Alvin and the Chipmunks movie

[zkarlette]

well somebody actually did think way seriously on giving millions of dollars producing this thing, so yes scary..

the weird part is that there is no new alvin toon so whats the idea ... is this movie made mostly for old followers of the toon or what ? Im a little confused about this

[GK Punk]

Probably for kids. They've been releasing DVDs and direct to DVD Alvin shows for a bit now, this is probably just more of that.

And I always have to wonder, when someone screams "They are ruining my childhood from the 80s" Did people who watched the original in the 60s say the same thing about the 80s version?

[zkarlette]

Woah!! I totally forgot about the sixties version

I guess you're right

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Michi heavenly6

That's hillarious.
I think people are taking this way too seriously though.

yeah, talentless Hollwood hacks raping our prescious childhood memories isn't something you should take seriously.

the way Underdog and this is turning out, I'm glad the Mighty Mouse movie is never going to materialize.... even though that means we'll never get the original cartoons (and any other version) on legit DVD's.

[GK Punk]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

yeah, talentless Hollwood hacks raping our prescious childhood memories isn't something you should take seriously.

Perfect example. Thanks for that.

[gobo]

So... Is this supposed to be the chipmunks or the chipettes? O_o [SARCASM]BTW, how dare they make them more closely resemble chipmunks?! *breaks stuff*[/SARCASM]

[GK Punk]

We all know this movie will probably suck horribly bad. But we need to realize, it's just trying to do what the 80's version did to the original; Update it to make it appeal to children of this day and age.

[gobo]

I keep forgetting my sarcasm tags.

[Dontebell]

here the Teaser Trailer
http://movies.aol.com/movie/alvin-an...r-no-1/1946920

[GK Punk]

wow that actually looks cute. I'm surprised.

[Raph's Girl]

"Relax Dave! it's just a raisin!!" Cute!! Ok... me likey.... and the addition of fluffy tails on em is a nice touch.

[Dude Love]

Originally Posted by Michi heavenly6

wow that actually looks cute. I'm surprised.

I don't think cute can save the movie. It's going to be bogged down with trying to get the Chipmunks to rap, mark my words. They'll try to do some gangster rap anthem that will be too corny and painful to watch, it will kill any redeeming qualities (including that the voice acting sounds pretty solid).

[GK Punk]

Oh I'm still expecting it to suck. I'll give it a chance though, just 'cause I love Alvin and the Chipmunks. I just don't have my hopes up.

[gobo]

Is it obvious they want a Christmas release so it'll make sense when they play the most celebrated of The Chipmunks' tunes?

[Drtooth]

Okay, seeing the preview it is hard to say what it will be like. I will say, it looks like they got the original (80's) voices back. Personally I'm now more worried about the endless Poop/fart 3rd grader gutter humor that will be throughout.

I will stop complaining about how it rips on us nostalgic blokes, though... but really... Hipping stuff up for youngsters who don't care about it or have even heard of it sounds rediculous. I WILL give this a chance, but more and more I agree Jason lee is all wrong for the part, and Bob Sagat would have been a great Dave.

[Dude Love]

I had that song on Vinyl, gobo. A 45rpm single. I played it so many times to drive my sister up the wall. And, since you can adjust the speed slightly on the turntable, I'd raise and lower the pitch of their voices. It was much fun.

[Time Mistress]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

Okay, seeing the preview it is hard to say what it will be like. I will say, it looks like they got the original (80's) voices back. Personally I'm now more worried about the endless Poop/fart 3rd grader gutter humor that will be throughout.

I agree. One of the best things about the Chipmunk cartoon was that it was always pretty wholesome stuff with a moral every episode that was presented in a fun way without shoving it down your throat. Yucky poop jokes never entered the equasion.

[GK Punk]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

Bob Sagat would have been a great Dave.

Yeah, actually he would have been. That would have been perfect casting. But my understanding is, he's trying to avoid stuff like this because he got sick of the type casting after Full House. If they could have got him though it would have been perfect.

[Time Mistress]

Bob Sagat would have been great. I concur!

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Time Mistress

Yucky poop jokes never entered the equasion.

One of the best things about anything is they don't have poo poo jokes. I can take a poo joke if it's clever. I remember siting a list including Arale-chan playing with poo. The Japanese really make good poo jokes. But that's what i'm worried about with movies like this. Poo joke, line, fart joke, line, scene change, line, fart joke, fart joke, longer louder fart joke...

Basically every children's movie in the last 5 years. That's why i loved Ratatoullie, clever dialogue and not needing to make toilet jokes. I don't think it's gross, mind you, but when you first hear these things, there's a laugh out of shock, and as they get tamer and tamer into the mainstream, they lose the shock edge, which was the only thing they got going for them anyway.