#Httyd trailer

[your-ne1ghbor]

HTTYD TRAILER CAME OUT AND 💀💀

IN SCHOOL BUT ILL HIVE MY THOUGHTS LATER

[local-dragon-haunt]

"It's okay, I won't hurt you." " THATS NOT THE POINT OF THE SCCEEEEEENNNNEEEEE. "it's okay, I won't hurt you." YOU ALREADY DID!!!!!! YOU'RE MAKING AMENDS FOR IT!@!!!!! THA'TS FTHE FUCKING POINTT OF THE MOVIEEEE!!!

"It's okay, I won't hurt you." BITCH THATS THE OFFSPRING OF LIGHTING AND DEATH ITSELF!!! YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT IT HURTING YOUUU!!!! THAT'S THE POINT OF THE SCENE!!!! YOU'RE HELPING HIM EVEN THOUGH IT COULD KILL YOU BECAUSE YOU NEED TO MAKE AMENDS!!! YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY THAT, THE SCENE IS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT FOR YOU!!!! I'M GONNA THRHWOW SOMETHING THIS IS GONNA BE SO BAD.

[thereweredragonshere]

Just watched the httyd live action trailer and there are so many things I could complain about (just the fact that it exists being one of them) but like

They changed the structure of Toothless' hind legs??? In the original his hind legs function the way human legs do, his heel is flat in the ground and the bend of his leg is his knee, making him a plantigrade. But in the live action the bend of his leg is in his ankle?? They made him a digitigrade??? Why??? For what purpose???

[medievalatkinson]

im gonna post the mason and nico remake on my instagram (bio) in the middle of the year so stay tuned! 🌻🌻 im lwk excited i jst hope they dont mess it up sm. i mean ppl are abit dissapointed wit the casting so i do hope the storyline, dialouge etc wld remain the same or evolve into smt much more interesting 🧎🏽‍♀️🧎🏽‍♀️ PLS THIS IS MY FAVOURITE ANIMATION SERIES SINCE 2010 im act curious on how toothless is gonna come out, like is he gonna be this cute or game of thrones 😭😭

[httyd-art-requests]

So the teaser for the live action How To Train Your Dragon film has dropped. Have you seen it? Any thoughts on it?

I just saw it, and BOY do I have some thoughts about it lmao

Live action remakes already annoy me for several reasons, and as much as I want to be excited for "new" HTTYD media, it really misses the mark for me

The movie doesn't look original to me. It's so obviously a remake of something else that it loses any personality it could otherwise have. If the original HTTYD movie had been a live action movie from the start, it would have looked nothing like this, because the creators would have tried to create something that stood out from other movies. This one just feels like a checklist being completed in front of me: "right so we'll have this scene, and then we'll have this scene, and the dragon does this, and the boy does this, and then this is the part the fans like so we're going to recreate it 1:1", but no real understanding of what made the original as beloved as it is.

This trailer just looks soulless to me, but I'm holding out hope that the other trailers will show us more and hopefully prove me wrong

Toothless's design is... fine I guess? They made his hind legs digitegrade for some reason, which just looks very jarring to me. Idk why they felt the need to change it, it's one of the details that made his design feel unique to me. Like dragons' legs are almost always depicted as dinosaur-like and digitegrade, and HTTYD having dragons that have plantigrade legs feels really cool. The wings are comically oversized and he lost a lot of his personality based on the scene recreations shown in the trailer (like the silly People Sit he does in the original, now he just sits like a dog lmao) but it really, really could have been worse.

I slowed it down to catch some of the other dragon species' designs and eeeeeehhhh... They're recognizable, I'll say that. They also lost a lot of the personality that the original models had, they look a lot more uniform in their proportions. I really don't see why making them look "realistic" has to mean that they look more boring, when we have so many animals irl that look fake and made up because of how absurd they look. They could have had more fun with it is what I'm saying

Casting Gerard Butler as Stoick feels like the only actually good decision, his voice as Stoick just can't be recreated. Hiccup's actor is... also fine I guess, no strong feelings whatsoever.

The thing that bothers me the most is the lighting. The original HTTYD movie paid special attention to making the lighting look as realistic and believable as possible. It's atmospheric and helps you get sucked into the world while you watch. "Subdued" is probably a good word to describe it. It very intentionally doesn't go overboard. The lighting in the trailer looks fake as hell. They could be using real actual lighting conditions on set and I still wouldn't believe it's real.

Overall, I have mixed feelings despite all the negative things I just listed. I'm sharing in the excitement of all the people who want to watch it, but I'm still disappointed that it, like, exists at all. No matter what this movie ends up looking like, I'm always going to prefer the original animated movies. I'm open to being proved wrong though, I really hope this movie is going to be better than anything we're imagining rn

[moltensmusings]

The comedy of Trolls getting its flowers finally and being recognized as a fun series after the most recent movie when the first one has had me in a chokehold for years. When I used to have Netflix I would just watch that whenever I wanted to have fun.

Sometimes adulthood is looking at a jukebox musical based on a kids toy, and just deciding "yeah actually this is a good movie."

[persimnon]

shirt that says "don't talk to me about the httyd live action remake because unless the franchise has also been one of your longest-lived and most precious interests otherwise we cannot even begin to have a productive conversation about it"

[darkopsiian]

I was going to make a post talking about how stupid the new minecraft movie trailer looks like "haha this looks like shit blah blah"

... but then I was informed that Universal Studios is making a live action How to Train Your Dragon movie. Haven't even seen the trailer yet but I'm already angry like how are you going to recreate this fucking scene without making it look floppy and soulless.

[mahoganyrust]

This took forever. Pun intended.

[wexhappyxfew]

missing being on here greatly atm 😥 this was the time of year back in 2018 when i joined the fandom and every time this part of the year rolls around i’m reminded of that and my early days 😓 feeling sentimental about growing up and adulthood a bit heavily this weekend. i really want to write but there’s a future ahead of me and i’m spending it instead knee-deep in research statements and grad school applications (which is incredibly exciting). sometimes i do mourn those moments years ago though!!! 😢 hope you’re all doing well, staying both safe and warm and happy as we can all be! 💛

[joemerl]

Me, @DreamWorks

Seriously, everyone was praising you after Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Best not-actual-Disney movie in years. And then you look at their parade of hated remakes failing at the box office, and what? You thought this was an idea worth stealing?

[hannaxjo]

My biggest concerns on the live action is how they’ll be able to portray Toothless’ and Hiccup’s relationship. Since that’s kinda the main point in the movie, if they screw that up then that’s that. Unfortunately for them, it’s really easy to screw up (…even when looking at the sequels). The main thing with that relationship is that it’s equal. I think the easiest way to screw them up, is by approaching it as a human and an animal forming a bond. It doesn’t work like that, because as characters, Toothless and Hiccup are equal. It honestly should be approached as a person and a person forming a bond. Because for all the purposes of the story, Toothless is a person. He understands Hiccup, just as Hiccup understands him. And the reason why their bond becomes so strong - stronger than between any other characters, dragon or human - is because they are so similar. The reason why Toothless didn’t kill Hiccup is the same reason why Hiccup didn’t kill Toothless. Because he could see he was just as terrified as him.

So the story should be approached as two characters from opposing sides, neither of whom fit in with their kind. And then they find each other, and finally someone understands them. And this bond is what brings the opposing sides together.

I’m not gonna lie, I don’t have much faith for the live action, but I do hope I’ll be proven wrong. The way to do that, is for the live action to show me that the change of medium can bring something else to the story. Because the thing about How To Train Your Dragon is, that I think it’s a perfect example of a perfect medium having been picked for a story. Those flying scenes where you feel like you’re flying with the characters wouldn’t have been possible with 2D. And in live action, the bond between Hiccup and Toothless wouldn’t have felt real, because they clearly don’t exist in the same world. 3D animation is the perfect mix of realism and non-realism, for a magical fairytale such as this to exist in.

That’s another thing I’m worried about. How they’ll be able to convince the audience of the relationship between Toothless and Hiccup when one of them is animated and the other isn’t. But that’s to be seen.

But they do need to do something with the story to show that the change in medium was worth it. A shot for shot recreation is just gonna a give a shittier version of the original. But I think there are ways they could manage. They could focus on the contrast between the joyful and the colorful with the more terrifying aspects of the story. To make them compliment each other. Because the dragons, especially Toothless, are scary. Like, there’s a reason why the Nightfury is so feared. That’s an aspect I wish they’d hone on. How terrifying Toothless can be. I mean think about the end battle. All that they threw at that thing, and it barely reacted. And then compare that to just one blast from Toothless. And the way they won, was by using Toothless’ skills against it. Silent, out of sight, and never misses. The only reason the Vikings managed to capture Toothless, is because Hiccup asked him not to hurt his dad.

So if they really use the live action medium, to bring out how terrifying dragons, especially Toothless are, then they’ll be able to showcase just how batshit insane Hiccup is for everything he does. And just how special their bond is.

And in turn, I think it would be great if they did the same for the Vikings. Make them scary, and show the audience why the dragons would fear them.

But yeah. We’ll see. It’s not Disney, so maybe I can have like an ounce more hope, but honestly…ehhh. I really don’t have a lot of faith. I don’t think the live action is necessary, I don’t think they’ll be able to use it to change or enhance anything. But, like I said, I do hope I’ll be proven wrong.

[wakkiwitch]

My favorite screenshot from the live-action HTTYD trailer

I went through the new trailer frame by frame because I wanted to see every detail and I found the frame that intrigues me the most

This is a flock of dragons flying away from a TBD thing, but wait

Those aren't dragons that were in the first movie

[twinsunstars]

im nervous but excited

[thelaughingmerman]

Sick of live action remakes of animated movies that can't justify their existence. Like what is the reason you are making this movie other than 1) money and 2) "live action is more mature"

[notaplaceofhonour]

i think it was a little early to remake HTTYD, especially if they’re just remaking the movies and not going for an entirely different take on the source material