Oh Dear Lord No
This is not what you want to see on your computer early in the morning. Shudder. My apologies.Kevin Smith is gonna rag on Jason Lee about this forever.
Labels: alvin and the chipmunks, animation to live action, bagdasarian, dave seville, jason lee, television to film
posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
8:34 AM
7 Comments:
OMFG.
Seriously. OMFG.
I'm gonna hurl... something at Jason Lee.
Oh Jason. There are a lots of less humiliating things you can do for money.
Look at Steve-O.
Haha - well that's a bit depressing...
Oh come on. You had to know it was simply just a matter of time before someone tried to revive this franchise.
I'm pretty familiar with Alvin and the Chipmunks, the TV show and the albums. I think we still have the "Chipmunks Sing the Beatles" record packed away at my parents' home.
Chipmunks' creator Ross Bagdasarian (who was in Hitchcock's "Rear Window" and began his novelty recording career with "The Witch Doctor") was treated like an Armenian god in Fresno -- where my aunt and uncle live.
I'm simply wondering given its holiday release date whether "The Chipmunk Song" will be included in the film? Arguably, it's likely the only thing today's children might know about Alvin and the Chipmunks. I think it would be great to see Cylde Crashcup and Leonardo in the film -- but those may simply be two characters lost to time.
Besides, doesn't anyone think this film has a chance to be better than "Scooby-Doo," "Garfield," "George of the Jungle," "Underdog" or a half-dozen other toons from our childhood that Hollywood has tried to revive?
Even helmed by Michael Bay, "Transformers" didn't sound like such a great idea to me -- but it's getting decent reviews and now I know it's something I'll eventually see. The chipmunks may just surprise us all.
I'm not surprised that this is happening. I'm not saying that it won't make money. I'm mostly disappointed and a little revulsed.
I've been hearing about the project for a while now, but it's hard to be prepared for muskrat-sized chipmunks in early-'80s rap gear.
I don't have a lot of affection for the material, but it's rather nasty nonetheless.
OK, Jeff,
I have to admit the poster and the "Chipmunk" characters don't leave one with a wonderful first impression. The pose doesn't look all that different from the Mickey Raps album a dozen or so years ago.
That "early-80s rap gear" is the weirdest part -- it's like they tried to modernize their look, but only made it halfway.
Actually, if the movie was set in the early 80s alongside Freaks and Geeks, that would be kind of awesome.
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