Ack! Garfield Live Action Movie?!?!

[John Crichton]

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=14784

When I read this I nearly fainted. Garfield has always had a special place in my heart and continues to be funny even now. Now, I think JL Hewitt is great and don't mind Brekin Meyer but what the heck is she doing in a film like this? Jon does NOT EVER GET THE GIRL. Maybe when Jim Davis decides he wants to change the direction of the strip or call it quits Jon will have a chance at a woman but not like this. CGI Garfield with live action mis-cast counterparts. Oh no. I never thought the Scooby-Doo movie would bring about this...

Now, I am all for liking this flick if it is any good but projects like this usually aren't handled with any care at all. I'm doing some spouting here, expecting it to be really bad when in fact it could be quite a lovable movie. I guess I should just wait and see.

*sigh*

 

[Angelsboi]

Well i thought the garfield cartoon movies rocked. id like to see a kick ass Calvin and Hobbes movie though =D

And maybe Jennifer is playing Liz, the Vet.

*shrugs*

At least Mike Meyers is doing Cat In The Hat movie as the Cat In The Hat

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Garfield live action...! what a bizarre concept...

It could work though. But it would need a perfect voice actor.

 

[CrazyMage]

Aaaack! Ooop!

What we need is a Bloom County movie. That would rock.

Bill the Cat. The only real cat.

 

[John Crichton]

Well i thought the garfield cartoon movies rocked. id like to see a kick ass Calvin and Hobbes movie though =D

And maybe Jennifer is playing Liz, the Vet.

Hmm, never thought of that. Could be.

Calvin & Hobbes ruled as did Bloom County. Neither of their creators wants anything more to do with their creations from what I understand. While I don't need a movie about any of them I would love some more Calvin & Hobbes or Bloom County.

 

[TeeSeeJay]

Aaaack! Ooop!

What we need is a Bloom County movie. That would rock.

Bill the Cat. The only real cat.

Ack. Phhpt.

 

[Starman]

Calvin & Hobbes
The Farside

Greatest. Comics. EVAR.

Starman

 

[ssampier]

Forget Live Action

more full length cartoons. The Halloween and Christmas Garfield aren't enough I thought the Christmas Garfield was rather witty (the cartoon series was campy, at best).

 

[Alzrius]

Calvin & Hobbes is far and away my single most favorite comic ever. For me, it's more than just a comic...it speaks on so many levels.

I can say with virtually total certainty though there will never in a million years be a movie of it. Even a casual perusal of Bill Waterson's Calvin & Hobbes 10th Anniversary Book will reveal why. He goes on at length about how be fought long and hard to prevent his strip from being licensed. Despite the fact that it would have made him extremely rich, he felt doing so would be selling out the soul of his strip, and he adamantly refused to do that. Eventually, when pressure from Universal Syndicate became too much, he simply quit, and luckily his current contract had given him control of the strip, so that when he left, they couldn't make more without him.

One of the things he mentions is that "I didn't want some animation studio giving Hobbes an actor's voice." Between this and everything else he says, its pretty clear that a movie would be the absolute last thing he'd want, and since he controls the rights to his comic utterly, it's extremely unlikely it'll ever happen. I, as a loyal reader of his work, and very proud that he was that scrupulous about the heart of his work.

As a side note, if you see something merchandise with Calvin & Hobbes material on it, odds are good it was made illegally, since he never once agreed to any licensing deals.

 

[John Crichton]

As a side note, if you see something merchandise with Calvin & Hobbes material on it, odds are good it was made illegally, since he never once agreed to any licensing deals.

Yup, so all those bumper stickers and the like of Calvin peeing on various things were never part of the dream...

I respect Waterson for what he did. I read about this a while back (I think on the PVP website) and I think it was a good stand on his part. It keeps his creation pure. Not many people can say that.