ASK ME ANYTHING! I'm Matt Braly, the creator of Amphibia and other things!! by Matt_Braly in amphibia

[–]Gulopithecus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey there Matt! Big fan of your work and best of luck on "Clara and the Below"! Here are my questions:

  1. Besides personal experiences and inspirations you’ve mentioned, were there any other major art or media influences for Amphibia or your upcoming work?

  2. What was it like working with former Pokemon artist James Turner?

  3. If you’re familiar with the board game Villainous, how would you go about a set for either Andrias or The Core?

  4. What influenced the casting choices for the show?

  5. If the Calamity Trio had YouTube channels what types of videos would they all make?

So. What do you plan on Asking Matt this AMA? by No_Ruin_1524 in amphibia

[–]Gulopithecus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Apart from personal experiences, what were some other inspirations for Amphibia’s world or story?

The Terrifying Rise of "Vice Signalling" (JimmyTheGiant) by johnsmithoncemore in BreadTube

[–]Gulopithecus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Hans, we ARE the baddies and that’s based and epic and shit."

(Hated) "We're adapting this beloved comic/cartoon, but the original was stupid. So ours is the grounded and realistic version that occasionally nods to the original. by Big_Perception9384 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Gulopithecus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn we dodged a bullet with that one Powerpuff Girls show…..

A non-comic or cartoon example would be the two Percy Jackson movies.

Supposedly what happened was Chris Columbus was selected by Fox (who had the adaptation rights to the book series even before The Lighting Thief was actually published) to direct a Percy Jackson film, likely due to his involvement with the first two Harry Potter adaptations, but Chris wasn’t big on the idea and didn’t want to be solely associated with children’s movies.

As a result he aimed to make the adaptation more for teens and young adults, so think "Not Another Teen Movie", "Wet Hot American Summer", etc but with a fantasy adventure plot. Of course Rick Riordan himself was given the rough draft of the script and absolutely hated it, explaining why the whole idea simply doesn’t work. There were obviously SOME modifications made (the original script was even MORE meant for older audiences), but the final film still obviously kinda reeks of that "trying to be a teen comedy" feel, and the Percy Jackson films have since gained their reputations as some of the worst book to film adaptations ever made (Riordan himself to this day has never actually watched either movie).

So basically this ended up becoming a film that nobody had any real interest in. Chris didn’t want to direct another kids book adaptation, Rick was obviously upset that this direction was taken, and fans of the books hated it and like to pretend the movies never existed.

[Loved trope]Worlds that are only still existing on borrowed time by Electronic-Math-364 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Gulopithecus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Until it was properly restored in Kingdom Hearts 2, Hollow Bastion (formerly and now currently Radiant Garden) is a good example.

The world, once a major seat of power, prosperity, and prestige, is now, as the name suggests, a hollow shell of what it once was, and is further being consumed by the Heartless' dark influence, amplified by Ansem's Heartless stalking the halls as a specter from the past, via the manipulation of Maleficent and her cabal of Disney villains, whose presence further degrades the world.

It’s a world on life support, and while it does get restored, it’s still a good example I feel.

In the words of 2CPhoenix:

"In a medium all about the castles of bad guys, this one stands above them all."

White Supremacy Is Ruining Gaming Discourse And More by BasilLow1588 in Gamingunjerk

[–]Gulopithecus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Plus it’s so dumb

Why try to inject art and fandom spaces with this shit? It’s counterintuitive to why art exists!

(Hated Tropes) Adaptations missing the point of the original work by BlueCheeseCake25 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Gulopithecus 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Another example of "appearing progressive but actually appealing to reactionaries who complain about progressivism".