>I wrote this yesterday while I was half asleep and never posted it.

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I'm gonna let you in on a little secret: I've never even fuckin' seen an Illumination movie.

I can't make a qualitative statement on Illumination movies, but I don't see why they couldn't make a good Legend of Zelda adaptation because as a studio they clearly have talented animators. I think the Mario movie will be [i]fine[/i] and I have no reason to think their hypothetical Zelda movie would be anything less than that.
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I don't know if I've ever been impressed with Illumination's animation. (It's not ever been particularly strong.) But you couldn't call them anything other than savvy businessmen. So I understand and can relate, that my own limited viewing experience means I can't say for 100% certain whether a movie will be good or not. I'd simply state that pattern recognition makes me less positive/enthused about the idea. (But the Mario movie will probably be the answer to whether or not it gets made. Regardless of who makes it.)
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I love movies. I just kinda hate the system that produces them. But I'm fortunate enough to live in an area where I can see the big dumb blockbusters on a big dumb screen and still have a theater where they show the quality shit that makes me remember why I studied the fucking things in the first place. 
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I won't even pretend that movies are my main source of entertainment. I'm a weeb at heart, and I'm still always behind on the "I need to watch this" trend. (If anything, it's only saved me a whole hell of a lot of wasted time.) Especially nowadays, where supposedly great shows (1899 for one instance) have been getting the early axe. (Or this trend of finished things getting cancelled before they're even released.) 

I'd say the one positive trend thus far, is how foreign movies and shows are starting to become more popular. (Yeah, the weeb would say that.) Though RRR was probably my Everything Everywhere All At Once. But all the ones I did watch, were certainly far more entertaining and likable than any of the western media I consumed.

But that's neither here nor there.
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But I got really tired and exhausted with the poor state of film criticism. I basically turned into a debate lord over fuckin films for a while. (And still kinda do, but believe me I used to be worse, because I care a lot that it pained me to have people start trying to objectively state when movies were bad or good or shit like that.) 

And like, I don't care if people don't like a movie (even if sometimes I get aggro, but hey who doesn't defend the things they love.) But I also want to stress to people that it's not all bad. There are good movies out there! 

I think video game adaptations in general are kinda dumb, even if I liked those Sonic movies. Especially because way too many western games are still chasing this weird 'video games as cinematic experience' high. Where the first episode of The Last of Us will be well received, the game was basically 50 percent watching it anyway! 
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Objectivity aside. I know that merely pointing out flaws and problems with anything is easy to do. Thus, the poorest of critics do tend to have most of their work handed to them on a silver platter. Though I'd love to see more in-depth counter discussion, versus what still tends to happen. (Usually outright dismissal.) I just wish this "7/10 IGN means barely playable" mindset wasn't so normalized in film too. To the point where Zoomers' word for I dislike this/something bad is "Mid".

#MakeAverageMeanWhatIt'sSupposedToMean

And ‘The Last Of Us’ showrunners, telling actors not to look up or be familiar with the source material they're making the show from, tells me all I would need to know. [i]If I want zombies. The Walking Dead has sixteen billion seasons for me to watch already.[/i] 

I honestly can't stand this ongoing trend of "we don't like or care about the things we're adapting" shtick. (And I'm usually not even the target for their nostalgia traps.) But I still can't help but question why they continue to do it so blatantly. (I can only imagine we have a staggering number of Tommy Wiseau's in modern entertainment. Where inflated egos and personal drive defy all common sense to make products they genuinely believe to be hot sh*t.)