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!?
ยท Big Apple will be Smurf Turf, in 3D [USA Today]
