Monsters Vs. Aliens, the series

[D'Snowth]

Agree to disagree. I think it was one of DreamWork's best non-Shrek movies, but then again, I think you kind of have to be a fan of Jerry Seinfeld, and/or get his sense of humor in order to appreciate the movie.

 

[jvcarroll]

Agree to disagree. I think it was one of DreamWork's best non-Shrek movies, but then again, I think you kind of have to be a fan of Jerry Seinfeld, and/or get his sense of humor in order to appreciate the movie.

I felt that Antz was the funny and interesting comedian-based bug movie from Dreamworks, but both films underperformed at the domestic box office. I personally prefer Larry David's humor over Jerry Seinfeld's. But even without Jerry, Bee Movie was a structural mess that failed to emotionally engage me.

 

[Drtooth]

There is definitely a creative void in television animation. I grew up with the Alf cartoon and Ducktales and a lot of quality programs that technically were spinoffs of other things. Why wouldn't a Monsters vs Aliens program work?

I think an Over the Hedge toon could have worked too. I'm not sure about How to Train Your Dragon or Kung Fu Panda. I kind of think a program would water-down the epic scope a film could bring.

Kung Fu Panda holds up very good as a TV series. It's very faithful to the film and manages to be deep. Not quite as deep as the movie, but it has the same mix of comedy and heart. Just in a 22 minute package.

MVA works great as a series because the film was so incredibly madcap you can basically do anything with it. It keeps continuity to the movie, even referencing Bob's girlfriend the Jell-o mold with pineapples in it (an episode focused on Link eating it, and Susan and Dr. Roach scrambling to create a new one before Bob found out).

 

[robodog]

Well, Monsters Vs Aliens is probably my favorite DreamWorks movie so if we can't have a sequel I'm at least glad they turned it into a series. I'm pleased with how it turned out. The show's pretty good.

 

[Drtooth]

I want to see merchandising from this. The movie toy line was TRU exclusive, meaning scalpers basically hoarded them to sell for double or triple their worth on e-bay... especially the B.O.B./ President figure pack... making the toy line impossible to find. That made the fast food McD's toys the only accessible merchandising.

Other Dreamworks toy lines were TRU exclusives as well but they weren't scalped to high heck.

 

[robodog]

That's probably because MVA was more popular than those other films. And with things like Shrek, people probably got all the merchandise they wanted from the last few movies. There was only one MVA and thus only one chance to get merchandise.

 

[Drtooth]

No doubt because MVA had a huge amount of buzz well before the movie premiered. Having Colbert play the president couldn't have hurt.

 

[Xerus]

Even though the original actors didn't come back, the new actors still do a pretty good job with the characters. The Drew Carey Show's Deidrich Bader goes a great job with Link and so does Eric Edlestein as BOB. Though at first I thought Max Koch was going to voice him since he voices Mantis on the Kung Fu Panda series. And both BOB and Mantis were originally voiced by Seth Rogen.