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...wow. That looks like a smurfing piece of smurf.

Jesus christ

bla bla my childhood bla bla, who cares

I always thought The Smurfs was a boring cartoon, I changed the channel whenever it came on. Can't really tell anything from a teaser like this, but then I had no plans to bother with this movie anyway.

Same. Hated the cartoon, no interest in this movie. I hope it buys some parents a couple hours of peace.

I'm going to wait until at least the full trailer to actually pass judgement. Sony Animation hasn't done me wrong yet. I loved Open Seaon and Surf's Up, and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs was possibly even greater. I trust them.

The Lovely Boner said:

bla bla my childhood bla bla, who cares

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Doesn't matter if you grew up on them or not. It still looks like a totally shitty movie.

i don't see any 'movie' in which to base judgement that it is a shitty movie in that teaser. at best it's possibly a shitty idea for a movie.

i dislike teasers, greatly.

Unfortunately, the Fraggle Rock movie will apparently have the same plot, of the Fraggles being thrown out into the modern world, away from Fraggle Rock.

escushion said:

Unfortunately, the Fraggle Rock movie will apparently have the same plot, of the Fraggles being thrown out into the modern world, away from Fraggle Rock.

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Well, technically that's not too far from the old show, as the whole thing starts with Gobo's uncle going out to the human world (and comes back to it repeatedly). Regardless though, if it's a Muppet movie it'll still be leagues better than a Smurfs movie I would think.

By the way, here's an image of Hank Azaria, all dressed up to play Gargamel in the film.

I dunno why, but now I really want to see this movie.

Poor Neil Patrick Harris, he looked bored. Never saw the cartoon, and harbor zero interest in this.

CynicismKills;401579][QUOTE=escushion said:

Unfortunately, the Fraggle Rock movie will apparently have the same plot, of the Fraggles being thrown out into the modern world, away from Fraggle Rock.

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Well, technically that's not too far from the old show, as the whole thing starts with Gobo's uncle going out to the human world (and comes back to it repeatedly). Regardless though, if it's a Muppet movie it'll still be leagues better than a Smurfs movie I would think.[/QUOTE]

The movie looks like it's going to be an absolute waste of time. Now I grew up with the Smurfs. It's something I watched EVERY Saturday as a kid. I loved em. My third birthday cake was a big Pappa Smurf cake.

But this isn't the Smurfs. This is just another excuse to take a pop culture icon and throw them into an "adapting to modern-day" plot. Rocky and Bullwinkle did it, Garfield did it, Marmaduke is fucking doing it (and he's not even supposed to talk), but at LEAST those films have one thing to their advantage. They aren't characters from a Fantasy setting. Oh I can't WAIT to find out how they explain that change. Based on the fact that Hank Azaria is prancing around in the lamest costume I've ever seen, it seems likely that somehow he and the smurfs have been zapped out of the most cartoony fantasy setting ever and found themselves in reality central (Which I think WAS the plot of Rocky and Bullwinkle). Either that or there is some kind of time-travel involved which would be fine cause it worked out so well for the Beastmaster right? Heck. Maybe they're from another part of the galaxy and they just hitched a ride from He-Man when he came by to fuck with the 80's.
I understand that for a "movie" you have to go EPIC. You make a feature length episode and I'm going to wonder what the hell I'm paying for that I couldn't see on Saturday morning.

Now Fragglerock on the other hand: Now someone has already pointed out that one of the elements that Fraggle Rock used in the show was their connection to a modern reality. It seems fair to assume that going "EPIC" in a Fragglerock movie should in some way involve them leaving their world for ours. The last few seasons even hinted at this becoming ever more likely as they developed a relationship with the old man who ran the shop above their caves.
The trailer will give me a better idea how that idea will be implemented, but for now I'm willing to give Henson the benefit of the doubt.

But Smurfs? Fuck the Smurfs.

They could have done a medieval fantasy film with the smurfs in their natural setting... U_U

This teaser says almost nothing and I already don't like what little it has said.

From IMDB summary: When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.

Enchanted did it better.

Boo, but I don't really care. Hollywood, like Washington very rarely gets it right.

Why NY? They ought to pop up in The Hague. Bring Gargamel up on Ethnic Cleansing Charges.

Wow. I don't know what the movie is going to be like but thats a terrible teaser.

escushion said:

Unfortunately, the Fraggle Rock movie will apparently have the same plot, of the Fraggles being thrown out into the modern world, away from Fraggle Rock.

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That's all they can ever do with these fucking movies. Remember the Rocky and Bullwinkel movie?

I'd facepalm but I fear I would cave my face in out of the sheer bum-fucked stupidity of that "trailer".

I suppose it goes without saying I am not interested in this. Looks contrived, bland, and pointless. Just like the cartoon. Kids will love it.

Just because a film is made for children it doesn't mean you have to dumb it down. It'd be nice if all kid's movies took note of Pixar films. You can write a great story that appeals to all ages. I wonder how in the world some of these projects get approved (Garfield, Marmaduke, etc.) Did anyone read the script before the production started? Regarding the Smurf's I am in agreement with the prior posters, never was a big fan of the cartoon so really don't have a desire to see the movie (although they are not targeting my age demographic so maybe I should just shut the hell up and let the five year olds rock out to Smurfs.)

Could be worse.

I saw that trailer today while I was at work on lunch. The other guy who had called it up is a film student and I watched it sorta around his shoulder. We sat stock-still through the entire thing. When it was over, we still did not move for another few moments. Eventually, one word was spoken:

"Wow."

Ladies and gentlemen (and everyone else), I absolutely cannot tell you how disappointed I am with that trailer. Not merely the trailer itself, but the absolute waste of time and effort it portends. I've seen Azaria's costume already. I'm actually kind of impressed. I think he could really pull it off. He's no Paul Winchell*, but he could have done the role justice. But right now it looks like he's going to be the only reason to see the movie at all. This looks like a disaster of Inspector Gadget proportions.

--Patrick

*Seriously, who was? Not only was he a Saturday morning fixture as a voice actor, but he was also the first person to patent an artificial heart, fer cryin' out loud.

Mentioning Inspector Gadget reminds me, how the movies based on these shows feel the need to make things different. I understand that a movie needs to be bigger, but taking it out of its element is unnecessary and might as well be a completely different product.

I'm trying to think of movies done right, which kept the spirit of their show while also making the whole thing bigger and more cinematic (unlike the movies based on shows like He-Man and My Little Pony, which as mentioned earlier in the thread, were like longer episodes) and all I can think of are The Simpsons Movie and The Spongebob Squarepants Movie.

I suppose TMNT qualifies as a film the successfully kept the spirit of the show (or concept) and gave it an epic story, and still works as a good film.

escushion said:

Mentioning Inspector Gadget reminds me, how the movies based on these shows feel the need to make things different. I understand that a movie needs to be bigger, but taking it out of its element is unnecessary and might as well be a completely different product.

I'm trying to think of movies done right, which kept the spirit of their show while also making the whole thing bigger and more cinematic (unlike the movies based on shows like He-Man and My Little Pony, which as mentioned earlier in the thread, were like longer episodes) and all I can think of are The Simpsons Movie and The Spongebob Squarepants Movie.

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The SpongeBob movie was awesomely hilarious. Spongebob's always had an undercurrent of intelligent humor despite being a silly kid's show, and the movie took that even further. This looks like crap.

Shawnacy said:

I suppose TMNT qualifies as a film the successfully kept the spirit of the show (or concept) and gave it an epic story, and still works as a good film.

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The original live movies did a great job as well, even if the third one was rancid balls.

CynicismKills;402437][QUOTE=Shawnacy said:

I suppose TMNT qualifies as a film the successfully kept the spirit of the show (or concept) and gave it an epic story, and still works as a good film.

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The original live movies did a great job as well, even if the third one was rancid balls.[/QUOTE]

I thought he did mean the live-action movies and just didn't feel like typing out the whole title.

escushion;402441][QUOTE=CynicismKills;402437][QUOTE=Shawnacy said:

I suppose TMNT qualifies as a film the successfully kept the spirit of the show (or concept) and gave it an epic story, and still works as a good film.

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The original live movies did a great job as well, even if the third one was rancid balls.[/QUOTE]

I thought he did mean the live-action movies and just didn't feel like typing out the whole title.[/QUOTE]

Maybe. Still though, the animated one wasn't too bad.

Story-wise, each of the Turtles movies were pretty shitty and recycled the same B-plot 3 out of the 4 times. But Secret of the Ooze is awesomely cheesy, if not steeped in nostalgia. The CGI-movie was a decent kid's movie...the story was lame but it was great to see the Turtles back in action, and looking pretty slick. And, even though they've done the Ralph/Leo fight, Ralph (okay, in this case Leo) gets caught thing before, it was badass and gorgeous this time around.

Kinda sucks they're jump starting the Turtles live action series again, since I was hoping there'd be another sequel to the CGI one. Loved the nod to the old films at the end

Oh wait...Smurfs. Yeah this looks like more garbage.

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like Turtles Back In Time garbage.

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And now I feel like this thread needs more Funke.



I just blue myself.

I was referring to the animated TMNT. I enjoyed the first live action movies okay, but I think the animated movie better depicted them.

Jigglymuff said:

Today in depressing remake news: Live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot gets writer* | Film | Newswire | The A.V. Club

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Eeeeeegh.

Amorous Eyes;402532][QUOTE=Jigglymuff said:

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Neat. I guess? Zero info yet so hard to tell [/QUOTE]

Those movies he's worked on were awful.

I'm afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run if you will, so I'm afraid I have something of a mess on my hands.

I repost this from the comments of one of Kris' recent chainsawsuit comics.

When I watched the trailer, I thought it was a pretty funny joke someone talented was making about Hollywood.

Then I started getting a bad feeling, like when you're at a urinal shitting pee out of your wafflecone like crazy and start to realize you've got to leak a poop, too. Then I guess I realized it was an actual trailer. I'm not even angry about it -- all of my energy has been drowned away in a flood of world-weary disgust.

I feel like Rorschach, like if the Smurf movie was screaming and called up for me to save it, I would just mutter "No" and watch it drown in blood and shit. It can't make me care about it. Not anymore.

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That sounds about right.

--Patrick

Amorous Eyes;402641][QUOTE=CynicismKills;402613][QUOTE=Amorous Eyes;402532][QUOTE=Jigglymuff said:

Today in depressing remake news: Live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot gets writer* | Film | Newswire | The A.V. Club

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Neat. I guess? Zero info yet so hard to tell [/QUOTE]

Those movies he's worked on were awful.[/QUOTE]

He also wrote Crossroads which is a cult classic.[/QUOTE]

I haven't seen that, so I can't say anything. However, apparently Michael Bay is producing.

Crossroads the Britney Spears movie?

Jigglymuff said:

Crossroads the Britney Spears movie?

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Nah, I imdb'd the guy and it's a late 80's movie with Ralph Macchio. Something about him playing guitar and an old black mentor going on a trip.

Oh. Well, it's a Turtles movie so I doubt whoever writing it is going to have much clout. Though, a Turtles reboot with the Coens at the helm..........

After reading some of the old Turtles comics (which they'd never use as a basis, sadly) I'd love to see Christopher Nolan handle them.

If Nolan did it, they'd end up being normal humans in masks who are concerned about the mutagenic carcinogens in the environment.

DANDELIONS!

Didn't James Cameron do a smurfs movie last year?

It was more true to the original, I think.