Someone who worked at Skydance Animation said “Lasseter's working style is too controlling, however that he insists on approving minor details and creates a bottleneck in the workflow. He prefers to have scripts read to him and sometimes falls asleep during those readings, only to later criticize the story for plot holes he missed while asleep. He couldn't remember what happened in the last meeting. Things would change on a whim based on what he thought he remembered." So that proves Lasseter did NOTHING to help this movie. If he’s not doing anything at Skydance then they should fire him by now! Something DISNEY refused to do for so long despite knowing what he was doing!

I think it would be interesting to see a film surrounding a character who appears happy-go-lucky and upbeat despite lack of good luck but as the film goes on it's shown more and more that their behavior is really just a cover for their true feelings and does all they can to ignore their problems and mental health, or lack thereof. That would be a decent setup I think.

Wait, they got John Ratzenberger, Pixar's lucky charm, to do voice work for this movie, but Pixar couldn't get him in their last four movies? WTF is happening to this world!?

I always got the impression from Lasseter's films specifically (the ones he directed/"created") that characterization wasn't his strong suite. If you know the history of Toy Story's production, the characterization of Woody was a difficult road only aided eventually by others' input. Though honestly, at the risk of having the less shared opinion on the topic/ruining people's childhoods, Toy Story always felt like the weaker story-wise of Pixar's films to me... along with Cars, which hey, we also have Lasseter to thank for. Brad Bird and Pete Doctor did way more for that studio's vision and reputation. Also, if you want a laugh, there is a video out there of Hayao Miyazaki visiting Pixar where Lasseter greets him with a big hug. Miyazaki looks like he's saying "please don't touch me" internally, but is polite all the same. In hindsight it makes me laugh.

John Lasseter: (Labeled as the creative visionary behind Pixar's greatest films.) Pete Doctor and Andrew Stanton: Are we jokes to you?

Those who haven't seen this movie are the lucky ones.

Bojack Horseman did a brilliant fuck "John Lassetter and the people rehiring him" story without outright naming them, was a great pay-off to the 'Henry Fondle' sub-plot that was both hilarious and biting with harsh satire. this was great vid btw

Such a shame really. Mostly it’s insulting cuz John didn’t really help behind the scenes. Falling sleep at meetings to flat out not showing up and then changing everything without hearing the full story. At this point, John should probably just retire. I get the impression he only sticks around as a desperate attempt to reclaim his reputation.

"Bad luck is good! I miss the bus and drop my sandwiches but it works out in the end!" Unlucky people who didn't miss the bus, got on the bus, had the bus crash and were permanently maimed for life which resulted in their job replacing them, their spouse leaving them, their friends abandoning them and them ending up in poverty begging for change and addicted to drugs to stave off the pain: "AM I A JOKE TO YOU"

I think that her positive nature could have worked IF it was just a front. Where there is a down side where we see her exhausted by scrambling to keep herself in school, upset at losing her countless jobs and angry at being alone. Have there be moments where you see her positive nature slipping now that she doesn't have to put on a brave face for her little sister figure. Only for the brief moment where we see her give up in the beginning to once again put on that façade to cheer up the little girl. Hell even lying to her so she doesn't worry. That her life is going good but it is a lie she is losing everything behind the scenes. Only in the end for her to realize it is gonna be okay. Being lucky or unlucky isn't what matters is how you get up and move forwards from it. Or some crap like that. That and the ending was sweet but come on Let the friggin girl get adopted by the dragon. And get a job at the unlucky tikki shack and the Leprechauns help her with school. THAT would have been super cute unconventional family ending.

Well, this company’s just assassinated themselves. And that’s just for having Lasseter. Honestly, I’d probably not even give this movie a thought if I didn’t think “Hey, that cat is voiced by Gobber” when seeing trailers while waiting for Prehistoric Planet episodes

I'm going to feel bad for the people who ACTUALLY worked on this.

5:39 Yeah. The movie has a good premise. But, the end result feels off. The main character with a bad luck are usually with something like gothic, punk rock, combative or biker like attire to match their rough life. Plus, the attire of clothing will give the character cynical and moody attitude towards life. But, deep down. The protagonist wants a something good to go their way without doing anything bad to get it. The Bad Guys animated series did this kinda of premise better than this movie. The Megamind movie did the character with terrible luck thing better. Tighten becoming a villain and Megamind correcting his mistakes to unintentionally being a hero. Last note, Sisu looks more Chinese Dragon than the luck dragon. Sisu has a excellent color scheme. The Luck Dragon color scheme seems like a common color for a "good dragon." 9:13 What? Wouldn't make more sense a particular fictional creature in mythology wanting good luck for himself or herself because they had it worst than the protagonist? Or chaotic mythology creature associated with bad luck wants revenge for having bad luck throughout their life? Or this is a last minute idea the dragon boss being a tragic character theme again? Thanks for the review, RaisorBlade.

This movie looks like an insurance commercial.

No children were harmed in the making of Luck. Except those who came near John Lasseter.

Since Luck's on Apple TV+, there is another movie on there I'd recommend by a more obscure studio called Cartoon Saloon: Wolfwalkers! Gorgeous animation, charming characters, a wonderful message, and NO TIES TO JOHN LASSETTER WHATSOEVER :D

Well, people don't like Joy's character because of how selfish and bossy she was from the beginning of Inside Out. Well, we know that a main character must need flaws to be interesting and have the audience connect with them. And then they would eventually overcome their flaws as they develop. It's how it works. Also, if Sam was a bitch at first, you or the audience wouldn't like her at all. It's funny when a main character has flaws that makes them fleshed out and yet the audience already dislikes them. Guess when writing a story where the character's flaws are part of their development, it just gets the reaction out of audience. And this movie is just unlucky. 👎🏼

If I wanted to watch an animated movie on Apple TV, I'm sticking with WolfWalkers, which I really hope you review one day. The lord and savior Spike will be pleased if that ever happens.

More like Unluck! Ha! Gottim! For real tho, I do feel bad for the people who worked on this. Brad Bird clearly would’ve been a better hand for this deck of cards.

The joke of her getting hit by a car was funny🤣

I can’t believe John Ratzenburger missed 3 Pixar movies for this shit

Inside Out reminds me of those toxic people in life that try to shut you up when you're upset and feels validating, Luck is toxic positivity

good movies are hard to finde now days

I don't have Apple TV, so I won’t be watching Luck anyways, but I'm still psyched for this review!

Plus Meet the Robinsons did it better for an adoption story.

Why does the Jane Fonda dragon have multiple legs? Also Whoopi Goldberg sure stars in a lot of animated movies.

Working with Lasseter on an animated film sounds just about as appealing as being casted in a Harvey Weinstein film

Well that's a disappointment of a new AppleTV animated movie after the friggin' masterpiece that was Wolfwalkers Haven't gotten the chance to watch the Rise movie yet, but I'm so hyped to I believe the show had that "Lilo should have gotten Stitch taken away" person as an animator for a bit, but got rid of her

Were the allegations against John actually proven?

I thought the trailer looked fine god damn it

In all seriousness, why didn't sky dance made Brad Bird the chief creative officer of their animation division instead of that old and mean drunken creep!!!

I don’t buy the allegations against John in the slightest. If they were anything, and I mean anything at all worth even disliking him for, Skydance wouldn’t have touched him with a barge pole, and he wouldn’t be luring all the greats to his new studio. He’s signed Brad Bird, Linda Woolverton, Vicky Jensen, Nathan Greno and Alan Menken, for God’s sake. They didn’t sign on unknowingly, they signed on *because* of him. And just think, even when #MeToo was at it’s peak, there wasn’t a single criminal case bought against him and he was publicly and vocally hired into his new job almost immediately.

YES Sam deserves to be jaded and unhappy and very angry at her bad luck.

The sexual harassment claims amounted to hugs from the reports that were released. Pixar and Disney studios left Disney to go work for him at Skydance. If they believed he was guilty then why would they leave?

The John Lassiter accusation is just hearsay, not to mention anything offends Hollywood people nowadays as we'd seen, but the movie does look average. Feels like it could've been more. Will be watching the TMNT film tonight, so duely noted.

While the animation is very beautiful and colorful, I love the design on the dragon Babe (seriously that's how you do a dragon RATLD) But it's really sad too since a lot of talented people worked on this film and it's tainted with the stink of John Lasseter's filth.

It is rather hard to believe that John Lasseter was one of the people who would found one of the greatest animated film studios to date. I guess it shows that some people who achieve positive things will also have a dark side as well. Good review by the way.

Yeah make Brad bird a producer

Sorry I keep on commenting on your videos they're just so good and I'm proud of your subscribers there there's a lot and for good reason too also also I think you will make a great movie because because how much sense sense you make

Honestly I think the most insulting thing about my Linkedin profile is that somebody from Skydance Animation looked at it. It would have been way better if Penny had gotten increasingly annoyed by her lack of good luck.

So can someone explain what’s the up with the uproar with John because I’m in the dark and luck seams like something I seen before.

"minders who were reining in his impulses" This is the type of BS I'd expect from Warner Bros, NOT PIXAR!!!! Also, Sam sounds like Milo Murphy, which wasn't that great of a show.

Hi RaisorBlade. I was wondering if you can do a review on Fritz the Cat or The Willoughbys?

zuko wishes he had an arc this deep- i love that

Oh god! The unicorn reminds me of Donkey who banged the dragon in Shriek. 🤣🤣🤣

Did Lasseter help design the dragon? That would explain a few things. 🤔

I didn’t even notice the fortnite dancer in the background the first time I watched this.😂 Also, I’m really like this new format for your videos.^^

Skydance Animation should’ve been a safe haven for BlueSky animators who got fired right after Disney closed down their animation studio, not John Lasseter’s retirement plan.

Ayy the new PNG's are pretty awesome!

Had no idea it was cool to hate John Lasseter now.. I missed the memo.

Dragon is nice though

This honestly looks mid to me, it seems too inoffensive to suck, and not impactful enough to be good, also, I really love the song used in the trailer, the song someone to you is one of my personal favorites

I watched this movie looking forward to see what a new animation studio had to offer with no knowledge that John Lasseter was involved. I was out of the movie news loop for awhile and actually had no idea. When I watched the movie I actually did like Sam's character and thought we needed more to develop the character before dropping her into the land of luck and when we were in the land of luck I thought the story was an excuse to show how it all works. Admittedly I enjoyed this movie I can't pin point exactly why but knowing all of it's problems might make me have second thoughts on it and maybe just being better than an illumination movie made me like it or something. Also I did use my free week trial so maybe it being free made me overlook all the bad aspects. Overall I enjoyed the movie thought it had a good twist with Bob and I hope Skydance can get up after this a make a better film. Competition inspires greatness and I want to see more animation studios rise to make everyone animation try a little harder to make great films.

Wait, should I watch Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series before the movie. If so I'm very PUMPED!💙❤️🧡💜 Oh & cool review of a movie I've never thought existed but thanks for trashing the shit of Lasseter!👏

Honestly, this plot would work better if it was a depressed salary man who basically forgot how to be positive who was the protagonist, at least the lesson would stick better then. This character seems more like the one who would try to get him to look at the good side of things in the beginning, only for the roles to reverse in the end and he reminds her of the good in life, everything she herself tried to teach him in the beginning.

How you gonna use Wikipedia for facts I’m not saying he’s not a bad guy but he still deserves not to be judged off of a site that anyone can edit

I'm surprised there's no rabbits in the magic world. Their foot are related to luck, it would make sense if the animals could live there. I guess John Lasseter forgive that important detail or he didn't cared. A dragon makes sense but not rabbits? Wow this man has weird ideas 😂

I found your video in the video recommendations section of a video defending john

I have high hopes for this movie but when HE show up everything falls downhill very fast. 😔

It's sad because John Lasseter was one of my favorite heroes. But because of what he did, I don't really care much about him. As for the movie Luck, it's not BAD at all but it's not GOOD either. It's just MEH.

They should have Sam to be actually very luck but she’s a bit careless and clumsy. But only thinks about all the bad stuff that happens to her.

“If I had a nickel for every time I saw a talking a cat in a movie this year, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.”

Why is Lassiter even here?

Hey raisorblade do you know that their is the Trailer for season 3 Dragon The Nine Realms.

Lasseter should just retire... Do everyone a favor!!

John Lassiter did not harass anybody he probably hug somebody and someone found it uncomfortable and made a harassment allegation

Did they not advertise this? It's seriously the first time I'm hearing about it lol

THE RISE OF THE TMNT AD AT THE END GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK 😭😭😭😭

0:03 lol

I strongly agree with you Raisor

Outside of the great animation, I gotta agree that this movie wasn’t all that good. I certainly don’t hate it as much as some other people do since I’m a bit more forgiving, but overall, it’s a painfully mediocre, by-the-numbers coming-of-age flick with terrible writing and worldbuilding. Also, fuck John Misconduct. All my homies hate John Misconduct.

7:12 Unicorns are also the literal national animal of Scotland as well

What's next, Lasseter goes on to to work for Nickelodeon?

RaisorBlade I saw you Pinocchio a True Story Review. It's strange that Tom Kenny is in this. Why? Because the 2018 SpongeBob Episode Patnocchio is a Parody of that Fairy Tail.

Hey, if a black cat started talking to me, I don’t give a crap! I watched Sailor Moon so that’ll be a dream come true!

huh didnt know that John Lasseter was involved in scandal no wonder never heard of him anymore

What is your opinion on the Cars franchise?

We lost a movie about a war between good and bad luck for this….. Which would make people Wanna watch it. I mean it would make it sooooo much more desirable We have enough magic in light MAKE A WAR MAKE A FIGHT

Yes yes yes do a video about the rottmnt movie please!!! It needs more attention than this! Also isn't the cats in luck face kinda wired maybe it's the eyes or the nose I really don't know

I honestly really love this movie and to make this perfectly clear... Pete Docter would've been a perfect producer for this movie! 🤷🏾‍♂️ That dude was known for directing: Monsters Inc, Up, Inside Out and Soul

Dragon.....Neverending Story........LUCK Dragon?

I respected your opinion, but Simon Pegg is an awesome actor voicing all of the characters in animated films.

It's such a shame coz this movie looks visually stunning. The animation, the visuals, looks beautiful

Well, I think there’s another reason why the characters from Big Hero 6 are more memorable, or at least one. 😏

Cars and Toy Story are 2 of my favorite movies of all time. But this, why John? Whhyyyyy? Also I have a love-Hate Relationship with him. Love the stuff that he’s made. Hate the stuff he’s done. I have like no opinion on him.

why does the unicorn look like John Lasseter?

Ima just get this out my system, I liked luck, but that is MY OPINION, everyone else can hate it. I do understand why people don't like it though

Neat Kingdom Hearts tattoo.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is one of my favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films. Edit: As for Luck itself, the story and characters were bland, and the animation was boring to look at it - not to mention a Disney/Pixar clone. Also, that flirting between the unicorn and the "dragon" was the cheesiest character interaction I've seen in a film.

Honestly, I thought this movie was boring too.

Side note, the facial animation at 4:40 looks super bland and phoned in.

Peter Parker wished he had her luck

All that aside, I really hope you talk about Rise Of The TMNT: The Movie. it. is. F*CKING AMAZING.

Is it really that bad?

I have Apple TV. I watched Luck. I thought it was decent. I say it’s better than “Lightyear” and “DC League of superpets”

You're kidding, right? also it's My Birthday

7:00 Sisu‘s design wasn‘t bad. 🙁

Wouldn't you know, the guy who made iconic cartoons and created thousands of peoples childhoods turns out to be a terrible person, something like that has ever happened before (John K., Butch Hartman, (probably) Walt Disney) what kind of world do we live in!

That was his mistake !

Were those allegations even true?