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Toy Movies
by jerry
June 27, 2009 11:20 am


Where Dan Meth sees Hollywood updates of classic toy and cartoon properties going. He’s not far off:

(Thanks, Sterling Sheehy)

06/27/09  12:09pm
Benmation says:

HaHa!! Excellent..more please!

06/27/09  12:20pm
Will Finn says:

Very funny clip.

According to yesterday’s NPR morning news, the next big movie trend is not toys, but old, established board games. The reasoning given and I am paraphrasing but not joking: “The less specific the branded source material is, the better”, where execs are concerned.

Maybe “Husker Du?” could be a musical, with music by Husker Du.

06/27/09  12:51pm
Tim G :) says:

Great Clip…….really clever hehe

06/27/09  1:41pm
Gary Pearson says:

Funny. Also, I’d go see David Cronenberg’s take on the Cabbage Patch dolls.

06/27/09  1:41pm
Tom D. says:

around 35 seconds in, during the cabbage patch scene, john lithgow’s thumbs are on the wrong side of his hands.

06/27/09  1:42pm
Richard says:

If my memory serves me right, a movie about “The Smurfs” was used in a “Saturday Night Live” (I believe from a 1999 or 2000 episode with Garth Brooks). Actually, it sounds like they used Will Ferrell’s dialogue in this clip.

And, yes, I would like to see that Koosh movie.

06/27/09  4:01pm

Let me just wipe the tears from my eyes….It’s so true! I see those movies in the works as we speak.

06/27/09  4:09pm

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

06/27/09  4:14pm
Michael F. says:

The Teddy Ruxpin one is dead-on Wes Anderson.

06/27/09  4:16pm
Killskerry says:

Will Finn: Its true I heard that they are remaking the old Clue movie and a live action Candyland film is in the works.

The Teddy Ruxpin Wes Anderson movie was my favorite and its kinda ironic since hes making that Fantastic Mr. Fox film.

06/27/09  6:49pm
808 says:

Just wondering what’s taking Thundercats so long to become a Micheal Bay catastrophe - - er film

06/27/09  7:13pm
Jason says:

That was a freaking riot!!!!!!

06/27/09  7:46pm
Emily says:

That’s great. I especially liked the Playdough trailer clip.

06/27/09  7:57pm
doug holverson says:

Oh great! Candyland, The Motion Picture!

06/27/09  8:18pm
Billy Batz says:

they forgot to re design the characters like hollywood does.

06/27/09  9:36pm
Katella Gate says:

Alf was the funniest cause I did not see it coming.

06/27/09  10:23pm
vzk says:

Smurfs and Alf weren’t originally toy properties.

06/28/09  12:14am
Inkan1969 says:

I was expecting the Smurfs movie to be directed by Mel Gibson instead.

06/28/09  12:51am
Brass Glass says:

Meh….
Is it just me or could this drawing and animation be better? I don’t wanna be a stinker, but I never got why this dude’s stuff took off? Seems like the themes here and the execution are pretty weak…
I also noticed the thumbs. Maybe I am a jerk and should just think and say this is awesome, but it ain’t so :(

06/28/09  1:07am
Elmer says:

That’s just brilliant :-p

06/28/09  2:37am
Zach Cole says:

Saw this just the other day.

Yes, Michael F, The Wes Anderson Teddy Ruxpin is spot on, and I was cracking up. The timing for when Wes Anderson’s name comes up is perfect!

06/28/09  2:56am
Some Guy says:

Will Finn’s comment made me laugh more than anything else I’ve seen on the internet in a while!

If only there was a Vietnam War board game called “Fugazi,” I’d fucking watch that!

06/28/09  9:27am

I’d see that Wes Anderson/Teddy Ruxpin movie.

06/28/09  7:03pm

Actually, David Lynch and David Cronenberg could do great things here. And as for the Smurfs, you’d think Peter Jackson would add more smurfettes.

06/29/09  12:27am
TsimoneTseTse says:

Slinky Tim Burton music by D Elfman
Easy Bake Oven Cheech & Chong
Sea Monkeys (never materialized)

re: “Is it just me or could this drawing and animation be better?….”

No, it is not you, but your request to review Rocky & Bullwinkle has been denied.

06/29/09  5:26am
s.w.a.c. says:

I keep wondering if any other Sid & Marty Krofft properties will become films after Land of the Lost…I eagerly await a gritty, noir-ish Lidsville starring Robert DeNiro as Hoodoo.

06/29/09  10:56am
St. McDuck says:

Brilliant. That just made my morning.

06/29/09  1:14pm
Not an Animator says:

Damn. I’m not a big t-shirt fan but put those Care Bears on a shirt and I’ll buy it-in fact, I think I’m just going to make my own :)

06/29/09  4:58pm
Lindsay says:

Hah! I loved the Ruxpin clip - and I haven’t even SEEN any Wes Anderson films! ;D The Lynch Koosh Ball was hilarious too for its starkness and the super-short appearance of the title card. ^_^

Sad to say, I just might pay to see a Care Bear vs. My Little Pony movie - if only for the novelty of seeing them tear each other apart. :>

06/30/09  12:01am

That was so great! I am going to laugh about that for a long long time as each of them come true.

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