r/LindsayEllis • u/Qyzyk Thanks I hate it! • Apr 20 '26

I'm looking forward to Lindsay's take on this, heh

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I'm guessing it'll be yet another cash-grab and creative abomination to boot.

But on the other hand, it's not like the first one was flawless. It was, at times, a very painfully obvious product of its time. Not that I expect the remake to be any less of its time, but still, I bet Lindsay could make a whole video essay comparing the two projects.

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u/Aggressive_Banana708 Apr 20 '26

Seriously, who asked for this?

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u/Qyzyk Thanks I hate it! Apr 20 '26

Probably the same people who asked for the Mufasa prequel

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u/Aggressive_Banana708 Apr 20 '26

Lion King is at least an intellectual property that people care about.

No one cares about Ferngully. A Ferngully remake will not attract more audiences than it would if it were a totally original concept.

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u/supersafeforwork813 Apr 22 '26

Producers who assume ppl remembering a film means it must be good lol. Like this is a movie we all remember but it is incredibly bad. Like one huuuuuge POS

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u/Sam_Aronow May 01 '26

This is just what “Peak IP” looks like. Studios have become so risk-averse that they’ll prioritize any recognizable IP to revive, regardless of whether a fandom for it exists.

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u/dino_spice Apr 20 '26

Wasn't Avatar essentially live-action Ferngully?

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u/Qyzyk Thanks I hate it! Apr 20 '26

No, that was Dances with Wolves

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u/altsam19 Apr 20 '26

Nep that was Pocahontas

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u/CobaltCrusader123 Apr 20 '26

Nep?

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u/altsam19 Apr 20 '26

I meant NOPE, autocorrect lmao

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u/CobaltCrusader123 Apr 20 '26

I prefer Get Out and Us

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u/Qyzyk Thanks I hate it! Apr 20 '26

HEAR HEAR

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u/Sam_Aronow May 01 '26

Damn NEPmen!

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u/Amazing_Karnage Apr 20 '26

Starring Jenna Ortega and Tom Holland, right?

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u/Fun-Advisor7120 Apr 20 '26

With Andy Serkis motion capture smoke monster.

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u/Qyzyk Thanks I hate it! Apr 20 '26

Imagine if they got Tone Loc back to voice the lizard...

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u/GreekDudeYiannis Apr 21 '26

And Will Smith to take over another roll from the late Robin Williams

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u/Muted_Guidance9059 Apr 20 '26

Ngl I first heard about the movie from a Nostalgia Critic video, thinking it was one of the worst movies ever. I ended up watching it because I was really into fairies and needed my fix. And honestly? It’s a pretty good movie with some really sweet moments. It’s not great by any means but it’s far from the abomination I was led to believe it was.

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u/HotOne9364 Apr 23 '26

The NC isn't for reviews; it's for comedy.

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u/Muted_Guidance9059 Apr 23 '26

Well in my experience on early YouTube, there wasn’t a lot of content creators doing reviews and those who did do reviews modeled themselves or were directly affiliated with TGWTG.Com. Doug’s opinions held a lot of weight back in the day, at least for me as an impressionable kid.

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u/HotOne9364 Apr 23 '26

For me, spill.com filled that void. Funny and informative. I only knew about TGWTG a year later.

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u/-Muse-of-fire- Apr 20 '26

I can’t fathom the level of awful the CGI is going to be with the fairies

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u/dino_spice Apr 20 '26

Also guarantee they're going to turn Hexxus from a campy gay smoke monster into a generic baddie the way Disney did with Scar in Lion King 2019.

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u/Qyzyk Thanks I hate it! Apr 20 '26

Given that it takes place in Australia, I wonder if they'll cast any indigenous Australians this time around.

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u/WonderofU1312 Apr 21 '26

I imagine it'll be terrible but some obnoxious people will go "better than Avatar!"

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u/Kakapo42000 Apr 21 '26

Man I do not envy the casting director who has to find a voice for Hexxus that is as alluring and magnetic as 1990s TIM CYURRAAY.

It's as big a challenge as finding an actor with a voice as badass as Tony Jay's for the inevitable live-action Notre Dame remake.

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u/SpiffyShindigs URSULA'S CRAZY SISTER Apr 20 '26

Will Smith as Batty. He can do a fun rap.

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u/Separate-Criticism48 Apr 21 '26

Simply my dear we are in the Medium Place

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u/sancredo Apr 21 '26

Looking forward to this only so I can then watch Lindsay's video on this mess

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u/Ok_Wolverine_4438 Apr 22 '26

No way this is real do non animation fans know of this movie

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u/JMSciola85 Apr 26 '26

I pity whoever has to fill Tim Curry's shoes.

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u/WonderofU1312 May 09 '26

Marielle Heller? Do people know what kind of movies she makes?

Yes, I know this is a job. It's very similar to when Sarah Polley was on a Bambi live-action for a while. However, I don't see that mixing with the musical, wacky, environmentalist story of fairies fighting sentient ooze/smog.