Triptych: Wreckin' It Good

"Twisted Princess: Vanellope" by Jeffrey Thomas

"Popped Culture: Wreck-It Ralph" by Dan LuVisi

"Rampage Ralph" (t-shirt) by Beware1984

The first image is from Jeffrey Thomas' Twisted Princess series, which offers a grim and gritty take on various Disney princesses. I'm not sure that Vanellope counts as a bona fide Disney princess, but hey, why not? You can read Jeffrey's write-up on his version of Vanellope here... and trust me, it's worth reading.

The second image is from Dan LuVisi's Popped Culture series, which is similar to the Twisted Princess series except that it's widened its net to include anyone from Bert and Ernie to Mike Wyzowski. You can read Dan's write-up on his bulked-up, bad-ass Ralph here, and again, the backstory explains all.

Triptych: Shallow Gravy

"Break 'Em Brock" (t-shirt) by Adam Howlett

"Venture Brothers" by Sam Filstrup

"Venturepuff Girls" (t-shirt) by Baznet

Triptych: I Will Never Be Good, And That's Not Bad

"Mondo Wreck-It Ralph Poster" by Tom Whalen

"Wreck-It, inc." and "Fix-It, inc." by Stephen Hartman

"King of Candy" by SLB-Creations

Triptych: Fixin' Stuff

"Why Do I Fix Everything I Touch?" by Ry-Spirit

"Wreck-It Ralph" by Pablo Bustos

"Break-It Bane" by Miguel Camilo

Triptych: Shake It Up

"Rough Wreck-It Ralph" by M. Dzulfeqar Nasir

"Wreck-It Ralph" by Brendan Corris

"Sugar Rush Showdown" by David DePasquale

Triptych: Let's Wreck It

"Let's Wreck It!" (t-shirt) by MeleeNinja

"8-Bit Sugar Rush" (t-shirt) by Rydia Chacha

"Wreck-It Raph" by Dave Losso

Triptych: Ralph And The Glitch

"Wreck-It Ralph Minimal Poster #1" by MadWoodsy

"Epiphany Barrel" by Dave Arseneau

"Ralphie The Wreckiter" (t-shirt) by April Hoera

Triptych: Sugar Rush

"Official Wreck-It Ralph Pixelated Plush" (11") from The Disney Store

"I'm Gonna Wreck It!" by "Dapper" Dan Schoening

"Famicom Art Project: Ruin" (90° rotation) by Marc Short

Guys, Wreck-It Ralph is out! I haven't had a chance to go see it yet but apparently I am in the minority because it's currently the #1 movie at the U.S. box office. Excellent! Good job, everybody! Cigars all around!

Triptych: Wreck-It Ralph

"Wreck-It Ralph Mashups" by Drew Wise

"I'm Gonna Wreck It!" by David Gilson

"I'm Gonna Wreck It!" by Sandra Rivas

Man, I can't wait for this movie. Like, maybe more than anything ever.

Wreck-It Ralph Trailer

I've posted about Wreck-It Ralph before, but now a trailer's out and it would behoove you all to watch it. There are a lot of movies coming out before the end of the year that I'm looking forward to - The Dark Knight Rises in July, Looper in September, The Hobbit in December - but Wreck-It Ralph comes in near the top of the list, in large part because it seems to be aimed directly at me. Honestly, a movie about classic video games featuring tons of cameos? I'm sold.

Wreck-It Ralph is out November 2nd, 2012.

Disney's Wreck-It Ralph

I love Disney. And, as some of you may have figured out by now, I also love videogames, particularly of the pixelated, 1980s-era variety. So I was extremely pumped to learn about Disney's upcoming animated feature "Wreck-It Ralph", which debuted at the recent D23 Expo and is slated for release a little under a year from now, on November 2nd, 2012.

The film stars John C. Reilly as the titular character, a Donkey-Kong-like videogame villain from the game "Fix-It Felix", who tires of being forever relegated to bad-guy status and dreams of being the hero for once. Jack McBrayer (also known as hilarious NBC peon Kenneth from 30 Rock) voices Felix, while Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman, Dave Foley and David Hyde Pierce all make vocal appearances as well. It's being directed by Rich Moore, who was a supervising director on The Simpsons and Futurama, so I can only assume he knows his way around the funny.

Sick of being a bad guy, Ralph leaves his game and sets off for one that he can be the hero of. He traipses through racing games and first-person shooters (presumably amongst others) in his search for a new home, along the way joining Bad-Anon, a support group for villains populated by the likes of Pac-Man ghosts and zombies. In the end, I'm wagering that he learns a little something about himself and the world in which he lives, and manages to pull off a coup and successfully navigate the videogame world's first bad-guy-to-good-guy role transition.

I think what interests me the most about "Wreck-It Ralph" is that it is very clearly a "Toy Story" for the videogame generation. Like those films, I'm sure "Wreck-It Ralph" will be jam-packed with pop-culture references and clever dialogue, but more importantly, it's going to explore a specific continent of nostalgia and delve into not just what we remember fondly, but why we do.

I'm also really impressed that as part of the early promotion for the movie, Disney actually put together a "Wreck-It Ralph" upright arcade cabinet, complete with fully playable game. That's some thematically-consistent marketing there, Disney. I LIKE IT.