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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Here, have a thing.}} | ||
− | This comic discusses | + | This comic discusses {{w|The Emoji Movie}} between the cynical, Internet-equipped point of view of Megan and Cueball's language-enthusiasm. They ultimately agree the movie is bad. |
− | + | Many critics of {{w|The Emoji Movie}} point to superficial problems like the subject matter and the product placement. Here, it's argued that the real reason the film is bad is because the creators cashed in on a trend without doing any research into it. | |
− | When [[Megan]] first mentions the | + | When [[Megan]] first mentions about the The Emoji Movie's panned reviews, [[Cueball]] initially accuses the audience of being overly judgemental of the subject matter. He further expresses his fondness for {{w|emoji}} as an interesting and quirky part of language. |
− | Cueball offers an early defense of ''The Emoji Movie'' by comparing it to ''{{w|The Lego Movie}}'', which | + | Cueball offers an early defense of ''The Emoji Movie'' by comparing it to ''{{w|The Lego Movie}}'', which - despite effectively being an entire movie of {{w|product placement}} for {{w|Lego}} - received generally positive reviews. |
− | They start talking about | + | They start talking about "Meh" emoji, who is the main character of the movie. The idea of "{{w|meh}}" as an emoji is actually ambiguous, as various emoji can be used to describe being unimpressed or neutral towards something. As given in examples from comic those are 😒, 😐 or 😕. The selection of a less identifiable emoji for the leading role also contrasts with the fact that the movie also features more iconic emojis. |
− | Megan mentions that one of the attempted jokes in the film is a room full of emojis that are unpopular. Bizarrely, the eggplant emoji (🍆 | + | Megan mentions that one of the attempted jokes in the film is a room full of emojis that are unpopular. Bizarrely, the eggplant emoji (🍆) is featured among them. This is a clear sign that the creative team in charge of this movie had limited first-hand experience with SMS messaging; as any millennial will tell you, the 🍆 is a sly stand-in for a penis, due to its similar shape. [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/eggplant-emoji-%F0%9F%8D%86] Though Cueball and Megan don't take into consideration that creators of film might be trying to be controversial on purpose, as it is popular lately (like for example in film {{w|Sausage Party}}) |
− | The line from the Wikipedia plot summary was a | + | The line from the Wikipedia plot summary was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Emoji_Movie&oldid=793251548 direct quote from Wikipedia]. The exact phrasing appears to have been written by the user {{w|User:SubZeroSilver|SubZeroSilver}} on [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Emoji_Movie&diff=next&oldid=793087897 July 30, 2017]. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Could someone check if the emojis are all correct? Thanks in advance.}} | |
− | :Megan: Reviews for | + | [Cueball and Megan are walking. Megan is checking her phone, presumably to check reviews about the Emoji Movie.] |
+ | :Megan: Reviews for the Emoji movie are... not good. | ||
:Cueball: People are just snobs about emoji. I like them! Language is cool and weird. | :Cueball: People are just snobs about emoji. I like them! Language is cool and weird. | ||
− | + | [Megan stops; Cueball is now outside the frame.] | |
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:Megan: It's apparently 80% product placement. | :Megan: It's apparently 80% product placement. | ||
− | :Cueball (off-screen): Whatever. So was | + | :Cueball (off-screen): Whatever. So was the Lego Movie, and I liked ''that''. |
− | + | [Cueball looks at Megan's phone.] | |
− | + | :Megan: It features an emoji we all know and love - with a "Meh" emoji in the starring role! | |
− | :Megan: It features | ||
:Cueball: Wait... a "Meh" emoji? | :Cueball: Wait... a "Meh" emoji? | ||
:Megan: I wondered about that, too; the others are all familiar. Do they mean 😒? Or 😐 or 😕? | :Megan: I wondered about that, too; the others are all familiar. Do they mean 😒? Or 😐 or 😕? | ||
− | :Cueball: That's a little confusing | + | :Cueball: That's a little confusing. |
− | + | [Zooms in; Megan is now looking at her phone by herself.] | |
− | + | :Megan: There's a joke in the movie about the "emoji that no one uses that includes the eggplant emoji. | |
− | :Megan: There's a joke in the movie about the "emoji that no one uses | ||
:Cueball: ...was that on purpose? Or did they not run the script by enough people? | :Cueball: ...was that on purpose? Or did they not run the script by enough people? | ||
− | + | [Megan and Cueball continue walking.] | |
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:Megan: Here's a line from the Wikipedia plot summary: | :Megan: Here's a line from the Wikipedia plot summary: | ||
:Megan: ''Gene and Hi-5 come to a piracy app where they meet the hacker emoji Jailbreak, who wants to reach Dropbox so that she can live in the cloud.'' | :Megan: ''Gene and Hi-5 come to a piracy app where they meet the hacker emoji Jailbreak, who wants to reach Dropbox so that she can live in the cloud.'' | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Emoji]] | [[Category:Emoji]] | ||
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