User blog comment:Dual Energon/What I think makes HTTYD 2 the supremely better movie./@comment-24018437-20151113155518/@comment-24018437-20151127215944

Yeah, uhm...The country was split up, their sovereignity was taken away, a giant wall was build throughout Berlin, intruders who wanted to cross the border to find a better life or visit family where shot on sight, roads were blocked so food couldn't reach the people...I think that qualifies as harsh.

Scars are often a sign you fought in battle. So scars equals exsperience, in many of those cultures. Plus, you can brag about how you got it. Also, a culture can be violent and peacefull at the same time. The Berkians enjoy violent and dangerous sports and enjoy combat to an extent, but they're not war-hungry.

Its not something you hear about often. But do some research, and you'll quickly find out that it is true they wanted to surrender. They kept fighting because they hadn't officially surrendered yet. A history book is often a bit biased. As the expression goes, 'history is a story written by the winners of the fight'. I found plenty of history books of my own country, and even I can see when they're just covering up stuff. I think that surrendering is the most logical option because, like I said, Japan couldn't fight anymore. They had nothing left. They had virtually already been defeated. The bombing sped things up, but that was all it did.

If you're talking about the current situation, then...Yeah, of course not. I'm referring to after 9/11. Some people thought that attacking all of Iraq was a good idea, while some smart people knew that attacking the entire country was a very bad, and even illogical, action. The people who used to keep order in Iraq are long dead by now, because they have been killed by either the US or the terrorists. The US only realized much later their mistake. Besides, to the soldiers, every Middle-Eastern person was a terrorist. Wether you were an Al-Quida Terrorist, Iraqi soldier, garbage man or goat farmer, you were killed anyway. Even women and children were fired upon, sometimes for no reason. Xenophobia is a powerful weapon.

Revenge is the wrong reason because it doesn't solve anything in the end. A person taking revenge on another person can work. An entire country...That's how racism, xenophobia, predujices, stereotypes and future wars and attacks come into existence. If you attack another country, that country wants revenge. You pretty much get a cycle of war. Infact, if Hitler had been practical and hadn't attacked the Sovjiet-Union or US, he probably would have won the war. The US originally didn't want to be involved because they didn't see it as their business. And Hitler originally made an alliance with Stalin! There was no real, practial reason to drag those into the war. And Hitler paid for it in the end, as that cost him the war. And I think we should be grateful Hitler made that huge strategic and militaristic blunder.

Oh, geez. I wonder why people think badly of Hitler...Maybe because he murdered political opponents to gain power? Because he was a power-hungry backstabber that betrayed his allies and broke treaties? Because he was needlessly cruel and made laws that promoted discrimination and racism? That all happpened BEFORE the war! He would order his men to line up random civillains against a wall and force their loved one's to watch as they were shot to death. Not during a battle, but even after the country was qonquered, to show people who in charge. He would order the kidnapping of large groups of men that would be treated as cattle and transported to Germany to work as slaves in the cold. And what about the Holocaust of Jews, black people, homosexuals and (mentally) handicapped people? If kids had't been involved, was forcing all those people into work camps, experiment rooms and gas chambers justice, simply because of things that were out of their control?

Attacking some of those countries sometimes didn't even make sense from a strategic point of view. It just costed Hitler more soldiers, more time and more resources. It spreaded his troops greatly and once those countries started fighting back once they were liberated...Yeah, the end result wasn't pretty. Those countries wanted revenge. Many of those countries still hate Germans, even though it was decades ago.

That is up to debate, if your morals are the same as the villain. And besides, a black-and-white war is virtualy non-existent in real life. There are heroes and villains on both sides, but one side is rarely the good one or the bad one. This is real life, and not some fantasy battle from an epic novel.

In all honesty, I think they're more tribes. They're just off-screen, because they have no relations with Berk. I do think you should look at the Movie!Universe as its own franchise, and not as an adaption to the book. Its not a perfect adaption of the book, and was never meant to be either. I suggest you look at it for what it is, instead of what you want it to be. That's what I always do in situations like that, unless its meant to be a true adaption.

There was one scene, at the beginning after Hiccup destroyed the village. While the other teens sneered at Hiccup, she just looked at him with a sad expression.

We never actually see them hurting someone, untill they get Barf and Belch. And even then, we actually do get to either see or hear they were punished for it. And yeah, I side with a fictional bunch of Vikings in a CGI-Movie. How horrible of me. You, on the other hand, claim that one of the biggest dictators, mass murderers, backstabbers, slavers and racists in known history was a hero untill kids landed on his victim list. Speaks a volume of words about what kind of person you are.

The show is about those two, so I don't blame the show for having many episodes about them. And I personally think that an unspoken bond is much stronger. We see that Hiccup and Toothless form a strong bond in the first film and the second one as well, alwithout any dialougue. It feels a lot more emotional and stronger in my opinion. Its even seen (Though to a much lesser extand) for the bonds between Fishlegs and Meatlug, and Snotlout and Hookfang. So that isn't really an argument against dragons not talking. The franchise has proven it can show a friendship without words. They just didn't (Or at least haven't yet) done it for Astrid and Stormfly. And yeah, Snotlout didn't change much. His bond with Hookfang grew stronger and he stopped hitting on Astrid, and that's about it.

Like I said, the season isn't over yet. We're probably going to see more of those. And I honestly would love it as well if an episode like that came out. I actually heard they're gonna do it.

Would you honestly wanna see really everything? And I mean, REALLY EVERYTHING?