Alf is being made into a movie

[HercTNT]

Just read on yahoo that a big screen version of ALF is coming. their was no more info than that.

[PunkCryborg]

It's about damn time, I just hope he's not CGI. If he is then PASS

[HercTNT]

agreed. they already ruined the smurfs, lets hope they don't do the same to alf.

[SignOfZeta]

agreed. they already ruined the smurfs, lets hope they don't do the same to alf.

Are you kidding me?

a) Alf was pretty naff, IMO.

b) Even though Alf was barely anything worth ruining, they *will* ruin it. Only creatively bankrupt people would remake Alf in the first place.

[HercTNT]

Wow, you can't be positive about anything can you. take a breather guy, the movie isn't made yet.

[PunkCryborg]

dude alf had his own SMS game so therefore he is awesome. and he eats cats.

I have this little alf flexi disc, it came in burger king kids meals back in the day

I found it inside a Stranglers record

[esteban]

I have never watched more than a few minutes of this show.

AND I NEVER WILL.

Mr. Belvedere was better than A.L.F. And Mr. Belvedere was pure trash.

Now, if you told me they were making a film based on "227", then I'd actually be excited.

Because "227" is 100% unadulterated Jackée.

[TheClash603]

Maybe it is because I was younger than Zeta when Alf was new, but I loved that show as a kid and I still watch in syndication.

[PunkCryborg]

Zeta is just jealous cause he didn't have a SMS game made for him.

[Nando]

dude alf had his own SMS game so therefore he is awesome. and he eats cats.

I have this little alf flexi disc, it came in burger king kids meals back in the day

I found it inside a Stranglers record

Alf doing his best "Boss" impression. Man growing up in the 80's WAS AWESOME!


Alf helped me learned all the US states, true story

[SignOfZeta]

Maybe it is because I was younger than Zeta when Alf was new, but I loved that show as a kid and I still watch in syndication.

I loved it as a kid too. I also loved The A Team and The Fall Guy and The Dukes of Hazard. As an adult I can see that those shows are fucking terrible though. The A Team in particular is one of the worst shows ever made. I recently watched every episode of Knight Rider on Netflix in a mad rush of gluttony. When I went and tried to do the same thing again with The A Team I simply couldn't pull it off. I couldn't even get through the second episode. As bad as Knight Rider is, its 1000x better than The A Team. Alf is certainly better than all the shows I just mentioned, but so is Webster...and Webster sucks too.

Wow, you can't be positive about anything can you. take a breather guy, the movie isn't made yet.

I'm positive about lots of things, but this isn't one of them. Where is the silver lining in some artless Hollywood hacks spending 100 million dollars making a new piece of shit out of an old piece of shit?

Its funny how you word this. If I can't get behind a project this inspired, then clearly I can't be positive about ANYTHING. Like, THIS should be the ultimate and most inspiring thing on Earth. A movie...based on Alf. Clearly, I must just hate the world and everything in it if I don't like the idea of the Hollywood remake machine pooping out Alf, because everything in the known universe ranks lower that the idea of a remake of Alf.

[VestCunt]

I hate Alf and I'm not excited about the movie, but, as a SMS lover, I will go out of my way to watch one (1) youtube gameplay video of the new Alf video game that will inevitably follow the movie.

Only creatively bankrupt people would remake Alf in the first place.

This is true.

Wow, you can't be positive about anything can you. take a breather guy, the movie isn't made yet.

Rocks are hard, water is wet, and Zeta hates fun.

[esteban]

I love that we can get into a heated discussion about A.L.F.

[HercTNT]

well i'm not gonna fight over alf, and vestcunt is right. just once i want to see zeta read a thread and go "hey thats a great idea, i would like to see that". we have a better chance of discovering aliens though. and if we did, zeta would tell us its the zionist, isreali, lesbian, eskimo, conservative lunatics that made it possible.

[Keranu]

Man what is with all the Alf haters on this board? You have no souls!

That said, Alf is probably best left in the 80's.

[SignOfZeta]

well i'm not gonna fight over alf, and vestcunt is right. just once i want to see zeta read a thread and go "hey thats a great idea, i would like to see that". we have a better chance of discovering aliens though. and if we did, zeta would tell us its the zionist, isreali, lesbian, eskimo, conservative lunatics that made it possible.

Yes, if I hate Alf then I must hate everything in existence. That's logical only to people who put Alf on waaaay too high of a pedestal. If you had started a topic about something more wonderful than yet another Hollywood remake of a crappy TV show then maybe my enthusiasm would have been a bit more on the positive side.

When you start the thread about the new Munsters movie I'm going to shit on that one too, just so you know.

[HercTNT]

LOL, i can't argue with that, if they try to make munster's movie i'm gonna shit on it to. That as long as it's ok with you :0

[PunkCryborg]

WTB WINDOW CLINGING ALF PLUSHIE
will pay VERY WELL

everyone has garfield I want to stand out from the crowd

[TheClash603]

well i'm not gonna fight over alf, and vestcunt is right. just once i want to see zeta read a thread and go "hey thats a great idea, i would like to see that". we have a better chance of discovering aliens though. and if we did, zeta would tell us its the zionist, isreali, lesbian, eskimo, conservative lunatics that made it possible.

Yes, if I hate Alf then I must hate everything in existence. That's logical only to people who put Alf on waaaay too high of a pedestal. If you had started a topic about something more wonderful than yet another Hollywood remake of a crappy TV show then maybe my enthusiasm would have been a bit more on the positive side.

When you start the thread about the new Munsters movie I'm going to shit on that one too, just so you know.

I hope that is just because you are sickened by the thought of the remake, and not because you dislike the original.  The Munsters holds up very well today.  So does Car 54 Where Are You, mentioned only because of the similar cast.

Anyone ever play the Pacman-esque Apple II C+ version of Alf?  Loved that game when I was younger.

[HercTNT]

either zeta hates change, or vestcunt is dead on and zeta hates fun. i'm not sure what it is, but if i was that miserable i would not bother waking up in the morning let alone showering my fellow man with my uplifting point of view. he is entitled by the way, he can say whatever he wants, but sometimes he is so freaking dark, its hard to imagine he has anything to look forward to at all.

[TheClash603]

either zeta hates change, or vestcunt is dead on and zeta hates fun. i'm not sure what it is, but if i was that miserable i would not bother waking up in the morning let alone showering my fellow man with my uplifting point of view. he is entitled by the way, he can say whatever he wants, but sometimes he is so freaking dark, its hard to imagine he has anything to look forward to at all.

I think you gotta get over being so hard on Zeta.  Sure he hates a lot of stuff, but there is a lot of awful stuff out there.

...unless he talks bad about the original Munsters.  Then you may proceed.

[CGQuarterly]

Zeta bags on a lot of shit, but I don't think I've ever read a post of his where he shits on something that most people would think is cool. He just doesn't pull his punches, that's all.

I mean, an Alf movie.  Seriously?  SPOILER ALERT:  This movie is going to fucking suck.  There, I just saved you $9.50.

Chris

[HercTNT]

clash, i don't hate zeta, but everytime some one makes a post, he puts on his elf slippers and a cape and ziplines in with his negativity. its his prerogative, and i can't stop him.none the less it gets old, in my opinion, when everything he says is doom and destruction. Zeta is very smart, and says many on the point things. on the contrary its my opinion that he's wasting his intelligent mind on remedial things.  Zeta could do far greater good then telliing us why everything is a conspiricy theory

[SignOfZeta]

clash, i don't hate zeta, but everytime some one makes a post, he puts on his elf slippers and a cape and ziplines in with his negativity. its his prerogative, and i can't stop him.none the less it gets old, in my opinion, when everything he says is doom and destruction. Zeta is very smart, and says many on the point things. on the contrary its my opinion that he's wasting his intelligent mind on remedial things.  Zeta could do far greater good then telliing us why everything is a conspiricy theory 

You're doing it in this thread too? What conspiracy theory? Seriously. Answer this question.

[Nando]

its the zionist, isreali, lesbian, eskimo, conservative lunatics that made it possible.

I'd pay to watch a conspiracy movie with that in it.

[HercTNT]

its the zionist, isreali, lesbian, eskimo, conservative lunatics that made it possible.

I'd pay to watch a conspiracy movie with that in it.

it would be a wild ride wouldn't it

[esteban]

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[esteban]

well i'm not gonna fight over alf, and vestcunt is right. just once i want to see zeta read a thread and go "hey thats a great idea, i would like to see that". we have a better chance of discovering aliens though. and if we did, zeta would tell us its the zionist, isreali, lesbian, eskimo, conservative lunatics that made it possible.

Yes, if I hate Alf then I must hate everything in existence. That's logical only to people who put Alf on waaaay too high of a pedestal. If you had started a topic about something more wonderful than yet another Hollywood remake of a crappy TV show then maybe my enthusiasm would have been a bit more on the positive side.

When you start the thread about the new Munsters movie I'm going to shit on that one too, just so you know.

I hope that is just because you are sickened by the thought of the remake, and not because you dislike the original.  The Munsters holds up very well today.  So does Car 54 Where Are You, mentioned only because of the similar cast.

Anyone ever play the Pacman-esque Apple II C+ version of Alf?  Loved that game when I was younger.

The Munsters holds up incredibly well today. I think I posted my thoughts on some old thread. I loved it as a kid, but, with all the repeats (every summer), I got sick of it.

Watching now, 25-30 years later, I think I love it more than I did as a kid. I recognize how *few* shows/films can stand the test of time.

Case in point? FLIPPER. I enjoyed watching Flipper as a kid. Now?

Man what is with all the Alf haters on this board? You have no souls!

That said, Alf is probably best left in the 80's.

I can't believe I'm about to say this, but, the desire the watch A.L.F. has been welling up in my heart since this thread started.

I'm going to watch an episode at some point this week (assuming it's on Netflix).

I'm actually smiling. I'm in Boston. On vacation. Watching A.L.F.

[KnightWarrior]

Just No, keep it in the 80's

[VestCunt]

either zeta hates change, or VestCunt is dead on and zeta hates fun. i'm not sure what it is, but if i was that miserable i would not bother waking up in the morning let alone showering my fellow man with my uplifting point of view.

Negativity rules. You'll appreciate it when you're older. Much better than taking "uplifting" showers with dudes.

[CPTRAVE]

Alf on Netflix really?

[420GOAT]

" Melmac Girls" is a cool song.

[VestCunt]

UPDATE: I just got ALF on the Master System. I had seen the extremely negative youtube reviews, but remained skeptical that the game could actually be so terrible. Boy was I wrong. After ten minutes of trying kill bats with a salami, I agree that ALF is absolutely unplayable. I don't know if I've played a worse game... maybe Robodemons.

[RegalSin]

Alf was something like Married with Children, or if Uncle Ted was the main character of "Bobbies world".

They ruined the Smurfs? I remember their was a lame advertisement for them, almost like chip-monks? Did Gagamel turned out okay?

[TheClash603]

" Melmac Girls" is a cool song.

Just YouTubed this and was a little disappointed it wasn't a parody of West End Girls.

[sauce55]

they should not make a movie

[esteban]

" Melmac Girls" is a cool song.

Just YouTubed this and was a little disappointed it wasn't a parody of West End Girls.

Hahhahahahzahhahahaa.

UPDATE: I just got ALF on the Master System. I had seen the extremely negative youtube reviews, but remained skeptical that the game could actually be so terrible. Boy was I wrong. After ten minutes of trying kill bats with a salami, I agree that ALF is absolutely unplayable. I don't know if I've played a worse game... maybe Robodemons.

You know what, they should make a movie about a person who is too old to be playing A.L.F. on his Sega Master System. That is the sort of movie that I would love to see.

[RegalSin]

I bet it is going to be like Hitch Hickers Guide, the film, where all the characters do not even look like the original and the entire plot line was ruined.

[VestCunt]

I don't see how they can possibly make money on an ALF movie. Gen X'ers are a nostalgic bunch, but they're also cynical and quick to ridicule rightfully stupid BS. I can't imagine there are many adults with fond enough memories of ALF that they would pay to see it with their kids.

[SignOfZeta]

I bet it is going to be like Hitch Hickers Guide, the film, where all the characters do not even look like the original and the entire plot line was ruined.

Ok, now I believe Regalsin is racist.

While the HG2tG wasn't perfect, it was pretty good IMO. The main issue I've heard people complain about was that they had Mos Def play Ford Prefect. This seems like a "change" in some people's minds because some people never consider an imaginary character as black unless you specifically say he is. By default, in the minds of some people, they are white (see: Jesus). In the books Ford's appearance is barely mentioned and even though HE'S A FUCKING ALIEN FROM OUTER SPACE they assume he's Caucasian.

My biggest problem with the movie was making Oolon CollUphid, who is only breifly mentioned on the first page of the book, into a large and rather gross subplot.

My favorite part was having Tim play Arthur.

[esteban]

By default, in the minds of some people, they are white (see: Jesus). In the books Ford's appearance is barely mentioned and even though HE'S A FUCKING ALIEN FROM OUTER SPACE they assume he's Caucasian.

Sadly, this is all too true. The same "logic" is applied to gender and sexuality.



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[majors]

I don't see how they can possibly make money on an ALF movie. 

Maybe Hollywood figures it's been long enough and it'll be a "new" idea for two generations of kids that never saw ALF. I'm sure they have spreadsheets and trend graphs that show what Gen X ppls will pay and not pay for (we are just numbers to the movie makers).

I was never into ALF in the 80's, but loved (PAST TENSE!) A-Team and Knight Rider (along with Airwolf and Street Hawk).