Why do Alvin and the Chipmunks exist?

I just don't get it. Why do Alvin and the Chipmunks exist? What purpose do they have? Any ideas?

I assume they have some good aspects. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?

the song is cool.

the movie(s) suck :x

the song is cool.

the movie(s) suck :x

munchlax99

The songs suck, I haven't seen the movies but they've gotta suck.

Mama and Papa Chipmunk got a wee bit tipsy one new years eve. At the same party, the fairy godmother and a witch doctor also got a wee bit tipsy, they exploded into a nuclear magical dust ball that fell on the getting busy mama and papa. I thought everyone knew that.

Mama and Papa Chipmunk got a wee bit tipsy one new years eve. At the same party, the fairy godmother and a witch doctor also got a wee bit tipsy, they exploded into a nuclear magical dust ball that fell on the getting busy mama and papa. I thought everyone knew that.

Zyrokin

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Mama and Papa Chipmunk got a wee bit tipsy one new years eve. At the same party, the fairy godmother and a witch doctor also got a wee bit tipsy, they exploded into a nuclear magical dust ball that fell on the getting busy mama and papa. I thought everyone knew that.

df853

The nuclear magical dust ball made them invincible.

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the song is cool.

the movie(s) suck :x

dunl12496

The songs suck, I haven't seen the movies but they've gotta suck.

i like the original song because it is different. i didn't know there was more than one :P

They exist to simulate hell.

For little kids to watch, not that complex. Target audience: 3-8 Year olds.

They exist to simulate hell.

jerk-o-tron2000

Part two was yogi bear 3d. Goodness why did they have that commercial in True Grit.

I used to watch the cartoon when I was little. And honestly, I don't know how I did it. Their voices make my ears bleed.

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They exist to simulate hell.

dunl12496

Part two was yogi bear 3d. Goodness why did they have that commercial in True Grit.

You'd think that a mature movie would have mature previews, not kidde crap.

I just don't get it. Why do Alvin and the Chipmunks exist? What purpose do they have? Any ideas?

I assume they have some good aspects. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?

df853

the oldschool chipmunks exist becauue Ross Bagdasarian sped up some tapes and thought the higher pitched voices were amusing. The movies exist because Hollywood is out of ideas.

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They exist to simulate hell.

jerk-o-tron2000

Part two was yogi bear 3d. Goodness why did they have that commercial in True Grit.

You'd think that a mature movie would have mature previews, not kidde crap.

Well, parent's don't seem to care too much about restricting kids, and the date night for the mom could lead to: "I want to see that with the kids!" I don't see how a four year old would want to see it.

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Part two was yogi bear 3d. Goodness why did they have that commercial in True Grit.

dunl12496

You'd think that a mature movie would have mature previews, not kidde crap.

Well, parent's don't seem to care too much about restricting kids, and the date night for the mom could lead to: "I want to see that with the kids!" I don't see how a four year old would want to see it.

Logic like that does not belong on OT, or the internet. Party foul on you good sir.

For little kids to watch, not that complex. Target audience: 3-8 Year olds.

rockerbikie

And mentally handicapped adults. Seriously, they're a relatively untapped market. I know one who saw that movie repeatedly at the cinemas.

I just don't get it. Why do Alvin and the Chipmunks exist? What purpose do they have? Any ideas?

df853

For pretty much the exact same reason that Transformers exist. Because kids are dumb as hell, and a lot of parents will spend money to take their kids to see stupid ass **** just to get the kids to stop complaining.

I don't even get why people complain about movies like this. I watched Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoons when I was a little kid, because I was a little kid and I was dumb as ****. These movies are no different. That old school style "children's programming block" was designed for one thing only: to get dumbass kids to see stupid **** on TV, and then make their parents buy it for them. These movies are no different. Some dumbass kid is gonna see some ads for some stupid-ass kids movies like Alvin and the Chipmunks, and whine and scream until his parents finally cave in and bring the whole family to go watch the movie.

This is certainly no different than the mindlessly idiotic crap that I saw as a kid, probably not much worse than most of the mindlessly idiotic crap that most of the OTHER people here watched as kids. It's easy to criticize this kind of crap once you've grown up and can look back on things in hindsight, but I'm gonna wager that you weren't all that discriminating about your movies either when you were that age. This is a movie for kids. It's easy for you to think that it has no reason to exist, since you are no longer a kid. You'd might as well start criticizing Barbie for being too girly. Of course it looks stupid to you, it's not FOR you.

the oldschool chipmunks exist becauue Ross Bagdasarian sped up some tapes and thought the higher pitched voices were amusing. The movies exist because Hollywood is out of ideas.

dissonantblack

They really need a final movie that wraps it up for good with zero chance of there being any new movies. Like, perhaps Dave can exploit the chipmunks singing abilities for the millionth time and then being major music stars the chipmunks get mixed with some bad crowds. Then Theodore gains like 10 lbs (~300 lbs for a human), Simon gets electrocuted while running a substance-producing lab and loses all movement of his limbs, and Alvin becomes a mega-alcoholic.

Then later they all try to clean up their act so they can put together a comeback special concert, but Alvin is driving their tour bus and he's had like 1.5 beers (~30 beers for a human), and he ends up driving the bus off a cliff and it explodes in a giant fireball. Dave gets a call from the police telling what happened, and he's just like, "Nuts... I guess I'll need to come up with some new money-making scheme. I wonder if I still have that letter template for the Nigerian doctor that is giving away a million dollars." Then in the next scene you see Dave getting put in a jail cell and that's the end of the movie.

Because children enjoy their horrific music, and the kiddy comedy in their movies.

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For little kids to watch, not that complex. Target audience: 3-8 Year olds.

pengo93

And mentally handicapped adults. Seriously, they're a relatively untapped market. I know one who saw that movie repeatedly at the cinemas.

Doing that has gotta be past MR.

That isn't alvin and the chipmunks. A&TC was a beloved cartoon. This is crap.XilePrincess

Indeed. A&TCM had to change with the generation sadly.