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Movie studio realizes that the only way a movie about Stretch Armstrong could be a worse idea was if Taylor Lautner was the lead
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GreenAdder
2012-01-31 01:11:25 AM
I figured if Taylor was going to be in any movie about stretching, it would involve a goat of some sort, see?
Happy Hours
2012-01-31 06:48:23 AM
I never had one of these toys growing up (yeah, I was that deprived) but isn't the whole idea that he only stretches when pulled? He never stretches of his own free will.
So how are they going to make a movie based on that?
And to be realistic the people stretching him should be much larger than he is.
LonMead
2012-01-31 06:52:11 AM
Sorry, guys... Still waiting on the big-screen adaptation of the video game "Pong"
Although I think there might be an interest in this Etch-A-Sketch mini-series I've worked up.
KelvinTheClown
2012-01-31 06:55:05 AM
That's good. They shouldn't have let that bastard who shot Gabby Giffords be in a movie anyway.
Honest Bender
2012-01-31 07:02:21 AM
Who?
*looks at pic in article*
...Who?
Alphax
2012-01-31 07:12:59 AM
Honest Bender
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Who?
*looks at pic in article*
...Who?
Some guy whose face is too small for his head, plays a werewolf in Twilight, I think.
LivingDeadX1
2012-01-31 07:33:37 AM
Alphax
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Honest Bender: Who?
*looks at pic in article*
...Who?
Some guy whose face is too small for his head, plays a werewolf in Twilight, I think.
And the most farked-up nose working in the entertainment industry. Seriously... use some of the that Twilight money and get that thing fixed.
/Can't even look at it.
Sybarite
2012-01-31 07:48:36 AM
He is totally going to miss out.
spazzhappy
2012-01-31 07:53:49 AM
LonMead
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Sorry, guys... Still waiting on the big-screen adaptation of the video game "Pong"
Although I think there might be an interest in this Etch-A-Sketch mini-series I've worked up.
Alphax
2012-01-31 07:56:03 AM
Sybarite
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He is totally going to miss out.
[www.kitsune.fr image 500x330]
Okay, THAT should never be live action..
exparrot
2012-01-31 08:07:11 AM
GreenAdder
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I figured if Taylor was going to be in any movie about stretching, it would involve a goat
of some sort, see?
http://se.cx/
?
/That's the joke?
EdenLiesObscured
2012-01-31 08:21:38 AM
Horrible idea of a movie with a tween studboy. Oh, and middle-aged women swoon over him too. They'll see the movie just because he's in it. In the eyes of the studio, making a profit is paramount: the movie will obviously be a turd, but a slightly polished turd.
Scurvy Dog
2012-01-31 08:29:23 AM
CSASB time: I received Stretch Armstrong as a gift for Christmas 1976. My cousin and I ignored the warning to not stretch him over four feet, and stretched him across the diagonal of my bedroom - about 8 feet. Then my cousin let go of his end and I got snapped in the face.
/wasn't cool at the time it happened
Alphax
2012-01-31 08:35:54 AM
I had a Stretch Armstong. I did find out that you could puncture it...
Krymson Tyde
2012-01-31 08:53:01 AM
Alphax
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I had a Stretch Armstong. I did find out that you could puncture it...
I had neighbors that had one that was punctured somehow (3 boys, I'm not sure to who Mr. Armstrong belonged). They all enjoyed the taste of Stretch's gooey filling and fought over who had possession of it so they could eat it.
Swear to god.
MadMonk
2012-01-31 09:03:03 AM
15 minutes into the movie, he should tear under the arm pit, have goo drip out of him, then have a mother with a disgusted look on her face toss him in the garbage saying "Well, that was a waste of good money." THE END.
Scurvy Dog
2012-01-31 09:03:03 AM
Krymson Tyde
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Alphax: I had a Stretch Armstong. I did find out that you could puncture it...
I had neighbors that had one that was punctured somehow (3 boys, I'm not sure to who Mr. Armstrong belonged). They all enjoyed the taste of Stretch's gooey filling and fought over who had possession of it so they could eat it.
Swear to god.
I hope nobody ever bought them a Happy Fun Ball.
noazark
2012-01-31 09:07:04 AM
I had the Stretch Monster, but not Stretch Armstrong. The goo inside crystallized after a few years, so he eventually became Stiff Monster.
I also had Suckerman.
/the toy only suckers buy
Mugato
2012-01-31 09:13:52 AM
I guess since they probably aren't making any more Fantastic 4 movies, the program for the stretchy guy FX must have been on sale.
tillerman35
2012-01-31 09:18:16 AM
I can't wait for the epic undersea battle scene!
(hot, like Olivia)
TimeWaste
2012-01-31 09:18:27 AM
Is Stretch Armstrong really one of those toys parents will say, "We're going to the theater to relive this nostalgia"? GI Joes, TMNT, Cabbage Patch dolls, I get. The were really a part of some kids childhood.
But did anyone have Stretch Armstrong sleeping bags? Or a Stretch Armstrong themed birthday party?
No, it probably can't count on the loyalty of former toy owners. So this movie only really has the plot to drive it forward. Which means it's only a movie about a stretchy guy. Who the fark cares, Mr. Producer?
cragmor
2012-01-31 09:27:28 AM
Alphax
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Honest Bender: Who?
*looks at pic in article*
...Who?
Some guy whose face is too small for his head, plays a werewolf in Twilight, I think.
I thought he was an alpaca.
rebelyell2006
2012-01-31 09:28:26 AM
FTFA
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no less ridiculous than making a $200 million alien invasion flick based on Battleship - you know, the board game - and that thing was actually produced (it comes out in May).
Words fail me. Wow, just wow.
Alphax
2012-01-31 09:35:06 AM
rebelyell2006
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FTFA: no less ridiculous than making a $200 million alien invasion flick based on Battleship - you know, the board game - and that thing was actually produced (it comes out in May).
Words fail me. Wow, just wow.
I've seen the trailers. They're horrible.
Fano
2012-01-31 10:41:32 AM
TimeWaste
:
Is Stretch Armstrong really one of those toys parents will say, "We're going to the theater to relive this nostalgia"? GI Joes, TMNT, Cabbage Patch dolls, I get. The were really a part of some kids childhood.
But did anyone have Stretch Armstrong sleeping bags? Or a Stretch Armstrong themed birthday party?
No, it probably can't count on the loyalty of former toy owners. So this movie only really has the plot to drive it forward. Which means it's only a movie about a stretchy guy. Who the fark cares, Mr. Producer?
They'll care when he teams up with the Wacky Wall Crawlers. And Cracker Jack prizes
ToastTheRabbit
2012-01-31 10:48:12 AM
This is going to be a porn movie.
DecemberNitro
2012-01-31 11:00:23 AM
This guy was waaay cooler
schpanky
2012-01-31 01:53:46 PM
DecemberNitro
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This guy was waaay cooler
[3.bp.blogspot.com image 400x307]
I had that guy.
The only way a Stretch Armstrong movie would work would be as a parody of toy-themed movies.
B.L.Z. Bub
2012-01-31 02:45:12 PM
He's not going to be in the movie. Way to read the farking article, subby. I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE HEADLINE!
puckrock2000
2012-01-31 02:56:39 PM
noazark
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I had the Stretch Monster, but not Stretch Armstrong. The goo inside crystallized after a few years, so he eventually became
Stiff Monster
.
Which, coincidentally, is the name I gave my penis.
/if you know what I mean, and I think that you do.
2CountyFairs
2012-01-31 03:40:50 PM
Dumbest idea ever.
You want a movie about a guy who stretches? Tell DC to get off their asses and cast Bruce Campbell as Plastic Man.
loonatic112358
2012-01-31 04:26:06 PM
Happy Hours
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I never had one of these toys growing up (yeah, I was that deprived) but isn't the whole idea that he only stretches when pulled? He never stretches of his own free will.
So how are they going to make a movie based on that?
And to be realistic the people stretching him should be much larger than he is.
Wasn't there a cartoon?
PsyLord
2012-01-31 04:26:23 PM
Sounds like another Rob Schneider, Adam Sandler, or Brendan Fraser movie.
M0nkeyp0x
2012-01-31 04:31:07 PM
It's a stretch to call him an actor.
Mugato
2012-01-31 04:31:56 PM
schpanky
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The only way a Stretch Armstrong movie would work would be as a parody of toy-themed movies.
Even that would be a stre--a reach.
Jamdug!
2012-01-31 09:06:07 PM
I believe it's spelled 'Llautner'.
Chevello
2012-01-31 09:27:55 PM
noazark
:
I had the Stretch Monster, but not Stretch Armstrong. The goo inside crystallized after a few years, so he eventually became Stiff Monster.
I also had Suckerman.
/the toy only suckers buy
He's waiting his chance, working as a barista in West Hollywood
\shakes tiny, stretchable suction cup covered fist
\\hot like a welt left by an overstretched Armstrong
UNAUTHORIZED FINGER
2012-01-31 11:19:01 PM
One of the guys I was in the barracks with got a Stretch Armstrong doll sent to him by his 5-year-old nephew, because he decided he needed a toy to play with. We nailed his hands to the window ledge, and tied weights to his feet to see how long he'd stretch. After three days in the Hawaiian Sun, he was (estimated) over 8 feet long. Later, we froze him with a fire extinguisher and hit him with a hammer. Made a bunch of little Stretch Armstrongs.
purple kool-aid and a jigger of formaldehyde
2012-01-31 11:35:36 PM
I watched my friends dad whack him in the head a few times with a Stretch Armstrong.
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