GUYS
WHAT IF THE LORAX HAD AN EVIL BUSINESSMAN ANTAGONIST WHO MAKES PEOPLE LITERALLY PAY FOR AIR
>>81607436
The movie tried so hard to make it clear that anyone can be consumed by greed, then they fucked it up with this cunt. What was the point of even making the Once-Ler sympathetic?
>>81607472
To be fair, he was sympathetic in the original story, but only after he had fucked everything up.
The little boy in this movie was like a proto-Dipper. He was a 12-year-old who had the voice of a 30-year-old (lol zac efron) and had a crush on a ginger girl who was plain as fuck.
>>81607472
because at the end of the original story he did learn his lesson to pass on what he learned to the next generation to be more environmentally aware.
of course the movies biggest problem is that it talked about how bad consumerism is and the was commercialized as hell.
Holy fuck this guys face
THIS MOVIE RAPED THE ONCE-LER
FUCKED 'IM LIKE A CHEAP WHORE
>>81607436
No sense.
That's what makes to original good. Lorax put up arguments and Onceler had a reasonable counter that back then the Lorax wouldn't just scream like a bitch and call for his head over.
The thinking mans piece. But fuck that now right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAoiBCCb6cE
>Once-ler in the original book is deliberately kept faceless and ambiguous to make a point that ANYONE could become Once-ler if they gave in to their greed.
>book has a strong environmentalist message; the conclusion is open-ended to, again, demonstrate a point: we can make the change and care for the Earth while it needs us the most, or we can simply continue being greedy and treating Earth like trash
>COMPLETELY FUCKING FOREGO ANY OF THIS SUBTLETY, SO MUCH FOR PROVOKING THOUGHT!
>LET'S EVEN LITERALLY USE THIS MOVIE TO SELL SUVs (this actually happened)
>>81607651
The movie or Tumblr?both is the right answer
How will they fuck up Cat in the Hat?
>>81607774
I love how Tumblr as a collective uses the Once-ler fandom as a cautionary tale.
>>81607851
They already fucked it up in 2003
>>81607851
We don't talk about it
>>81607885
How was co during it? I remember seeing threads but didn't really fuck with them.
>>81607772
There's a great exchange in the 1972 animated version between the Lorax and the Once-ler. The Once-ler talks about how he sees the Lorax's points, but he has other responsibilities beyond the environment - the factory he's running, the hundreds of thousands of people depending on him for employment, the millions of people depending on his products, etc. The Lorax replies that he sees the Once-ler's point, and sadly comments that there may not be an easy answer to the problem, or a solution that makes everyone happy.
Even though it's not a scene from the original book, it still resonates strongly with the message of the story - there's not always an easy way out, doing the right thing isn't always straightforward or without sacrifice.
>>81607977
>>81608078
Fuck off, it was great. It was far too clever and ironic for your feeble plebeian minds to understand. Do you even watch kinos?
>>81608226
Dirty hoe
>>81607885
It's nice when cringeworthy fandom-fueled autism doesn't start from /co/ for a change.
>>81607774
>>81607885
What is this about the onceler and tumblr?
>In 1988, a small school district in California kept the book on a reading list for second graders, though some in the town claimed the book was unfair to the logging industry.[5] Terri Birkett, a member of a family-owned hardwood flooring factory, authored The Truax,[6] offering a logging-friendly perspective to an anthropomorphic tree known as the Guardbark. This book was published by the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association (NOFMA). Just as in The Lorax, the book consists of a disagreement between two people. The logging industry representative states that they have efficiency and re-seeding efforts. The Guardbark, a personification of the environmentalist movement much as the Once-ler is for big business, refuses to listen and lashes out. But in the end, he is convinced by the logger's arguments. However, this story was criticized for what were viewed as skewed arguments and clear self-interest, particularly a "casual attitude toward endangered species" that answered the Guardbark's concern for them. In addition, the book's approach as a more blatant argument, rather than one worked into a storyline, was also noted.[7][8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax
>>81608354
Tumblr likes qt boys.
>>81608425
Most deforestation now is for agriculture, not timber.
A more accurate version now would be the Once-ler deforesting the land and driving off the animals so he could plants miles of GMO Truffula trees sprayed with chemical fertilizers and pesticides while using a disproportional amount of water despite drought conditions.
>>81608354
You know how a lot of tumblr people love to do AUs of practically everything these days? Imagine that, but its limited to one character, and people started shipping different versions of the same character.
>>81608354
just look at the new onceler designhe's cute
OKAY SO WHAT IF
GUYS
WHAT IF WE TAKE THE LORAX
GUYS PLEASE
WHAT IF WE TAKE THE LORAX
AND USE IT TO PROMOTE CORPORATE PRODUCTS
>>81608354
according to my tumblrite sister people shipped the once-ler with himself
>>81607537
Well there's also the fact that he brought up good points about jobs and things people need and the Lorax didn't have a good answer for him
>>81607436
>When you realize thathis small eyes and the closed-in shape of his haircut are supposed to symbolize his narrow-minded nature
Even shitty movies can have sorta-deep stuff in them.
>>81607561
>and had a crush on a ginger girl who was plain as fuck.
He went through all the trouble to plant the seed not because it was the right thing to do he only did so he could do her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpgUQYARIsw
Threadly reminder that a fan-made animatic set to a deleted song is 1000x better than anything in the final film
>>81608838
Just becomes something is symbolic doesn't make it deep.
>>81608425
I read this one actually, the Lorax-esque character was a massive ultra-strawman and the book fundamentally misunderstood what Biodiversity is.
>>81608751
Yep. Oncest.
His voice actor was horrified when he found out about the concept
>>81609048
>Oncest
Jesus Christ why
>>81608860
May as well get SOMETHING out of it.
>>81608860
I would plant my seed in Taytay if you know what I mean
>>81609078
It's actually pretty common to do when there's no one suitable in canon to ship a character with.
>>81609078
Fetishes typically defy logic
>>81608326
I know what you're referencing but I don't even count MLP anymore. The hatedom is 200x more cringy and autistic than the fandom, and when you're talking about the kind of shit /MLP/ gets up to that's fucking saying something
I actually wrote a college paper comparing the book and movie versions, pretty much parroting the opinions posted here.
I didn't even watch the fucking movie.
>>81609048
>His voice actor was horrified when he found out about the concept
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ZecMkpw7Q
>>81608226
I think it's hilarious too but I'm not going to pretend it was a good adaptation.
>>81608751
>people shipped the once-ler with himself
I feel like I need to see this.
>>81609155
Yup. Why do you think mocking "A-Logs" are a thing? When the haters are acting as crazy as the lolcow, they become lolcows in their own right.
>>81609743
they're fucking worse.
I've watched people angrily storm out of a Weird Al concert because he showed a 2 minute clip from My Little Pony featuring a song he wrote for the show.
He still has your money faggots!
>>81609224
What grade did you get?
>>81608799
That was only in the TV special, and not in the book, but since the TV special is awesome and underrated, it doesn't matter.
I bring this up every Lorax thread, but I've been working on-and-off on a Lorax fan screenplay that's supposed to be better than the movie for about.. shit, 3.5 years? I should kill myself. Anyway, one of my ideas was that the entire local economy is based around the Thneed factory, so if it goes down, everything goes down. That was inspired by the reference to "too big to fail" in the movie, which they did literally nothing with. I was also driving down a usually busy road after midnight, and seeing all the businesses with their lights out made me think of that.
Golly, I sure do like talking about things I could write than actually writing. Thanks for giving me an excuse to do that, anon.
>>81609813
Fags.
>>81609135
well that or crossover shipping, which is a much more palatable solution
>>81608884
such a good song
>>81608905
It was writen by someone who thinks it's really easy to write children's books, which is not.
But hey "muh logging, fuck hippies" is fine too.
my gf made me watch this. She was laying behind me and the laptop was in front of me. About halfway through I start feeling her push up against me and hear her moaning. I could tell she was touching herself. So I start to turn around and she just pushed me back saying that I needed to pay attention to the movie. So I laid there while she made herself cum. At one point she reached over to feel my crotch and so I think "finally, some action" but then she just laughed and said I was word for getting hard watching a cartoon.this was the second most sexually awkward movie watching experience in my life, and the movie wasn't even that good
>>81608751
....what
>>81607561
Onceler Bipper? Onceler Bipper.
>>81608673
>Hello darkness my old friend
>>81614216
A more fitting song would be "Rock is Dead".
>>81608884
>mfw no badass rock-opera Lorax film
>>81608198
>>81608799
Shut down the factory and have everyone working with agricultural and other environmental projects
>>81611979
That is incredibly bizarre
people wanted to fuck that guy
>>81608838
That's not deep that's just character design
he also was meant to resemble Rob Reggie
>>81611979
That's so weird I'm having trouble believing that was the SECOND most awkward. Tell us more.
>>81608515
>>81608663
The Onceler made met wet.
>>81609224
>college paper on a childrens movie
What course are you doing?
Years later and the wound still feels fresh
>>81615997
I've told this story on /adv/ before so copy and pasting
>high school
>hanging out with a girl I was friends with at her house
>her bf comes over
>not too weird, we've all hung out before
>sitting on her bed, watching Netflix
>they start smooching and touching and stuff
>"I'll just go then, see ya later"
>she stops me, saying not to leave yet
>"....Kay, then....I'll just go wait outside..."
>also a no go, her dad is right outside and it'd look weird if I was just hanging out in the hall.
>So because of this, I have to sit in the floor with a pair of headphones watching the movie facing away from the bed
So I sat for the next 20 or so minutes questioning all major life choices I had made that led me into what is still one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my life.
It also turns out that her bf was gay, when I told this story to my gf she laughed and said I was probably the only thing keeping him hard
>>81614622
I can't believe I lacked this in my reaction folder
>>81609813
>I've watched people angrily storm out of a Weird Al concert because he showed a 2 minute clip from My Little Pony featuring a song he wrote for the show.
Holy shit, seriously? I wish I could've seen that.
>>81608279
I'm sorry baby I love U
>>81611979
So she forced you to watch The Lorax, masturbated while watching The Lorax with you, and then she called you weird.
>mfw it's been 4 years since I was in that Once-ler cult
>>81618675
Given the other story, she probably pretended to masturbate just to tease him like that since he seems pretty gullible and easily set up.
>>81619270
how do you mean?
BIGGERING
BIGGERING
>>81609416
Here you go. A flashy and dominant corporate Once-ler confidently pursuing after an uncomfortable, meek Once-ler from the time before he got into Thneed business. Most of the art I've seen usually plays their dynamics like that. Since this is a blue board, I'm not posting anything more provocative, but that stuff exists too.
>>81619618
Ontism
>tfw he's becoming/became the new onceler
>>81620095
>All of those "fans" of his that completely warp his character
Nothing makes me sicker
>>81614698
You're funny.
>>81620160
atleast we're out of the "a nail drops and BADTIMEHAHAHA comic" fanart phase
I fucking hate the Lorax movie so much
>Completely misses the point that the Onceler could be anyone of us, driven by greed
>Weird love story between generic boy character and fucking Taylor Swift
>Villain isn't humanity's collective apathy towards nature, but a fucking midget corporate bad guy
>Featured in a commercial for a fucking SUV
>>81620095
>>81620160
>Tumblr draws him as this fragile little depressed shit, weeping and sitting in his dark little room all the time
>The entire point of the character is someone who knows his world is in a loop and really doesn't care anymore, so he has fun, naps, and eats out all the time without paying
The Lorax could have been good. I mean, it could have been FAR worse, I enjoy it, but I'm so incredibly disappointed it's not better than it was.
I mean, they handwaved the importance of the trees by just having them grow again at the end. Though, in this version, it's more confusion why they didn't just create a contraption that shaved the tree-tops instead of a super buzzsaw, it's not like they didn't to mulch the entire tree to make a softer Thneed or anything.
>>81620273
>mfwecto-dicks
>>81620369
WHY!? WHY IS EVERYONE SO OBSESSED WITH GIVING HIM A DONG!? GOD DAMN IT!
>>81609907
An A, if I recall.
>>81616876
Green Consciousness. Environmental stuff.
>>81620384
I'll just get it out of the way
They want to bone him.
>>81607436
Nic Cage?
>>81620384
What else would he stick inFrisk?
>>81620416
WELCOME TO THE BONE ZONE.
POPULATION ONE; MY BONE IN YOU!
>>81620180
Is that from porn?
>>81608354
They were so disgusting that even the voice actor of the once-ler said that they were insanely disturbed little girls and that he was afraid.
>>81620180
>audible Devito screams
>>81608354
Just as /co/ as flavour of the month, so too does tumblr.
This movie actually had some catchy songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYmrPn1CnzY
>>81609238
That's the voice of a broken man...
>>81620705
Worst of all? Tumblr was delighted about being called out by him, distressed and all, it fueled the fire even more.
And some took if personally, as in "how DARE he call me disturbed UUGH"
>>81620755
It's always hilarious to see creators and actors try to rationalize people being sexually attracted to their characters.
>>81620755
If you think Tumblr gets mad at innocent (perceived) gaffs, you should see how rabid they are when someone they actually like tells them to tone it down.
When the Steven Universe team said "Holy shit stop telling artists to kill themselves" they fucking went bananas, accusing them of supporting child porn and threatening to kill themselves.
>Uh ooh, Oncest isn't sex with the Once-ler it's Oncerler on Onceler, like twins, but with one person.
>>81607436
looks like the fat guy from game grumps desu
>>81620469
This isn't /utg/, anon.
>>81620795
Don't remember me about it.
I still remember the horrible shit people send to that girl and how "OMG GUISE SHES LIEK TOTALLY LYING, AND EVEN IF IT WAS TRUE, SHES BETTER OFF DEAD, SHES A RACIST!!!11!"
>>81607436
I hate the design and songs in this movie.
>>81620830
Nah, Jon is handsome compared to that potato sack.
>>81620829
That was the best part.
>>81620938
Buddy, Arin is the fat one now.
>>81609238
I want to give that guy a pat in the shoulder
>>81609224
>>81620400
>>81620966
Well then you could say he's just Hanson...
Yep.
Does anyone here have that imgur gallery filled with bizarre Once-ler porn?
>>81621030
Oh yes I'm in the mood for some weird r34
>>81610130
You could just stick what you've got on the cloud, and post the dl link around the web.
>>81609813
Weird Al was in that? I don't watch it so I wouldn't have known, but that's cool. Weird Al is awesome.
>friend was obsessed with MLP
>convinces me to watch season 1 before season 2 begins airing
>watch entire thing, I was bored by episode 3 or 4 but stayed for the entire thing anyway because I wanted to give it a chance
>tell him I don't get the hype but if he likes it, that's cool
>he decides that because I don't love MLP we can't be friends anymore
>hasn't spoken to me since
>>81621456
>>81618902
Don't look back.
>I actually like the movie
Why are my standards for media so low?
>>81621456
Friendship sure is magic.
>>81620591
Ed Helms did say (jokingly) that they needed psychological help but did admit to Onceler being pretty hot.
That shit was hysterical.
>>81621931
I just really liked Devito as Lorax. it's like perfect.and taylor swift is my waifu so
>>81608860
he eventually planted the seed on his own volition
taylor swift kisses him and he doesn't give a fuck
>>81620755
literally never happened. the only redeeming thing about the fans was that there was no sjw bullshittery/political correctness over the movie
>>81621931
I kinda liked the mini-movie set in The Onceler's youth.
>>81608226
Jesus fuck did they half-ass that makeup job. It almost like Myers was bitching about hair on his face so they created a goddamned hair perimeter. Looks like he has mutton chops
>>81622350
If I remember correctly, he wore those 3D CG marker thingers and did not go anywhere a cat costume. The fuzz is probably all CG.
>>81620914
I'm not going to ask you, because that's what you want me to do.
>>81620416
Goddamn it, Papyrus. You and your fucking puns.
>>81620829
their screams will forever remain in my ears
>>81622492
Basically, this depressed artist was depicting some of the fatter Steven Universe characters as thin in her artwork. The tumblr community went apeshit and started harassing her. She left a suicide note on her tumblr (but thankfully ended up seeking help instead of offing herself). The creators tried to tell the community to calm the fuck down after the incident, but that only riled them up more.
>>81620182
Yeah, we're into the "a million AU versions of Sans fucking each other or Papyrus" fanart phase.
Just end it all.
>>81620160
>>81620182
>>81622707
Every single one of their FOTM's communities goes through these phases. People were creating similar AU's with Once-ler and Loki way back in the day, and they'll continue to do it even when they move passed sans.
>>81609135
>no one suitable
Helloooo fan art community.
How about this red headed goddess?
>b-but it doesn't make sense because...
I'm going to stop you right there, tumblr.
It makes more sense to somehow clone the Onceler, and turn both the original and the copy into a incestuous homosexuals?
I thought it was wrong to impose your sexuality on others.
No tumblr, that's a bad tumblr.
>>81622845
Because tumblr prefers gay ships to straight ones.
>>81622845
Have you ever visited tumblr tho?
Bitches are a bunch of fujoshits and since the only other male option was a 13 year old, what better to make his ~evil counterpart~ another character to get fucked by.
Like really there's no impossibles in tumblr. And het is icky.
>>81623556
>that picture
You could tell this was from the early 10s.
>>81608226
i fucking loved this movie
>>81607436
I'd say give the guy a million dollars for finding a way to make artificial air.
The painful reminder that we could have gotten a rock opera that had at least one song faithful to the Dr. Seuss Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpgUQYARIsw
One theory from the youtube comments suggests that this song was the 2nd part of the onceler's rise.
>>81623583
I miss the simpler times. You know, before LJ purged itself of all those radical activist groups and they decided to start invading tumblr around 2011.
>>81608616
I'd watch it.
![[clucks internally].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/H2Mv5mm.jpg "[clucks internally].jpg")
>>81623583
I wanted to ask why you said that as if we're past the early 2010s
and then I realized we're more than halfway through this decade
What am I doing with my life
>>81623805
It's been 6 years already.
I want to die.
>>81623747
LJ died a slow death because of the Russian takeover basically keeping it as a poor blogging platform.
LJ was popular because it was the best at the time, when better options showed up, LJ never changed.
Stuff like the boobnazi and Harry Potter child porn incidents weren't really the biggest motivators for desertion. The events just demonstrated that the angry women had LJ staff wrapped around their fingers. It's probably the main reason why the original LJ staff just jumped ship when the Russians offered them a buyout.
>>81622845
>How about this red headed goddess?
She's dumb as a fucking post.
>>81622704
>but thankfully ended up seeking help instead of offing herself
I was always told she actually killed herself.
I'm glad that this was the case.
Illumination is making a Grinch movie set for next year.
No homo, but why do I find hipster Onceler cute?
>>81621054
Don't worry anon, I still have the link from last time.
http://m.imgur.com/a/ySLFD
>>81608354
>tall skinny somewhat effeminate white guy voiced by a "quirky" comedian
>Not popular with Tumblr
>>81624068
The question is, will it be worse than Jim Carrey Grinch?
>>81621456
>literally missing the point of the showI watch it andI will never understand why so many irredeemable spergs are attracted to it
And YET, SOMEHOW, the hatedom is STILL fucking WORSE
>>81608226
>>81624133
Jim Carrey Grinch was damn good. Of course it will be worse.
>>81624133
Jim Carrey Grinch was a masterpieceJoking aside, at least it tried to keep the message of the book about Christmas being much more than commercial shit
>>81624073
Because you're a faggotand that's okay
>>81608226
>>81624151
As always Marvelfags conspired for this movie to be hated and for people to ignore all the political satire and religious themes of this adaptation.
FUCK YOU OP
JUST REMEMBERING THIS MOVIE GETS THAT STUPID HOW BAD CAN I BE SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD
thats all I wanted to say.
>>81624193
Not to mention Cindy and the titty lady were cute.
>>81623854
Where you at, pham? We can die together if you want.
>>81622450
>>81622350
Okay so I found a blooper reel so I guess it was an actual costume. The hair perimeter still makes sense since he's basically in a fursuit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbT8wYXIEvs
I must've confused this movie with that one movie about a train going to the North Pole. I think it was Robin Williams as the conductor? I'm probably going to have to correct myself again after I look it up after I post. I remembered that there was a movie where one of the main actors had their face plastered with the stupid CG dot tracker things on his face even though as far as I can tell, the movie had zero reason to need CG on his face because it looked like typical make-up+costume. It was either the train movie or the Cat in the Hat.
>>81624435
It was Tom Hanks senpai
>>81624435
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwLCqVGHpTM
Tom Hanks, not Robin Williams.
I really suck at this remembering-details thing.
>>81624084
Thanks for having my back, famalam.
Zac Efron character was a cutie.
Should be The Onceler and Ted ship
>>81624133
i liked Jim Carrey grinch
>>81607772
He only became faceless once he fell to the darkside
>>81608425
>all that text on a "children's book"
>the tree bubble was made just to hold a massive paragraph
>some of the sentences miss the syllable beat that Seuss was god tier with
they didn't even try
>>81611979
C U C K
U
C
K
>>81607436
>Movie slamming on capitalism has a multimillion dollar budget, special partnership promotions and mass marketed
>>81624151
Dude I don't care how shit it is, this fucking movie has produced the best reactions on my folder.
>>81628080
>Honey, it was ruined when she bought it~
>>81624435
>Alec Baldwin swearing while there's a kid in the room
bahahahaha
>>81611979
Cucked by the Onceler
>>81607436
Isn't the Onceler suposed to be the villain? Like why did we need this guy? The point is supposed to be that the Onceler did some shitty stuff in the past due to greed and whatever and that now he regrets it. That's really all you need for a villain in this story. Why was it not just the Onceler's story with the kid story just being small clips between flashbacks?
HOW BAD ME BE?
>>81630565
Took long enough.
>>81622578
Isn't it Sans that's the pun guy and Papyrus hates them?
>>81620966
Is that Ted Cruz as a spider?
>>81621456
>tfw Brony friend tricked me into going to see equestria girls when he promised me Man of Steel.
>>81624133
What was wrong with the Jim Carrey Grinch? At least they kept the original story line intact and what they added thematically fit for the most part. The costumes and set design was also pretty good.
>>81631432
Ron Howard pls
>>81609238
>horrified
>implying ed helms didnt literally encourage everyone to crowdfund for a onceler porno
>>81608226
Cat in the Hat made me retroactively like Carrey's Grinch movie by comparison alone
>>81608226
I'LL GET YOU AND IT'LL LOOK LIKE A BLOODY ACCIDENT
>>81620095
>>81620273
This always happens.
>>81620222
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKKA3M-2sJc
BUT IT HAS THE ONLY CERTIFIED TRUFFULA TREE SEAL OF APPROVAL!
>>81607472
>What was the point of even making the Once-Ler sympathetic?
Gotta teach the kids that the people you really need to be scared of are "those" businessmen. The rest of the wealthy are like the Once-ler, they're your friends, they care about you and create jobs for you out of the goodness of their hearts.
>>81614698
Stalin tried that.
Then he decided maor tanks was better, and his social club decided they really liked the Tzar's style.
Mao tried it, but then decided that the solution was just less people. A LOT less people.
The US tried it, but the only people who want to live that lifestyle are religious lunatics who don't want to pay taxes. Also the fact when you get a metric fuckload of clearcut land there's nothing to block the wind and keep soil in place.
>>81629477
The Onceler isn't even a villain.
He was ignorant, first truly then willfully.
Its the nature of man when he just refuses to give a fuck rather than man himself.
>>81607436
>WHAT IF THE LORAX HAD AN EVIL BUSINESSMAN ANTAGONIST WHO MAKES PEOPLE LITERALLY PAY FOR AIR
Dr Seuss would totally write that. But it would be in a different book about people avoiding problems. Like no one wants to stop making tons of money on smoke smocking so they keep pumping out more gas.
And instead of trying to reduce the gas to solve the problem they just pay to have fresh air pumped into their homes.
It'd likely end with the town so polluted that they have to run away from the town and leave all of the money and treasure behind.
>>81607436
That's what happens when resources are finite.
>>81631392
I want to fuck that mouse
But EQG is utter shit, I was tricked too
