tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post2849484491614171459..comments2024-03-27T09:00:32.195-05:00Comments on The Signal Watch: So, someone has made an all new Three Stooges movieThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-39877833292742678932011-12-08T12:09:03.645-06:002011-12-08T12:09:03.645-06:00I did ramble a bit. It was early and I was jazzed ...I did ramble a bit. It was early and I was jazzed up on coffee. Sorry about that. It's also a touchy subject for me. I think I'm slowly turning into that old guy who always starts his sentences with "Back in my day..." . God help me.<br /><br />Alberto Ramirez Jr.Arts in the Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291841102216956487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-41309220937382872022011-12-08T10:12:12.166-06:002011-12-08T10:12:12.166-06:00Yeah, somehow I forgot to bring up the animated St...Yeah, somehow I forgot to bring up the animated Stooges either in Scooby Doo or as the Robonic Stooges or any other animated connection. <br /><br />It was all part of a continuum to me as a kid, like seeing 60's era Superman cartoons, the 70's movies, Superfriends, etc... <br /><br />Similarly, I guess I considered Stooges cartoons and the original shorts and movies all one thing then. I guess as an adult, I find it a little f'ed up to bring back deadmen as robots in a cartoon, but I liked it as a kid. because kids are kind of sociopaths at heart.<br /><br />And I agree with pretty much everything Alberto has to say on the subject, so, Thanks, Alberto!The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-88165454418111640362011-12-08T09:43:58.245-06:002011-12-08T09:43:58.245-06:00To me, the Stooges died when they appeared on Scoo...To me, the Stooges died when they appeared on Scooby Doo. It was a fine farewell to them, but I'll always remember them from their shorts.<br /><br />"You are now deputized." "Hooray! Free apples!" Or something like that.Matt A.http://groboclown.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-7306643200024473422011-12-08T09:01:54.527-06:002011-12-08T09:01:54.527-06:00It's a movie doomed to failure. It's like ...It's a movie doomed to failure. It's like making a new Little Rascals movie (as was done a few years back)but rather than creating new characters they a new Alfalfa and Spanky. I've even read about a "Laurel and Hardy" movie starring Bronson Pinchot as Stan and Chuck McCann as Ollie. They might pull off a fairly decent impression but they don't have the comic mind that brought those characters to life by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. They also wrote most of their material.<br /><br />Actors these days just don't have the physical comedy background like so many did way back when music halls, vaudeville and circus was the training ground for many. If you were a physical comedian it meant you should also be able to do a decent pratfall. Back then doing a pratfall meant something other than running into a wall or glass door as so many comedies have done over and over again in recent years. <br /><br />The original Stooges had their heydey and if a Hollywood producer wants to create a new set of Stooges for a new generation then start from scratch. Find some good physical comedians (There are still a few out there) with strong, comic improv skills, develop material and take it from there. But that's unlikely. That takes time and wouldn't pay off right away. <br /><br />What the Three Stooges or the Marx Brothers or Keaton or any other physical comedian created didn't spring up overnight. It takes years to develop and fine tune comic skills and comic routines. <br /><br />Hiring actors to play the part of any movie clown diminishes and trivializes their accomplishments. <br /><br />Alberto Ramirez Jr.Arts in the Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291841102216956487noreply@blogger.com