dontmindme42 replied to your photo āthe only valid critique ofĀ zootopiaās worldbuilding there has ever...ā
@weirdzootopiaframes Now Iām curious, whatās your issue with Mr Big?
itās not like, an issue issue, just something i wouldāve done differently
one of the things thatās notable about zootopia is how finely they crafted the titular city. you can tell thereās a lot of history behind figures like lionheart and bogo and bellwether, to the point it really does feel like a fully-realized city-
and then you meet the powerful and infamous criminal essentially running the cityās underworld-Ā
and itās marlon brando. for a couple minutes we do a parody of a 1972 film, which even the kids in the audience will understand because it is one of the most parodied films ever made
donāt get me wrong, itās funny the first time. (and thatās disneyās prerogative, as getting a huge number of people to come once is more financially desirable than getting a smaller number to frequently return.) but it reminds me iām watching a disney film created by committee to have jokes in it, which is something i can very easily forget while watching zootopia.
so yeah. i wouldāve cut the admittedly funny joke for the sake of worldbuilding, because thatās the kind of nitpicky standard i hold my own writing to













