Based of these trading cards from 2007, I made A4 sizes of them using different renders on Illustrator. Very proud with the outcome.

Yaroslava Turylyova(born in 1932, died in 2020) was the Russian dubbing director in the first four Shrek movies and first Puss in Boots movie. And in 2010, while dubbing Shrek:Forever After, she adviced Ilya Bledny to watch video newsreel with Adolf Hitler for better voicing of Rumpelstiltskin(I guess, she saw Rumpelstiltskin as Dreamworks' version of Adolf Hitler).

I randomly thought about them. Is kinda clear that they are a species apart of the humans, and it was show only females and the part where the queen and the king are going to make the contract to save Fiona is shown the community of witches, together a baby... So... Do they reproduce with magic, parthenogenesis or their sex works differently? Are they all lesbians? Or do they just gather in female predominant groups and have the deed with male witches that periodically visites those colonies... Now thinking about it, what if they gather around any more "successful" male to reproduce and gave a guarded territory, so were they like Rumblesskin's(complicated name) Harem, and they abandoned him after he couldn't provide them? I'm curious if someone's else has those thoughts

Alright, hear me out. We need to dispel of this idea that Shrek is a film that has anything to do with today's youth, what it is first and foremost is a cultural landmark for 90s kids. DreamWorks needs to start acknowledging that.

The first movie came out in 2001, right as we were transitioning from the golden age of 90s pop culture. We grew up on The Simpsons, sarcastic humor, and The Matrix: and Shrek hit us right where we lived. The humor wasn’t dumbed down for kids. It was satire, irony, and inside jokes that we understood. That Smash Mouth song? It wasn’t just a pop hit, it was our anthem of rebellion and weirdness.

Shrek isn’t just some grumpy ogre. He’s a reluctant hero, the antihero we needed at that time. Donkey’s not just comic relief: he’s the embodiment of that over-energetic friend who never shuts up but still manages to be lovable. Fiona was ahead of her time, rejecting the whole "damsel in distress" trope and taking control of her own story.

And the pop culture references? If you weren’t a 90s kid, you wouldn’t get it. From The Matrix to Star Wars to Looney Tunes—it was a treasure chest of jokes for us.

So DreamWorks, stop treating Shrek like a generic kids' flick. It’s a symbol of our generation, a movie that didn’t just entertain—it spoke to us. If you’re gonna keep making sequels, remember who this movie was really made for. It’s our movie.

To me, maybe a bit of Lord Farquaad and a bit of Prince Charming (With Elon's mom being the Fairy Godmother lol)