[video=youtube;yaPgK073xEg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaPgK073xEg[/video] So..no Misfits, no Starlights, and no SYNERGY. You know what? This isn't "Jem and the Holograms" anymore. You know what this is? "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Watch the first "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movie. It's the same damn movie. I mean, what's the point of making a "Jem and the Holograms" movie is you take away the entire premise the show was built on? You know, a lot of people give Michael Bay a hard time for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"...but that movie had all four Turtles, with their trademark weapons and personalities, it had April O'Neil, it had Shredder, it had the Foot Clan, the Mutagen, pizza...they even had stuff like a snippet of the original theme song, "COWABUNGA!", and a reference to "We Wish You a Turtle Christmas". It was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. This...this has as much to do with "Jem and the Holograms" as the "Super Mario Bros" movie had to with the videogames. But that's my opinion....what do you think?
Uh, wow. I never thought I'd agree with you about anything, but damn... this is ridiculous. The only thing this has in common with the original is the names.
Just speculating but it seems like the plot goes like this... -Band thinks they will never make it. -Band gets signed and becomes super popular. -Record execs corrupt the band. -Singer gets too big for her britches causing fallout with band. -Singer realizes the error of her ways and makes it all right. Spoiler: Where have I seen that before? Also, the Turtles movie was pretty damn good. Even WITH it being a typical Michael Bay one.
I don't know anything about the cartoon series and even I have to say that this is one of the blandest, most generic and boring looking trailers I've seen lately. It's as if the makers of this trailer actually wanted to dissuade people from watching the movie. Wow.
It doesn't seem that bad. Sure it seems like a cliche teen movie, but MlP:FIM seemed like a cliche kids show.
Blues: Oh god this is like watching a trailer for a generic, cliche ridden, teeny-bop version of Spinal tap. Moonlight: Spinal Crap is more like it!
The go-to justification for not having Pizzaz, Stormer, Roxy and Jetta in this movie is that these guys could sue Hasbro. Which, to me, is a bunch of baloney. Not only because these yahoos would lose in court against Hasbro's lawyers, but also because Hasbro does this kind of thing all the time (COBRA has a flame-throwing villain called Firefly and DC Comics didn't sue them, The Autobots have a character named Mirage and Disney didn't sue them, this very show features a old grouchy character called Cranky without getting sued by Nintendo).
I kinda get the Firefly one but it still doesn't technically seem like blatant ripoff (although I did have to look them up so I could be wrong on that one). Anyway, the Mirage from Transformers came WAY before the skinny chick in The Incredibles and the only thing they share is a name which you can't really put a copyright on. While Cranky Kong and Cranky Doodle Donkey share the same first name, the latter may be viewed as a reference/tribute since the former is from "Donkey" Kong. Still no credible grounds for a lawsuit.
Dude, I don't think the Misfits would sue hasbro over a fictional band who bear no resemblance to them with the same name. They've kinda got better things to do like... well, not sue hasbro over a make believe band who most likely by coincidence share their name.
After finally watching that I agree with Rockout's first comment. It's Josie and the Pussycats all over again.
