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Hello everyone and welcome to a new installment of Rise and Fall. In this series, we take a look at movie franchises that used to reign supreme only to hit rock bottom. And today we’re taking a look at yet another animated film franchise that I adored in my childhood, but unfortunately I don’t have the highest opinion of it nowadays. I’m talking of course about the Ice Age franchise. For those of you who don’t know, Ice Age is the flagship franchise of Blue Sky Animation Studios and second only to Shrek when it comes to the title of highest grossing animated film franchise of all time. But in spite of it’s massive success, the series has been experiencing a slump lately in terms of critical and audience reception. Why is that? Well first of all let’s go back all the way to the beginning. The Origin Way back in the 1990’s, Disney was kicking ass and taking names in an era known as the Disney Renaissance, with highly successful animated musicals such as Aladdin and The L

Hey guys. It's a new year and to celebrate, today I'm going to be showcasing a new segment on my blog called "Rise and Fall", in which we take a look at how certain film franchises became one of the biggest in Hollywood only to lose their spark and eventually hit rock bottom.  Now to kick this segment off, I'm going to be looking at a series that I used to love back in my childhood. The series in question is none other than Shrek. Some-BODY once told me For those of you who don't know, Shrek is a series of animated films made by Dreamworks animation studios about about a green ogre named Shrek as he goes on various adventures in a world full of fairytale creatures and characters. It also holds the honor of being the highest grossing animated film franchise of all time with all of the films totaling at over $3 billion worldwide. So with a series that had this much success why would it end up on a segment like this? Well let's start at the ver