Mortifying 'Minecraft' trailer has fans reliving 'Sonic' snafu
Is the trailer for "A Minecraft Movie" the worst abomination inflicted on gamers since the horrifically "realistic" Sonic the Hedgehog character design?
I don't think so. But then, I'm not much of a Minecraft fan; those who are do seem pretty upset. Let's look at what the big deal is.
"A Minecraft Movie" stars Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Eugene Hansen, and Emma Myers as four misfits who find themselves pulled into the game's Overworld, where they must battle zombies, piglins, and creepers. There to guide them on their quest to return to reality is iconic Minecraft character Steve (Jack Black).
In its title alone, the adaptation expresses a worrying lack of confidence. So ... this isn't good enough to be "The Minecraft Movie"? The reaction to the trailer — which got over 1 million downvotes on YouTube — certainly hasn't helped matters.
Viewers criticized nearly every aspect of the just under 90-second clip, including the costume choices, the uncanny-valley-esque creature design, the clichéd dialogue, and the casting of Jack Black. One wag sarcastically lauded Warner Bros.’ bravery for not turning off commenting, a regular practice for fandom punching bags like Lucasfilm and Disney.
The good news is that this seems less of a "get woke, go broke" scenario (unless you count the feminine costume/makeup choices for Jason Momoa), and more a case of Hollywood trying to please fans and embarrassingly missing the mark.
It's likely the filmmakers wanted to avoid another Sonic debacle. If so, they may have stayed too faithful to the source material: Those square-shaped goats and llamas with square eyes and square pupils really are the stuff of nightmares.
If Hollywood has learned anything in this age of unprecedented fan empowerment, it's this: The audience is always right. The good news for "A Minecraft Movie" is that — as with "Sonic" — the backlash has come early enough to do something about it.
Back in 2020, Paramount listened to criticism and delayed the film to redesign the character according to his iconic look. The studio's reward was a hit movie, two sequels, and a spin-off series to boot.
The team behind "A Minecraft Movie" should follow the same playbook, trusting that when you treat your audience with respect, the audience responds in kind. Let's hope the next trailer we see offers character design more worthy of this iconic game. Worthy enough, at least, that we can overlook Momoa's weird bangs and hideous pink motorcycle jacket.
Avid Biden supporter Jack Black laughed at Kyle Gass' joke about the recent assassination attempt that killed a rally attendee.
www.theblaze.com
www.theblaze.com
DEBUNKED: Democrat LIES about Trump VP pick JD Vance
After narrowly surviving an assassination attempt, former President Donald Trump wasted no time announcing who his vice president will be: Sen. JD Vance.
Of course, the left immediately went into fear mode, painting Vance as a “MAGA extremist.”
The official Biden-Harris HQ account on X even shared a fear mongering graphic on Vance to drive this point home.
The graphic featured a checklist of Vance’s supposed views, including, “JD Vance supports Trump’s Project 2025 agenda, says Project 2025 is ‘full of good ideas,’ opposes marriage equality, compares abortion to slavery, supports a national abortion ban, opposes Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, opposes ACA, 2020 election denier, and kisses up to Putin and Russia.”
Sara Gonzales doesn’t see the problem.
“Great, I’m in. I’m like guys, I was already voting for this team, you don’t have to keep selling me,” Gonzales laughs.
Of course, much of the list is exaggerated — like his apparent comparison of abortion to slavery.
What Vance actually said in a recent podcast interview was that “slavery and abortion have a morally distorting effect on the entire society.”
Joy Behar of "The View" has also jumped on the opportunity to spread fear about the vice presidential candidate, accusing Vance of wanting to force children who are raped or victims of incest to give birth.
While Vance’s stance on abortion for women is clear, Behar took him completely out of context.
“It’s not whether a woman should be forced to bring a child to term, it’s whether a child should be allowed to live. Even though the circumstances of that child’s birth are somehow inconvenient or a problem to the society, the question really to me is about the baby,” Vance said in a recent podcast when asked about abortion in cases where a woman has been raped or a victim of incest.
President Biden went completely off the rails as well in a post on X, where he said that Trump and Vance plan to “raise taxes on middle class families while pushing more tax cuts for the rich.”
“Isn’t it cute that the Democrats are constantly projecting onto Republicans what they themselves are guilty of?” Gonzales asks. “The truth of the matter is of course, JD Vance told the New York Times he opposed higher taxes for the middle class.”
Want more from Sara Gonzales?
To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred take to news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.