# Live-Action/CGI Smurf Movie In The Works **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468 "2008-06-10T17:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/1 "2008-06-10T17:28:30Z")
Apparently, I’ve become the guy who does all the film announcements- but I love them, because they’re so damn strange. For example, The Smurfs. The lovable blue guys, created in 1958 by Belgian cartoonist Peyo, apparently didn’t die after [UNICEF bombed their village](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339080) and are thus [making a movie with Columbia Pictures](http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2284738,00.html). It’s supposed to be a live-action/CGI mix- I’m guessing the Smurfs will be CGI and everything else will be live-action. Slated to pen the film are J. David Stem & David N. Weiss, writers of such beloved films as two Rugrats movies, _Shrek 2_, _Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius_, _Are We There Yet?_, _Daddy Day Camp_, and a book about Eloise written in the style of Kay Thompson. With a track record like that, I can only imagine how this one turns out. (But, then again, writers are tricky fellows- Jon Vitti, a _Simpsons_ writer, gave us _Alvin and the Chipmunks_. You never know what these guys are gonna write.) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/2 "2008-06-11T18:06:25Z")
Me, I’m not looking forward. CGI? WTF? The smurfs exist in a classic 2D world; all this CGI animation is starting to wear on me. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/3 "2008-06-11T18:49:53Z")
All right. I love the smurfs. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/4 "2008-06-11T18:52:39Z")
I love The Smurfs, which is why I think this is a horrible idea. Plus, what lissener said. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/5 "2008-06-11T19:52:42Z")
Jack Black as Gargamel. You heard it here first. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/6 "2008-06-11T20:00:00Z")
What would you do for a plot? The Smurfs consisted of “Gargamel does something.” This is vaguely bad and usually involves imprisoning Smurfs. But Gargamel can’t be a scary villain. The series was designed for children barely old enough to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/7 "2008-06-11T20:33:17Z")
[QUOTE=smiling bandit] What would you do for a plot? The Smurfs consisted of “Gargamel does something.” This is vaguely bad and usually involves imprisoning Smurfs. But Gargamel can’t be a scary villain. The series was designed for children barely old enough to speak. [/QUOTE] No, you see this story is about a kindly old man living in his cottage with his cat who one day finds his mushroom garden infiltrated by minuscule mischief makers lead by Papa “Osama” Smurf\*, their society is a ruthless Theocracy based on “Smurflamic law.” Eventually he finds it is an oppressive misogynistic society that killed off all the females but one, when he goes to tell people they won’t believe him, until one of them (Their head of intelligence “Brainy”) is seen scoping out the local landmarks for bombings by Jokey’s present bombs. Now, he must rally the troops and rectify their society through whatever means necessary, ending in a bloody battle where afterwards freedom and liberty are finally restored in both societies. \*They’re also considering it being a trap door under his garden in which a terror organization of people who use blue war paints has a vast underground complex, and Smurfette is a love interest. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/8 "2008-06-11T22:39:54Z")
Nothing good can come of this. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/9 "2008-06-12T09:12:45Z")
Live action - an ensemble cast of name actors overdosed on colloidal silver CGI -Gargamel and Azrael. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/10 "2008-06-12T09:18:26Z")
Is there going to be any hot Smurfette on Smurfette action? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/11 "2008-06-12T09:18:29Z")
My vote is for _Alien + Predator + Jason + Freddy vs. Smurfs_. ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/12 "2008-06-12T11:58:34Z")
Well, if they include that bombing into plot, then maybe I’ll take a look. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-cgi-smurf-movie-in-the-works/452468/13 "2008-06-12T15:50:58Z")
This smurfing smurfs. But only if they plan on smurfing the smurfs. Then it will be all smurfy.