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Millennials Are NOT Thrilled With This Disney Live-Action Reboot
What's a trailer without a naked mole-rat, anyway?
The trailer for the Disney Channel live-action reboot of the beloved 2000s cartoon Kim Possible dropped Friday, and it’s… well, it’s a trailer. For a movie. That somebody thought was a good idea.
If you’re not familiar with the sitch, Kim Possible was a show about a high school cheerleader who fought crime with the help of her goofy best bud, Ron Stoppable, his pet naked mole-rat, and their techie friend, Wade. It ran for four seasons, spawned two films, and the theme song’s “Call me, beep me, if you want to reach me” can still be heard echoing throughout millennial social media on a semi-regular basis.
The new film, updated to live-action like most things Disney these days, has this plot as provided by Deadline:
"Kim and her best friend and sidekick, Ron Stoppable, start Middleton High School, where Kim must navigate an intimidating new social hierarchy. She is ready to tackle the challenge head-on, just as she has with everything else in life, but her confidence is shaken when she faces roadblocks at every turn—getting lost in the confusing hallways, being late to class and facing rejection during soccer tryouts from her frenemy, Bonnie.
"Kim’s day starts to turn around when she and Ron meet and befriend Athena, a new classmate and Kim Possible superfan who is having an even worse day than Kim. With Kim’s guidance and friendship, Athena transforms into the newest member of Team Possible. Soon, Athena starts to eclipse Kim just as the nefarious Drakken and Shego resurface in Middleton with a master plan to finally stop Kim. Now it’s up to Team Possible — Kim, Ron, tech-genius Wade, new friend Athena and Rufus, a Naked mole-rat that Ron meets along the way — to stop these super villains.”
It sounds reasonably in line with the show kids in the ‘00s loved, but after the trailer, old school fans aren’t too thrilled with what’s coming.
\u201cThey done "2018 Disney Channel"-ed that Kim Possible movie up. My childhood is disgusted. Who is responsible for this Kim Possible?\u201d— Ashtynn (@Ashtynn) 1544217431
\u201cMe to Disney after seeing that Kim Possible trailer \n#KimPossible\u201d— Teeeya \ud83d\udc8b (@Teeeya \ud83d\udc8b) 1544203641
\u201c@thatcardsharp @DisneyChannel They shouldn\u2019t have dropped the trailer at all\u201d— Disney Channel (@Disney Channel) 1544199365
\u201cthe new kim possible looks like something you\u2019d fine in a 3 dollar movie bin at Walmart\u201d— matt (@matt) 1544381222
Oof. Brutal.
But as upset and disappointed as many older fans are, there are plenty of others ready to remind them that the movie is aimed at children and pre-teens of a new generation, and isn’t actually for any of us.
\u201cWhy are people upset about the live action #KimPossible movie? It\u2019s a \u201cmade for TV\u201d movie for an audience who likely never watched when it originally aired.\n\nBest case: The movie introduces KP to a new generation.\n\nWorst case: You can rewatch the original show.\n\nSo not the drama!\u201d— Zack Ares (@Zack Ares) 1544207882
\u201c28 y/o alcoholic with no job: the new Kim possible trailer is not it chief. \n\nMe: who gives a shit. It\u2019s for babies. Are you a fucking baby. Are you fucking kidding me.\u201d— joe joegan (@joe joegan) 1544378839
\u201cI think the people forget like... when something is being rEMADE like... after 10 years... it's being made for KIDS, especially kids who grew up with DIFFERENT INTERESTS than them?? like..Kim possible.. THAT SHIT CAME OUT IN 2007, ITS BEEN LEGIT ALMOST 12 YEARS\u201d— baby shaped (@baby shaped) 1544380803
\u201cEveryone\u2019s trashing the new Kim possible movie like it wasn\u2019t made for a whole new generation of children. The movie isn\u2019t made for your grown ass\u2019s, go watch those rated R movies you tried so hard to get into when you SHOULD have been watching Kim possible\u201d— janaya :) (@janaya :)) 1544382645
The trailer currently has 21,000 upvotes and 93,000 downvotes on YouTube — but it’s also got 1.8 million views. So if Disney wanted to drum up interest, in one way or another, they’ve certainly done that. And the movie is bound to pull in a good deal of viewers when it premieres on February 15, both in terms of kids just looking for some fun new action hero to watch, and millennials looking to play drinking games and lament over their ruined childhoods.
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
