Animation: More Smurfs already?
Posted by Fred Patten on Tue 6 Aug 2013 - 04:03 — Edited by GreenReaper
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When Peyo created them in Belgium in 1958, the Schtroumpfs would be considered as anthropomorphic non-humans; no question. Since their Americanization as the Smurfs in 1981, they have become such thinly-disguised humans that they hardly qualify as anthropomorphic any more.
Can the Smurfs return to their origins? That is what the makers of the 22-minute The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow are hoping. Jerry Beck of Animation Scoop has the details.
!['The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow' promo](http://www.flayrah.com/sites/default/files/u/Fred/LegendOfSmurfyHollowPromo.jpg)
Is it just me, or does Sony’s enthusiastic promotion sound like they’re saying, “Forget that Smurfs 2 bomb. Here are the REAL Smurfs!” We’ll see …
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Fred Patten — read stories — contact (login required)a retired former librarian from North Hollywood, California, interested in general anthropomorphics
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Smurfette is impressed by the nerdy one's blue balls...
*Slaps self*
Cartoon Brew: "'SMURFS 2' IS NUMBER ONE GLOBALLY DESPITE SOFT U.S. OPENING".
I feel sick ...
Fred Patten
Smurfs aren't furries; they are gnomes!
Well, I'll be...
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