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DreamWorks animator Daniel Hashimoto has made home videos of his son seem like riveting scenes from action movies — from his three-year-old James picking out a toy in a toy store that turns into a lightsaber to the youngster blasting off into outer space at a McDonald’s PlayPlace. According to Daniel Hashimoto’s description of his YouTube channel [Action Movie Kid](https://www.youtube.com/user/theActionMovieKid), the enhanced scenes are supposed to be reminders that “life is an adventure.” (h/t [_The Huffington Post_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/27/dad-toddler-action-movies-%5Fn%5F5043133.html)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/41624/dreamworks-animator-turns-home-videos-of-his-son-into-action-movies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/41624/dreamworks-animator-turns-home-videos-of-his-son-into-action-movies/"},"headline":"DreamWorks Animator Turns Home Videos of His Son Into Action Movies","datePublished":"2014-03-28T15:55:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:17.349Z","description":"To remind us that \"life is an adventure\"","url":"https://time.com/41624/dreamworks-animator-turns-home-videos-of-his-son-into-action-movies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Family","Good News"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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