Spider-Man 3 friday

Rob-Bert · Post by **Rob-Bert** » Mon May 21, 2007 1:55 pm

I found out that the plot of the movie has absolutely nothing in common with the cartoon it's based on. The movie version has Underdog as a regular dog who gets genetically altered, providing him with superpowers and the ability to talk. Later he befriends a 12 year old kid. This is worse than Garfield: The Movie.

Post by **G.Silver** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:06 pm

I had a feeling it would be like this from the first trailer previews. It would have been sort of cute to see him working his day job as a dog that somehow everyone thinks is not a dog (like maybe he just puts on some glasses. I forget what Underdog's day job is or if he even has one, I'm thinking of Hong Kong Fooey probably) but clearly they aren't taking that route.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:32 pm

He shines shoes. As Shoeshine boy. In the cartoon everyone else was a dog too, but a full cast of dogs (rendered or otherwise) probably isn't as profitable as a few starring roles filled by B-list Hollywood actors.

At least it's not Bill Murray further degrading his twilight acting years.

Rob-Bert · Post by **Rob-Bert** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:36 pm

G.Silver wrote:I had a feeling it would be like this from the first trailer previews. It would have been sort of cute to see him working his day job as a dog that somehow everyone thinks is not a dog (like maybe he just puts on some glasses. I forget what Underdog's day job is or if he even has one, I'm thinking of Hong Kong Fooey probably) but clearly they aren't taking that route.

Now that you mention that, a Hong Kong Phooey movie would've been kinda cool, as would a Secret Squirrel movie, or even an Atom Ant movie.

They could've easily made it closer to the cartoon by not making it live-action. At least the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie kept the characters as they were supposed to be.

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:47 pm

Except Boris and Natasha.

Rob-Bert · Post by **Rob-Bert** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:33 pm

...and Fearless Leader, I know. I can't say I'm a fan of the whole "TV is a seperate reality" thing. They pulled the same crap with the Fat Albert movie. If they really wanted to avoid having the cartoons' age get in the way, they didn't have to do it like that.

cjmcray · Post by **cjmcray** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:41 pm

Oh no, i'm getting memories of the whole turning-into-vegatables thing at the end of the film.

THANKS A LOT.

(That movie was sheer torture.)

Post by **G.Silver** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:21 pm

In the cartoon everyone else was a dog too

But the evil genius who was his rival (or at least was in the opening all the time) was a human, or something like one, anyway.

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:41 pm

Kind of like how, back in the day, Eggman was the sole human in a world filled with furries?

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:31 am

Or rather, Eggman was the sole human in a world filled with one furry that had yet to be called one and a bunch of little animals. Way, way back in the day.

Speaking of which that really messes with my head. Why the hell are some animals five feet tall and some like, ten inches? I assume this has come up before on these boards and I just wasn't around?

Yami CJMErl · Post by **Yami CJMErl** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:23 am

Maybe Eggman's pollutants stunted their growth?

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:12 am

Maybe it's a surreal Japanese video game?

Frieza2000 · Post by **Frieza2000** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:31 am

I just assumed that some species evolved and some didn't, or that they all evolved but their ancestors continued to be prosperous, like wild dogs and cats do with domestic ones. Or that a few select animals were blessed by the 7 fairy queens with the gift of human likeness, that they might save the world from the demon warlord Black Cock, king of moist nightmares, Eggman's true identity, and if their friendship is pure they will one day become real humans! It could be anything, really.

Post by **Delphine** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:32 am

j-man wrote:Maybe it's a surreal Japanese video game?

No, that can't be it.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:30 pm

I call it Pluto syndrome.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:52 pm

I'll buy that.

Rob-Bert · Post by **Rob-Bert** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:35 pm

Sonic is what I'd have classified as a an "Inkblot". A character who looks humaoid but possesses some inhuman qualities along with one solid body color. Examples of this are Mickey, Felix, Oswald, Bosko, and probably Flip the Frog. The difference here is that Sonic blue rather than black.

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:26 pm

Funny, I thought the point of "inkblot" was that a good character should be distinguishable if all you could see of them was their silhouette.

Rob-Bert · Post by **Rob-Bert** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:37 pm

That too. The character has to have a recognizable head shape, most importantly.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:00 pm

Shadow Hog wrote:Funny, I thought the point of "inkblot" was that a good character should be distinguishable if all you could see of them was their silhouette.

Well, considering Sonic Team's logo...