Hear-friggin'-hear. Needless to say, the Chipmunks trailer didn't leave me with even a shit-eating grin on my face.

At least signs point to Alvin Show DVDs as a result of the film release...

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-TV's Kyle
Two Rs, Two Zs, Two As.
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Whoa - Mayerson does a masterful disection of these two train wrecks. How is it that normal slobs like me can figure out what makes a Pixar film successful, but these high-paid studio execs can't?

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It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

It almost seems that the writers are doing their damn best to destroy the franchise. That "Chipmunks" trailer is like the perfect anti-advertisement, "this movie sucks worse than anything else you've ever seen in your life."

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Jeffrey H Wood

Random drive-by verbiage...

What makes it all extra annoying is the heirs of the original creators approving this muck. (It was bad enough when Alvin and the Chipmunks were redesigned to look sub-Disney 'cute. And of course what was done to Seuss's Cat and Grinch is likewise appalling.) You don't expect much from entertainment 'executives' -- they are automatons to begin with -- but couldn't Bagdasarian's (or Seuss's) family see that they were basically wiping their asses on the original property??

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EVERYONE is normal... until you get to know them.

That KILLS me! Hearing Ross Bagdasarian Jr's voice COME OUT of the poop-eating Alvin! If he didn't approve, he wouldn't be doing the voice! It's so sad.

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-TV's Kyle
Two Rs, Two Zs, Two As.
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They shoulda' done the Chipmonks in their middle age years..

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-Rev. "Big Daddy" DLNorton
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"His name is BINGO GAS STATION MOTEL CHEESEBURGER WITH A SIDE OF AIRCRAFT NOISE AND YOU'LL BE GARY, INDIANA."--Greaser's Palace (1972) [link]

Well, they sort of did show the Chipmunks in their burnt-out middle years: Twisted Chipmunks! [link]

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EVERYONE is normal... until you get to know them.

The trailer for Alvin and the Chipmunks does not give me confidence. Nor does the promotional pic with the Chipmunks in gangsta garb.

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If we can't laugh, then our enemies win!

There's always some anonymous commenter that says: "You all are just jealous! I bet you couldn't do better!" never realizing that the blogger and many of those commenting have done better.
I have a neice and nephew of kindergarten age, so sadly I may be hearing both these movies playing loudly in the living room next year.