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This is a reaction meme pairing a widely circulated screenshot of Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer looking stressed and holding his head in frustration with text mocking Disney's reaction to their 2024 live-action Moana remake underperforming at the box office. The text notes that Disney already launched widespread marketing campaigns claiming the film is the "#1 movie in the world", referencing the reported $250 million production budget for the remake that is now failing to meet performance expectations.

Disney Realizing Moana Remake Is Bombing Despite #1 Movie Ads

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This is a side-by-side comparison meme that jokes about Disney's ongoing trend of turning animated classic films into live-action remakes, specifically the upcoming live-action *Moana*. The left side features the original animated Maui from Disney's *Moana*, labeled as 'DLSS 5 Off', while the right side shows Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson (who voiced the original animated Maui) as the live-action version of Maui, labeled 'DLSS 5 On'. The joke compares the jump from animation to live-action to NVIDIA's DLSS upscaling technology that improves video game graphics, leaning into the coincidence that animated Maui was already modeled after Dwayne Johnson's likeness.

Disney is at it again - DLSS 5 Maui meme

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This meme jokes about Disney releasing a live-action remake of the already popular and well-known animated film *Moana*. The top of the meme shows the official trailer thumbnail for the new live-action *Moana*, confirming the upcoming remake. The meme uses a scene from the 1985 film *Back to the Future* as a template: the upper panel labels Marty McFly as "ME", representing the audience, who says "Hey, I've seen this one!", referencing that the story and design are already identical to the original animated *Moana* everyone already knows. The lower panel is labeled "DISNEY", responding with "What do you mean you've seen it? It's brand new!", which sarcastically mocks Disney's habit of releasing near-identical remakes of their older hit animated films and marketing them as new original content.

Disney really said Ctrl+C → Ctrl+V and hit 'live action'

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