Hoping Chicken Little is a dismal flop

[vermicious knid]

A movie about freaking Chicken Little!? What's next? The movie version of Little Ms. Muffet?

Disney certainly has fallen a long way since their artistic revival of the late eighties and nineties. It seems they make most of their money these days by lame sequals which spit on the memory of the classic originals. Dumbo 2, Peter Pan 2, Cinderella 2, The Little Mermaid 2, 101 Dalmations 2; how blantantly commercial can they get?

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by vermicious knid

A movie about freaking Chicken Little!? What's next? The movie version of Little Ms. Muffet?

Disney certainly has fallen a long way since their artistic revival of the late eighties and nineties. It seems they make most of their money these days by lame sequals which spit on the memory of the classic originals. Dumbo 2, Peter Pan 2, Cinderella 2, The Little Mermaid 2, 101 Dalmations 2; how blantantly commercial can they get?

IS this the same as our Chicken Licken? Where the sky is falling in? With the other bizarre names like henny penny and goosey loosey??

[GODDESS6]

yes & my 6 yr old wantd to see this real bad~ it looks cute~

[Karlie]

Originally Posted by vermicious knid

A movie about freaking Chicken Little!? What's next? The movie version of Little Ms. Muffet?

Disney certainly has fallen a long way since their artistic revival of the late eighties and nineties. It seems they make most of their money these days by lame sequals which spit on the memory of the classic originals. Dumbo 2, Peter Pan 2, Cinderella 2, The Little Mermaid 2, 101 Dalmations 2; how blantantly commercial can they get?

There was a Dumbo 2?!

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by Karlie

There was a Dumbo 2?!

I don't remember there being a Dumbo 2

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by vermicious knid

A movie about freaking Chicken Little!? What's next? The movie version of Little Ms. Muffet?

Disney certainly has fallen a long way since their artistic revival of the late eighties and nineties. It seems they make most of their money these days by lame sequals which spit on the memory of the classic originals. Dumbo 2, Peter Pan 2, Cinderella 2, The Little Mermaid 2, 101 Dalmations 2; how blantantly commercial can they get?

In case of some of those movies (or maybe some other Disney flicks), aren't there actually several sequels? Pretty shamless.

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by vermicious knid

A movie about freaking Chicken Little!? What's next? The movie version of Little Ms. Muffet?

Disney certainly has fallen a long way since their artistic revival of the late eighties and nineties. It seems they make most of their money these days by lame sequals which spit on the memory of the classic originals. Dumbo 2, Peter Pan 2, Cinderella 2, The Little Mermaid 2, 101 Dalmations 2; how blantantly commercial can they get?

The sequels usually are distributed only on video, and I don't see anything bad in them: it makes children happy to find their heroes in new adventures, like with Mickey Mouse.

Romy

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by vermicious knid

A movie about freaking Chicken Little!? What's next? The movie version of Little Ms. Muffet?

Disney certainly has fallen a long way since their artistic revival of the late eighties and nineties. It seems they make most of their money these days by lame sequals which spit on the memory of the classic originals. Dumbo 2, Peter Pan 2, Cinderella 2, The Little Mermaid 2, 101 Dalmations 2; how blantantly commercial can they get?

Why would you hope it's a flop though, just because you think it's a stupid idea? Brace yourself then, because during the previews they showed a trailor for a Little Red Riding Hood animated movie. I forget the title, but it looks hysterical. It's like CSI meets Red Riding Hood. There is a detective and he has to get the truth by having all the characters tell their side of the story.
Anyway, I think you jumped the gun with your feelings on Chicken Little. It seems like you just wrote it off as a film based on it's original story. Of course if they just did a film sticking to that storyline it would be very weak. Still, to "hope" it's a flop seems kind of rotten.

I saw it, and it was pretty good. They actually put a very creative spin on the Chicken Little story. The little kids in the theater loved it, and there were a good amount of jokes geared towards the adults to keep them happy too.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by vermicious knid

A movie about freaking Chicken Little!? What's next? The movie version of Little Ms. Muffet?

Disney certainly has fallen a long way since their artistic revival of the late eighties and nineties. It seems they make most of their money these days by lame sequals which spit on the memory of the classic originals. Dumbo 2, Peter Pan 2, Cinderella 2, The Little Mermaid 2, 101 Dalmations 2; how blantantly commercial can they get?

You aren't exactly the target audience for such animated features, are you?

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by dissention

You aren't exactly the target audience for such animated features, are you?

Good point. I was thinking the same thing. Would I go see it, no. but that doesnt automatically make it a bad movie

[wondergirl9847]

Originally Posted by paleshadow

Why would you hope it's a flop though, just because you think it's a stupid idea? Brace yourself then, because during the previews they showed a trailor for a Little Red Riding Hood animated movie. I forget the title, but it looks hysterical. It's like CSI meets Red Riding Hood. There is a detective and he has to get the truth by having all the characters tell their side of the story.

Okay, I so wanna see this! Who are the voices, do you remember? I guess I could go look it up for myself. LOL

Chicken Little looks cute and cartoons today are hysterical because of the adult jokes they put in them. Toy Story is my fave movie of all time.

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

Okay, I so wanna see this! Who are the voices, do you remember? I guess I could go look it up for myself. LOL

Chicken Little looks cute and cartoons today are hysterical because of the adult jokes they put in them. Toy Story is my fave movie of all time.

It was cute. My favorite was Runt of the litter. Here are the voices:
Zach Braff .... Chicken Little (voice)
Garry Marshall .... Buck Cluck (voice)
Don Knotts .... Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice)
Patrick Stewart .... Mr. Woolensworth (voice)
Amy Sedaris .... Foxy Loxy (voice)
Steve Zahn .... Runt of the Litter (voice)
Joan Cusack .... Abby Mallard (voice)
Wallace Shawn .... Principal Fetchit (voice)
Harry Shearer .... Dog Announcer (voice)
Fred Willard .... Melvin - Alien Dad (voice)
Catherine O'Hara .... Tina - Alien Mom (voice)
Patrick Warburton .... Alien Cop (voice)
Adam West .... Ace - Hollywood Chicken Little (voice)
Mark Walton .... Goosey Loosey (voice)
Mark Dindal .... Morkubine Porcupine/Coach (voice)
Dan Molina .... Fish Out of Water (voice)
Joe Whyte .... Rodriguez/Acorn Mascot/Umpire (voice)

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

Okay, I so wanna see this! Who are the voices, do you remember? I guess I could go look it up for myself. LOL

Chicken Little looks cute and cartoons today are hysterical because of the adult jokes they put in them. Toy Story is my fave movie of all time.

OH, did you mean the voices for the red riding hood movie? That one is called "Hoodwinked" and here are the voices that IMDB has listed:

Anthony Anderson .... Det. Bill Stork (voice)
James Belushi .... Woodsman (voice)
Glenn Close .... Granny (voice)
Andy Dick .... Boingo (voice)
Cory Edwards .... Twitchy (voice)
Todd Edwards .... Sandwich Man (voice)
Tye Edwards .... Dolph (voice)
Benjy Gaither .... Japeth (voice)
Joshua J. Greene .... Jimmy Lizard (voice)
Anne Hathaway .... Red (voice)
Tom Kenny .... Woolworth (original version) (voice)
Tony Leech .... Bill (original version) (voice)
Ken Marino .... Raccoon Jerry (voice)
Joel McCrary .... Chief Grizzly (original version) (voice)
Chazz Palminteri .... Woolworth the Sheep (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson .... P-Biggie (voice)
David Ogden Stiers .... Nicky Flippers (voice)
Tara Strong .... Red (original version) (voice)
Sally Struthers .... Granny (original version) (voice)
Patrick Warburton .... Wolf (voice)
Xzibit .... Chief Grizzly (voice)

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by paleshadow

It was cute. My favorite was Runt of the litter. Here are the voices:
Zach Braff .... Chicken Little (voice)
Garry Marshall .... Buck Cluck (voice)
Don Knotts .... Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice)
Patrick Stewart .... Mr. Woolensworth (voice)
Amy Sedaris .... Foxy Loxy (voice)
Steve Zahn .... Runt of the Litter (voice)
Joan Cusack .... Abby Mallard (voice)
Wallace Shawn .... Principal Fetchit (voice)
Harry Shearer .... Dog Announcer (voice)
Fred Willard .... Melvin - Alien Dad (voice)
Catherine O'Hara .... Tina - Alien Mom (voice)
Patrick Warburton .... Alien Cop (voice)
Adam West .... Ace - Hollywood Chicken Little (voice)
Mark Walton .... Goosey Loosey (voice)
Mark Dindal .... Morkubine Porcupine/Coach (voice)
Dan Molina .... Fish Out of Water (voice)
Joe Whyte .... Rodriguez/Acorn Mascot/Umpire (voice)

Zach Braff, Don Knotts, Patrick Stewart, Fred Willard, Cahterine O'Hara, and Adam West? Why can't they get these actors to star in a real-people movie together? I'd be all over that in a second.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by paleshadow

Zach Braff .... Chicken Little (voice)
Amy Sedaris .... Foxy Loxy (voice)
Catherine O'Hara .... Tina - Alien Mom (voice)

All three of them are favorites of mine. Some of the funniest people out there.