Spoiler alert! Here's a video of Dean DeBlois giving a short description of what happens in How to Train Your Dragon 2, and two of its new characters: Valka and Drago Bludvist.
It's nothing readers of this site haven't heard before, just in a little more detail.
Thanks to j-lo1996 for getting this on tape and to oneill5491 for finding the full interview!
It's nothing readers of this site haven't heard before, just in a little more detail.
Thanks to j-lo1996 for getting this on tape and to oneill5491 for finding the full interview!
This raises just as many questions as it answers. Who abducted her and why did she never return to her family despite evidently getting free at some point? That's actually one of my biggest concerns with the plot elements we have so far. She's not looking like a villain, so I'll be interested to see if they can give her a backstory that doesn't strain believability while simultaneously keeping her a sympathetic character (read: doesn't make it look lie she abandoned Hiccup and Stoick).
ReplyDeleteI chose a good time to stall around on the Grapevine! XD
ReplyDeleteI was so happy that I happened to walk into living room and catch this on. I had to grab a video of this. I do have some theories a lot like I have been seeing people post since it came on TV. I agree with a lot of the theories that KentuckyWildcat as said. Where did she go, who abducted her, how did she get away? That's a lot of the questions that I have been seeing. Thanks so much for putting my video out there for more dragon lovers to see!!!<3
ReplyDeleteI see, it wasn't the worst idea to wake up 7 am in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI need an alarm clock which rings every time news appear here. XD
Did anyone realized that there is a new poster behind DeBlois? I found this pic on twitter.
ReplyDeleteHey hey hey that's the one which was behind them when they demonstrated motion capture for Obama!
ReplyDeletethis is a nice video
ReplyDeleteAnother new poster (I think it is new).
ReplyDeleteLooks like Barf and Belch will turn into orange.
I hope it is ok when I inundate this site with pictures. xD
Hmm, maybe it is the same room.
ReplyDeletei wish i had long hair like Astrid D:
ReplyDeleteI had a fun idea. And I'm sure I'm not the first. But I went out and took a photograph and put Hiccup and Toothless in it.
ReplyDeleteomg i watched it because i'm in the usa today so i was frecking out last night!
ReplyDeleteI was concerned that she might have chosen to run away from her family for a piss-poor reason like doing it for the good of dragons (above family?) which I really would have been up in arms about.
ReplyDeletei think hiccup and astrid are getting married!
ReplyDeleteAbducted?! Woah! I can't wait!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I wouldn't have had a problem with that as such. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few and all that, and at least it would explain why she never went back to Berk. Unlike with the current story, which makes no sense.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to meet Dean in person in April ajhgzdgsjdccg :D
ReplyDeleteWow! What a nice surprise to wake up to! Awesome video! Abducted huh? Sounds interesting....Who, or what, would do that? Can't wait to find out! :D
ReplyDelete... Is it because of the last line? Where Dean DeBlois said that Stoick also wants Hiccup to deal with the 'internal that did sounds like an adult job'?
ReplyDeleteABDUCTED BY STOICK
ReplyDeleteWait, what ? How ?
ReplyDeleteI think he said she was abducted when Hiccup was still a baby in a cradle. What I'm wondering is why she never came back...
ReplyDeleteI still can't get over the idea a mother would abandon her son, even for a greater cause. I don't think they're going there, though, hopefully.
ReplyDeleteWhat doesn't fell right ?
ReplyDeleteTake me with you plz.
ReplyDeleteOk so Valka get abducted at anearly age. maybe by berk . And taken as a prisoner of war. and that is when stoick falls in love with her.
ReplyDeleteVery good, but i am not speak english :)
ReplyDeleteI want newt wallpaper!
ReplyDelete1. All we know is that she was abducted, nothing else, so there could be a lot of plot twist possibilities to explain the rest. As much as I would like to know, I'll wait and see.
ReplyDelete2. Dragon training is not necessarily in Hiccup or Valka's blood. Hiccup learned. Maybe Valka learned too, a little like Tarzan had to learn how to live like gorillas. OK, what a coincidence, right, mother and son. Maybe not. I like to think they share the same open-minded spirit, the little spark of a difference that can change the world
3. antonym to love ? what do you mean by that ?
4. I have to agree. The character should come first. The actor, his or her gestures and voice are valuable additions, but character building is not a copy of a living person. They're unique, as we all are.
Awesome !! Dunno why, but now I have the idea to try that with a picture of a town !
ReplyDeleteWe went to see the LEGO movie, and saw the first Dragons 2 trailer... believe me if you will, but although I've seen it so many times on my computer... to see it on the big screen... I was overwhelmed, overjoyed, with an urge to scream out loud.... How old does that make me inside, I wonder ?.... well I don't care much. Only a little concerned how on earth will I take the whole movie ?? Ah the waiting alone can bring such intense feelings.... I've never felt that before.
ReplyDeleteI know. how am I going to sit through the movie if I scream out loud during the eps. I may have to duck tape my mouth shut XD
ReplyDeletemabe in a flash back
ReplyDeletewhen I saw this I was like ahhhhhhhhhhhhhakgckagcfaycfkckycjsfskhdvcvd!!!!!!!(I may have jumped on my bed :)
ReplyDeleteHey mycove, do you have a fanfiction account under the same name? Because someone favored my story under mycove. If it is you, then Thanks.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she knew the dragons needed her more and that Hiccup was in good hands.
ReplyDeleteCould be ! Which story is it again ? (sorry there are so many !)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, ever since the end of DoB, I have many ideas blossoming about Stoick/Hiccup/Alvin (ok, the idea of dagur being Hiccup's brother was weird !.. but... I like it still), but I've never written fanfics before and I would need an alpha reader/co-writer to check my English.
Imagine how strange the people would look at you when you are in the cinema and Hiccup says "This is Berk.." at the beginning and you burst into tears after the first 10 seconds of the movie.
ReplyDeleteThat will definitely happen when I'm going to see the movie. XD
Alot of people seem to be mad that we got this information, as it raises more questions. If you feel that way, that's too bad I guess. But its not like they're gonna abandon the subject in the movie, so the questions WILL be answered.
ReplyDeleteYou just gotta.. Well... Wait for the movie! :)
They are both amazing on the big screen! I saw the teaser when I went to see Monster's University, and the full trailer when I saw the Hobbit and Frozen. :D
ReplyDeleteExcept, when I saw Frozen, there were only front row seats left. So when the trailer came on (even though it wasn't in 3D) I flinched a ton of times, being so close to the screen. XD
But who wouldn't? Especially when your two favorite characters in the world are towering above you. :)
The stories called 'The Legend of Scale' and I don't have a beta reader either, I have to check my own work. Which cause for a few misspellings and grammar error, but oh well.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can figure this out for me too completely....
ReplyDeleteWell said my friend !
ReplyDeleteI'm not a native English speaker, but if you like, I can be your reader, I like spelling and grammar, though I'd be better in French of course ! :-)
ReplyDeleteHey that's cool! I definitely want to see it if you'll make it!
ReplyDeleteSure, if you want. I'm still new to the site and would have to figure out how to send the chapters to you.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how long it's been out, but I just checked the HTTYD website, and this was in the wallpapers!
ReplyDeleteWeird though, I don't think I left a review, yet I know I read it quickly and was planning to get back to it later. Oh never mind. If you're still here, take down this address, I'll delete it afterwards : [email protected]
ReplyDeleteAlright, you can take it down now I think I got :)
ReplyDeleteI have seen that trailer twice on big screen, and both times, well it's difficult to explain, but I wouldn't have been surprised if I melted on my chair.
ReplyDeleteDone !
ReplyDeleteWhat has Dreamworks done to us ??? I really wish we could be fans together at the movies, it would be so much more fun !
ReplyDeleteIf she knew Stoick, she should have guessed the difficulties he would have raising his son on his own. Surely he would be safer in the village than with her wandering, but still....
ReplyDeleteI sent you an email to see if it worked.
ReplyDeleteI already know which town I would choose, I'm a little like Jay Baruchel here, rooted to my hometown... but I don't have Photoshop anymore, I'll have to figure a way.
ReplyDeleteYep it would be absolutely awesome. I wonder if those guys who work with Dragons ever read this site. I'd like to hear their comments
ReplyDeleteYeah, me too ! I hope they drop by from time to time and think about what they've done ! :-)
ReplyDeleteSure ! I'll have to check that later though, I'll be back !
ReplyDeleteI did this with Paint and PowerPoint, it's slow but works...
ReplyDeleteWell, we just gotta wait to find out! :D
ReplyDelete!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI soooooooo want this poster. Seriously, more than any of the others, this one is fabulous. Toothless and Hiccup just chilling together. Gah, so sweet!
ReplyDeleteSo Valka was abducted... but why didn't she come back? Fascinating! I assume Stoick really does believe that she has died, but then she has seems to have stayed with the dragons rather than returning home... chose them over her family. Ouch. I wonder how they will explore that dynamic in the second film because when Hiccup meets his mom in the books, it isn't a "big ol' wuv fest".
ReplyDeleteI sent you something on fanftiction. I might be able to send you chapters through the site itself, I think it'll be quicker and easier.
ReplyDeleteNora Helmer
ReplyDeleteShe dies like Spock, too, and Hiccup does the Khan scream.
ReplyDeletePeople! I have a problem! I've used every positive adjective I know on this site so many times that it begins to feel stupid. I need more of them. But I believe that dragons deserve every one of those words.
ReplyDeletelucky me (when it's about this subject), I am probably the worst person on showing feelings, I'm pretty much a stoneface :I
ReplyDeleteI could read them too, and check after grammatical errors, since I am from Sweden and don't have a life...
ReplyDeleteGamers tend to have a lot better english than normal people, although I think most people here plays games :x
but it's always good with a second reader, and I have way too much free time on my hands -.-
Actually, you have no idea how many times I've been thinking, how really very extraordinarily awesome it would be.
ReplyDeletewrite down all the adjectives you've used and I'll help you figure out more :P
ReplyDeleteAny of this in original and high quality?
ReplyDeleteSometimes my mom says I have no heart. But when I saw the trailer, I was dozing on the inside. I just looked really quiet, that's just because I didn't want to miss anything!
ReplyDeletePerhaps I will... I'm just too lazy now. And by the way, you're from Sweden? Great, hello, I'm from Finland. We have to study Swedish in here and I like it. Exept damn your noun inflection :)
ReplyDeletelast time I cried was when I were 9 years old, and that was because one of my friends accidentally dropped a brick on my head when we were playing around on school, and I am 17 now...
ReplyDeleteMy picture's kinda blurry, but look XP there's a dragon in my yard!
ReplyDeletehahaha, thats great :P
ReplyDeleteand we are born at the same year too, so that's also we have something in common :)
Yaaay
ReplyDeletedo you play any instruments? :3
ReplyDeleteOh yes violin, and a little piano
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, I just realized.. If Valka was abducted when Hiccup was a baby, maybe we'll get a flashback scene of baby Hiccup!!!!!! :D
ReplyDeleteCool! Hello fellow violin player! :D
ReplyDeleteYou too? Hello hello!
ReplyDeleteYes! :D
ReplyDeletethen we can make an orchestra!
ReplyDeleteI play guitar, piano, drums, harmonica, and I actually played flute when I was a not-that-understandable-about-what's-seen-as-feminine-and-masculine 6 years old dork :P
probably not, dreamworks isn't much for flashbacks... :)
ReplyDeleteNow here it comes again, my lack of adjectives. But great! Let's play something awesome
ReplyDeleteHmm.. thats true. But they did it for Madagascar 2.
ReplyDeleteI have started practicing on "This is Berk" at the piano, you should too, but with violin :P
ReplyDeleteHey cool! What key?
ReplyDeleteI think it's played in G, this is probably wrong answer, I haven't played piano that much xD
ReplyDeleteMore the merrier! You have a fanfiction account?
ReplyDeleteGood, I can make my little sister to play the cello!
ReplyDeletehaha, nice :D
ReplyDeletenope, I can make one though :P
ReplyDeleteI have one now, username is NightshadeFromSweden
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to stop you. Tell me your pen name once you do :D
ReplyDeleteif you didn't get my last message I can write it again :P
ReplyDeleteNightshadeFromSweden
I'm normaly like that, but when I see dragons, I can't abstain myself. X)
ReplyDeleteAs well as Madagascar 3, Kung Fu Panda (both the first and second films), Rise of the Guardians, Puss in Boots, Megamind, and Shark Tale.
ReplyDeleteSo excited!
ReplyDeletemy body pretty much remade my feelings-center in the brain into a adrenalinecapsule :>
ReplyDeleteActually, DreamWorks have done several flashback scenes. They did one in Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar 2, Puss in Boots, and Kung Fu Panda 2 as well. I think we actually might get a flashback :D
ReplyDeleteAlright, thank you :D I'm going to get off now, my laptop is starting to over heat D:
ReplyDeletehaha, okay :P
ReplyDeleteLegend of the Boneknapper, anyone? :)
ReplyDeletealso Bork the Bold~
Awesome!
ReplyDeleteI can take a look at your story, too, I think I'll be able to help a little.
ReplyDeleteI have this pictures big in bigger quality :)
ReplyDeleteAbducted?... Who? And why?
ReplyDeleteThx the better quality :)
And the cute poster of Hiccup and Toothless behind Deblois :D
ReplyDeleteI really hope so! I'd love to see what happened, plus, we could see baby Hiccup :'3
ReplyDeleteI think about that often also, how would it feel like to watch it with people who actually understand and share our love for this franchise? :)
ReplyDeleteTotally happening, my sister will probably get slapped and punched in the face a few times, and I will also have a heart attack right at the beginning when the Dreamworks logo comes on, because why wouldn't I have a heart attack? How long have we been waiting! XD
ReplyDeleteI was like that also, I started jumping around the room and doing impossible stunts after I watched it at least two times :P
ReplyDeleteUmmm... HOW? WHY? TAKE ME WITH YOU!
ReplyDeleteWhat would I do if I saw that? Probably die of happiness XD
ReplyDeleteAdorable<3 I love Toothless' face!
ReplyDeleteMake A Wish
ReplyDeleteI know!!! He'd be so adorable :'D
ReplyDeleteI knew there was some, but I was drawing a blank. XD
ReplyDeleteHey guys, today I made an awesome pizza and l laid "DRAGON" made of shrimps on it. At first I wanted "DRAGONS 2" but there wasn't enough place. :/
ReplyDeleteI hope you can read it.
XD thats pretty awesome! Looks good also! :P
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if I will survive it. It weighs 2.9kg.
ReplyDeletewill i'm not sure why my heart is sad it feels werid
ReplyDelete?! Well thats a big pizza XD I want some!
ReplyDeleteI would totally make a pizza like that and give it out to people at the movie theater XD
ReplyDeleteWe can always dream...
ReplyDeleteJust a question, how can a 9 year old survive a brick to the head?
ReplyDeleteMake dragon cupcakes also XD Everyone at the theater needs to have dessert x3
ReplyDeleteHave you guys seen this poster yet?
ReplyDeleteCan I read your story? Ever since Cast Out Part 2 I've been dying to read a Hiccup/Stoic/Alvin fanfiction, and the only reason I haven't written one is because I need to write about 5 other stories. Not a beta reader or anything, but still and experienced fanfiction browser. Send me a PM. It's the same account Scorpion6955.
ReplyDeleteWhich poster?
ReplyDeleteYeah, good hands-- ... "You are not a Viking ... You're not my son." Banished and disowned in one sentence, only Stoic can do that.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you assume that?
ReplyDeleteAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :) I just can't wait. Yes most of us knew this stuff already but he made it even more exciting
ReplyDeleteUnless she was abducted from Berk, you know being ripped away from her son and husband. Dean didn't mention how, why, where and by whom she was abducted.
ReplyDeleteI would totally do that. I love baking. The cupcakes will have icing colours that relates to the dragons and will have some that are red with orangy-yellow DRAGONS on them :D
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping so
ReplyDeleteOr Dragsert XD
ReplyDeleteDon't forget little Astrid in Fright of Passage :)
ReplyDeleteHello fellow :), I got curious, how long have you played?
ReplyDeleteI have been playing for 4 years. How long have you been playing? :D
ReplyDeleteYes!! I should totally do that one day.. :)
ReplyDeleteQuite long, about 10 years. It'd be nice to hear you play!
ReplyDeleteXD And why don't we add some Ruff/Tuff cream with that? XD
ReplyDeleteHey. You. It would be nice to hear you play too.
ReplyDeleteMy theory is that she couldn't return home because she knew dragons were a threat to her family and vise-verse and she knew she couldn't send word back because she didn't want to risk putting them in danger and she could only hope that one day dragons and vikings will be friends.
ReplyDeleteI've seen it on the big screen three/four times now (Turbo, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs2, Frozen-I think- and Lego) and each time I freaked out way more than the little kids there did :) and I'm proud of it. Ha and I was like the oldest from the 5-18 age range too
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a long time compared to 4.. XD It would be nice to hear you play too! :)
ReplyDeleteSo coooool !!!
ReplyDeletemy friend's brother in-law thinks we should have a party before the 2nd movie comes out. If he was serious when he told us that I'm totally making cupcakes. Or a cake with Toothless ;)
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh yes XD
ReplyDeleteOh Dean, WHY must you tease us so! :D Not that it's a bad thing, just say'n.
ReplyDeleteWhat I love most about this interview is the way Chris and Dean talk about how they never truly intended this to be solely a children's film. They wanted it to be one that everyone could relate to: one that would make adults feel like children and children feel like adults. In my own hubmble opinion, I do think it's most special to those who were 14-16 when the first film came out, for a lot of reasons. At that time, we could relate to the story of a quirky teenage boy trying to figure out how to be comfortable in his own skin, and now as 19-20 year olds, we can relate to an adventure seeking young adult who feels tied down by what others expect him to do with his life. But even while this series hits it's target audience right in the perfect spot, it does not fail to give everyone in the audience, no matter what age or stage of life their in, something to learn from and relate to. It's true: this movie is for EVERYONE: toddlers, tweens, teens, middle-aged, adults, parents, elderly--no one is excluded. That doesn't happen everyday, and that's what makes HTTYD so very special.
Lucky! I'd love to have Toothless cake :D
ReplyDeleteWell now you mentioned it... I actually recorded Romantic Flight a while ago. I can put the link here: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=C6C96567870E42C4&id=C6C96567870E42C4%21184&v=3
ReplyDeleteGuys! don't forget Yacknog or Yack Milk (what ever seems more convenient at the time)
ReplyDeleteTotally! I just imagine older Astrid walking around in the theater offering yaknog, then sadly going to ask Hiccup why no one wants some of her ''delicious'' yaknog XD
ReplyDeleteThis keeps getting better. XD
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to my comment?
ReplyDeletehaha and Hiccup is nervous and trying to be so nice about it with out hurting her feelings :)
ReplyDeleteAh cool thanks for the tip !
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how I'd make it haha
ReplyDeleteMaybe disqus is taking a second to load. It does that sometimes and comments don't appear.
ReplyDeleteI put a link in it and it disappeared? Not fair
ReplyDeleteJust like, Um yeah, they are soo mean, your yaknog is like the best thing ever. Then Astrid would be like, really? Here! Have an extra large mug!
ReplyDeleteHe drinks some but this time she doesn't run away and he has to swallow it in front of her XD
ReplyDeleteYes!! this^ although I'm in the 18-20 age range but I do turn 19 this year so yeah. I was just starting high school when the first one came out. My last four years have involved me making httyd jokes to my friends and them happily putting up with my love of httyd. :) wow. I can't believe HTTYD came out so long ago now...
ReplyDeletePoor Hiccup, that is suicide right there XD But he would do anything not to hurt Astrid's feelings, I don't doubt that :)
ReplyDeleteOh, then IcelandicEel has to make sure its not spam first, then it will be up.
ReplyDeleteOk, so either I'm not insane, or we all are... except I'm much more than 18, so somehow have to try and behave... not sure I'll be able to when I see the movie though ! *singing "let it go"*
ReplyDeleteAnd when he swallows it he makes a slight face and Astrid asks if something is wrong and he's all um... needs a little more... something sweet....?
ReplyDeleteJust a normal cake with black icing XD Then do the eyes in green icing, that sounds easier to say than to do though XD
ReplyDeleteOkay I try again, because i did record something a while again. Now please stupid link work. https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=C6C96567870E42C4&id=C6C96567870E42C4%21184&v=3
ReplyDeleteOMGRR that's brilliant!!! All this time I've been thinking of making an elaborate cake like fully shaped and everything and I never thought to do something so simple! (which isn't normal because I am a very simple minded person)
ReplyDeleteThen the next day she comes back with sweeter yaknog and asks him to try it, I can just imagine Hiccup's face of terror XD
ReplyDeleteYes, but as somebody (don't remember who, sorry) said, she looked free when she meets Hiccup again. Oh well, we'll know eventually !
ReplyDeletelinks don't always work. Instead of doing . put (dot) in brackets so it'll look like www(dot)howtotrainyourdragon(dot)com
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, now I think i'll make a Toothless cake too someday :)
ReplyDeleteOh sure, great ! I'm glad you asked ! It's not ready yet, so be patient ! Thanks !
ReplyDeletehaha and this time when he does he takes the tiniest sip ever but makes it look like he took a much bigger. one
ReplyDeleteOkay. I try again. Because I actually recorded something a while ago. This is not a link but if you just copy it, it should work: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=C6C96567870E42C4&id=C6C96567870E42C4%21184&v=3
ReplyDeleteJust get everyone who bakes together for a Toothless cake bake off :)
ReplyDeleteXD Then for the rest of their life Astrid makes yaknog very often, and Hiccup has to put up with it every. single. time. X3
ReplyDeleteXD That would be awesome!!
ReplyDeletehaha that's okay, my mom really wants to see it with me and she's always replaying the music from the trailer and Forbidden Friendship so me, her and my friends will probably all just be very excited the day it comes out :)
ReplyDeleteaw poor HIccup haha He'll secretly feed it to either Sharpshot or Astrid's terror when she's not looking. :)
ReplyDeleteXD Then the dragons would probably run as far away of Berk as possible because it must be so disgusting that even the dragons can't stand it xd
ReplyDeletehaha and Astrid will be so confused.
ReplyDeleteA little off topic, do you know if we can send messages right to each other's profiles on Disqus?
I have no idea..
ReplyDeleteYou changed your name! I was scrolling through the comments and I was like, who is that? XD
ReplyDeleteOkay, well I just wondered because I kind of had this idea for like a roleplay type thing, involving dragons a little, on a site called Twigwriters,
ReplyDeletehaha yeah I had typed Dragons quickly once when I was on my ipod and decided to go into detail on it more :)
ReplyDeleteDon't forget fish for the dragons!!! Just no eels. >.<
ReplyDeleteXD I can see that
ReplyDeleteunless we have typhoomarangs there
ReplyDeleteGuys, you know in the trailer? When there's a trap and it takes a Nadder and a Gronkle captive? Is it just me or is it Stormfly and Meatlug.
ReplyDeleteCould be
ReplyDeleteThat's great ! Thanks !
ReplyDeleteSeriously? I'm going to Watch the deleted scenes again! :D
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