I find it utterly ridiculous people had a problem with that in the first place. No one's really farting, no one's eating each others poo (a Tim Hill classic/slightly sick obsession... I'm glad he didn't pull that crap with MFS), and it was a one off gag. In one version of the script, it was supposed to have a payoff as the thing that got Tex to laugh.The "fart shoes" everyones made a (no pun intended) big stink was the least of that film's problems
Yeah, but then again, the beloved 80's cartoon did exactly that as well... they changed Simon into a nerd (a 1980's cartoon trope) and made Dave much more of an overly caring father, and gave the show a little more drama.The Chipmunks have, unortunately, fallen prey to the "need" to change their personalities in order for them to "appeal" to today's audences, which is really a shame, because the people involved since the late 70s and early 80s are just as involved with these movies, they could have done so much better with these movies, but again, it's all fallen into modernization, and half of all remakes like that out there fall into that exact same category, otherwise, they fall into the category of, "Hey, these guys are so outdated now, let's throw them into a modern-day scenario and make fun of how out-of-touch they are!"which is what happened with like Brady Bunch and Rocky and Bullwinkle
All the movies did with the personalities is ad fake "edge" to Simon, and exaggerate the edge that was already present in Alvin. All I can say about Dave is the character was unlikable, ONLY because Jason Lee...well... John Cleese in the Muppet Show, only for realz. Other than a couple ill attempts at humor in the first one, it's actually kinda enjoyable. The second one, while half of it was decent, the other half was poorly written, poorly paced (The Muppets felt like an Andy Warhol day long film compared to Chipmunks 2), and just full of forced poopy humors. And a Nascar mascot that needn't be there.