To My Dear Lieutenant

 

New Blog

Hi all!

I wanted to let you know that I am going to be running a new blog that focuses more on media criticism and analysis. I don't fancy myself an expert on this by any means, but I would love to give my perspective on a broader array of stories and topics.

I have a first post that explains my mentality behind media criticism, but I also wanted to explain why I am not doing this here on my original blog.

This blog is very personal. It was a place I used primarily to celebrate the story I loved, HTTYD. Because of that, this blog isn't really focused on criticism. It is very positive, and I usually just didn't discuss the elements of stories that I thought weren't great. 

This new blog will give me a platform to discuss stories I love as well as ones I feel fall short. I do not intend for this new blog to replace this one. For specifically HTTYD stuff, it will probably still show up here. For personal nerd stuff, it will probably show up here! I do not know if I will be successful at posting here often like I used to, but I do still have a place for this blog in my heart, so I am not abandoning it!

So, as for warnings, the new blog will cover some media and films that are definitely more mature than HTTYD. Ha. I may also be more negative and critical in my analysis than I usually am here. But if you are interested in seeing my critiques and analysis, please feel free to give the new blog a shot.

https://usertoothless.blogspot.com/

HTTYD in Live Action: Part 2

 

Onto my second point of concern regarding the HTTYD live-action remake (and live-action remakes as a whole). These remakes are made to bank off and profit directly from the original. Many of them depend on the audience fondly remembering the original story and use that nostalgia to blind the viewer and prevent them from looking critically at this new adaptation.

HTTYD in Live Action

 

About a month ago, news began to brew about a live-action project in development for the Dragons franchise. Since then it seems to have been confirmed that HTTYD will be getting a live-action remake helmed by Dean Deblois. I'm going to give my thoughts on this news, so click through to read more.

Back from the dead! (At least for a bit!)

 

Well, this blog has been dead for ages. Honestly, a big part of me wishes I would've ended it on my post, "There Were Dragons When I Was a Boy". That would have been a beautiful bow to tie on this blog and an amazing era of my life. If you are still reading (which would surprise me! Hi!), then I'd like to fill you in on two things:

1) Why I've been gone so long

2) Why I am back

Click through to see the post in full

26!

Well, I turned 26 today! Quite the odd age... I'm still about 4 years away from the end of HTTYD3 Hiccup or Roy Mustang, but I can wait.

Close To You (Happy Birthday Toothlesslove!)

Happy Birthday Toothlesslove! Wow, already this time of year again... time both flies and crawls. Anyway, I wanted to make you a gift... and I was on a very strict schedule so I wasn't able to put in as many hours as I had hoped I could. Still... I hope you like it! I'll post a Bday message free version down bellow as well as talk a little bit about my thought process while doing this art piece.