Hey look... A Good Garfield movie

[Drtooth]

Why the shell didn't they think of this earlier?

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

[VaughnMichael]

nice! hope it's not an abomination like the theator versions.

[Roseangelo]

Oh, this definitely has potential! It actually looks like Garfield and Odie!

[Sunshine]

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]

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]

A Garfield movie that really cooks...even if it's just Direct to video??

Can't be too bad...

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

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]

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!

[ZariusTwo]

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]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

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]

This looks awesome!

[Drtooth]

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]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

But Gregg Bergger will still voice Odie.

Any reason you don't sound too happy about that? O_o

[Raph's Girl]

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]

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...

Originally Posted by Drtooth

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]

Originally Posted by Ra

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.

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.

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

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.