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Or Maybe He's Just "Xtreme"
Is anyone else bothered by the fact that in all the commercials for the upcoming "Garfield" movie, the title cat is shown jumping, dancing, and/or singing? The whole point of every single Garfield cartoon since the beginning of time itself is that Garfield is fat and lazy. Garfield sleeps most of the day and only ventures forth from his bed to eat lasagna or punt Odie off of a table. These same jokes have been used day after day for years, but being American moviemakers they've managed to completely change these very basic characteristics. In effect, they're just cashing in on the Garfield name to create a movie about whatever they want. No movie based on, named after, or including Garfield could ever be a good movie, so at least they could've tried not alienating the comic strip's fans by tailoring this time-honored character to the latest trends.
And I won't even go into the butchering of I, Robot.
Comments
I just read your comment on the "Cerner Fog" on Smackie's site, and I realized I haven't told you how much I admire you for starting a new job in a new city. Not to get all gushy on you, but few people are able to even consider doing that, let alone actually go through with it. I think you're awesome, and I hope you're adjusting well.
Posted by: Rachel at June 11, 2004 9:38 AM
Two things. One, I'm going to agree with Rachel. I'm having a hard enough time doing this in St. Louis, where I have lived my whole life. I can't even imagine how hard it would be to move and start a new part of my life.
Secondly, who cares if Garfield is all active and stuff? The movie has Jennifer Love Hewitt in it!
Posted by: Nathan at June 11, 2004 12:37 PM
Whoah whoah whoah, J-Love is in Garfield? I was not aware of this, although her track record in movies since Can't Hardly Wait leads me to believe this will be even worse than I expected. Perhaps she will go back to her singing career...
And thanks for the kind words guys, I've been so busy that I haven't really had time to realize that I'm in a new city where I don't know anybody (besides the people I've met at work and who I knew from WashU who are here).
Posted by: Chris Hill Festival at June 11, 2004 5:43 PM
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