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Starting point is 00:02:22 let's go with Tara Erickson. Oh. Before we go to our questions from our Royal Rejects, what are your initial thoughts here? loved everything. It made me feel like I was actually flying. There was a couple of those POV shots. I felt like it, my stomach lifted. I thought that this was just like a very chic, emotional lifting dragon film that, yes, very similar to the animated, but a lot of times animated. Well, I'll just tell you, the one movie I saw this year in a theater, Snow White,

Starting point is 00:02:54 that was unfortunate. Wish it would have been this one. This is a fantastic film. Love you, Dean. uh thank you for bringing this to true to life like when i say that i felt it just felt so real to me and i'm i'm just grateful that they they they made it work man hell yeah i love to hear it do you remember uh how was it coming and going for you because we it was coming and going like i remember when he went and he goes to like you know uh when he first meets toothless but the rest of the stuff like with astrid i remembered a little bit and me but i didn't remember that he lost his link yeah i didn't remember i didn't remember until it happened out i went oh god how did you forget that because they're the same and that's such beautiful writing yeah i did remember the one he

Starting point is 00:03:42 had him under his wing i remember like i was with you i remember a lot of like plot beats um like certain points we had to hit but when it came to details and conversations there was so i was like i just does not be asking is this in the animated because every time I'm like yeah it is like yeah I don't remember I really don't remember this conversation or like dialogue or who's supposed be added but apparently not so

Starting point is 00:04:06 yeah I was I was really there with you and it's an interesting time but before I give my thoughts Aaron you just go watch this first time yeah for the first time first time like about a month ago and so

Starting point is 00:04:22 I know that like it's easy to have it kind of in your noggin when you're watching this live action what did you think about this was it a lot of comparison did you ever get past it what was your experience uh i thought it was great i thought they did a great job of not only adapting it but finding new ways to make it interesting finding new ways to have built upon what was already there in the framework and i think a lot of that has to do with the director you know being the same he was someone who now i think he helmed all three the original one so he really had a familiarity and love for this this source material or at least the adaptation of the source material because no it's based on a book but yeah i did not feel like i was

Starting point is 00:05:01 just doing a retread of the original i felt like it was a love letter to that original film and the way that they were able to add emotional dimensions the way they were able to add different nuances to each character and add a little flourishes that give a little bit more context to why the characters behave in the way they do if that was entertaining i thought it was entertaining i think I love the style in which they chose to execute it because, you know, with animation, it's you can run the risk of it feeling a little hokey or feeling a little cheesy, but I feel like they found a nice balanced ground to really be able to adapt it in a way where it feels accessible, still feels real, get truthful to what they were trying to do in

Starting point is 00:05:42 the original one. And yeah, they, they hit it all with the stride and to the best of its ability. And I think if anyone's going to watch this story, I feel like it would be controversial, but I feel like the, because of the flourishes in this one, I feel like this live action one is just a tad better than the original one. So, yeah, I am thoroughly entertained. I was thoroughly entertained and I am thoroughly pleased. Well, let me ask what other, so what did they do that was different that you thought was really positively different, anything specific? and was there anything that you thought they did different that perhaps was to not compliment it

Starting point is 00:06:21 was there something that was not that you felt like was falling on the weaker side that the animation did better so the basically the opposite of each question both okay i felt like the stuff with astrid where she really wanted to be the the top person be the chief i feel like that stuff was a little bit stronger in this version because i really felt that and i felt her her drive for determination, her competence

Starting point is 00:06:47 as a warrior, as someone who wanted that title and her disdain for Hickup. And on the opposite side of that, I felt like maybe her chemistry with Hickup wasn't as strong. And I feel like for the most part, a lot of the costumes were really good, but some of the costumes were a little

Starting point is 00:07:04 goofier, but it didn't take me out of the film. Like, I can remember the guy's name, the one who was essentially the D&D nerd. Because he had like a big pelt of an outfit which made his head look small. And then they give him a tiny helmet on top of that, which made me look a little goofy. But I felt like even when they were riding dragons, it was still believable that they were riding them.

Starting point is 00:07:24 And somehow they, you know, and it was something I noticed towards the end of the movie when Hickup was petting Toothless. And the shadows on his hand were reflective of the shadows on Toothless and the way that it just seamlessly was able to feel like it was in the same scene. Because a lot of the times when real things are touching CGI things, you feel that layer of disconnect. but i did not feel that at all in this movie so yeah i feel like if anyone if anything deserved a live action adaptation it was going to be this movie awesome awesome and john uh so i mean you did a first time rewatch with erin and so you'd see in the animated movies a couple of times what was your experience with this one was it hard to divorce yourself were you i believe just get swept up in it what was going on with you no i wouldn't say it was hard to divorce myself it's an interesting thing

Starting point is 00:08:13 because you know you're watching it and especially having seen it again just recently for the first time in a long time where in that rewatch i was having a bunch of similar moments to you guys where i was like oh i've completely forgot these plot beats um you know here it's interesting watching this on the tv reminded me of all the way back when i first saw the animated movies or at least the ones i saw in a theater in a theater because in that what i mainly took away from that experience all the way back then was like man I really feel like we're flying in some of these aerial scenes and then seeing this brought to life gave me that feeling in a brand new kind of context that I thought was really lovely because like I wasn't distracted by the animated movie during this I certainly you know called out as we all at some point did like oh I'm trying to remember how this you know relates to the animated or how this played out or whatever but I got swept up in it and caught up in it a lot to the point where like the animated movie was never hindrance

Starting point is 00:09:13 to this it's like fun to compare and contrast but this was firing on all of its own cylinders like yeah they're the same general story and there's a lot that is pretty much verbatim but uh animation's a medium and so is live action and like cinema unites those things but they are different and like different things happen when you try and go with one versus the other and so uh yeah this it's a weird one to kind of consider because it's not doing anything you know overly revolutionary with its source material, but at the same time, there's just so much enthusiasm and care and craftsmanship on display that

Starting point is 00:09:49 it really did kind of soar and sing for me based on those virtues alone. So it's like, this allowed it to be neat, you know, rather than a lot of the Disney ones where you sit there and you're like, man, you know, I am really bouncing this off the original and like the disparity

Starting point is 00:10:07 is a lot in, is in much higher relief. Here, it's more like I had fun kind of thinking back to the animated movie and then seeing how this movie would tackle stuff and like I feel like they can both coexist in a way where I'm not really trying to figure out which one's better or it really doesn't matter to me that much because they're both really lovely in their own way was there anything that you felt from what you're talking about was there anything that you felt perhaps did not work in live action for you since you were talking about different mediums and was there anything that you thought worked better in live action yeah I think what you were

Starting point is 00:10:42 honing in on the sort of like tension that comes with beholding the actual scale like in the animated movie it's more whimsical the conflict and it's I feel like a slightly more kid accessible like I would aim this live action version at

Starting point is 00:10:58 a tween more than like a kid whereas you know the animated movie I would say can play I would play for kind of all ages whereas here like there is a definite elevation of the horror and the sort of awe-inspiring scale again of these creatures and even the thing with toothless uh with

Starting point is 00:11:18 the hiccup you know losing his foot and losing that part of his leg at the end even though it's not even any more graphic or harsh like it is sort of striking in a different way and like those sequences where you're flying uh the way they chose to shoot this was really interesting because i think you know obviously you're coming from the medium of animation so you probably have like a pretty uh lively imagination for how shot composition should work and how to you know uh play that stuff out and what i thought was lovely here was the contrast is that by choosing to to do like aerial shots that feel like they were captured by helicopter or like by tangible means instead of some kind of you know swooping motion that you could never ever orchestrate with a real camera i thought

Starting point is 00:12:01 this lent an air of like tangibility uh that you could only do in a live action scenario i think the only thing that was really like missing for me honestly is I liked uh the actor who played astrid I think the thing that's missing that's kind of a bummer is that in the animation that character does seem to have a certain kind of spunkiness and is like clearly excited by you know viking stuff and by you know uh just tussling with dragons and all the and all the things you see as being the cornerstones of society and burke like there's a glimmer in her eye she's got like kind of an orneriness even though she is super formidable super capable and i feel like that's the key to her and hiccup bonding at all is the sort of like their love for adventure and their

Starting point is 00:12:48 ability to see outside the box even though she is the sort of elite archetype of what they want and he's so opposite that they unite because they're excited by this and i was kind of missing that like i feel like performance good but in the script all they kind of gave her was like you're the kind of strong female lead character I am now used to seeing where you're mostly like a hard ass and then like you know there's a bit of a soft side later on a little bit

Starting point is 00:13:15 but it's not really like ah we bonded over like it started to open her up when they go flying and you know I liked getting some of that but yeah in the move in the animation I thought that was like much more rousing of a relationship and much more easy to get on board with and have fun about

Starting point is 00:13:32 I wonder if that's like a common thing that people are saying Because we all felt that She was so much more playful in the animated movie Yeah, and still a badass and still tough And still like you could do all these things And still make her like a bit wild Whereas here she mostly felt Burdened by glorious purpose

Starting point is 00:13:52 When I'm tired of Yeah, yeah Like I honestly don't recall I recall like liking her but I can't tell you, like, specifics about, like, everything you were saying. I'm like, I don't really recall any of that. Yeah, that stuff's not overwhelming in the old movie. But I do recall, like, feeling their chemistry and rooting for them and watching them grow

Starting point is 00:14:18 when their romance and relationship is such a big part of this trilogy and where it goes. So I know the significance of it, and it's important to be really connected to them. And, you know, I could already hear some comments being like, well, they only just started. So, why would they have chemistry? Well, usually you're supposed to have chemistry beforehand. And that's what makes you want to see people get together. Spark. People.

Starting point is 00:14:39 So I just hate seeing comments like that in Jurassic World. Call the screen test. You're supposed to have chemistry before. And that's how people find the romance. But anyway, but I still thought, like, as an individual performer, I was able to get on board. And I see what you see about what Aaron was saying about like that, like, I don't remember. her goal or any of that shit and the animated one but i found myself like i think having distance from the animated is it's cool to hear that you guys who saw it so recently um were able to really

Starting point is 00:15:12 get swept up in it because uh yeah i mean i think like the first half hour it was a little bit not i wasn't as swept up in it in the first half hour like there were parts where i was kind of i was really in admiration and i'm like this is a solid adaptation and definitely better than a lot of what disney does like that is that was really where my mind was at and i'm like i'm appreciating the performances jarr butler mason tames especially nick frost um and the part where i was a tad concerned it was honestly the moment where hiccup is like contemplating whether or not he's going to stab um uh toothless because i don't remember it too well in the animated but i do recall feeling the the conflict here where it's like and maybe it's because i'm

Starting point is 00:15:59 I knew what would happen next. There was something about it that was feeling like a little rushed in that scene that I wasn't really, it felt like the movie was being like, you know he's not going to do it. I can see that. But damn,

Starting point is 00:16:13 it wasn't too long after that where I was in a world, you know, I don't even know exactly what it was. This was one of those movies that the more it kept going, the better it got. And it just reached,

Starting point is 00:16:29 like by the time it reached montage point between toothless and and him and then him messing with the dragons like there was like a solid 20 30 minutes where like i was my cheeks started hurting because i was just so enamored and smiling and the the wonder and magic of it all like that's so hard to replicate and i keep saying the disney live actions because that's what they do now disney live actions and rare i don't really recall like ever feel i've liked some of the easy live actions but but in terms of feeling the magic. Yeah. I don't really feel the magic.

Starting point is 00:17:03 This brought magic. And that is so hard to do. And it never felt like anyone was, even when, even with a lot of those live action remakes, if I don't remember the animated one too well, I start to see the animated one and I start to see the impression

Starting point is 00:17:18 and the, and the, the, the lack of sincerity and heart. There's something that feels like false about what I'm watching. And I could feel the fervor behind the, camera here like this guy just wasn't pointing and shooting and going through the motions there was there was love and mason tames um you know like i everyone knows the voice of of of hiccups so well and mason tames made it his own right away capturing the essence but really made it his own

Starting point is 00:17:46 he was so freaking good in this movie yeah he was like he's a leading actor man he was so good And Gerard Butler And like it got me so fascinated with whatever his process was From going from the animated And then he gets to bring the body language now He gets to bring the eyes, he gets to bring everything So it's like I felt like more depth and connection To him because of that

Starting point is 00:18:13 And Nick Frost like again like Craig Ferguson Is such a distinct voice and personality And Nick Frost really made it his own And it was so cool to see And that's the one thing give to the astard actor too is that like she was definitely making it different in her own i never felt like anyone was kind of like trapped and trying to do um they're their own thing yeah i mean trapped and trying to like do what what the animated one did and like the hiccup relationship was great and

Starting point is 00:18:41 like even being next to you terror like watching you like re-experience a lot of it i don't want to go back and watch the animated one in fact i want to like go back and watch our reaction what do we react like to these scenes like and what was our thought process as then because yeah a lot of it felt like blank slate to me and it's that's such a hard thing to accomplish so like at times sir the costumes would feel a little cosplay and uh but it complements like a lot of the dragon effects like the dragons look so freaking real didn't they yeah so much of the even when they look cg i still was in the world you know yeah yeah well the thing is is like i found out that you know you know

Starting point is 00:19:25 Dean de Bloy that when they're actually on the dragons, they built a whole practical head with like 50 pistons underneath that moves like a dragon. So when they are on there that the actors feel like you're actually riding a dragon because he didn't want it to look fake. He wanted to bring that magic to the screen. And I think because Dean DeBloy has been not only the writer and director and the EP of all the movies in a podcast I recently listened to,

Starting point is 00:19:53 you know he gave the speech when he first made the animated film people didn't know who he was he had been working in film forever and he said I promise you I know I'm not a name but I promise you this is going to be a good movie and it's going to be a movie

Starting point is 00:20:11 for the animated for the very first time that is his speech when he arrived on set this is going to be a good film and I promise you will be proud to bring your love once to the theater to watch it. I guarantee it. And that was day one.

Starting point is 00:20:29 And I think a lot of people have obviously followed after him, you know, since then. And there's a lot of proof in the pudding because not only was, you know, the animated was full of life. So is this one. And I think he brought the magic to the screen in this live action. And I think maybe the only thing missing that maybe even he could have felt maybe that's a casting issue was maybe. maybe the astrid thing she was a lot more playful in the in the animated but other than that i was

Starting point is 00:20:57 like dean the boy he came to play man that reminds me of it makes me wonder about his intentions with this one like you know like rob rodriguez and other directors have often wanted to remake some of their first films just because they feel like there's so much more refined as directors at this point that they would like want to give it another go and robert regis has done that and so maybe that was like part of the drive was like i'm a better director now instead of just redoing the animated movie maybe i could get my feet wet and try to recompose this in a way uh for like like there's just some shots in here that i love that one shot when he puts the the wing on toothless and then the wings behind him oh that's amazing that's amazing such a beautiful symbolic shot i'm like this is the moment

Starting point is 00:21:42 where they're tethered now and what it's all leading to and the and and uh what's the foreshadowing and all everything it was like the most to me that shot is the encapsulation of them yeah i was and like the yeah the dragon riding stuff was so freaking cool um well this had movie magic yeah i think too like the dragon writing is really cool and they bothered it seemed to really put a lot in camera there were only a couple moments where i was like like we're walking on a volume or something like that and i don't begrudge a movie that when again they're putting so much effort into again transcribing this because it does, like, the dragons, it's so weird. It's like, it's one of those movies where there's not a ton that's extraordinarily different,

Starting point is 00:22:26 and yet it is not the exact same thing. I think that's pretty beautiful. Right? Yeah. And, yeah, like, some of that comes from just, like, how lovely the actual production design and the production values are, and you have this one prominent CG element, which is the dragons, but I think even then they did smartly to give the dragons, as they do in the animated movie.

Starting point is 00:22:48 Like one of the dragons is like a big bird And then one's like a big dog And Tootla is kind of like a cat And so that along with the fact that the designs Aren't so outlandish that you couldn't believe them In a real life setting Because you're seeing them backed up by so much other physical elements And stuff like that like

Starting point is 00:23:07 Yeah this this did have like some degree of movie magic And even though it is like a half hour longer I can see how that's maybe a sticking point for some people Like if you know the movie so well and you're watching this, you might start to check your watch when you know that like, you know, if we're in a big action set piece,

Starting point is 00:23:23 you're like, okay, I know what's got to happen for the rest of this movie or whatever. But for the most part, it didn't really feel like it dragged or got bloated or got bogged down by anything. Not at all. I think that's, again,

Starting point is 00:23:32 that care and craftsmanship of the movie magic. True. We've all gone twice in some way except for Aaron. Is there anything you want to say before we move on to questions? Please, is there something like any thoughts come up? Just go quick. I think that, and I don't know what it is.

Starting point is 00:23:46 I felt when John and I, were watching it the first time i felt that that hybrid of him toothless being a dog and a cat at the same time and i didn't feel it as much this time round not at all actually yeah do you did i don't know if you felt that sent that that was i didn't even feel like it felt like uh he felt like a cat like you says and i felt like a wild animal well yeah in this one more so i mean there i still got some of that domestic animal quality but yeah it felt way more like this creature could do anything I really do got to feel him out in a way that in live action

Starting point is 00:24:21 just, yeah, carries more tension and more stakes. Yeah, and this one he felt like a beast, but I remember distinctly feeling watching the first one like, oh, he's like a dog cat. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like a dog cat dragon. Yeah. All right. Well, um, I would probably, I would get this movie like a solid like, uh, I would say like 8.85

Starting point is 00:24:40 out of 10. 8.5. Yeah. 8.85. is where my mind's at is this the right file that i'm putting in here john breaking the fourth wall is that right one uh yes all right cool uh there we go a lot of multitasking here look guys it's summer which means more sweating more heat way more reasons to stay on top of your hydration i value liquid iv so much you guys have no idea i've been working hard this year as many of you have been so kind to notice strict diet consistent exercise managed to lose 45 pounds starting from January of this year. They have with no shortcuts, no shots, no shots fired at

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Starting point is 00:27:10 April Davis, there were a couple of changes from the animated film. that stood out to me. One was the added motivation for Aster to beat Hickup. Oh, because that's not the animated at all. Okay. She said she wanted to be chief essentially. She didn't see that in the end.

Starting point is 00:27:23 Another change was at the end. Instead of Hickup directing, leading everyone in the roles for the big fight, it was Astrid. How do you guys feel about those two changes? I don't remember. How Astor's character was more filled out in general. I love this live

Starting point is 00:27:37 action. However, it took me a minute to get on board with Aster leading him in the end fight instead of hiccup, to be honest. But in the end, it does make sense for her character. I guess. I mean, okay, so as someone who just, you're in the same boat as me, Tara. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:27:49 I didn't even notice that at all. I didn't at all. I remembered Astrid is very playful. She wants to be, I remembered her being good at fighting. She was obviously when he makes the joke of my dad would have liked to have you instead of me. That's also in the animated because I felt like, yes, you would be the dragon slayer.

Starting point is 00:28:09 That would do a good job. So I didn't remember that. I feel like, I know that you said that she felt more filled out in this live action. And I feel like she, to me, for some reason, there was more of a playfulness and energeticness with a surprising flip to people now treating her as a commander in the animated versus in this one, she shows up. You're like, yeah, take us. Take us to the end, girl. Like, you already feel it. But that's just me.

Starting point is 00:28:46 I didn't even really get a sense that she was like hardcore leading in this. No, she just said, oh, take a right and take a left or something. She was on a dragon. That's it. I feel like she was part of the fight. But did any of you guys notice this change? I felt like when they were in the fight scenes prior to hiccup,

Starting point is 00:29:02 kind of bringing in his expertise after his experience with Toothless, I've definitely felt like she was the most competent one there. and she in the guest in this version i remember her being feeling a sense of jealousy but her outright saying she wanted to be chief of yeah it was something new for this one and i i feel like if you guys remember the second two too well so i won't say anything too much there but um a lot beats pretty well that's like what's my favorite one okay um yeah so i feel like if they were to change things going forward i feel like she'd be a lot more prominent as far as

Starting point is 00:29:41 certain things go as what involves like the legacy of what happens to Burke and I think that could be an interesting plot point in which they explore in the future but I didn't really remember the change all that much and I think it makes sense for this version of the movie

Starting point is 00:29:59 it kind of balanced out to me honestly because in the animated movie as we have said a bunch of times now I thought she had more personality so that filled in some of what might have been less runtime on screen for her, whereas here it's just, I don't know, it's more of a type

Starting point is 00:30:16 of character I'm used to seeing. I feel like in the animated movie, what I recall is she's like, I'm clearly top of the class and should be recognized as such. And they took that and elevated it to I need to be the chief, which to me is kind of a wash. Like, it's, that's the one choice

Starting point is 00:30:32 in the movie where, and I don't begrudge portraying, you know, a strong female character this way. But it is the one thing in the movie that feels like that's a very today note and it didn't seem to really like throw a bunch of meat onto the character beyond that I do like that

Starting point is 00:30:47 they let her lead I wish now thinking back on it because that is sort of a change that it had been more prominent because I like you know even in the original movie I remember her and hiccup having this kind of like yeah we're clearly like we're filling in each other's blanks and we're going to do this thing together

Starting point is 00:31:03 we're going to be a team you and I and I feel like that could have actually felt a little stronger here. Sure sure. But You know, it's cool that they at least beefed her up for this movie. Well. Jay Rushden, who is your favorite character in this movie? Mine is the Twins for Attitude Being Stubborn. Do you have a favorite character?

Starting point is 00:31:21 For attitude being stubborn. Toothless. Toothless. Duh. No questions asked, baby. Get out of here. It reminds me, I just want to go home to my two black hats. Every time I look at Toothis, I'm like, don't.

Starting point is 00:31:34 It just reminds you in my kitties. I mean, for me, it's either, it's got to be Jerry. B, but close, close second to Gobber, like Nick Frost and Gerr, Gerard Butler, both I thought were really, really wonderful in this. I'm going to hiccup. I feel like he really brought the heart. The actor

Starting point is 00:31:51 really sold himself as a lead and it makes me excited to see him as lead going forward. I think, yeah, I would go hiccup, too. I mean, for a lot of the reasons you said, like he, I think he had the hardest job, you know? Like, yeah, it's a really easy role to compare

Starting point is 00:32:07 and expect a lot. And He's not as well known and he has to lead. And I thought he embodied this role so well. I thought he was phenomenal in this movie. I thought it was absolutely phenomenal. Alan Smithy, how always have loved the How to Train Your Dragon movies and TV series. TV series?

Starting point is 00:32:26 People really like that TV series. Who is your favorite Dragon Rider? Mine is Fishlegs as I was a big boy growing up. But I also love Rough Nut. She's hilarious and definitely a real one. Hope you enjoyed the movie. I really felt for the kid who did not Had the daddy issues

Starting point is 00:32:42 Oh yeah He just wanted to be loved He just wanted to be loved My Astrid by his daddy And then he finally got loved by his dragon I loved him in this one a lot I would go for him How about you guys

Starting point is 00:32:54 I'd still go hiccup Because yeah he's the OG He started at all Plus I really Believed his bond with toothless Both this version especially The animated both Yeah both really brought that to life

Starting point is 00:33:07 really well. I feel like in this live one, we didn't get as much time with the side characters. I felt like in the animated out, I felt a stronger sense towards the other characters. So right now I'm just like you hiccup, but that's like a boring answer. But that's like

Starting point is 00:33:24 one I'm going to go with because fish legs and rough nut and then even the other, the guy who has dead problems. He wasn't even, they're not in it as much with as much I think banter as I felt like was in the animated. Yeah. What about you, John?

Starting point is 00:33:40 Yeah, I thought everybody put fun, shine on those characters. I like the ensemble of them. It's not loud. Is the one who I was like, this is like a whole new re-experiencing of this character that I'm very delighted by that I wasn't expecting. That's Gene, our editing team. And

Starting point is 00:33:55 Liam Harold, hopefully you guys enjoyed the minor changes to the animated series that casted a banger of a job in my opinion. Is there any other animated film you'd like to see in live action, not, including the others that have been done of course Kung Fu Panda

Starting point is 00:34:09 Get real pandas Real tigers Oh man The Incredibles Oh All right Fantastic force coming out I

Starting point is 00:34:21 How was everyone not also Just as excited as I was When I had that idea That's a great idea I was like They're incredible What are you gonna get it I think because that's like

Starting point is 00:34:32 A whole different conversation About like they were There's so many superheroes Whatever I won't go to it But yes, I could see why that... We can make it happen. I know.

Starting point is 00:34:40 But anyway... I know. You have your answer? I said it during the reaction, but Loki would not be mad at a live action track. I think that would be fun. Oh, that would be. Greg does not agree.

Starting point is 00:34:55 How don't you make sense? Because there's a lot of human characters. It's a perfect candidate for this phenomenon. What's an animated movie that has a lot of human characters that hasn't been done yet? To Fern Gully. Toy Story Toy Story would be wild Wouldn't that be crazy?

Starting point is 00:35:15 I actually think it would be A little buzz like you Bray little toaster I think it would be wild And a big swing But if they did like a live action Fantasia that could be crazy Ooh

Starting point is 00:35:28 They embraced that and did it I think that could be really cool For the record The reason why I say Shrek is because I remember at least in the second two they make modern day references for the early 2000s and I feel like they could update

Starting point is 00:35:40 some of those things for a 2025 audience I probably do that in Shrek 5 definitely hopefully in a good way it's a mech a Shrek movie going I would say the Polar Express

Starting point is 00:35:53 yeah Bail wolf something like that I don't really have an answer honestly I would be a good life back soul actually would

Starting point is 00:36:04 that would that would that was Actually, would be awesome. Cars. That would be amazing. Do live action cars. Soul would work for that. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:36:15 Or Coco. I mean, like, Coco and live action. If they could really put this level of TLC into that, that could be great. You are right about that. Because, man, that movie made me cry. Yeah. Beautiful. But yeah, guys, that's our thoughts for today on how to train your dragon.

Starting point is 00:36:33 Thanks to all for joining us. Thank you, guys, for committing to a. late night with us uh this was a fun time and you know it's awful when like the late nights are like man this movie's not great and we're here late tonight but it's great to have a late night experience and the movie to uh wake us up so uh yeah that was a lot of fun uh leave your thoughts down below and thank you to uh triple 10 for sponsoring we'll talk with you guys soon reject nation keep a look out for more videos coming this week peace Thank you.

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