Shrek Goes Fourth

[tealin]

Upon learning today that the newest incarnation of Dreamworks' cash cow is to be called Shrek Goes Fourth, I realized they were following the Blackadder naming convention, and the inevitable crossover followed:

DONKEY: Hey Shrek! I got a cunning plan!
SHREK: Tell me, Donkey ... Is it more cunning than a weasel with a doctorate in cunning from Cunning University that has just broken into the cunning reserves and eaten so much cunning that it is literally oozing out his ears?

The more I think about this, the more I believe it would be bad enough to be actually entertaining.

This crossover reminded me of a thing I heard on Radio 4 ... I think it was on Recorded for Training Purposes. Hollywood is all about remakes, yes? And every time a trailer runs for a remake the audience cringes at the butchery because the original was always better. So a studio catches on to this and, on the website for an atrocious remake, they solicit donations, saying if they can make up the budget of the movie they won't release it in theatres, and lo, it succeeds! This turns out to be such a profitable enterprise that they give up making real movies at all; they simply buy up the rights to old classics (Citizen Kane, It's A Wonderful Life, Thelma and Louise, etc) and shoot a trailer for a version starring Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers (doing their Shrek voices, of course), and make a fortune. They performed a number of these trailers; they were fantastic. I should have recorded it. The end.

Comments

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

They've planned all the way up to five and that's not even counting the Puss In Boots movie. They won't stop making 'em until people stop paying to see them ... until they stop paying in droves. And if only one does badly they'll whip up another to try to get the audience back so it has to be consistent. I hold little hope...

[beckychan.livejournal.com]

See, the Third didn't do much for me. One and Two were great, made me laugh. The Third seemed to have lost its focus. It just wasn't as good. Sure, people paid a lot to go see the Third, but now that it's disappointed, I wonder how eager they'll be to see Goes Fourth. I'll prolly see it, but not opening night, you know?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I'd go see it if it was set in the trenches. :D

I didn't see #3 either. As much as I love the talent at Dreamworks and don't mind giving my share towards their free lunches (and breakfasts and dinners and snacks) I refuse to reward bad behaviour. And the people responsible for it would be the ones to take most of my ticket dollars.