How to Train Your Dragon (And more news)
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mad_tea_partyNow I know that I might be a little late to the party here, and I'm okay with that. I tend to find things and obsess long after they're popularity has waned. In the case of How to Train Your Dragon, however, I think I can say it's the odd franchise out. Toothless fever has shot up again with the release of How to Train Your Dragon's live-action release.
I have a weird relationship when it comes to live-action remakes. Disney has done so many of them I was actually getting a bit "live action'ed" out. That is until they released the one I was fearing the most, Lilo and Stitch. As it turns out, they did an amazing job with that one. I digress. This is about DreamWorks, not Disney.
Now I will be the first to admit that just like my reactions to Disney remakes, my reaction to How to Train Your Dragon getting a live-action release was mixed at best. Now I've been a fan of the original 2010 animated movie for many years. I have seen it a couple of times, and I absolutely love Toothless and Hiccup.
But the live-action announcement actually made me roll my eyes. I figured DreamWorks was trying to cash in on the mostly successful Disney remakes. And I knew it would probably be a shot for shot remake. The truth is, though the more trailers that came out, the more I fell in love with it. Mom and I went to see it a few weeks after Dad passed. (It released on June 13th in theaters for those who are unaware)
I had been warned about the father/son relatiosnhip. I had friends that were concerned that I wouldn't handle Hiccup and Stoick's relationship in the movie. SO it was probably a good thing, then, when our first attempt to see it was derailed by a technical difficulty on the part of the movie theater. (We were to go see it on opening weekend). We went a few weeks later and brought our friend Annie.
What followed,,,was a growing interest in the rest of the franchise. This is why I say it was part late comer, and part revisiting. Because I had not seen anything past the first movie. My knowledge of the Isle of Berk was this: Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Light Fury. I had no idea about other Riders' names or dragons' names.
The Live action variant took care of that. Now my interest is far beyond Hiccup and Toothless. While they primarly are my favorite characters, I've actually beocme fond of Ruff and Tuff, as well as Snotlout. Now whether this is their animated forms, or the live-action, I can't say. The actors who portrayed these characters didn't stray too far from their animated counterparts as far as characterization. If nothing else, they made them even more likeable. Snotlout was a big surprise for me. But I think my liking of him had more to do with the fact that Gabriel Howell, who plays him in the live action, made him equal parts obnoxious and likeable. Espeically towards the end. The movie also gave more of a motivation as to why he behaved as he did.
So now I've got vikings and dragons in my head. Toothless, Stormfly, Meatlug, Barf and Belch, and Hookfang are just as much characters as their human riders are. Hiccup et al are pretty stuck in there too. And I can't decide if I want to do an AU using one of the tropes I am famous for, or something within the Isle of Berk.
I guess only time will tell. All I know is that I have a lot of ground to cover where that franchise is concerned. Not only did I have to watch HTTYD 2 (did that tonight), and HTTYD: The Hidden World, I also have a few seasons of Dragons to watch. Dragons is the series that was originally on Netflix and that I am now watching on Peacock. Each season has a different subtitle. The first being Dragons: Riders of Berk. The TV series is not purchaseable anywhere. *insert sad face emoji here*. So I am hoping that Peacock has no intention of taking it off, especially with the revival of interest, and i cannot be the only one.
But on to more serious, adulting topics. We are still in limbo for a place to live. It has been absolutely HELL, you guys. We were so close when we were close to moving out of our original home. We had a trailer picked out, and we had rennovations scheduled, we even had an all cash purchase ready. The trailer park declined our application. Had nothing to do with it be 55+ either since i had the documentation proving I am permanently disabled and need to live with Mom. Instead, it had to do with the stupid ass landlord/manager who said what if Mom and Annie got into a fight and she had to move out? How would we make our 4,200 per month. Which we know for a fact is illegal to charge if it's an all cash offer. We should have only had to pay the lot rent.
We are now in the process of applying for a loan. It looks like we are going to get approved. But it has totally been a process. Definitely has not been easy with Mom having a broken ankle. It's healing well, but she still won't be able to drive for a long while. It might put us in a tight spot for RangerStop, but Mom has already promised me she won't make me miss out if for some reason she can't actually join me at the Con.
I have more to say about RangerStop, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. My meds are kicking in and I'm seeing double. Hope you guys enjoyed my fangirl dribble... lol.
I have a weird relationship when it comes to live-action remakes. Disney has done so many of them I was actually getting a bit "live action'ed" out. That is until they released the one I was fearing the most, Lilo and Stitch. As it turns out, they did an amazing job with that one. I digress. This is about DreamWorks, not Disney.
Now I will be the first to admit that just like my reactions to Disney remakes, my reaction to How to Train Your Dragon getting a live-action release was mixed at best. Now I've been a fan of the original 2010 animated movie for many years. I have seen it a couple of times, and I absolutely love Toothless and Hiccup.
But the live-action announcement actually made me roll my eyes. I figured DreamWorks was trying to cash in on the mostly successful Disney remakes. And I knew it would probably be a shot for shot remake. The truth is, though the more trailers that came out, the more I fell in love with it. Mom and I went to see it a few weeks after Dad passed. (It released on June 13th in theaters for those who are unaware)
I had been warned about the father/son relatiosnhip. I had friends that were concerned that I wouldn't handle Hiccup and Stoick's relationship in the movie. SO it was probably a good thing, then, when our first attempt to see it was derailed by a technical difficulty on the part of the movie theater. (We were to go see it on opening weekend). We went a few weeks later and brought our friend Annie.
What followed,,,was a growing interest in the rest of the franchise. This is why I say it was part late comer, and part revisiting. Because I had not seen anything past the first movie. My knowledge of the Isle of Berk was this: Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Light Fury. I had no idea about other Riders' names or dragons' names.
The Live action variant took care of that. Now my interest is far beyond Hiccup and Toothless. While they primarly are my favorite characters, I've actually beocme fond of Ruff and Tuff, as well as Snotlout. Now whether this is their animated forms, or the live-action, I can't say. The actors who portrayed these characters didn't stray too far from their animated counterparts as far as characterization. If nothing else, they made them even more likeable. Snotlout was a big surprise for me. But I think my liking of him had more to do with the fact that Gabriel Howell, who plays him in the live action, made him equal parts obnoxious and likeable. Espeically towards the end. The movie also gave more of a motivation as to why he behaved as he did.
So now I've got vikings and dragons in my head. Toothless, Stormfly, Meatlug, Barf and Belch, and Hookfang are just as much characters as their human riders are. Hiccup et al are pretty stuck in there too. And I can't decide if I want to do an AU using one of the tropes I am famous for, or something within the Isle of Berk.
I guess only time will tell. All I know is that I have a lot of ground to cover where that franchise is concerned. Not only did I have to watch HTTYD 2 (did that tonight), and HTTYD: The Hidden World, I also have a few seasons of Dragons to watch. Dragons is the series that was originally on Netflix and that I am now watching on Peacock. Each season has a different subtitle. The first being Dragons: Riders of Berk. The TV series is not purchaseable anywhere. *insert sad face emoji here*. So I am hoping that Peacock has no intention of taking it off, especially with the revival of interest, and i cannot be the only one.
But on to more serious, adulting topics. We are still in limbo for a place to live. It has been absolutely HELL, you guys. We were so close when we were close to moving out of our original home. We had a trailer picked out, and we had rennovations scheduled, we even had an all cash purchase ready. The trailer park declined our application. Had nothing to do with it be 55+ either since i had the documentation proving I am permanently disabled and need to live with Mom. Instead, it had to do with the stupid ass landlord/manager who said what if Mom and Annie got into a fight and she had to move out? How would we make our 4,200 per month. Which we know for a fact is illegal to charge if it's an all cash offer. We should have only had to pay the lot rent.
We are now in the process of applying for a loan. It looks like we are going to get approved. But it has totally been a process. Definitely has not been easy with Mom having a broken ankle. It's healing well, but she still won't be able to drive for a long while. It might put us in a tight spot for RangerStop, but Mom has already promised me she won't make me miss out if for some reason she can't actually join me at the Con.
I have more to say about RangerStop, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. My meds are kicking in and I'm seeing double. Hope you guys enjoyed my fangirl dribble... lol.
