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StrongBrush1 · 03/15/2011, 03:38 pm

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Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

It's the one Pixar film everyone but me seems to hate. Incidentally, it's the only Pixar film I've never seen.

My sister was in the hospital for a month the year we got it for Christmas, and my family watched it a few times over there without me, and it hasn't been viewed over here ever since.

I seem to be part of a small minority of this issue, actually. A lot of people hated this film, and I don't know why. It wasn't great, but it certainly wasn't bad.

On a side note, Sam and Max would make a wonderful pixar film, if it weren't for one small problem. The rating. Apparently, it's against the law or something to have Pixar release a film that's over the PG rating. They have to convince kids to watch this, remember?

Sam and Max for kids has been done before, but there's a limited scope of what they could accomplish in terms of groundbreaking Pixar movies. The whole point of a Sam and Max movie would be that it's an excellent way to get away with the things that they can't do on television or in the video games. If you took away that privilege, it would just seemed like an extended episode of the TV show.

Also, I think that it would be pretty hard to sell the idea of a six-foot-tall anthropomorphic dog and a three-foot-tall hyper-kinetic rabbity-thing to a six-year-old sitting in the theater with his overprotective mother.

In short, I don't think a Sam and Max Pixar movie would work out. It would probably just end up being a huge disappointment to both fans of the series, and to incoming moviegoers who don't even know what a lagomorph is.

Fly · 03/15/2011, 04:22 pm

Mmm, good points. Part of the appeal of Sam and Max's style is that it really has no target audience other than itself. You get parodies of children's educational bumpers and of the opening of Space 1999; you get references to 70s exploitation movies in the same breath as references to American Idol and H.P. Lovecraft. As it is, everyone watching it is vaguely uncomfortable and Sam and Max should be vaguely uncomfortable.

I'm sure there could be a good Pixar movie about a couple of animal detectives going on aesthetically noirish madcap adventures; it just wouldn't be a good Sam and Max movie.

*Irishmile* · 03/15/2011, 05:27 pm

I know its pointless to argue with Purcell about his own characters, but I think that Pixar would be able to make a really smart and entertaining version of Sam and Max... I see no reason why it would be less of a fit than the animated cartoon that was already made.

kane · 03/16/2011, 10:34 am

and if they do it rung then we can call it Pixar sham

StrongBrush1 · 03/16/2011, 12:11 pm

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And, if they do it wrong, we can blame it on Pixar.

I would actually blame the MPAA, but blaming Pixar might work as well.

SillyStell · 03/16/2011, 01:46 pm

I wouldn't blame Pixar, I'd blame Disney. They are ripe with things to be blamed for already so adding one more thing to list isn't to much of a big deal.

Sausy Gibbon · 03/24/2011, 10:25 pm

To answer the question from his blog he is currently working on Brave, and not Cars 2.

Flyingman356 · 03/25/2011, 02:23 am

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They want to prove that animation is art, and that you can feel for a cartoon character just as much as you can a live actor.

I actually, I got pretty emotional during the Devil's Playhouse. It completely turned Sam and Max upside down with its story, Sam losing his strongest friendship on multiple occasions. You really feel the grief Sam is going through when Max had died.

mDt · 03/25/2011, 10:44 am

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Originally Posted by sausy gibbon

to answer the question from his blog he is currently working on brave, and not cars 2.

bullet dodged.

pepsiboy3 · 04/21/2011, 06:26 pm

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Originally Posted by Irishmile

Steve needs to convince those PIXAR kids that Sam and Max would make an excellent film.

in live action movie? (maybe?)

Gman5852 · 04/21/2011, 06:51 pm

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Originally Posted by pepsiboy3

in live action movie? (maybe?)

Uhhh NO!
Thats a terrible idea.

pepsiboy3 · 04/21/2011, 07:29 pm

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Originally Posted by Gman5852

Uhhh NO!
Thats a terrible idea.

but pixar guys don't have a live action movie before (not on wall-e movie but the other live action movies),

Trenchfoot · 04/21/2011, 08:29 pm

Maybe Dreamworks could do it, but only if Sanders and DeBois do it. After all, those two guys totally redeemed DW with Dragon.
It's a shame that they got kicked out of Pixar, but it's business. It happens all the time.

Or for some reason I think that a Sam and Max movie could be done in a more European fashion. After all, non-american animation is always more risky and controversial. And that's what makes it so interesting.

*GuruGuru214* · 04/25/2011, 10:09 pm

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Originally Posted by pepsiboy3

but pixar guys don't have a live action movie before (not on wall-e movie but the other live action movies)

That's because they're an animation studio. That's like saying that McDonald's should start serving pizza because they've never done it before. It doesn't make sense.

StrongBrush1 · 04/26/2011, 05:38 pm

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Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

That's because they're an animation studio. That's like saying that McDonald's should start serving pizza because they've never done it before. It doesn't make sense.

It does NOT MAKE SENSE.

coolguy721 · 04/26/2011, 05:47 pm

dreamworks only makes shitty movies now

WarpSpeed · 04/26/2011, 05:55 pm

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Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

That's like saying that McDonald's should start serving pizza because they've never done it before. It doesn't make sense.

Oh really?

lombre · 04/26/2011, 06:00 pm

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Originally Posted by WarpSpeed

Oh really?

Oh god. This is a sign of the apocalypse. No doubt about it.

*GuruGuru214* · 04/26/2011, 06:46 pm

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Originally Posted by WarpSpeed

Oh really?

You have no idea how long I spent trying to think up a simile that didn't make sense in the same way as Pixar making a live action movie. And you just ruined it. I hope you're happy.

KeyMaster · 04/26/2011, 08:47 pm

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Originally Posted by RAnthonyMahan

They want to prove that animation is art, and that you can feel for a cartoon character just as much as you can a live actor.

I think they can fly the "Mission Accomplished" banner after the first 10 minutes of UP. I've yet to talk to anyone who didn't at least get watery eyes from that.

For the record I loved Cars, not their best work but it was still damned good in my book. I still, however, wish they'd have refrained from making a second one. Same with Monster's Inc (as I'm hearing rumors about a second one) the first one ended very cleanly. The monsters switch to using laughter as a power source and in the end Sully gets the ability to see Boo again. Everybody wins, no need for a sequel.

03/15/2011, 05:27 pm	#43
Irishmile The Skipping Dead Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WI, its a paradise 3 months of the year Posts: 6,542	I know its pointless to argue with Purcell about his own characters, but I think that Pixar would be able to make a really smart and entertaining version of Sam and Max... I see no reason why it would be less of a fit than the animated cartoon that was already made. __________________ unholy THIS! I am a community moderator, here to assist, keep the peace, and keep these boards clean and friendly for all. I am a volunteer, and not a Telltale employee, and my opinions are my own.

03/16/2011, 01:46 pm	#46
SillyStell At your window... Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Leicester (In the UK) Posts: 318	I wouldn't blame Pixar, I'd blame Disney. They are ripe with things to be blamed for already so adding one more thing to list isn't to much of a big deal. __________________ SillyStell, now with 15% more Stell A place where I dump all my art Finding Sanity, my silly lil' comic series

04/21/2011, 08:29 pm	#53
Trenchfoot Watching you... Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Argentina Posts: 712	Maybe Dreamworks could do it, but only if Sanders and DeBois do it. After all, those two guys totally redeemed DW with Dragon. It's a shame that they got kicked out of Pixar, but it's business. It happens all the time. Or for some reason I think that a Sam and Max movie could be done in a more European fashion. After all, non-american animation is always more risky and controversial. And that's what makes it so interesting. __________________ Tales of Monkey Island: The Unofficial Soundtrack Professional Pirate - Max: The King of Broadway - The Plagues of Monkey Island

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03/15/2011, 04:22 pm	#42
Fly Pretentious Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 80	Mmm, good points. Part of the appeal of Sam and Max's style is that it really has no target audience other than itself. You get parodies of children's educational bumpers and of the opening of Space 1999; you get references to 70s exploitation movies in the same breath as references to American Idol and H.P. Lovecraft. As it is, everyone watching it is vaguely uncomfortable and Sam and Max should be vaguely uncomfortable. I'm sure there could be a good Pixar movie about a couple of animal detectives going on aesthetically noirish madcap adventures; it just wouldn't be a good Sam and Max movie.

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