Pretty much. About a year ago the company came out in the open about their financial woes since they're dependent on investors. Guardians of the North, Turbo, and Mr. Peabody and Sherman all disappointed, so I'm not surprised they're hitting the panic button.
Then they should at least focus on making the next Kung Fu Panda movies good or something. Don't go back to fucking Shrek.
Looking for some stories?I never cared much for the first Shrek even when it was new and fresh (for the record, I was about nine years old at the time). The only Shrek movie that I consider genuinely good on its own merits is the second one - and I mean that both in terms of story and comedy.
I think it's worth questioning if a movie can truly be considered "classic" if its appeal lies almost entirely in subverting contemporary trends, any more than than it would be classic by bowing to all contemporary trends. Isn't that a way just as sure to become irrelevant immediately, once the trends it's subverting are no longer a thing?
edited 16th Sep '14 9:41:46 AM by DrDougsh
I guess this isn't the final fantasy tale.
Eh?
Eh?
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes![]()
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To be fair, the Fractured Fairy Tale isn't a new thing. I think it could survive on its own merits as simply a parody of fairy tales.
After all, Airplane is still a very funny film long after the disaster movie craze died off.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
Not a huge fan of Airplane!, personally, but yeah, I guess you may have a point. Still... even without the context of it being a parody, Airplane! is still one of the epitomes of eminently quotable gag-a-minute wackiness turned Up To Eleven. The first Shrek, if you remove it from the context of the typical animated features at the time, is actually kind of surprisingly... subdued, especially for a franchise that's become so famous/infamous for pioneering this style of don't-give-a-hoot comedy at all costs.
edited 16th Sep '14 1:51:03 PM by DrDougsh
My sister was actually watching the first Shrek the other day (on VHS, no less!). I think it holds up surprisingly well. It helps that I can understand most of the jokes now.
A Shrek 5?
Why would Dreamworks want to do that? I personally think that the Shrek Franchise had pretty much ended with Shrek Forever After since all the story lines were wrapped up in that movie. So, I don't see the need for a fifth Shrek movie, unless they have a completely new story line for the characters.
I love animation, TV, movies, YOU NAME IT!@ Scott Pilgrim I've actually had the DVD longer than the VHS. I only got the VHS about a month ago when I started to get into collecting VHS tapes.
Throughout last month, I've gotten:
Aladdin (1993 Black Diamonds Classics version)
Back to the Future Trilogy (1994 for Part 1, 1990 for sequels)
Batman Returns (with Mask of the Phantasm on its way)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (2001 release of 1969 movie)
A Bug's Life (original 1999 release with Heimlich on cover)
Chicken Run (2005? VHS release)
Monsters Inc (2002 VHS release)
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Widescreen Collector's Edition (2000)
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002 VHS)
Star Wars Trilogy THX Remastered Edition (1995 release)
Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition Limited Edition Collector's Set (1997)
Stuart Little (2001? VHS release)
Titanic (1998 release)
Toy Story (2000 Gold Classics Collection rerelease
Toy Story 2 (2000 release)
And that's added onto:
Alien (1984 VHS)
Aliens (1987 VHS)
Batman (1989 VHS)
Beauty and the Beast (1992 Black Diamond Classics release)
Hercules (1998 Masterpiece Collection release)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1997 Masterpiece Collection release)
The Lion King (1995 Masterpiece Collection release)
Mulan (1999 Masterpiece Collection release)
The Rugrats Movie (1999 VHS)
Tarzan (2000 VHS)
AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!Better yet, why not a story centered around the babies? Shrek and Fiona's kids train and ride on the baby Dronkies and even have Our-club-is-better-than-yours challenges with those kitten bandits in Puss' short movie...
Yeah, fuck it.
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Shrek is indeed life, at least for Dreamworks.