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§ 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?


Polter-Cow - Nov 12, 2004 9:09:12 am PST #5700 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

More importantly, do they know who Fat Albert is? Will this be Kenan fans in the kid demographic, and retro older fans?

That's what I think. I mean, I don't think I've ever seen a Fat Albert cartoon. Has Cartoon Network ever showed them? I just know about it because, well, I don't remember. Pop culture. It happens.


Kathy A - Nov 12, 2004 9:13:01 am PST #5701 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I think Noggin has been showing the old cartoons.


Mr. Broom - Nov 12, 2004 9:21:53 am PST #5702 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

Did the Cos really sign off on this, or does someone else have the rights to this now? I'm really hoping it's the latter, because although my comedic hero has sold out a few times, this is just too much for me.