Bittersweet Candy Bowl

Yes, movies seem to be increasing the number of this one thing they like to do sometimes, especially recently. No, not 3D. I’m talking about the strange facination hollywood seems to have with turning cartoons (mildly popular ones, anyway) into live action feature length films. I’m sure we all remember the upset stomach of mixed feelings that was the Scooby Doo movie, followed by fan dreaded sequel. Garfield recieved similar treatment. Alvin and the Chipmunks. Recently (and horridly done) Avatar: The Last Airbender. And I don’t know if you’ve seen the trailer’s or not, but Yogi Bear, and The Smurfs. And I recently got some early pictures of The Fairly Oddparents: Grow Up Timmy Turner. And oh! my ever loving diety that may or may not exist depending if you’ve faith or what, no, just no, a thousand times no. A friend has told me that Tom and Jerry are next up on the chopping block, and with that no talent punk Justin Beiber as Jerry.

So, my point, I suppose, is that I just don’t get it. I’m sure fans never asked “Hey, I sure did love this in animated form. But oh my gosh please, when this eventually becomes popular enough to get a feature length film for no good reason, will you please make it live action instead of animated like it already is and further derive it from the thing I recognize and love?” I sure didn’t.

And I don’t want to be the only one talking here (which I have and how) so, comments? I can’t be the only one who’s thought about this.

Hollywood has found that it’s just easier to use something that exists than to make something new, and until these movies stop making so much damn money, they’re going to keep doing it unfortunately.

The movies that they’re making from shows and what not now a days are absolutely terrible

It’s not all bad though, (Fangirls transformers and G.I.Joe) Now these might not be the best written films of all time but I still found them extremely entertaining.

And have you ever seen the original cartoon versions of LotR? Thank GOD they remade those.

I grew up on those cartoon versions of LotR. I didn’t even know about Aragorn until I read the book.

Marmaduke should’ve never been made.

Wait, Alvin and the Chipmunks was actually a cartoon?

Yes, it was. You didn’t think hollywood actually came up with something on their own, did you.

No, I was fully aware that it was a concept already. But I thought they were a “joke” group who had released a few albums, not a cartoon. ^_^

Ah.

Actually it was originally a “Joke” group, then since it was so popular they made a cartoon, but I could be wrong there.

That’s what happened to the Beatles, and then along came Yoko.

Way to go, Japan.

They started out sappy, though.

But suddenly they started writing songs like “Yellow Submarine” and “Paperback Writer” and “I Am the Walrus”, and everything got a lot better. ^_^

On the Beatles (above topic from ILB and Jerk): Actually, only the lyrics writing was better. The group was falling apart LONG before Yoko came along, but she was kinda the catalyst, yeah… *sadness* Ah well….

On the topic: Disney did the same damn thing. They made badass movies in the early ninety’s (which almost didn’t get made, but that’s another story) and then FAILED pretty much through out the next decade after that because they thought that ANYTHING they would make would just be an automatic success. Luckily, however, in recent years they seem to be learning from their mistakes (purchasing Pixar, hiring John Lassater, etc.).
However, I cannot safely vouch for other companies. I am with you in this subject: WTF are these guys thinking? This “modernization” of my fabulous 90’s childhood Saturday morning cartoon memories is more like a “bastardization” of them! GRRRR! STOP RUINING MY CHILDHOOD, MOVIE INDUSTRY!

Yeah, I know. Brian Epstein’s death is really where they started to fall apart. He kind of held them together. Still, Yoko Ono’s singing is like having a back-alley abortion occurring directly in your ear canal.

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GI Joe was abysmal. ‘Nuff said
Transformers 1 was good, 2 was the pits.

I do wanna see how they try to make Ren and Stimpy though, in a hope-they-fail-so-miserably-and-commit-sppuku- afterwards way

If I had a nickel for every time I wished someone would commit suicide, I’d have a full-ride scholarship before lunch and buy a house with cash before dinner.

Aye

I’m pretty flippant about violence and people I don’t know personally.

Speaking of which, if they gave me a box like the one in that terrible movie with Cameron Diaz, do you think they’d multiply the money by the number of times I press the button?

And how is it that we lose Heath Ledger but Cameron Diaz is still alive and wrinkling like a leather wallet in the sun?

Eh because she’s hot and Ledger shouldn’t have done hard drugs. Celebrities these days, pot’s not good enough anymore…

I didn’t really bother with GI Joe. And the first Transformers was alright, but ugh what a piece of utter garbage the sequel was.

Also, @Rahe_chan. You just don’t get it. See, it’s all about the moolah, and how much they can possibly squeeze out of a franchise. And clearly, somebody is going to see these movies, otherwise they’d quit doing it. So they’ll rape as many precious childhood memories as they can, so long as they can keep getting paid, sad as it is to think about.

But yeah, it angers me, too.

@Rahe: Of course. The band was falling apart. But I think their music was, well, better in that period.