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Avi Arad's ROBOSAPIEN Movie Powers Up!!
Merrick here...
We heard a while back that Avi Arad was going to be basing a movie around Wow Wee's very cool RoboSapien line.
This was one of those "ignore it and maybe it'll go away" news bits that come around...quite frequently now that I think about it.
Well, this one didn't go away. In fact, it's either getting ready to roll, or is already rolling. Senn McNamara, who directed BRATZ, is directing the project. In a trillion years, I never could've envisioned the phrase "From the director of BRATZ!"). Arad and Max Botkin will script.
Bobby Coleman will play a boy who befriends a robot on the run from malevolent corporate interests in "Robosapien: Rebooted," which has begun filming in New Orleans.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter.
We have a RoboSapien. It's scares the crap out of neighborhood cats...I recommend it highly.
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Avi left Marvel for shit like this?
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Or it will suck like that "E.T." ripoff "Mac and Me".
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Ugh.. sloppy thirds
Will the robot have collagen-enhanced Bratz lips? -
What's next? LEAPFROG-THE MOVIE?
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going to suck!
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...You guessed it, Batman Begins. Thank you very much.
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Apr 08, 2008 9:05:16 AM CDT
More "malevolent corporate interests" ... ugh ...
by the wolf at the door
Right, I'm sure this movie's really going to stick it to them. What, does the robot stand in the way of their massive tax cuts? Does Robosapien put the screws to the fat cats by exposing their labor rights abuses or the way they stifle competition? Maybe the robot gets sick, and the corporation won't pay for his medical bills despite his health care plan ...
Maybe it's a chilling expose of the redistribution of wealth over the past two decades that has seen corporate profits (and CEO salaries) skyrocket while the middle class American paycheck stagnates and suffers the blows of a falling dollar.
I find few things so cynical in Hollywood than the cliche of the "malevolent corporate interests," brought to you buy those corporate interests in a two-hour long commercial for their products. "Oh, will this edgy, hip new toy show those suits what's what? Now you can play 'stick it to the man' at home, kids, with this BRAND NEW SUPER COOL FUN ROBOSABIEN DOLL!!!" -
Fuck this movie in the ear.
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...Ball-In-A-Cup: The Movie! "Catch the ball in the cup! Dump it back out, but don't worry! The ball won't go anywhere, the ball is attached to the cup! Now catch the ball in the cup again!"
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space pirates or something space born would be more interesting, regardless of this being one of the most stupidest things I've ever heard. Are they gonna have a monkey too? Cause that'll sell the shit outta this movie.
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It's amazing how all of the Marvel properties are looking good or being rebooted since Avi Arad left. "It's about relationships..." Fuck you! Good riddance! Enjoy your future Transformers wannabe flop asshole.
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Avi Arad and his retarded son weren't the creative part of anything Marvel ever did. Arad oughta be ashamed of himself.
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There Will Be Blood is out on DVD! You probably haven't heard! Paramount Vintage and Miramax really dropped the ball when it came to advertising this release...
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Crap directors you all should sign this for Uwe Boll to stop making movies. http://tinyurl.com/5mhgt7
I hope this is true. Say what you will about Bowl Movement but he does stick to his word, like boxing. -
Is that like when Bonnie and Clyde came out DVD a couple of weeks ago?
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Wow. Misery loves company. I, too, hated Arad.... so much, that I actually feel bad for him, now.
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I don't know which is more shocking, somebody actually thinks those things are cool, or the fact that someone thought those toys would make good movie fodder. What's next, Michael Bay's Tamagotchi starring Shia Lebouf? -
First he manhandles Sam Raimi et al. into putting Venom into Spider-Man 3 and now this... What's next? Furby: The Movie?
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couldn't have said it better.
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of this movie concept. say it's derivative of Short Circuit, say it's antiquated and completely unappealing. I say I'm just glad SOMEONE's shooting in New Orleans and giving it a piece of that action that LA and New York and Vancouver take up most of the time. Go Robosapien! Or Johnny Five...
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like he did to Raimi in Spidey 3?
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Not a single original idea or joke. Reads exactly like a story a group of toy executives would come up with. I'll be shocked if this makes it to theaters.
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Short circuit cough!
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Apr 08, 2008 2:02:07 PM CDT
Robosapiens:Rebooted!?!?! Finally the Prequel is first!!!!
by diagnostic
Avi understands how to make movies!!!! Huzzah!!!
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i think this movie is going to stink like three-month-old canned heat!
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...That's the sound of the creativity barrel being scraped. How much cheap Hollywood nose-candy do you have to snort before this sounds like a good idea?
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and you'll be bored with it after 20 minutes.
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Robosapien 2: Rise of Robo-Raptor!
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What, the bad guy is The Sharper Image?
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He announced if the following online petition reached one million signatures he'd stop making movies!!! Lets kick his ass!!!
Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/ RRH53888/petition.html
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"Malevolent corporate interests?" So Wow Wee Toys and Avi Arad are the villains, which don't get me wrong, makes perfect sense.
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...from malevolent corporate interests." That'd be Short Circuit then.
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