UPDATED WITH SCREENSHOT!
“Wreck-It Ralph” was already on my most-anticipated movies of the year list. At 1:09 of this trailer, it became #1. I won’t be more psyched for a movie this year…
This may not be a Pixar movie, but it has that “feel.” I’m tearing up, just a little, on reflex.
The pitch is “Toy Story” for video games: Ralph is the villain of a “Donkey Kong” expy who wants to try out being the good guy, so he departs to try his hand in the new worlds of other games; two of which – representing Kart Racers and FPS, respectively – are glimpsed in the trailer. GREAT premise, and Jane Lynch as the Marcus/Samus hybrid is inspired casting.
I’m actually kind of amazed Nintendo signed-off on what looks like a couple of cameos – aren’t they supposed to be REALLY hard to work with on that stuff?
UPDATED! Here’s a high-res screengrab: Look at them! Look at them all! Holy shit – that’s the final Rhino Boss guy from “Altered Beast!” And a fucking BEHOLDER!!??
MOVIEBOB CENTRAL 
I'm officially SOLD!
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Actually getting some real characters works much better than making a bunch of clones of 'em, even though it's odd to see all thos villains together. Soundtrack for the trailer was awful, though.
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It's so awesome I'm speechless
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Please take my money!
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Looks pretty good. I'll see what comes of it.
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This looks legit awesome. Fingers crossed it doesn't just go for all the easy video game cliche jokes (I didn't really notice any in the trailer, so that's a positive sign).
What really sells it for me is that it includes actual video game characters and not some shitty knock offs. I'm also pretty amazed that they were able to secure those.
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Unreal! Pixar, how do you find ways to get my money. I thought I'd never see a Pixar film, then you drop The Incredibles and Toy Story 3, and now this. Man!
@Bob
If you're Dreamworks, how do you counter?
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I really do see the appeal of this film. It looks hilarious and probably the first movie since Scott Pilgrim to really shine a positive light and winking nod to the video game culture. The cameos of Robotnik and Bowser were a nice touch. At the same time though, I feel it can also be a disservice to the opposite end of the gaming spectrum, where “cute, fuzzy, and family friendly” suddenly go to the “not so family friendly side”. And this is where the film may end up being more condescending than it might intend to be.
I understand if this caters to your disdain for the current trends in gaming today, but I really feel that both sides need to be handled and viewed with some shared respect, and hopefully not a nostalgia-tinted lamenting on how things were better when they were simpler. In the more “mature” side of the spectrum, the good must be examined with the obviously bad, something that Hollywood more or less is either neglecting or being ignorant about for the sake of driving a point to audiences. It will be the scenario where the older generation will view the new, and because they see a world they neither understand or wish to understand, they'll right it off that the younger generation has it better, when in reality, in context to their era, there are even greater daunting challenges that the new generation will face.
Anyway, I don't mean to over speculate on a film that may not even amount to what I am observing from one trailer. I'm sure the film will be a welcoming film that salutes games and gamers and the culture they represent.
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Oh, and one more thing:
If successful, will my guilty pleasure fantasies come to life in the form of a Smash Brothers project on screen, or better still (to me)…..the rebirth of Captain N?
JOY!
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Yup. I'm there.
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Wow, I had no idea this was going to feature actual video game characters! I was expecting it to be filled with generic stand ins. I definitely wasn't expecting Zangief or Bowser! I think I might have even seen Shuma Gorath in there.
i loved it; the cameos, the cast, the humor, the premise, the zombie. Loved it.
I was aware of it before, now I'm excited ^_^
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Dude that one scene with the support group which is admittedly right out of Toy Story Small Fry is full of cameos from Pac Man, Street Fighter, Mario, and House of the Dead at the least
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Holy freaking crap, Bowser and Robotnik look JUST like how they're supposed to look! I LOVE YOU FOREVER DISNEY!!!!
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Disney? Just shut up and take my money now!
We've all been burned by hyped up video game movies before, but I think the creative minds behind Disney might just be the ones to make it work.
I have my hopes up, again, here's to this one not sucking!
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HOLY SWEET MOTHER OF MERCY!!!!
IT'S BOWSER! ROBOTNIC! ZENGIEFF!! And not just wink and nudge references to the characters but the ACTUAL CHARACTERS!!!!
I FORESEE THIS BEING THE GREATEST VIDEO GAME MOVIE EVER!!!
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Damn, now i'm going to be saying “I'm gonna wreck it!” all day.
Movie still looks great.
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Okay, between this, Bolt, Princess and the Frog, and Tangled, it's becoming obvious that Pixar is having a HELL of an effect on the House of Mouse's internal animation.
I am there, opening day.
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Words fail to describe my feelings. I've used this before, yesterday, and although I felt I needed to use it more and more as I heard more E3 news, I'm using it here: My reaction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GHX8dvuFUQ
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I imagine getting the cameos wasn't as hard as normal as the people at Pixar who now have a lot of power in Disney over-all are very big fans and friends to Japanese studios.
And yes, it looks awesome.
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“I'm actually kind of amazed Nintendo signed-off on what looks like a couple of cameos – aren't they supposed to be REALLY hard to work with on that stuff?”
Yes they are, have been ever since The Super Mario Brothers Movie Bombed.
If I Remember Correctly Miyamoto Himself watched Scott Pilgrim before letting them use their music or sound effects. If the same thing happened here and somebody high up at nintendo read the script before signing off on it its a good indication that they thought this film was good enough for their characters.
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Actually it's not a Pixar movie, though I can see why people would think it is. Anyway, definitely has potential, if just because it's an obvious love letter to gaming. Nintendo obviously must have saw potential if they're having at least Bowser in it. (also, I kinda wish they put the real Samus in; then again she's not stereotypically gung-ho, hoo-rah like shooter protagonists are)
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This doesn't look all that interesting to me since the concepts of bad guy turning good and video games being some sort of other world are neither new or all that interesting. Although it does look at least good, but i just really hope they don't do that movie/tv logic way of depicting games.
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The video isn't loading for me, I just keep seeing a spinning white circle. Is anyone else having this issue?
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Was that the giant pink Rhinoceros from Altered Beast?
Fucking BRILLIANT
I'm sold. This movie seems to be absolutely filled with obscure-ish movie and game references.
@Daniel
I don't believe that's Shuma Gorath… I think it's just a Beholder.
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Not seeing much to get excited about story-wise (TRON is how old, now? Disney, quit ripping off your old ideas), but perfect use of the Talking Heads' “Once In A Lifetime” in the trailer.
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@Bio
Nope, you're right. Its a Beholder. I didn't see the mouth at first.
@Anon 4:47
Its MSN trailers, I think it doesn't work in certain territories.
Heres the URL to a youtube version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHDQHVkYq4g
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My money! Take it! ALL OF IT!!!
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Could it be that Disney's previous involvement with established video game franchises (as shown in the Kingdom Hearts series) may have taught them how to deal with pre-existing game characters? And could it be that we could be seeing rival franchises in the same movie like in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? I'm gonna go ahead and be optimistic about this one. Not even CAUTIOUSLY optimistic, either. Just plain optimistic.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/566429325/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games
Whoever is here, please pledge! She needs your help!!!
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This is cool, but I'm left wondering where Dr. Wily went. We saw him in a leaked picture from this movie awhile back. Then again, with Capcom's vendetta against Mega Man, I'm not surprised.
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I was going to see this anyway, but BOWSER sold me.
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@SirRosser
There's a lot of debate as to how much involvement Disney actually had with the Kingdom Hearts series, but even the most liberal estimate places it as “not a whole lot”. Lots of obsessive control over how their characters and world are portrayed, but the core mechanics and anything involving video game characters is pure Square. Unless some Square characters show up, there is absolutely nothing linking these two properties.
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I'm legitimately excited for this and I usually despise video game films or films that evoke video games like Scott Pilgrim.
This looks like a genuine love letter to games. It's not trying 'to get me' like Scott Pilgrim, but just having fun with the games we all know about. Should be good.
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The “shut up and take my money” catch-cries are fitting, given that the director Rich Moore was formerly an animation director on FUTURAMA.
If Mario and/or Sonic don't show up in the final act, I'm gonna be… well, I'll enjoy the movie anyway, but NOT AS MUCH.
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This may just be the best videogame movie ever.
Also, I never considered Zangief to be a bad guy. I mean, he only fights for his country.
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Moore also did a TON Of great Simpsons episodes like “Flaming Moes”, “Marge vs. the Monorail”, “Itchy and Scratchy the Movie”, and “The Front.”
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I was kind of on the fence about this one before… but now, I'm definitely sold!
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Does anyone know a site that has picked apart the references in this trailer yet?
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So, first The Avengers, and then this.
This may be the year when filmmaking changes forever.
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If you think Disney needed to tiptoe through a minefield to get all these characters into a movie, imagine all the red tape associated with making a “Wreck-It Ralph” video game.
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Is the blue elf woman in the screencap the villain from Battletoads?
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Is that Kano sitting next to the zombie? If so, I think it's pretty ballsy for them to include a reference to a game that's had as much bad press as Mortal Kombat.
I'm not recognizing the Blue elf lady, the yellow robot, the devil with the blue pants, or the ninja dude sitting next to the devil. Are they just from games I don't know?
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There needs to be more Ninjas in the Bad Guy group. One just doesn't seem to fit right.
Also, it feels more like a different Pixar movie- not Toy Story… what was it, A Bug's Life? No…
Damn, I can't think of it.
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The premise seems vaguely similar to Ratatouille, if that's what you're thinking of.
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I can't believe we actually get to see King Koopa and Dr. Robotnic in the same frame. That's just about the coolest thing in the world since Micky Mouse and Bugs Bunny were in the same frame as Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
To bad Dr. Cortex didn't make it though. And they totally could have gotten his original voice actor, Clancy Brown, to play him.
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When I first heard about this, I was somewhat interested. Now that I've seen the trailer, this has reached “MUST WATCH!”. Especially because of the cameos of Bowser and Robotnik. Also I believe it IS, patrick.b.healy. I don't know, though. Been ages since I last touched “Battletoads”.
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Check out the trailer for Parker Posey's new movie, The Love Guide, coming out on DVD on June 19th! I can't wait to see it and hope everyone will check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwSkHKK2EjA
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The robot is from Cyborg Justice.
The ninja is any mook ninja, but likely inspired by Ninja Gaiden mooks.
Devil and blue elf lady…no idea.
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Is it just me or does the zombie guy look like Peter Boyle? Is that a reference to “Young Frankenstein,” or is it just a coincidence?
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That was really nice 🙂 Computer Games ~ Latest Softwares
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