<r>Hmm, better whip out the old quote tags: <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>From what Dean’s said so far about Grimmel’s being intelligent and cunning, I think the threat of Grimmel will be more than a simply physical one. Of course I’m sure that he presents a certain level of physical threat as well, es...

<t>1. The thing is that, once you add a physical threat (which this movie has in the form of Grimmel), the characters' physical skill sets become very relevant. And if you're removing a physical weakness, their victory suddenly becomes a lot easier. Easier victories simply aren't as interesting as t...

<r>A minor update: DeBlois talked a little about this matter in this interview: <br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.slashfilm.com/dean-deblois-interview-how-to-train-your-dragon-the-hidden-world/2/"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.slashfilm.com/dean-deblois- ... n-world/2/">https://www.slashf...

<r>I found the relevant interview, and yes, it does state that the main plot is set a year after the second movie:<br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.slashfilm.com/dean-deblois-interview-how-to-train-your-dragon-the-hidden-world/"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.slashfilm.com/dean-deblois- .....

<t>Hiccup doesn't look noticeably older (apart from that trailer shot of him with a beard, but I think it's pretty obvious that's chronologically later than the movie's main plot), but the rest of the gang do (Astrid in the trailer, the rest in the publicity shots), so it's reasonable to assume ther...

<t>According to IMDB, Drago is going to be in the movie. I assume that he and Grimmel will wind up being allies in some capacity (possibly only temporarily), if only to keep the plot from getting overly complicated. <br/> <br/> It does raise the question of what their relationship would be, though. ...

<t>First of all, good observation skills, everyone. I'd been too distracted by Toothless going all Thor here to actually notice any of this. <br/> <br/> Overall, I'm really not sure what to think of all this. In principle, I'm against the idea of Toothless flying solo (especially after the brilliant...

<t>So, now that I've been able to sleep on things, I'll give my more detailed thoughts on the trailer.<br/> <br/> The Good<br/> <br/> 1. The visuals are, of course, great. Not that any of us were likely to expect anything less from modern serious animation, or DeBlois in particular, but it's still w...

This is actually a really good, artistic poster. Way better than any HTTYD 2 poster that I can recall, and even better than the better, but still kind of blah, poster we got a little while ago.

<t>I have more thoughts about this than I thought I would have. I was expecting a simple teaser trailer, much like we got for the second film. Instead, we got a trailer with a lot of material. Indeed, far too much for me to go into this late at night. I will say, however, that it is immensely refres...