The Chipmunks

[D'Snowth]

In "Let Them Eat Crumbs," when Theodore mentioned a pet parakeet he once had, I was actually really hoping this would be a nod/reference to George from THE ALVIN SHOW, but then Theo said its name was Goony Bird. -_-

 

[Drtooth]

I really like how they give Alvin this issue with birds. Especially in this one where they actually address the fact they're rodent sized and Alvin has a very justified fear of large birds of prey.

Now, one thing confuses me. If "Theozilla" was all just a daydream of the teacher's, how does she know about Mrs. Kroner and how she's a crazy old woman?

 

[D'Snowth]

Do dreams ever make 100% sense anyway? Still, the thing that cracked me up the most about that episode was Dave's reaction to those two government agents wanting to see Alvin. "Seriously? What did he do now?"

 

[D'Snowth]

Check it out, the original puppets that Ross Sr. performed with on Ed Sullivan have recently been unearthed:

https://twitter.com/MikeMeltzer/status/666444123906424832

Given the time period these puppets came from, Alvin's newsboy cap makes him look "cool" and the little suits Simon and Theodore are wearing make them look "square."

 

[D'Snowth]

There seems to be a serious divide going on with Road Chip: many Chipmunk fans are coming down harshly on it, yet apparently despite not being released yet, is already getting a lot of positive feedback otherwise.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

yet apparently despite not being released yet, is already getting a lot of positive feedback otherwise.

What's this? Six year olds have learned how to hack Rotten Tomatoes and give this movie good reviews???

 

[minor muppetz]

I saw a couple episodes of the new show recently. I saw one in which Dave wants to move, but the Chipmunks don't, and Dave informs them that they had all said things that made him think they wanted to, only for Alvin to reveal that he was using reverse psychology to keep him from getting in trouble, and the other two were just frustrated at the moment. I feel like Simon and Theodore's frustration should have been obvious to Dave.

 

[Drtooth]

What's this? Six year olds have learned how to hack Rotten Tomatoes and give this movie good reviews???

I'm surprised you didn't get to make the more obvious deduction, that it was a bunch of sock puppet accounts from the producers of the movie.

That said, it's not like there was ever a really high bar for these things. The first one was surprisingly good, and you could tell things were taking a bad turn with the second one (though it was only half bad). I'd say the influence of these movies was why the Smurfs films had a bad set up. They were trying to make this film series. Glad to hear they're junking them for a new concept (even though they should have kept the voice cast and Hank Azaria as Gargamel, since he was the best thing about those).

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

I'm surprised you didn't get to make the more obvious deduction, that it was a bunch of sock puppet accounts from the producers of the movie.

Oh yeah,that does seem pretty obvious now that you say it.

 

[D'Snowth]

I saw a couple episodes of the new show recently. I saw one in which Dave wants to move, but the Chipmunks don't, and Dave informs them that they had all said things that made him think they wanted to, only for Alvin to reveal that he was using reverse psychology to keep him from getting in trouble, and the other two were just frustrated at the moment. I feel like Simon and Theodore's frustration should have been obvious to Dave.

Dave's characterization on the new show so far has been rather peculiar; I know a lot of people have complained the character was too wimpy in the 80s series, but he seems even moreso this time around: I've yet to see him really blow up at Alvin over the trouble he causes, and that was part of the interaction of the characters back in the days of Ross Sr., so much so in fact that Ross Jr. said he and his siblings got such a kick out of how Alvin would get mouthy at Dave because none of them would dare speak that way to their dad. In fact, it took up till the reality show episode to finally get a decent "ALVINNN!!!" yell. Honestly, as often as Alvin is in detention, or gets in trouble at home, Dave seems almost uncharacteristically mellow and lax about it: has he really become that desensitized to Alvin's crap? That's part of the reason his reaction in Miss Smith's dream about the government coming after him was so funny: "Seriously? What did he do now?!"

The only thing that really bothers me, almost to the point of Ralph Bakshi almost declaring war on the Bagdasarians over that Chipmunk Story episode of the 80s series is how Dave says he "met the Chipmunks seven years ago." He met them? What is that? Supposedly, ALVINNN's canon is meant to somewhat mirror the movies' continuity. Like instead of explicitly saying Dave adopted them, Simon mentioned, "we showed up on his doorstep and we wouldn't leave until he'd take us in." And again, they're supposedly teens in the series, so that certainly tosses the old doorstep babies explanation from the 80s out the window.