Um... Did A.I Write Disney's Wish???

Something doesn't feel right about Disney's latest Animated Feature film...

Disney's Wish was supposed to celebrate the company's 100 year anniversary, but it seems to take all the wrong lessons from the extensive history of Disney.

Today on the Writer's Block, let's dive into the 3 reasons Disney's Wish *FEELS* Like it was written by Artificial Intelligence...

Written & Edited ---------------------- Dylan Gregory @TheWritersBlockOfficial

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[TheWritersBlockOfficial]

Which Animated Disney Film is your Favorite???

[mooredaxon]

I find it ironic that, the classic fairytale lesson of: "be careful what you wish for" is completely disregarded in Wish, the 100th anniversary movie from Disney

[jonathangrant]

The fact that it most likely has human writers but it FEELS like it was done with a.i is additionally

[intel_coar]

Fun fact about that Nemo comparison. The opening scene was planned to be a flashback for much later in the film, serving as a big reveal for why marlin is so overprotective. When test screening, audiences didn’t like marlin and seeing an explanation didn’t help because they already formed their opinion on him. So, the flashback was moved to the start of the film to show audiences why he’s such an anxious parent.

[Kyoufu_gaaden]

Me and my friend have made a joke about Magnifico. Now every time we either see a glowing light or someone asks us a couple questions, we say, “I’m evil now!”

[Potatypus]

I'd be surprise to learn Disney actually used AI, but I think disney is focusing so much on commercial and formula that it is essentially trying to write a story the same way an AI would, by reproducing things that already were made mixing them together and handing out a product that is lesser than what it is imitating.

[springdemon.w.]

It hurts more knowing that even staff on the creative team have said on twitter that the team had a story that payed homage to classic Disney magic of storytelling, but so much was scrapped because of executives meddling, that it felt like a PR stunt than showing 100 years of magical storytelling

[itsjustaline]

It scare me if Disney used AI to write Wish but It scare me even more if Disney didn’t

[kawaii]

"You had the audacity to waste a perfectly good chris pine"
PREACH BRO!

[elizabethalexandragarciar.]

Imagine writing a story SO BAD that people thinks a human is incapable of doing this bad

[funnyvideoguy]

Not only is Mushu more than just a joke telling device, but the jokes he tells are actually funny

[corvidkhaos]

princess and the frog is by no means a perfect movie. but it feels like much more of a tribute to disney’s animated film legacy than wish does, 2d animation, it has wishing on a star, fairytale retelling with a twist, and while it has its issues you can definitely feel the passion of the writers behind it.

[willow]

Imagine if Asha was a quiet or more introverted character who doesn’t like speaking up. In the beginning instead of the musical we got we get to see how sad and emotionless characters are without their wishes and younger characters (who aren’t old enough to give up their wish) are wild in imagination and happiness. The island would be lifeless in the beginning, representing how lost the people are without their dreams and hopes, (also setting a theme that as we grow older our lives get more and more realistic and less imaginative) so the wishes would represent dreams, imagination, hopes, basically what makes a person have joy in life. The few people that get their wishes granted are happy yet not exactly fulfilled because in this story the king and queen control those who’s wishes were granted by meddling into the wish and sometimes changing it to ‘benefit’ the kingdom. Asha notices what’s happening but to her it’s normal. Till everything changes when she wishes upon a star and a boy with different beliefs starts questioning the kingdom allowing Asha to wander out of her shell…

[thepoorliestdrawn]

props to disney for giving the writers a giant break for their 100 year anniversary

[Kittyboi.]

Honestly the original concept was so much better than the final product from what I’ve heard. We could have gotten a magical star boy! A cute romance with him and Asha and a married villain couple!! The queen was also supposed to be evil!! I want my mute shapeshifter star boy!

[electragoob]

The more I watch Wish reviews, the more I see that Starkid’s Twisted the Musical was a better love letter to classic Disney (and wishing) than Disney ever could.

[toppiejoppie]

You talking about the ‘show don’t tell’ issue was spot on. Gonna go on a bit of a rant here, but something i noticed myself when giving the songs a listen is how much Asha and the others talk about what they do or want. Who they are or aren’t. Like in a very literal way.

Easiest way to explain this is if you listen to Ariel’s i want song. She doesn’t outright say “i want to go on land”. Instead the phrases it like “wandering free, wish i could be part of that world”. It conveys what she yearns for without making it feel like she’s just bluntly telling the audience.

Compare that to the very literal phrasing of “so i make this wish”. It doesn’t play with language and so barely feels like a song. When they do attempt to bring in metaphors you get things like “throw caution to every warning sign.”

The combination of very literal phrasing clumsily mixed with metaphors that don’t land is what’s making it feel AI generated.

[SaraTinjacaA]

As far as the music goes, this is what happens when instead of hiring a theatre music composer, like disney ALWAYS has, you hire a literal pop music composer... Soulless, corporate, and shallow, and only has the purpose of being catchy and keeping up with trends.

[Shippou]

12:26 The first time I saw Tangled, I missed the prologue. I will ALWAYS adamantly believe that this made my viewing experience better. I didn't know about the flower, the magic, the kidnapping, any of it - enjoyed it immensely. Finding out the story as it unfolded was a thousand times better than just being told up front what everything was - being shown through the imagery of the missing princess, Gothel's odd behavior, Gothel having Rapunzel use her power at the start to make her younger, etc. was so so so much better than the narrated "here's what you missed on Glee" segment.

[kyleoates]

The sad thing is... DIsney has worked with people who 100% nail "show don't tell." Up's first 15 minutes is nothing but "show don't tell" and I've yet to meet someone who doesn't comprehend everything that happens and glean the full impact of it. Then, they did a double punch of perfect "show don't tell" at the end when he turns the page in Ellie's scrapbook.