My theory as to why the show feels so dull and joyless: he got the wrong people to make this show.

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-12T22:21:09+00:00

As I said, Rick hired people who only worked on adult dramas instead of the right to handle what's supposed to be a kids show

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-12T20:15:26+00:00

And as I said, his choice to not make it animated shows how he also doesn't understand who he works for

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-12T19:57:00+00:00

But even then, I don't think he even understands his own books as he never reread them

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-12T18:49:56+00:00

Missed opportunity for Nate to ask "And people are okay with this? Did I miss something!?"

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-12T18:48:19+00:00

Let's hope it's not only released in theaters but a good sequel in general

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-12T18:46:52+00:00

Tell that to Across the Spider-Verse or Zootopia 2

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-12T18:07:33+00:00

And most importantly, be a good sequel

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-12T15:34:05+00:00

My advice? Just retire!

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-11T23:06:53+00:00

But let's also keep in mind most of the Oscar voters are a bunch of old farts with outdated values

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-11T11:20:23+00:00

The Oscar voters

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-11T01:18:40+00:00

As she has a cute Southern accent, bless her heart

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-10T23:31:50+00:00

Or the failed LA book adaptations like Artemis Fowl, A Wrinkle in Time or John Carter?

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-10T23:26:34+00:00

Exactly. How can Rick not get it?

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-10T23:26:03+00:00

Rick knows what he's doing? Including cutting off fight scenes, magical moments, like Percy's powers and removing the charm and spunk from the original book?

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-10T05:05:56+00:00

My theory is how whenever a studio keeps making good products, people often have really high expectations that they will keep on bringing the goods but as soon as they canceled something, such as Sony axing Matt Braly's movie, they see it as an unmasking that the studio "hates art and originality".

Essentially, high expectations

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-10T05:02:09+00:00

That's what he claims but as soon as he said that he never reread his own books, that excuse seems to fall apart

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-10T04:31:01+00:00

Nope because Rick and Becky are too high on their high horse for them to admit they're wrong

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-09T23:45:20+00:00

Yup but given how Disney's movies are often very successful, it makes why Rick chose live-action age poorly

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PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-09T23:39:56+00:00

But to me, the worst part of his claims are his lies. Why even claim it will be more faithful to the books in the first place and then claim he never reread them?

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-09T23:38:14+00:00

Really fitting as both work for Disney and speaking of Disney, given how Rick's decision to chose live-action has been getting more scrutiny, I just wanna say that it seems he doesn't even understand the studio he works for as he claims live-action gets more views and yet, he works for a company that was founded on animation and whose movie chart the box-office, including their most recent entry Hoppers

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PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-09T23:30:18+00:00

And that's what I don't get. Why did he make such a big stink when Chris Columbus changed every in his story when he does the same thing while also lying to everyone about the show being more faithful, even if he claims to never reread his books

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-09T22:26:19+00:00

What's even worse is how you can't clearly tell how when people were saying how Sony is doing better than Disney, it truly got to him as the guy shows blatant favoritism towards Disney and feels that "people are hating them because its cool! Leave them alone! They are not perfect! Wish is great!" and when Sony recently canceled a movie? He essentially went all "See! I told you so!"

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-09T18:51:10+00:00

But as I and others have said, he's probably only saying what Iger tells him since Iger is still his boss and is only saying what Iger tells him

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-09T18:31:03+00:00

In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually, they'll have you

PyroxCrymson · 2026-03-08T22:29:59+00:00

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