First Image of The Smurfs Shows Smurfs
What is it with USA Today getting all this first glimpses lately? On Tuesday, it was the ridiculous Hugh Jackman robot boxing movie Real Steel and now here comes the equally ridiculous big screen adaptation of The Smurfs. Hey, remember when everyone in Hollywood said audiences wanted originality and not reboots of popular '80s brand names? Just kidding! After the jump, check out your first look at The Smurfs (shouldn't this be subtitled "Take Manhattan"?) and find out why all the purists will be flaming message boards with hatred over a change in the Smurf mythology.
So, yeah. Computer generated Smurfs. But really, what did you expect? As for fans hoping the new film retains the series level of verite, bad news: According to producer Jordan Kerner, they changed the fact that Gargamel wants to eat the Smurfs because "We all wondered whether we would be making a family version of Sweeney Todd." In the film version, Gargamel just wants to capture the Smurfs to get their mystical power. Is nothing sacred!?
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I for one think they look better than I expected them too.
This movie is going to suck hard
WTF? And why in New York? Shouldn't they live in the forest?
They should just call this Enchanted 2: the surfs version. I say this because the scene looks like a shot for shot of the female princess coming out from the ground., only with smurfs.
aren't they tiny as crap too? When did they turn into blue midgets with hats?
this is gonna suck like Dragon Ball
What... the fuck? Am I having a really crappy, non-exciting nightmare?
i don't understand it...why ruin a perfectly good old classic with a movie? i just don't get it anymore. this is why i hate people...they do stupid shit like this. What next a fucking Heckle & Jeckle movie? or how about a Ren & Stimpy movie? I'm sorry to say this but i hope whoever creates this movie dies slowly and painfully.
umm, Gargamel wanted to turn the Smurfs into gold... not eat them you f-ing wierdos. What is wrong with people. I watched the cartoon like 5 times and remember that. What a stupid world we live in. I'm going to kill all of you stupid sons of beeches
@deadfetus... want to start a gang to kill everyone else on the planet.. let me know, that's my real e-mail
Smurf trailer makes people want to kill> Mission Accomplished, Hollywood.
@deadfetus... want to start a gang to kill everyone else on the planet.. let me know, that's my real e-mail
@sunnydaze.. there is no trailer, just a screenshot.. you are first to die
Wow, looks like that is going to be about as exciting as watching paint dry!
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Do you let me live? At least until this 3D fad burns out?
Actually, it depended on the episode/season. Sometimes he needed them to make gold. Other times he wanted to eat them. And a few times he was just so frustrated with them, his only goal was to kill them all.
so what its like avatar with hats?
They stumble upon a magic portal in the forest as they're running from Gargamel and get transported to NY. And Gargamel also gets transported to NY. And they're not midgets theyre still tiny little shits. There's a teaser trailer on the web somewhere, you can get an idea of how small they are.
UGH!!! LAME! This is yet again a movie "designed" by marketers and not anyone actually creative. Cripes. Wow. SO lame. EEK. I thought Marmaduke was bad (you know, making a movie based ona comic strip nobody likes) and now actually raping a beloved kids classic.
PS: for what its' worth, Gargamel wanted to eat them for a reason, not just for hunger, no?
Yet another ancient franchise Hollywood is attempting to resurrect, despite Robot Chicken already summing it up perfectly.
Basically, Gargamel gets once and for all MAD, and just fucking chops up Smurf Village with a big axe. He captures some, takes them home, and cooks them. Eating a plate of blue and white goo, his face turns to distaste, and he dumps the food in the garbage. Then he calls for Chinese, 'dinner for one, yeah, just like always'.
Took all of ninety seconds.