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Shrek Retold - Full Movie

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2020–2025, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Mentioned as an example of a crowd-made reproduction of a film whose quality varies wildly.

Shrek Retold is a crowdsourced, scene-for-scene remake of Shrek made by over 200 creators, each redoing a short section in their own style.

“The quality is all over the place, in a hilarious way.” (HN, 2025)

2 citations · 1 jokes · Comedy

3 Hacker News comments

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@tristanj Jan 2025 Cites it
on HN thread The Free Movie: Frame-by-frame, handrawn reproduction of "The Bee Movie" (2023)
Shrek Retold [this video] is a similar fan-made reproduction, but it's way more polished. The movie is split into roughly 1min sections, with each one done by a different creator. The quality is all over the place, in a hilarious way. One minute it's produced by a professional animator nailing the scenes, then the next minute it's people goofing around in their backyard.
Polished crowd-made reproduction of Shrek in minute-long sections with wildly varying quality.
@AndyKelley Jul 2025 Makes a joke
on HN thread Zig breaking change – Initial Writergate
I'm definitely looking at the example set by hare with interest[0]. Also unironically love Shrek. I once hosted a viewing party of Shrek Retold[1] in my tiny NYC apartment :D [0] [link] [1] [this video]

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