# "Dude, Where's My Car?" Is Oscar-Worthy Compared To This... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426 "2004-08-18T17:44:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/21 "2004-08-18T22:06:52Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Oh, dear lord, no. Are screenwriters really so lazy/uninspired/completely desperate that they’ve sunk to the point where _anything_ on TV that people remotely liked is now fodder for the big screen? I think they passed that point at least ten years ago, **Maureen.** ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/22 "2004-08-18T22:08:03Z")
> [@El Elvis Rojo](#): > > Overexageration works in cartoons, not reality. And Hollywood equates to reality how? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/23 "2004-08-18T22:31:07Z")
> [@capacitor](#): > > Man, can’t they get a real-life large Black person play Albert? They couldn’t find a high school offensive tackle or something? How many offensive tackles are shaped like a Bartlett pear? I think a fat suit was a fairly good choice. That way, you can cast whoever you want and still make them look like the character you’ve been handed. Of course, the movie is a very, very bad choice, so it doesn’t really matter who they cast. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/24 "2004-08-18T22:32:20Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I think they passed that point at least ten years ago, **Maureen.** Yeah, was kinda hoping it was just a fad. I remember thinking “A Flintsones live action movie? This fad can’t possibly last.” :rolleyes: Sometimes I give the majority of film goers too much credit… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/25 "2004-08-18T22:34:14Z")
> [@capacitor](#): > > Man, can’t they get a real-life large Black person play Albert? They couldn’t find a high school offensive tackle or something? It’s not for lack of trying. Omar Benson Miller ([pictured here in 8 Mile](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0298203/Ss/0298203/K2787-3.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Miller,%20Omar%20Benson)) [reportedly landed the role two years ago](http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0203142). ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/26 "2004-08-18T22:40:41Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > It’s not for lack of trying. Omar Benson Miller ([pictured here in 8 Mile](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0298203/Ss/0298203/K2787-3.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Miller,%20Omar%20Benson)) [reportedly landed the role two years ago](http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0203142). Omar Benson Miller would have been a much better choice, looks-wise. Of course, he didn’t exactly stand out to me in _8 Mile_, so I can’t say if his acting chops are up to snuff or not. Don’t get me wrong, I was about as likely to check out this movie as I was of spontaneously growing breasts **before** , much less now. Does anybody know if the guy with the lampshade is still intact? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/27 "2004-08-18T22:46:00Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Hollywood execs have been trying to get a Fat Albert movie off the ground since at least Cosby’s last TV series. Cosby has a credit as both writer and producer so there’s a chance that it’ll do better than [18%](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dude_wheres_my_car/). [You keep on believing that, Jeff.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093405/)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/28 "2004-08-18T22:50:50Z")
Hey, I said _a_ chance! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/29 "2004-08-18T23:08:29Z")
I liked _Dude, Where’s my Car_… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/30 "2004-08-18T23:15:09Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > [You keep on believing that, Jeff.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093405/)😃 To give Cos’ a bit of credit though, he _did_ make the talkshow circuit **before** the movie came out, and told people _ **NOT** _ to go see it. However, I hold zero faith that this movie will be anywhere near the quality of even AvP. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/31 "2004-08-18T23:16:56Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I’m only going to go see this if I amba guaranteed toba seeba Mushmouth putba capba inba sombadies assba. … forba talkinba smackba 'boutba howba heba talksba! \ \<_zing_\> (ducks) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/32 "2004-08-18T23:20:55Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > Does anybody know if the guy with the lampshade is still intact? You mean ‘is he a virgin?’ Yeah, probably. I don’t think any woman would sleep with a guy wearing a lampshade. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/33 "2004-08-18T23:23:58Z")
Anybody check the [director’s resume](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959034/)? Here’s some of the things he’s directed [ul] [li]Love Boat: The Next Wave[/li][li]Full House[/li][li]Step by Step[/li][li]Family Matters[/li][li]Joanie Loves Chachi[/li][li]Happy Days (No doubt the infamous shark jumping episode.)[/li][/ul] Shows a lot of potential, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/34 "2004-08-18T23:59:35Z")
The live-action Mushmouth is _sooooooooooooooooooooooo_ wrong… No wonder young black kids keep looking up to gangsta rappers, if stuff like this is their only alternative for role-models. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/35 "2004-08-19T00:14:48Z")
Laaaaadieeeeeeesss and gentlemen, we have a [new winner and champion](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/) in the category of “Crappiest Movie of the Millenium!” How, how, can that be? _It’s a sequel!_ ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/36 "2004-08-19T00:34:21Z")
I just want to throw my vote in for _Fatal Bert_. I can see it now. Bert says to Ernie “I will not be ignored!”. Then later Ernie comes home and find a pot boiling over on the stove. He walks over and lifts the lid, inside is … a rubber ducky! Ooh, the possibilities! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/37 "2004-08-19T01:41:42Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Happy Days (No doubt the infamous shark jumping episode.) [Jerry Paris](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661577/) is to blame for that one. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/38 "2004-08-19T02:38:21Z")
Hello, I’m FriarTed & I unashamedly admit to thoroughly enjoying Leonard Part 6. I was a white fat kid & Fat Albert was a cartoon hero. I fear this is gonna be such a festering load of crap, but I’m hoping to be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/39 "2004-08-19T13:03:20Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I fear this is gonna be such a festering load of crap, but I’m hoping to be surprised. I think you may be surprised by what a festering load of crap it is… ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426/40 "2004-08-19T13:19:57Z")
Cosby himself was a writer so I’m not going to entirely write this off. Remember there have been a FEW good tv-to-movie conversions done like The Brady Bunch and… errr… The Brady Bunch sequel. And quit dissing Baby Geniuses 2, it is starring SCOTT ‘Chachi’ BAIO, mmmmmmmmmmmm (not gay). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-wheres-my-car-is-oscar-worthy-compared-to-this/260426.md?page=3)