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Raja's SMURFS Movie Casts Its Lead...
Merrick here...
THIS ARTICLE over at Deadline says that Neil Patrick Harris has landed the lead role in Raja Gosnell's SMURFS movie.
While the article's headline reads "Neil Patrick Harris Will Be Lead Smurf", the piece itself is quick to indicate...
Harris won’t have to walk around as ablue-tinted Avatar, either. The Raja Gosnell-directed film is a mix of live action and animation, and Harris is the lead live action character.
I'm not sure what to make of this discrepancy, but I'm guessing he's the human lead in the film.
Filming begins in April.
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Getting tired of reading the same stories here that I've already read elsewhere.
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I don't see NPH playing Gargamel, Johan, or Pirlouit.
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For smurf's sake.
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And probably cast NPH as Gargamel.
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Now make it rated R and I'll buy a ticket.
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the MOTHERFUCKIN Squeekquel for this, or whatever Capone says.
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Oh god. Please no more blue people. Make them go away! Please, please make them go away! **BANGS FISTS AGAINST WALL**
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...if anyone could play Peewee, it would be Harris. He should also do the voice of Brainy Smurf if they don't feel like getting the regular voice actor.
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You know, the annoying blonde kid from the original series with the bad hair? Or the taller one with dark hair... Either way this movie is gonna be clown shoes palin
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...drop some kind of "timely" Avatar reference jokes. With parenthesis because they would have been stale if the Smurf movie had come out last month. Five dollars says there's a Matrix joke in there too.
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So, I guess they got that thing going.
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...Ugh, what was i sayin?
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I mean really- you want a douche like Raja Gosnell directing a movie you actually care about? This is great- take all the time you need my friend.
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...He tryin to pull the Gabriel Bryne Cool World trick...
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Nice!
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...Child Prodigy Doctor Smurf?
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fail
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Mar 03, 2010 7:22:55 PM CST
It just occurred to me that this could be improbably good...
by flickapoo
...the way ENCHANTED was good.Probably not of course...I mean, almost definitely, certainly not.
When the movie fails on every level I'll say "sure, I had the thought...but I dismissed it immediately:...But if by some miracle it IS good, then I called it first. -
WTF?
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...effin' Garfield and Chipmunk?! How was I not aware of this. I now have absolutely zero interest in this movie. Damn.
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Mar 03, 2010 7:30:04 PM CST
You know who NEVER gets to be first?
by ihaveseeneveryepisodeofprisonbreak
AINT IT COOL NEWWS!!!!!!!
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...I mean she has to be...it's self evident.
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Mar 03, 2010 7:39:49 PM CST
Hey Merrick, where's the disappearing Abe Lincoln story?
by disgustin_justin
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I second the Iggy Poppa Smurf idea.
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What? If I didn't write it someone else would have.
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we cast harris cause we loved his audition, F Murray abraham is set to star as Gargamel, brittany spears will voice smurfett and we are strongly leaning towards burt renolds as papa smurfi've seen some effect work and these things look amazing
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Before the TV series... the Magic flute. The smurfs had much less individuality and every single time they spoke it had this god awful musical chimes thing going on. So fucking annoying. I never could make it through the movie.
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Bring back Vic Tayback to do Gargamel's voice.
Fuck I'm old. -
likes money more than movies it seems.
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Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. I've got more chance of tying a knot with piss than your bullshit stories coming true.
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This poor movie is struggling enough in theaters...give it a break.
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Fuck you -- Epic Fail NPH. I'd slit your throat with one swipe of my katana, take a good 20 seconds to puff my weed and let you suffer, then take any another swipe of my sword to separate your head from your body. You are a pathetic excuse for an actor Neil.
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JettL doesn't ride a horse. He floats in on a magic carpet and fills us all in the Hollywood scene. And for that, I wanna shake his hand and make him a mayonnaise sandwich. With extra ass and a side of delusion.
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Did you get rejected by Neil at a club or something?
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Seems silly to do CGI for the smurfs when you could just use some make-up, people, and green screen effects. And I hope they make this like the SNL skit, over the top epic. It'd just be funny to take a stupid one -dimensional cartoon and treat it with a ridiculous level of seriousness.
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Smurfs have had it too Gawd damned easy...
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Mar 03, 2010 8:10:41 PM CST
Gargamel will be wearing a suit and live in a skyscraper
by disgustin_justin
mark my fucking words
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SLLLAP!!!
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NPH can do no wrong if you ask me!
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Only vanity is gay, all the rest have the horn for smurfette. And maybe brainy too, he was like the Smithers of the smurfs.
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...The alcohol must be takin effect...
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Yes, Paul Verhoeven's BLAUW SMURFMANNEN. Starring Neil Patrick Harris as a Smurf with an unhealthy obsession.
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didn't the headline tip you off? or did someone force you to click on it and read it? damn them! and damn AICN for posting a story a few hours after it appeared elsewhere in the universe! damn them!rolls eyes.
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Maynard from Tool has also been confirmed for the cast. He will play a new character called "Angry Smurf" who writes dark poetry and runs a winery.
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one of my favorite porn stars, so hot, you should check her stuff out
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for a talkbacker, anyway.
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any man who's perused enough porn sites knows that VANITY HAS A PENIS!!
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And really is in love with NPH.
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Who the fuck is "Raja"?
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At the end I hope he captures the big one and does experiments on its mind to control the entire race!!!!
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...Raja Thelegendoftheguardians.Sorta like McG, but longer.
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He should have gone with Raja Tarsem
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was Big Momma's House, why does Merrick think we should be on a first name basis with him?
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Read some sides. Nothing Enchanted-esquely transcendent about it. It would only be entertaining if NPH played Gargamel, because the other live-action lead male adult is Generic Family Movie Dad Who Needs to Connect with his Family More.
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Mar 03, 2010 9:29:48 PM CST
All they needed was one set piece for Gargamels castle
by disgustin_justin
everything else could have been shot in the backyard. I can't believe they are fucking up something so easy
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...I LOVED that scene wit Nia in that kitchen... oh yea!
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she's hot enough, i'd suck it, and i'm sure many of you feel the same
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btw Gargamel in greek,was translated as Dracumel.my favourite cartoon villain as a kid.
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you cocksucker
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When Doogie Howser MD meets Papa Smurf the relationship quickly moves from one of a doctor and his older blue mentor to one of a forbidden Smurfy love.
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as smurfette would have been cool.and maybe she will sing one of her songs while the smurfs are dancing around her.I say good call on that Jettl.
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only if it's mocap photo real and she has the same outfit as every other smurf.
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Mar 03, 2010 9:46:39 PM CST
cause if she wears a dress you'll see that blue biscuit
by disgustin_justin
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Mar 03, 2010 9:47:48 PM CST
Does this mean it will be smarmy, ironic, and self-aware in tone
by kevred
Is it possible to make a children's property into a movie that's actually kid-friendly, and not just a bunch of sly, wink-wink sex jokes targeted to the 30-something kids who never grew up?
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did you see Beverly Hills Choowahwah, because that's what we're dealing with here.
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Aw, effing bleep, ANOTHER remake/sequel? What a crappy day, discovering that there are re-dos on tap for The Rockford Files, Gilligan's Island, Conan and now the fuckin' SMURFS?? Does NO ONE have an idea that's not a retread or a video game offshoot? Even bloody Avatar, as gorgeous as it was to SEE, is a mish-mash of sci-fi short stories that appeared long before people started seeing books as the Internet printed in mashed-up trees. If you are willing to go see a Smurfs venture, even being high is no excuse and you should have your wee balls dipped in boiling ox-tail soup. GAAAH, how triple-revolting. The very mention of this made me vomit so hard, I can taste my toenails. I'd be more enthusiastic over having a carbuncle lanced. I look forward to things like Burton's Alice because they are known QUALITY ventures, but for every one of those, there seem to be a dozen flicks like "Legion," where the high point is a demon granny scuttling across the ceiling and that was done in Exorcist 3 years back. Three-headed alien Jesus. I'd rather watch 3 amputee midgets oil-wrestle. EPIC FAIL. Oh my, I SO have PMS! -
then how can he also be the live action human lead?..what other live-action lead would there be besides the evil villain Gargamel?
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Mar 03, 2010 10:20:44 PM CST
I went to the party and I did the Smurf
by beyondthunderdome2girls1cupbillcosby
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Then he wants to smurf his smurf until he smurfs all over.
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i'm hoping it won't be like "Arthur and the Minimoys" (a.k.a. "Arthur and the Invisibles") or something, like with the main human character befriending the Smurfs and then somehow magically transmorphing into one of them and living amongst them, learning many life lessons in the process (maybe even falling in love with Smurfette along the way). Come to think of it, that's sorta like AVATAR. I'm gonna pretend like i'm the first to notice this correlation.
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Neil said to the tiny blue vixen. Neil looked at her as she lay there in the spring grass, her sky blue skin in sharp contrast to the lush green surrounding her...he felt for her, wanted to feel more for her, but it was impossible....he could not continue the lie.Smurfette turned her head to face him...her long blonde locks cascading over her pert, Azure Hersey kiss sized breasts; "Neil...you can smurf me anything...smurf it out my giant Smurfer" Neil looked at her...and felt nothing, his loins knew the lie even before he admitted it to himself. "Smurfette...I...I...I've been using you...". "Using ME?"; she asked..." Judging by that big blue tongue of yours I'd say I was the one using you" Smurfette giggled. "Well...it....I...you see" Neil continued; "I like you....and I don't mind doing that too you....I've always loved the taste of Bubblegum...but..you see....what I..;" Neil searched for the words, his mind raced for the right thing to say....until finally he simple could not hold it back.."Smurfette...I'm in Smurf with Brainy...ok, I'm Smurfing Smurf..ok"Smurfette gasped..."smurfing smurf?!" she thought before finally finding her voice..."Well...that smurfing smurfs why I had to smurf you how to smurf my smurfing smurf!"
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Just when I thought this movie couldn't get any gayer...
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I'd like to see a reboot of Lost using Smurfs in a few years. I'm not sure why.
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....and with 25 more pages of story to be added...check it out!!!
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The whole lot of you. Hilarious but psychotic nonetheless.
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...that was smurfing smurfing...as always.
Well worth the smurf. -
It's what smurfs do before they smuck.
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How I smurfed you Smurf.starring Neil Smurfrick Harris
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and I *LOVED* it!
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...into her most smurf...she thrust her pulsating smurf towards him...finally, they were one smurf......oh, I've smurfed this for so long...
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I was in Garfield!
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Check this out HARRY www.Fanboyweb.com
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dumb casting......
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Where the Wild Things Are was a great movie made from a children's property that didn't contain one bit of sexual or adult references....that I can remember. I smoke a lot of weed.
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As Gargamel. As long as he refers to the Smurfs as little schmucks throughout, it'll be funny.
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W.T.F.
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but I guess they didn't care for unconfirmed gossip. I know many more cast members including Gargamel and Smurfette, but I don't know if this is the place to name them.
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Look www.fanboyweb.com
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with this news! Too smurfing soon?
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Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.
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He loves playing cartoon cats, despite what zombieland would have you believe.
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Is it true that Expendables was Re-edited?
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Mar 04, 2010 2:57:08 AM CST
Smurfette should be played by a porn star
by isleptwithkathybatesandallthatigotwasthi
Because she loves it. She really loves it.
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If I recall my childhood comics correctly, the Smurfs made their first appearance in an issue of "Johan & Pirlouit", a comic set in a sword&sorcery-style Middle Ages universe about a young knight's pupil (Johan) and his sidekick (Pirlouit). After this issue, Peyo started the Smurfs as a spinoff comic strip. So, if they'll actually decide to stick close to this, I can see NPH as Johan... somehow, I doubt it, though.
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Since when are we on a first-name basis with RAJA FUCKING GOSNELL? Oh, "RAJA's" Smurfs, I totally get it now! I can smell the press tour and "pwesents" apologia coming from here- "gosh you guys, I dunno about this but THAT SAID I just love NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, he is AWESOME and maybe......maybe..........maybe....."
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"If anyone can pull this off RAJA can. Color me blue, but not sad, cos im happy. Look out for LOTS more coverage of this one. Screeners, previews, competitions, interviews, and two reviews from every guy who writes for this site. Smurfing awesome!"
Harry Knowles on 'Rajas' SMURFS after seeing the money safely wired into his account. -
JJ's STAR TREK handout only lasted so long, and KICK ASS and GHOST WRITER both pay out on a commission basis, and sadly few took the bait. SMURFS might be the big payday tho. Harry gotta eat!
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A Smurfs movie will be aimed at kids and if adults like it as well then it should be a hit.
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i might read a book too
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Didn't James Cameron already make this movie recently?
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Potatino, i've tried reading books but every three minutes I need the page to rewrite itself with some profane and spiteful remark about the author, the characters, or the plot.
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CBS Films thought that no one would see "Beastly", and cast Vanessa Hudgens, who, if you read the book, is pretty wrong for the female lead...but NPH is in it, too, and they fail to see how much of a fanbase he has. However, I'm pretty wary of this, as it's not set in medieval times, but THE PRESENT. Who at Sony HADN'T watched the cartoon?!
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the smurf village with be ravaged by Dr. Horrible in his quest for smurf berries to power his latest invention...
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Nouns and vowels.
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Smurf: "So ... you're smurfed."
Smurfette: "Yeah. Smurfin', huh?"
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-score-from-motion-picture/id345119009 -
If you DO have any say in this movie's casting, (and let's face it the answer is probably no), please cast Freddie Prinze Jr, so the film will effectively ruin GOsnell, Prinze and yourself in one go, ridding the world of 3 major eejits. Ta.
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Maybe we can get a worthless Bill Murray cameo out of the deal, Jerky Smurf or something like that. I hate hollywood and all its kind.
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"There was another screening held this evening in Woodland Hills in the same Pacific Theater where the first Test Screening was held just a few weeks ago. My friends and I, all guys, waited in line for 3 1/2 hours only to see the people from what I believe was Lionsgate, who where hosting the event, pull girls & couples out of the line. They brought them into the theater as a “focus group”.
Then they proceeded to tell the two hundred people in line, mostly men, that the theater was full and that they could not see the movie.
It seems like my friends and I were denied entrance because of our gender.
I read a few reviews about the film from the first screening.
They pointed out that the movie was not very chick friendly, but I thought that was the point of the film.
Unfortunately, Stallone may have taken the criticism to heart and screened a more TEEN girl friendly version of “The Expendables”. I think this may be a different rough cut from the first screening. But I can’t prove that since I didn’t get in.
Does Stallone think that girls will actually be interested in seeing his 60-year-old plus face for 2 hours? If yes, he’s in for a rude awakening.
As a fan of Stallone I am disappointed!" -
"Yeth, it's twue!" Brainy said with a defiant lisp. "I'm smurfosexual and I'm proud!" He then flipped a hip, and did a circle with two snaps, followed by a 'whoooo!' "I'm one foot two and wainbow blue!" "People ask all'a time how can our love ever happen, with me being so small. I'll just say this, when Neil and i get smurfing, it gives new meaning to the expression 'giving head!' "Whooo!"
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I hope they have the smurfs doing some sort of hip-hop music number!!! That would be cool and edgy!
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Darth, yes! They could use a track by Black Eyed Peas, y'know a real *street* hip-hop group. They could maybe change one of the lyrics to say 'Smurf' too. That would be so cool. But wait for the BIG IDEA... why not have one of the Smurf's breakdance? Yes, I said it. Let's see a CGI Smurf do a little spin on his back and end up throwing a pose... How COOL would that be?
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...Smurf mysteriously born a different color. He hides his specialness under blue body paint...but through a series of adventures learns to love himself just the way he is and express his own special and unique smurftastic color.
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was just flushed down the toilet.
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I highly doubt that.
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going to befriend another pathetic "lost American soul"???
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I think my childhood has turned gay because it has been assraped more times than I ever imagined.
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No wonder they're blue.
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That's where my money is for NPH
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I'm goin' home.
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But seriously, I assumed this movie would be set in present day. No?
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i'm done thinking baout this movie now. Remember, this is directed by the guy who brought you the live-action Scooby Doo movie.
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You heard it here first.
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the idea I read for this movie before sounds terrible. It all happens in a little kids bedroom or something stupid like that. I don't know if that's what they're still going with, but I would like to see an actual adaptation of the cartoon in the same setting with the same characters. And I'd like Pixar to do it.
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To begin with, allow me to extend my appreciation for not "Firsting". Well done.
Secondly, the troubling fact is, AICN has gotten itself into a seemingly irretrievable funk of laziness. Harry took a whole month off, from his DVD column and for several weeks now, the posted articles have consisted of contests for screening tickets.
The articles that actually pertain to movies have not been much more than regurgitated material they found, on other sites; and they usually eschew original insights, in favor of linking the reader over to someone else's work. It leads me to believe that the AICN staff must all be pushing towards their late 30's and into their early 40's. They have less and less time, for this site and have not done much to fill in the gaps. There are sites out there that stay more up to date; so they will probably begin outpacing AICN, in the area of web traffic. I hope Harry and the guys pull out of this; but it doesn't seem to be getting any better. -
Or something, he is quite funny.
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I kid, I kid.
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There's a trailer for a new ZACK SNYDER MOVIE, "Legend of the Guardians." Whoever picked 30 Seconds to Mars ought to be fired and then shot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsAErYNyRuE
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Just like the Smurfs cartoon. God I hope they don't set it in modern times and we get a Alvin the chipmunks style movie, barf!
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The smurfs is a kids property, and should be treated as such. Casting the Bro-Code and White Castle guy is the absolute opposite of that direction. They've turning it from a kids movie to a stoner's spectacle.
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It starts off in their original place and time, but Clumsy falls through some sort of magical portal and is followed by Papa and a group of Smurfs (including Brainy, Smurfette, and "Gutsy"), with Gargamel and Azrael not far behind.
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while he gives them a smurf around. Then he smurfs all over their back,flips them over and gives them a cleveland smurf on their chest.
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I'd totally go curious for Vanity.
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Where is the originality? Where are the creative writers?
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No more ratty wizard's robes... Gargamel needs to wear a high dollar business suit and sleep around a lot.
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Motherfuckin Smurfs on a Motherfuckin Plane!
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I'm smurfin' tired of smurfy movies about cartoons. THEY SMUFED MY CHILDHOOD! They smurfed it to hell!
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...This is obviously some new use of the word 'landed' that I wasn't previously aware of.
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