# The Crocodile Hunter Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991 "2002-06-26T06:26:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/1 "2002-06-26T06:26:16Z")
[Why?](http://www.mgm.com/crocodilehunter/home.html) From the preview I saw, it looks to be a rip off of _Crocodile Dundee_. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/2 "2002-06-26T06:31:35Z")
As a relatively worldy Australian, I beg of you, if it does get made - please, please don’t watch it! We’ve made so many, MANY other films in the last 30 years which are simply light years superior in quality! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/3 "2002-06-26T06:40:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Boo Boo Foo \* > \*\*As a relatively worldy Australian, I beg of you, if it does get made - please, please don’t watch it! We’ve made so many, MANY other films in the last 30 years which are simply light years superior in quality! \*\* **Boo Boo** , it opens soon. Believe me, I have NO intention of watching it! I’ve seen some Aussie films (_The Navigator_, _Mad Max_, _Priscilla Queen of the Desert_, and some film about an expedition across the country that went horribly wrong back in the 1800s whose name escapes me at the moment.) that are by far equal to, if not better than, Hollywood’s products and I wish you guys would send more of it our way. Maybe then we could get Hollywood to turn out some decent films for a change. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2002, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/4 "2002-06-26T10:17:17Z")
What are you guys talking about? This movie is going to be GREAT!!! (and by “great”, I mean “Crappy McCrapperson” crap crap) It’s going to be great braindead fun, and everyone knows the world can definitely use more of that. I know I’m going to go see it. Of course, I’ll wait till it hits the dollar cinema, but that should only take about a week or so. But hey, they’ll still be getting my dollar, and about ten of my friends’ dollars as well. I can’t wait!!! ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/5 "2002-06-26T20:42:08Z")
And co-starring Jacko as his crazy cousin…this should be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Green\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Fool)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/6 "2002-06-26T21:09:34Z")
Steve Irwin (from what I heard) didn’t want to know too much about the plot or what was going to happen in the movie. Because, knowing that he is not an actor, he wanted to make sure his reactions to stuff were genuine. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/7 "2002-06-26T21:29:50Z")
Things that seem to come out of nowhere: 1)Lance Bass in Space 2)Croc hunter Movie 1. Hi Opal! 4)Michael Jackson wants to go into space (fitting since he seems alien enough.) And I thought Lance actually being thought about as an astronaught (excuse my spelling mistake) meant things couldn’t get any worse…but nooo Hollywood throws me this curveball. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/8 "2002-06-26T22:38:29Z")
Hey, come on Boo Boo Foo, fair is fair. What about all of the horrible crap that Hollywood hacks turn out? It’s only fair that your country exports embarrassing crap so that we can have our turn laughing at you. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/9 "2002-06-26T22:44:51Z")
Hey, come on Boo Boo Foo, fair is fair. What about all of the horrible crap that Hollywood hacks turn out? It’s only fair that your country exports embarrassing crap so that we can have our turn laughing at you. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/10 "2002-06-26T23:04:05Z")
It doesn’t work that way, **medstar** – us ignorant Yanks will go see _Crocidile Hunter_ and think that’s how Australians are _supposed_ to behave! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/11 "2002-06-26T23:17:03Z")
I can hardy wait till the action figures come out! Actually, I think Radio Shack had a remote-control Croc Hunter Jeep with figures/animals. Almost got one for the wife. (she likes him for some reason) I said “Almost”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/12 "2002-06-26T23:38:43Z")
From the previews, it looks like Steve is wearing the same skin-tight shorts he wears in the TV show. So, yes, I will be going to see this movie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/13 "2002-06-26T23:48:06Z")
Didn’t Bruce Willis produce this abomination? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/14 "2002-06-27T00:56:06Z")
The action figures are weird. We’ve had them in shops for a while now. The movie looks absolutely bloody appalling but then I’m just thinking of it as our revenge for such wonders as Scoobydoo. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/15 "2002-06-27T01:15:05Z")
Just when we Yanks had finally forgotten about Yahoo Serious, and gave Paul Hogan one last bitchslap of a career killer. Now the Aussies have to contend with this blow to their national image, you have my sympathies and my solemn vow to not go see this. Keep making films like _The Dish_ and shows like _Farscape_ and all is forgiven. Now about Kylie Minogue (sp)… ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/16 "2002-06-27T03:00:08Z")
I am actually looking forward to seeing this flick. Is the movie going to be “High Art”? No. Sometimes stupid humor works. I watch the ‘Croc guy’, what ever his name is, on TV and I like the show. He obviously knows what he is talking about and cares deeply about the wild animals. At the same time he has a great sense of humor and doesn’t mind making fun of himself. The show is intertaining and I learn a bit while watching it. That, IMHO, is a damned good way to educate people. Is the movie he is in targeted to win an Acadamy Award? No. Can the movie be intertaining and fun? Yes. So, to those who are bitching about this movie: Get a life. Movies do not have to have a ‘bigger meaning’. Movies, like stories, can be made for the fun of it and nothing more. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/17 "2002-06-27T03:23:32Z")
It looks like it will be utterly stupid, horribly written, and completely cheesy. I am SO there. Incidentally, have you seen the music video? The Baha Men (of “Who Let the Dogs Out” \fame\) remade “Crocodile Rock”. The footage seems to indicate that the plot revolves around a hunk of technology that falls to Australian turn from some satellite. Bad Guys are chasing after it, and, for some reason, Steve-O gets involved. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/18 "2002-06-27T07:16:33Z")
Hah! Thanks guys for the moral support. I must say I have some fun with the occasional Americans who are, how should we say - a bit gullible? When they mention The Crocodile Hunter, I often tell them “oh you should hear about all the deadly animals we dare not mention! There’s so much The Crocodile Hunter never talks about…” And they instantly ask “Really?” I straight-face reply with, “Yeah, for sure. Stuff like Killer Koalas for instance… man, if the secret ever gets out about THEM, our tourist industry would go down the SHUTE overnight!” If the say “really” one more time after that, I go into such total utter bullshit mode you just have to hear it to believe it… And yes, Medstar, you’re right. Laugh your heads off at us - we deserve it my friend! ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/19 "2002-06-27T10:12:16Z")
An Australian friend of mine absolutely _despises_ this guy. I must get her to go to this movie, preferably wearing the Crocodile Hunter t-shirt I bought her for her birthday 😃 ---
**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:** [June 27, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991/20 "2002-06-27T14:33:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \* > **Didn’t Bruce Willis produce this abomination?** Not according to [the IMDb](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0305396). Did you downunder denziens know we Yanks now have our own Crocodile Hunter? He’s [Jeff Corwin](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0283746). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crocodile-hunter-movie/115991.md?page=2)