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There's another of those multiverse level conflicts going on in the worlds of Dreamworks

A far more chaotic world compared to some others, it's counterpart to the Friends on the Other Side is The Order of Chaos, established by the Greek goddess Eris. Using monsters and various other underlings to spread mayhem and misery, she's able to feed on that conflict and further fuel the war.

Dreamwork's new films (How to Train Your Dragon, Megamind, etc) as well as their new logo are signaling their tone for the new decade. Darker and Edgier with great story and heart. This will cause the rise of Dreamworks and the subsquent fall of Pixar.

Remember in the late 80's when Disney's movies were bombing and Don Bluth's films were sucessful, and how everything went vice versa during the 90's? The same thing is going to happen with Pixar and Dreamworks. Pixar has been the lead for about 15 years now, and Dreamworks has been inferior to them for about the same amount of time. Toy Story 3 is (in this troper's opinion) The strongest and most successful Pixar film, and when you're at the top, there's only one way you can go. Case in point, Pixar's last film is Cars 2, a sequel to their least successful film, which has done even worse by the company's standards. Pixar is also making a Monsters, Inc. sequel or spinoff, which is what took Newt's slot. In 2010, Dreamwork's films have been considerbly darker and more fleshed out, such as in HTTYD and to a lesser extent Shrek 4. This might just signal a role reversal, and Pixar might just reach its low point, its apocalypse; Its Pixar-calypse if you will if Brave doesn't measure up artistically in 2012. Dreamworks might just be on the road to genuinely good movies...

• Considering Cars 2 is Pixar's worst-rated movie, there might be some merit to this.
• It is pretty likely. Their darker and more mature movies (which many of their recent films fit into) have recieved more critical acclaim than their past films.
  • It actually seems to be returning to their old roots where they in fact make Darker and Edgier works such as The Prince of Egypt, Antz, and all those movies (Wallace & Gromit, Monsters Vs. Aliens) before their downfall of pop culture references and Sequelitis (Shark Tale, Madagascar (1 & 2), Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Flushed Away (Your mileage will vary on them).
  • To elaborate: Dark and Edgy (Prince of Egypt, Antz), "misfit" protagonists (Z, Moses, Wallace), attack mature themes (psychology of war, death), surprisingly complex characters; Megamind, HTTYD, Kung Fu Panda all have these said similarities.
• And don't forget the fact that one of Disney's own, Chris Sanders, left the company for Dreamworks due to creative differences much like Don Bluth. Is he the next Don Bluth?

Dreamworks is trying to become known as the animation studio that does right by its female characters.

They know people get annoyed with Pixar for never having a female lead and Disney for being all about its princesses, and are trying to capture that audience. In the last few movies that weren't sequels we've got a movie that's totally on the side of its female leads who are chickified by no one. For instance, Megamind as a fearless reporter who immediately shoots down her Nice Guy and for getting legitimately upset at her love interest for lying to her, How to Train Your Dragon has a tough and clever viking girl who bows to no one, Monsters vs. Aliens has the only superheroine origin movie we're likely to see on the big screen in a long time (even if it's disguised by calling her a "monster"), and the Kung Fu Panda series has yet another tough and smart fighter who also manages to be a catgirl who isn't sexualized, but is no less a Hot Amazon in her own way.

DreamWorks Animation will get better when it merges with its former parent.

DreamWorks Animation's streak of less-than-sound movies began when it was spun off in 2004, and Jeffrey Katzenberg was no longer under Steven Spielberg and David Geffen's supervision. When it merges back with the live-action studio, it will begin making good movies again.

• Dreamworks Animation have proven themselves lately with the Kung Fu Panda franchise and How to Train Your Dragon. Despite this, some people still hold bias against Dreamworks Animation, especially when sequels are involved.

Dreamworks Animation will finish establishing their identity very soon.

Think about it. Different studios tend to be known for different styles and story types. In it's earlier years, Dreamworks was kind of all over the place in those terms. A lot of their earlier films were basically taking elements of the most recent popular Disney film and throwing in some pop culture references. But in more recent years, particularly starting with Shrek, they've been moving away from that and started making movies with a common theme of having unconventional, "misfit" protagonist. Their past few films have had noticably darker themes and moments as well. This has obviously been working for them, since their most recent movies have not only recieved more critical acclaim, but get more money at the box office and leave better impressions of the audience. With their next few movies, Dreamworks Animation will seal the deal on their studio identity: Darker and Edgier movies with non-conventional protagonists, practically the opposite of Disney. This establishment will create more tone consistency in their films, which may contribute to improvement in quality.