And yes, a lot of it was framed in the wrong in the book, like Old Joe making money off his belongings, but that's because of the apathetic world that shaped Scrooge and he perpetuated through his greed.

Something I've had to accept about the MCU is that the long-term damage of Perlmutter's bigoted meddling, one of the reasons it took so long to get a Black Widow film, and Black Panther and Captain Marvel in general, has largely been done, and the creatives can only do so much with the mess.

I know they famously riffed on Casablanca and had to make clear that they still loved the film. In a post-CinemaSins world, that sounds like something that would NEVER happen today!

Based on what I know of Rifftrax, it's appreciatively cringe dad-jokes vs. edgy-boy jokes from the 1970s that CS never outgrew.

I think my general stance on mainstream animation right now is that I feel like what I've outgrown is the over-promises. After Wish, I try to be honest with myself over what excites or interests me now, and even if this is a Transformers One situations, I've seen theses aesthetics before.

Even accepting that Angel Studios is merely distributing it, the production company also gave us Paws of Fury which largely over-promised on its comparison to Blazing Saddles.

So no real confidence either way!

Even if this is a Transformers One situation (ignoring that even that teaser wasn't THIS bad), nothing about this excites me, I've seen these styles 1000 times. I'm at a point in my life, especially after Wish, where I need to be honest with myself over whether or not I'm interested or excited.

My basic call to all people, and the only reason I'm highlighting this nonsense, is you may encounter these people in corners of social media who just want to poison this movie for everyone.

Just laugh, call them dumb and go enjoy a cool movie. You'll never beat their brainrot, so don't try.

The general vibe I'm getting from those who have seen it is that it clears the bar, but overall what you see is what you get.
My thing is that it just doesn't excite me, even if it leans closer to the book dramatically, I've seen these aesthetics before.

Yeah, I hate Feel It Still so much!

I really hope this is a Transformers One situation, especially as it's aimed at older children, but even that teaser didn't lose me like this!
And I know it's only DISTRIBUTED by Angel Studios, but the studio is the one behind Paws of Fury which doesn't inspire confidence!

It honestly feels like a 90s cartoon... a REALLY cheesy 90s cartoon!

Like an evil Nigel Thornberry.

I was also thinking of how Tim Curry's more comedic roles tend to be a lot more nasally like Marvin's.