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Like everything else nostalgia-minded these days, yet another childhood favorite cartoon is making its way to the big screen. Whether the cartoon in question heading to tinsel town is a good thing or not depends on your opinion of smurfology, I guess.
The Smurfs was a popular cartoon that ran in the 80's from 1981 to 1990 (if you can believe it, I'm sure a lot of that was syndication) and centered around a population of blue creatures who were three apples high and who lived in mushrooms. Their nemesis was an evil magician named Gargamel and his rotten cat Azreal. Sound odd? Well, it was, even to me, and I was a kid.
Now two of the masterminds behind the first two Shrek movies are plugging away at a script for the Columbia Pictures live action/animation creation. No word yet on the storyline. I'm also not sure in a world where anything not in HD or attached to a video game is passe if the Smurfs will mean anything to the youth as compared with their parents. I watched the Smurfs, but I don't know if I would shell out $10 to go see the movie, let alone drag my kid, who, by the end of the whole thing, would walk away from the experience with little more than an appreciation for the phrase "Smurf you!"
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6-11-2008 @ 9:05PM
specialkay26 said...i love the smurfs and would like to see the them on the big screen!!! i watched them when i was a kid and would love for my children to see them too. children now-a-days dont know what REAL cartoon are!
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6-11-2008 @ 9:16PM
Lisa said...If the masterminds for Shrek wrote the script, lets hope and pray they don’t recommend Mike Myers for the live action role of Gargamel. He’s an awesome actor and I’ve loved him since I was a kid, but his last couple of movies were ....not so great, and I don’t see the newest one being all that good either.
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6-11-2008 @ 9:05PM
ame s said...Oh Thank You Heavens Above that my kids are way too old to ask to see that movie. I can't think of much that would be more tedious to sit through.
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6-11-2008 @ 10:16PM
vlad said...i am going to do so much effin acid when I see this....i want to be trippin some effen ballz!...must remember the thorazine in case azreal starts chasing me around...damn that feline is going to be some 20 feet tall...la la lalala la la la hope this isnt going to be a bad trip
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6-11-2008 @ 11:28PM
anana said...I can't Smurfing wait to see it.
Boy, I"m old!
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