Sweet Jesus.
And I thought Hollywood re-making Underdog was scraping the bottom of the barrel. What’s next, a live-action version of My Little Pony? (Attention movie producers: That was a rhetorical question, not a request) I would be completely disgusted by this, except that I’m moving into the age group where most of my friends have children, and I’ve come to realize these movies are a magic formula that produces boffo box office:
Recycled Generation X/Y kid’s toy concept + CGI + B-Grade live action actors / 90 minutes = HUGE MONDO CASH MONEY
For more, see Transformers, Inspector Gadget, Casper, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and, you know, etcetera.
Still: Jason Lee, you keep this up, and I’m going to think that Dreamcatcher was the rule, and not the exception. You can’t fool me into thinking this is going to be edgy and clever just because the trailer has Alvin literally eating shit.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, there’s someone who knows the proper way to recycle my childhood toy properties:
(via BeaucoupKevin)
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Did you see the poster yet? The one where they look like they’re impersonating RUN DMC CIRCA 1994? It’s almost too upsetting for words.
‘Munks in the HOOD, man!