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Shrek Retold - Full Movie

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comedy · general · evergreen · 2020–2025 on HN

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.

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

3 comments from Hacker News

@AndyKelley2025-07 · in “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

@tristanj2025-01 · in “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.

@aaron-santos2020-09 · in “Update on YouTube copyright dispute over guitar tutorials [video]”

In the book analogy it's closer to transcribing an audio book. In the film analogy, it's closer to Shrek Retold[1](ignoring parody). [1] Shrek Retold ▶ this video