The idea that children don’t deserve good media is kind of wild to me.
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FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 10 months ago
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gap_betweenus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
otp@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
A good movie for kids can be boring for adults sometimes.
mods_mum@lemmy.today 10 months ago
Sure but it doesn’t have to be like that. Shrek is prime example that you can make a movie both groups enjoy
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
This is like comparing paintings to the Mona Lisa. Shrek is the crowning achievement of our civilization.
otp@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I didn’t say that it does, lol
I said in another comment that there’ll always be demand for lower quality kids’ media, and that’s okay. Adults don’t need to enjoy every piece of children’s media.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There are plenty of “kids” movies and TV that are excellent for adults, too.
Listing a few:
- Bluey
- Most of Pixar
- Adventure Time (after Season 1)
- Star Wars Rebels/Clone Wars (again, after Season 1)
- Shrek
- Star Trek: Prodigy
This is not an exhaustive list, but you get the point.
otp@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Yes, I know that. And I knew it before, too…
I guess people hopped on the downvote train before they got to the word “sometimes” in my comment, lol
gap_betweenus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sure (also I can’t think of any examples) - but than again the question becomes more complex and subjective: what is a good kids movie. But really often kids movie is used as an excuse for bad execution, art, storytelling, acting etc. - while I think kids deserve at least the same quality as adults maybe even better - since media has much more influence on children than on adults.
otp@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
while I think kids deserve at least the same quality as adults maybe even better
When we start buying that kids’ media enough that it’ll bring in as much money as other demographics’ media, and we choose to buy it based on its artistic merit and quality, then we’ll see more of that change.
But I think there’s always going to be a demand for “kids’ stuff” that’s lower quality, and I think that’s okay. Adults don’t need to enjoy every piece of kids’ media that exists.
Moghul@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Do kids movies have to be stupid and vapid? This looks completely soulless.
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Why even bother making good movies, when children also watch elsa getting spiderman pregnant?
Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Trust me that’s way better than what kids are watching nowadays on yt shorts. That content should seriously be investigated for permanent/temporary brain damage.
datavoid@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Who is out here downvoting in defense of yt shorts?
Aielman15@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The fact that capital-G Gamers are still hell-bent on the GamerGate-era Kotaku war is deeply amusing to me.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 months ago
Sir, this is a good Pastafarian server, pls censor that filth. The childrens eyes can’t handle the raw sewage that is the word g*mer.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is exactly what someone who works at or has friends that work at Kotaku would say.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 10 months ago
G*mers should have been bullied more.
Crismus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It really bugs me how every scandal co-ops the -gate from the Watergate scandal to try to give it more legitimacy.
The Hotel was the Watergate Hotel. There is no gate in Kotaku or Gamer. Just another fundamental ignorance of reality the media has come to.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Sorry but Kotaku has always been 100% garbage, either bad writing, way behind the news, or both at the same time.
Except if its labor related, they immediately remember how to write.
Lightor@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ve been scrolling through the comments to see the reaction to this trailer and this is the only comment that made me legit cringe.
mods_mum@lemmy.today 10 months ago
What does one have to do with the other? Snow white is also a story for children and yet adults can still be disappointed about the upcoming remake. Are you suggesting we can’t criticise content for kids? If yes then why?
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why can’t the movie be for everyone like the game is? Why make it purposefully empty and soulless so only small children with a short attention span can enjoy it? Take some notes from the Lego movie. It’s not that hard.
60fpsrefugee@lemm.ee 10 months ago
For one, it is easier/cheaper to make that instead of a good, enjoyable movie.
UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 10 months ago
The mario movie was also good in my opinion. I enjoyed it and it did not feel like a cringefest at all (which I wish I could say about Minecraft’s trailer)