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What exactly is going on here?

Guys, I can’t steer enough how tough it’s been to be on Reddit, or any social media platforms and talk about Shrek 5. Every single time I see people talk about the upcoming film, it’s to criticize the designs of the characters, or the animation or the humor, saying that they somehow “ruined” Shrek or that they “Disney-fied” him or “Illumination-fied” him or that it’s “cringy, brainrot humor” now. All of those things I believe are very deductive and disingenuous. It’s offensive to those who love the works of both those other studios, and it is disrespectful to those working on this film, who must have had long discussions and meetings and experimentations of how to approach the characters this time, when it’s been 17 years since they were last animated for a film. Now look, I do understand that differences of opinions exist, and many of you guys are people who grew up with Shrek and are probably adults now who don’t like it when things you love are changed even slightly, or some of you might even be kids jumping on the hate bandwagon. But this is NOT at all an Ugly Sonic situation where they went with an entirely different design that deviates so much from the original. Shrek, Donkey and Fiona DO fundamentally look the same, no matter how different they look. And for those of you who call ME the rude one or a shill or a bootlicker or any other name to try to put me down, I want you to actually think about this: Is this REALLY down to tastes and opinions, or are you just unwilling to accept that something you loved as a kid is now for a new generation? And are you willing to accept that not everything has to stay EXACTLY the same as when you were kids? Think about it. Let’s just try to have nuanced discussions here rather than saying it looks bad or you’re not gonna watch it. A community like this is supposed to bring people together, not divide us even more over something as simple as how an upcoming movie looks or feels.

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