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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

Herbie: Fully Loaded

The Love Bug is back. But this time, he's got human-ized "facial expressions." I'm still excited about the movie, I think I will be always. I love Herbie. But Hollywood needs to know when to quit with the CGI.

Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :

Repeat after me:

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :

With a name like "FULLY LOADED" you know it's going to rock!

And by rock, what I mean is it will be an unbearable pile of george.

I can't wait to see which one's worse, the plot or the acting!

[ May 03, 2005, 01:57 PM: Message edited by: Papa Janitor ]

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

Arg. The only thing worse than live action Disney movies is REMAKES of live action Disney movies!

Posted by narrativium (Member # 3230) on :

Language, jebus. [No No]

Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :

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Arg. The only thing worse than live action Disney movies is REMAKES of live action Disney movies!

I have a much better imagination than that. [Smile]

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Okay, what I can't figure out is why Disney isn't able to pick up on these warning signs. I mean, I was alive -- and watching Disney movies -- during the late '70s and early '80s. And I'm capable of looking at one of those films and saying, "Okay, here's why this film didn't work."

And I'm pretty sure that the people at Disney are, too. In fact, I'm pretty sure they recall that same period as a dark period in their history, and specifically look to the creative renaissance of the early '90s as a rejection of the philosophies that led them down the wrong path in the '70s and '80s.

So what would possess them to not only remake bad films from this period but to remake them with the same things that made them bad in the first place? Doesn't this set off any danger signs in their mouse-eared skulls? Or was the recent remake of "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" so successful that we're going to start seeing things like "Escape from the Return to Witch Mountain?" Maybe "Patty's Dragon?"

[ May 03, 2005, 01:42 PM: Message edited by: TomDavidson ]

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

But... but... I liked The Love Bug.

Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :

I'm well prepared to mourn the destruction of one of my favourite films from when I was younger.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Um. I thought the trailer looked funny.

Not masterful or anything, but there were more parts that made me laugh than cringe.

I probably still won't see it. I don't go to many movies. But I might. [Smile]

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

Eljay, those are probably the ONLY funny parts in the movie. Sure I liked watching Matt Dillon get the can of whoop-<bleep>, but that's not enough to carry a whole movie for me.

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

Herbie was good enough as it was, why can't they just leave it alone?

Lindsay Lohan is going to ruin it. [Frown]

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Y'all are way too cynical. [Smile]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I have to agree with ElJay, the trailer (seen while waiting for HGTTG to start) looked pretty good. I'd go see it. It's a bit of fluff, but that's okay.

Besides, maybe they realized that all that was REALLY lacking in the first two Love Bug movies was a bit of CGI.

Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :

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In fact, I'm pretty sure they recall that same period as a dark period in their history, and specifically look to the creative renaissance of the early '90s as a rejection of the philosophies that led them down the wrong path in the '70s and '80s.

I think you give Disney too much credit. Self-analysis and learning from mistakes are not their strong suits.

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

When I went to see HHGTTG, itself based on a novel, every single trailer was for a film derivitive of another work.

-Batman
-The Pink Panther
-The Bad News Bears
-Howl's Moving Castle
-Herbie
-Chicken Little

Not to crap on any of them (ESPECIALLY the brilliant Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle), but I found it interesting that there wasn't a single original screen story in the lot.

[ May 03, 2005, 10:07 PM: Message edited by: Taalcon ]

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

I liked it too, EL, and I'm quite appalled by this new idea... [Angst]

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

quote:
Repeat after me:

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Hear hear, Porter.