Illumination is a studio that excels at making financially successful movies. Unfortunately, their movies are also very average with generic stories and predictable characters. Why do they always aim for the lowest common denominator? What exactly is ruining this studio? "What RUINED/What's RUINING..." is a video series where Saber researches a topic, presents its history, and how it is or was presumably ruined: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtmY8lRImW_58wGRjcJFUDFwFmHhtu1n Saberspark is a YouTube channel who researches, reviews, and analyzes various movies and cartoon shows from the world of animation ***Social Media Stuff*** Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saberspark Follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/Saberspark ***Video Credits*** Audio Edits by CookieSoup https://www.youtube.com/user/dBPonyMusic Research and Script Assistance by Jim Gisriel https://www.youtube.com/user/jimgisriel Intro Gag Edit by Salty https://www.youtube.com/user/Saltydkdan https://twitter.com/saltydkdan Avatar pics by Nathan Butler https://twitter.com/NathanButlerArt Intro and Outro Music by Hirosashii https://www.youtube.com/user/Hirosashii Intro Visuals by Acleps https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAcleps Thumbnail and Outro Visual by Viktor Newman http://viktornewman.deviantart.com/ Music by Home https://soundcloud.com/home-2001 ***Art of the Week*** Fan Art by DemonPuss https://twitter.com/demon_puss