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Death to the Live-Action Remake
The worst symptoms of Hollywood conglomerates
Picture this. You’re sitting in a movie theater. Hand deep and buttery in a bucket of popcorn. Soda fizzling in your mouth. The orchestra swells as you watch a young boy learn how to ride a dragon. And it’s… 2025?
Deja Vu, right? Because what you’re watching (or probably watching) is a scene for scene remake of a movie you’ve seen before; How to Train Your Dragon, which will have a live-action remake premiering in June 2025.
The latest in what is looking to become an unbearably long run in live-action remakes has been met with its fair share of controversy. From the kid who plays Hiccup not looking scrawny enough to conversations about race in remakes, there is already a lot of talk around the new How to Train Your Dragon.
But I’m not here to talk about any of that. I don’t care. Because the movie should not exist.
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