How'sabout the Sam & Max Movie?
I have, as I'm sure most of you other Sam & Max fanatics out there have, wanted to see a Sam & Max feature film for some time now. And with the current trend of comic book inspired movies like Spiderman, the Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, even an upcoming (and admittedly poor-looking) Underdog movie, I say we start bugging Steve and his posse for a Sam & Max film! After all, he does work with an animation studio that works primarily on feature length films now!
Speaking of such things, if there was a Sam & Max film, how do you think it should be? Fully animated with traditional hand-drawn artwork to mimic the comic book or CGI to match the feel of the new games? Or possibly live-action with the animated Freelance Police interacting with the real world to point out more of the humor of just how insane Sam & Max are?
Whatcha think?
Speaking of such things, if there was a Sam & Max film, how do you think it should be? Fully animated with traditional hand-drawn artwork to mimic the comic book or CGI to match the feel of the new games? Or possibly live-action with the animated Freelance Police interacting with the real world to point out more of the humor of just how insane Sam & Max are?
Whatcha think?
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I think an hour and a half movie would be too drawn out for Sam and Max though. Especially if it was as fast paced as the comics and cartoon.
But, even as cool as a cartoon/movie would be, I'd much rather see more games.
Hahahaha, I've gotta buy this sketchbook...
There's a similar thing floating the interwebz about South Park, probably the funniest "please censor this" memo I've ever seen.
As much at I'd love to have Sam & Max figures and toys, I really don't wanna see them at McDonalds.
I never expect a feature film of Sam & Max to happen, but man, it'll always be the dream.
And 2D animation please. 3D looks great for the game and all, but I think their true cinematic glory has to be realized in 2D.
2D would look fantastic! But, if they were to do anything 3D, go for stop motion animation a la Ray Harryhausen/Tim Burton/Aardman animation stuff.
what is wrong with sam and max becoming more popular? it's still the same sam and max..its not gonna change.. I never get that.. it's like sam and max is my little indie favorite it can never be loved by the masses.. sam and max for world domination!
yea, I think jokes would changes for sure.. watch terminator 3 and you get it.. the movie was a JOKE!
I doubt Steve Purcell would let that happen
Kind of like South Park had to be "watered down"?;)
I'd love to see a movie but I'd much rather see a new mid range series. Something along Simpson's lines in terms of content. Sam N Max has never really seemed to go into the South Park\Drawn Together territory but is still too loony and twisted for a kids show.
Plus I don't think they could sell a movie without a proven series coming before it.
Either way 2D animation works fine for me. If there is an adult oriented CGI film in our future I would much rather see it be something like Half Life or Diablo than Sam N Max,
This is 100% true. However, I believe one should consider the artist's determination. Who here reads Calvin & Hobbes? If you've read the 10th Anniversary Book, you know that Bill Watterson fought against just that for a long, long time. Not only did the fight make it impossible to do a C&H movie or TV show, it was actually against his wishes to make it such a hyped and commercialized medium.
...and not to say anything bad about the TV show, but I'm not even certain Steve wanted there to be a Sam & Max TV show in the first place. No one wants to see their work simplified and censored... or even demented, as Calvin has been by certain Car Sticker salesmen.
Would I like to see a Sam & Max movie? Yes. I'd want it to be exactly like the comic, and lets face it, even if they had the money to do it, would the general public go for it?
I think it would be far wiser to stick to a small game company like TellTale, who happen to be doing a fantastic job with his work. Let me tell you, it has been quite the privilege having a new game every month. I see no reason to ask for more. Besides... more might ruin what we have. :cool:
-Tucker
The show wasen't horrible though. Even though it was "watered down" I still think it captures the essence of Sam & Max very well. The art was true to the characters and I thought they did a great job of keeping the grit (especially in some of those close up scenes).
Some of the dialoge was pretty funny too. One of the scenes that stands out to me is at the begining of Bad Day on The Moon when Sam is holding down Max with his foot in the drawer talking to the comissioner and then when he's done spits out this long winded jumble of words to which Max replies "Are you talking Dirty?!"
I don't remember if that line was from the original comic, but I just love the way he eagerly says that to Sam.
The music was pretty fitting in the show too, and I loved the opening credit sequence. It was awesome seeing the cover of Surfin The Highway come to life.
I'd love to be wrong
This double-page made me laugh when I read it^^
Terminator 2 was an independent film? What?
Terminator 3 wasn't terrible because it was mainstream, it was terrible because it was produced without input from the writer/director of the first two movies.
As long as Steve Purcell remains as an overseer, there's no reason why Sam & Max would suddenly become terrible if the general public noticed it.
I love when they throw in a dramatic moment out of nowhere and completely catch you off guard, like when Kenny was in the hospital dying. It shows that Matt and Trey aren't one-trick ponies, and we could easily see another few seasons before it dies out.
Anyway i would love to see a movie, although it should be done great or not at all. And as for who should do the voices i believe i've already told you where i stand.