THIS IS JUST BAD. VERY BAD!
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At least it is not going to be live action. Who knows, though, that is probably around the corner.
Hey you want to smurf you mother smurfing son of a smurf. Goodfellas and Casino would be much better if they said that :)
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Ray,when some asks you if your a God you say YES! - Ghostbusters
Probably they decided to do it through CGI because there aren't studio pictures of actors tinted in blue.
Any ideas of who could be cast in an possible live version?
Reminds me of the SNL skit with smurfs -
"I'm going to smurf every smurf on your smurf!"
"I want you to smurf all over my smurfs!"
An interesting mental exercise: Re-watch "Blue Velvet" and replace every f-word by Dennis Hopper's character with "smurf".
Yeah, I read about it earlier today on Joblo.com. I am completely dumbfounded.
I am not a big fan of the smurfs; in fact, I cannot recall ever watching them when they were popular (the 80's).
That said, I am not offended by someone making this movie. I probably will become so when it starts to get hyped, but for now, who really cares? There are tons of bad (not good bad) children's movies out there and they generally remain below the radar. Two from our collection that come to mind (we did not buy these, they were given as gifts, and I absolutely cringe whenever my 3 yo picks up one and says "this one"):
The Wubulous World of Dr. Seuss
Hello Kitty
A smurf movie can NOT be any worse than these. So, knowing I won't go see it, or buy it (and can hopefully head off any well-meaning relatives giving it as a gift), I really don't care.
Side note: who knew the smurfs were from the '50s? I sure did not.
Ooh ooh! I did
http://www.toonopedia.com/smurfs.htm
I wouldn't mind a Moomintrolls movie...if done right...
I think they should go back and look at the original cartoons from Belgum. They had a satirical edge and was a lot less cutesy as the American version. One of the characters walked around with a sledge hammer and anytime anyone got preachy, this Smurf would beat them over the head with his sledge hammer.
Ozzymandias wrote:
> I think they should go back and look at the original cartoons
> from Belgum. They had a satirical edge and was a lot less
> cutesy as the American version. One of the characters walked
> around with a sledge hammer and anytime anyone got preachy,
> this Smurf would beat them over the head with his sledge
> hammer.
You reckon Groening studied these?
I remember watching some cartoons in my childhood days and thinking, even then, that they were quite bland. They probably were the Hanna-Barbera TV series. I have good memories of the comic books, though.
You have to realize when the Smurfs debuted on American TV there was heavy censorship on Saturday morning TV. The sledge hammer Smurf was obviously wrong.
I have a video of a documentary from Spain about the history of comics. It has the original version of the theme song in French. Hanna-Barberra copied it note from note and (I'm guessing - don't know French) word for word (Complete with 'La La la la la LA'). Over there they are Schroompfs (forgive my spelling) and the word Schroompf is heard throughout. You also hear "evil" voice and a cat's meow, so I guess that is where Gargamel would say "OOOOH I HATE THOSE SMURFS!"
The Smurfs are currently being shown on TV now (I think Cartoon Network or one of those) and my daughter watches them. It's pretty harmless really. I don't think a movie will have much impact on the world as we know it.
Ozzymandias wrote:
> You have to realize when the Smurfs debuted on American TV
> there was heavy censorship on Saturday morning TV. The sledge
> hammer Smurf was obviously wrong.
Not on Adult Swim! They did a murder mystery parody with Smurfs there.
And the Zombie smurfs in Twisted Toyfare Theater...oh, they just lend themselves to so much abuse...
As an Adult I feel a little ill but hey, kids gotta have their movies too. (I just hope I won't have to watch one with any kids in the near future)
I thought I once heard plans for an Alvin and the Chipmunks live action movie. Did any one else hear about that?
Hey, don't you be knockin' the Smurfs! I saw the original Smurf movie in the cinema (I can't even remember how old I was back then, I was that young.) I used to pester my parents for the figurines that were being given out with fast-food meals. I watched the TV series and quite happily sang, 'nah naaaah nana na naaa, Naaa nana na naaaah!'
Smurfs rule. Any village full of Smurfs and only one Smurfette has got to be the scene of some pretty wild times. (Did I just say that???)
Speaking of Moomintrolls, they are very big in Japan and I believe there was a Moomintroll anime at some stage. I really liked the books, maybe the Japanese have done something good with them.
There is, of course, much Hello Kitty anime. It's even available in Australia in the kid's section of DVD stores.
As for Dr Suess, well, those damn sneetches in breeches...
~Archivist~
Speaking of Moomintrolls, they are very big in Japan and I believe there was a Moomintroll anime at some stage. I really liked the books, maybe the Japanese have done something good with them.
I'll have to look for that. My first was "Moominland Midwinter" and I really liked it. "Moominpapa's Memoirs " was a trip!
In French, they are called schtroumf, which by a strange coincidence is the German word for sock. This got turned into Smurf for the international market. In Spain, they are known as pitufos.
On "The Venture Brothers" the Monarch's main henchmen, who are parodies of overzealous fanboys although one of them sounds remarkably like Ray Romano, are always having fanboy style arguments about various shows and movies. In one episode, they are arguing about whether the smurfs are mammals or not citing things like that Papa Smurf has a beard and the other guy countering that since they only have one female they must be insects. That's why I love the VB for putting in stuff like that.
The local Fox affiliate runs reruns of the Smurfs on weekday mornings, and counts it toward their educational/informational requirements since they have the old E/I symbol in the corner. Bit of a stretch as far as I'm concerned.