# Wreck-it Ralph - The "I saw it" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540 "2012-11-01T08:38:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/41 "2012-11-12T17:16:10Z")
They did a really good job with the world of Sugar Rush, I thought. I would play that game! I’m not a gamer but I’m a gaming nostalgist (??) so I really appreciated the old characters and knew most of them. Was there any Zelda references? And does anyone know why there was a lack of Mario? (Mario himself - we saw Bowser…) My theater was all kids, and it was packed. I was there on a first date with guy lol (I chose the movie!) But we went to the 2D showing and the last one was at 7 PM. And it was going against _Skyfall_. So it was inevitable that there’d be a lot of kids. Actually it was a lot of dads with kids, not moms. I thought that was cool. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/42 "2012-11-12T17:28:36Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > And does anyone know why there was a lack of Mario? (Mario himself - we saw Bowser…) They tried to get Mario in the movie, but Nintendo wouldn’t go for it. They said Nintendo requested too high of a fee to incorporate Mario and Luigi. The video games for the movie are _sort of_ sequals… I had to youtube footage of the game, (I saw the 3DS make, it’s also out for the DS and Nintendo Wii) because even in the ads for the game, I didn’t see footage. At least the 3DS game takes place \*after \*the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/43 "2012-11-12T17:37:43Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > My theater was all kids, and it was packed. I was there on a first date with guy lol (I chose the movie!) But we went to the 2D showing and the last one was at 7 PM. And it was going against _Skyfall_. So it was inevitable that there’d be a lot of kids. I took my kids to _Ralph_, brought them home, put them to bed, then went back to the theater and saw _Skyfall_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/44 "2012-11-12T17:45:07Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > They tried to get Mario in the movie, but Nintendo wouldn’t go for it. They said Nintendo requested too high of a fee to incorporate Mario and Luigi. I wonder how many kids thought Tapper was Mario. I’d have also liked to have seen the Ref from Punch-out in there.. since I can’t remember if he’s officially Mario or just a look-a-like. ---
**Author:** ![ekweizn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@ekweizn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekweizn)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/45 "2012-11-14T05:46:08Z")
There wasn’t a reason to drop Mario in they already had Sonic do the “celebrity endorser” cameo in Game Central. More details here: [http://www.totalfilm.com/news/wreck-it-ralph-s-skrillex-cameo-revealed](http://www.totalfilm.com/news/wreck-it-ralph-s-skrillex-cameo-revealed) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/46 "2012-11-14T16:44:42Z")
They should have had a scene with Mario and Ralph at the gym, working out by smashing bricks. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/47 "2012-11-15T13:45:40Z")
I enjoyed the Skrillex cameo. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/48 "2012-11-17T23:37:29Z")
Am I the only one who saw the “Aerith Lives” graffiti at the station? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/49 "2012-11-18T01:24:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Am I the only one who saw the “Aerith Lives” graffiti at the station? I did not see it, but that would be hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/50 "2012-11-18T02:19:10Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I did not see it, but that would be hilarious. I hope I wasn’t wrong. It was when you first see him going into the station from the Pac Man game. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/51 "2012-11-19T13:36:10Z")
I get to pat myself on my back for my keen eyesight. [This](http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/wreck-it-ralph?before=1351959582) page has a picture of the wall with the Aerith Lives graffiti. I did miss the “All Your Base” graffiti on the other side. It did go by quick. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/52 "2012-11-19T14:27:34Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I get to pat myself on my back for my keen eyesight. [This](http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/wreck-it-ralph?before=1351959582) page has a picture of the wall with the Aerith Lives graffiti. I did miss the “All Your Base” graffiti on the other side. It did go by quick. I did catch the “All Your Base” graffiti, but I’m that guy who still finds All Your Base hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/53 "2012-11-23T17:16:08Z")
I saw this yesterday with my mother and we both enjoyed it, although my mother is largely unfamiliar with video games post Pac-Man. (She laughed really hard at the Oreo guards, though.) I agree with others that it would have been nice to see Ralph visit another game or two; early on it seemed as if game hopping was going to be a bigger part of the movie, but he wound up spending a good chunk of the film in Sugar Rush. I think it would have been fun to see him in a Mortal Combat-esque fighting game. > [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Also, strange that they treated it like Ralph only gets to see her when he gets thrown off the roof at the end of his game…there’s nothing stopping HIM from going to visit her in Sugar Rush…and a little unanswered as to why SHE can’t leave her game now that she is back in the code. > [@Asimovian](#): > > I may be stretching this for the sake of my own sanity, but I wondered the same thing, and ultimately came to the conclusion that he meant seeing her _in action_, while she’s racing — her passion — as opposed to just visiting her to say hi. That’s my take on it as well, **Asimovian**. Ralph wouldn’t otherwise be able to see Vanellope in action as a player character, since he would be on duty in his own game. And Vanellope apparently can leave Sugar Rush after the game is reset, as she was maid of honor at [del]Coach Sue and Kenneth the Page[/del] Sgt. Calhoun and Fix-It Felix Jr.'s wedding. This was held in the same chapel as the ill-fated ceremony in Calhoun’s backstory, and so was presumably located within Hero’s Duty. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/54 "2012-11-23T17:33:42Z")
My take on it is that the Nicelanders picking him up and throwing him off the building has always been the crummiest part of his job, but now when it happens, he gets to see Vanellope, and that makes a crummy job good. It’s a lot like [this bit](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_majvye844p1rsyit5o1_500.jpg) in the Simpsons, where Homer turns what would be a morale-crusher into something hopeful. Sure, he gets to see Maggie when he goes home, but having her pictures there makes his job survivable. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/55 "2012-12-19T05:03:38Z")
Finally got around to seeing it, and my face hurts from smiling. Not a video game player at all, but I had absorbed enough from osmosis (and _Robot Chicken_) to get any number of the jokes. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/56 "2013-01-10T19:50:05Z")
I saw it. I should really have waited to see it in the cinema. I really enjoyed it. Looked great, some nice characterisation. The plot etc. wasn’t up to much. Some more 8-bit style tuneage would have been nice and I agree with those above saying a few more world jumps would have been nice. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/57 "2013-02-17T22:39:17Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > And Vanellope apparently can leave Sugar Rush after the game is reset, as she was maid of honor at [del]Coach Sue and Kenneth the Page[/del] Sgt. Calhoun and Fix-It Felix Jr.'s wedding. This was held in the same chapel as the ill-fated ceremony in Calhoun’s backstory, and so was presumably located within Hero’s Duty. Yes, she can clearly leave the game now, I was actually wondering why she _couldn’t_ when Ralph tried to drag her out. And also, where is there a _church_ in that Hero’s Duty hellscape… ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540/58 "2013-02-17T22:51:38Z")
> [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](#): > > Yes, she can clearly leave the game now, I was actually wondering why she _couldn’t_ when Ralph tried to drag her out. And also, where is there a _church_ in that Hero’s Duty hellscape… Well, we’re told Calhoun’s doomed first wedding is an official part of her backstory, so this presumably comes up in the game somehow – perhaps as a cutscene. If so, the church would have to exist in the game world somewhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wreck-it-ralph-the-i-saw-it-thread/639540.md?page=2)