Questions about anything

[D'Snowth]

I don't know if it's still going on, but it donned on me last night when I was watching the Monster Hits! VHS, which included, "Healthy Food", that nobody complained about back in the day, yet Cookie Monster sings, "Cookie is a Sometimes Food" year later (which is kind of in the same vein), and all of the sudden, everybody's like, "OMG! Cookie Monster doesn't eat cookies anymore! Now he only eats veggies! Why'd they have to go and make him the Veggie Monster?! Nooooze!!!"

I mean, I don't get it.

 

[beatnikchick300]

Why do some Disney animated canon fans think wanting money is an exceptionally weak villain motivation (Doug Walker has railed about this, such as in his Disneycemeber series, wherein he complained about Raticliffe from Pocahontas, Clayton from Tarzan, and a certain Atlantis villain I mentioned on the "Animated Hotties thread," for having that motivation [yet he gives the evil poacher from the Rescuers sequel a pass, even though that was his motivation. What gives?], but he's not the only one I've heard this from)? I mean, aside from rare exceptions, most of the Disney animated canon villains don't really have much variety or strength in their motivations. It's usually either greed (like the four I just mentioned), for power (like Ursula, Scar, and others) or because they're EEEEEVIIILLLL (like Maleficent). So how is it that wanting money (something applicable in the real world, and more attainable than power) is a weaker motivation? I mean, I think Maleficent's motivation was pretty weak, and yet she's a fan favorite.

 

[CensoredAlso]

Why do some Disney animated canon fans think wanting money is an exceptionally weak villain motivation....I mean, aside from rare exceptions, most of the Disney animated canon villains don't really have much variety or strength in their motivations. It's usually either greed (like the four I just mentioned), for power (like Ursula, Scar, and others) or because they're EEEEEVIIILLLL (like Maleficent). So how is it that wanting money (something applicable in the real world, and more attainable than power) is a weaker motivation? I mean, I think Maleficent's motivation was pretty weak, and yet she's a fan favorite.

Frankly I've had enough of fans complaining when a villain isn't "complex" enough for them. Not every villain has to be some misunderstood, bleeding heart Twilight rip off, lol.

 

[beatnikchick300]

Frankly I've had enough of fans complaining when a villain isn't "complex" enough for them. Not every villain has to be some misunderstood, bleeding heart Twilight rip off, lol.

LOL! Yes, exactly!

 

[D'Snowth]

Why does TBS have such crappy picture quality? Their entire channel is like trying to watch 144p or 240p YouTube videos on TV... the whole channel, not just the shows, but the commercials and bumpers and such as well.

 

[D'Snowth]

Why is it now considered efeminate for a man to dab grease off a pizza?

Then again, why does it have to be considered efeminate for a man to try and make a few healthy choices? Is somehow being fat, out-of-shape slobs a sign of manliness?

 

[mr3urious]

Why is it now considered efeminate for a man to dab grease off a pizza?

Then again, why does it have to be considered efeminate for a man to try and make a few healthy choices? Is somehow being fat, out-of-shape slobs a sign of manliness?

They're probably being influenced by commercials, in the same reason it's considered unmanly to drive anything other than a macho gas-guzzling pickup or SUV. I'm not blaming TV; just the guys allowing themselves to be influenced by them.

 

[dwayne1115]

Why is it now considered efeminate for a man to dab grease off a pizza?

Then again, why does it have to be considered efeminate for a man to try and make a few healthy choices? Is somehow being fat, out-of-shape slobs a sign of manliness?

I take a bath in pizza grease every chance I get, and I don't think that makes me more or less of a man then you.

 

[D'Snowth]

Gee, how many adblockers do I have to install to block ALL ads?

 

[Drtooth]

Why is it now considered efeminate for a man to dab grease off a pizza?

Then again, why does it have to be considered efeminate for a man to try and make a few healthy choices? Is somehow being fat, out-of-shape slobs a sign of manliness?

I dab occasionally. Not so much for the fat content. that I don't mind... but sometimes if it's way too greasy, it gives me terrible indigestion. I don't know why I have such a weak constitution, but that happens the older you get.

Plus, if there's less grease for it to get on your hands that wind up turning the pizza into a squishy, accidental projectile, that's less ruined pairs of pants. Yours or someone else's.

Why do some Disney animated canon fans think wanting money is an exceptionally weak villain motivation (Doug Walker has railed about this, such as in his Disneycemeber series, wherein he complained about Raticliffe from Pocahontas, Clayton from Tarzan, and a certain Atlantis villain I mentioned on the "Animated Hotties thread," for having that motivation [yet he gives the evil poacher from the Rescuers sequel a pass, even though that was his motivation. What gives?], but he's not the only one I've heard this from)? I mean, aside from rare exceptions, most of the Disney animated canon villains don't really have much variety or strength in their motivations. It's usually either greed (like the four I just mentioned), for power (like Ursula, Scar, and others) or because they're EEEEEVIIILLLL (like Maleficent). So how is it that wanting money (something applicable in the real world, and more attainable than power) is a weaker motivation? I mean, I think Maleficent's motivation was pretty weak, and yet she's a fan favorite.

Well, Ratcliffe from Pocahontas is a weak villain anyway to hammer the point home about how Anvilicious and Oscar Baity that film was.

But then again, you look at the Disney villains...

Scar, while wanting power, also fell victim to the royal system that puts his nephew in front of him... Ursula was banished by Triton for some reason (discounting the canonical iffiness of them being brother and sister)... my personal favorite, though, goes to Yzma. Now, while she is evil and has evil intentions for taking over the kingdom (and in an episode of the TV show she does and it's awful), she works for a hero that's a complete self interested jerkwad, so you would actually almost feel sorry for her if she wasn't just as self centered and nasty. But then again, that movie's all about viciously subverting Disney movie cliches, and plays around with designated heroes and villains.

There's also Beauty and the Beast where Gaston, sack of crap that he is, isn't so much the villain as completely convinced that he's the hero of his own life. Wrong genre savy. His motivations are essentially wanting a woman that doesn't want him back for the reason that she doesn't want him while ignoring the blonde triplets that constantly throw themselves at him. It's ambition, sure, but he's deluded, not technically evil. If anything, he's as evil as Daffy Duck.