"Yeah, that's going to really haunt me for a while."
February 28, 2018 3:16 PM Subscribe
Today, Walt Disney Animation Studios dropped the teaser trailer for Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks The Internet. Much like the first film was a love letter/affectionate parody of games and game culture, the trailer shows that the sequel will do the same for online culture.
The details for the plot that we have now are relatively slim, but we know that Vannelope and Ralph wind up going online in order to find a replacement part for her game, Sugar Rush. The directors talked in an interview about the struggle to make sure the references they used wouldn't be dated, as well as the sort of character arcs they were planning on for the two main characters.
The details for the plot that we have now are relatively slim, but we know that Vannelope and Ralph wind up going online in order to find a replacement part for her game, Sugar Rush. The directors talked in an interview about the struggle to make sure the references they used wouldn't be dated, as well as the sort of character arcs they were planning on for the two main characters.
Every generation gets the Tron it deserves. With Monsieur Mangetout's bunny avatar.
posted by chavenet at 3:40 PM on February 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 3:40 PM on February 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
Online games and game culture? So it's going to be rated NC-17?
posted by The Card Cheat at 3:42 PM on February 28, 2018 [6 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 3:42 PM on February 28, 2018 [6 favorites]
Wreck-It Ralph was everything I wanted TRON: Legacy to be.
posted by curiousgene at 3:48 PM on February 28, 2018 [11 favorites]
posted by curiousgene at 3:48 PM on February 28, 2018 [11 favorites]
I'm embarrassingly excited about this. I loved the first one. But I'm as much curious as I am excited. How are they going to address the fact that so much of the internet is trash? The clickbait joke is pretty funny, but exactly how online is this movie going to be? Will there be a Milkshake Duck that everybody loves until a third-act heel turn? Will the villain turn out to be a robot with an Eastern European accent? The answer to this and other questions is probably: nah.
posted by Countess Elena at 3:53 PM on February 28, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by Countess Elena at 3:53 PM on February 28, 2018 [7 favorites]
but exactly how online is this movie going to be?
Ralph stars in a video about crisis actors.
posted by GuyZero at 3:58 PM on February 28, 2018 [4 favorites]
Ralph stars in a video about crisis actors.
posted by GuyZero at 3:58 PM on February 28, 2018 [4 favorites]
Wreck it Reddit?
posted by symbioid at 4:05 PM on February 28, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by symbioid at 4:05 PM on February 28, 2018 [4 favorites]
I suppose it's not gonna be this sugar rush...
posted by symbioid at 4:06 PM on February 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by symbioid at 4:06 PM on February 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
And here I was expecting Ralph to show up next in Ready Player One. Serious crossover potential there.
posted by sammyo at 4:20 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by sammyo at 4:20 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
Umm...that game within the game with the pancakes and the bunny. That was a god damn nightmare!
Turns out that with enough effort, you can Disneyfy Monty Python.
posted by NoxAeternum at 5:21 PM on February 28, 2018 [6 favorites]
Turns out that with enough effort, you can Disneyfy Monty Python.
posted by NoxAeternum at 5:21 PM on February 28, 2018 [6 favorites]
Umm...that game within the game with the pancakes and the bunny. That was a god damn nightmare!
Uh... yeah, yeah. Real nightmare, that one.
But it's real, right?
like, a thing that I can actually get, right?
I'm not a vore, I swear
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:31 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
Uh... yeah, yeah. Real nightmare, that one.
But it's real, right?
like, a thing that I can actually get, right?
I'm not a vore, I swear
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:31 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
Oh, please tell me that Ralph and Vanellope will meet up with the Overwatch and Team Fortress crews!
posted by SPrintF at 5:46 PM on February 28, 2018
posted by SPrintF at 5:46 PM on February 28, 2018
Clips of this movie will be butchered and reassembled like Sid Phillips's misshapen toys and uploaded to YouTube Kids, disguised as the real deal, which is when things start to get really meta.
posted by Apocryphon at 5:55 PM on February 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Apocryphon at 5:55 PM on February 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
It's like the good movie that was lurking inside the rotting corpse of the Emoji movie.
posted by signal at 6:28 PM on February 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by signal at 6:28 PM on February 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
Okay, for those of us deeply disappointed in everything about the Reboot reboot, this will make things a little better. I am overworking my brain trying to figure out who the guy with the mustache at the beginning reminds me of. And honestly, "the kitty gets the milkshake"? No, it's got to be the duck. I just hope they didn't nail down the story so soon that they can't toss in something about the failure of the World of Warcraft movie (I'd do 'World of Infowarcraft' with Alex Jones as ALL the orcs). I'm glad The Emoji Movie and Trolls done by other studios pre-empted some potentially awful memery. Of course the Big Bad/Final Boss has to be a big blue bird with a blond toupee, right?
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:49 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:49 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
> Countess Elena:
"I'm embarrassingly excited about this. I loved the first one. But I'm as much curious as I am excited. How are they going to address the fact that so much of the internet is trash? The clickbait joke is pretty funny, but exactly how online is this movie going to be? Will there be a Milkshake Duck that everybody loves until a third-act heel turn? Will the villain turn out to be a robot with an Eastern European accent? The answer to this and other questions is probably: nah."
No, THE KITTY gets the milkshakes.
And this sort of discussion is why I break things down into movies and films. Movies entertain and amuse (although sometimes they CAN enlighten). Films are a cinematic exploration of the human condition. I am down for Ralph II to be a movie.
posted by Samizdata at 6:55 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
"I'm embarrassingly excited about this. I loved the first one. But I'm as much curious as I am excited. How are they going to address the fact that so much of the internet is trash? The clickbait joke is pretty funny, but exactly how online is this movie going to be? Will there be a Milkshake Duck that everybody loves until a third-act heel turn? Will the villain turn out to be a robot with an Eastern European accent? The answer to this and other questions is probably: nah."
No, THE KITTY gets the milkshakes.
And this sort of discussion is why I break things down into movies and films. Movies entertain and amuse (although sometimes they CAN enlighten). Films are a cinematic exploration of the human condition. I am down for Ralph II to be a movie.
posted by Samizdata at 6:55 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
The last pancake, it's only wahffer thin!
posted by carter at 7:22 PM on February 28, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by carter at 7:22 PM on February 28, 2018 [4 favorites]
The Card Cheat: Game Experience May Change During Online Play.
posted by BiggerJ at 8:41 PM on February 28, 2018
posted by BiggerJ at 8:41 PM on February 28, 2018
Pancak'd! is the new arrow'd!
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:57 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:57 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
With a full title of "Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2", it may be time to utilize some acronyms, and "RBTI:WIR2" interestingly includes RBT... as in RaBbiT...
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:00 PM on February 28, 2018
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:00 PM on February 28, 2018
I've watched the trailer ten times now and "The bunny gets the pancakes" gets funnier each time.
Also the movie is written by my friend Pamela Ribon, who is one of the funniest humans I know. I can't wait.
posted by jscalzi at 9:24 PM on February 28, 2018 [9 favorites]
Also the movie is written by my friend Pamela Ribon, who is one of the funniest humans I know. I can't wait.
posted by jscalzi at 9:24 PM on February 28, 2018 [9 favorites]
OMG i just laughed so hard and now i want to pop a bunny with pancakes halp
posted by numaner at 10:20 PM on February 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by numaner at 10:20 PM on February 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
I still laugh when I think about Pamie and tiny hands and pizzas and it just delights the crap out of me that she's writing for Disney now.
posted by offalark at 10:24 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by offalark at 10:24 PM on February 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
I've watched the trailer ten times now and "The bunny gets the pancakes" gets funnier each time.
The whole scene has so many great bits in it. Ralph taking over and commenting on how "zen" the game is, the look of absolute terror on the bunny's face when Vanellope wheels in the cart of pancakes, Ralph pushing the bunny to reluctantly eat the last stack - again, it's Disney meets Monty Python, which is something I didn't think was possible.
posted by NoxAeternum at 11:21 PM on February 28, 2018
The whole scene has so many great bits in it. Ralph taking over and commenting on how "zen" the game is, the look of absolute terror on the bunny's face when Vanellope wheels in the cart of pancakes, Ralph pushing the bunny to reluctantly eat the last stack - again, it's Disney meets Monty Python, which is something I didn't think was possible.
posted by NoxAeternum at 11:21 PM on February 28, 2018
My kids definitely have a game where you feed certain foods to certain little animals. I may have even remarked that it's a soothing game to play. However, to my knowledge, the little animals never pop from eating too many.
An old old friend is on the creative team on this movie and I'm pretty stoked about it.
posted by potrzebie at 11:54 PM on February 28, 2018
An old old friend is on the creative team on this movie and I'm pretty stoked about it.
posted by potrzebie at 11:54 PM on February 28, 2018
Oh God poor baby Moana I'd be traumatised for life too
posted by divabat at 4:28 AM on March 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by divabat at 4:28 AM on March 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
I don't know, guys. I enjoyed Wreck-It Ralph because of the nostalgia and verisimilitude. They really captured the spirit of classic arcade games, even to the point of hiring Buckner & Garcia to record a new theme song. This one I'm not so sure of. '80s video games make me happy. Thinking about the internet just makes me sad.
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:56 AM on March 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:56 AM on March 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
I must be getting old. More and more I'm finding that I'm really good with movies as they stand, and don't care to see sequels or reboots that try to expand a story I've already closed in my mind to further adventures.
I'll probably pick up the dvd for when our grandkids are old enough to appreciate it and the first movie, but doubt I'll be seeing it before I show it to them.
posted by davelog at 6:47 AM on March 1, 2018
I'll probably pick up the dvd for when our grandkids are old enough to appreciate it and the first movie, but doubt I'll be seeing it before I show it to them.
posted by davelog at 6:47 AM on March 1, 2018
The rabbit exploding off-screen and the girl screaming just seems weirdly cruel and tonally out of place, at least as it is. It would be nice to see a scene after where it's reset and look, the bunny is fine! and the game continues.
(I know I wasn't the only one who felt this way and remarked on it.)
I liked the first Wreck-It Ralph because of its surprising sweetness. I worry this is going to lack that.
posted by darksong at 2:43 PM on March 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
(I know I wasn't the only one who felt this way and remarked on it.)
I liked the first Wreck-It Ralph because of its surprising sweetness. I worry this is going to lack that.
posted by darksong at 2:43 PM on March 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
Both this and the new Incredibles 2 trailer left me feeling weird, like there's an edge of bitterness or snideness that wasn't there in the previous films. The exploding bunny and the wretchedness of Bob being a stay at home parent is just... There's something off. I dunno.
posted by Hermione Granger at 5:26 PM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Hermione Granger at 5:26 PM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
I figured it out. Both trailers feel mean spirited to me.
posted by Hermione Granger at 5:28 PM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Hermione Granger at 5:28 PM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
The exploding bunny thing bothered me, too, more than I'd like to admit.
posted by mkhall at 7:51 PM on March 1, 2018
posted by mkhall at 7:51 PM on March 1, 2018
It should be "Ralph Wrecks the Internet," surely?
posted by straight at 10:06 PM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by straight at 10:06 PM on March 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
I liked the first Wreck-It Ralph because of its surprising sweetness.
to be fair, they're going to the internet, where sweetness goes to die.
posted by numaner at 2:50 PM on March 5, 2018
to be fair, they're going to the internet, where sweetness goes to die.
posted by numaner at 2:50 PM on March 5, 2018
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