Dumbo (Live Action Remake)

The crows will sing "Baby Got Back" or "Who let the Dogs Out" during the film's Dance Party Ending.

What are you guys willing to bet that this will somehow end up being even more racist than the original was?

$8.50, plus tax.

that wouldn't surprise me lol. I would bet a buck

Aside from not wanting to see rapping cgi crows that'll be out of date in a blink and painful to listen to, I also fear how Dumbo would look. With the way live action adaptations makes cute characters look, I bet they'll try to make him look realistic to the point where it's scary. They did it with Yogi Bear :(

edited 6th Oct '14 7:14:40 AM by teddy

Andy Serkis as Dumbo.

Now I want to see Dumbo stroking that feather, calling it his "precious".

Who wants to bet that the brat kid who tormented Dumbo in the original movie will become an Ascended Extra and take over protagonist duties from Dumbo, with the movie detailing their journey to becoming the best of friends?

IIRC, he was quite ugly, wasn't he? No way he wouldn't undergo Adaptational Attractiveness.

So what's going to happen when the movie comes out and we're all proven right?

What if it comes out and we're somehow proven wrong?

I suppose the question then becomes if us being proven wrong went in the right direction.

Operation Dumbo Drop gets an animated remake.

edited 6th Oct '14 6:31:53 PM by Grounder

I... I actually liked the live action Dalmatians movies. Dat Glenn Close.

Off topic, but I love your name

Tim Burton to direct.

Well, pack your shit, folks, This Is Gonna Suck.

I'm surprised Tim Burton didn't at least fire his agent.

Well Burton has been getting back on his feet as of late, what with the Big Eyes movie which was fairly well-received.

The moment I see this thread for the first time, I reacted like this:

"WHAT. THE. FUCK."

I'm not saying it will be bad, but since the Live-Action adaptation (or as I would like to call it, Unmusicalised Disney Films, aka, making a live action version of a Disney animated film and therefore REMOVING ALL THE MUSICAL NUMBER ELEMENTS.) is certainly going to be lighter than other Unmusicalised Disney films, I have high hopes for it. Almost.

edited 10th Mar '15 6:49:20 PM by machop

You know, it'll never happen because that franchise has the stink of death all over it nowadays, but the Disney movie Burton should have remade instead of trying to do Alices and Dumbos that don't fit him?

The Black Cauldron, but in a proper adaptation this time.

I mean, Burton's Horned King. Just tell me that wouldn't be the scariest shit ever.

I'd admit, I've never seen the film myself (Bad machop! *whips myself*) but I think I have a clear idea of what Horned King looks like. And Burton, being the kooky yet demented artist (i.e. designing his characters in his 'usual' way) would have a perfect plan to make said villain scarier.

I'm really disappointed now. Big Eyes was a refreshing comeback for Burton but if he's directing this? Ugh. Maybe I can see him pulling out something good if he goes back to Edward Scissorhands level of light fantasy. And with a circus setting he can probably pull off his signature creepiness too. I mean, a Burton-directed Dumbo doesn't sound terrible, but I'd rather see him do more original stuff.

And for Disney to do more original stuff. These remakes aren't necessary. I mean how hard is it to make a modern classic? We've seen how big Frozen was, and I personally think Tangled was even better! They're in a good place right now, just keeping going with the new, and don't drag what's left of Burton's credibility down with your own.

edited 10th Mar '15 9:10:43 PM by HisInfernalMajesty

Well, Disney always wants Burton. So much that it's almost creepy. But not the sexual way, obviously.

I'm not good at metaphoric speaking.

Well, at least it's almost guaranteed he'll do a kickass Pink Elephants sequence. That or it'll be the highest grade Nightmare Fuel this side of Freddy Krueger.

Yeah, I first thought "burton? Really?" and then I remembered the Pink Elephant scene and how freaking weird and dark a lot of the scenes in the movie are. At least we can trust that he will not create something which fits in a candy shop.

"In Tim Burton's reimagining, Dumbo is a burnout methamphetamine addict whose flesh and bones have wasted away to near-nothing, leaving most of his body mass in the freakishly large ears that caused his twisted parents to rent him out for peanut money. He tries to communicate his feelings through song, but so withered and decrepit is his trunk that he is banished from the elephant society forever.

His journey takes him to the elephant graveyard, where he meets a crow, Murder, who perches on the back of his neck and patiently waits for Dumbo's inevitable demise. She is the best friend he's ever had.

Exhausted, shaking from withdrawal, bone-thin and pale white, Dumbo is gripped by the ravages of hallucination and convinces himself he can fly. The film ends with him taking a leap of faith off the Pachyderm Cliff, and we see him flap his ears joyously and fly into the sunset. This is to appease the children watching - the subtext of the end credits scene clearly indicates he found the sweet release of death. The last shot is of Murder, cawing victoriously.

Starring Johnny Depp, with music by Danny Elfman and art direction by a fourteen year-old anorexic goth."

Lol