Drinker's Chasers - Willow Is Really Bad

The reason the original Willow was so great is clearly because the original was created by Jennifer Lawrence.

I watched the movie Willow with my 5 y/o daughter today, she LOVED it Then she saw the poster of it on Disney+ later this evening and asked if that is part 2 (I explained its a show instead of a movie) - she asked to watch it... i groaned but still played it for her, and after 20 minutes she said "This isn't very good... can we watch something else" FIVE and she couldn't stand it lol. There's nothing fantastical about it.

What's really baffling is Disney did the "rescue the high profile prisoner" better 20 years ago in Pirates of the Caribbean. When Elizabeth was taken by the crew of the Black Pearl, Governor Swann didn't plan to send Will, a blacksmith's apprentice, and Jack Sparrow - he planned to send the Royal f***ing Navy on a warship with a lot of f***ing cannons. It's okay to have the main characters as an intrepid party of adventurers trying to rescue the prince, but DON'T make them the plan to save him. It's not like this is a hard concept to grasp - when trying to rescue one VIP, don't send another (or two or three) VIP(s) into the proverbial lion's den to do it.

Imagine if actors were chosen for depth of performance. Imagine if writers were chosen based on skill.

Rings of Power: "One show to CRINGE them all!!!" Willow (2022) "Hold my lesbian wand..."

Their old protector, who said he was like a father to the kids, takes an arrow in the chest and they don’t even give a shit! 30 seconds later they are laughing and joking and don’t even mention the poor old guy. Wonderful writing.

I liked the one scene where Princess ( can't be fucked with their names) shit-talked her husband-to-be, and her brother comes in later and is like, "Hey sister, don't worry, I smoothed things over with the prince, everything's okay now, he's actually a really nice guy if you just get to know him," To which the Princess responds by saying, "Why do you have to interfere in my life all the time?!?!" To which the brother responds, "Well, because you're my sister, and I love you, and even though you can be difficult at times, I'm genuinely just looking out for your best interests." And then Princess is like, "GAWWWD STOP BEING SUCH A MAN AND JUST GO AWAY ALREADY!!" And of course I was like, "Wait, a nice and likable character? AND it's a man? Something terrible is going to happen to him." And he gets kidnapped of course lol

When Willow rode into battle on Guy-ladriel's broad shoulders and shouted "You have to be better, Senator!" I was in tears

I grew up with the Film, and every day I pray that Disney forgets about my favorite properties.

The thing about the original Willow was that willow had no special powers and instead he had determination, and a magic trick that totally bombed the first time we see him try it on screen.

Disney's Willow: An inner city High school production of a classic tale or fantasy where the Drama teacher tells the students they can "update" the source material.

That point about modern language showing up in high fantasy settings bothers me to no end, so thanks for bringing it up. People don't seem to ever talk about. It happened a lot in the Star Wars sequel trilogy too and even a few characters in God of War: Ragnarok do it. It just pulls me out.

Willow was a guilty nostalgic pleasure. Absolutely didn't need to be continued.

"She has a ginger afro. I don't know what she did to offend the Gods to end up like that but it must have been pretty bad." Pretty damn funny

Regarding the language issue, it is called "Genre Language Affectation". Genre's are supposed to sound like their Genre.... but Disney apparently sticks common earth language into all of its properties. It was the most jarring thing in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. When you lack a Genre Language Affectation (Which is a component of any story), you create a script that is incongruous with the genre it is supposed to portray. It's a portion of setting and world building that is necessary in cinema.

I was ten when the movie came out, and I was hooked on it immediately mostly because I thought General Kael looked so badass (I still want a movie accurate replica of that helmet). Years ago I bought it on DVD and watched it again for the first time in a long time, and I came to appreciate Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer's performances. I still love the movie, and was somewhat excited for the new series until I realized the movie works best as a one off. It didn't need a follow up, and given Disney's track record with the IPs they've acquired, I knew better than to think it would be much different from anything else they've vomited out in recent years.

6:54 "This is the writer's mindset getting projected into a character that shouldn't have those attitudes." Every show is She-Hulk now

As a fan of the original Kathleen Kennedy needs to be fired! Willow was an 80's cult classic never meant to be brought back & literally sacrificed on the "Woke Hollyweird altar".

"It's like you pick up a load of 20-year-olds in Southern California and dump them into a fantasy world and say 'have at it.'" --Modern-day writers' room

On the subject of royal marriages: Remember the "Three Musketeers" movie from about 20 years ago? The queen (who was drop-dead gorgeous, by the way) is upset with the arranged marriage at first, but by the end they were head-over-heels for each other. It was cute.