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Leknaat · Jul 10, 2007, 03:02 AM

Okay....

First Alvin and the Chipmunks started as a recording group in the late '50's.
They became a cartoon in the early '60's--reflecting the current times--and making music, by the way.
The cartoon didn't last long, but the singing did....
Twenty years later, the gang showed up again on television--once again reflecting contemporary times. Doing covers of popular songs, and so forth.
Then there's the animated movie...
That cartoon was canceled after a long time on the air--but we still remember the songs....
And now, Alvin and the Chipmunks are being put into the movies in CGI form....

Bad? Good? Who knows? In each visual incarnation, they've reflected the world around them. And, it seems once again, they're doing just that.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Leknaat · Jul 10, 2007, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by Kairi Li

I did, but that flash cartoon was rather amusing and cool, and its meant to be a parody.

Where as this monstrosity is just Hollywood butchering classics and turning them "Urban" to "connect" with the audience.

Hmmm--I wonder if the people who grew up with the Chipmunks in the '50's and '60's felt the same way in the '80's.....

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Leknaat · Jul 11, 2007, 01:34 AM

Originally Posted by speculative

I will only watch it if they cover Boys in the Hood as covered by Dynamite Hack.

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Are you arguing that the clothing/styles of today sends the same message as the clothing/styles of the 80's? I don't believe that they send the same message myself...

No--I'm arguing that the Chipmunks reflected the time they were in--in both animated incarnations. So, why should the movie be any different?

In this thread we have people going "poo-poo" on this movie because it's different from 20 years ago. The cartoon at THAT time was different from the one 20 years before that. So, would those who watched the original "poo-poo" the '80's one for the same reasons the folks in this thread are?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Leknaat · Jul 13, 2007, 03:17 AM

Hotobu--I hate to break it to you, but hoodies are still in existence--at least where I live.

Also....who knows what year this movie is set in? The cartoon ended in the early '90's, and the movie could be picking up there.

But, dear God---don't let there be Chipettes....

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