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Must watch of the day: The Assassination of Yogi Bear by that Coward BooBoo
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I have not seen Yogi Bear. Unless a member of my family is kidnapped and the ransom is that I must watch Yogi Bear in a theater I will not watch that movie, which looks to be the most horrible cash-in piece of crap made this year.
But then I saw this brilliant piece of work by Edmund Earle that actually makes me kinda want to watch Yogi Bear, even though I know there is not a projectionist in the world cool enough to replace the movie's ending with the below.
It's really something and I just had to share it. Enjoy!
-Quint
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Dec. 13, 2010, 4:16 p.m. CST
That's likely the only good thing that will come from that movie
by chuckmoose
and it almost makes it worth it!
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Purpa Sadu does not approve.
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I don't get it.
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Dec. 13, 2010, 4:23 p.m. CST
And I see they removed the much-anticipated "edit" button here
by Mike_D
LMAO
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Dec. 13, 2010, 4:24 p.m. CST
Who cares? Yogi Bear wasn't exactly high culture to begin with
by Quadrillionaire
and never came close to achieving the comedic genius of Looney Tunes. Now if they did a piss poor 3D Looney Tunes, then I'd be pissed
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But amazingly well done.
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I have thrown up in my mouth a little every time I've seen the trailer for this pile of stank, but this makes up for all of that! Awesome!
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...the special effects folks who actually worked on the film did this.
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Dec. 13, 2010, 4:40 p.m. CST
The creepy CGI eyes work better to express sadness
by David Cloverfield
The happy credits song cracked me up. I would love if some pissed off crew working on one of the terrible CGI children movies just ended one of them like this.
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Epic.
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Dec. 13, 2010, 4:47 p.m. CST
From what I've heard, it's a joke from the FX guys of the movie.
by RedEgiraahgnal
I'm seriously sure that this was NOT meant to end up on YouTube and was only supposed to be shown at this year x-mas party, though. I hope nobody gets fired for this.
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Here is the backstory of the video. http://tinyurl.com/yogitruth
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"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." Bloated and tiresome business, that. Gorgeously shot and full of great period detail, but man oh man, was it talky and tedious. Drunk on self-importance.
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How funny...?
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I really think some people spout off such nonsense in place of actual critical analysis. "I don't like dis moobie becuz der are no 'splosions or boobs or fast cars that go vrrrrooooom...so I will say something liek da moobie is self important. Gee, I sound so smert!"
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other Hanna Barbera movies will have similar endings. The Jetsons go on a time trip courtesy of Rosie a'la 2001. The Smurfs trippin' balls on mushrooms like Reqiuem for a Dream. The Magilla Gorilla movie has the ape climbing the Empire State building. ...I'll get my coat.
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That parody was actually better than the original property deserves.
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That parody was actually better than the original property deserves.
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It's the robot-chicken routine: take a children's property, insert gore, violence, or sex. Besides being a low-level worn-out template, it speaks volumes about the so-called creative staff behind this movie.
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Nonetheless, the joke is been done many times before, and better.
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Dec. 13, 2010, 5:44 p.m. CST
Over the past 5 days, AICN has basically posted 2 trailers and 1 YoutTube video
by ricarleite2
Congratulations
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That was awesome, inspired and waaaay...better than anything on Robot Chicken (which I love). Do us all a favor and spring forth something to make us all quiver and shake in awe at your supreme skill and intellect. I am sure you can right here, given a few minutes, come up with a funnier Non sequitor or scenario to make us all agree in your superior wit.
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Dec. 13, 2010, 6:12 p.m. CST
The Assassination of Yogi Bear Considered As A Downhill Motor Race
by Marduk
Starring Christopher Walken.
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I sure do.
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If you think the video is inspired, good for you. Glad you got a laugh out of it. An ocean of internet and cable tv flotsam awaits your consumption; have fun.
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In talkback? Um, OK. New here, are you? Anyway, that's what I think of TAOJJBTCRF. Never meant to go into depth. "Drunk on self-importance" sums it up nicely enough. Wouldn't change a thing.
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and I've been here since about '98.
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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED
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Wonderful. Just wonderful.
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Dec. 13, 2010, 6:49 p.m. CST
I don't understand how anyone can complain about that
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
I mean, the whole thing was made by one guy in his bedroom that's pretty impressive. That said, I shouldn't really be surprised because I remember when that Watchmen cartoon was posted here and there were loads of people claiming it was shit.
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Probably done by an animation's major for his/her final project. Very, very cool!
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Probably done by an animation's major for his/her final project. Very, very cool!
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that the cartoon Yogi Bear was 3rd rate animation coupled with D minus storytelling. So why all of the rage against this movie? If it turns out to be 2nd rate animation and a D plus story, isn't that an improvement? I mean, I'm not paying the price of admission, but who am I to judge people who take kids to it?
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Either bring back the delete and edit buttons or clear the fucking subject and comment lines after we've posted our comment. Otherwise, you'll have a lot of people posting the same comments multiple times.
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Dec. 13, 2010, 7:33 p.m. CST
I love when the song kicks in at the end so inappropriately
by moonlightdrive
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Those were good times man... good times.
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that was fucking hilarious.
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It's not like Yogi Bear was high art or anything. The movie looks pretty much like a CGI version of the old cartoon.
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What makes "Yogi Bear" worse than, say "Marmaduke"? Or "Garfield"? Or "Alvin and the Chipmunks"? Or "Scooby Doo"? Or the forthcoming "Smurfs"? I mean, honestly, this looks to be done to the same level as those, and yet people are acting like this is some kind of new crime never before visited upon humanity. I hear this kind of thing from people with kids who actually liked some of the ones I just listed, so I'm completely at a loss here.
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seems like a waste of your time
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...Yogi was a baby boomer property and thus "sacred". Whereas people look down on '80s properties because "they were just made to sell toys". Not that I agree with that (I don't), but that's my take.<br><br> Perhaps also, the CGI-live hybrid novelty has finally worn off and even the unwashed masses are finally tiring of them.
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<p>the movie is getting about the same treatment as Marmaduke, Garfield and Alving & The Chipmunks. Scooby, I believe had a little better press because it was the first of the cartoon properties to receive the CGI treatment, so it was too new to hate on right away.</p> <p>But we learned quickly how poorly these properties translate to live action and it is a good indicator on the quality we can expect from this film.</p> <p>The people who post on these boards are not 6 year old kids (although sometimes it's hard to be sure.) So the appeal of these films is less than minimal. And from what the trailers have shown, it's painfully obvious how bad the movie will be. Unless you're a masochist, I'd be very surprised if any talkbacker who posts here would ever WANT to see Yogi Bear in the theatre.</p> <p>Loved this alternate ending though.</p>
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So the question really becomes this: Why does this site post trailers and reviews of films this audience will categorically loathe? My guess is that its the only way the editors of this site think they can keep their hit count up and sell advertising. Truth is, if they spent more time researching real news, it would achieve the same effect...
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You had to admit. I don't know if there is a higher critical meaning here, something about the state of contemporary culture and all that, but if the movie were this imaginative I would be there.
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I like. Funny thing is how a rotten, unfunny piece of limited animation from the 60s, and then a sellout cash-in piece of kiddy garbage from 2010, can come to spawn characters that people actually love, nonetheless. I would say it shows the power of character... but really, it just shows the stickiness of nostalgia. Also, it's retarded how you post at the bottom and then new posts appear at the top. Just sayin'. Why do a site redesign at all if it's gonna be a 1/4-assed redesign that doesn't change anything about the look of the site? Hope the backend is as much crap as the front-end is.
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that may be some of the most powerful film i ever did see in some time. i'm damn near crying.
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For a lack of a better word, it was bearable. It's not really something that should cause too big of a ruckus. It's better than the shitty Scooby-Doo and Garfield movies. The 3D was really good. It's not post-converted. Anna Farris' tits were real nice. The plot was semi-predictable and was a completely inoffensive film that the kids loved. With that said, this video is fantastic.
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For a lack of a better word, it was bearable. It's not really something that should cause too big of a ruckus. It's better than the shitty Scooby-Doo and Garfield movies. The 3D was really good. It's not post-converted. Anna Farris' tits were real nice. The plot was semi-predictable and was a completely inoffensive film that the kids loved. With that said, this video is fantastic.
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It made her cry. "Daddy, why did Booboo kill Yogi, WHY???!!!"
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Inflated sense of entitlement. Some folks tend to view the movie industry as disappointing parents that they can change if they stamp their little feet.
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Toughen that bitch up
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damn, that was good. A video like that helps restore my faith in mankind a little. Thank u.
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are more fun to watch than either the movie or You Tube clip.
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Dec. 13, 2010, 9:32 p.m. CST
You don't even know what the fuck "drunk on self-importance" means.
by SierraTangoFoxtrotUniform
Like I said, it's a shortcut to critical thinking. How can a movie be self-important? I would love to see your tiny brain spit out something. And the fact that you repeat it shows you're just throwing out vague critiques because you cannot come up with ONE SINGLE intelligent reason why you don't like it. Don't worry though -- Transformers 3 is right around the corner.
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...does the movie seem to be any worse than a random episode of "Yogi Bear," but with live action? I'm certainly not going to defend the movie and will likely not watch it until cable, but it's not like it took something sacred and shat all over it.
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First, I have to reveal that the toy that's survived everything with me is the Huckleberry Hound plush doll (red, not blue) that I got when I was four. And my first Halloween mask was Huck. Second, this was my favorite movie when I was five, in 1964. It's a journey movie. First Hanna Barbera movie ever. Gorgeous colors. Cindy Bear. Songs. Yogi is cast out of Jellystone and finally sent to the San Diego Zoo by Ranger Smith. His gurfren Cindy Bear misses him and goes off looking for him. She's kidnapped by a circus owner. Yogi finds out she's missing and hits the road to rescue her and bring her home. BIG stuff for a five year old. Of course, the year before I'd been taken to the theater (what's that?) by my father to see my first movie ever...The Sword In The Stone! How'd ya like THAT to be your first movie in a movie theater, suckers? And then have Kennedy killed shortly after. BIG year for a four year old. Arthur, Camelot, Kennedy, Dead Kennedy, Deadalot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk-mzHggJ3U
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Nobody ever gave a shit about Yogi Bear, which is why this movie actually looks... somewhat alright? I have this feeling in my gut that it will be better than, say, Garfield or Marmaduke or Smurfs. Plus it's nice to see Dan Arkanoid getting work.
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Yogi's way before my time so I can't comment if he sucked or not (in relation to other TV cartoons at the time). I vaguely recall seeing his Christmas special as a kid and there was an attempted revivals in the '80s, Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
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No, they're not ripping off that Garfield movie or anything. What's next, Harold Ramis as Top Cat? Chevy Chase as Snagglepuss?
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I recall a sort of "teenage years" Yogi Bear in the early 90s, with plenty of neon green and pink. This was during the teenification craze of the era, littered with such hits as pre-teen Archie, Tiny Toons and James Bond, Jr.
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was one of the most underrated masterpieces of the past decade. A beautiful work of art dumped by the idiot studio only to be ignored by cave dwelling mouth breathers distracted by 'splosions. If you can't see it for the greatness it was, you should have no say in criticizing film at all. You're the same people who slobbered over Cameron's knob for the hollow, pre-digested pap that was fucking Avatar. Now, THAT shit was "drunk on self-importance".
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Dec. 13, 2010, 10:41 p.m. CST
You don't even know what the fuck "drunk on self-importance" means.
by SierraTangoFoxtrotUniform
Like I said, it's a shortcut to critical thinking. How can a movie be self-important? I would love to see your tiny brain spit out something. And the fact that you repeat it shows you're just throwing out vague critiques because you cannot come up with ONE SINGLE intelligent reason why you don't like it. Don't worry though -- Transformers 3 is right around the corner.
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Dec. 13, 2010, 10:45 p.m. CST
For Snickeroo and his comment on it being done so often before and better.
by Stormwatcher
First, yes, the floatsam and jetsome that await me is fucking awesome! I mean, wow,...but back to my critique of your critique: please give me 3 better examples of how this has been done before and better. Please sir, the floor is yours, the spotlight is on you and the mike is turned to 11.....it should be easy for you to list 3...i mean, your comments indicated that in your casual dismissal of this excellent work of subversive art. And to lower things to proper AICN levels, bring it bitch. Entertain me.
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...The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is one of the best movies of the past however many years (5 years? 10 years?). Watching this fan-made short was a surreal experience for me because, in my opinion, Jesse James was such an unseen, underrated movie that it never became part of our pop culture at all. I still know people that have never heard of the movie. It's interesting that the same year There Will Be Blood was released, which is also meticulously acted and directed, and also has an unhurried pace, yet by the end of the year I knew mainstream movie fans who were saying how "awesome" the movie was. Everyone was quoting the "milkshake" scene. Now, Paul Thomas Anderson is an incredible filmmaker, and There Will Be Blood is an impressive film, yet my point here is that Jesse James didn't and still doesn't seem to exist. To watch this short is like the first time seeing a Matrix parody, before it's been done a million times.
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Ah yes, that was "Yo Yogi!". By that time I wasn't watching Saturday Morning cartoons. I remember Arsenio Hall making fun of the show's title and its attempt to make Yogi "hip" to urban '90s youth.
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Everyone who watched the cartoon knows Ranger Smith assasinated Yogi.
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I don't think those words mean what you dumb shits think they mean. Honestly, this clip was one of the most tired, unoriginal, straight up boring two minute and fifty two second pieces of shit I've seen this week. And I've seen a lot of shit this week. Goddamn, you idiots don't have a fucking clue, do you? I weep for the future.
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Dec. 13, 2010, 11:52 p.m. CST
This Finally Made Me Add One More Feature To AICN Add Stuff . . .
by kevinwillis.net
A "Clean Up Article" preference box, at the bottom of the screen. So, in addition to all the other stuff (ignore, hilite, auto-expand, etc) it also cleans up the article so there not such much goddammed whitespace. <br><br> It's a preference item. As is the "count" preference, which puts a count of how many posts a particular talkbacker has contributed to a particular Talkback, right by their name. But you don't have to use that. It's just there if you want too. <br><br> http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/92278
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Yogi WASN'T smarter than the average bear!!!
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Damn BooBoo thats low in THIS economy
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Quint got carried away but it's still pretty good, esp if done by one dude.
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It's a well-made fan-made project, making no money, that you're watching FOR FREE. And people are bitching? But people here bitched about BlackStar Warrior, too. If you guys want YouTube videos that actually do suck to bitch about, look for "YouTube Poops".
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Very well done considering it came from a 25 year-old student working on it a few hours a day. The detail in the eyes kicks so much ass. Hopefully the notoriety he's getting from this will lead to a nice job in the animation/FX industry when he gets his degree.
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I'm sure I saw Casey Affleck's eyes when Booboo raises the gun. Most amazing cross-over.
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I remember someone from H-B told the LATimes that the show was a mistake because Yogi came off as a "whore-monger"". Anyway, I dig this video.
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What's going on with AICN? Get your shit together, people.
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although I think I just ruined the ending of assasination of jessie james... for myself. Although I suppose the films actual title already does that
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One of the Best Films of the past decade. Right up there with Malick's The New World and Anderson's There Will Be Blood.
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the internet has moved on, people's attention spans are even shorter. they aren't going to have patience to wait for AICN to fix what must have been the most basic of codes to begin with. if you guys can't handle this site, how will you ever adapt? i'm hoping you'll launch with some slick, new effective format, but i doubt it. i've been checking back, and what is up to read isn't even comfortable to look at, so i pass by. it took me some trouble to even log in again and post this. it'll probably be my last until the 'reveal' (fingers crossed) of the new site. this is just poor form, fellas. it's embarrassing. i hope the site lives through it.
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One of the Best Films of the past decade. Right up there with Malick's The New World and Anderson's There Will Be Blood.
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And she laughed her ass off.
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Good laff outta that one! You need to teach kindergarten, you amazing bastard you!
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Good laff outta that one! You need to teach kindergarten, you amazing bastard you!
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Devin put this video on Badass Digest yesterday with a much better explanation: ---------------------------------- Has a video ever gone viral so fast? This parody of Yogi Bear, which apes the ending of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, went online a couple of hours ago. There’s now an interview with the creator on the Wall Street Journal. Edmund Earle is an animator who saw the Yogi Bear trailer and thought it was ripe for parody. Now he’s finally gotten it done and it’s taken off in a huge way. Earle has no connection to the film, despite some internet reports. That said, I expect this to get the guy some work ASAP. Click here to check out Earle’s site. ---------------------------------- Sums it up doesn't it?
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Obviously, whoever did this spent a lot of time on the characterizations, movements, camera angles--eyes, etc. It's not the typical "steal Charlie Brown Christmas Special and re-dub with profanities". And it's not like this is posted on You Tube.
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Obviously, whoever did this spent a lot of time on the characterizations, movements, camera angles--eyes, etc. It's not the typical "steal Charlie Brown Christmas Special and re-dub with profanities". And it's not like this is posted on You Tube.
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They're using Maya/Lightwave for the mesh modeling and texturing that's for sure; the compositing is first rate. Check out the 'moose head' blood splatter/shadow on the wall after Yogi drops. Very funny Easter Egg for Christmas.
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I have great empathy towards most movies but I was just bored out of my skull watching Jesse James; can't even remember much of it except that scene.
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I have great empathy towards most movies but I was just bored out of my skull watching Jesse James; can't even remember much of it except that scene.
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Finally got around to watching the blu-ray of the film: consistently superb from moment to moment. Dialog, performances, music, cinematography--all superb.<p>I like this parody, too, on many levels: one of those is it symbolically represents what this new film has done to the original Yogi Bear: brutal, pointless destruction.
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Finally got around to watching the blu-ray of the film: consistently superb from moment to moment. Dialog, performances, music, cinematography--all superb. I like this parody, too, on many levels: one of those is it symbolically represents what this new film has done to the original Yogi Bear: brutal, pointless destruction.
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said it was boring. Needless to say I don't talk to those people anymore.
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There's a huge difference in the quality and storytelling for those cartoons. A cgi Smurfs movie set in the enchanted forest could have been incredibly well done. Just picture the movie done by Pixar, and you get an idea of how good it could have been. Instead, we get Enchanted starring the Smurfs, and a remixed theme song.<p>All I'm saying is that these kids movies don't have to shoot at the lcd. Again, look at Pixar or Disney or even (to a lesser degree) Dreamworks Animation, and you can see how a children's movie can resonate with adults without being a charmless cash in.
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Dec. 16, 2010, 11:43 a.m. CST
Do the geeks (Quint included) who are in an uproar about the
by Chance Farber
3D CGI Yogi Bear movie not realize that praising and spreading this parody is going to make said movie a shit ton of extra money?? You're just enabling more movie studios to create more terrible bastardizations of classic properties. And the guy who created this "egdy" parody is going to get offered (if he's not on the studio payroll already) and accept a sweet plum job on Yogi Bear 2 & 3
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Fuck them.
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Gotta be true to your school. When I was 2-4, Huck and Yogi were my guys. That's all there is to it. Besides, I've done my due diligence lately, including a recent screening of jean Luc Godard's King Lear. I deserve some dumb yuks. I only hope there are no jokes about that dumb whore Sarah Palin.
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