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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 8, 2018 16:55:54 GMT 10
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Post by #Infinity on Nov 8, 2018 19:54:57 GMT 10
I mean...the original is now 17 years old, but it's still hugely influential to kid's animated movies today. Everything now is dominated by vaguely mature themes, edgy pop culture references, and CG animation. I don't understand the need to improve the characterizations of the franchise, either, as those were already the very core of the first Shrek's appeal, anyway. If all these people do is find an excuse to insert toyetic Shrek universe-equivalent minions (it's being handled by the same guy who did Despicable Me, after all...), then yes, this is an utterly pointless reboot.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 8, 2018 20:30:20 GMT 10
I mean...the original is now 17 years old, but it's still hugely influential to kid's animated movies today. Everything now is dominated by vaguely mature themes, edgy pop culture references, and CG animation. I don't understand the need to improve the characterizations of the franchise, either, as those were already the very core of the first Shrek's appeal, anyway. If all these people do is find an excuse to insert toyetic Shrek universe-equivalent minions (it's being handled by the same guy who did Despicable Me, after all...), then yes, this is an utterly pointless reboot. I agree. I can see several faults with the ideas expressed so far in rebooting the Shrek franchise. Based off the information we know so far, the rebooted film will essentially be a "Shrek 5" by another name and that's likely how it is going to be perceived as by the public. It's also unlikely that the animation of the film itself will be noticeably different to the animation in the first four films, which again, would only fuel the perception of it being a sequel. The producers could decide to incorporate elements of live-action into the film, but I think the risks associated with pulling that off would far outweigh the benefits. To me, the intention of using the same cast to voice the characters will naturally render the reboot pointless by default. While it may offer a sense of familiarity to audiences and help the movie stay true to the existing franchise, using the same voice cast is only going to be detrimental to the success and longevity of the franchise itself, IMO. Realistically, we could end up in a scenario where the original cast (e.g Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy) agree to reprise their roles for the first rebooted movie, but turn down the offer to do potential future sequels. If that were to happen, it would make the rebooted movie seem more and more like a sequel of the original four films. It just seems like an unwise decision to make if the franchise truly wanted to explore new directions with it's characters.
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Seriously, why does the Shrek franchise need to be rebooted? It's ridiculous.
Seriously, why does the Shrek franchise need to be rebooted? It's ridiculous.