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Vic George
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posted 08-05-1999 03:22 PM
Seeing that Disney has produced a live-action movie based on DIC's cartoon classic Inspector Gadget from the 1980s, I was thinking if anyone out there would have an interest in seeing a Smurfs movie produced, and if so:1. Which company would you want to see develop it with IMPS Licensing's blessing? Disney, Hanna-Barberra/Warner Bros., DreamWorks, independent, etc.? 2. What style would best suit it? All traditional animation, mostly computer animated, or a mix of computer animation and live action? (The human characters can be real actors and actresses, while the Smurfs can be computer animated.) 3. What kind of story could best suit a new kind of Smurfs movie? 4. Who would you want to do the voices of, or in the case of live-action, actually play the part of, certain characters?
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-- VIC GEORGE, Westfield, MA, USA
Posts: 222 | From: Westfield, MA, USA | Registered: Jul 1999
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Vic George
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posted 08-07-1999 08:00 AM
Since nobody's answering to this post yet, I might as well offer my suggestions, just to get the discussion started. Remember: these are JUST my suggestions -- you can debate about them all you want or offer your own!1. As far as a company team-up with IMPS, I think it could either be Disney (with Pixar on hand, for the next answer) or Warner Bros. through Hanna-Barberra. DreamWorks did Antz, but other than that, the company is too new with a somewhat unproven track record. 2. My personal preference is having the movie done as a mix of computer animation and live actors. I don't know what anyone else thinks, but I think it's time we saw what a Smurf Village would actually look like if one actually existed in its time frame -- I could care less about seeing it like it's some Disneyfied amusement park attraction. 3. I don't know what kind of original story could befit a new Smurfs movie, but if nothing else comes up and the computer animation/live action combo is used, I wouldn't mind to see an updated version of The Magic Flute with some added or changed story elements. 4. For voice actors, here are just a few suggestions for some characters: Papa Smurf -- Ethan Phillips (Neelix from "Star Trek: Voyager")
Smurfette -- Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle from "Xena")
Brainy -- Ted Raimi (Joxer from "Hercules" and "Xena")
Hefty -- Thomas Wilson (Biff Tannen from "Back To The Future") or Aron Eischenberg(?) (Nog from "Star Trek: Deep Space 9") As far as live actors, I could only picture Christopher Lloyd or Rene Auberjonois from "Deep Space 9" in the role of Gargamel.
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-- VIC GEORGE, Westfield, MA, USA
Posts: 222 | From: Westfield, MA, USA | Registered: Jul 1999
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Papa Smurf
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posted 08-23-1999 06:32 AM
...and Gary Coleman as a giant who attacks the village... 
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Vic George
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posted 08-27-1999 06:41 PM
Not to sound disrespectful of your ideas, Papa S., but I'd rather not see the Smurfs being used in some ridiculous movie parody that goes against the original concept of the cartoon characters.
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-- VIC GEORGE, Westfield, MA, USA
Posts: 222 | From: Westfield, MA, USA | Registered: Jul 1999
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Vic George
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posted 03-28-2000 05:49 PM
Just one problem with that idea, Erica -- Don Messick, the voice of Papa Smurf, has died in 1997. And speaking of deaths, Jim Varney, whom I suggested for the voice of Clumsy, has died this year. What a shame! God bless them.
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-- VIC GEORGE, Westfield, MA, USA
Posts: 222 | From: Westfield, MA, USA | Registered: Jul 1999
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