It’s been a full year since I last did a rage review. Am I becoming a calmer and more rational person? No, I’m just very busy and don’t have the time to invest in longer reviews, especially since I’m instead doing longer series retrospectives as well. Hence the more erratic schedule of late for which I apologise. That and I choose to reserve my anger for media that really deserves it.
Yes, you will do nicely.
In spite of the fact that Disney owns… almost everything
under the sun they’ve shown some restraint when it comes to self-indulgent crossovers.
Not to say they’re non-existent, there’s a whole Simpson’s Marvel Crossover and
the Ducktales Reboot has references to all the Disney afternoon cartoons, oh
and there’s some minor references in Free Guy, but nothing quite at the same
spectacle as having say a whole bunch of their properties show up in Lego form. [Editors note: This was written before the Chip and Dale movie came out]
When it comes to self-indulgent crossovers, Warner Brothers
is King. The Lego Movie and its sequel are prime examples of the kind of thing
I’m talking about, it’s not surprising they were the ones who did the
adaptation of Ready: Player One. A story built on the premise of a
self-indulgent crossover. But of all the self-indulgent crossovers, none are as
big or as self-indulgent as… wait, Space Jam 2?
There have been attempts to get a sequel to Space Jam off
the ground since the first one’s success. It was announced in the 2010s that a
new basketball super-star LeBron James would be the basketballer in the film.
But what really kicked off production for the film was the launch of the
streaming service HBOMax. A Streaming service that holds most of the Warner
Brothers films.
The original Space Jam was a feature length version of a
shoe commercial, so the idea was formed to make a feature length HBOMax
commercial for its sequel. Or at least that’s how I envision it was conceived.
I can’t imagine it was because they thought they could make an entertaining
movie from this idea.
So how bad is this film? Well, let’s take a look.
