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[–] 180 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Oh for fucks sake, they made Zelda a girl. Tired of this gender swapping woke shit. /s

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    [–] 74 points 5 months ago* (12 children)

    As much as I want this to be good, I have a strong feeling it's gonna be mid at best. Not a great director, screenwriters aren't hitting, they have only released two actors names, and the producer is a mixed bag. I'm really hoping they can pull it out... but I'm definitely gonna keep my expectations low.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I think mid is the best we can hope for. The only way it comes out great is it they go weird with it and tell a story like Majora's Mask. By all accounts it looks like we're going to get a Breath of the Wild type story, which is safe and fine but as a film isn't anything above mid.

    I'm hoping they tell a weird story.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    So Mario Movie 2.5 then in terms of quality.

    I really hope Eiji Aonuma was consulted for this. But nah, Miyamoto will have his whole liver-spotted hand in the pie and the story will be a total afterthought. Another "point-and-oooooh-I-know-that-thing!" movie.

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    [–] 62 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    If Link doesn't say "excuuuuuuuse me, princess" at least once, I will demand my money back.

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  • [–] 34 points 5 months ago (9 children)

    Uh, given the recent spate of ... Nintendo movies... and fantasy shows... and the fact that Link is a silent protagonist (aside of basically grunts and exclamations of various emotional tones)...

    I really don't see any possible way this could be good.

    Brought to you by the director of 'Maze Runner', which currently has ~66% critic and user review score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago*

    Now you are going to start a nerdy discussion whether Link really can't talk, doesn't want or like to talk or does indeed talk, even though not directly shown usually in the games.

    There is plenty of reason to assume that he actually can talk fine, it was just omitted for convenience or immersion in the games. It was implied often by the dialogues thoughout various games.

    Official mangas show him talking, dialogue options, or that e.g. Zelda learns Links name when asking him in OoT imply this as well.

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    [–] 29 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I hope they used Link’s lines from OoT, I think it’s some of the best writing they have ever done

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  • [–] 27 points 5 months ago (17 children)

    Anyone else feel like the time for this was 2008? Circa Twilight Princess? Fans were clamoring for a movie back then because the games hit peak "cinematic" around that time, TP directly references events of OoT, it feels like a continuity, a single story.

    Now? They've done so much with the franchise that it's become a paint color like Star Wars. Is there an appetite for it like there was 20 years ago?

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    There's arguably a larger appetite now, the popularity of the Switch has brought the series to a massive new audience. I understand your point though, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword were really the peak of the linear, story-driven epics. The newer games have moved away from that formula a bit. I suspect this first film (there will be more if it is well received) will tell a very classic Zelda story that references many core elements of the series (similar to the first Mario film).

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    There's more appetite now than ever before. Over the half the total sales of the series are BOTW and TOTK. There's a whole generation of fans for whom this era is the definitive era of Legend of Zelda.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    That's kind of my point. in BOTW and TOTK, the story is thin on the ground.

    Literally. It's thin, and it's on the ground.

    I've watched streamers who played BOTW first then play earlier games, and reacted with surprise at how much lore was in them.

    I don't see it failing, sheer force of brand recognition will fill theaters. I'm just not sure they'll get anything good done.

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    [–] 21 points 5 months ago* (11 children)

    Maybe they've cast Jack Black as Ganondorf lol

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    His Bowser was the best part of the animated movie.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Was it? I've found Jack Black annoying in everything he's ever done. I do not understand the hype people have for him.

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    [–] 15 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    I really hope Link is going to break some pots.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

    wait wait link gets really high and scene cut to a bunch of pottery breaking sounds

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    [–] 13 points 5 months ago (13 children)

    Still wish we got Hunter Schafer cast as Zelda.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago* (8 children)

    Casting a girl as Zelda? When will the woke mob stop gender swapping characters??

    Next thing you know, they'll cast Margot Robbie as Metroid. Smh my head.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

    I know you're joking, but I'm not.

    No no no.

    Not her.

    Not Margot Robie.

    ... Her.

    Olivia Thrilby.

    It's only fitting for her to get a movie where she's the one behind a helmet this time.

    Tell me she would not be a perfect fit as Samus.

    You can't.

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    [–] 13 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Should’ve just hired studio ghibli to animate a beautiful and poignant anime adaptation. Might be okay. Likely gonna be garbage.

    The Netflix one pice gives me hope but also that in itself is pretty cringy campy nonsense at the end of the day (but incredibly well done).

    Just waiting for the line delivered in a fake English accent more or less to the tune of “you’re a legend… Zelda!”

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    [–] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Its going to take a lot of work to turn all that footage into pixel art.

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    [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm expecting a mediocre movie that's an enjoyable watch, but ultimately forgettable. Same as the Mario movies.

    I'm expecting Zelda will play just as large of a role in the film as Link.

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    [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I hope its better than the last 2 mario movies. They were OK for my son, but I would recommend them for anyone but kids that are mario fans. This could be a crowd pleaser if done right.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    People seem to be confused about why they thought this is a good idea, but to me this is expected.

    I don't follow what Miyamoto does much, but based on what I heard (like Chris Pratt Mario...) I feel he's a showoff who probably wants ANY live-action movie of a Nintendo IP because it'd be cool. Zelda is the best one to qualify, maybe Metroid or Xenoblade (both of which are way less popular). They even tried more realism back with Twilight Princess.

    I actually expect it'll be more or less like the Mario movie again, an unimpressive but solid success.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    I would love a Metroid film, but one that takes its cues from Moon where Samus is basically alone, but she has some kind of JARVIS-like companion with which to speak. Just big, abandoned spaces, punctuated by action set pieces.

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