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Oh God, Jason Lee why? ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS movie from the mind-blowing talents behind the GARFIELD movie sequel?!?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Okay, yes... I grew up with Alvin and the Chimpmunks... in fact, they were very much in the same league with Garfield (and Friends), Peanuts and Gumby... kind of that group.
Sure, make a movie. Go for it. Jason Lee as Dave Seville? Okay, I guess... although completely different from the strict-ish up tight character, I like Lee... go for it. Why not? But Tim Hill is directing, the guy behind GARFIELD: A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES... I can see the movie already, as bland as bland can be.
I guess it's not sacred territory, but goddamnit... I loved these guys... I even loved the hell out of the '80s animated movie. It pains me seeing these movies done so horribly... ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE... GARFIELD... Guess there's a chance UNDERDOG (voiced by Lee, I might add) might actually be kind of cool... Meh... the whole thing. Meh.
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never wanted to be
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Hey, proove me wrong!
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C'mon Jason why are you doing movies like this and Underdog? It's too bad cause the man could have been Fletch and he'd still make a great Lupin if that Lupin the III movie ever gets off the ground.
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the chipmunks were bad enough the first time round in the 80's why the fuck would we want to see some furry fuckers that were just annoying helium speaking Douche bags i don't know !!!!
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I had forgotten how funny Jason Lee was in that one. He seems to have gone off the rails a bit lately, though. Earl is okay, but this cartoon business feels like money in the bank stuff. It's a real shame he and Kevin Smith weren't able to pull off Fletch, because that could have been good one.
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You know that'll be somewhere in this abomination of a film.
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That might explain it. It seems like every clam in Hollywood has guest starred on Earl. Being one of those people does something to one's judgement, so an ill advised cartoon movie is the least of his problems.
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Their music, the crappy cartoonshow, the crappy movie. Everything!
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Beyond the fact that Jason Lee is wasting his life away in cartoon movie purgatory, the people who cast him simply picked the wrong guy. David Schwimmer would have been a perfect Dave. He looks like Dave, he acts like Dave (especially in Friends when he had that pet monkey). Hell, he even has the first same name as Dave. Seems to me that Schwimmer was put on this earth to do two things: 1) Star in an over-succsessful sit-com that stands to be the very definition of lowest common denominator pap, and 2) play Dave Seville in this lowest common denominator pap of a live-action Chipmunks movie. They cast the wrong guy I tells ya!
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Where are the chipettes at?? Jamie Pressly could do a voice. C'mon they're needed. Thrown them in and my childhood battle of the sexes would be remembered. *runs off to watch alive and the chipmunks animated movie* just for the arguments.
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Underdog, and now this? Jason. What the fuck?! It almost seems like ascending the ranks of scientology seriously fucks with ones decision-making abilities... ...oh, hang on.
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And with a title like that it'd have to have Paris Hilton in it.
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I'm amazed, as long as parents keep taking their kids to see this sort of shit, Hollywood will keep churning it out. Next they'll probably fuck up the Flintstones by letting John Goodman play Fre... shit, too late. Who's up for King Ralph 2????
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Dane Cook will be voicing Astro. It'll never end.
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We're the chipmunks... guaranteed to brighten no one's day, I guess.
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After The Departed, i smell Oscar here
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There's no reason to make this movie. None. The Chipmunks achieve cultural consciousness once a year when their Christmas song is played on the radio. Then, it's a rocket-ride back to obscurity. Ah, just do it anyway. Make it a POOCHIE style reboot, with skateboards, Mountain Dew and baggy shorts.
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somebody make it stop.
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The Scientology has eaten his soul completely and he now can only do lame ass shit like this.
Let's take a look at his track record since Vanilla Sky (that shitfest he did with Cruise)
Big Trouble (enough said)
Stealing Harvard (oh yes...sooo good)
A Guy Thing (WTF???)
Dreamcatcher (AKA The Buttaliens attack)
The Incredibles (one shining light)
Drop Dead Sexy (did anyone see this???)
My Name is Earl (the other shining light)
Then we have Underdog...and now..this??
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Seriously, was there a more disturbing show than Alivn and the Chipmunks in the 80s? I remember when then had the girl chipmunks and there was an episode where Alvin and the one girl chipmunk (christ I think her name was Britnay) were going to a dance and Alvin didn't want to take her or something and they were trying to make each other jealous by taking other people. But, they were actually taking other human kids not other chipmunks. That was fucking disturbing. Can you imagine you have a son or daughter going to their first dance and a fucking singing chipmunk shows up at the door? Holy fuck I'd get a broom and chase them off my porch! That show scarred me in my childhood. Scarred me. -
Actually, the cartoon that could be a cool big budget comedy would be the Jetsons. Think about it-recreating the Jetsons world using today's special effects-could be cool. Make it kinda like Galaxy Quest, which I feel is a pretty solid sci-fi comedy.
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My anus just prolapsed thanks to this article.
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Lee should never have cameoed in that shitfest Clerks 2. Who's playing Alvin, Simon and Theodore? Not kids, people like Zach Braff. And why is Matthew Broderick not in this?
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Can I borrow a towel? my car just hot a water buffalo
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That's a pretty cool pick for Dave. I hope he slicks his hair back original Darren (Bewitched) style for this...
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he's handsome and has awesome delivery...he'd be perfect.
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The sound of the dump truck full of cash they backed up to his house. That's why Jason Lee is doing this movie.
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yeah, played out, but still good. I second the above poster; there is no way on earth that this movie wont suck ass... but at the same time, its going to make far too much money at the box office because people don't know better and kids don't have good taste.
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I remember seeing a Chipmunks episode years back where they go to Berlin, help bring down the wall and reunite a West German girl with her Eastern brother. Forget glasnost, forget Reagan, forget Gorbachev it was three screeching furballs that brought down the Iron Curtain. God help history.
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This movie is for kids, not adults. Get a grip.
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I'll bet you its more of a possibility than anyone here wants to admit. Produced by Al Gore.
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There is so much more of our Saturday morning childhoods to pillage.
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Mar 08, 2007 11:45:58 AM CST
Dane Cook should give blowjobs to get to voice Astro.
by therevengeofbayouwilly
People are starting to realize he sucks as hard as Larry The Cable Guy and Dave Coulier.
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It amazes me how people react to this stuff. The Garfield movies ... are ... for ... KIDS!!! Kids enjoy the movies. These movies aren't for us? Of course we won't go see them, but our kids (if any of you actually have them) will drag us to the theater on a Saturday afternoon to blow $30. Move along everyone, on to Rob Zombie and Indy 4, please.
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WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY SOMEONE JUST FUCKING TELL ME WHY THEY WON'T LEAVE THIS SHIT ALONE! O_O!!!!!!
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there's no reason to drudge up childhood memories just to fucking milk the big fat 80's cash cow! ENOUGH. IS. ENOUGH. God, there must be 500 waiters in LA with more original ideas than remaking old shit! FUCKING END IT!
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I love Jason Lee...I enjoyed the Chipmunks when I was a kid...but this just sounds...disturbing. are the original voice actors still alive or are they going to go Bill Murry on us?
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Especially the "We Are the Boys/Girls of Rock N' Roll" number sung over the volcano they were about to be sacrificed into. I actually liked the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie. I know, I'm insane, but I guess I love R&B (heh R&B) too much that they could have done a sock puppet movie with them and I'd have been happy.
Well gee, Garfield 1 was awful, but I didn't see A Tale of Two Kitties, so who's to say? Heh. Hehehmenehhumphhehp. -
You can keep this pile of shit, though. And Harry, do you seriously think that there's even a CHANCE that "Underdog" might be any good? Dude, I want THREE of what you're smokin'.
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no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no!
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the chippettes?
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I can't believe this shit is for real.
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seriously, I'm getting so tired of all my favorite childhood cartoons being made into shitty movies. that is all. as you were.
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Journey to the Flipside with Kidd Video and Rush Limbaugh as the diabolical Master Blaster!
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and NOT Thundarr the Barbarian??!?!?
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Lee better be doing this for the money. Sure I think he will do a good job. It cant be any worse than Garfield 2... or can it? Even if this fails at least we know Kevin Smith will write an awesome part in his next movie and cast Jason Lee in it.
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...obviously, Jason Lee didn't get that memo I sent him.
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up their tight furry little asses!
*is it wrong that that typing this has given me a semi-chub?*
the fat one that baked cakes all the time gave me a little rock solid cock when I was a kid. damn was I confused when I realised he wasnt a girl-munk. in all seriousness...I think jason lee is a great choice...but fuck was garfield a missed opportunity. When I heard Murray ws voicing I thought "YES!" perfect choice right there.....but it seemed to be the only good decision they made. JOHN DAVIS (not jim) damn producer signed Anderson on AvP. what a dick
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WHY?!?!?! I COULD HAVE SAVED MYSELF SO MUCH ANGUISH!
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Here's how it should go:
Dave Seville - Jack Black
Kyle Gass - Miss Miller
doesn't matter for the Chipmunks and the Chipettes, but makeup a la the grinch would work well. The way I would do it would be to make an origin film. I'd like to see it work like the cartoon, where no one cares or even notices that the chipmunks are giant rodents. I see a battle of the bands style event which will be the finale of the film and the debut of the chipmunks. A lot of cameos from music industry professionals would be great. The 'munks getting tips from boy bands or whatever. lots of potential for poking fun at the industry in a good natured way. I'm a genius ;) -
I'm losing count now. Nostradamus predicted that Alvin and the Chipmunks will suck. I heard (no joke) that they're making a feature based on the Burger King king character. What next? Mr. Clean: The Movie? The Adventures of Advil? The Diarrhea Dancers in Outer Space?
Script writers may as well start blackening the skies by jumping out windows. -
I bet you theyll rap, theyre gonna rap. Remember when they rapped that christmas song back in the 90s?
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As much as I like Jason Lee, I am dubious about this, unless he plays Dave like Earl. :P I grew up with Alvin and the Chipmunks when I was a kid, the cream of Saturday Morning Cartoons!! However, I am worried about whether this will work or not, remember what also happened with the live-action versions of The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo?? It would appear Hollywood never learns...
Then again, if done right, if it captures the spirit of the cartoons, then it could work. -
People that heard the movie contains rap are wrong. The movie trailer actually has Theodore taking a crap and Alvin eating it. God, I wish I were joking.
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