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—BECAUSE KUNG FU PANDA 4 KILLED MY GRANDMA, OKAY?
To preface,
I watched this movie and I'm genuinely tweaking right now so I had to write down a very brief (lie) criticism on this film — which you should boycott, by the way.
Starting with the things I liked, before briefing my primary points of criticism:
Po's Character Regression
Po and Zhen's Dynamic
The Chameleon
I'd also yap about Lord Shen and the death of the art style and the entire narrative and pacing and use of the staff of wisdom but my therapist says being such a hater is 'unhealthy' or something.
My heart is full of hatred.
SPOILERS for the entirety KFP4 for the 2 people who care.
KFP4 undermines and ignores the previous three movies — Unwriting character developments, outright removing the Furious Five, straying from the character design philosophies and is completely inconsistent with the established lore.
Things I Liked About Kung Fu Panda 4
The Chameleon's character design
Visual gag in the Tavern where Po uses a recently thrown axe as a hat rack (made me laugh)
When Mr. Ping did this:
so cute! the little heart!
Po — Character Writing
Po, as established in the previous movies, is confident in his abilities and identity — he’s learnt inner peace, he’s matured as a character.
However, in KFP4, his character has completely regressed.
He’s immature again (such as KFP1, possibly worse) and says verbatim, “only knows kicking butt and taking names” — UNLEARNING inner peace and insisting that “…being the Dragon Warrior is all I know.”
It’s childish, and sort of Hotel Transylvania-esque.
Which isn’t helped by the comedy, the dialogue — a large chunk of which are jokes in the style of:
Master Shifu says something philosophical
Po quips off of it / doesn’t get it (i.e. Whoa!! beat I don’t know what that means.)
Oh, it’s great, yeah, very tolerable. Po’s shenanigans are normally reeled in by the presence of the Furious Five who are generally more serious in nature, creating a much needed balance in the dynamic — So without them, it’s just Po becoming increasingly obnoxious and insufferable with every consecutive quip throughout the screenplay.
Po and Zhen — Character Dynamics
[No more graphics sorry I'm too angry]
As if it wasn’t obvious that Zhen was going to be the next Dragon Warrior the second she was introduced.
Zhen, as a character, has no depth besides being a quippy thief. She quips, she steals.
This character has no motives — it can be assumed that the writers intended on a ‘change of heart’ thing, but she isn’t established as evil, her working for the Chameleon is written as a (albeit poor) twist reveal.
By which point, her taking either side wouldn’t make sense, given that she has shown no loyalty or attachment to either Po nor the Chameleon.
The movie artificially strengthens their bond by having Zhen start opening up about her backstory out of nowhere for no reason but they have done nothing to grow closer to each other.
Small tangent, her backstory is exactly what you’d expect it to be with no subversions or even emotional weight. Woe is me I was so small and hungry I had to steal to survive. Glossed over in about a minute.
The majority of the dialogue between Zhen and Po is spoken exposition — explaining how powerful and badass the Chameleon is, explaining how ‘we have to go here to do that’ and ‘this place was cool until the Chameleon did such and such’, and the rest of their time together is spent engaging in filler chase sequences and fight scenes.
The Chameleon
Where do I even start…
This is where it becomes apparent that the movie relies heavily on telling rather than showing —
She is the weakest villain by far, not only in universe but as a written character; which is particularly disheartening because I genuinely adore her character design and feel as though a shapeshifting character has great potential.
The movie artificially inflates her power by insisting through exposition that this is the most capable antagonist thus far (lie).
The audience is TOLD by Zhen and various restaurant patrons that the Chameleon is a powerful shapeshifting sorceress and that she 'dominates the city' whilst the film does nothing to showcase this.
'Dominating the city' meaning letting her henchpeople run amock and bully the civilians just like Lord Shen's wolves in KFP2... uninspired.
I just realised they didn't even give her a NAME what the FUCK is going on
She describes HERSELF as ruthless, clever and unsentimental when comparing Zhen to herself.
She says HERSELF that she’s “Stronger than every opponent you’ve ever faced.”
Let’s see what vile reprehensible things she’s done, shall we?
Gently push someone down some stairs
Her first appearance is through Zhen’s exposition, as opposed to the dramatic and memorable entrances of the previous villains. Her motives or character aren’t established until the final third of the film. She doesn’t even FIGHT anybody until the final third of the film; and even then, her fight sequences are uninspired and she never really poses a real threat. (She goes down in two hits.)
That being said, WE CAN STILL SAVE HER GUYS WE CAN STILL GET HER OUTTA THERE I'M COMING FOR YOU CHAMELEON I'M GONNA DRAFT YOU A PROPER BACKSTORY AND MOTIVE AND YOU'RE GONNA BE THE MOST THREATENING VILLAIN THUS FAR
There's a scene after the climax of the film where all the kung fu masters and previous villains from the spirit realm bow to Po. I'm not going to provide my thoughts on this because I fear I may burst a blood vessel. Good day!
Closing Statements
To put it simply, Kung Fu Panda 4 was my Megamind 2.
The film rejects its predecessors in every way. It really feels as though they brought in somebody with no prior knowledge of the franchise to direct the movie.
It's a film that relies heavily on telling rather than showing — banking on the previous three movies to carry it through the box office.
It's just really disheartening to see studio execs turn one of the best franchises into a safe sequel cash grab and regress every character's development.
Nevertheless. I do adore the chameleon's character design so I might do my own take on her character.
As far as I'm concerned, there is no fairy godmother, there is no tooth fairy, and there is no kung fu panda 4.
#creaman talks to drywall#kung fu panda 4#spoilers#I'm actually tweaking#sorry I stopped drawing the graphics because the film crushed my soul#you drive me to drink kung fu panda 4#when the rantsona crosses their arms#hating on main#kfp#discussion#criticism#kfp4#technically a vent post#i've lost it#the chameleon#zhen#po
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#i'm just posting these without comment#take me out back and leave me there#i've lost it#enver gortash#oc: Tav Ophal#tavtash#gortash x tav
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Squishy squishy Satoru.
I shall call him 'Squishy' and I shall keep him forever. 🥹 No one can hurt the 'Squishy' if he is in my pocket.
Look at the Squishy! Raaaahhh 😭
No fr... teen Satoru is so cute 😭🥹 I don't know what to do with the cute aggression I have for this creature...
#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#jjk s2#hidden inventory#i have cute aggression towards#teen gojo#satoru gojo#gojo satoru#wbad shit posts#mom can i keep him#he's a cat#i've lost it
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Chronically ill saiki hc
He spends a lot of time at home since hes always fatigued from being in pain constantly and from being around people
He knows people view him as weak and it really bothers him so he trys to make himself come across as an asshole to get people away from him so they don't pity him which backfires and makes people more worried
On days when he has really bad flare up's he will bring a cane to school to help with walking as much as he hates doing so (his mother forces him to bring the cane)
Nendo is the only person who doesn't treat saiki as completely fragile, he is protective but still treat saiki as a person and not an illness
Most of his classmates do view him as a person obviously but they don't know how to go about treating someone whos ill so they end up accidentally babying him
Saiki gets insanely bad headaches due to his powers and even tho he knows it won't actually help him but he puts water on his forehead and just lies there until he needs to reaply it
Saikis joints will randomly dislocate without him wanting them to
Kaidou and aren once were out with saiki and he colasped onto the ground cause his knee dislocated, kaidou freaked out really badly and aren was about to help him since he's dealt with dislocations before in his old gang but before he got a chance to saiki had already put it back in place
I think saiki would have eds
Whenever his flare up's gets bad enough that he can't go to school his mom would bring him some coffee jelly and pain medication, tho saiki knows the meds probably won't help he's really happy his mom thought of him
Saiki is able to get a free pass out of gym class but he refuses to since he still wants to do normal things
Matsuzaki has been really wary of saiki since he passed out, he is a lot more wary of letting him participate in high levels of fitness
Guy's I'm gonna make more hc but just regular ones later **stares at you with autism in eyes**
#i've lost it#kusou saiki#saiki k#saiki no psi nan#saiki kusuo#Tell me if this makes no sense im being reallu honest my brain is not working today#me projecting on saiki time again
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yeah, I'm done, thanks 4 coming, goodbye
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I just finished s1 of red valley. what. the. FUCK
also they're so I've got all this ringing by fob
#red valley pod#red valley#warren godby#gordon porlock#they. it. it was all a lie#they.#i will never recover#i will never be the same#“ill be here when you wake up”#what the FUCK#i've lost it#what the fuck has happened to gordon#i'm going to cry#its 1 am#i am not emotionally prepared#for season two#oh my GOD
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IT IS 7AM AND I HAVE NOT SLEPT
I just spent the past hour trying to find where Renfield's apartment Is for a fic JUST SO I COULD IMAGINE HOW FAR IT IS FROM THE HOSPITAL AND LOBO MANSION
I feel crazy. I feel unhinged. I want to sleep
It was like a wild goose chase because I kept looking at the shots of the apartment In the movie where Its literally called SUNRISE TOWER but It Isn't called that In real life!!!! So then thankfully there was a building that had Its actual name on It In the movie thats near the apartment so I FINALLY found It but now I've aged 50 years from stress
Also the worst thing Is the apartment Isn't even blue Irl!!!!!!!! ITS WHITE AND BLACK. WHERES THE JOY. WHERES THE WHIMSY. FUCK YOU NEW ORLEANS
#renfield#FUCK YOU NEW ORLEANS#I spent so long looking around the general area around the old charity hospital and cafe du monde AND IT WAS RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE#fuck new orleans fuck you fuck you fuck you#Its a 50 minute walk from the hospital btw#and an hour walk from the lobo mansion#I need to lay down#every day the renfield autism gets stronger#Its called crystal Inn btw#I've lost It
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THE HYPERDRAMA INTERVIEW IS BLOCKED IN MY COUNTRY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAURCKOTWXBKLURCNKI(-!)8_"2&;YKVC7_:?)86_
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absolutely gave up on companies reaching out to set an interview so i started sending my cv to random companies. NASA is looking for an engineer? cv sent. F1 is looking for a Fibre Systems Technician? cv sent.
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Most of you probably don't know, but I have a non-shitpost, original work Tumblr. But since I've been struggling with my writing, I've decided to try a different kind of story in the meantime. A Fanfic! It's my first real fanfiction I've ever written. It has no name yet, but I will soon be posting it on AO3. Its a HiruSena (Hiruma x Sena from anime & manga Eyeshield 21) ship fic crossed with the anime world of Initial D. I hope you all enjoy! Thank you for sticking around!
Thanks to @nonbayanary for inspiring this insanity! I've had so much fun with it!
Follow my Writing Tumblr for updates! @astraeasilvers
#hirusena#fanfic#fanfiction#initial d#ao3 stuff#ao3#archive of our own#hiruma yoichi#sena kobayakawa#linktree#alt tumblr#writing#i've lost it
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OTHER ARTISTS: "Oh! Elp in a cute little cheerleader costume in a three second video on his instagram story! I'll make a cute little sketch of it!
ME: *busting out of my room after two days*
"ELPHABET!!!"
Transparent version:
#elp#el phantasmo#my art#stupid art#memes#wrestling art#fanart#njpw#I'm losing my mind#I've lost it#why did i do this?#bullet club#new japan pro wrestling#meme art
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Kusuo and kuriko buy each other plushies cause they are crazy and feed into each others addiction to collecting plushies
#my little sister kuriko au agenda is here again#saiki k#saiki no psi nan#kusou saiki#saiki kusuo#saiki kuriko#kuriko saiki#i'm crazy#i've lost it
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hey guys i've completely lost my fucking mind and I'm writing multi-chapter ProhibitedDeathWish with pregnant Lich and it has a plot god fucking bless
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changed my url and everything
#ofmd#ofmd s2#ofmd season 2#our flag means death#our flag means i have a problem#im not normal#never again#never again will i be normal#i'm done#i'm losing it#i've lost it
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Why am I obsessing over the fact that Armand doesn't wear rings in the trailer?
My favourite little psycho was wearing rings under his gloves and now they're all gone. Why isn't he wearing rings anymore?
#it likely has absolutely zero relevance to anything#but it makes my brain itch#doesn't he also say he loves wearing rings and hardly ever does without in the books?#yeah thats it#i've lost it#amc iwtv#interview with the vampire#iwtv season 2 teaser#armand
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i am, as the poets say, an incurable unhinged motherfucking godforsaken disaster
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