...the tour isn't going to be nearly as entertaining?
No, that's not fair. But it's a concern. If the kids are all genuinely good the way Charlie is, then where do we get conflict to drive the story? Manipulative parents, maybe? The kids other than Charlie might act like their canon counterparts as protective coloration, and learn they can trust each other even as... what? Perhaps somehow the secret that Wonka's handing the factory to the winner leaks (or is deliberately leaked), so the parents spend the tour subtly and nastily battling each other to position their child to take the prize... and the kids unite to subvert the parents. But why? Maybe it's not about the kids and the ownership of the factory at all, and it's about Wonka putting the parents through hell. That means the parents get turned into blueberries or sucked into the chocolate pipe while the kids cling together in apparent fear. But why? Is Wonka rig the contest and is getting some kind of revenge on four (or five) people who did something to him, maybe back when he turned the factory into his personal hermitage? Is he conspiring with the kids? In that case, is Charlie there by mistake? Or is Grandpa Joe not the nice old codger he seems to be? Or maybe Charlie's late father -- if we follow the first movie and not the Burton remake -- did something that qualifies him? (Or perhaps he was an ally, and the whole thing boils down to Charlie being the big winner at the end as a belated thank you/reward for his father's actions?)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
No, that's not fair. But it's a concern. If the kids are all genuinely good the way Charlie is, then where do we get conflict to drive the story? Manipulative parents, maybe? The kids other than Charlie might act like their canon counterparts as protective coloration, and learn they can trust each other even as... what? Perhaps somehow the secret that Wonka's handing the factory to the winner leaks (or is deliberately leaked), so the parents spend the tour subtly and nastily battling each other to position their child to take the prize... and the kids unite to subvert the parents. But why? Maybe it's not about the kids and the ownership of the factory at all, and it's about Wonka putting the parents through hell. That means the parents get turned into blueberries or sucked into the chocolate pipe while the kids cling together in apparent fear. But why? Is Wonka rig the contest and is getting some kind of revenge on four (or five) people who did something to him, maybe back when he turned the factory into his personal hermitage? Is he conspiring with the kids? In that case, is Charlie there by mistake? Or is Grandpa Joe not the nice old codger he seems to be? Or maybe Charlie's late father -- if we follow the first movie and not the Burton remake -- did something that qualifies him? (Or perhaps he was an ally, and the whole thing boils down to Charlie being the big winner at the end as a belated thank you/reward for his father's actions?)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.