Not everything has the potential to be a billion dollar franchise. If they could keep the budget down to 40-50 million they might be able to pull a decent haul from families and animation enthusiasts, but changing the style too much to maximize demographics may alienate what currently makes the movies popular.
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This is going to be so much fun.
Are there still Lego shows? Last I remember was Chima.
Death is a companion. We should cherish Death as we cherish Life.
There’s the traditionally animated Monkie Kid show. That manner of animation could be tried for a new flavor on subsequent LEGO movies, though it’s extremely rare to see handdrawn animated movies in wide release these days.
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Having seen both the Ninjago film and the Ninjago TV show, the movie is prolly the worst aspects/version of the story in a sense.
The movie starts in media reis with all the ninjas being longtime teammates and already having their wild gadgets and mechs. The show at least introduces you to the setting and built up the more extravagant aspects of the mech suits.
And the movie hyperfocuses on Lloyd's relationship with Garmaddon at the expense of everything else. Even when the show made it clear Lloyd is the green ninja, the other ninjas still maintained relevance with their own focus and characters. The biggest example is the fact Zane being a robot is a kept in the film, which while it was a major reveal for the character in the show, in the movie it goes completely unmentioned.
It wound up being weirdly too insular and too different to appeal to either movie viewers or Tv viewers. I mean if you happen to be a fan of the show you prolly aren't going to appreciate how Kai, Zane, Kole, Jay, and Nya all get done dirty in the film.
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And claymation/stop motion movies tend to do kind of poorly in the theatre.
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