#like FoodFIght or hoodwinked

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Characters, series and things I think are spamvil coded because I think of them with scenes specifically from these medias all the time:

The entirety of Half Life VR

Whatever Warren and Hypno have going on in ROTTMNT

Aqua Teen Hunger Force in it’s entirety

Khonjin House in it’s entirety

Saying Kobe when you miss a shot

Any waffle house

The minecraft end game message

The way Flint Lockwood and Sam Sparks kiss in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

The episode of gumball where Gumball is devastated that Rob didn’t hate him anymore

The Bratz Movies

Waking up in the middle of the night and ravenously drinking a room temperature bottle of water

Competitive combat juggling

That specific scene of Minnie and Mickey tripping over a dwarf

The board game Sorry but specifically Sorry Sliders

Making a PB & J only to realize you’re missing a key ingredient

Any gay couple with clashing themes

Thank you for my ted talk <3

#spamvil #dr funny business #spamton #jevil #deltarune #utdr #i sometimes i remember I can post whatever I want and this is that #i think they have the vibes of really janky early cgi animated movies #like FoodFIght or hoodwinked #not putting those on the list just to be respectful to both of them

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Hey there! I found your blog last Wednesday, and I gotta say, it's about time someone showed this misbegotten movie some love! I've also been reading Ziggy Cashmere's ebook Drawing For Nothing, which includes all sorts of old material from the film - and even directs you to an early draft of the script! Awesome-sauce! Aside from that, I want to know your thoughts on the proposed franchise Larry wanted to make out of the movie, including sequels, video games, books, live stage performances, etc.?

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're enjoying my blog, and yes, Drawing For Nothing is fantastic isn't it? There's a lot more where that came from too, with Ziggy currently working on a documentary called "ROTTEN: Behind The Foodfight" (see my last post for more info on that). It should be coming out very soon, so stay tuned for that! I was fortunate enough to be involved in it, even making a small cameo at one point, and I can't wait for everyone to see the plethora of incredible behind-the-scenes material he's uncovered.

And yes, I read that early draft of the Foodfight! script a while ago and I'll talk about it some more once the documentary is out It's a draft from April 2005 and is VERY similar to the novelization, but there are still a bunch of interesting differences worth discussing. For one, the script includes all the real-world mascot cameos intended to be in the movie (such as M&Ms, Pringles, Oscar Mayer etc.) which were excluded from the novelization presumably due to brand deals not extending to merchandising. This actually leads to some surprising changes in the plot and dialogue, some of which I find incredibly funny, so there'll be a whole lot to talk about!

Anyway, as for my thoughts on the proposed franchise? I think it could've worked, I really do. Not to the extent Larry Kasanoff dreamed of- I don't think there was anyway the proposed "Foodfight! On Ice" show was ever going to happen (there's no way the Brand X soldiers could goosestep in iceskates, come on now). I think that's dreaming too big too soon, the "Disney On Ice" shows didn't happen until Disney had already been making movies for decades. That said, I do think if the production of Foodfight! hadn't been so horribly mismanaged and had come out when it was intended to it would've been somewhat of a hit, and to that end some of the merchandising ideas were really smart. Stuff like the tie-in videogame, children's books, and videogames were just what a lot of movies had back then- this was 2006, every movie had a sidescroller on the GBA and a 3D platformer on the PS2. From what little we've seen of the game it's impossible to know how good it would've been, but those kind of movie tie-ins are usually pretty harmless.

As for the other merchandise, a lot of it WAS released...and I think it's pretty great for what it is! If all of the books, toys etc. had just released alongside the movie as intended, then they'd just seem like exactly what they are - merchandise made to promote a recently released children's film, and there'd be nothing much to discuss about them. They're all only so fascinating because the movie itself came out so badly, and so the merchandise provides a glimpse at what might've been had things gone better. That said, I still desperately want to make a post talking about the Deluxe Sound Storybook at some point, and hopefully I'll get the chance soon.

I don't think Foodfight! ever would've been popular enough to warrant a sequel- I think it would've been like Hoodwinked where some people look back on it fondly but it's largely been forgotten over the years, and I don't think Threshold (the studio who animated Foodfight!) would have ever been the "next Pixar" like Larry Kasanoff thought they'd be either. But maybe in another world, where the production of Foodfight! went as smooth as butter, for a time there'd have been a real Cinnamon Sleuth Cereal with a free Dex Dogtective toy inside. Ten years later someone would make a post on Reddit saying "Hey! Anyone else remember Cinnamon Sleuth?" and a series of pointless arguments about the movie's blatant commercialism would fire up in the comments. And that wouldn't be such a bad legacy to have, right...?

#foodfight #dex dogtective #cinnamon sleuth #daredevil dan #lady x

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“Quackerz” Movie Review

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“I don’t care about the size of your pixel!” Easily my favorite part of doing these movie reviews are the times I get to find & watch obviously terrible movies. Some are so bad they’re good like Manos: The Hands Of Fate & Nine Lives, some are so bad they’re bad like Monster Trucks & Where The Dead Go To Die, some are just boring like Reptilicus & God’s Not Dead 2, & some are surprising actually decent like Back To The Jurassic & We’re The Millers. So where does a straight-to-Netflix schlock like Quackers fall? Well...

When a clan of mallard ducks come & threaten the manderine ducks in China, the result is a full-out cold war. All the while, 2 children of the clans fall in love. All the while, a witch tries to steal one of the ducks in order to... control the sun, I think. I’m not entirely sure.

The first thing you’d notice in this film is that the animation is quite okay. With no-name CGI-animated movies, I always expect something along the lines of Hoodwinked, but this is far better looking. Don’t get me wrong, it’s no Pixar or even DreamWorks; things keep flying at the screen like it’s supposed to be in 3D & the character designs look mostly the same & kinda boring, but it still looks pretty good. Especially the hair- er, feathers... though it certainly looks a lot like hair. But I’m pretty sure birds don’t have hair, they have feathers... But in any case, the hair-feathers look honestly fantastic. Probably because this film has a decent studio, Shout Factory, behind it (who has made a name for itself by buying the distribution rights to major properties like My Little Pony, Mystery Science Theater 3000, & Panty And Stocking). Well, I say the animation’s decent, but that’s only half true. The ducks look just fine, but the humans look absolutely awful! They are way too stretchy &, honestly, ugly! I can’t stand to look at them, let alone see them move. Not to mention how both species have the same lip-syncing problem. Actually, why are there humans in this at all?! The relationship between the 2 duck gangs & they’re children a-la Romeo & Duck-ulet were more than enough! Why throw humans into the mix? Especially if the 2 humans we get the most of are the annoying comic relief who don’t get a single laugh! There should be a rule: if your movie is already a comedy, don’t put in comic relief! And while I’m on the subject, a film titled Quackerz is noticeably unfunny. I’m serious, I don’t think I even giggled once! For whatever reason, the drama & story are better done than the comedy in this, & even that isn’t that well done. How about characterization? Not great, but they surprisingly work off of each other pretty well. Namely, the 2 love-birds (see what I did there?). They have a good amount of chemistry... okay, not a whole lot, but it’s much more than say Belle & Edward in Twilight or Chris Pratt & Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers. They’re relationship is similar to Lincoln & Ronnie Anne in The Loud House or Lightning McQueen & Cruz in Cars 3. There’s definitely a spark of some kind that could be built upon... that is if this was a better movie. Outside of their chemistry, the characterization sucks! The main duck, whatever his name is, is quite useless. He even admits it to himself, he can’t do anything right. And by the end, he still can’t! The villain is pretty one-dimensional & uninteresting. The only tolerable one is Erica, the main she-duck. She has character & somewhat charisma, as little as it is. But when she’s being compared to everyone else in this movie, she’s practically Buzz Lightyear! And it ends exactly how you’d expect it to end, because of the nature of these reviews, I can’t say exactly what goes down. But take the plot I gave you & imagine how a shitty kids movie would end it; you’re right. And along with being super predictable, it kinda takes away from the movie as a whole. Imagine, instead, it has the balls to end like how Romeo And Juliet ends. Wouldn’t that change, at the very least, make you respect it more? I think I would! Overall, Quackerz is only decent when compared to other shitty movies. The animation’s pretty good... when you compare it to Foodfight or Rock Dog. The main leads have plenty of chemistry... when you compare it to Ghostmates or Sausage Party. The story’s fairly decent... actually no, it sucks no matter how you look at it. But I can say it’s not as awful as you may be inclined to believe at first, but it does get dangerously close.

3.5/10

#quackerz #netflix #shout factory #cgi animation #cartoon #movie #film #review #critique #analysis