ita, I've seen the trailer. Or at least a preview. And, P-C, it's even worse than that -- they're pulled into today's real world.
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Fred Pete - Nov 12, 2004 8:44:55 am PST #5690 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 12, 2004 8:46:32 am PST #5691 of 10001
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kg{kRosby faints when Fat Albert shows up at his door.
If fictional stuff were popping out of the screen and coming to life like in Purple Rose of Cairo, walking past the Independence Day sale DVDs would become a difficult act of willpower for me.
Polter-Cow - Nov 12, 2004 8:46:43 am PST #5692 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And, P-C, it's even worse than that -- they're pulled into today's real world.
Oh, yeah, I knew that. Cause why would they get pulled into the world of their own time? That doesn't make any sense, of course.
§ ita § - Nov 12, 2004 8:48:13 am PST #5693 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cause why would they get pulled into the world of their own time?
Well, movie magic has been known to create period movies.
Polter-Cow - Nov 12, 2004 8:50:02 am PST #5694 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well, movie magic has been known to create period movies.
What would Kenan be doing in a period movie?
Steph L. - Nov 12, 2004 8:51:07 am PST #5695 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Fred, it gets even freakier. According to the little blurb in EW, it's not just a live-action Fat Albert movie: apparently, it's about the animated Fat Albert characters stepping into the real world or something.
I admit, I saw the trailer, and I got a kick out of it. I find fish-out-of-water movies (e.g., Blast From the Past) amusing, as long as they're done well.
I don't know if I'll see Fat Albert, but the trailer made me laugh.
§ ita § - Nov 12, 2004 8:52:29 am PST #5696 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What would Kenan be doing in a period movie?
Acting? Or are goofy black kids strictly a 2004 thing?
I dunno -- Starsky and Hutch was set then, Fat Albert is set now -- nothing but a creative judgment call.
SuziQ - Nov 12, 2004 8:55:18 am PST #5697 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Based on Steph's reaction, I went to look at the trailer - but I don't wanna download Quicktime. Oh well. Will have to stay in the dark dreading what they have done to my beloved characters.
Polter-Cow - Nov 12, 2004 8:59:38 am PST #5698 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Acting? Or are goofy black kids strictly a 2004 thing?
Well, I was just considering Kenan's target audience, who weren't alive back then. Does the retro factor work on twelve-year-olds?
§ ita § - Nov 12, 2004 9:05:37 am PST #5699 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does the retro factor work on twelve-year-olds?
More importantly, do they know who Fat Albert is? Will this be Kenan fans in the kid demographic, and retro older fans?