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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#26: Aug 11th 2015 at 4:00:40 PM

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there's another Jem trailer out. And hey! This one has Synergy. Or at least, there's something CALLED Synergy.

Nexus Since: Jan, 2001
Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#28: Aug 12th 2015 at 4:33:04 AM

Oh… so that's how they're gonna justify the "& the Holograms" part of the title. surprised

Who knows, it might end up as a clever and sarcastic criticism of the star system…

……

Hm yeah, no. [lol]

Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#29: Aug 13th 2015 at 1:25:55 AM

I'm still not getting why everyone hates this.

Right now, to me, it looks mediocre at worst. And... kinda charming at best.

"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#30: Aug 15th 2015 at 8:36:12 PM

its always funny to hear people complain about ruining a show that was always about selling toys

Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#31: Aug 16th 2015 at 4:10:43 AM

I don't really care about the show personally. I just don't really see the point of this movie's existence, or rather the reason it needs to be based on this. I mean, who even remembers this series or these toys?

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#33: Aug 16th 2015 at 1:23:17 PM

It seems to still be popular. IDW(the guys who do the MLP comics) have been publishing new comics of it. And its on Netflix as well as being on Hub for a time.

It's no Transformers or My Little Pony, but it's still has a fandom.

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NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#34: Aug 16th 2015 at 1:32:28 PM

I remember thinking the series was terrible even when I was a child.

On the other hand, this looks even worse, so much I almost wonder if they aren't just trying to outdo the original's awfulness.

DS9guy Since: Jan, 2001
#35: Oct 22nd 2015 at 9:31:26 AM

First reviews are in. They don't look good.

edited 22nd Oct '15 9:31:43 AM by DS9guy

BorneAgain (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#36: Oct 24th 2015 at 9:25:54 AM

[up]Suggesting any reports about this film's good quality will be erroneous.

Truly, truly erroneous.

ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#37: Oct 25th 2015 at 9:46:10 AM

Brad Jones Midnight Screening review of the movie.

Haven't watched the video yet, but the description mentions that it's the "loosest adaptation of Jem and the Holograms".

Also, because these videos usually go into detail about what was just watched, movie's gonna get spoiled a lot.

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Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#38: Oct 25th 2015 at 10:24:25 AM

The Box office reports are looking bad, as in so terrible that it might manage to loose money despite being made for just 5 million.

From what I've read it's a case of making a movie without a lot of broad appeal that alienated the people who were nostalgic for the source material. So essentially they made a movie that managed the impressive feat of appealing to no one.

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
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#39: Oct 25th 2015 at 10:27:39 AM

Haven't watched the video yet, but the description mentions that it's the "loosest adaptation of Jem and the Holograms"

Which really isn't saying anything at all...

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
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#40: Oct 25th 2015 at 12:31:05 PM

Pan/Rebel Taxi's review.

I thought that the movie sounded awful from Brad's description, but I didn't know it was this incompetent.

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Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#41: Oct 25th 2015 at 2:05:11 PM

Just going by the trailers, this looks over-earnest, over-serious, and sounds otherwise entirely too much like what you'd get if you layered those factors over Hannah Montana. To get Jem right you need melodrama and unlikely situations. And Synergy, and holograms.

This happens entirely too often when stuff like this gets adapted. The adapters don't seem to think the audience will buy the more outre elements, completely forgetting that audiences already have.

Beaver Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#42: Oct 25th 2015 at 2:06:31 PM

Just saw it. It's bad. Really bad.

Is this a Jo Jo reference?
ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#43: Oct 25th 2015 at 5:17:54 PM

Synergy's there. As a little robot that looks nothing like the one from the show.

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LE0Night Since: Jul, 2011
#44: Nov 10th 2015 at 11:00:41 AM

Jem & The Holograms makes history! ...by being the first ever wide-release movie to be removed entirely from every screen after only two weeks, the numbers were so beyond terrible the studio didn't want it to bring down their 2015 box-office average.

edited 29th Nov '15 1:20:57 PM by LE0Night

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#45: Nov 10th 2015 at 7:40:21 PM

You know a movie is a complete fuck-up when it's made for a paltry five million dollars and doesn't even make that back.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#46: Nov 10th 2015 at 7:45:02 PM

One would normally call that prospect...

TRULY OUTRAGEOUS.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#48: Nov 11th 2015 at 10:48:39 AM

Really though, who's the genius that thought it'd be a great idea to have the budget be $5 million?

I mean really, who?

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#49: Nov 11th 2015 at 10:58:13 AM

Who came up with the plot? You'd think they'd try and stay true to the cartoon. It's a lot more plausible than "I got discovered on Youtube and fall in love with money!"

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#50: Nov 11th 2015 at 2:40:42 PM

[up]Do you honestly think a bigger budget would have improved the movie or just put them in a deeper hole?

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.

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