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[Matt_]

how can you argue that having a black alpha is bad when the film is about toothless, an adorable black dragon?
like i dont even understand

 

[Prophet Steve]

no body complained about the only black guy in the movie and he is the bad guy? same thing with black alpha?

This is the age kids get idea of fear and things and this movie promoted same shit.

.....okay.

 

[Boss Doggie]

bad guy is always bad guy because he did bad things. in this case i have not seen the movie yet but just saw scenes it is so bad the sterotypical villnary appearance.

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anyway drago the character is not black, and the Alpha Dragon isn't even black at all, toothless is far blacker

 

[sportzhead]

Just watched this recently, and I thought it wasn't even in the same league as the first one. I loved the first movie. This one was so predicable and I just found myself bored throughout. And it sucks that the only non white person in the film is the bad guy. He doesn't fit into the world they created at all. The movie did look amazing though.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

What did the trailers spoil?

 

[RangersFan]

Finally watched it. I cried...

Fuck Toy Story 3 for beating HTTYD and fuck the Oscars if HTTYD2 doesn't win this year.

 

[StoneFox]

What did the trailers spoil?

A key character reveal.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

A key character reveal.

The

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mom?

 

[StoneFox]

The

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mom?

Yes, it disappointed a lot of people that they already knew the reveal going in. Spoiled the moment.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Yes, it disappointed a lot of people that they already knew the reveal going in. Spoiled the moment.

Ah, that's a bummer. I'm glad I didn't watch the trailers.

 

[Atraveller]

Just watched this recently, and I thought it wasn't even in the same league as the first one. I loved the first movie. This one was so predicable and I just found myself bored throughout. And it sucks that the only non white person in the film is the bad guy. He doesn't fit into the world they created at all. The movie did look amazing though.

It's set somewhere around Scandinavia, what did you expect?

 

[sportzhead]

It's set somewhere around Scandinavia, what did you expect?

What? I would expect the bad guy to look like he came from the same area then. The bad guy is the only character in the movie to have darker skin, different hair texture, and a different accent. And the movie features no back story about where he came from.

 

[speedpop]

What? I would expect the bad guy to look like he came from the same area then. The bad guy is the only character in the movie to have darker skin, different hair texture, and a different accent. And the movie features no back story about where he came from.

Maybe he's a pissed off guy from the Middle East exacting revenge for a member of the Varangian Guard killing his father/mother/sibling/cousin during the Byzantine era. He's so tormented by the loss that his only solution is to wipe out the peoples who supplied such a bodyguard system.

 

[Atraveller]

What? I would expect the bad guy to look like he came from the same area then. The bad guy is the only character in the movie to have darker skin, different hair texture, and a different accent. And the movie features no back story about where he came from.

From HTTYD wiki:

According to the How to Train your Dragon Art Book, Drago was designed to look as racially ambiguous as possible and from a land far from the Vikings of Berk. His appearance had several influences from different countries and cultures, his clothing was based of Slavic origin, while his actual physical appearance was based of people from the Mediterranean and northern Africa.

 

[sportzhead]

From HTTYD wiki:

So they admit to just making him ethnic for the hell of it. No wonder the characters is so out of place.

 

[Wafflecakes]

Ugh. Was just reading that the last film isn't scheduled until 2019...

The gap is absurd. Killing any momentum they ever wanted to build.

 

[Livingskeletons]

Ugh. Was just reading that the last film isn't scheduled until 2019...

The gap is absurd. Killing any momentum they ever wanted to build.

Is Powell still composing?

 

[MineralCraver420]

I am worried that the animation for How To Train Your Dragon 3 will be downgraded because Universal tends to prefer lower budget films that bring in a big profit.

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And that's assuming they don't mess up the plot.

 

[Wafflecakes]

Is Powell still composing?

Last I heard in 2015 yes, but we have had little to no recent news.

I am worried that the animation for How To Train Your Dragon 3 will be downgraded because Universal tends to prefer lower budget films that bring in a big profit.

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And that's assuming they don't mess up the plot.

I am concerned about this as well. Illumination films always feel cheap looking to me.

I was riding on the hope that they were already deep enough in development that it wouldn't make much difference, but with the delay (film was originally scheduled for last year) I bet that they haven't even starting most of the effects work.

 

[autumnleaf]

I click this thread and see people saying Drago is a black guy and the film is racist? What on Earth.

 

[Wafflecakes]

I click this thread and see people saying Drago is a black guy and the film is racist? What on Earth.

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[Xiaoki]

Ugh. Was just reading that the last film isn't scheduled until 2019...

The gap is absurd. Killing any momentum they ever wanted to build.

Sounds about right

These movies take a while and Dreamworks has had a bunch of other animated movies since HTTYD2.