The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination

[romantico]

The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #1

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:33am

I saw the trailer and for the first time in my life I wanted to actually kill something!

They're wearing hip-hop clothes now? WTF?

Hollywood execs: PLEASE quit raping my childhood with these hideous live action adaptations of cartoons. First Garfield, then Underdog, now this.

If this opens at #1 I'll lose all hope for America. Luckily odds are it'll get beaten by I Am Legend (which btw looks awesome and I am really stoked for)

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Updated On: 12/5/07 at 10:33 AM

[Pippin]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #2

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:34am

agreed.

"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."

[madbrian]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #2

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:36am

While I agree with you, I must shamefully confess that my kids are wildly anticipating this movie. I thought I raised them better.

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[Borstalboy]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #3

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:37am

Were they ever NOT an abomination?

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[robbiej]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #4

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:40am

Yeah...it's not like the Chipmunks were Chekhov. They were hideous in the day and they're hideous now!

I still laughed at some of the trailer. And almost gave my boyfriend a hummer when he turned to me and said, "Jason Lee looks kinda like you."

All lies...but I'll choose to believe them.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #5

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:42am

People out in Nowheresville will see whatever is put out there.

There's nothing else to do.

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[Borstalboy]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #6

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:46am

Actually, I predict this will perform poorly. (lotsa P's there!)

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[FindingNamo]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #7

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:46am

Hell, I wanted to do CARTOON Dave when I was only a lad.

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[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #8

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:50am

He was pretty damn hot.

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #9

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:52am

I thought the trailer looked cute. Not cute enough to see in the theater, but I'd catch it on dvd. Then again, I grew up with the early 80s AatC and they were already pretty hacky by then.

[Calvin]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #10

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:53am

Is there a chipette presence in this film?

[mauriposa]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #11

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:58am

I saw the first trailer for this MONTHS ago and was kind of hoping it had already opened and flopped in the first weekend without anyone taking notice. No such luck.

Maybe I'll go online and find the Chipmunks movie where they fly around the world in the hot air balloon and remember the good times.

[Borstalboy]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #12

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:58am

He was hot???

Never trust a high strung bachelor who plays a bellowing Mama Rose to three rodents.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #13

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:59am

I had an album with the Chipmunks and the Chipettes (that's Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor for those not in know) that had them singing some of the hits of the times and before, including "Uptown Girl" and "The Gambler." The Chipettes did "It's My Party" ("Nobody knows where my Alvin has gone...")

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #14

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:00am

I had that record!

(Yes, record!)

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[Calvin]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #15

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:01am

As did I -- also a record.

That and the one with Debbie Reynolds singing "Abba Dabba Honeymoon" were my favorites as a tot.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #16

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:05am

I like the middle of "It's My Party," where Brittany does a spoken word plea and then one of the other Chipettes says, "Don't grovel, Brittany!" Every time I hear the real version of the song it throws me to hear Johnny instead of Alvin.

And mine was a record, too.

I also had one called "Urban Chipmunk" which was just surreal when you look at some of the lyrical changes they made.

[orangeskittles]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #17

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:08am

Phyllis, I remember that record (the cassette, then CD) being advertised on TV. I always begged my parents for it, but they wouldn't get it. Instead, I made do and listened to Billy Joel's Uptown Girl on 45 speed.

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Updated On: 12/5/07 at 11:08 AM

[Pippin]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #18

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:11am

I had the country cd, which I loved.

it had some gems like :thank God I'm a Country Boy, Mama, don't let their babies grow up to be chipmunks, I love a rainy night, the gambler, and so on.

"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."

[doodlenyc]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #19

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:12am

Will Jason be nude in this film, or make out with another dude?

No? No thanks.

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[robbiej]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #20

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:12am

Oh, F*CK off, Marys.

I had the Chipmunk Christmas album...on 8 track!!!!

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[Calvin]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #21

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:13am

Between this and "Underdog," I expect Mr. Lee will be getting one of those Entertainment Weekly career advice features fairly soon.

[Pippin]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #22

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:13am

what's "8-track"?

"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."

Updated On: 12/5/07 at 11:13 AM

[Unknown User]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #23

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:16am

its my favorite abortion moovay!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: The new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks like an abomination #24

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:18am

"Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys..."

"Chipmunks!"

"Al-vin!"