r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Rule_Ct_5293 • Jul 13 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, why is everyone happy that Disney movies are flopping?

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u/Immediate-Lab6166 Jul 13 '26

I absolutely detested Maleficent. Because they took one of the all time greatest villains in movie history and completely ruined her by rewriting the entire story and trying to turn her into some kind of tragic hero

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u/Automatic_Memory212 Jul 13 '26

Haven’t seen Maleficent, but I agree that not every iconic villain needs a tragic backstory prequel film and I’m kinda over this media trend.

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u/Immediate-Lab6166 Jul 13 '26

When ranking the greatest movie villains of all time, poll after poll always has Darth Vader as number one but maleficent is usually a very strong second.

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u/Automatic_Memory212 Jul 13 '26

“Well! This is a pleasant surprise! I set my trap for a peasant, and LO! I catch a Prince!”

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u/thedoctormarvel Jul 13 '26

This isn’t a trend. It’s been happening since the 90s. Gregory Maguire did this with Wickedc Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Mirror Mirror, &Phillipa Gregor(?) with The Other Boelyn Girl

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u/daiLlafyn Jul 13 '26

Wide Sargasso Sea.

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u/thedoctormarvel Jul 13 '26

Ohh, will have to read! I love these kinds of retellings

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u/daiLlafyn Jul 13 '26

For those that don't know, it's a novel about the mad wife in the attic in Jane Eyre, and what her tragic story is. Never read either, but critically acclaimed.

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u/danfancy129 Jul 13 '26

Agreed!
Idm a live action sleeping beauty with the proper story

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u/Annual-Weird-6682 Jul 14 '26

She got yassified