#the lonely island

tHIS IS THE TALE OF CAPTAIN JACK SPARROWWWWWW

Alright, I watched “ “Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers”. Honestly, this movie was way better than I thought it’d be. It’s definitely what you’d expect from a Disney movie made by the Lonely Island, which just raises so many questions since why were they even in consideration for a Chip and Dale movie. But regardless, I feel like the movie was solid. 

My only real complaint is that the movie felt a bit directionless in the second act. Chip and Dale are trying to find their friend, but they end up getting lost in all these animation gags which are all pretty funny, but don’t really go anywhere. For example, I loved the “Uncanny Valley” being an actual place. However, it didn’t really factor into the story and ended up just being a one-off gag.

But still, I thought the movie was fun despite its flaws. For a grade, maybe 6 out of 10? Or a letter grade of C+ / B-. 

Some thoughts on how “Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers” were able to use Sonic for the movie without breaking some copyright law:

1)Protected by fair use since it’s a parody. It’s still Sonic, but it’s a heavily exaggerated version of the character for comedic effect. That’s how we have movies like “Scary Movie” or how movies like “Wayne’s World’ can include characters from other movies (the T-1000 cameo scene). 

2)Akiva Schaffer mentioned that he was able to use non-Disney characters because Disney was able to get approval from the original companies. The caveat was that the movie won’t make fun of the non-Disney characters. Now, yes, the joke is that Ugly Sonic looks terrible. But based on his scenes, Ugly Sonic is more mocking the reaction to him rather than just him being ugly.

What I mean is that Ugly Sonic is aware that he doesn’t look great, but he’s generally upbeat about his life and actually ends up helping Chip and Dale save the day. As some people have put it, the movie “redeemed” Ugly Sonic by making him this chill, lovable guy who feels unfairly ostracized by society. So it’s not punching down on Ugly Sonic, but hitting back at the public that rejected the original design.

Based on that, I can see Paramount and SEGA approving the use of Ugly Sonic.

Yep. This happened and I feel like a boss, but i’ll stop quoting lonely island songs :) (even though they are pretty awesome haha)

I picked up rowing in college, took 1 of my pictures from a meet, and posted it to facebook with the caption “I’m on a boat”

Win? I think so. Another list item off the list? Definitely.

~Marissa

thisismebeingwitty:

Everyone say thank you Mr. Samberg for the dopamine

tlistan:

New Palm Springs and bts stills!

madeofitzits:

The story of Andy, Kiv, and Jorm auditioning for a Papa John’s commercial is utterly glorious and literally made me cry laughing.

I love those dumbass boys so very much!!

(Thank you to the lovely person who sent me this gift )

I can’t believe “By the Power of Greyskull” is an actual line in one of the songs

What I love so much about TLI is that when you first hear their songs it’s like meh it’s fine but the more often you listen to it, the better their songs get until they’re unreachable masterpieces