Thank you to Ziljon for bringing this thread to my attention.
(clears throat)
While I am glad that one of my childhood fave shows will be brought to the big screen, I am leary of the potential outcome. I have only to look at "Lost in Space" as a bummer revisit to one of my close-to-the-heart fave shows that got butchered. And even though I haven't seen it, I hear "Speed Racer" committed similar sins.
But mostly, I enjoyed the fact that folks too young to remember the show, or too old to have bothered with it in the 70s, will now know what my avatar is. I rather enjoyed the occasional question as to what the hell is that thing serving as my avatar. I feel outed. And after the movie I'll look like a johnny-come-lately. Damn, what must someone do for creativity's sake that the studios will not spoil?
I can only hope that the newly re-imagined Sleestak are not CGI and they retain their sssshhhhhwwwwwssssshhhhwwww language. And since it's a Ferrel comedy, I think it would actually be funny to see them with chaep costumes ala the original 70s show.
Come to think of it, is there anyone outside of the age group 35-45 that remembers that show? Yes, I fall in that group somewhere. No, I will not reveal precisely where.
--Sleestak, out.
