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Live Action How to Train Your Dragon

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  I don't know about the rest of you, but after seeing a "Behind the scenes" first look at the live action How to Train Your Dragon , I am actually looking forward to seeing it in theaters. I know pretty much everyone thinks that live action remakes are just a cheap cash-grab. After all, Disney did it first when no one asked for them (or wanted them, for that matter). But here's the thing: DreamWorks is NOT Disney. Unpopular opinion: DreamWorks, I dare say, is better than Disney...at least when it comes to sequels. Therefore, I'm excitedly curious and hopeful to see if they do just as good with a live-action remake as they do with their sequels. Plus, the original director of the animated How to Train Your Dragon  film is also directing the live-action version. So that's also cause for hopefulness and optimism. Plus, anyone who knows me pretty much knows that I'm all "Shut up and take my money" when it comes to the HTTYD franchise!

Blackout

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  "Darkness Falls!" Blackout hails from the Realm of Dreams, where the collective imagination of all the creatures in the universe come together to create beautiful wonders...and terrible nightmares. At a young age, he was recruited to the Dark Stygian - a dragon clan whose chief responsibility was to create nightmares for evil creatures as a way to discourage them from doing more villainy. But the clan began to abuse their power, and soon spread nightmares far and wide for its own amusement. But Blackout would not stand for it. So he learned to teleport directly into the nightmares the clan created and fought the creatures within. Eventually, the nightmares reached as far as Master Eon, who witnessed Blackout's courage within his own dreams. After helping him put a stop to the Dark Stygian, Eon then made Blackout a Skylander, serving as the protector of the Realm of Dreams and beyond!

The Best Air Dragon Skylander: Blades

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  There were two dragon-like Skylanders belonging to the Air Element I could choose from: Blades or Whilrwind. While I do really like Whirlwind a lot, I went with Blades as my favorite dragon from the Air Element for a couple of reasons. And before the feminists on the Internet slam me for not choosing a female Air dragon Skylander, I did not choose Blades simply because he's a male. I chose Blades as my favorite because, first of all, he has the best powers/abilities that can get me further in the game while taking the least amount of damage. While Whirlwind has some pretty bad-ass powers herself, they're not the best when it comes to keeping enemies at bay in battle. I love Whirlwind, I think she's awesome, but Whirlwind tends to take more damage from enemies while fighting. I just think Blades is a tad bit better in battle than Whirlwind is. Also, Blades is purely dragon, while Whirlwind is half-dragon and half-unicorn. So in terms of being more dragon-like, the win goes...