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Drtooth 07-18-2007 12:44 PM
Hey look... A Good Garfield movie
 
Why the shell didn't they think of this earlier?

http://www.garfield.com/d2v/index.html

VaughnMichael 07-18-2007 12:49 PM
nice! hope it's not an abomination like the theator versions.:dead:

Roseangelo 07-18-2007 01:19 PM
Oh, this definitely has potential! It actually looks like Garfield and Odie!

Sunshine 07-18-2007 01:30 PM
Yeah the other one I saw was horrible. :( This at least LOOKS like them. And they did something CRAZY and got the creator to write it? INSANE!

Seriously they should of done this first and that other one... uhh... never?

DrSpengler 07-18-2007 01:49 PM
If it's anything like Garfield & Friends, it should be good. If it's anything like the live action films, then I want no part of it.

I wonder who they'll get to voice Garfield this time around? Certainly Bill Murray wouldn't be willing to reprise the role for a straight to video release...or would he?

Spike Spiegel 07-18-2007 03:07 PM
A Garfield movie that really cooks...even if it's just Direct to video??

Can't be too bad...

Drtooth 07-18-2007 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DrSpengler (Post 538312)
If it's anything like Garfield & Friends, it should be good. If it's anything like the live action films, then I want no part of it.

I wonder who they'll get to voice Garfield this time around? Certainly Bill Murray wouldn't be willing to reprise the role for a straight to video release...or would he?
A) Since Jim is writing it HIMSELF, it should be just like the original animated specials... He wrote the screenplay to the mysterious original 1980's Garfield movie (My info on that one is mixed... some people told me it did happen, some say it didn't) Garfield's Judgement day. A book does exist, however.

B ) http://youtube.com/watch?v=rInjhsWd3a8 I do not know what his name is, but apparently he has been asigned as the voice of Garfield a while back.. He's pretty damn close, actually. I just hope they get Thom Huge and Greg berger back to voice Jon and Odie.

Personally, even if the script sucks dry noodles, the characters actually LOOK like cartoons.

VaughnMichael 07-18-2007 05:40 PM
And I hope my fave fat, Lazy, cat is just that in this movie...thats something that bothers me about cgi it's soooo showoffish it reminds me of those old black and white cartoons where trees dance and stuff it's like omg it's moving pictures! look what we can do! dancey dance doo doooo doo!:lol:

ZariusTwo 07-18-2007 05:56 PM
It took them two goddamn efforts to get it right

Sounds to me this is the "pilot" film for who will be voicing the characters in the new Garfield cartoon series.

Glad Davis is writing it, as he's been far too complaicent with the strips, but when he is able to revolutionise Garfield in television, that's where his best work comes from. "Nine Lives" is a superb and terrifying anthology film.

Drtooth 07-18-2007 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo (Post 538403)
It took them two goddamn efforts to get it right

Sounds to me this is the "pilot" film for who will be voicing the characters in the new Garfield cartoon series.

Glad Davis is writing it, as he's been far too complaicent with the strips, but when he is able to revolutionise Garfield in television, that's where his best work comes from. "Nine Lives" is a superb and terrifying anthology film.
I agree totally. I feel that if they want to make something CGI, make the whole damn thing CGI and not an awkward CGI version of it float around in reality. Look at Underdog, the Chipmunks, and all that... if they just made those films like this, there'd be no complaint. They wouldn't need to hip it up for little kids that don't give a rat's fez about the series.

I mean, I really enjoyed the CGI Inspector Gadget movie (at least compaired to Disney's Live action 2 and the 2D animated one). But then again, maybe it was because the writer of that one actually had a handle on the characters in the first place.

Mandi-chan 07-19-2007 03:25 PM
This looks awesome!

Drtooth 10-26-2007 09:30 AM
Bump


Now we have a Trailer

and a complete cast list

Seems like Frank Welker is going to take on the role of Garfield from now on. And Wally Wingert is Jon Arbuckle...and Nermal will actually be voiced by a man (hopefully he'll uphold the original comic Nermal's secret competitive tough guy jerk attitude). But Gregg Bergger will still voice Odie.

Masked Ninja 10-26-2007 10:46 AM
I don't think it translates to 3D as well as it could, and the animation is not that great... though for me, the fact that the characters actually look like cartoons (Garfield in the previous movies was so-so, but why was Odie real? it made no sense) and the fact that they got a good sound-alike for the best Garfield voice already gives this major points.

Drtooth 10-26-2007 12:02 PM
Well, some characters translate better to 3-D than others. Mainly because I saw so many plushes and figurines of Garfield and Odie my entire life, it doesn't look too off. Jon looks kinda weird. And minimalistic looking characters look way off.

But other than that, the only thing I'm not liking so far is Garfield's lips moving.

gobo 10-26-2007 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Drtooth (Post 566203)
But Gregg Bergger will still voice Odie.
Any reason you don't sound too happy about that? O_o

Raph's Girl 10-26-2007 04:03 PM
Interesting that they got Frank Welker to voice Garfield and yet he still sounds like regular ole Garfield. Never knew Frank could do a voice like that.

Jason Marsden voicing Nermal??? I dunno about that....his voice doesn't seem to fit Nermal.

But OMG... Pat Fraley is in this!! Will he use his Krang voice???

Jennifer Darling and Fred Tatasciore are both pretty good VA's.

Ra 10-27-2007 03:10 AM
OMFGZ! NO LIVEZ ACTION? DIS IZ TEH END OF TEH WORLD!! D=

I feel so happy to see the characters actually look like the characters, and no actors or dogs or CGI cats coming in and taking over. It just looks so much better. Well, except for Jon. But we'll see...

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Originally Posted by Drtooth (Post 566223)
But other than that, the only thing I'm not liking so far is Garfield's lips moving.
Yeah, same here. I'm not that comfortable with that. I'm guessing they are doing it incase kids are watching it and are getting confused with the lack of lip movement. Ah well. It could be worse... :)

Drtooth 10-27-2007 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Ra (Post 566406)

Yeah, same here. I'm not that comfortable with that. I'm guessing they are doing it incase kids are watching it and are getting confused with the lack of lip movement. Ah well. It could be worse... :)
Or they could be incorporating that from the movie. And if that's the only incorporation, this will be a great little DTV. I'm still reeling from the decision to give Gadget a talking Gadget mobile in all the animated interpretations. And making Penny a Teenager. Yuck.

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Jason Marsden voicing Nermal??? I dunno about that....his voice doesn't seem to fit Nermal.
It does in the sense the comic version of Nermal was actually pretty nasty, especially to Garfield. I feel they softened him up in the animated series.


Here's an example. There are others, but I'm too lazy to look them up.

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Any reason you don't sound too happy about that? O_o
What gave you that impression? I was saying that while they had to change much of the cast, we still have Gregg Berger doing the great job he has with Odie that he had with the original specials and cartoon series.

gobo 10-27-2007 09:56 AM
Oh. The conjunction used was making it sound like you weren't happy about it. It was like 'this is good, this is good, this is good, BUT this...' That could be interpreted as really good or not even. I just picked the wrong one. Sorry.

Wildcat 10-30-2007 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Drtooth (Post 566223)
the only thing I'm not liking so far is Garfield's lips moving.
Actually I like that his lips are moving...it kinda bothered me that his mouth never moved in "Garfield and Friends"

Anyway,I loved the cartoon series and this looks great.

I think the problem with the CGI-Live Action Garfield movies was that his personality was diffrent some how...hard to explain,also Bill Murray voicing him didnt help either.

Wierd question...in the live-action movies was Nermal a guy?!...in part 2 I swear I heard Garfield call her...him,plus the voice sounded just like a man.

Jon 10-30-2007 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Wildcat (Post 567095)
Wierd question...in the live-action movies was Nermal a guy?!...in part 2 I swear I heard Garfield call her...him,plus the voice sounded just like a man.

I think Nermal is supposed to be male.

gobo 10-30-2007 05:30 AM
Yeah. Nermal was a guy in the cartoons too. Like a pre-pubescent, hence the 'being-voiced-by-a-woman-like-bert-sampson-or-whatever-the-heck-that-animated-kid's-
name-is-you-know-the-one-the-one-voiced-by-a-woman'-ness. I haven't a clue why they decided to do Nermal all effeminate like that.

Jon 10-30-2007 05:52 AM
Well, I just figured it went with how most animal young are cute. So Nermal just played-it-to-the-hilt, being the "cutest kitty-cat" as he would say many times.

ZariusTwo 10-30-2007 05:52 AM
Davis shot himself in the foot with making Nermal a guy, yeah, the whole "gay stereotype" is there, but Nermal actually made a better "love interest" for Garfield than his actual gender-defined girlfriend. Most fans, unless they hear it said in the series, usually thought Nermal was a girl.

gobo 10-30-2007 06:00 AM
For a really long time, I thought they were mistaken when they used masculine pronouns to describe Nermal. C-3PO wasn't that effeminate. :P

Here's a little Garfield mystery:
Victor Music was the only voice of Garfield before Murray (I think). But, Vic was also the first and best voice for The Real Ghostbusters' Dr. Peter Venkman. Bill Murray played the original Dr. Peter Venkman in the 1984 live-action film, 'Ghostbusters' (which spawned the cartoon). So, my question is, did Murray really take the job of voicing Vic's character as a tribute or... was there a feud between the two of them that Murray won by default? :goof:

Drtooth 10-30-2007 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo (Post 567103)
Davis shot himself in the foot with making Nermal a guy, yeah, the whole "gay stereotype" is there, but Nermal actually made a better "love interest" for Garfield than his actual gender-defined girlfriend. Most fans, unless they hear it said in the series, usually thought Nermal was a girl.
Actually.... Nermal was defined as a boy in his second Comic strip appearance
http://garfield.com/comics/comics_ar...?1979-ga790904

I blame the fact they cast a really girly voice for him, instead of the traditional Bart Simpson/ Tommy Pickles woman doing a little boys' voice. That's probably what caused the confusion. He was also more babyish (usually mistaken for effemininity) in the cartoon than he first appeared in the strip. He was actually knida mean, deep down. Until he got majorly softened by the time the cartoon came out.

odupianist 10-30-2007 10:41 AM
Interesting thought gobo about the Murray Vic tie in.

ThirdMarioBro 10-30-2007 01:17 PM
Acts right, sounds right, looks awful. I'll watch it though.

Wildcat 10-30-2007 09:31 PM
WOW!!!! So Nermal was always a guy!

Like mentioned before....youd never know it with the girly voice....but wasnt Nermal called a "She" in the cartoons?!

Man,I just find this really amazing cause Im sure Garfield called him "she" in the cartoons.

Let me see if I can find a youtube clip or something......

EDIT:Well after watching like 4 cartoons,I finally found one that proves what Nermal is....and Im so amazed,but it is true...Nermal is a male.Watch this,at 5:21...Jon refers to Nermal as "He" and says it like 5 times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYoafixFaQ

Jon 10-31-2007 03:47 AM
I dunno. I had always figured on it (Nermal being male).


As for the cartoon, I have all the DVD Sets for Garfield & Friends (as well as the Garfield TV-Specials DVDs, too). :D

ZariusTwo 11-01-2007 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Drtooth (Post 567129)
Actually.... Nermal was defined as a boy in his second Comic strip appearance
http://garfield.com/comics/comics_ar...?1979-ga790904
I already knew that, but some fans who had never read the comics and only the cartoon, would have thought, as proven by some posts here already, he was a girl

gobo 11-01-2007 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Jon (Post 567376)
As for the cartoon, I have all the DVD Sets for Garfield & Friends (as well as the Garfield TV-Specials DVDs, too). :D
Your collection is unimpressive as you got the whole thing fo free, Mr. Arbuckle. :evil: Try paying for an entire franchise collection like us real fans, and then I'll be impressed. BTW, can I have your autograph?

Jon 11-01-2007 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by gobo (Post 567565)
Your collection is unimpressive as you got the whole thing fo free, Mr. Arbuckle. :evil: Try paying for an entire franchise collection like us real fans, and then I'll be impressed. BTW, can I have your autograph?

Um.. yes I did buy all the DVD Sets (and the Specials DVDs). So there! :P

And I must add in, I do have quite an impressive collection of DVDs. Thank you very-much!

Raph's Girl 11-10-2007 01:06 PM
Welp. I've seen the new Garfield movie. Yea it's not out in stores till Nov 20th but that never really stopped me.
Spoiler:
Can I help it if it was leaked online?! Nope! Sure can't!


I just have to say one thing about Nermal. Gods he's an annoyling little blue (grey? ) tabby. He's like the cat version of Scrappy.

Anyways. The movie starts out in the comic universe. There are several cameos by other characters like Dagwood (who's the butt of several jokes... poor Dagwood. :lol:).

Snoopy doesn't show up but he's mentioned in passing when a tabby Garfield meets in the real world asks Odie how he is. Odie DOES talk somewhat. Mostly mumbling "My bone! My bone!" :lol:

Basically in the movie Garfield is getting tired of being a comic strip character. Arlene is all paranoid cuz she thinks Garfield is getting tired of her.

Spoiler:
Well one thing leads to another when Odie is trying to hide a bone that the prop boy (who zips around like he's the flash). He breaks open a tear that's between the 2 worlds (real and comic) and loses his bone. The characters can see what's going on in the real world via carefully placed newspapers around the city that act like cameras (big brother is watching you? HAH....comic book characters are watching you! ).

Garfield sees his opertunity and jumps into the real world. Odie follows him soon after (much to the annoyance of Jon and Arlene. Nermal doesn't care at all. He just wants a comic of his own. :lol: )

Seems that once you're in the real world there's no way of returning. Altho Garfield DOES figure out a way eventually. In the meantime he and Odie have some adventures. Garfield soon realizes that the real world isn't all it's cracked up to be and wishes to return to the comic world and to Arlene (who's about the only one who's watching Garfield's adventures).

In the real world Garfield meets up with a homeless tabby and his friends...a rather dumb dog and oddly a Siamese Persian from Australia (her name is Shiela).

Odie tho has troubles of his own with a troop of chihuahuahs with freakishly large eyes that thruought the film constantly chases Odie for his bone (much to the annoyance of the fat woman who's walking them). These moments are fun.

There's also a Hans and Frans wannabe cat and dog who want a strip of their own and try to prevent Garfield and Odie from returning to their world.


All in all a pretty decent film. You'll definatly laugh a whole lot (especially at Oddie and Dagwood) and go aww at the tender moments between Garfield and Arlene.


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