• minorkeys@lemmy.worldBanned
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    18 days ago

    How much we want to bet the first big budget live action movie from the Zelda franchise will not feature Link as the main character or hero but will put the princess as the hero, main protagonist and will have to save Link from himself at some point?

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      18 days ago

      I think that’s pretty unlikely, Link is the iconic Zelda character. It’s more likely they will go down the direction of making the two co-leads who meet early in the film and go on an adventure together to save Hyrule. I don’t think the old trope of “hero saves the princess”, or the modern reverse of that, will be a central part of the plot.

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            17 days ago

            You said it’s unlikely but the article has Zelda as a protagonist, suggesting it’s quite likely.

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              17 days ago

              A film can have more than one protagonist. It’s actually very common to have co-leads.

              EDIT: Maybe you haven’t been following this film at all, but the singular photo in this article was from a much earlier photo shoot that had the two leads standing side-by-side. It’s not an indication that Zelda is the sole main character of the film.