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Sequels To Jim Carrey Movies That Don’t Star Jim Carrey

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sequels-to-jim-carey-movies-dumb-and-dumberer-son-of-the-mask-evan-almighty-ace-ventura-jrI can’t think of a crazier idea than making a sequel (or prequel) to a movie where the actor in the title role doesn’t return for the next film in the series.  Why would you even make the movie, and who’d want to see a movie like that anyway?  Judging by the grosses, nobody.

Dumb and Dumberer:  When Harry Met Llyod
This piece of crap stars (and I use that term loosely) Derek Richardson, Eric Christian Olsen and Eugene Levy, during his ill advised teen comedy phase.  This piece of crap cost $19 million, but it brought in over $39 million, so it made money for it’s investors, but considering the original cost $17 million and made $247,275,104, it’s easy to see how far the apple fell from the tree.

Son of the Mask
See, I didn’t think the first Mask was very good, and this is going back to when I saw it in the theater when I was twelve or whatever.  This movie also begs the question, who in the hell would want to see a movie starring Jamie Kennedy and Alan Cumming?  Nobody, that’s who.  This flaming pile of excrement rang up a total due of $84 million and earned only $57 million.  The original only cost $23 million and earned $351 million; I guess those animated effects in the first one were much cheaper than the digital effects in the sequel.  You can’t feel bad for anybody who lost money on this one; what were they thinking?

Evan Almighty
Only the most unusual set of circumstances and coincidences brought me to the theater to see Evan Almighty, which wasn’t that bad, actually…  except there was no Jim Carey.  Not a cameo, no nothing.   However, we did get Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, John Goodman, Lauren Graham, Wanda Sykes, John Michael Higgins and Jonah Hill to round out the cast, so not too shabby.  It’s watchable, I’ll say that much for it.  However, this movie cost a fortune – a ton of digital effects…  I don’t know what they were thinking.  The movie costs $200 million to make – did they really think they had a chance in heave or hell to make that back?  Gross revenue checks in at $173,418,781 – swing and a miss.  Meanwhile, Bruce Almighty costed $81 million and earned $484 million.

Ace Ventura Jr.
I can’t find any revenue numbers on this plane laden with rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong because it made it’s debut on Cartoon Network, during which I sat through five random minutes of the film and almost immediately lost my lunch.  Just because a TV show or a movie is made for kids doesn’t mean it has to be the worst thing ever written.  You’d assume that this project was aimed at a theatrical release with the idea being that people who saw the original Ace Venture movies would take their kids to see this movie, but it was such a volcanic eruption of manure that they hid the damn thing on Cartoon Network – and that reminds me, the opening sequence of the first Ace Venture is comprised of Ace stealing a woman’s dog from her ex boyfriend and returning it to the dog’s owner, who, instead of rewarding him with a cash payment, pleasures him…  to hilarious results, I guess.

So what did we learn here?  If you’re making a sequel to a Jim Carey movie, you should probably try to your damndest to retain Jim Carey to star in the movie.  If you can’t, it seems like it would be a HUGE MISTAKE to double the budget of the original movie.  You end up with a movie that has no star power and a poorly written script that just rehashes a bunch of crap the audience has already seen and probably didn’t think was that great in the first place.

You know, like when Jim Carey made Yes Man, which was an awful lot like Liar, Liar.


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Uncle Grandpa (TV review)

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Here are a few quick, off the cuffs thoughts after watching the premiere of Uncle Grandpa on Cartoon Network.

The imagination employed on Uncle Grandpa is truly staggering and admirable. I particularly like the “do not enter” door in the RV, which leads to an entire Uncle Grandpa universe that seems to include his home and many other areas that have not yet been explored.

As for the characters, Giant Realistic Flying Tiger is an early favorite. I very much like that Giant Realistic Flying Tiger is not only the most powerful character (or so it seems at this point), but is also both female and an animal.  Belly Bag is a close second and of course, Uncle Grandpa is no slouch himself. When I’d seen only the commercial, I thought Pizza Steve might be my pick, but after seeing one episode, I get the feeling that Pizza Steve is not going to be my cup of tea.  In the early goings, he seems like a useless jerk.

At this point the “good morning” catch phrase that Uncle Grandpa employs has begun to amuse me, but I am curious what an entire series of Uncle Grandpa constantly saying “good morning” a thousand times an episode is going to  do to my feelings on it.

I really like the writing style so far:
“Uh oh – a six-pack of night wolves… with six packs.” That’s just my thing.  On the other hand, I was not a fan of the Pet Cemetery and the pets being brought back from the dead as monsters.  This also makes me wonder exactly what audience this show is geared toward, but given that it’s on at night, it’s certainly not young children, who would most certainly be frightened the vivid imagery that Uncle Grandpa includes.

After this first episode, I think I can give Uncle Grandpa a solid recommendation for most viewers… That is, if you’re looking for a cartoon that looks to be hand drawn and employs plenty of imagination and lots of the vid colors while at the same time not being afraid to take risks and has the ability to show you something you’ve never seen before. If that sounds like fun, then I think you will enjoy Uncle Grampa.


Filed under: tv reviews Tagged: Cartoon Network, good morning, tv review, tv shows, uncle grandpa

The 5 best kid – adult crossover cartoons that are on TV right now

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“That’s the thing I like about cartoons – I get older, they stay the same age.”
~the creepy dude from Dazed and Confused said something like that.

But it’s true! I might be old, but I still love cartoons, and there are some cartoons that are getting it done in a big bad way as I believe they are pleasing to both kids and adults. Here today, I present to you (in no particular order), the 5 best kid – adult crossover cartoons that are on TV right now.

Adventure Time

I’m just getting into this show, but it clearly has the goods. The scope and complexity of Adventure Time is kinda baffling, but I’m looking forward to getting caught up.

Phineas and Ferb

It’s formula, but it works. Phineas and Ferb just keep dishing it out, over and over, in a clever and entertaining way every time out. I’d think it would get stale, but it doesn’t, which is a tribute to their writing and well conceived cast of characters.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The new TMNT is brilliant. It pays loving tribute to the 80s show while making the old stuff its own and creating fun new characters or great twists on old ones. I loved what they did with April O’Neil, Baxter Stockman and the Krang, so I naturally can’t wait to see what they have planned for Casey Jones. I very much want their classic TMNT theme cell phone ring for my phone!

The Amazing World of Gumball

This show just knows what I like. The characters, the voice acting, the visuals – it’s all good. I especially love the visuals – I’ve never seen a show that looks like this, and that goes a long way with me.

Regular Show

Not to take anything away from the other shows, but this is probably my favorite of the group. The Regular Show does have a formula (“Do it or you’re fired!” then there’s some kind of battle at the end) it employs in most episodes, but it still manages to be fresh, which is certainly a tribute to the writing but also to the unique characters For now reason, the show seems to take place in the late (or early?) nineties – maybe it’s because people who grew up during this time have kids by now? Or maybe the writers are just writing what they know, but whatever the case, it’s fine with me because this show is awesome sauce. I presume that the video game console they have in their living room is a Sega Master System… at least that’s what it looks like to me. There’s also a fair amount of large cell phones, cassette tapes (see “That’s my jam” – best episode ever!), CDs and other little clues that seem to elude that the show doesn’t take place in present day… anyway, just a fun side note. The show is awesome, regardless of time period.

Runners up
Star Wars: the Clone Wars

This show didn’t make it into the list because of its ups and downs (some really good and really bad episodes in there), gratuitous violence and it’s genre specific appeal. I feel I should point out that of all the shows mentioned, this is the one I’ve been watching the longest and it’s the only one that doesn’t have a comedic slant – at least not in the way that the other ones do.

Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
Not to be confused with its inferior replacement, Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, which is better than no Avengers cartoon at all… and that’s about it. EMH was great, but I can’t imagine it had all that much appeal to mass audiences, especially younger girls, who didn’t have much in the way of characters to connect with. On the other hand, MAA is poorly paced (the voice direction is especially odd), visually confusing (switches from full frame to scope randomly) and not especially well written (The Falcon/Sam Wilson is especially poorly written – he comes off like a Tony Stark pretender). Oh well – maybe it’ll get better over time.

note: uncle grandpa is too new to be considered for this list, but it does look like it has promise.


Filed under: lists, tv reviews Tagged: Adventure Time, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Cartoon Network, cartoons, Marvel's Avengers Assemble, Phineas and Ferb, Regular Show, star wars the clone wars, teenage mutant ninja turtles, The Amazing World of Gumball, tv reviews, tv shows

Star Wars Rebels LOOKS Disney-riffic, FEELS like Clone Wars

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Now that Star Wars: The Clone Wars is over on Cartoon Network, we're getting Star Wars Rebels on Disney XD. The trailer isn't giving us much, but Disney/Star Wars has dropped a bunch of "meet the characters" styled shorts, and they're much more revealing.

Uncle Grandpa (TV review)

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Here are a few quick, off the cuffs thoughts after watching the premiere of Uncle Grandpa on Cartoon Network.

Uncle Grandpa (TV review)

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Here are a few quick, off the cuffs thoughts after watching the premiere of Uncle Grandpa on Cartoon Network.




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