How to Make a Soulless Sequel (ft. Kronk's New Groove)

[@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121]

It's speculated the reason the stories feel so unrelated is because they were probably just scrapped episodes of the tv show that were slapped together for a direct to video "movie" which was fairly common for Disney direct to video movies of this era.

[@PINKEDASHPT]

Oh it was common alright. Beauty and the beast, Atlantis 2, Tarzan and Jane... I don't doubt for a second it's likely what happened.

[@annelise5050]

Cinderella 2

[@1sdani]

Honestly I feel like they would have been a lot better had they been produced as episodes. They all have this weird "there were last minute rewrites to make it not totally disjointed" vibe that results in them feeling way less interesting than they otherwise would have been. "Yzma returns and Kronk has to accept that, while he feels bad for her, her path is ultimately a self destructive one and she will drag him down with her if he lets her" is a very interesting concept for a plot, but the movie decided like it has to tie it to Kronk wanting a thumbs up from his father and in turn that part of the movie ended up far less focused than it otherwise could have been.

[@motxmod]

Problem with that theory is that they did make a series, Emperor's New School

[@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121]

@@motxmod That actually strengthens the theory though because the theory was these were scrapped episodes that didn't make the cut for the series not that the series itself was scrapped. Almost every show/movie ever made had ideas that ended up being scrapped in the final product and sometimes they might even end up being recycled.

[@scourgeanimations444]

It's a bummer that Lowart had skipped over the joy that was Eartha Kitts "Yzma" in both reviews

[@Ratchetfan321]

This movie was a big hit with kids when it came out. I worked with some at the time and had sisters and this was all they wanted to see.

[@MenchiGuevarra]

I like this movie. It shows the true kindness Kronk has, sacrificing his happiness for his friends and showing his father he has everything he’s been looking for. It’s actually heartwarming and definitely worth rewatching.

[@Manganization]

I like this movie. It's definitely not better than the original but it's enjoyable a movie on its own and it's definitely one of the better Disney sequels. It reminds me of a less interesting Lion King 1 1/2, and that movie is hands down my favourite Lion King movie.

[@chimera9818]

I think main problem of this movie is that it felt like a episode from the animated series rather than movie

[@nakiosmoon9483]

People dislike this movie? everyone loves this movie , at least in LatinAmerica, it might be because of the dub i guess, idk

[@mrcuccob6386]

Latin american here, and yes, the dub adds sooo much personality to this movie that without it am pretty sure it will be as hated as other Disney sequels.

[@bonnymel4506]

Here in Brazil for instance, it's DEFINITELY because of the dub, Guilherme Briggs é top

[@L3onking]

Now I need to rewatch it. I personally think the Spanish version of Encanto is better than English too so I'm kicking myself for not doing this yet

[@Eficiente_VSB]

Oh no, I'm from Argentina and really didn't like it even as a kid.

[@JulianimeIsAmazing]

If I had to make a Kronk-focused movie, I'd give him an aspiration. Something we don't know about Kronk from the first plot is, what does Kronk want? What are Kronk's goals? We know he works for Yzma, so he is the support for her goals as a lackey or henchman, but we don't know WHY. What circumstances put him under her employ in the first place? Was it simply as coincidental as Yzma, in a position of political power, needing some hired muscle and Kronk being available for the job and naïve enough to be taken advantage of? But we know Kronk isn't kept in the dark on Yzma's objectives, he goes along with her schemes to dethrone the ruling monarch and overtake his position of his own volition. Sure, if he and Yzma got fired, then it only makes sense that Yzma's schemes securing their quality of life after the uncertainty of unemployment seem to be worth the risks. But we don't know WHY he needs the job so badly in the first place. He's talented and strong and good-natured and intelligent, just a bit different. So I'd have gone with something that establishes a clear goal for Kronk and have some establishing backstory that the audience can connect the dots to how he ended up where he did in the first movie as technically a supporting villain despite his obvious good-natured personality. And work on using some of the cast built in the first movie to support Kronk's best characteristics and make the most of what the first movie left us with.

[@josuesolar1771]

How about making Yzma giving up on science to become a magician (like in Kingdom of the sun)

[@anzui]

HONEY, COME QUICK. NEW LOWART VIDEO IS OUT! Huh? What's it about?...I don't care, I can listen to this man talk about anything !

[@adiveler]

Unfortunately, this is not even the worst among those direct DVD sequel! That would probably go to the likes of Mulan 2.

[@BeaglzRok1]

I don't remember how the movie got into the house, but I watched the heck out of it when I was a kid. Didn't have the first one, saw the pre-movie teasers for it on the VHS tapes so maybe it was the classic shovelware mix-up. Looking back on it, it was definitely just "colorful noise" for the kids. There are vague moral lessons about honesty and accepting the consequences of your actions, but all I really remember in actual detail is how Papi as the silver-haired stocky manly-man with a sick tattoo reminded me of my Pepere, introducing me to Earth, Wind, and Fire, and worst of all, The Nostril Flare of Total Rejection™

[@Scerttle]

Wow OK, when I made that comment on your Emperor's New Groove video I had no idea this movie existed lmfao

[@ebbandfloatzel]

I kinda feel like maybe the whole "cooking is... Bad?" is more or less only confusing because the Nuclear Family has evolved pretty drastically as we kinda figured out "oh wow, forcing the woman in the kitchen is actually kinda sexist! Anybody can cook or work, why didn't we think of that sooner!" It's clear the conflict was that no matter how great Kronk is, or how self sufficient he is: "he's a failure because he didn't fit the mold of the Family Man. He hasn't made it because he doesn't work for a wife and kids to keep a roof over their heads." And having him realize he doesn't need those things to make it, just that he needs to be a good person. ... Though I do agree that maybe Kronk of all people isn't the best character to fit the theme.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Eh, it's more because his father chauvinistic behavior isn't really focused on that much, mainly because his father isn't focused .

[@yemmohater2796]

@@fightingmedialounge519 exactly

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

I like the 1st half of this movie and wish it was only about Kronk and Yzma. The 2nd half of this film I just always found way too boring.

[@satele42]

How did youtube recommended this to me, 33 secs after u posted, on my starter page lol

[@poeterritory]

I remember it being underwhelming.

[@ladyaceina]

the tv series is even worse as atleast in this movie kuzco kept his character development in the tv series he keeps re learnign the same lesson he learned in the film

[@KaedeLanyo]

Kronk would be a great focus for animated shorts.

[@movieandtvseriesclips2805]

The only joke that's from the original Movie but not used in the Sequel, is the Monkey eating a Bug, which is used as a Running gag in the Tv show.

[@oxymrn7038]

Damn this movie was my childhood

[@IronicallyAlive]

I hope you cover the show too

[@Bunni89]

I think the best way to sum up the movie is that everyone wanted a kronk movie, literally EVERYONE wanted a kronk movie, it had absolutely everything going for it, all they had to do was make a kronk movie. But no instead we just got a random series of plots and kronk just happened to be there. You're just sitting there the entire time like... But I wanted a movie Actually About Kronk It seriously feels like he just fell into not only another universe but an entirely different writing style and like.. design philosophy of what even qualifies as a movie at all. Was this a bunch of rejected movie ideas blended up into a smoothie with Kronk squashed into the role of three different protagonists? That's the only way it'd make any sense to me. RIP, potential amazing Kronk movie we couldve got!

[@MLGshzlss]

Soulless sequel. Did you mean "Disney star wars"?

[@joshuagonzalez4183]

so what about both then?

[@Hanako-Kun-t9b]

I would have preferred a origin story for yzma using some of the scrapped material from kingdom of the sun.

[@BadMarriageKawagoe]

One of my favorite movies lol

[@samstoller8799]

My goofy aah thought it was Clone Hero with Kronk

[@TheCreepypro]

can't have a new groove if you never had an old one

[@Persephone01]

If you thought this was the worst, just watch (or dont) Hunchback of Notre Dame 2. It was pitiful and just makes me ill whenever I think of how much a train wreck that movie is really. Mulan 2 was also souless and hated. The Little Mermaid 2 was such a dissapointment and just a rehash of the amazing original. I really would love a Yizma origin story and how she and Kronk became partners. That would have been more interesting for a sequel. A prequel sequel. We could have seen her even as the emperors right handed woman and promised the throne but then the birth of Kuzko ruins that and she starts becoming the woman she is in the original. I wanted her story.

[@roland124rt4]

How do you make new videos so fast??

[@beary-boo3223]

I'm assuming many of them were pre-made for this whole video-a-day in november thing he's doin

[@erikbihari3625]

What's next the school?

[@1995robin]

I like this movie only because of Patrick Warburton

[@Dragzilla66]

Very souless indeed! :0

[@AlfieTrevor4444]

Your voice kinda sounds like Kusco's and that makes this video funnier as you can picture Kusco aknowledging how the movie wasn't very good

[@fightingmedialounge519]

So, I take it no review of the show before the month is up.

[@someguy4384]

I haven't watched this because I'm waiting for a job interview. But if there's not a "By all accounts it just doesn't make sense," joke/meme in this video then by golly I'll thumbs down it so hard.

[@anuraexe]

I’d love to see an x-men evolution series!

[@TeryJones]

But is it as bad as Mulan 2? No joke for as soullessly stupid as this movie is, I don't see anything that would make me genuinely fucking angry for even haven watched it. But then you got this other direct to sequel flick where on top of every damn character being a bloody idiot, Mushu of all characters is the villain and it is for an incredibly stupid reason. And as the credits started rolling I just wanted to grab the nearest blunt instrument and kill someone I was that genuinely angry.

[@robertgrier8943]

I love this movie 😂😂

[@anba2904]

ρгό𝔪σŞｍ

[@wuba5456]

eh this one's alright

[@isamekailmahmud9302]

maybe the whole movie should've just been one big joke

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

The bit with Cars 2 is pointless. Homework assignment at best, fluff writing at worst.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

No Kronks new groove is great.

[@sr.brigadeiro7718]

Oii

[@SullivanDLuffy]

I hate Spider man 2

[@TheGrmany69]

I see it now as queer baiting. Except for the girlfriend, the narrative is that of a gay man rejected by the father.

[@YungandRekless545]

Coding maybe, but not baiting

[@mafeuk]

It has more soul than your voice Low-fart. At least the people involved actually give the impression that they were having fun. Just Saying.

[@DammnDeejay]

I’m glad you made this. A soulless sequel is exactly what it is. It just didn’t feel right. I liked Kronk like I liked Axel from KH2. But as soon as he became the focus, it was too much exposure. It’s like they doubled down on what we liked, but that’s all they did Edit: also, great video! I always forget to say that!