might've come from the wrong movies, but they're still DreamWorks animates, so...)

And, again, are you guys seriously going to sit there and try to tell me the live action How to Train Your Dragon deserves a much higher rating than any and all of the ice age movies?

On the bright side, I kinda had fun looking for those gifs. Reminds me how much fun DreamWorks USED to be back when they did what they could to spite Disney, not just copy it. (Though they admittedly did do some of that too, but usually with more effort and a much more creative spin on things.)

Small edit to clarify things: This is not me shitting on Disney's movies. DreamWorks very much started out as the company that made movies basically to spite Disney and it worked for them. I enjoyed a lot of what Disney had to offer before they basically defaulted to live-actions and the occasionally poorly thought out and rushed non-remake. I grew up on and even in adulthood watched a lot of Disney, from animated to live-action. Even the earlier "reboots/remakes" weren't all that bad. Some of them actually did something with the whole idea, like Maleficent. But this re-make trend Disney started, which only seems to get worse with each movie, and now DreamWorks is following? It's a disappointment and humorlessly ironic coming from the studio who acted like it wanted to be the furthest thing to Disney.

[elsannej]

"E-any-pronouns-123 Omega" confirmed canon !! <3

[princess-self-shipping]

Yall who left this stack of rocks on my front yard

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

i still don't understand the point of aging the characters down in spop.

why did they have to make most of the characters teenagers? is it to appeal to a younger audience? the original was already a kids show but the characters were still adults. there are plenty of other cartoons with adult characters, that are still relatable and entertaining to children.

and you would think a self-proclaimed progressive show like spop would know this; that a character does not have to be exactly like you for you to relate to them.

the whole sexualization thing would have been a lot less weird if catra and adora were adults, like in the original. i would still not recommend showing anything too crass on screen, but an adult joke or two would be fine.

it's fine to put adult characters in more revealing clothes and point out how sexy they look. for example, i don't see anything wrong with people simping over eda from the owl house, because she's a grown woman.

it's not the same as sexualizing catra, a teenager. you can't have both. either you could make a kid-friendly show with underaged characters, or you can have adult characters and add in a few dirty jokes that will likely go over kids' heads.

[ultra-phthalo]

Metalic horse transformation in a salt plane.

[5tarryknight]

Keeping a sketchbook again has been such a boon to my creativity and skills! I can feel my sense of 3D space slowly get stronger. Today’s sketches are of Zaire and two AUs of my newest boy, Vex, who I’m excited to share more about soon. ^^

[scribbly-bear]

Concept art for Katie.

I'm thinking maybe she also cuts her hair, after she decides she's someone else.

[conanssummerchild]

me and my dad are like abed and jeff in the way that jeff always gets abeds references, theyre two characters that mirror eachother, they understand and relate to eachother in a way thats different from other characters relationships, but also in the way jeff fantasises about strangling abed, "you try to get him to do something normal without abusing him!", "youre a robot, abed". and still jeff goes in for two hugs before abed leaves.

[dooniichez]

CHAT HERE ME OUT

I had a little shower thought this morning about Duke, and then it changed to White Lily Cookie and that hit me..

IDK IF THIS IS A TROPE OR NOT, JUST A LITTLE THOUGHT I COULD SHARE 😭😭😭

[fountainpenguin]

I feel like Angela and Hazel would really like desktop zen gardens...

Specifically, I'm imagining Angela browsing carefully to find the most perfect prim and proper little thing and meanwhile Hazel's just taking fistfuls of sand from the beach and filling a box with her favorite rocks so they can have a nice home.

I also saw a coffin-shaped one with gravestones for the rocks and it felt like something Hazel would get her dad.

[eventhoriizons]

A bunch of silly little oc drawings, big smile

[ososull]

Paper-dolling my dnd characters as the ultimate form of self-care (ft. Salt and what’s probably about to become his new canon outfit)

[sealitsgills]

was thinking about how ive had like 6 wildly different internet personas in almost two years (this is a record, ive never changed this shit so much before) and i wanted to try to draw a few of them together.

[crizztelcb]

Genuine question why there's random ass heroes that have nothing to do with a miraculous or such stuff? Did their ancestors fuck a kwami or shit?

[fierykitten2]

The Crunchy Salt and Salt Cake items in PLA are apparently popular with “Pokémon resembling grass, plants and minerals” so now I’m imagining the Neo Swords being really into salt