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think its to unrealistic to expcet a full comeback of the series.
It all needs to come back, which is why a movie might not be the best. FX needs to pick it up.
If we could Just have a "Come on!" montage somewhere in the movie, i'd be perfectly happy to see it 20 times.
Maeby must return and finally be with GM. in my opinion anyway. Bring kitty back and finally let us get our true last look at those babies!
incredibly thorough. I can't imagine all of the intricacies this guy and his staff kept tabs on
while creating these intertwining story lines but let it be known that it was appreciated and
we all can count on a great finished work and not a polished turd like this run-on sentence.
But where did the lighter fluid come from....
Maggie Lizer's role was already getting old with just a few episodes. It would be a mistake to bring her back. Maybe Lucile 2 and Carl Weathers would be ok for small cameos.
My point is, you don't want to bog this movie down with old gags that you can just go back and watch on dvd. This is our chance for new comedy from the brilliant writers and cast of AD.
too old?
we need more jeffery tambor via Oscar (pop secret!)... solid as iraq...
there is just too much... this cannot be done.
http://the-op.com/
I'd pay to see that.
i don't care how they do it, stick it in the credits, just make it happen.
Or....what if they opened the movie in the model house's living room, with all the family present, intervention-style, with michael making each family member do their chicken dance. Quick pause on each character, mid-dance, for a name/relationship flash (ie Tobias/Lindsey's Wife, nevernude). Michael then shows some Sesame Street footage of an actual chicken. Family slaps forehead.
This movie will need to be about 18 hours long.
"Her?"
The key is that this is really a continuation of the show, rather than a campy/retro 'remake' of some older show from our youth.
himself is unaware of? That trusty tape recorder Michael suggested with things Tobias
recorded of himself from past episodes, would give us some trips down memory lane and
be hilarious.
MOVIE MOVIE MOVIE MOVIE
The only things on this list that need to be in the film are those that the plot and story call for. If you try to wedge in every thing that you loved in the TV show, it will just be a retread of the TV show and will have nothing more to offer. The film will suffer.
If the plot of the film has nothing to do with Maggie Lizer, why shoehorn her in? There's just no point. If you love the nevernude stuff or the girls with low self esteem, go back and rewatch those episodes. There's just not point to go back to that territory. The movie will only work if it's fresh.
Don' worry man Maeby and George Micheal won't look to old when all is finished. Have you seen Micheal Cera? This kid is about 19 or 20 I believe, and he looks 15; this kid is gonna look 30 at 75. As for Alia Shawkat, she will look just right, cuz she always seemed older than she looked when the show was around.
While a rehash of every funny thing that has happened on AD (see preceding posts) would of course be entertaining, that's not why their making this. Can't we put a little more faith in the creators that brought us the greatest TV show ever to also make the greatest movie ever?
While allusions (i.e. Poe or Chaucer) to the series are inevitable and more than welcome, I think it's entirely likely that Hurwitz n' gang will see your chicken dance/banana stand/Her? re-hashery and raise you a thousand new jokes with the luster of all the ones that came before.
think about it.
motherboy for sure. the movie should start with a montage of those magazine covers, and they should also be on top of the world... happy, rich and then start crashing from there.
plotlines. I don't want a Strangers with Candy movie incident to happen to this. I liked the
SwC movie, but it was basically the whole series put into movie form. They can't do that to
AD, nor do I think they will. But we've got to have, in addition to the entire original Bluth
cast, Lucille 2. I don't care, I just love me some Liza Minelli.
Franklin Delano Bluth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the series, but too much anticipation, and too much couch criticism will kill this thing faster than anything else could.
And in the end, they've got the banana stand and another land development deal started.... And GOBs Segway.
"Woah, don't just throw that out! You toss that bone in some boiling water, add a potato and some carrots, and bam, you got a stew on baby!"
Also, at show's end, not every cast member had yelled "Come on!" More should.
Seeing these other comments, I've realized that this movie could do one of the best ever happily ever after endings where everyone falls in love. I'm picturing a final scene with GOB and Ann, Buster and Lucille 2, George Michael and Maeby, Tobias and Carl Weathers (or the CIA guy), and Michael and Lindsay, while George and Lucille look on in disgust and regret.
Also, the examples of TV show to movie adaptations gone wrong are awful. None of those examples given were made by their original creators, whereas the AD movie is.
Just let the writers do what they do without any pressure to do it a certain way.... that way it's guaranteed we'll get a continuation of what we liked in the first place.
Obviously a nod here and there to the old gags... but expand the franchise rather than restrict it... if it get's bogged down with the same old, same old, it'll be just like a clips show.. and if I really wanted that I'd just watch the DVDs again.
speculation. I mean it's incredibly unlikely that the writers will see this and even less likely
they are going to read it and take down notes for serious consideration....
One last thing: I would watch a spin-off show with just Franklin. That's how much I love that guy.
Instead I need ICE, FRANKLIN, and CARL WEATHERS. The HOT COPS can come back as well, but only if they are somehow involved with BUSTER.
Oh man, I loved that TV show.
"On no! It's the cops, and uh, a construction worker!"
One idea is to start the movie much like they started the series: Michael and George Michael planning on ditching the family right before the next major family emergency. One possibility would be the death of mom or dad, etc..
"No, no, no, no. I was scared too, but I realized it was of being a leading man. Oh, I can just taste those meaty leading man parts in my mouth."
nthing the comments regarding new jokes, and the throwbacks to the oldies but goodies
love the show, but most of season 3 was terrible, and attempting to draw a larger audience
with Charlize Theron was a huge failure...
"Just Terrible..."
homage to the series, then it will be lacking. They need to return to what they did best in
season 1 and 2, and just make a long episode that does not tie up anything. I'm not looking
for a nice little package...unlike like Tobias.
I can only hope they keep the same writers and style, the movie will be out of cinemas in a few days.
ryan says:
February 26th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
also the chicken dance is a must have. cock-a-caww!
I completely agree...the chicken dance is a must.
I too think this would be a better tv series than a movie...there are so many great story lines to go through; too many for a movie.
However, I think if they picked the most relavent ones, along with a few small eccentricities (did I mention the chicken dance? oh, and of course I agree Anyoung needs to make an appearance) it would be a great movie.
But, it all comes down to having the original members of the cast. Without that, it's not as great as it could be, and brings back the memory of the M.A.S.H movie...great promise, not as satisfying as one would hope.
Thanks to everyone who posted as these comments alone had me laughing out loud.
To those who bothered posting that the show was not funny, to you it was not. This was intelligent humor completely over your head. Trust me on that. No worries though G, Jackass 3 will be out for you soon enough.
Lucille 2? Lindsay trying to marry Michael? MAGGIE LIZER? If the movie is 90-100 minutes, I don't want any of them wasted on this inane garbage.
Chicken dances and Charlie Brown
obvious, half was lame. All the movie needs is the cast and the writers.
I am ashamed that I visited and posted on your site. And even if you are the only one
to read this, I hope you realize what a pathetic attempt at a insightful contribution to
the arrested development community this is.
The fact that you received so many diggs for this makes me doubt the faith I have
always had in the fans of this show.
This is truly a trick done by a who're for money... or candy
Congrats! I heard you were the only camel act to crack the top 10
Second, the show requires devotion. Many of the best jokes make no sense unless you've seen the show before.
America's TV audience wants fart jokes, sex and blood.
Thankyou Mitch, Ron + cast. Please do this. FILM OF THE YEAR.
www.arresteddevelopment2009.com
Arrested Development the Movie is phenomenal news!
Thank you for writing the story.
I would like to agree with you that we definitely need the entire original cast, the writers and directors.
There was just so much genius in this show...no matter what they do with the movie, it can't help but be funny!
"Yes! This is right for parody!"
But frankly, I'll watch it...whatever the plot. I'm completely amenable to the writers not making this an homage but a solid movie on its own. I've got faith in them.
But I'd really like to just see one person, glum, head down, with that Charlie Brown Christmas music playing.
That shit damn near ruined the show.
Seriously:
Seasons 1 and 2 = brilliant
First half of Season 3 (Theron time) = horrible
Second half of Season 3 (Theron's gone) = brilliant
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
Anne Veal and her Milf
Maggie Lizer was played out by her second appearance and the Charlize Theron storyline was horrible.
Really, as long as the original cast comes back I will be happy.
AND THE BLUE MAN GROUP??????
MRS FEATHERBOTTOM??????
i have never anticipated a movie more
when bleeping profanity is funnier than actually hearing it (ex. The Cornballer), and
the cut-to-commercial jokes were among the funniest. Seeiously, I don't think RH's
narration would work without the episode format.
To be honest, I'd be happy if the entire cast just sat in a circle and repeated quotes:
Will Arnett: "Come on!"
David Cross: "I just blue(d) myself!"
etc etc
Barry Zuckercorn (he's very good) would lead the defense and dirty double dealings. The depth to which they would sink to save there re-found fortune would be an opportunity for Michael to attempt to salvage the morals of his spiraling out of control son.
Fin' (with club sauce)
The literal doctor/say it how it is guy/"Ohhhhh no, you aren't treating my son.) isn't
worked in, I will cry. Like baby. For months...
1. The franklin gag must go (they bleached him anyway)
2. The chicken dance got old (unless they go to Mexico again)
3. No Charlize Theron, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss (what can she lie about now anyway?), or Kittie (she's crazy and she likes to show her breasts we get it)
4. The literal doctor was written into a hole he cannot come back.
Also where are they going to pick up the story from? The writers stepped on their own foot. The boys are leaving on the boat and they are going to come home to an awkward situations of love (Michael and his sister which felt tacked on and cheesy and the GM and Maebe thing which Michael was right about they cannot realistically date eachother) and now the mother is going to prison? How are they going to write themselves out of that? It won't be funny like pop-pop going to prison. Also the adolescent humor between GM and Maebe wont nearly be as a effective now that the two actors are older.
I love AD more than any other comedy show, but there is a quiet nobility of going out on top. Say what you will about how bad season 3 might be, but the sword of destiny is still hilarious, and I still think that AD went out noblely on top and did not die a hard death like many other good tv shows.
New jokes should be forged. But I NEEEEED to see three things.
The entire cast doing the Chicken dance.
Come On!!!
AND
The Literal Doctor. That character was easy to work in, fantastic.