Calvin and Hobbes Movie

I want it.

If well scripted, well produced, and well casted it could turn out to be a great movie. build their relationship and set them in creative situations would be great to watch. it could be dramatic, humorous, cute, and touching. whose with me?

No, I wouldn't like it, mostly because Bill Watterson wouldn't want it, and I tend to side with the creators on issues like this one. He hated the idea of commercializing and expanding Calvin & Hobbes into other media and resented all the pressure that was placed on him to do endorse it. The man has integrity.

No, the series does not need a movie.

Bill Watterson ended Calvin and Hobbes not because he couldn't do it anymore, but because he was honest with himself and felt he had nothing more for Calvin to say or do within the confines of a daily comic strip. Furthermore, Calvin and Hobbes has never had anything approaching a cohesive plot (although certain sustained story arcs occasionally do come up). A movie would almost certainly come across as a cash-in, and Bill Watterson is a man with almost unparalleled artistic integrity - so there is no way he would let Calvin and Hobbes appear in something like a movie, anyway.

No way, you cannot capture Calvin and Hobbes in a movie.

I say direct to DVD shorts, based on original comic strips and drawn by Bill Watterson.

Hollywood rapes artists... And the souls of the American people.

if it does, please be a cartoon movie.smokingsbad

No, no, no, it should totally be a live-action adaptation directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan. :D

[QUOTE="smokingsbad"]if it does, please be a cartoon movie.GabuEx

No, no, no, it should totally be a live-action adaptation directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan. :D

If they ever make a Calvin and Hobbes movie I am officially boycotting movies forever.

No, not really, for the reasons that have been mentioned.

[QUOTE="smokingsbad"]if it does, please be a cartoon movie.GabuEx

No, no, no, it should totally be a live-action adaptation directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan. :D

Only if it can be depressing and it involving Calvin taking medication and stop caring about Hobbles :)

A TV cartoon show would be better.

Movie would ruin it. I can see it happening though.

No, they would just screw it up major big time like the Garfield movies.

Only if Pixar does it. Anyone else would result in MASSIVE FAILs.

No, I don't see it translating well into a movie.

Only if it can be depressing and it involving Calvin taking medication and stop caring about Hobbles :)

MrEnvelope

My God, that is sad.

No. Nay. Never. By no means. No way. Not at all. Absolutely not.

It would tarnish the original comics, no matter what they did. Calvin and Hobbes is something that should just stay on paper.

Waterson fought his syndicate for licencing rights to avoid this sort of thing. I don't even like it when I see those laminates on the back of cars, a movie would be an abomination.

Only if Pixar does it. Anyone else would result in MASSIVE FAILs.

xionvalkyrie

No, I wouldn't like it, mostly because Bill Watterson wouldn't want it, and I tend to side with the creators on issues like this one. He hated the idea of commercializing and expanding Calvin & Hobbes into other media and resented all the pressure that was placed on him to do endorse it. The man has integrity.

VigilanteArtist

Yeah this. Calvin and Hobbes is special because it doesn't try to be something it isn't. Watterson did a fantastic job on the comic series and I think it would tarnish the comic and Watterson's integrity. As much as I'd like to hear Calvin talk to Hobbes in an animation or something, the simple fact is that it would be made purely for monetary gain, which is exactly what Watterson was against. You don't see any merchandise for Calvin and Hobbes because of this.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="smokingsbad"]if it does, please be a cartoon movie.th3warr1or

No, no, no, it should totally be a live-action adaptation directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan. :D

I found the perfect picture, so now I have to.

Bill Waterson is a great, great, man.... Im not sure if anyone here realizes just how much money that guy has turned down in order to maintain the spirit of his comic series. He even tried to sue those companies that produce those shirts and stickers with calvin peeing on things not for the money but again because it ruined the characters image. Calvin isnt like that. hes not nasty and gross just for the sake of being nasty and gross. I also think that if anyone tried to adapt it in any way shape or form it would somehow taint the original and wouldnt be able to compare to the it without the help of Bill Waterson. Also calvin and hobbes voice are in my head, I never want to hear them speak

There should be a movie based off of the people Calvin and Hobbes are named after, John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes. Now THAT would be a great movie. Granted, as a Calvinist I am "slightly" biased. :Pmindstorm

Just for you:

Only if it can be depressing and it involving Calvin taking medication and stop caring about Hobbles MrEnvelope

That's a fake. The last Calvin and Hobbes strip does not involve medications of any kind.
This is how Calvin and Hobbes ended:

They will make this movie, you'll just have to wait till Bill Watterson is dead.

Stupid Hollywood :(

that's a terrible idea.

Bill Waterson is a great, great, man.... Im not sure if anyone here realizes just how much money that guy has turned down in order to maintain the spirit of his comic series. He even tried to sue those companies that produce those shirts and stickers with calvin peeing on things not for the money but again because it ruined the characters image. Calvin isnt like that. hes not nasty and gross just for the sake of being nasty and gross. I also think that if anyone tried to adapt it in any way shape or form it would somehow taint the original and wouldnt be able to compare to the it without the help of Bill Waterson. Also calvin and hobbes voice are in my head, I never want to hear them speak

VendettaRed07

No way, I am under the impression that the comic ended because Watterson was being pressured to expand the Calvin and Hobbes brand to marketing, etc so he just eneded it to avoid it being whored out.