marvel is disney’s forever cash cow! it appeals to children, teens, and sweaty adults! it’s all quite loud and colorful, with the same safe formula every time, but with different directors and tweaks to make it whatever the fuck memorable each time. plus the reliance on violence to push the plot will give them those dank US military checks until explosions go extinct. truly we live in horrific times but i don’t really care
thank u all for letting me know the military quit cutting checks for the MCU after Avengers because they got offended bc the fictional magic men are an alternative to the american military. i’m sorry i was misinformed but more importantly that’s really, really, really, really, really fucking funny
Just to clarify – the Pentagon pulled out of the Avengers (and thus the MCU) because it wasn’t clear whether SHIELD was a branch of the US government, and, if so, where it fell in relation to the military in terms of hierarchy. (Source)
So, it wasn’t just “magic men are unrealistic”, it was “magic men are unrealistic and we don’t know if we outrank them.”
thinking about how much more sinister zootopia wouldve been if theyd rolled with that idea of making the predators wear shock collars so they couldn’t experience emotions
i got a few questions abt this so i’m just going to like.. answer them here for everyone who is unawares.
the original plot/concept for zootopia involved predators having to wear shock collars (called ‘tame collars’) once they came of age that administered shocks if the predator experienced any strong emotion. the prey believed these collars were necessary to prevent predators becoming violent. it shows up a fair bit in the concept art
in the original story nick was going to be the protagonist and he ran a business (theme park-esque i think?) where he would illegally allow predators to remove their collars. it seems (?) like they got fairly far along before they scrapped it. here are some deleted scenes
this was a really intense concept. it rlly makes you wonder what the movie would’ve ended up being like had they continued down this route
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