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Want To See Some Test Footage For THE FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS?!

Well I wouldnt feel so all alone by DOGSOUP	Oct 14th, 2006 04:06:52 PM
Everyone must get stoned!
I'm not sure I follow. by filmicdrummer17	Oct 14th, 2006 04:30:26 PM
Here's to hoping it'll make more sense (and actually be funny) in context.
is that CG or claymation? by Novaman5000	Oct 14th, 2006 04:31:47 PM
Bizarre.
WTF?! by DeCypher44	Oct 14th, 2006 04:35:40 PM
That was seriously one of the lamest things I have ever seen.
Excellent by Fabulous Freak	Oct 14th, 2006 04:40:47 PM
Hope the cat's war against the cockroaches is in there somewhere.
weird...and I think the guy on the left by Jonesey1111	Oct 14th, 2006 05:10:08 PM
is my roomate from college. Good to see he's made something of himself.
Excellent by georges garvaren	Oct 14th, 2006 05:42:13 PM
This looks new and different enough to earn my dolla bills. I'll see it if it comes through town and boy will I be high.
you can see this movie for free. by mrgreentheplant	Oct 14th, 2006 05:43:48 PM
just watch students at your local college get stoned, it's exactly the same as this trailer. they'll be having a great time, while we just kind of have to deal with them.
yes by eviltoast	Oct 14th, 2006 05:46:18 PM
this is fucking brilliant.
I have no idea what the comic is about. by CoursinLarry	Oct 14th, 2006 05:57:04 PM
But the animation looked outstanding. Hopefully there's a good story behind it.
looks good if you know who they are by datachasm	Oct 14th, 2006 06:18:57 PM
and i hate stoner haters who perpetuate the myth that all people who smoke marijuana sit on the couch all day and trip balls. some famous pot smokers? george washington, thomas jefferson, carl sagan, and a huge array of artists and creative thinkers.
entertaining and satisfying... but not much more. by Lane	Oct 14th, 2006 06:19:34 PM
(actually, less)
Hey kids! Drugs are funny! Try 'em! by msspurlock	Oct 14th, 2006 06:52:39 PM
Another dying gasp from the loony Left in Hollywood. Five minutes of boredom. Just like being in bed with George Clooney.
Watching Paint Dry-The Movie by readingwriter	Oct 14th, 2006 07:11:55 PM
Stoners--SITTING! WOW! Why do people think that completely dated strip, which is neither funny nor satirical or interesting, is something to get excited about at this late date is beyond me. The moment when the guy is visible under the set is almost embarassingly dated 60's "Hey, man, we're breaking through the artifice that is cinema!" stuff. Lucas will soon be celebrating, since Howard the Duck will no longer be the worst comic book adaptation ever.
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Oct 14th, 2006 07:12:53 PM
Damn you Michael Bay
As an animation experiment . . . by Almost_Human	Oct 14th, 2006 07:37:30 PM
it had an interesting appeal that really recalls the style of the original art. If I was not mistaken, the cat did indeed encounter the roaches in the clip toward the end. Does it have an audience today? Yes it does! Stoners everywhere wili line up on this fine Saturday in this year of the bonghit 1974 and, um, wait a minute man . . . maybe not. I heard a rumor that Cheech & Chong were making a new movie that was supposedly thier known stoner characters transplanted to today. Anyone heard anything about that? They were actually funny in context of the times but I'm interested to see if the humor ports to modern times. FFB was always only a marginally funny comic [except the war with the roaches which was very funny, esp. for cat owners]. I can't see how a film, no matter how good the look compares to FFB, would fare much better without deviating from the comic's style.
Because Mary Jane Jokes Aren't Used Enough In Media by The Ender	Oct 14th, 2006 08:08:35 PM
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz thanks for negating sleep medicine assholes.
Can't wait for it. by Rakafraker	Oct 14th, 2006 08:15:13 PM
Those who know who they are will have a blast. Those that don't won't know what hit them. I love that they are making it in claymation, instead of the live-action they were planning on originally. I grew up reading FFFB. My older brother used to order them by mail. You couldn't find the mags anywhere near where we lived (overly-conservative rural areas tend to be that way). I hope that Fat Freddy's cat is predominantly featured in this film. Always check your shoes before you put them on!!!
i really hate movies about drugs made by . . . by freak2thec0re	Oct 14th, 2006 08:29:52 PM
people who have obviously never taken such drugs. That "trailer" didn't make any sense at all. I do love claymation though, and I thought the outake bit at the end was funny, so I'm sure I'll be checking this out
I loved the comics years ago by Roy Neary	Oct 14th, 2006 08:46:42 PM
but what the hell was THAT all about?
this was before my time & i'm 41! by Norm3	Oct 14th, 2006 08:52:21 PM
I could care less about reviving the 60s drug culture! I grew up with stoned out parents & their friends & it wasn't fun!
I'm not quite sure what to think of that, but... by Shermdawg	Oct 14th, 2006 09:09:02 PM
"one way or another, I'll get back to you in the morning".
...I Don't Get It. by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly	Oct 14th, 2006 09:34:19 PM
Someone want to explain the appeal to me? Both the comic and the actual smoking marijuana?
I'll rush out to see this... by Mgmax	Oct 14th, 2006 09:44:16 PM
as soon as I finally bother to watch The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat on Beta.
When will this be released? by mrfan	Oct 14th, 2006 09:58:03 PM
Anyone.
non-stoners>>>>>>>>> by graycove	Oct 14th, 2006 11:22:02 PM
Q. why would people get uptight about people that smoke weed and sit on the couch all day? A. Because they hate themselves. This looks fun.
Is this a real movie? by Bungion Boy	Oct 15th, 2006 12:05:06 AM
I thought this site reported a while ago that this would be a feature. But I've heard so little about it and it's nowhere to be found on imdb. There is one link with the same title but was released in 2000. I love the source material and the animation looks fun, but right now all it looks like is a bunch of animators messing around for fun.
I love weed by topaz4206	Oct 15th, 2006 12:16:25 AM
And this didn't even make me smirk.
I'm for it! by Sasha Nein	Oct 15th, 2006 01:15:50 AM
Through the blocky pixels I could see some heavenly animation in there. And for all the haters, I can see that the geeks here are all pissed about this movie because drugs and women are the two things they are not experts about.
stoners>>>>>>>>>> by readingwriter	Oct 15th, 2006 01:32:52 AM
Q. why would people get uptight about people that don't smoke weed and don't sit on the couch all day? A. Because they don't have the energy to hate themselves.
Why do people smoke weed? by UltimaRex	Oct 15th, 2006 02:03:31 AM
Same reason people do anything. Because it's there. Why did I smoke weed? To stop myself from hating everyone (including myself) but with the current state of f***-up even that's not enough. Case in point: hand's up everyone who has heard of Richard Smalley (without looking him up). on topic, I'm pretty meh over this.
I couldn't get through this trailer by StealthBeagle	Oct 15th, 2006 02:03:43 AM
But I also don't smoke weed, so maybe it's just me.
Marijuana smoker != pothead by Durendal	Oct 15th, 2006 02:08:31 AM
Never touched the stuff myself (and I don't intend to), but from what I understand, there's a difference between someone who smokes pot and a stoner. Some people just have a joint now and then and are productive members of society. Stoners are the douchebags who just sit around taking bong hits and only think far ahead enough to get more dope, get some more snack food, and try to pay the rent. This movie looks like it's geared toward the latter crowd, but there was very little substance to that trailer, so maybe the completed flick will be decent.
Harry sure likes the ghanj by IndustryKiller!	Oct 15th, 2006 02:29:52 AM
Every time a weed movie comes out he goes apeshit over it. Remember the deal he made when Harold and Kumar hit. I dunno...just seems kind of weird.
Dope... by VibroCount	Oct 15th, 2006 02:59:07 AM
... will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. -- Freewheelin' Franklin
If this is one of those movies where people tell you by CreasyBear	Oct 15th, 2006 07:39:00 AM
"Oh, no, man, you gotta see it when you're high!", then couldn't you technically see ANYTHING when you're high and receive the same experience? Same with Yellow Submarine and The Wall. Yeah, I said it, you old hippies.
calm down, guys. by Sasha Nein	Oct 15th, 2006 10:45:17 AM
For everyone that cried "that trailer was so uninteresting, I couldn't get through it!" should look at the title of the article and see that it says Test Footage, not trailer. Meaning this is just to get the feel of the animation down and what not, and it's not meant to be a real representation of what the movie will be like. I'm personally jazzed to see this little snippet of the animation process, instead of pissing myself being angry over the drug aspect of it, jee-sus.
Lots of potential by Art Worker	Oct 15th, 2006 11:17:51 AM
While it's true that the FFB comics haven't aged all that well, they are still well-drawn and well-written, cheerfully profane and 100% iconoclastic, with a great sense of timing. And often pretty damn funny. Amongst underground cartoonists, Shelton was always the most professional, with a canny sense of the market. This footage captures Shelton's style surprisingly well. I think that the voice talent will have a lot to do with the film's success -- that and a good script, of course. I smoked a lot of dope back in the day, but these days maybe a few tokes a year. Shelton is no fool, and I suspect that the film, if and when it ever comes out, will contain some surprises. (Personally, I'd like to see someone animate Wonder Wart Hog, but I ain't holding my breath.)
You Silly Puppies! by Redbox	Oct 15th, 2006 11:55:24 AM
The Fabulously Furry Freak Bros was a brilliantly funny comix from a different time and, yes you can get all Liberal and Conservative if you want, but since all the Conservatives end up doing every thing (and every intern) the Liberals do, except secretly, your distinctions are the calling card that you get your news from Bill O'Reilly. If you think that Bill O'Reilly is a clever man, even Rush Limbaugh thinks your an idiot. Pot is a drug that people do as teenagers and college students and when they mature they stop doing, some because they realise they never really came up with great ideas when stoned, they just thought they were great ideas. "Cop Rock" came from someone who was stoned. Others find the blissful tranquility of pot becoming a paranoid influence that dulls their senses and us grown ups have too many worries for that crap. Those who still smoke pot daily by midlife either have medicinal reasons or they tend to be the kind of "Spiritual" people, who jump from job to job and philosophy to philosophy. They also tend to be boring and unenlightened, but they blend in well with the rest of the boring people who inhabit 90% of the populace. What makes the Freak Bros. great? They were really funny, and in ways that most comics wouldn't tread. Sure "Underground Comics" were filled with sex, drug and violence, but the Freak Bros. were never just trying to be extreme, they were funny and they made drug use funny!! Which it is!! I'm sorry if you have a drug tragedy in your past, but when Freewheelin Franklin gets so high he spends all night typing up his amazing screenplay idea only to read it the next morning as fifteen pages of "and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then," that makes me laugh!! All those Bros. do is act crazy and get into trouble, and if you call that glamorizing drugs, then you must have felt that John Belushi's imitation of a pimple in "Animal House" was an egg commercial. Do you know what gets kids to use drugs? Telling them it's bad, bad, bad. That's because the other thing you tell them is bad, bad, bad, is sex and they already know that you are lying to them. The Freak Bros. tell readers that drugs make you pathetic silly and funny!! I read the Freak Bros. in my teens, and if anything, it protected me from ever thinking burnouts were too cool. I never felt like I had to give in to peer pressure. Although I did do drugs a bit as a teen, I easily left it behind. Long Live Fat Freddy's Cat!!!! http://www.stuffdaddy.blogspot .com/
GROMIT! by BannedOnTheRun	Oct 15th, 2006 12:13:15 PM
Fetch my bong!
Waaaaa by Redbox	Oct 15th, 2006 02:45:22 PM
The clip was not 1500 things happening at once! My MTV mentality make me bored if the media I watch doesn't make bold attempts to attract my attention every 4 seconds, likening me to a baby looking at a lighted moving mobile. Waaa! This won't be half as good as Shreck and other CG movies that move mighty fast and give me one liners every other beat. Waaa!! I hate black and white movies because they are boring and not pretty! Waaa! All European movies are made for gays... they like slow Gay movies!! Waaa!! My favorite movies are "Top Gun," "A Few Good Men," "Blade 2," and anything advertised as "a Fast Paced Adrenaline Romp!" By Joel Seagal or with a famous actor yelling lines like "WhooHah!" or "You can't handle the Truth!" Not only do I hate this test footage, but I have Taste! Waaaaa!
The Freak Brothers main appeal by Snookeroo	Oct 15th, 2006 02:58:18 PM
was the whole "underground" feel. But that era is so dated and worn out, I don't see an audience for this. The Freak Brothers property just doesn't hold up well. And that trailer snippet was about as nothing as it gets.
WTF, Redbox... by omarthesnake	Oct 15th, 2006 04:00:59 PM
You can diss drug culture all you want, but DON'T MOCK THE COP ROCK. Seriously, 15 years later that show is still ahead of its time and you infidels just don't recognize. Oh, and yay for this movie. Fat Freddie's Cat rules.
Snookeroo I Disagree by Redbox	Oct 15th, 2006 04:21:05 PM
To be honest, I was about to pitch a Freak Bros. Stop-motion feature of their very political-all-over-the-globe epic, "Idiots Abroad" when I first heard the news that this was happening. I think "Idiots Abroad" is very "now" but I understand why they went with "Grass Roots" which is more to the original stories. Please read "Idiots Abroad" before you condemn the Bros. as 1960's relics. I am sad that I am not doing my dream project, but I am happy that someone as great as this team had the same idea to do this stop-motion!!
I loved the Freak Brothers by Teamwak	Oct 15th, 2006 04:37:14 PM
At times it was pure Tarantino or Rodreiguez. Anyone remember the one where the brothers take out an entire policestation in terminatator fasion to free a hippy farmer on death row(getting waylayed by the evidence locker, lol!). Fat Freddy gets cornered and beaten with trucheons, before waking to find he is being beaten by his brothers for eating an entire tray of hash cookies, lol.
Looks good... we'll see about the voices, though by Daddylonghead	Oct 15th, 2006 09:08:32 PM
Always a tough aspect of bringing beloved comix characters into film. Franklin looks a bit odd, but it's hard to tell through YouTube. For all the stupid haters, the FFF comix were actually damned intelligent, very funny satires of both the Freak Brothers and the culture at large... drug-using and non-. Great stuff, holds up very well in the modern day!
"Grass Roots" is a great story to do in animation... by Daddylonghead	Oct 15th, 2006 09:13:28 PM
Hot babes, and a hilarious sequence involving XTREME COKED-UP PRODUCTIVITY at a run-down farm.
Anchorite, you got me, I'm a Druggy!! by Redbox	Oct 16th, 2006 03:14:39 AM
Did you ever read the comic book?? No. Then You are talking out your ass about something that you have already skillfully generalized a pat opinion on. Yes, you are a person of quality intellect. "Drug Culture," was the phrase that you used huh? That probably makes you a "Culture Warrior" huh? The Freak Bros. "Idiots Abroad" is not really a drug culture themed story. It's a crazy Kurt Vonnegut type of world wide adventure, of politics, culture and religion, and it makes fun of everything and everyone. That was my dream project!! Not a few hippies on a couch. SO Please, Shut The Fuck Up Until You Know What Your Talking About you judgemental twit. What's funny is, that accept for maybe the early books that were written in the 60's, if someone like yourself, accidentally read some of the stories, you would find them funny. It's not about some great "Drug Culture" It's about three Freaks on drugs who are funny, and not in a "Hey, I want to be like them!" way. As for your MTV viewers, again, you are just throwing away the baby with the bathwater. MTV kids have no interest in anything but Bling Bling and fake Rap music. As to throwing out "Drug" inspired art? You wouldn't have anything left to listen to. Almost everyone out there including in Country Music had periods of drug use in there lives. For good or ill, it was a major influence on their work. So if you listen to Elvis, Johnny Cash, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Chet Baker, Charlie Parker, Lou Reed, Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones, and pretty much all Rock music; If you read Lester Bangs, Allen Ginsberg, Lenny Bruce, Sigmund Freud, William S. Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Philip K. Dick; If you look at the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, Picasso, Dali. How about the Constitution? Most of the founding fathers smoked pot. It's funny, because some of you think I'm attacking drug use and the others are too prudish to see me as anything but a pothead. I think pot is a dumbing but mostly harmless drug (compare it to alcohol) but it also makes most people, dull if used for long periods of time. You Sir, don't seem to need pot.. I wonder if you really know how much of the world of media is drug influenced. Remember, not even ALF is safe!
Drugs are great by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Oct 16th, 2006 12:07:14 PM
In moderation (although a well placed bender always goes down a treat). It's all part of lifes rich tapistry.
Wowzers by mukhtabi	Oct 16th, 2006 03:44:38 PM
I forgot like totally about this stuff. Whoa... that was really kinda super cool in a totally out there kinda way. Wonder what the dialogue will sound like???
Redbox by Snookeroo	Oct 16th, 2006 05:08:31 PM
Maybe you're right; this may have appeal to Fans of the Freaks. I do like the opening credits.

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