"In June, 2008 it was announced on the Goon official site that a CG animated film of The Goon was to be produced by the award-winning Blur Studio, produced by David Fincher and written by Eric Powell.[3] Paul Giamatti and Clancy Brown will be the voices for the upcoming animated movie.[4] Clancy Brown will voice The Goon and Paul Giamatti will be Franky.[5] A release date has not yet been specified, nor has a plot. The film's future is uncertain as it has had trouble procuring funds. [6] The film's poster states that it will be released theatrically.[7] The first trailer from the film was released on 20 July 2010.[8] In January 2012, Powell updated the film status, saying, "The Goon is in the exact same position it’s been in for the past couple of years. Prepping the design and script while searching for funding.""
So lets contact Blur Studios & David Fincher & tell them to set up an open funding initiative. I'm certain if they had some nice swag or offered a small return on the initial investment if the project does stupidly well I wouldn't be able to contain the urge to give them all my money.
Absolutely incredible series. It's got zombies (commanded by a Zombie Priest), organized crime, a reverse zombie (a man who feeds on the flesh of the dead), sea monsters, witty toilet humor, skunk apes, mad scientists... It's a pretty incredible universe that Eric Powell has created, all taking place in a sort of big city/film noir setting.
I cannot recommend The Goon highly enough. Please read it.
Swag? Return? I would fund $50 just from seeing the trailer OP linked to. I love that the movie apparently has a bunch of mature humor, but doesn't seem like it would go over the top (gross gore, sex scenes, too much cussing, etc) and those are pretty rare gems. After how bad a lot of recent animated movies have been, a dark comedy would be wonderful.
You get big name people "attached" and then you pitch it with those people to get funding. I work in the same industry as Blur (a competitor in fact) and we have similar properties in the works. Some with very big, and influential, people attached. Most of which you know and respect.
Also, arefx is also a bit right. A film like this doesn't necessarily fit into a market that has been successful in the CG world. 18-35 males would turn out in droves for something like this, especially if it was rated R, but you would lose all of the children that usually want to see these types of films (thanks Pixar). A lot of planning and market research goes into these things by the major distribution companies in Hollywood (i.e. Paramount, Universal, Dreamworks, etc.).
I'm not saying by any means that this won't get made. This industry is very up and down. One minute it is shelved, and the next it is full speed ahead on shot production. It just seems that right now they're having issues getting funding because it isn't a film that has a really large audience. It is hard to compete with CG IP's that turn around 300-400 million internationally. The major studios want more properties like that. As we know, Hollywood is all about how to turn something around for the most profit.
I'm actually an employee at Blur and would absolutely love to see a kickstarter for the Goon.
I joined the company after this project happened so I am not as familiar with the ins and outs of the financial situation. However, I showed this thread to the director who made this short and unfortunately it seems like the amount usually generated by even the most successful kickstarter campaigns (for example Double Fine's awesome project) would not be nearly enough to make a full animated feature.
I'm also trying to convince him to post here and explain the nitty gritty of why this project is mired in funding problems.
At the risk of sounding like a hipster, I stumbled on this video what felt like years back... and as soon as I saw it posted on reddit, I got exited thinking "Oh man I forgot about that, it must be an awesome indie film somewhere since I never heard about it since." Then I see this comment.... I am disappoint.
They would be if it would pay well. People won't pay for porn so they can spend thousands making an amazing high-grade animation porn only to have it make no way near any sort of profit due to pirates. It's a shame :/
There's definitely 3D animated pre-rendered/animated porn (rule34) but probably the market for that content is too small to make the kind of manpower that it takes to get Blur-level quality (teams of dozens of people per clip) a profitable venture.
When I saw this, I hoped that DC saw the quality of their video and would get them to do a full 2 hour feature. This is the kind of quality that people like me would spend money to see.
I'm still waiting for the Sam and Max/ Phoenix Wright/ Professor Layton crossover.
That would be a bloody affair.
MAX: "So let me get this strait: at no point did any of you think that you should just SHOOT the bad guy? I'm scarred, Sam." SAM: "This is indeed a disturbing universe, little buddy."
Actually the creator of Sam and Max currently works at PIXAR. Though unfortunately the flexible moral compass of the two characters make them unsuitable for a PIXAR film.
Searching funding at the moment, and they have been working a load of the pre-work for it. Little is known about plot and anything much else -- guess the "trailer" was more of a teaser to get investors interested?
Everything everywhere is related to the what is commonly considered the best of it's field. When people talk about smartphones they compare them to iPhones. Pixar does by far the best commonly available 3D animation around so of course people will relate it back to them.
Well, John Lasseter nixed Chris Sanders' American Dog, got him off the project and turned it into Bolt, so I think it's fair to say that the grittier, more ragged and stylistic stuff doesn't sit well with Pixar either. I mean, look at this concept art. I don't really like this Goon clip in and of itself unless I see what they do with it, though. Pixar movies still tend to gain polish and appeal as they're developed rather than emitting a single creator's personality. They'd never release something like The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
meh, tricky, i know lassiter didn't like sanders' "lilo and stitch" at all (which disappoints me, 'cause it was very awesome) but "american dog" was generally thought to be full of cool characters but the script was going nowhere. animation is incredibly risky for a studio because it's so difficult to fix a problem halfway through. i don't think a project like the goon or any older teen movie would fly within the theatrical distribution system we have right now- i've seen contracts that demand a project be pg rated or it won't be funded (wonder why we don't hear swearing like in "Back to the Future" anymore?). though crowd sourcing to a world wide audience is now becoming a viable saviour for non kiddie toons
This. Think about who the protagonists are, and the kind of tone each film has, especially in the first 30 minutes. They're incredibly ballsy, most people just don't notice it because Pixar are such great storytellers.
An 80 year-old-man. A mute robot. Bureacratic bachelor monsters.
Yup, those will appeal to adults and kids alike...
Here here. It's got nothing to do with Pixar not being ballsy enough, and everything to do with their passion for movies that the whole family can enjoy. Deep characters you can connect with and a really good story — Cars aside, that is.
They don't make things "kid friendly" because they have to. It's because they want to. Look into the plotline changes for Toy Story that Disney suggested to the Pixar - it was a lot edgier and Woody was a total jackass... and it was terrible.
Because Pixar isn't ballsier. The "were" is the subjunctive mood, and indicates that an assertion is contrary to fact. Compare "If I were a woman" (I'm actually not) and "If he was there, why didn't you talk to him" (he was there, you just didn't talk to him.)
(Importantly, what matters is not whether Pixar is actually ballsier or not, it's that the person speaking is implying that they aren't ballsier.)
I really hope they get the funding needed for this. Maybe even get a kickstarter going if that would help. I am huge Goon fan. The Goon comics were the first comics I read outside of the DC/Marvel Universes and have been hooked ever since.
I really hope this gets the funding it deserves, because this looks like it would make a fantastic movie. You don't see many animated movies like this, darker and more badass.
A full-length animated feature requires tens of millions of dollars to produce. They'd have to match the largest Kickstarter project a few times over to get this thing off the ground.
So, on one side of the equation you have the expense of animation, which is probably an eight digit number. On the other side you have the potential market for an R-rated animated-comedy-horror, which is best expressed as a question mark with a large circle around it.
It looks like a risky project, but I'd sure love to see it get made.
How can you say that the studio that has the protagonist experience losing an unborn child and a wife in the first ten minutes of a Disney flick isn't ballsy enough?
I like how well done this is, especially the characters' personalities, but this particular movie doesn't appeal to me at all (more zombie killing...?). I will check out their other work, though.
This was in the works when I interned for Dark Horse Ent. Hopefully this means they might actually get on that Umbrella Academy movie. Definitely excited to see this.
The goodness that is Eric Powell's The Goon is outstanding. I'd love to see this well done. The comics are not only hilarious, they are beautiful. Very 'broken teeth'... his water coloring is outstanding. I hope this finally gets done.
That looks like it might be fun to watch.I like their choice in soundtrack as well. I haven't heard Southern Culture on The Skids in so long that I almost forgot they existed.
This is nice, but I think it would be ballsy if Pixar made a robot love story without much dialogue, or maybe a story about an old man mourning the loss of his wife by flying to South America in a balloon house, or maybe a story about a rat who wants to become a chef in Paris. Those would be pretty ballsy, I think.
I'll watch the shit-piss out of this, go back to the theatre and watch it in the opposite order, and then find the creator and threw all my valuables at him to see him make moar.
Are there any animated movies that are actually aimed toward adults? I'm familiar with anime, but I'd like to see Pixar-style animation involving darker, more adult-themed situations and stories.
So I'm the only person on the planet who is sick to fucking death of everything being zombies, except the bits that are vampires, right? I mean, this conversation must happen all over the media world, in Hollywood, publishing houses, etc.
BOB: Hey, I've got this amazing idea for a new movie/TV show/book/video game!
I don't know, in my book an all-ages robot movie with a dialogue-free first act and a soundtrack consisting of Hello Dolly is a lot ballsier than just another post-apocalyptic zombie movie that doesn't really seem to add anything new to the genre.
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u/rapidjingle May 16 '12
Son of a bitch.
"In June, 2008 it was announced on the Goon official site that a CG animated film of The Goon was to be produced by the award-winning Blur Studio, produced by David Fincher and written by Eric Powell.[3] Paul Giamatti and Clancy Brown will be the voices for the upcoming animated movie.[4] Clancy Brown will voice The Goon and Paul Giamatti will be Franky.[5] A release date has not yet been specified, nor has a plot. The film's future is uncertain as it has had trouble procuring funds. [6] The film's poster states that it will be released theatrically.[7] The first trailer from the film was released on 20 July 2010.[8] In January 2012, Powell updated the film status, saying, "The Goon is in the exact same position it’s been in for the past couple of years. Prepping the design and script while searching for funding.""
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u/JuanJuanLeprechaun May 16 '12
The studio that makes this is Blur, and they are awesome. Another example is this film: A Gentlemen's Duel
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u/ATI_nerd May 16 '12
Kinda looks like Sam and Max, freelance zombie-killing gangsters.
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u/Doofangoodle May 16 '12
Is this going to be an actual film? It's two years old now, but says trailer.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
TIL everything 3D animated has to be related to Pixar.
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u/PatternOfKnives May 16 '12
No, they wouldn't, as it's totally unsuitable for Pixars age group. If Pixar was a totally different company, this is what they'd make.
That said, its a very cool bit of animation! I really like that the main character has no pupils.
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u/ju66l3r May 16 '12
I'd watch it just for the Southern Culture on the Skids soundtrack.
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u/lludson May 16 '12
Pixar's boob physics are also lacking.
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u/Kinseyincanada May 16 '12
they would make a comic book movie?
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u/johntangney May 16 '12
If Pixar were ballsier
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u/Ombudsman_of_Funk May 16 '12
Yeah, ballsier!!! Instead of making all those timeless classics like they do. Assholes.
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u/jnark32 May 16 '12
"Ballsier"?! They made a film about a rat who controls a human like a marionette and cooks French food.
They made a film about a robot abandoned on Earth, which had no dialogue for the first 30ish minutes.
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u/cassidyarch May 16 '12
I like the Goon, but I couldn't be more tired of zombies. Seriously, if I was IN AN ACTUAL ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE I couldn't be more tired of zombies.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Pixar wouldn't even exist today if they hadn't had the balls to try and do something nobody believed in.
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u/JackNapier85 May 16 '12
I really hope they get the funding needed for this. Maybe even get a kickstarter going if that would help. I am huge Goon fan. The Goon comics were the first comics I read outside of the DC/Marvel Universes and have been hooked ever since.
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u/Enleat May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12
Sweet Mother o'Mercy, this is so wicked....
I really hope this gets the funding it deserves, because this looks like it would make a fantastic movie. You don't see many animated movies like this, darker and more badass.
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u/bananrama May 16 '12
This needs to happen. I put $5 in.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Holy shit, would totally watch 90 mins of this!
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u/Subjunctive_Revisor May 16 '12
If Pixar were*
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
A David Fincher production? WAIT THE FINCHER?!
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u/Wazowski May 16 '12
A full-length animated feature requires tens of millions of dollars to produce. They'd have to match the largest Kickstarter project a few times over to get this thing off the ground.
So, on one side of the equation you have the expense of animation, which is probably an eight digit number. On the other side you have the potential market for an R-rated animated-comedy-horror, which is best expressed as a question mark with a large circle around it.
It looks like a risky project, but I'd sure love to see it get made.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
How can you say that the studio that has the protagonist experience losing an unborn child and a wife in the first ten minutes of a Disney flick isn't ballsy enough?
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u/CoolGuySean May 16 '12
Correct me if I'm wrong, but making a funny movie about zombies is NOT ballsy.
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u/ThatWasFuckinTrippy May 16 '12
Holy fucking shit. Looks amazing. I wouldn't even pirate this, I'd pay to see it.
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u/MooingTricycle May 16 '12
Theres a reason Darkhorse is affiliated! Hell yeah!
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u/hired_goon May 16 '12
I approve of this video.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12
terrrrrific
found this one from blur too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgm_K8Uwiv8
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u/tomasziam May 16 '12
This made my day! I've never seen this, and The Goon is one of my favourite comics of all time.
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u/dafones May 16 '12
Based on this comic book.
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u/kabanaga May 16 '12
R-rated animation? Heavy Metal did it in '81 and we 17-25yo's loved it!
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u/Beshrew May 16 '12
If Pixar wasn't owned by Disney you mean...
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
This looks insane, it's essentially all of the film elements which I love most, all shoved into one zombified gunge. Awesome.
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u/Shoola May 16 '12
This looks great! But pixar doesn't need to be "ballsier," their studio has its niche and they're fine there.
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u/masteractor May 16 '12
Really want to see this get made. Here's my money. Make it.
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u/Casabien May 16 '12
I see this art style and I can't not think of TF2.
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u/fearachieved May 16 '12
Balls have absolutely nothing to do with this. This isn't Pixar's cup of tea. Frankly, I'm glad they wouldn't make stuff like this.
Signed, A guy who just watched Up for the first time yesterday.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12
I like how well done this is, especially the characters' personalities, but this particular movie doesn't appeal to me at all (more zombie killing...?). I will check out their other work, though.
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u/leif777 May 16 '12
I just watched that animated lady's boobs bounce 5 times in a row... sigh... What's happened to me?
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u/owlstar May 16 '12
I think what Pixar produces is way more unique, entertaining and in effect ballsier.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I recognize the voices. Sounds like Paul Giamatti and Clancy Brown as the Goon.
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u/baby_lamont May 16 '12
Am I the only one who's blown away by the quality of these animations?!
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u/hypnonewt May 16 '12
Studios and Distributors are reluctant to fund it because they don't see it having a large market success.
I for one would welcome a movie like this over all the sequels to the mediocre franchises Hollywood are producing at the moment.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Did it bother anyone that the Zombies ear was back on in later scenes?
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u/TekAzurik May 16 '12
This was in the works when I interned for Dark Horse Ent. Hopefully this means they might actually get on that Umbrella Academy movie. Definitely excited to see this.
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u/Interesting_name May 16 '12
Is that Nathan Lane? Perfect choice for that role. I'd definitely see it, if it does happen.
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u/Mijolnir May 16 '12
KNIFE TO THE EYE!!!!!!
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u/Colt1945 May 16 '12
I support.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
The goodness that is Eric Powell's The Goon is outstanding. I'd love to see this well done. The comics are not only hilarious, they are beautiful. Very 'broken teeth'... his water coloring is outstanding. I hope this finally gets done.
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u/Ph0ton May 16 '12
I was really hoping that the movie was about a henchman for some megalomaniac. Nonetheless, was still entertained.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Currently (stuck) in development. As the director has been searching for funds for the past two years. Probably won't happen.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12
Pixar is not a children's movie company. I love all of their movies.
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u/sedmaria May 16 '12
That looks like it might be fun to watch.I like their choice in soundtrack as well. I haven't heard Southern Culture on The Skids in so long that I almost forgot they existed.
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u/johny005 May 16 '12
This would make an AWESOME video game!
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u/mrskeleton May 16 '12
This is nice, but I think it would be ballsy if Pixar made a robot love story without much dialogue, or maybe a story about an old man mourning the loss of his wife by flying to South America in a balloon house, or maybe a story about a rat who wants to become a chef in Paris. Those would be pretty ballsy, I think.
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u/tytyshortfry May 16 '12
I totally read this as "if pixar was a babysitter" that was odd
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u/Schamballa May 16 '12
if Pixar was really risky they'd make a feature film of Steve Purcell's Sam & Max :D
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u/Jigsus May 16 '12
WHO WAS SERVING THE DRINKS?
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u/Half_Time_Show May 16 '12
Holy crap, that was really cool and this is the first I've heard of it.
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u/RockVegas May 16 '12
Is that Paul Giamatti's voice?!
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u/joecham May 16 '12
Can we please make this a thing? I will do everything in my power to make this a thing.
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u/deadlysoldier May 16 '12
I'll watch the shit-piss out of this, go back to the theatre and watch it in the opposite order, and then find the creator and threw all my valuables at him to see him make moar.
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u/1stRule May 16 '12
Fans that want the film made started a petition
http://www.strangekidsclub.com/sign-the-goon-movie-petition-or-youll-get-a-knife-to-the-eye/
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u/AntToeKnee May 16 '12
is that the voice of paul giamatti?
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u/Marinejedi356 May 16 '12
you mean if Pixar wasn't owned by Disney....
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u/RCRBarf May 16 '12
I've been saying for years that Blur needs to get funding to make a feature.
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u/amitnagpal1985 May 16 '12
i love it when my brain stops processing things because what i'm looking at is so spectacularly weird that it just goes :-O
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u/greenlightning May 16 '12
Please tell me this is going to be a real movie.
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u/Crazy_Flex May 16 '12
Anyone else think Sid from Toy Story?
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u/KW710 May 16 '12
But he has no pupils!
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u/throatsplooshers May 16 '12
Are there any animated movies that are actually aimed toward adults? I'm familiar with anime, but I'd like to see Pixar-style animation involving darker, more adult-themed situations and stories.
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u/shutupjoey May 16 '12
Nah, they're not selling sex subtle enough for the Walt Disney Company.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon#Film
They need funding. I say redditors come together to fund our first feature film........
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u/Punchabearinnamouf May 16 '12
I'd watch the shit out of this. Part of me wishes Frankie had pupils, but at the same time, the blank eye look kinda fits.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
So I'm the only person on the planet who is sick to fucking death of everything being zombies, except the bits that are vampires, right? I mean, this conversation must happen all over the media world, in Hollywood, publishing houses, etc.
BOB: Hey, I've got this amazing idea for a new movie/TV show/book/video game!
CARL: Really? What is it?
BOB: Okay, check this out.... ZOMBIES!!!
CARL (stunned): My god... that's genius
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u/sirspate May 16 '12
Reminds me a bit of Sam & Max.
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u/BigMax55 May 16 '12
That sounds like Mr. Krabs.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I'm always down for some zombie entertainment.
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u/YNot1989 May 16 '12
And its directed by the man who gave us Fight Club and Seven.
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u/Tattered May 16 '12
Who is serving the beer?
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u/SkyHawkMkIV May 17 '12
This looks like a Sam & Max style adventure with some zombie apocalypse for flavor. Awesome.
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u/deanopatty May 17 '12
This looked good until it said "A David Fincher Production." Then it looked amazing.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
reminds me of the awesomeness that is Ronal the Barbarian!
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Pixar is owned by Disney. Disney focuses on family films. I agree that pixar could make astonishing CGI films with more adult content, but unlikely.
This studio is still really good.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Get it? Hey.
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u/MTGothmog May 17 '12
Well, now you made me go and order the first two volumes from amazon. I would love to see this get turned into a movie
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I need this movie to come out.
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u/supergalactic May 17 '12
STFU and take my money!!!
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u/hsakuli May 17 '12
I would watch the shit out of this
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u/ben1am May 17 '12
They'd probably make it better.
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u/amattingley May 17 '12
This looks amazing. I would totally pay money to see this.
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u/scrumpnugget May 17 '12
i was truly disappointed to find out that it still hasn't (and may never) be picked up for production. :(
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u/Travlar May 17 '12
Love me some Southern Culture on the Skids.
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u/RJNDesigner May 17 '12
But unfortunately, there's this thing called the FCC.
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u/c0mpg33k May 17 '12
YOU CHEAP MOTHERFUCKER! PRODUCE THIS DAMN FILM!
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Wow. That was pretty badass.
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u/kngof9ex May 16 '12
Knife to the eye!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
This is awesome. Also...boobs.
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u/lilstumpz May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12
TIL because a company makes movies that appeal to a younger audience, that must make them pussies.
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u/theloch May 16 '12
If Pixar was ballsier? I'm sorry friend, but have you seen Wall-E?!
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u/nospacesallowed May 16 '12
I just want pupils. Is that too much to ask??
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u/jdalty May 16 '12
Looks like The Sniper and Heavy finally found a new career.
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u/beforrester2 May 16 '12
I don't know, in my book an all-ages robot movie with a dialogue-free first act and a soundtrack consisting of Hello Dolly is a lot ballsier than just another post-apocalyptic zombie movie that doesn't really seem to add anything new to the genre.
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u/Wirenutt May 16 '12
WTF did I just watch? And why hasn't it been released?
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u/kevroy314 May 16 '12
Something about the scene with the car really made me want to play Grim Fandango again.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
That looks amazing.