#wish concept

Honestly don't really have any interest in seeing Wish (probably will stream it when it comes out) but why. WHY. WHY DID THEY GET RID OF THE TWINKY STAR LOVE INTEREST?

I was going to talk about the deleted song “A Wish Worth Keeping,” but suffice to say: that song would not have made the movie better because that song had the same terrible point as the movie: “The power to make your wishes come true is in you, so keep wishing.”

No. Bad. Bad point, therefore bad movie.

The deleted song wouldn’t have saved it. Stop saying “Why This Song Matters” and “The Deleted Song That Could’ve Fixed Wish.” Figure out what was wrong with the movie first. Then you can properly figure out what should and shouldn’t have been cut from the movie.

Now let’s talk about Sabino.

I already said several times that the character is terrible in the actual movie. The idea of him could’ve been good, especially when you’re trying to say something about the concept of wishing, though.

In Wish, he’s an old man who’s tangible wish-trapped-in-a-bubble has never been granted. You’re supposed to feel bad for him; his life has been so long and he’s never gotten what he really wanted. But, even if you accept what the movie is telling you (the main point I referenced up there) he doesn’t do a good job supporting it.

Sabino can’t remember his wish. (Stupid.) So you don’t feel that bad for him. He gave it up when he was eighteen. He’s lived more of his life with no wish to miss than he did with one that didn’t come true. So what if it never comes true? He’ll just keep living as a vaguely cheerful guy with people who love him. He’s never that sad. We don’t care.

Also, when the idea that his wish will never come true is presented to him, he just… accepts it. On the one hand, that’s logical because of what I just said. But on the other hand, what a wasted opportunity to say something about your lousy “keep on wishing” main theme.

He’s 100 Years Old. He could have been the character that watches and waits, no matter how much time passes, and genuinely has faith like Cinderella or Geppetto or Snow White or Ray the Firefly or Ariel, and hangs on to his wish.

But they couldn’t do that. They couldn’t have an old character who is an example to a young woman. Because they had to have Asha be the one to “teach” everyone the “you have the power, so keep on wishing” message. You have to have her be the spirited child who proves the naysayers wrong—and therefore, you have to have Sabino be the naysayer. He doesn’t get to be the wise old man who teaches her something. He has to be the guy who says “you’re young, sit down and give up.”

Of course, they can’t even really commit to that either, because they’re still halfway-trying to make Sabino sympathetic, they’re trying to convince you that Asha really loves him and everybody does because he’s a sweet old man with a dream. But they half-do everything, and the base is rotten for all of it, so we don’t care.

Here’s what they should’ve done:

If you’re sticking with that terrible main theme: Give Sabino a wish that he never gives up on. Don’t let him give it to Magnifico. Let him keep it for himself and spend a hundred years working toward it, and he comes close several times, and it keeps blowing up in his face, and everyone (including Asha) thinks he’s crazy for keeping it, but he gets up and tries again over and over. That would’ve at least been interesting and had a shot at being impactful.

If you don't mind, I'd like to share the few Wish scenes I have on my YouTube channel. I normally do Spoofs of animated movies with my friends and some movie reviews every now and then, but once I got into Wish's Concept, I really wanted to find the deleted scenes and post some of them there. So I wanted to start with our favorite evil duo and their cat.

I feel silly for not noticing that Asha's friends were inspired by the 7 dwarfs. It's obvious looking back.

I think it's a fine movie, but I think it would have worked better as a MLP movie. That straightforward wishing and working together-ness isn't exactly bad, but it's not what Disney is known for, whether that's its recent tradition or its longer tradition.

If I had been assigned what to put in a 100th Anniversary Disney animation movie I'd include: (1) 2d animation (2) ordinary small town setting but in a non-this-world location (think Pinocchio meets Aladdin but the small town vibes of Lady and the Tramp) (3) magic as the exception (it's not common) (4) beautiful nature settings (Bambi. PatF. Tarzan.) (5) probably a young protagonist (6) a more villainous antagonist. Beyond that I have no idea.

https://youtu.be/GSg66naKL0g?si=Vuxc8KA0IiHO2t0S

Hey, thanks so much for doing that! I'm so deep into this rewrite fandom its insane. 😂

Also, OH MY GOSH, I LOVE IT!!! I adore they did all the callbacks to the concept art. My favorite part was Charo slapping Valentino, that was priceless!! 😂😂😂😂