Yes! The cement mixer. Oh... "mix", nevermind.

Does he fall in love with a golden retriever or something?

Monster Hotel where the owner sucks. Sounds like a winner

Came here for A.W.E.S.O.M.E.-O

leaving satisfied

Well I'll give it a shot, made by the dude who did Dexter's Lab and The Powerpuff Girls and and also has Steve Buscemi? AND it's about monsters?

Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky

Hmmm, maybe.

hollowmoon: Well I'll give it a shot, made by the dude who did Dexter's Lab and The Powerpuff Girls and and also has Steve Buscemi? AND it's about monsters?

Yeah, I'm more or less OK with this.

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Hah! Just listening to that last night.

/Keep your Miley out of my Kraftwerk.

I'm changing my band's name to "Tossing Miley Cyrus"

FilMation had Groovie Goolies, sorta similar. Sid & Marty Krofft had Horror Hotel, with Witchie-Poo running the joint. Y'know, I'll go with this, it actually has a lot of promise.

Been doing a web comic about a Salem boarding house full of classic and modern monsters for a few years now. Just had the first book come out. :)

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La dah duh dah.
Dah dah dah dah.
La dah duh dah duh dee...

Hocus Pokus

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hollowmoon: Well I'll give it a shot, made by the dude who did Dexter's Lab and The Powerpuff Girls and and also has Steve Buscemi?


Obviously those are the two brightest silver linings in this story, but ... most of the rest of the news kinda bespeaks the usual big studio lowest-common-denominator high-concept crap.

It's going to depend on the script -- with a great one, this could turn out okay. Mediocre or worse, nothing could possibly save the film.

I'll wait for the first reviews to come in before spending any money on this.

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whoah, is that Gina Davis??

Actually... sounds pretty cool. I'd rather watch this than "Transformers 5" or "Van Wilder Rides Again."

Another thing -- this would be brilliant if they'd gone with people like Billy West in the lead and the major supporting roles. You know, voice actors with actual talent, instead of going for 1995's A-listers' name recognition.

Fran Drescher? Seriously?? Without even seeing it, we already know exactly what she's going bring to the role.

What's worse than an animated film starring Adam Sandler about a vampire that runs a monster hotel? How about tossing Miley Cyrus into the mix?

A film starring two Adam Sandlers.

/Yes, they made one

AaronSynn: Been doing a web comic about a Salem boarding house full of classic and modern monsters for a few years now. Just had the first book come out. :)

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Looked over a few strips, and I'm bookmarking! Not enough good monster humor these days.

phaseolus: Another thing -- this would be brilliant if they'd gone with people like Billy West in the lead and the major supporting roles. You know, voice actors with actual talent, instead of going for 1995's A-listers' name recognition.

Fran Drescher? Seriously?? Without even seeing it, we already know exactly what she's going bring to the role.

Hell they could probably just get Billy to do an Adam Sandler impersonation for the film, just scratch Sandler a check for a few million to use him name, save everyone a lot of time.

JasonOfOrillia: Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky

Hmmm, maybe.


Hmm .. definitely.

No matter how stupid the story may sound, in the abstract -- with Genndy in charge, it's guaranteed to have stylish design, brilliant composition, and an occasional breathlessly-paced action sequence.

For those unaware: this is the creator of Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, and the original Clone Wars mini-series.

I'm very glad to see he's landed on his feet, after Cartoon Network shuffled Sym-Bionic Titan all over its schedule earlier this year -- and then quickly cancelled it.


/both Adam Sandler and Miley Cyrus have done voice roles in animated features prior to this
//not saying that they were all that great at it

It all looks like this to me too...

If the movie producers are so hell bent to lose money, they could save a lot of time and energy by just giving it to me.

Brick-House: If the movie producers are so hell bent to lose money, they could save a lot of time and energy by just giving it to me.

Because average Farker's tastes in movies = average taste of kids and kids' parents

LOL haters always be hating

More importantly - could the TOS animated Star Trek Scotty transport animated vampire Adam Sandler into an animated house without invitation?

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It all looks like this to me too...

Adam Sandler and Adam Sandler in "F*CK YOU, you'll pay to go see it!"

You know they have one Hell of a band

hollowmoon: Well I'll give it a shot, made by the dude who did Dexter's Lab and The Powerpuff Girls and and also has Steve Buscemi? AND it's about monsters?

You just KNOW there's gonna be at least one scene that's gonna make you wonder, "How the hell did they manage to get THIS into the movie without it getting an R rating!?"

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Kind of a dumb movie, but good lord what an outfit.

/i'll be in my bunk, etc.

No talking pie? Forget it.

/drtfa

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whoah, is that Gina Davis??

Yes, as, iirc, a nymphomaniac who was convinced she was a vampire. I think the premise was a milque-toast psychologist finding himself in a hotel filled with various phobia and disorder sufferers who convinced themselves they were old monster movie standards. I don't remember much about it, but I seem to recall the film being chuckle-worthy.

phaseolus: Another thing -- this would be brilliant if they'd gone with people like Billy West in the lead and the major supporting roles. You know, voice actors with actual talent, instead of going for 1995's A-listers' name recognition.

Fran Drescher? Seriously?? Without even seeing it, we already know exactly what she's going bring to the role.

Yup. Hollywood needs to start actually employing voice actors for voice work instead of throwing untrained comedians and television celebs at these projects. Sure a big name brings in some of the audience, but a superior performance will help make a work more likely to get bought on DVD or successfully merchandized. It is a rare live actor who is just as good at voice work as in the flesh; not everyone can be Patrick Stewart. Just thinking of all those Miyazaki English tracks makes me winch.

HopScotchNSoda: Can it have Dirty Dragon working in the boiler room too?

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Chicago farkers represent. Get off my lawn.

I still have nightmares about Weird and that damn shusher.

Heron: phaseolus: Another thing -- this would be brilliant if they'd gone with people like Billy West in the lead and the major supporting roles. You know, voice actors with actual talent, instead of going for 1995's A-listers' name recognition.

Fran Drescher? Seriously?? Without even seeing it, we already know exactly what she's going bring to the role.

Yup. Hollywood needs to start actually employing voice actors for voice work instead of throwing untrained comedians and television celebs at these projects. Sure a big name brings in some of the audience, but a superior performance will help make a work more likely to get bought on DVD or successfully merchandized. It is a rare live actor who is just as good at voice work as in the flesh; not everyone can be Patrick Stewart. Just thinking of all those Miyazaki English tracks makes me winch.

I may dig Mark Hamill for his voice work, but castle in the sky drives me nuts because he is doing the Joker voice the whole time.

Anyhow, stunt casting celebrities just means they play animal versions of their stereotyped personnas. Contrast old Looney Tunes where presumably Mel Blanc is IMITATING Bogart et al. Let the trained professional voices do their thing. For the uninitiated around here, check out imdb for say... Frank Welker, and find out how a small cadre of experts were the voice of every character you remember as a kid.