You know, there's a lot of similarities between the Ice Age movies and the Shrek movies. A lot.
Let's compare the characters...
Anti-social male main character who likes to be left alone- Shrek and Manny
Serious sidekick who is originally an enemy (and also get a love interest in the later movies)- Puss and Diego
Lovable (?), stupid and foolish sidekick- Donkey and Sid
Main Character's love interest who is playful and young (also main character dislikes them at first)- Fiona and Ellie
So, as you see, the characters are pretty much the same. Just with different names and faces.
There are some plot similarities, too.
Foolish sidekick follows main character around against his will and causes problems for main character.
Main character gets into fight with love interest and then realizes how much he misses her and yadda yadda
So all I'm saying is that it wouldn't hurt them to introduce some original characters...with more depth.
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