Comments on: Tom and Jerry CGI project = Gonna suck

By: JerrKat

JerrKat — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:17:58 +0000

The better question is which version are they adapting. I love the old T&J that was being airs in the early 80s but the recent stuff ( late 90′s 00′s) I’ve seen is just awful.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:19:47 +0000

@Bearbutt: I dunno. I’ve seen what these kids drink here at the U. Any caffeinated alcoholic beverage is bound to be very popular with the college crowds.

By: eternalson

eternalson — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:42:14 +0000

I don’t see the problem with making it CGI, Tom and Jerry were not that great to begin with. It was just graphic cartoon violence without much humor or storyline.

By: darkmage0707077

darkmage0707077 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:39:13 +0000

Comparing Chipmunks with T&J is not as straightforward as “they were both animated hits in the day and were/are being translated to CGI for today’s big screen”. You also have to look at WHY each of them were hits. I watched chipmunks to see what kind of adventures Alvin and co. would have and to hear the crazy voices, which is easy to translate today: all they had to do was make sure the story was “epic” feeling and that the CGI as closely matched the cartoon style as possible.

I watched T&J to see what kind of crazy cartoon violence Jerry would put Tom through before the end of the day and to see if they’d blow up the house again: thanks to today’s censorship taboos, this does NOT translate into a kids movie. Maybe if they slapped an ‘R’ or ‘PG13′ rating, but the chance of someone taking an American animation and making it only for mature audiences has about a -3% chance of happening. So most likely, we’re going to get another “kid friendly” T&J movie which has the characters in it…and none of the biff/pow slapstick real fans would want.

They can make the characters look as authentic as they want: if they don’t include the violence of the original (and thus settle for a higher MSRB rating), I find it very difficult to believe that fans are going to enjoy the movie longer then the title screen.

People who have never watch T&J, of course, had a wide selection of other good movies to choose from, so why should they waste time on something that their fanboy friend says sucks royally?

*sigh* If I could draw I’d make my own R-rated animated film…

By: Bearbutt

Bearbutt — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:43:32 +0000

Been trying to think of a CGI / Cel comparison. Here’s an attempt:
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Cel is like a fine wine.
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CGI is like a quad, venti, half-caff, one pump sugar-free vanilla, two pumps sugar-free hazelnut, extra-hot, ristretto latte, with half soy, half lowfat organic milk, with two paper cups from Starbucks.
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Attempting to turn one into the other can only end in one thing: Complete and utter failure.