Boo. Yah.
Joining the ranks of live action/CG hybrid cartoon adaptations is a show from the 70's - Hong Kong Phooey. I'm sure many of you have never seen or even heard of this show before, but I actually watched it quite a bit in my younger days. It was one of those Hanna-Barbera shows along the lines of Quickdraw McGraw and Snagglepuss, but this one featured a janitor dog who moonlights as a kung-fu-fighting crime fighter.
Yes, this movie has the potential to be terrible. But give Hollywood some credit this time - at least they're going for obscure-as-hell cartoons from the 70's instead of giving us a live action/CG hybrid of some of the garbage that passes for kids' television now. At least this gives me something ridiculous to write about...
Bonus note: I love Wikipedia's matter-of-fact statements veiled as complaints. "Although [he] appears to be the only anthropomorphic dog in the entire city where the series is set, no one ever connects his two identities."
Hells yeah we watched HKP Ben!
ReplyDeleteUm, I LOVED Hong Kong Phooey as a kid. Then again, I loved Alvin & the Chipmunks, yet I couldn't bring myself to see that movie.
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ReplyDelete"Hong Kong Phooey ran for just 16 shows, which, for comparison, is 81 episodes less than Caroline in the City." --- FilmDrunk
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