Oh for fucks sake, they made Zelda a girl. Tired of this gender swapping woke shit. /s
this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2026
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Don't worry. They already confirmed they'll do reshoots with Chris Pratt as Zelda.
Her name is Link, I'll have you know.
And the page is bugged. I keep clicking on the Link to like and subscribe but it does nothing.
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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.
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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If Link doesn't say "excuuuuuuuse me, princess" at least once, I will demand my money back.
ooh childhood cartoon flashbacks
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.
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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I really hope Link is going to break some pots.
They really really need this in the movie. Or it's not a Zelda movie.
Also he needs to get attacked by a cloud of cuckoos.
wait wait link gets really high and scene cut to a bunch of pottery breaking sounds
Wtf is this absolutely cursed image.
i dunno the dog looks high to me when you give him a beard
That dog looks high even without the beard 😂
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Its going to take a lot of work to turn all that footage into pixel art.
Get Joel Haver to help rotoscoping it. And keep in all the fucked up artifacting because the tech isn't perfect.
I hope they used Link’s lines from OoT, I think it’s some of the best writing they have ever done
“Well HYAAAA me, Princess.”
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?
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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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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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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Still wish we got Hunter Schafer cast as Zelda.
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.
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.
What movie is that?
DREDD (2012)
The more modern Judge Dredd movie.
Mainly features Karl Urban's chin, as Judge Dredd.
He never takes off the helmet. Before Hollywood had even discovered Pedro Pascal / Mando.
Its essentially a near perfect action movie.
Not really meaningful commentary on society, arguably is copaganda...
... but it is a very competent 'dumb' action movie, punctuated with extreme violence and one-liner quips, actually does have decent characters and even some character development!
Well thats going on my to-watch list, right at the top there.
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And now they need a few years in the special effects department to apply the classical 8bit charm.
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