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Stop me if you've heard this one
15 years ago
Two sworn enemies have to put aside their differences and work together to stop a greater threat.
It's a trope as old as time itself, and yet it's one of those tired old chestnuts that braindead people who write kids movies love to trot out. Yogi Bear is the latest in a long line of these. Even though I never liked Yogi Bear growing up, I distinctly remember that Ranger Smith was Yogi Bear's adversary. For every "smarter than the average bear" scheme Yogi had, Smith was the foil and the wrench in the gears.
So why then would Yogi work with Ranger Smith to save the park from the EVIL land developers? Because that dull plot apparently gets you $80 million to make a movie.
Now, granted, this is Yogi Bear. It's an incredibly flimsy premise to start with. But why in the world are movie producers so compelled to rewrite the rules of what tiny plot existed? Could you not write a plot where Ranger Smith was the bad guy? Was that just too much to digest?
It's like that Tom and Jerry movie where they sing. Why? Tom and Jerry are supposed to be mute. That's kind of the schtick. And yet the first thing Hollywood must have thought was "We can't have that! We know better! We'll give them celebrity voices!" And thus it was so!
What's next? The Coyote signing a peace accord with the Roadrunner to stop ACME? Where's my $80 million? XD
It's a trope as old as time itself, and yet it's one of those tired old chestnuts that braindead people who write kids movies love to trot out. Yogi Bear is the latest in a long line of these. Even though I never liked Yogi Bear growing up, I distinctly remember that Ranger Smith was Yogi Bear's adversary. For every "smarter than the average bear" scheme Yogi had, Smith was the foil and the wrench in the gears.
So why then would Yogi work with Ranger Smith to save the park from the EVIL land developers? Because that dull plot apparently gets you $80 million to make a movie.
Now, granted, this is Yogi Bear. It's an incredibly flimsy premise to start with. But why in the world are movie producers so compelled to rewrite the rules of what tiny plot existed? Could you not write a plot where Ranger Smith was the bad guy? Was that just too much to digest?
It's like that Tom and Jerry movie where they sing. Why? Tom and Jerry are supposed to be mute. That's kind of the schtick. And yet the first thing Hollywood must have thought was "We can't have that! We know better! We'll give them celebrity voices!" And thus it was so!
What's next? The Coyote signing a peace accord with the Roadrunner to stop ACME? Where's my $80 million? XD
yeah. it really annoys me too, when with certain circumstances, there could be intresting twists at least
i mean is there a movie out there are two sworn enimese, and one dosent know he's actually helping the other whith taking down a greater threat?
Now a big-budget Laff-a-Lympics might be something to get behind...