The Pointless *48 Musings/Rants Thread

[Zunu]

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That guy's comment near the end was hilarious.

I am SOOOO EXCITED that AKB48 is done ORIGINAL SOOONG!!! Ya know, 'cause iit it's it is SOOOOO EXCITING to have them in WRECK IT RALPH. It is REAAALY THRILLING to have AKB48 do an ORIGINAL SONG for WRECK IT RALPH. I 'm SO SO EXCITED.

It was sooo soooo hilarious you know... because it was hilarious!

[DSQueenie]

Ikr? He clearly had no clue who AKB48 where lol

[boinsie]

Was he... inebriated?

[DSQueenie]

He didn't seem drunk in his other interviews on the carpet so I don't think he was. I just think he didn't really have much to say on the subject of AKB48.

I don't mean that in a 'burn' way I just mean that in a lets be real way, AKB48 were only asked to contribute a song because a) Jpop fit's in with the sound of a 90s kart racers really well and b) to boots ticket sales in Japan. I find it funny that so many fans really thought that Sugar Rush was gonna somehow make them popular in the US. It's Perfume in Cars 2 all over again.

[erilaz]

I guess "that guy" is just too darn busy being the Chief Creative Officer for Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios to be well acquainted with Japanese idol pop.

[boinsie]

Where are his priorities??

[Shoujo Q]

I went to the mall today and happened to wander into the Disney store. They had Wreck-It-Ralph stuff and all they had were Sugar Rush toys. I'm going to assume that's going to be a big part of the movie. So to have AKB sing the song for that part of the movie means it's a pretty big deal.

[DSQueenie]

Oh I'm told that the Sugar Rush is a big part of the film however I'm also told the song is played a grand total of three times, once for a few seconds when Ralph enters the level, again in the background behind dialogue during a kart race and lastly during the ending credits. The ending credits it the only time that the whole song (including the part in Japanese) are played.

I never said it wasn't a big deal I'm just saying it isn't a big deal outside of Japan. Outside of indie films having your song in a film isn't a guarantee that the song will be a hit. In a Tarantino film he uses the music as set pieces to drive the plot so that's why people go out and buy the song afterwards in all other films it's just background music. Plus AKB48 aren't the only famous people to contribute songs.

[esm]

UZA is a really good single. I like all the b-sides a lot. UZA itself has a weird grainy, low-quality sound to it though, so it's a little annoying.

[sb]

^yea it's better than the garbage they've been putting out lately... though not as good as some of their better songs.

Oh wow, it sold over a million? Who knew that would happen?