Wanna see something really scary' GARFIELD...

This movie will probably suck, but not because it's live action. Garfield looks fine. I'm willing to bet ducets to doichmarks that the script is the part that sucks. Remember folks Harry is the jackass who apparently thinks the Superman history is negotiable but fucking Garfield is sacred.

oh yes.

THE FUCKERS' FUCKED IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HONESTLY WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE LIVE IN WHEN OUR CARTOON HEROES GET FUCKED OVER ROYALLY!!!!!!!!!!! Oh by the way three pieces of decent news in one day????? Doesn't make up for the weeks of guff this site has been churning out.

Let's take the most useless, unfunny, uncreative and ourtright boring comic strip in all of mainstream syndication (and, yes, I am counting "The Family Circus") and make a useless, unfunny movie out of it. Brilliant! Let's do "For Better or Worse" next!

I'm a Murray fan, to be very sure. I eagerly anticipate Lost in Translation to come to an art house theater no where near my jerk-water home town, so I can gripe about it. But even Murray's involvement can't save... This.

In other words, IK, you're an idiot.

I can just picture what it would be. A Calvin & Hobbes movie. The kid from "Jerry Maguire" as Calvin and a CGI Hobbes voiced by Vin Diesel. I'd better shut-up, I'm giving Hollywood ideas.

For the love of Christ do you think it's at all important to me how my grammar comes off. Maybe if I gave it a second look I would catch grammatical errors like that, but I don't, because it's the last fucking thing on my mind when writing these. I assume you got the gist of my point and that's good enough for me so if you disagree why don't you try arguing with me about it instead of picking out minutae like grammar flaws. What an ass hat.

So consult a fucking dictionary next time IndustryKiller! Wanker.

Yes, I know it sounds crazy but... I would actually pay money to see this movie. Weep for me.

Love Hewitt

Unless they've tooned up the 3D and added some illustrative filtering, that Garfield is a painting.

IndustryKiller try Deutchmarks and Ducats you Illiterate fucking clown.

Whoever made this movie should be drug out into the street, and shot, Brother!

My my if it isn't the fucking language police. My power to make you angry compels me to pay even less attention to my grammar. If you only knew how much pleasure I get from the fact that I piss you off.

The "Illiterate" remark shouldn't be capitalized you illiterate fucking clown. I figured I would tell you that since apparently you care so much. God I love being able to manipulate the entire tide of a forum because a few guys actually take the spelling seriously.

Could've used a comma after "God" there as well.

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You are a flame-happy hack, as bad as your vaunted nemesis, McG, and as negotiable as the history of Superman. "Lemme see, what obscure annoying position can I take to make people react to me?" See I can misspell like you too, but I at least KNOW when I am doing it. You are not seriously believing that sparking people to talk about YOU is manipulation. That sort of tactic is reserved for the Machiavellian genius of a toddler wanting Mommy to continue to change his bottom so he does not have to quit playing with his toys and concentrate on sphincter control.

Unfortunately, recently teenage females and current teenage females make up the bulk(NPI) of Garfield's demographics. Sure, there are other demographics to weigh in the mix, but none that will disdain their casting choices. Breckin Meyer is an okay actor, above par for the generation he is in, but Carson's ex has had problems since "Can't Hardly Wait," which I attribute directly to the Carson factor. She, like Tara Reid, irked her demo by dating the TRL icon, who made the lil' girlies swoon for so very long. Don't date their man, actresses. One would hope that this CGI will be much more subtly played to, and the surrrounding talent will play better than the cast of "Scooby-Doo." SMG only is able to act with a really strong director and supporting cast. Freddie Prinze, Jr. (quite possibly the worst specimen of diluted genetic gifts ever assembled) cannot act to save his life. His emoting is rather like a Spartan with constipation, not so very expressive. Matthew Lillard: what can you say about someone who cannot play a restrained Puck, or a funny stoner Shaggy. Of theentire cast of Scooby-Doo, only LInda Cardellini could act, and they hid her under Velma make-up, perhaps so SMG and FP, Jr could snog a bit on the set(s). (yes Sets plural, damnit. I STILL cannot believe they are producing a sequel, with a stretch Mystery machine no less.) At least this movie has actors cast so far who CAN act, if given the right environs. Here is hoping they do and will.

Mr IK you seem a little upset.

Ah, how I used to imagine how great it would be to do such a thing. However, I saw a commercial of Hewitt appearing on some talk show last week, and she looked terrible. Has anyone else seen her with that frizzy blonde hair? It's a travesty! And as a pre-emptive strike - earthworm, put on your jester hat!

...wouldn't one fly, rather than fall, into a spiders web?

There usually isn't this much to do at 6:30 in the morning. Damn right you call me Mr. IK though.

Jingle jingle. I see we've also got the verbose dolt here as well. Just need Ribbons now.

ColoUr, mUm, organiSation... learn who to spell or get your own damn language

...jyo, that's "how." It's good to keep the British (I presume) self policing.

I guess I'm a sense offender.

You know what....I am calling the bluff on this one....this looks like shit...and when the hell does a studio send out promo materials while they are still shooting????? That cat looks like a cat that comes on a kiddie's school notebook....this is sad....i am drunk off my ass...and I can tell this is as fake as it comes.....And thus, I have spoken! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!

Let's get off this grammar shit. Yes I spelled things incorrectly. Sue me. I honestly don't read my post over before I click that button because I didn't think anyone cared. This is a forum to get your views across not to critique each others writing style. I'm also an admittedly terrible typist. But really who cares? Let's just all be friends sit back and have a coke and a smile. Oh and talk about Garfield. So far he looks about as good as a CG Garfield should. No bitching about the look from me. Although I wouldn't mind a script review.

The first image is merely promotional art and not the CGI fat cat, himself. Look again, I've no doubt you'll agree.

Isn't Garfield supposed to have a few stripes on his head? It's been a few years since I read one of the strips, but I think there should be some kind of black stripe visible in that picture. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Anyway, it makes sense that they'd make a movie out of one of the worst comic strips in syndication. Considering that all but a few of these strips suck like the wind, it's fairly impressive when one can suck enough to stand out. Oh well. As long as people are stupid enough to pay for these things, they'll keep getting made.

OK...I've been coming to AICN for a while now. Reading the news stories, and enjoying everyone's talkbacks, but never saw a reason to register and post myself. Till now. This movie has disaster written on it more than Gigli. First Garfield was going to be CGI but not Odie.(What?!) Then Odie is going to be CGI (Whew). Breken Myer and Jennifer Love Hewit? (What?!) Bill Murry. (Whew) But that shot of Garfield? That is just wrong. It's like they're trying to intentionally alienate fans. This has Hindenburg and Hiroshima written all over it. BTW...ODIE FREAKING RULES, and if Garfield looks that wrong...I hate to see what they're going to do to Odie...Thank you for your time.

ofcourse 99% of you grumpy geeks will say otherwise.

That picture is SAD. Good god. In reference to the idea of a Calvin & Hobbes movie, Bill Waterson stated years ago that he would never let anything like that go forward. In fact, he's never let C & H get adapted in any other form other than the comic strip & books (though there has been bootleg stuff, obviously - bumper stickers, t-shirts, etc.)

That is sooo NOT Garfield it isn't even funny. It doesn't look anything like him, and if Garfield is going to be CG, then I KNOW those lousy CG animators can do better. They might as well make Odie a chihuahah, for God's sake! Well, I guess now I have three reasons not to see this movie: Lorenzo Music (the original Garfield voice) is long gone, the CG Garfield looks NOTHING like the real Garfield, and, last but not least, BRECKIN MEYER. Jim Davis is probably contacting his attorneys as we speak...

Hey Alex, I think you are right on the Calvin & Hobbes idea, Vin Diesel would be great, hell even George Carlin if you really think about it. But then again It's that Vin's "Rasspy" voice best suits the little stuffed animal, but then you know what would happen if that movie got off the ground. Some wind bag of a human sitting at a long ass table who has never read the comic in his life would want Chris Rock or Burny Mac to do the voices. you know, "becase it's whats popular now right?" Trust me, you know I'm right!

Those damn GREMLINS are back!! Quick Ma, get the shotgun and make sure they don't get to any water!

Apparently this guy missed Aykroyd's "Nothing But Trouble". As for this film, I've got three words - Howard the Duck. sk

Schwartz!

Everyone attacking everyone else's spellings, while making mistakes of their own! Highly amusing. I think the overall point is: it's not really worth taking the piss out of someone else's spelling and grammar on a TB unless it's patently obvious that the writer is truly appalling at spelling [such as the hilarious "beer and cheets" debacle, which is so often misquoted as "beer and cheats" these days, missing the original point entirely]. The rest of us are clearly good enough at spelling to be allowed the occasional mistake without being flamed to fuck. On the subject of Garfield, I used to think the strip was very funny. Until I turned 14.

yup...im right again

I'll wait to see Garfield full figure, full motion before I judge the Animation.

..It's not working. It's not gonna be a catchphrase. It's shit. This is like the tenth time I've seen you flog it, and I barely check one TB a day. You look pathetic. Stop that fucking "white stuff" shit. Please.

we'd love to see the ugliest guy and one of the ugliest actresses play these roles. thank god u don't cast

At least the source material that disaster was based on was (is) worth reading. My first reaction was fear that this could trigger an avalanche of too-painful-to-think-about comic strip movies (Drew Carey as "Dilbert" w/ CGI Dogbert, "Fox Trot" w/ Haley Joel Osment as the kid with the glasses, "Doonesbury" starring Martin Sheen, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, etc. etc. etc.), but "Garfield" is so far past its prime (in popularity, not quality, which it never had) that this is bound to tank. On the other hand, the implosion of "(The) Hulk" doesn't seem to have stemmed the tide of awful superhero movies for the next five years, so...

I mean seriously? What the fuck? I mean, was anyone in the world asking for this? I mean, Garfield sucked ass. Now, they should make a Boondocks movie. That will kick ass! Little Huey calling up George Bush asking about the WMD. That's classic shit right there! On a side note, I always found "Love" kinda cute but she is not aging well.

I'll let y'all in on a little secret -- the best comic strip that almost no one's heard of. Check out www.mr-gnu.com, then ask yourself why shit like Family Circus has syndication and this doesn't.

I'll let y'all in on a little secret -- the best comic strip that almost no one's heard of. Check out www.mr-gnu.com, then ask yourself why shit like Family Circus has syndication and this doesn't.

But I'm guessing it's just to keep the mystery of how his eyes will look in the final product, which can make or break a CG character....unrealistic eyes, ya don't believe they're alive at all. As far as his face, that's exactly how I would expect Garfield to look in the real world(much better than that Scooby one). He'll probably be like Mr. Tinkles from Cats and Dogs, only I'm praying that he speaks via thought and his mouth does not move, as it never should. And those shots of Jon and Dr. Liz, that Breckin Meyer shot better be one of Jon attempting to try a new wardobe, because there is no way in hell that Jon Arbuckle dresses that trendy...his fashion sense is horrible, which is a staple of his character.

Seriously, burying my face between Star Jones' legs couldn't come close to being as ugly as this movie has the potential to be. Not to mention how much it will stink!

Seriously, burying my face between Star Jones' legs couldn't come close to being as ugly as this movie has the potential to be. Not to mention how much it will stink!

the story as i heard it was john intruducing odie in the house garfield gets jealous trys to get rid of odie but when odie actually disapears garfield feels guilty and goes off to look for the missing dog http://www.animated-movies.net/GarfieldPoster6.jpg heres another pic of garfield

the story as i heard it was john intruducing odie in the house garfield gets jealous trys to get rid of odie but when odie actually disapears garfield feels guilty and goes off to look for the missing dog http://www.animated-movies.net/GarfieldPoster6.jpg heres another pic of garfield

Cos the guy who did the voice of Garfield in the cartoon did Pete Venkman in the real ghostbusters, as glorifyingly played by Bill Murray in Ghostbusters!! Spooky? Or just genius casting? And Breckin Myer was born to play Jon-it's the only part he's tall enough for!!!

I think he looks... okayyy... so far... I mean, we can only wait for the actual animation to come out before anyone can truly see if it's cool or not. And as for Garfield's black stripes, they were always on the back of his body (back, tail head), so that portrayal is on the ball. And as for you grammar ree-rees, all of you shut the fuck up. I mean honestly, it's fine if he wants to be an idiot and not use correct grammar, but there's no need for you to call him on that. It's much more funny to just laugh than to get your panties in a twist over it.

that movie sucked. this is going to be much more entertaining. at least it will not take itself seriously like the stupid Wachowski Brothers. man, they suck hard!!

Seems sort of funny, but if you're seriously asking why it isn't syndicated, it's probably because a syndicate would have a hard time selling a strip with sex jokes and visual puns in it to most newspapers (although I believe there is a syndicate that focuses on alternative papers, City Papers.... the sort of venues stuff like Life in Hell was syndicated to.... that it could be syndicated by). Realistically though, most of these comics don't need to be syndicated any more, they can reach their audience directly now.

This link is for a radio show prank that is NOT for kids, but it does bring together the white stuff on faces and JLH at about 3min30sec... Sorry for even posting this... http://www.geocities.com/wdorr/scottyfree.rm

I wait ten freakin, minutes for the page to load, and all I get is a crappy looking piece of art of a kitty in sunglasses, that looks like it came off a greeting card or some stupid, "Hang in there" poster, and a couple of head shots of a couple of actors I already know what they look like. Garfield was funny about twenty years ago, but then he went mainstream and quality declined faster than people could pull those suction cup Garfields off their windows. Meyer's a pretty good actor, and I still find Hewitt pleasing enough to the eye, but yeah, Illeana douglas would've been great. (Not a good fir with Meyer though). What they oughtta' do is scrap the CGI, and put Seth Green in facepaint and a cat suit. Oh, and since apparently Jennifer Love Hewitt has become so skanky, she's not even good enough for a bunch of fat, lazy geeks, I think I'll give her a call. All spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors are put in for fun.

...or if you can't (which wouldn't surprise me), find a fucking hobby please.

Let it go man I was kidding. I decided to have a little fun witht he group it shouldn't be taken seriously. I know I wasn't "manipulating" anyone nor did I have a leg to stand on as I blatantly made grammatical errors. It's over man.

Unless she's suddenly become posessed by Pazuzu, the placement and size of her head are all wrong. Whoever faked that crap up should hang their head in shame, Jeez have some pride in your work.

Oh no. I'm not a Garfield fan and even I am taking this bad. Maybe its because one day I will see this bastardization of a cartoon character in a live action movie. Heck, I've seen the horrors of a CGI Scooby Doo. What next? Are we going to see the Peanuts gang in a live action movie with Snoopy a CGI character? I wouldn't doubt that some sick mind out there is trying to make that a reality.

You lot are in here bashing a movie that isn't even finished yet! Everyone of you, with very few exceptions, are complaining on how this movie sucks, when you haven't even seen 10 seconds of it! Get a fucking life already!

I think if the filmmakers are going for realism like "SCOOBY-DOO" than let them. Personally, the pic of Garfield really is not that bad. I mean sure I would love to have seen him go the "ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE" route. Breckin is PERFECT for Jon. He can play dorky, un-ladiesman-like characters well. Jennifer I'm a little skeptic as Liz. Personally, I wanted the woman from MEN IN BLACK 1 and DOGMA as Liz, but oh well... Hopefully Odie will look semi-cartoonish, don't make him look like a cross between a beagal and a golden retriever because otherwise Odie will ruin it. And hey if Chevy Chase (WHO'S IN IT!) and Bill Murray can bring back their "Caddyshack" humor to this than praise the Lord. But like somebody on here said Lorenzo did do the voices of Garfield and Peter on "GHOSTBUSTERS" so Bill is a perfect match for Garf. *Thanks God they didn't get John Goodman to do it, but wishes George Wednt was a maybe.*

it was Coen. If that's who you're thinking of, brother of Ethan, you've got the wrong guy.

1: You are all idiots. 2: Underline the logic leading to the conclusion that this movie will suck. You are making judgements based on three obscure pictures. You have read no script, seen no sets nor interviewed any of the cast. 3: Some people(not me, however) find the Garfield comic strip funny. 4: Despite your spelling and grammar,you can still be an asshole. 5: This is a movie based on a property. Books, TV shows, comics books, musicals and newspaper strips are not holy writ. If you don't like the Garfield movie, it's your own damn fault.

It will fucking rock.I can't go into details since the deal hasn't gone through yet.

Dan Aykroyd would own Bill Murray what the fuck is this guy talking about Aykroyd hasn't been funny since 1986

if you're thinking of that joel coen

Ohhh, the creator should go all rambo on the studios honestly, no wonder films don't gain back their budget.... fuck you Garfield movie, fuck you up your stupid ass.

I sent this to Harry, and I assure you it's a real Fox promotional picture (ChickenGeorgeVII, they've finished shooting!). For those who still doubt me, empireonline.co.uk runs this story too and mentions they got the same booklet I got, and this is the picture from it. Although it was supposedly hush hush, so I'm surprised Harry didn't hold it back until he'd gotten the go-ahead from Fox. Oh, and I said in a FAIR univesre, Aykroyd would own Murray's ass - after all, he wrote Ghostbusters, Blues Brothers, Trading Places - hell, even Dragnet was funny. But the universe ain't funny, and Aykroyd got fat and somehow lost all his talent in his larder back in the late 80's. Thus Murray remains the most succesful Ghostbuster. But that Coen/Cohen thing was a shitty mistake to make and I apologise. It was soooooo early and it's soooooo hot in the UK! And one last point - why the fuck would I fake a fully-clothed Love Hewitt picture?!?!

What the hell is your problem with me?!? Do i annoy you?!? If you as me, your the one that neds to f#@k off!

...I'm trying to decide whether it will be worse that the useless pile of shite the Scooby Doo movies are. Why ruin a perfectly good existing character? BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENDLESS BUDGETS USUALLY HAVE NO TALENT... vomitvomitvomit Let's hope they fuck something up and all their work burns to the ground.

I 'm not too happy with how he looks. I mean, are we suppose to belive that a real live cat can exist with really large eyes, and his ears so close to eachother? That's just too wierd for me, and it should be left in the comic strip, and the cartoon. I really wish this movie would just be animated instead!

Personally I don't think Garfield could work as anything BUT cgi, and will certainly not be the reason for the films ultimate failure. As much as I think Jennifer Love-Hugetits looks like a buttered strumpet in anything she does (mmmm strumpets), the fact remains that just because you are a hottie with a fat rack and child-baring lips doesn't make you an actress. JLH = Box Office Poison. *BAMF*

But it can't be as bad as Gigli...

"ColoUr, mUm, organiSation... learn who to spell or get your own damn language"----No thank you. Instead, we took your language, and got rid of a lot of stupid stuff. Made it better. "Program" is a much more sensible word without that stupid "-me" on the end. Have a nice day.

personally speaking, i will see the movie, because i loved garfield as a kid growing up and i hope this film will be a bit of nostaligia for me. however, i don't care what garfield looks like (unless he looks fucked over). like any film, the script is the most important thing of all. i've seen films that are okay, but are saved by the performances. murray and meyer will do a good job, hewitt will suck (as usual- when was the last time, if ever, she gave a good performance, or just acted). but to me, the script is key. so far, from what i have heard, not bad storyline. as long as the story moves along, there's some funny jokes that are garfield-esque, and it is a decent film, i will see it. if they blow it, mainly through the writing, well...

just to see Jennifer's titties on the big screen beeeatches.

Quite frainkly this movie was a stupid consept coming from a movie making institution completly devoid of new ideas. What's next? The Penuts? Cathy? Boondocks. . . Actually that one would kind of kick ass. We could get Michal Moore to direct it. . .

She looks like the Jack of Clubs with that stupid pageboy haircut. She used to have awesome long hair. Why is it that women think they need to cut their hair like the Beatles to get anywhere in Hollyweird? Like Jamie Lee Curtis - why can't she grow hair like a woman? A female with hair that short looks like she pees standing up. Next thing you know, Hewitt will be Rosie O'Donnell's date to the gun-ban whacko partys.

IndustryKiller!, you are annoying. You obviously care a whole hell of a lot about staying up on the talkbacks because you're the first to post on every third one of them. While we're at it, English should be capitalized (or capitalised if you're a smarmy limeshit douchebag). VikingKitty, your sadass attempts at instituting an even more sadass AICN catchphrase are getting really old really fast. Stick to whining for a WWE talkback over in the coaxial section. BladeRunnerUnit, you and I both know that your ineptitude with the English language is legend, and this latest defensive post is as endearing (though, sadly, as incomprehensible) as ever. Finally, mbaker, nobody hates you. We just hate the fucking Hulk Hogan bullshit that wasn't funny in the first place and gets no funnier with every soul-deadening repetition.

It was a joke. Harry mentioned Steve Buscemi and Illeana Douglas because of the 'buggy eyes' similar to the characters drawn in the comic strip.

Now that would be something worth seeing!

The flame war is my fault. Shoot me. Thats the last time I act like a 13 year old to piss off grammar freaks. Just wasn't worth it. Blue7 it's not that staying up for the talkbacks is so important as much as that insomnia is a bitch and you tend to get bored and the talkbacks are something to do. Although, I must admit I still get an odd pleasure out of being first, although it's not the same without UncleFucka.

They aint gonna be showing no titties, this'll probably be rated PG. It reminds me of the idea of a Friends movie with nudity though. It'd be cool if they could bring Jon's inadequacies into the bedroom. And huge monster eyes or not, Buscemi and Douglas would have ruled.

Studio Exec 1 " Hey, I have an Idea? lets do a Garfield movie?" Studio Exec 2 " Uhm, lets not, and say we did."

Where the hell is Odie can't simply have Garfield without Odie,& who the hell voices him.

Dunno if this has been mentioned in regards to the Garfield movie (which I am quite looking forward to, sad as it is), but I do find it a rather poetic fact that Bill Murray is providing Garfield's voice... Bill Murray played Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters, who had the voice of Lorenzo music in the cartoon, who also played the voice of Garfield...who is now being played by Bill Murray! :)

I just remembered this this morning. Bill Murray played Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters became a Saturday morning cartoon, voiced by some guy (don't know his name). His distinct voice was also given to the Saturday morning cartoon Garfield. And now, Garfield in the movie will be voiced by Bill Murray.

BRECKIN MEYER IS TOO HOT TO PLAY THAT LOSER JON ARBUCKLE!!!!!

Breckin Meyer's not a bad choice for Jon, but I think either Chevy Chase or Will Ferrel would be perfect for the role. Bill Murray's as good as I could've hoped for for Garfield, and JLH should be adequate as Liz, but I'd prefer someone like Janeane Garofalo or Linda Fiorentino playing her. Someone expressed concern about who will do Odie's voice. My sarcasm detector might be broken, but if not, I'll point out that it doesn't really matter who does Odie's voice, since Odie can't talk, or even think. Now to apply some quick flame retardant: Obviously I don't KNOW this movie will suck. But I predict it will. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. Lotta bad vibes coming off this thing. I'll be interested to see how it looks when it's done, but right now it just feels like a movie that should never have been made. A Garfield movie would've been at home in the eighties, in animated form.

It's all just another sad showcase of how Hollywood treats its audience. The movie could, conceivably, be adequate, but it's so jarringly borne out of the dregs of hypothetical test-marketing that it becomes instantly unappealing. This movie never would have gotten greenlit without the performance of 'Scooby-Doo,' and for that reason 'Garfield' apes everything about it on commercial terms: make it known instantly that the CGI star's allure is the celebrity of the project, fill in the cast with affable, blase twentysomethings, and BOOM! You've got Scooby-Doo Dough. I would normally feel insulted, say that they're wrong for generalizing everything, that 'Scooby-Doo' was an isolated incident, but then again... it's 'Scooby-Doo.' Still, did anyone actually ask for a 'Garfield' movie? It's not exactly as popular with the kiddies these days as Hanna Barbara cartoons. They made a gambit with this one; maybe if we as a society didn't support dreck like the 'Doo in the first place we wouldn't have to worry about the intentions behind Hollywood movies.

Ugh...I hate sounding pretentious and depressing. I understand why Hollywood does some of the things it does, the world is not gonna end if people see bad movies once in a while, and so on. All I was trying to say was that this movie never would have gotten made without 'Scooby-Doo,' which isn't necessarily an accurate way to fortell a movie's success and is not really something to aspire to in the first place.

I know that I often sound pretentious and depressing, I hate those posts, too, I was just particularly disgusted with myself with my last message is all.

MemBirdman: I was waiting for someone to mention this. The name you can't think of is that of Lorenzo Music, late lamented voice of Garfield, Peter Venkman (at least in the first two seasons of "The Real Ghostbusters", and of course, for those of us old enough to remember it, the voice of Carlton, your doorman on "Rhoda". He appeared on the "Smothers Brothers" comedy show back in the day, was a writer for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and also appeared (so to speak) in "Tale Spin", "Darkwing Duck", "Gummi Bears", "The Jetsons", and "Fantastic Max", among many others. He is credited with creating the 1970s "Bob Newhart Show", and also composed the theme music. He produced or exec produced not only the Newhart show and Rhoda, but also the "Carlton" TV special, among many other things. His last vocal appearance was on an episode of "Drew Carey" in 1995. All in all a real entertainment Renaissance man, who affected American pop culture in profound ways and yet went largely unnoticed. His daughter Roz is a makeup and hair stylist in Hollywood (she did "Adaptation" and "The Virgin Suicides"). Music died in 2001. RIP, Carlton.

Dr. Liz has always been somewhat on the sarcastic side, similar to Garfield, but deep down she was an affectionate person that had a soft spot for the cat and even Jon himself. I agree with the Janane Garafolo or Linda Fiorentino choices for her. Granted, it is true they wouldn't have gone ahead with this had Scooby not been the success it was box office wise, but I'm willing to give it a chance so long as they don't dumb the characters down from their cartoon counterparts, regardless of it being rated PG and aimed for families. Keep Jon's futile attempts to get laid, er, get a date, maintain Garfield's cynicism towards life, as dark as it actually is at times, and have him be cruel to Odie, only barely tolerating him at movie's end. If the dialogue is as clever as the early comics and the cartoon series, I'm down for giving it a go.

That was a joke when National Lampoon's Radio Hour did an ad for it in the '70's (featuring Marlon Brando as Sarge?). It wouldn't shock me now if Marty Scorcese announced it as his next project. I mean GARFIELD...for fuck's sake.

I know it's alot harder to do an entire CGI movie, but fuckin' GARFIELD man...that teen movie star there probably never even read Garfield or watched the cartoons, and if he DID, he should have known enough to Decline this offer to star is Jon. OOOH!!! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE GEEK FROM "CAN'T HARDLY WAIT" AS JON! If yer looking for a teen-movie star who fits the bill. Dammnit, Fuck the hollywood machine! They made Garfield's nose REALISTIC! CGI Odie would have ruled moreso. The huge tongue and fixed expression. THIS is why cartoons exist. To take us OUT of reality. GAHHHHHHHH.

I am a teacher, and the argument that the internet is not a place where grammar matters makes me concerned. Have you any idea how many young people today are so used to e-mailing and text-messaging that they cannot put together a sentence or write a decent essay? If you wish to perpetuate the idea that writing correctly is not to be worried about, in my opinion you're incorrect. I do, however, have no problem with the image of Garfield that has been posted. But, the fact that the rest of the film is pretty much live action could be problematic. And to counteract the argument that some find Garfield as a comic strip to be boring, when is the last time that any comics in the Sunday Funnies actually made you laugh? Beetle Baily may be immortal, but ha hasn't been funny in years.

I agree. Ha hasn't been funny for years. I much prefer Hee or Ho or even Haw. Now, Haw is gut-bustingly funny. Haw-haw! See?

Yeah...so, scooby really sucked. Bad. Take a hint, hollywood. Waiting patiently for Shazam the movie.

...but then Jim Davis threw out all the supporting characters and simplified every story line to "Garfield vs. Jon." There used to be really funny characters and hilarious situations Garfield would get into. I remember they used to have Book Fairs at my grade school, and my mom would give me $10 to but the latest collection. But I haven't bothered to read it in the years since Davis began coasting, and unless this movie starts getting really good word of mouth, I don't think I'll go to see it either.

I should probably write that before someone points it out. Gee, we really do type to fast on this site, don't we?

I HOPE it will be PG, anyway. If it's G it'll be another crappy-ass Grinch or Cat in the Hat. Fuck that shit. And a CGI Garfield is about the equivalent of doing a live action Simpsons movie, hiring all jaundiced actors, and telling them to keep their lips puckered out and flat at all times. Or perhaps having all live actors except for a CGI Homer. Claymation would even be better: wasn't Homer claymation when he entered our world and saw the erotic bakery?

And does anybody else remember the rumours of a live action Simpsons movie in the early days? They were thinking about getting Tom Arnold to play Homer. Thank Christ that never happened, it might've killed the series.

..........Bucky Katt rules!

If any of you have seen the "Garfield Christmas Special" you know what I'm talking about. It airs on CBS every Christmas and is a classic like Charlie Brown. Personally, my picks would be this: Grandma-Phyllis Diller Jon's Mom-Debbie Renolyds Jon's Dad-Peter Boyle (maybe) Jon's Brother-Not sure about this one, but I have some ideas: Steve Buscemi, Jeff Goldblum (his brother stutters alot), or from "Laverne and Shirley" those two guys who alwas wore leather and made stupid jokes. Either one of them would be perfect.

I hate to sound negative, but this is gonna turn out to be a really bad idea.

bucky katt rules! (thats my favoritecat) he'd smack garfield around.. lol still 'm interested in seeing how they do this garfield thingy..

...out all my Garfield books that I stashed away so the kids wouldn't maul them. Just as long as they dont make Pooky look like an Ewok.

... it's actually "Deutschmarks"...

as well as a few other animators. Dave has been tight-lipped about the project since he told me about it, but not the "cat's outta the bag" so-to-speak. Not impressed yet.

Cause you know it's hot... i mean it's probably tight and shit.... damn i'm hard

...that damned cat (sorta) ruined my life. My parents had the odd foresight to give me ol' Garf's moniker as a middle name. I used to use it, but then the strip strted, and Garfield mania took over the US, and I dropped it. Maybe I should start using it again...

Couldn't you just not go see the movie? Wouldn't that solve all the problems of being driven in to a frenzy about how bad it will suck? I have no plans to see the Garfield movie, and therefore I am not angered at all when I hear about it. It seems simple to me....

True, you can get unbiased news elsewhere. You can also get more up to date news before it winds up here (Harry Potter 4 director anyone?) It's kind of cool to have somewhere where the editorial policy is more akin to the unabashed fanboys (anti piracy rants and New Line promotion notwithstanding) If you want further proof of the good thing we have here, check out the IMDB forums. There's some scary people there.

Akroyd couldn't drive Bill Murray's fucking limo. Yeah Blues Brother 2000 can certainly take down Big Ern....oh wait Akroyd hasnt been funny in about 20 years...Live on Venkman style

Good enough for me to poop on!! and to fuck JLH tight hot ass.

I loved this cartoon as a child but....I'm not so confident that Garfield will work as a film. Well, Billy Murray is great - hopefully this one will surprise me.

If they ever do a sequel to this it should be based upon the Halloween special! I haven't seen that since I was 13, but I remember it used to scare the living shit out of me!

trying to convince the world, and himself, that he has been laid. There is one common trait between everyone who posts at AICN...We are all geeks.

Boondocks and Rudy Park....these two need to be posted on AICN every day just for the hell of it.

First of all, to the poster who suggested Drew Carey as Dilbert, I'd like to paraphrase a "Simpsons" episode: "Too obvious! Should be...Darrell Hammond." I have so much to say about the "Garfield" movie. First, while Lorenzo Music left some big shoes, I think Bill Murray is a good choice. Take his Carl Spackler voice, modify it a little and viola! Instant Garfield. Second, Breckin Meyer and Jennifer Love Hewitt are all wrong for Jon and Liz. Why? They're too young! Both actors are in their 20s, while I picture Jon and Liz somewhere in their 30s. And third, while having "Toy Story" vets do the script sounds good, I maintain that the producers should have Mark Evanier give it a polish. Given his side-splitting work on "Garfield and Friends", he clearly understands the characters better than anyone, even Jim Davis (if the current strip is any indication). BTW, if that's how Garfield is gonna look in the movie, that's already a step in the right direction. Also, am I the only one who found "Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" underrated? I feel that Kenneth Lonergan, for the most part, captured the spirit of the show nicely. And anyone who didn't crack a smile at Fearless Leader parodying Travis Bickle has no soul!

Yeah, I kinda get what you're saying, but personally I think it would've made MORE sense to flame someone who writes shit like "this moive loks intersting", because that would be someone who needs to have their poor spelling pointed out to them, in the hope that they would try to improve, whereas "your an idiot" is more like laziness, which I consider permissable on the internet. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with flaming someone for saying "your an idiot", but that's for different reasons from spelling. That's because you should err on the side of caution before calling someone an idiot. Having said all that, I've just read Shepherd Wong's comments on one of the Kill Bill talkbacks, and that guy is one hell of an idiot.