Passing this along: The Chipmunks Movie

Top 10 Things Wrong with the New Alvin and the Chip-Punks Poster

10. WHY ARE THE CHIPMUNKS SO GANGSTA?!?!?!
9. Alvin has no eyes, and might very well murder your first born.
8. NO, REALLY, DOES ANYONE HERE REMEMBER ALVIN LOOKING LIKE EMINEM‘S *$%&#? If I were walking down a dark street, and Alvin and his thuggy friends were walking towards me… I WOULD CROSS THE STREET. And they are animated chipmunks.
7. Jason Lee’s mutant eye-brow. I’ve never seen a bigger cock(ed brow) in my life!
6. The tag line “They’re Back and Bigger Than Ever” is worrisome… how big are these little Thug-munks going to be? Look, at a foot tall, they can still be sort of adorable, but anything over 4 feet will induce the sort of childhood nightmares not seen since Follow That Bird. Perhaps they had to adjust Chipmunk size because of the tall and lankified Jason Lee? Where is Danny Devito when you need him?
5. Theodore’s childhood squirrel-besity problem.
4. Chipmink CGI’d claws are freaking me out.
3. Fine, fine, make the Chipmunks as gangsta-fly as you want… But Simon’s 1990’s hat/glasses/hoodie combination are making me want to jump-jump right now.
2. Simon was supposed to be the nerd! They could have made a tall, slender, hipster chipmunk that would have had dork girls swooning! Instead, they’ve given us DJ Jazzy Sizz-imon.
1. From the looks of it, seems producers are trying to “spruce up” the Chipmunks to a new generation of fans… and that worries us. Will they even sound like the helium-drunk critters we remember from yesteryear? Or will they have deeper man-munk voices now? What are kids going to do with helium balloons at birthday parties — use them for heroin consumption? Is the Lollipop League dead and gone for good?
And more importantly, didn’t these people learn anything from the CGI Garfield movies?! Sighhh. Maybe Lindsay Lohan will be cast as a live-action version of Strawberry Shortcake so that I can finally put a bullet in my memories.

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Can’t say much more than that… now can ya? BWE, as pretty much always, hit the nail right on the head with that assessment.

GA-ROSS. I loved the Chipmunks as a kid, and this is down right disrespectful to my 80’s cartoon upbringing. I shall be protesting.

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Noteworthy: Kidzbop.com relaunch (video community)

At KidzBop.com, our goal is to help parents ensure that their kids have a safe and fun online experience. We invite you to check out our Privacy Policy and strongly suggest all kids check with their parents before entering personal information on any website.

Well, well– look who made a great site for their audience. It’s like a Karaoke Youtube site for kids– fully moderated, and very VERY little room for personal information. Parents need to give their thumbs-up for their child to join (basically an email with a <click here for yes> link).

It’s a fun site with info on tours, some easy games, kid videos (upload your own, or highlight someone else’s), contests, and parents section. You can make friends with random other kids on the site, but you can’t really talk to them… so it’s a nice little lock box.

I’d love to know how their moderation staff works: # of staff, how often they approve, etc… but those are always tricks of the trade.

Here’s something I would like to bring to your attention… Parental Approval.

Okay, here is my general, over-all kids community question of the day: Verification.

How are you sure that it is a parent’s email address a child enters in the registration box marked “Parent Email”? And once that email is sent, how are you certain it is indeed the parent who even approves? Administration of sites can only provide “parent email” sections and hope for the best. And what is that “best”? Well, whether or not the kid/users will obey the rules. But the sad truth is: how often do kids follow the rules when there is no parent watching and they want what they want as soon as possible?

So again, we’re left with the question of verification. I’ve actually tackled this subject before… check it out.