Comments on: Peter Serafinowicz is Paul McCartney in Zemeckis' "Yellow Submarine" http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 19:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: catcubed http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685579 catcubed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685579 Why? Who the hell in charge of the Beatles franchise signed off on this monstrosity? Why? Who the hell in charge of the Beatles franchise signed off on this monstrosity?

]]> By: dr http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685327 dr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685327 <blockquote>Why doesn't Disney do a remake of one of their own old animations?</blockquote> Credit where credit is due, <i>Enchanted</i> was a tongue-in-cheek reprise of <i>Snow White</i> (with some pretty amazing CGI, BTW); for example, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb2si7fClqA

Why doesn’t Disney do a remake of one of their own old animations?

Credit where credit is due, Enchanted was a tongue-in-cheek reprise of Snow White (with some pretty amazing CGI, BTW); for example, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb2si7fClqA

]]> By: shadowfirebird http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685613 shadowfirebird Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685613 It can't be done. You can't replace Dick Emery. It can’t be done. You can’t replace Dick Emery.

]]> By: BijouxBoy http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685873 BijouxBoy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685873 That was good. That was good.

]]> By: Curly http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685130 Curly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685130 Any post about a Zemeckis movie deserves a unicorn chaser. Any post about a Zemeckis movie deserves a unicorn chaser.

]]> By: bfarn http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685386 bfarn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685386 I guess they have to compete with Dreamworks' "HOWL! The Imax experience" (featuring Jack Black as Moloch) and the Broadway version of Brazil. This has put me in an incredibly bad mood. I guess they have to compete with Dreamworks’ “HOWL! The Imax experience” (featuring Jack Black as Moloch) and the Broadway version of Brazil.

This has put me in an incredibly bad mood.

]]> By: rrh http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685131 rrh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685131 Is "this remake is a terrible idea" also a geek chakra? Is “this remake is a terrible idea” also a geek chakra?

]]> By: Shawn Wolfe http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685643 Shawn Wolfe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685643 Stevie Riks is way better at being the Beatles than this guy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTLoRwsp1V8 Stevie Riks is way better at being the Beatles than this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTLoRwsp1V8

]]> By: GrymRpr http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685135 GrymRpr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685135 Love the Idea! Tho... They could do with-out the Beatles Tribute Band. Thinking about it, The idea of anyone else playing Eleanor Rigby Or any other Beatles tune for This movie makes me a bit ill. Love the Idea!
Tho… They could do with-out the Beatles Tribute Band.

Thinking about it, The idea of anyone else playing Eleanor Rigby Or any other Beatles tune for This movie makes me a bit ill.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685139 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685139 NOTHING good will come of this. The more that is written about this project, the worse it sounds. They aren't even using The Beatles recordings? As if the use of mo-cap wasn't bad enough. More lazy film-making from a one time genius. NOTHING good will come of this.
The more that is written about this project, the worse it sounds. They aren’t even using The Beatles recordings?
As if the use of mo-cap wasn’t bad enough.
More lazy film-making from a one time genius.

]]> By: dole http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685144 dole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685144 In ANY case, Peter Serafinowicz IS a Unicorn Chaser. In ANY case, Peter Serafinowicz IS a Unicorn Chaser.

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685166 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685166 No, No, no. NO! I'm sure everyone involved is extremely talented, but my heart hurts to see this beloved classic turned into some gaudy contemporary thing. Gah. No, No, no. NO! I’m sure everyone involved is extremely talented, but my heart hurts to see this beloved classic turned into some gaudy contemporary thing.

Gah.

]]> By: rrh http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685167 rrh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685167 Okay, I read the new article, and the tribute band is being used to motion-perform the Beatles playing their instruments, NOT to replace the music. I had heard of this before, without the Beatles' casting, but I had also heard that Zemeckis wanted to use mocap to make a sequel to Roger Rabbit. I hope that he just wants to mocap the live-action parts of Roger Rabbit and lets the toons still get to be real animation, but I can't be sure. Okay, I read the new article, and the tribute band is being used to motion-perform the Beatles playing their instruments, NOT to replace the music.

I had heard of this before, without the Beatles’ casting, but I had also heard that Zemeckis wanted to use mocap to make a sequel to Roger Rabbit. I hope that he just wants to mocap the live-action parts of Roger Rabbit and lets the toons still get to be real animation, but I can’t be sure.

]]> By: The Hamster King http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685171 The Hamster King Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685171 It's just not going to be the same without the Beatles' voices! ;-) It’s just not going to be the same without the Beatles’ voices!

;-)

]]> By: regeya http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685174 regeya Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685174 "Any post about a Zemeckis movie deserves a unicorn chaser." Whoa, this is heavy... “Any post about a Zemeckis movie deserves a unicorn chaser.”

Whoa, this is heavy…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685179 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685179 More Mo-cap animation crap, but this time it is being used to destroy a Beatles movie? Zemeckis needs to be locked away in the same dark room as Joel Schumacher. More Mo-cap animation crap, but this time it is being used to destroy a Beatles movie? Zemeckis needs to be locked away in the same dark room as Joel Schumacher.

]]> By: DoctorMantis http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685180 DoctorMantis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685180 Somehow I can't see Zemeckis pulling off something that's actually trippy. That it's also a Disney project doesn't help. Some things really don't need to be modernized or redone (see: The Grinch, Where the Wild Things Are, King Kong, etc.). Somehow I can’t see Zemeckis pulling off something that’s actually trippy. That it’s also a Disney project doesn’t help. Some things really don’t need to be modernized or redone (see: The Grinch, Where the Wild Things Are, King Kong, etc.).

]]> By: Ernunnos http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685182 Ernunnos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685182 Because <i>Yellow Submarine</i> just doesn't hold up? WTF? Because Yellow Submarine just doesn’t hold up? WTF?

]]> By: GrymRpr http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685183 GrymRpr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685183 < Goes back to Re-Read the Article > Damn.. Blew right over this Bit: "But in an odd twist, they won't be needed for the musical numbers - that duty will fall to tribute band Fab 4, who will be playing along to actual Beatles tracks." Via Empire Online. Vs. "Music for the remake will be provided by the Beatles tribute band Fab 4." Via Xeni Someone screwed up lol < Goes back to Re-Read the Article >
Damn.. Blew right over this Bit:

“But in an odd twist, they won’t be needed for the musical numbers – that duty will fall to tribute band Fab 4, who will be playing along to actual Beatles tracks.”
Via Empire Online.

Vs.

“Music for the remake will be provided by the Beatles tribute band Fab 4.”
Via Xeni

Someone screwed up lol

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685193 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685193 Here's hoping that we see more of the Robert Zemeckis who created <em>Who Framed Roger Rabbit</em> and less of the Robert Zemeckis who did all those creepily-animated motion capture films of more recent years. (What few snippets I've seen of <em>A Christmas Carol</em> do not fill me with confidence.) Here’s hoping that we see more of the Robert Zemeckis who created Who Framed Roger Rabbit and less of the Robert Zemeckis who did all those creepily-animated motion capture films of more recent years. (What few snippets I’ve seen of A Christmas Carol do not fill me with confidence.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685197 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685197 An important thing to remember is that the Beatles didn't do the voices for the original movie - they were performed by actors. Still, the last thing I want is Zemeckis to film one of my favorite movies on location in the Uncanny valley. An important thing to remember is that the Beatles didn’t do the voices for the original movie – they were performed by actors. Still, the last thing I want is Zemeckis to film one of my favorite movies on location in the Uncanny valley.

]]> By: wylkyn http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685204 wylkyn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685204 How this could turn out to be anything but an abomination is beyond me. While the original movie didn't use the band members' voices (except in the final awkward live-action scene), it at least used the original music. Why on earth would they use a tribute band to redo the music? What is the point of a Beatles movie with no trace of the Beatles in it? Oh, right...money. So what nerd chakra is that? It's difficult to believe that anyone who admires the work of the Beatles would think well of this project. It's Disney - what do you think they will do with Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? I'm guessing they will do away with it completely now that McCartney admitted it really was about LSD. How else do you think it will be "improved"? Maybe Jeremy, the Nowhere Man, will be a ninja! I bet the Yellow Submarine will have a sassy computer voice, maybe done by Minny Driver! And I bet each of the Beatles will have some sort of personal character flaw they will learn to overcome during the movie. Ooh, I just can't wait! *barf* How this could turn out to be anything but an abomination is beyond me. While the original movie didn’t use the band members’ voices (except in the final awkward live-action scene), it at least used the original music. Why on earth would they use a tribute band to redo the music? What is the point of a Beatles movie with no trace of the Beatles in it?

Oh, right…money. So what nerd chakra is that? It’s difficult to believe that anyone who admires the work of the Beatles would think well of this project. It’s Disney – what do you think they will do with Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? I’m guessing they will do away with it completely now that McCartney admitted it really was about LSD. How else do you think it will be “improved”? Maybe Jeremy, the Nowhere Man, will be a ninja! I bet the Yellow Submarine will have a sassy computer voice, maybe done by Minny Driver! And I bet each of the Beatles will have some sort of personal character flaw they will learn to overcome during the movie. Ooh, I just can’t wait!

*barf*

]]> By: Rob Thornton http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685211 Rob Thornton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685211 I agree that Zemeckis is not exactly the psychedelic sort. And can CGI replicate the freakiness of the original? "I got a hole in me pocket!" I agree that Zemeckis is not exactly the psychedelic sort. And can CGI replicate the freakiness of the original?

“I got a hole in me pocket!”

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685982 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685982 I don't think anyone mentioned this but - Remember, the Beatles didn't do the original voices as far as I can tell, they only did the music and the end comedy bit. Check IMDB.. So having good imitators is a good move sometimes... I don’t think anyone mentioned this but – Remember, the Beatles didn’t do the original voices as far as I can tell, they only did the music and the end comedy bit. Check IMDB.. So having good imitators is a good move sometimes…

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685983 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685983 Sorry, I guess it was mentioned like, twice.. oops. Sorry, I guess it was mentioned like, twice.. oops.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685226 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685226 You read that wrong. The music is the Beatles', the motion is captured from a tribute band. You read that wrong. The music is the Beatles’, the motion is captured from a tribute band.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685231 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685231 To take a moment from the Zemeckis bashing, I have to say I really liked Peter Serafinowicz in both Spaced and Shaun of the Dead. He's like a British James Spader from Pretty in Pink. And even though I hated Phantom Menace, he did a great job with the voice of Darth Maul. To take a moment from the Zemeckis bashing, I have to say I really liked Peter Serafinowicz in both Spaced and Shaun of the Dead. He’s like a British James Spader from Pretty in Pink. And even though I hated Phantom Menace, he did a great job with the voice of Darth Maul.

]]> By: Zan http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685238 Zan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685238 Interesting that after all the fuss Disney made over having open casting calls for tribute bands that the one they chose is the band that has been performing for years in Disneyland (in Tomorrowland of all places) Interesting that after all the fuss Disney made over having open casting calls for tribute bands that the one they chose is the band that has been performing for years in Disneyland (in Tomorrowland of all places)

]]> By: sebastian6 http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685761 sebastian6 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685761 Let's be honest. This guy does a better Paul AND John than this Peter Serafinowicz dude. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd9YIYYBybc And his Bowie is hysterical too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fr3rDQQ-9E Let’s be honest. This guy does a better Paul AND John than this Peter Serafinowicz dude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd9YIYYBybc

And his Bowie is hysterical too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fr3rDQQ-9E

]]> By: bfarn http://boingboing.net/2010/01/12/peter-serafinowicz-t.html#comment-685252 bfarn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685252 The man who shat all over Dr. Seuss, teaming up with the company that shat all over the muppets (and everything else they touch) - featuring a man who's going out of his way to make a joke of shitting all over the Beatles... in 3D! This is not a wonderful thing. It's horrifying. The man who shat all over Dr. Seuss, teaming up with the company that shat all over the muppets (and everything else they touch) – featuring a man who’s going out of his way to make a joke of shitting all over the Beatles… in 3D!

This is not a wonderful thing. It’s horrifying.

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