# Aqua Teen Hunger Force....the movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315 "2005-04-27T03:51:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/1 "2005-04-27T03:51:14Z")
Those are the words I found on the [Internet Movie Database](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455326/) while looking up quotes from the show to kill time. there is very little information available on this apparently. Little enough, I’m not sure it’s true at all. All I’ve been able to find online upholding this possibility has been the previously linked IMDB page, and [this](http://www.freezedriedmovies.com/news/index.php?Action=Full&NewsID=2372) page which claims: > [@](#): > > Davis Willis and Matt Maiellaro, both voice talents and creators of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, broke the amazing news this evening that they will have completed a full length feature film for the show come December. The show will feature the origins of the characters in, “a typical ‘Aqua Teen’ fashion.” The plan is to get the film released in a limited theatrical run. > . I don’t recall ever visiting [FreezeDriedMovies.com](http://FreezeDriedMovies.com) before, so I really can’t speak for it’s validity. Thoughts? Doubts? Suspicions about how a Fifeteen minute show can make it as a hour and a half movie? Personally, I’ll have tickets day one if it turns out to be true. I have my own doubts regarding if that kind of comedy will be funny for that long, but who knows, maybe they’ll churn out one hell of a script. Very little competes with Aqua Teen’s humor when it’s at the top of its game. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/2 "2005-04-27T04:09:27Z")
Don’t know if it would be a full lenght feature film type movie, probably not. I love ATHF, but it would be hard to see them do a movie of any lenghty duration without sacraficing something, you know, each episode only being like 10 minutes. Unless, they just wrote like 15 episodes in a row and would just play them back to back, that would be sick. 😛 (The bun is in your mind.) ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/3 "2005-04-27T17:52:17Z")
I believe the mods allow a member to BUMP his thread one time if it gets behind before its time. I still want to hear what other people think of the news so I’m going to do just that since this thread has gone from the top of page one to the middle of page two in a very short amount of time. ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/4 "2005-04-27T18:46:19Z")
Hopefully it will explain why Abe Lincoln sent them to the moon. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/5 "2005-04-27T19:16:39Z")
After Spongebob, I have serious doubts as to the quality of a 90-minute movie based on a 15-minute per episode cartoon. Things that work well in the shorter pieces don’t necessarily work at all in longer ones, and I’m wondering if the writers know that. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/6 "2005-04-27T19:39:26Z")
Add me to the list of people who don’t think it would work as a full length movie. Hell, half the fun is that there is no real continuity. They can do horrible things to the characters and next episode everything is normal. On a full length movie, once they’ve killed master shake, then what? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/7 "2005-04-27T22:05:33Z")
> [@brujo](#): > > Add me to the list of people who don’t think it would work as a full length movie. Hell, half the fun is that there is no real continuity. They can do horrible things to the characters and next episode everything is normal. On a full length movie, once they’ve killed master shake, then what? Well, I think Master Shake deserves a death that is long and drawn out over a period of about 74 minutes, like Pee Wee Herman’s death in _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ was. The ones that are over in half a second just aren’t that satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/8 "2005-04-27T22:28:43Z")
Oh yeah, kill Master Shake, fine with me. I could watch a movie about Frylock, and I swear I’ve SEEN movies about guys just like Carl. But wouldn’t there have to be some kind of, I dunno, PLOT for a big movie? And isn’t ATHF more fun plotless? I mean, shit just kinds of happens to the guys, and they deal with it. That’s the plot. Ninety minutes of it–too coherent. Also, they don’t have closed-captioning at the movies and surely I’m not the only one who needs it to understand Meatwad. BTW, life has become infinitely more filled with fear and loathing since I found out that Meatwad and Carl are _voiced by the same guy._ :eek: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/9 "2005-04-28T19:59:58Z")
> [@Kaspar Hauser](#): > > Hopefully it will explain why Abe Lincoln sent them to the moon. I _would_ like to see that explained. > [@ultrafilter](#): > > After Spongebob, I have serious doubts as to the quality of a 90-minute movie based on a 15-minute per episode cartoon. Things that work well in the shorter pieces don’t necessarily work at all in longer ones, and I’m wondering if the writers know that. There have been good movies based on shorts. Office Space is the only example that comes to mind, but I know there are others. I agree the writing will have to be altered and I think those in charge of putting fingers to keyboards will know it. > [@brujo](#): > > Add me to the list of people who don’t think it would work as a full length movie. Hell, half the fun is that there is no real continuity. They can do horrible things to the characters and next episode everything is normal. On a full length movie, once they’ve killed master shake, then what? Bring him back like nothing happened anyways. Worked for South Park and Kenny. > [@Mehitabel](#): > > I could watch a movie about Frylock, and I swear I’ve SEEN movies about guys just like Carl. But wouldn’t there have to be some kind of, I dunno, PLOT for a big movie? And isn’t ATHF more fun plotless? I mean, shit just kinds of happens to the guys, and they deal with it. That’s the plot. Ninety minutes of it–too coherent. Shaggy dog stories can work out in feature length times. Just look what Monty Python has done with an hour and a half, or the Coen brothers in The Big Lebowski. Personally, I like to see Shake dish out the pain more than I like to see him take it. Where will I get my dark humor from if he dies? You know, if the creators don’t change the animation methods this will have to be ranked as one of the cheapest theatrical movies ever produced. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/10 "2005-04-28T22:42:27Z")
> [@JoeSki](#): > > You know, if the creators don’t change the animation methods this will have to be ranked as one of the cheapest theatrical movies ever produced. That’s the second thing that came to mind after “how?” Sure there’s a distinct possibility that it would lose something going from 15 to 90 minutes, but I think it’s an outright certainty that it would be DECIDEDLY BAD if they didn’t use the flash animation they normally do. Or the puppets. Or the cheap explosions they create whenever an item is dropped (eg the remote, cloned singles, etc.). Whatever the case, a story with their origins would be cool, provided it fleshed out that disjointed sequence that comprises the end credits. A crazed Abe Lincoln summoning them based on Egyptian heiroglyphics and sending them to the moon in a wooden rocket ship, where they’re discovered by Apollo astronauts. There’s a lot of before and after potential with that too. From the moon to south Jersey? That brings me back to my first thought upon hearing about this: how? And there. Must. Be. Dr. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/11 "2005-04-28T23:57:56Z")
I predict this will be a box office flop, and bashed by every critic and his evil twin from a parallel universe, but then gain cult classic status on DVD when people start to acknowledge the great diaolgue throughout the movie and begin to tolerate it’s pace. JoeSki has spoken! ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/12 "2005-04-29T00:39:33Z")
> [@JoeSki](#): > > JoeSki has spoken! **GENTLEMEN! _BEHOLD!_** ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/13 "2005-04-29T04:03:51Z")
I \<3 Athf ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/14 "2005-04-29T04:07:52Z")
"MY NAME IS!!! _Shakzilla, the mic ruler, the old schooler You wanna trip? I’ll bring it to ya!"_ While I look forward to the movie, it miught suck. I’ll watch it regardless. And I really would love to see an origin, and the Lincoln backstory explained. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/15 "2005-04-29T05:41:28Z")
I would like to buy this thread a Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/16 "2005-04-29T13:21:46Z")
> [@](#): > > but I think it’s an outright certainty that it would be DECIDEDLY BAD if they didn’t use the flash animation they normally do. Well, if you’re gonna cheat your way through life, you might as well just paint yourself yellow, and run around like a maniac, and call yourself Bananaman. 'Cause that’s what you’re doing! ---
**Author:** ![audreyayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@audreyayn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audreyayn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-movie/301315/17 "2005-04-29T16:52:45Z")
The previous comment sent me into hysterical giggles, probably because I didn’t understand what Shake was saying until just then.