• surfrock66@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I just don’t know who this movie is for. Slapping a plot on a sandbox game aimed at a wide audience is weird. Leaning heavily into the Legends content is reducing the appeal. The IRL people in weird outfits make it feel like they slapped a Jumanji template on the Minecraft IP, which is a bad sign. I don’t see the appeal of this other than “I like Minecraft, therefore I will spend money on anything Minecraft related.” I don’t see an indication of a plot, the characters don’t seem special (Jack Black is Jack Black, Jason Momoa is Jason Momoa). I just don’t it.

    • too_much_too_soon@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I don’t see an indication of a plot,

      With a spoiler that large right in front of you staring at you with goofy eyes as the piglins run past in the overworld!? I will predict the plot revolves around our Jumanjiesque heros saving the overworld from the horror of the underworld that is spilling over or released into the overworld. They will save Steve and Alex and go on to save the world through teamwork!

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        2 months ago

        And I think we’ll discover that the Piglins aren’t totally evil along the way.

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      It’s for the executives to rake in more money from people that will literally buy anything with an IP that they enjoy slapped on it. That and it’s to steal money from parents through their children.

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      Slapping a plot on a sandbox game already worked though. Minecraft Story mode might not be anywhere near the best telltale game but for its core audience (primarily pre teens, I‘d guess) it‘s fine. Good enough to warrant a second season. However, it looked like Minecraft, the story seemed like something people living in a Minecraft world would existiere and it didn’t rely on star-power to get any traction.