A Disney movie about a boy who loves science but has a terrible homelife. He’s overshadowed by his sibling, he’s forced to protect his family, he loses his childhood best friend, he’s bullied, he’s disowned and briefly raised by another family, and he emigrates to a new country. He goes to college with a professor who he’s constantly trying to impress. He briefly dates a few people, even a celebrity, but it doesn’t work out. He gets married and swiftly gets divorced, but is still there for his daughter. He becomes an artist. Tries selling food, tries being a magician, tries being a poet. Mostly, he tries to invent. He loves inventing. He eventually starts his own business. He devotes his life to proving himself through these inventions. He slowly loses his sanity but he keeps moving forward. He keeps inventing. He gets his picture taken. He suddenly finds himself facing a teal platypus with a fedora. And that is when the film gets good.
this made me realize just how much doof would fit in meet the robinsons
What if the evil fashion designer wanted to skin puppies because she was evil? What if the guy that stabbed a bunch of teenagers did that because he wanted to stab a bunch of teenagers? What if the evil witch wanted to cook and eat children because she was–you guessed it!–evil? Why’s everybody gotta have some tragic backstory for sympathy points? Boo! I want to see some unrepentant bastard do bastardly things and, perhaps, a woman covered in blood, also.
Everyone thinks their villain can be goob from meet the robinsons. Your villain will never be goob from meet the robinsons. Just make them evil.
Only two villains have good backstories to motivate them. Goob and dr. Doof
What if the evil fashion designer wanted to skin puppies because she was evil? What if the guy that stabbed a bunch of teenagers did that because he wanted to stab a bunch of teenagers? What if the evil witch wanted to cook and eat children because she was–you guessed it!–evil? Why’s everybody gotta have some tragic backstory for sympathy points? Boo! I want to see some unrepentant bastard do bastardly things and, perhaps, a woman covered in blood, also.
Everyone thinks their villain can be goob from meet the robinsons. Your villain will never be goob from meet the robinsons. Just make them evil.
