The Lorax

[Smashgoom202]

I guess it's only terrible and a waste of money/time to kids who actually grew up with Dr. Seuss stories.

Maybe the producers were just trying to aim towards a new generation.

In which case, I feel VERY sorry for this newer generation.

Geez, the only old TV special they need to ruin now is The Hoober-Bloob Highway, and I don't see how that could become a movie.

Oh there were more TV specials based on Dr. Suess books... Like The Sneetchs, Green Eggs and Ham, and Butter Battle.

Actually, that last one I wouldn't mind seeing a modern-day interpretation, given what it's supposed to be based on.

Spoiler

(the Cold War, and two sides getting up at arms over basically nothing except maybe the "who has the biggest 'you-know-what'" competition that went on between two superpowers)

Honestly, though, I wouldn't be surprised if the next Suess film IS Green Eggs and Ham, it's only one of the more popular books he made, and given all the pointless BS they added to the previous movies, I'm sure they can shoehorn in some backstory for the guy who doesn't want to eat Green Eggs and Ham... Or make Sam-I-Am some sort of all-knowing awesome guy that EVERYONE has to love and you're a freak for not liking him, or maybe he betrayed the dog-faced gut and he as a grudge against him and THAT'S why he won't eat Sam-I-Am's cooking, and of course, they're both going to have celebrity voice actors.

Oh, and in the grand old tradition of having at least one of the major characters be a spastic weirdo, Sam-I-Am is the perfect candidate for such a position... should the movie ever get made.

 

[RandomGuy]

I think the Sneetches could show the problem of racial discrimination but knowing what happened to the other books that probably won't happen.

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

A crossover between The Santa Clause and Santa Claus is Coming to Town, no?

No.

 

[MnSG]

It's stupid, pointless, and serves NOTHING to the story at hand, on top of just not being all that funny. It's just an example that all Dr. Suess movies seem to do, they seem to pad the movie out with dumb pointless *bleep* on top of the story that's already there, also better.

To be fair, it would have been pointless to rehash the half-hour-long special. In order to turn it into a feature-length film, they had to add to it (most notably, including the Grinch's childhood).

The original story of The Lorax never mentioned what happened after the kid received the Once-ler's last Truffula seed. The movie pretty much covered that, along with what happened after the Truffula forest was destroyed by the Once-ler's actions.

Anyway, this all makes you wonder what other Dr. Seuss books or TV specials would be made into movies. There is "Halloween is Grinch Night", but if that special is ever planned on being made into a movie, it better be computer-animated.

 

[Magikrazy]

I guess it's only terrible and a waste of money/time to kids who actually grew up with Dr. Seuss stories.

Maybe the producers were just trying to aim towards a new generation.

In which case, I feel VERY sorry for this newer generation.

Actually, we're the unlucky ones, as they actually love this.

Geez, the only old TV special they need to ruin now is The Hoober-Bloob Highway, and I don't see how that could become a movie.

Oh there were more TV specials based on Dr. Suess books... Like The Sneetchs, Green Eggs and Ham, and Butter Battle.

Actually, that last one I wouldn't mind seeing a modern-day interpretation, given what it's supposed to be based on.

Spoiler

(the Cold War, and two sides getting up at arms over basically nothing except maybe the "who has the biggest 'you-know-what'" competition that went on between two superpowers)

Honestly, though, I wouldn't be surprised if the next Suess film IS Green Eggs and Ham, it's only one of the more popular books he made, and given all the pointless BS they added to the previous movies, I'm sure they can shoehorn in some backstory for the guy who doesn't want to eat Green Eggs and Ham... Or make Sam-I-Am some sort of all-knowing awesome guy that EVERYONE has to love and you're a freak for not liking him, or maybe he betrayed the dog-faced gut and he as a grudge against him and THAT'S why he won't eat Sam-I-Am's cooking, and of course, they're both going to have celebrity voice actors.

Oh, and in the grand old tradition of having at least one of the major characters be a spastic weirdo, Sam-I-Am is the perfect candidate for such a position... should the movie ever get made.

Here's how I could see the order:
Green Eggs & Ham (with a backstory on why The Hatted One hates Green Eggs & Ham)
The Sneetches (with a backstory on what started the feud between Star-Bellies and Plain-Bellies)
The Zax (a short film that would go with The Sneetches)
The Butter Battle Book (with a backstory of some sort)
The Hoober-Bloob Highway (with a scene where we see Mr. Hoober-Bloob as a young man doing something, and the lute would probably have a voice)

There'd probably also be a Daisy Head Mayzie movie, if that's even possible.

 

[Smashgoom202]

Anyway, this all makes you wonder what other Dr. Seuss books or TV specials would be made into movies. There is "Halloween is Grinch Night", but if that special is ever planned on being made into a movie, it better be computer-animated.

I think after The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Suess's spouse, who held the rights to all his books, said no more live action movies.

 

[MnSG]

I think after The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Suess's spouse, who held the rights to all his books, said no more live action movies.

I think that's for the best.

 

[RandomGuy]

The butter battle already has a backstory, they fought over which way you should put butter on bread.

 

[Smashgoom202]

The butter battle already has a backstory, they fought over which way you should put butter on bread.

Yeah, and unlike The Lorax, it ends with with each group staring each other down ready to blow each other to smithereens, making it even more of a downer.

If it IS going to be adapted into a movie, it's probably going to focus on these two characters not in the book, both on opposing sides, and stopping the feud before it gets out of hand, which of course, goes against the point the book was trying to make, but if there was ever a group that loves missing the point of an original story, it's Hollywood.

 

[Magikrazy]

They'd probably make plotless books movies, like Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?, and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

 

[Dr. Javelin]

It's stupid, pointless, and serves NOTHING to the story at hand, on top of just not being all that funny.

Okay, let's remove all humor from movies. It's stupid, pointless, doesn't advance the plot, and it's not funny to Smashgoom.

No wait, let's not stop at movies. Let's apply this to EVERYTHING.

 

[Smashgoom202]

I didn't say to remove ALL the humor... Just that that particular scene was stupid, pointless, and serves NOTHING to the story at hand. Don't put words in people's mouths.

 

[Scarecrow von Steuben]

This is the part where bronies attack because you clearly haven't watched MLP either...

(note - that's a joke.)

(note - I hate adding these notes.)

pffft when the bronies attack I'll let them get you while I run away and tell them you supported the changes to Derpy Hooves

that should keep them focused on you long enough for me to get to my helicopter and make my escape

 

[Scarecrow von Steuben]

Butter Battle.

Actually, that last one I wouldn't mind seeing a modern-day interpretation, given what it's supposed to be based on.

Spoiler

(the Cold War, and two sides getting up at arms over basically nothing except maybe the "who has the biggest 'you-know-what'" competition that went on between two superpowers)

That would be amazing.

 

[Dr. Javelin]

This is the part where bronies attack because you clearly haven't watched MLP either...

(note - that's a joke.)

(note - I hate adding these notes.)

pffft when the bronies attack I'll let them get you while I run away and tell them you supported the changes to Derpy Hooves

that should keep them focused on you long enough for me to get to my helicopter and make my escape

uh oh

I need a Rabid Fan Repell-inator.

I'll get Shoe to make one, he makes all sorts of weird devices.