# Cartoons you hope won't ever become live-action movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989 "2002-07-15T02:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/1 "2002-07-15T02:55:09Z")
If **Scooby Doo** can be made into a live-action movie then I suppose nothing is sacred. Which other cartoons do you feel would be done very poorly as live action movies? I hope to never see **Peanuts** done as a live-action movie. I think the late Mr. Schulz would be turning over in his grave if it were attempted. I can’t see that a **Family Circus** movie could ever be done, either. So, which animated cartoons or comic strips do you feel are too sacred to ever get the green light for live action? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/2 "2002-07-15T02:59:50Z")
Oops, that should have been **Schultz**. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/3 "2002-07-15T03:08:11Z")
I’d say Rocky & Bullwinkle, but it’s too late. So I’ll say the Smurfs. I can totally see them doing it. Making the film dark and moody, getting somebody like Christopher Walken to play Gargamel. And they wouldn’t even have to CGI the Smurfs. Just change the skin color. _shudder_ I hope not. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/4 "2002-07-15T03:17:45Z")
Calvin & Hobbes. The characters just aren’t suited for either a long story, or one which panders to the lowest common denominator. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/5 "2002-07-15T03:20:50Z")
Ren & Stimpy. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/6 "2002-07-15T03:58:20Z")
Well, **The Simpsons** is an obvious choice. It would be a disaster in live action, in part because they just wouldn’t be able to find actors for all the characters. ---
**Author:** ![Rotten\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@Rotten\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rotten_Candy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/7 "2002-07-15T04:08:54Z")
The Powerpuff Girls. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/8 "2002-07-15T04:18:43Z")
Pokemon. ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/9 "2002-07-15T04:19:45Z")
courage the cowardly dog Dragonball Z Sailor Moon _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/10 "2002-07-15T04:21:51Z")
Um…_Peanuts_ was already live action. Not a movie, but a musical. And adapted fairly well, too, depending of course on the troupe that performs it. jayjay “Suppertime! Oh, it’s suppertime!” ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/11 "2002-07-15T05:01:45Z")
Space Ghost ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/12 "2002-07-15T05:41:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*Calvin & Hobbes. The characters just aren’t suited for either a long story, or one which panders to the lowest common denominator. \*\* I don’t know, Tim Burton _might_ be able to pull it off. The architexture in Calvin’s house seems to lend itself to his artistic style. To say nothing of the fantasy sequences. 'Don’t know WHO you could get for live-action actors, though. Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/13 "2002-07-15T05:44:04Z")
Get ready to shudder more **Deadly Nightlight** : I think Animerica Magazine announced that Dragon Ball Z is being developed as a live action movie. On an anime meet 2 years ago, I saw a music video of a proposed Sailor Moon live action show, think “Sabrina the teenage witch” mixed with the “Power Rangers”! :eek: The animated show that should never be made into a movie IMO is Clutch Cargo! The lips… the lips… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/14 "2002-07-15T06:12:44Z")
Batman… Oh, too late. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/15 "2002-07-15T07:38:57Z")
Ziggy ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/16 "2002-07-15T10:15:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > \*\*Space Ghost \*\* Really? While certainly if they were to try and do it like the ol HB show then yes it would suck. But if they did it more in the vein of “Coast to Coast” or his other cartoon show from several years back I think it might work. Watching that chubby guy prance around in the costume made me so jealous, I wanted it! Wait, wait. Tad might work. Moltar might work. Zorak wouldn’t it. Yup, don’t do it! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/17 "2002-07-15T10:16:36Z")
Ummm…there already is a **Dragonball** movie. It’s very loosely based, though. For example, Goku is named “Monkey Boy” and Master Roshi is named “Turtle Man,” and some other pretty bad character names. But, basic plot: Evil guy wants all seven dragon balls (here, they’re giant pearls) to become immortal and evil, so Monkey Boy, Turtle Man, and a bunch of others fight him off. Yay! _Cathy_ would suck. No one reads it, anyway, why bother making it into a movie? _Garfield_\* would be horrific as a live action film. Just look what they did to **Scooby Doo**. **The Snorks** would suck. **Yugi Oh** , and, well, virtually any WB cartoon. **Transformers** would be bad because everything would be CG, and that just makes things look like crap. And I honestly doubt **GI-JOE** could be pulled off well, either. I think a better thread here would be “What cartoons would make GOOD movies” because I can’t really think of any. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/18 "2002-07-15T10:18:43Z")
Fritz the Cat ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/19 "2002-07-15T10:25:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\*I’d say Rocky & Bullwinkle, but it’s too late. > > So I’ll say the Smurfs. I can totally see them doing it. Making the film dark and moody, getting somebody like Christopher Walken to play Gargamel. And they wouldn’t even have to CGI the Smurfs. Just change the skin color. _shudder_ I hope not. \*\* Ever see that SNL skit? In the same vein as that _Leprechauns_ TV movie they did a _Smurfs_ TV movie ad. People dressed like Smurfs with died blue skins doing dramatic scenes, saying Smurf every few words. Starring their guest of the week… Garth Brooks. It was funny. Really! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989/20 "2002-07-15T10:26:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seven \* > \*\*Fritz the Cat \*\* Too late, PETA already did it. _shudder_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-you-hope-wont-ever-become-live-action-movies/118989.md?page=2)