Relax, It Can Always Get Worse, Chapter XXXIV, Featuring The Smurfs in 3D

Given the release date, the promised destruction of the world in 2012 comes too late.

"The Smurfs" Begins Production in New York

Principal photography began Friday, March 26, in New York on Columbia Pictures'/Sony Pictures Animation's hybrid live-action and animated family comedy, The Smurfs, it was announced today by Bob Osher, president of Sony Pictures Digital Productions, Hannah Minghella, president of Sony Pictures Animation and Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures.

Audiences everywhere are in for a Smurfy good time as the Smurfs make their first 3D trip to the big screen.  When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours - in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.  The film is set for release August 3, 2011.

Thrill again to the sites and sounds and smells of The Smurfs getting Nagasakied in this UNICEF anti-war ad. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, you'd need to have a heart of stone not to laugh at this:

Comments

[TickleStick]

Kill me now. Kill me now. Kill me now.

[Gabby]

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[Aresen]

The FSM is very very angry about this any may smite the world with his almighty noodle.

[PIRS]

RAmen!

[Ragin Cajun]

But we already have Avatar.

[The Art-P.O.G.]

Total winner of a comment. ^

[Gargamel]

Well, I like Lego and I don't mind Nerf,
But I think I'm gonna puke if I see one more Smurf!
I hate Smurfs!
I hate Smurfs!

[Ariel]

Meowwwwww!!

[Make that]

AZRIEL

[James Anderson Merritt]

But you knew, didn't you, that Avatar was merely the special effects test reel for the upcoming Smurfs movie. they had planned to release the Smurf film THIS year, but production ran long and so they thought they'd make blue lemonade by releasing the FX test reel first, to generate capital and give the audience something to whet their appetites. I thought everyone knew that. Go figure.

[Ghost of Schr?dinger's cat]

I weep for humanity.

[J sub D]

Q. Who says Hollywood can't come up with new ideas?

[J sub D]

A. Anyone paying attention.

[Hollywood Goes Green (or blue)]

It's called "recycling," Earth-raper.

[P Brooks]

Get to work, Bender

[Joe]

Definitely a sign of the apocalypse. I'll bet this sets into motion the series of events leading to the end of the world in 2012, of which Hollywood has so bravely and eloquently warned us.

[The Art-P.O.G.]

I agree, and I'm scared, although after seeing a trailer for this movie I'll probably welcome death as mercy.

[Paul]

Epic win on the Alt-Text, Nick.

[ed]

I blame YouTube.

[Episiarch]

You guys are all too negative. Just think about getting really high and going to watch it in IMAX.

[Aresen]

Meet in the psych ward afterwards?

[Episiarch]

That's the ideal outcome, yes. It'll be smurfy!

[Duke Vual]

On Smurfs and politics:

... a lone anonymous Smurf soon arrives at a startling revelation: if he promises people stuff, they'll vote for him! So, when Brainy Smurf finishes boring some other Smurf to tears via assertions of his Papa-approved greatness, Our Smurf zips in and promises to pass a law outlawing bores ? success!

Soon Lazy Smurf is promised a Right-Not-to-Work Bill, Harmony Smurf is promised a position as first trumpet in the Big Smurf Band and Vanity Smurf is complimented on his immense physical beauty.

[hmm]

I liked the Smurfs.

Racist Smurf haters.

[Mike Laursen]

I am deeply offended by all depictions of Papa Smurf. Or any Smurf, for that matter.

[Must be a reaction to your]

blue movie fetish;-)

[Jim Treacher]

How did UNICEF see into my dreams?

[PIRS]

I don't know, why did UNICEF want to promote the idea of warfare?

[burp]

This reminds me of a game I used to play on the Commodore 64- "Smurf Massacre". Dozens of tiny blue smurfs would run around on the screen while you machine-gunned them. When you got tired of that, you could drop a nuke which ended the game.

Death to Smurfs!