SPOILER WARNING! Wreck-It Ralph Pin discussion HUGE MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!
I just got back from the movie. I agree that Paperman might be one of the best shorts ever made. I enjoyed Wreck-It Ralph although I think the first act of the movie goes by too fast. We don't really get to see much of Ralph's game or Game Central Station before Ralph leaves his game. It would have been nice to get to know the characters better, show why Ralph wanted a medal so badly, and get a better understanding of how the game world worked similar to how there is quite of bit that goes on in Toy Story before Buzz arrived and the central storyline began. The movie does build steam though and the ending is surprisingly emotional. This is only the second time I've ever experienced the audience all go "aww" at the same time (when Ralph talks about the best part of his day). I saw a late showing with nearly no children in the audience, but everyone was very into the movie. The design for the Sugar Rush world is so cute that it makes me want to collect Sugar Rush.
It makes me wonder if the 2nd game would explain more of glitching. Is it if you're glitched you can't be unglitched? I can see that crossing the finish line meant unlocking everyone's memories but to me i thought it was a reset all kinda thing which would unglitch her since I thought the whole reason why she's glitched is because King Candy disconnected everything from her in the main frame. But if everything is reset and reconnected to her, wouldn't that mean she wouldn't be a glitch anymore? Hmmm.. questions questions...I feel the exact same way about that statement. It isn't cheating if you choose Vanellope though, since she is glitched in the game, anyone can just pick Vanellope to level the playing field. I know this is thinking about the metagame (thinking about a game in another form of media) but I thought Vanellope was extremely unfair and OP. If Sugar Rush was a real arcade game with her like that and the other racers didn't have some special power that they could use to level the playing field, Vanellope would eventually be banned from being chosen seeing as she makes the entire game unfair to those who don't choose her.
I'm the exact opposite, as I watched the movie I thought it was a prime opportunity to say it, but I thought it was just overall too cheesy. Confronted with an actual life or death circumstance, barely anyone alive will think of a witty catchphrase to say. To me, it made Ralph very grounded that even when confronted with death, he wasn't thinking about himself and what he would say, but saving Vanellope. That made me tear easily hands down.
I'm not sure what you mean since the entire beginning of the movie basically shows why Ralph wants the medal. It showed that he was always treated as the bad guy even though he's just programed it to be like that. He was forced to live out with the other piles of junk and even though he never hurt or was mean to anyone, the tenants were always fearful, hateful, and aloof in his presence. That's why he wanted to get the medal. It was his one way ticket to what he thought would be a better life. I thought that there was a good amount of time spent on that.
I thought the whole reason why she's glitched is because King Candy disconnected everything from her in the main frame. But if everything is reset and reconnected to her, wouldn't that mean she wouldn't be a glitch anymore? Hmmm.. questions questions...
I don't think it's a witty catchphrase. It IS the catchphrase. My boyfriend and I thought that would be meaningful since throughout the entire movie, all he did was wreck things... physically that is.
Mmm.. I can see what you mean. Basically, you wish there was more backstory and more elaboration to Ralph himself. While I do get it, I personally liked the movie's pacing. While I would love to know more, it's not something that will make and break this film for me. Maybe in future sequels, they will cover this thoughI wanted to see more of Ralph in his own game. They showed a little bit as a flashback while he was talking to the other villains, but I would have liked to see what his job was like, his relationship with Felix/Glenn/other villains, and more of how crummy his life is with the 30th anniversary party being the last straw. It was interesting how they drew parallels between being a villain and prejudice in our society (Ralph always being singled out for additional security screening, others whispering and getting worried when they see him in public). I guess I wanted to see something like Toy Story where we see how Woody is the leader before Buzz arrives so that there's more emotional impact when Buzz becomes the favorite. They could have shown Ralph thinking that he's part of the group and that Felix is his friend so that when he doesn't get invited to the party it stings a little more.
While I doubt any single person will be able to mention every single one (unless they've seen the movie 5 times already lol), I can mention as many as I remember:
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- Ryu and Ken speak to each other the first time the arcade closes
- One of the girls from Dance Dance Revolution tells every other arcade machine that the arcade is closed
- When the movie skips through time showing all of the arcade machines that have come and gone, you can see many famous arcade machines (I noticed Street Fighter and Street Fighter II) being swapped in and swapped out
- Bowser, Zangief, Blinkie, a Kano-look a like, and Blinkie are at Bad-Anon
- Bad-Anon takes place inside Pacman's game
- "Aerith" from Final Fantasy VII I believe is spelled in graffiti when you first enter Game Central Station
- Chun Li is seen talking to Zangief when Ralph is holding the Pacman cherry
- Q-bert along with many other game characters are sitting in game central station
- Sonic appears on the directories in the station talking about losing lives outside of your own game
- There are many football players walking around the Station
- Ralph finds a Mushroom while looking for the medal in the lost-and-found
- Ralph finds Zangief's underwear in the lost-and-found too
- Ralph drinks at Tapper's bar
- Ryu is seen drinking, getting up, and leaving in Tapper's bar (in 3D, not 2D like in the beginning)
- Various game characters autographs are seen in the hallway of Tapper's (I noticed Chun Li, Ryu, Ken, Blinkie, Sonic, and a few others I can't remember)
- Pacman and Sonic are at the 30th anniversary party
- Mario is name dropped at the party for always being fashionably late
- Chun Li is talking to a Pauline and Daisy look-alike in Game Central Station
I didn't notice anymore, but I believe I'll be seeing it again this week so I'll try to spot more
Earlier today I started hoping for a Kingdom Hearts world based on WIR, but then thought it would be way to similar to Space Paranoids and The Grid. But I still say it would be awesome. What do you guys think?
As much as I love Kingdom Hearts (and believe me it's one of my all time favorite video games! Love it so much!) I would be utterly confused as to why it'll show up it WIR. Will just seem super out of place. I don't think WIR is a place for any game characters but more of old school and modern games that most kids, teens, and adults know.
There was graffiti that said "Sheng Long was Here" and there was one that said Jenkins which might have been a Leroy Jenkins reference.
I'm almost done with KH DDD as well, I just got back from watching this movie and I loved it. I can't wait to go watch it again, and again. I loved all the references, and as a huge Nintendo fan, I loved the Konami code.Yay! more Kingdom Hearts fans! Almost done with Dream Drop Distance...
And wait...there was a short at the end? What kind?I didn't stay until after the credits
As for King Candy being in the sequel, I hope that they don't go that route. I don't care for when they bring back villains in the Disney sequels. It's always far more exciting when they bring in another villain (hopefully not related to the original, i.e. Zira in Lion King 2 or Morgana in Little Mermaid 2). I'm anxious to see what they do end up doing, and I hope it doesn't take them ten years to do it!
I feel kind of the same way. I don't think it would be bad if he made a cameo or played a very minimal role, but I wouldn't want him playing a big part all over again. Kind of how Morgana was related to Ursula and that reminded you of Ursula, like that. I wouldn't like it if he came back to life and was the main bad guy all over again. I just think with so many different genres that they could really think outside the box and hopefully bring bad guys from other types of video games.
And like I saw for other ideas, perhaps the arcade characters could be introduced to console/online games, and there's some nerdy hacker villain, or some big baddie from a console/online game-- the possibilities are truly endless.
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