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[selfimmolation]

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wk2, monday;

[unsync]

[ Ryuki is looking at the synopsis for The Dream Team, live in cinemas today. ]

What.

[ This is ridiculous, he wasn't aware Dreamworks released such a thing. What the hell. ]

I think this is taking milking IPs too far.

[selfimmolation]

[ ace is looking at the poster and nodding because this seems like a regular amalgamation of people ]

They're milking stuff in the movie?

[ that sounds like a weird movie. ]

[unsync]

No!

...

I think!

[ You never fucking know with Dreamworks... you truly just never fucking know. ]

As in, well. These were all pretty popular titles at one point or another in the United States I think, but they were all separate movies. But now it's some kind of mega-movie with all of them?

[selfimmolation]

[ he got like half of that sentence ]

... Help me out, here, I've only seen one Star Wars and one Pirate movie. [ why is the milking up for debate. movies are weird. he looks over at the poster some more ] So... It's sort of like our situation? They're all from different worlds and meeting up for whatever reason?

[unsync]

I think those are fun movies to see.

[ No notes about Ace's movie history, Ryuki is not a known cinephile. ]

Uh, yeah. Actually. I guess it's like that. But how do I say this... the main characters and plot of each of these movies were known for being a little...

Unconventional.

[ Chaotic. ]

[selfimmolation]

I guess? Will and Tama picked 'em.

[ ace does not know what movies are. but also he kind of pauses as ryuki describes that ]

I think that still sort of describes our group, you know?

[unsync]

Well...

I think a bee and a human woman got married?

[ He does not know if they got married. I DON'T THINK THEY GOT MARRIED? But whatever Bee Movie was not big here I can bullshit whatever vague assumptions I want. ]

[selfimmolation]

That's weird. [ he's clearly trying to NOT imagine it. also they didn't get married but they implied fucked which is worse. ] That's-- why? Is it at least a human-sized bee?

[unsync]

[ I was honestly half-expecting Ace to go 'yeah?' and you were just going to be like Lowe you stupid fuckin' turtle this is normal in One Piece too. ]

Uh, no.

Just a normal bee.

[ For whatever reason he makes a pinch motion as if to show how small a real bee is. ]

[selfimmolation]

[ well he might have if the bee was human sized ]

But that's... how do... [ hrm ] I don't wanna think about how that works.

[unsync]

It's fantasy! You're not supposed to think about it!

And I think the big moral message was environmentalism, or something.

[ So why did she fuck the bee!! ]

And the other ones are some kind of swamp monster that gets the princess, and, uh, I've actually never seen this one, but I think "Boss Baby" is probably self-explanatory.

[selfimmolation]

[ looking at the baby in a suit ]

No, I don't think that's self-explanatory at all. [ in the WHY is the baby the boss. of whom is this baby the boss of. etc. ] Movies are weird.

[unsync]

Well...! It's about a baby. And he's the boss of a... company?

[ I also never saw Boss Baby so I genuinely don't know what this movie is about either. ]

There are some good movies, didn't you enjoy Star Wars or the pirate one? Was it Pirates of the Caribbean?

[selfimmolation]

[ he's making such a blank face because he's decided he doesn't want to know what boss baby is about actually. and he's right. ]

Yeah, they were alright. Tama picked the Caribbean one to make fun of me, I think, but it was sort of like looking at a funhouse mirror, you know?

[ he kept getting distracted ]

[unsync]

Oh.

[ He's doing math lady meme being like your life being a mirror of PotC is probably not good. ]

In a good way or bad way?

[selfimmolation]

Just a weird way. Not allowing women on ships seems really stupid.

[ one piece can be sexist but not like that ]

[unsync]

O-oh. I thought one of the main characters was a woman.

[ He's thinking of Elizabeth obviously but he also has very little memory of what PotC was about. There was a squid guy? ]

That is kind of weird.

[selfimmolation]

There is! They make a big deal about how she's bad luck or something, but she's kind of a better pirate than the other guys. Just weird.

[ "is that also true in potc" ace is just mad jack isn't loyal ]

[unsync]

Maybe it's a message about how they're wasting a good member by not letting her on the ship because she's a woman?

[ He really has no idea what goes on in PotC and it's been like 13 years since I saw it while I was seasick on a boat, and also whatever KH2 told me the plot was. ]

[selfimmolation]

I think the message was the government kind of sucks, actually, and I was okay with that part?

[unsync]

Oh, yeah, that does seem like something you'd like.

[ Based on everything he knows about Ace so far, that seems to track. ]

...

So...

You don't want to watch [ confirms title of movie ] Dreamswork: Endgame?

[selfimmolation]

I'll watch with you if you want. It can be my third movie.

[ ace becomes guy who has only seen boss baby meme ]

[unsync]

[ Me realising I spelled Dreamworks wrong after I sent this tag but you know what, it fits in with being brand-safe so this is canon now. ]

I hope it's a good movie.

[ It will be, just not in a way that he will appreciate. ]

[selfimmolation]

[ i didn't even notice we're doing amazing ]

Didn't you say it was going too far? [ but maybe it will be great let's go buy tickets :) ]

[unsync]

It does feel like a blatant cash-grab of IPs mashed together, but you never know...? There was this movie from Marvel a few years ago that people called the most ambitious cross-over ever, and it was one of the highest-grossing movies of all time.

[ THEREFORE, MAYBE IT HAS A CHANCE. Have some popcorn and a soda fountain drink, Ace. ]