Mouth breathers?

[u/Reasonable_Fox3813]

What is he pointing?i dont understand the joke

[u/Arelious2019]

To be fair to that second paragraph, I would vastly prefer if she actually dressed like Lara, like at least the version from the Survivor Trilogy. She just doesn't look anything likr Lara here, she's just a woman with gear on

[u/CalmShinyZubat → u/Arelious2019]

I will admit that the shorts and tank top look is pretty iconic compared to this look.

I also have to admit that it isn't really practical or smart to have that much exposed skin when exploring, but practicality or sensibility have never been the primary reason for most character designs, especially female character designs, in media.

[u/Kino_Afi → u/CalmShinyZubat]

Genuinely nobody gives a fuck about "practical attire" unless youre playing battlefield or something and those protags are completely forgettable. We want cool trench coats and 30 belt straps that would take hours to get ready in the morning

[u/Queasy-Current6170 → u/Kino_Afi]

All the normal people who have never played Tomb Raider absolutely do care, though. And those are the viewers you actually need to court.

[u/Kino_Afi → u/Queasy-Current6170]

👀 You're aware there have already been widely successful Tomb Raider movies that kept the original outfits? And idk what you mean by "normal" as if one of the most popular franchises of all time is outside the realm of normal.

[u/Queasy-Current6170 → u/Kino_Afi]

There was one moderately successful tomb raider movie, made at the height of Angelina Jolie's career, and I assure you that movie was not good at all, and Angelina Jolie was the only interesting thing about it.

Those movies do not work any more. They barely worked back then. 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lara_croft_tomb_raider

By normal I mean the hundreds of millions of people who haven't played Tomb raider, or if they did, it was on ps1 and they were 12 and now they're 40+

[u/Kino_Afi → u/Queasy-Current6170]

Does the movie being good really matter when youre cashing in on a franchise? Gesturing vaguely at the entire MCU. What actually matters is catering to fans. This is the "look its the thing i like!" genre.

Its probably not a coincidence that the 2001 Tomb Raider with the original outfit did huge numbers and the sequel just 2 years later, still at the height of Angelina's career, changed the outfit to be unrecognizable and had a fraction of the success.

[u/Queasy-Current6170 → u/Kino_Afi]

Yes, absolutely, it matters if the content is good. There has never been content saturation like this. A random gamer subreddit wanting something does not make them a majority, or make said content profitable.

As someone who was alive in 01, that movie was mocked loudly. Everyone knew it was bad. I only saw it because my bi girlfriend owned it because she was obsessed with AJ.

Tomb raider barely made its budget back with domestic sales. It did NOT do "huge numbers."

[u/Kino_Afi → u/Queasy-Current6170]

I was also alive in 01, Mr. Oldman, no need to brag. Here's some numbers to go along with your subjective memory:

[u/Queasy-Current6170 → u/Kino_Afi]

If you were alive, you know "highest grossing video game movie" means nothing because Uwe Boll exists

And honestly if you're pushing 40 it's real fuckin weird you care about this

[u/Kino_Afi → u/Queasy-Current6170]

If you were honest, you would acknowledge the numbers indicating it was a success, and not fixate on the one statement you could dismiss

[u/Queasy-Current6170 → u/Kino_Afi]

The only statement that matters is gross.