During a recent interview with CBR, Genndy Tartakovsky (the director of the original animated Powerpuff Girls) was asked about the in-development live-action series, leading to him implying the staff may not be fit for the job.
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Genndy Tartakovsky was asked questions about the live-action CW series before about a year ago, and back then he seemed to have a slightly more positive perspective:
“I didn’t create it, but obviously I worked on it a lot. When you try to do a certain thing and then you’re successful at it, and then somebody else takes it, and now is gonna make it a different thing, is that good? Is it bad? I mean, they made an anime from Powerpuff Girls. And then it was like straight anime, it’s like, ‘Oh yeah, it lost a lot of some of the charm that I thought we had in the American version.’ But it was good in a different way too. So, that’s the thing. It’s always, ‘Who’s gonna do it? Is it gonna be sincere? Is there a purpose for it besides just, ‘Oh, people know Powerpuff Girls, so let’s do it.'”
More recently, he seems to have cooled on the idea:
Interviewer: A number of animated series are being adapted to live-action, including The Powerpuff Girls — how do you think this story will translate to live-action?
Genndy: “These days, the lines are… I don’t know if there are any more lines left to cross. Some stuff that’s animated becomes live-action and vice versa like you’re saying. We did Star Wars as an animated show and I feel like that’s the threshold of great properties becoming animation. So for me, I’m not as interested in that anymore. I feel like creating an original show and bringing it to life is extremely satisfying. As far as The Powerpuff Girls go, you know, I don’t know — I think anything can work if it’s got good people attached to it, and they kind of figure it out. The idea is strong, sure, and it worked as an animated show. So we shall see.”
Genndy’s perspective had shifted from “this is interesting, let’s see how it goes” to “I don’t know, I think you need the right people to make it work”. Fans have been united in the opinion that the people attached to the project aren’t right for it, and even a lead actress made a hasty exit to disconnect herself from it before things got any worse.
Don’t need new staff, just need to DIE!.
They don’t have to die. We just don’t have to save them.
Keep dreaming. I know it’s fun to say ‘Get woke go broke’, blah blah blah, so that we can feel relevant as the customers and all that. However, ‘too big to fail’ is a real term. Once PPG dies doen or becomes ‘the new normal’, they’ll move on to readapting something else.
People used to think Netflix was too big to fail.
Why do you pretend that these companies aren’t downsizing and outsourcing a bunch after they go full preachy marxist ape rhetoric on their customers?
Now, now. The staff doesn’t need to die. Be nice. They just need to be set on fire within a dynamite factory!
I think he meant the production…
Yep, that’s what i mean. I’m not toxic enough to want people to die. I just want all this s♥♥t movies and live actions made from hollywood to stop to exist.
You can take off a limb and its still 86% combat effective.
Here’s a tip…aim for the nerve stem and put it down for good.
The CGI movies are a step up.
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Love that movie! ❤
I wish there was a proper sequel to that movie, ya know, that didn’t suck. 😑
“I think anything can work if it’s got good people attached to it”
And where are those “good” people you are talking about? I only see woke pieces of s♥♥t all around wanting to work at it.
That is what he is implying without saying it outright … he says that the show is trash because the people attached to it are trash
Hm………dont know about that. Granted, i dont know anything about this guy but seeing how he seemed “enthusiastic” about the project a while back but much less so now (according to the article), my guess is that he just got a s♥♥t ton of backlash and now has to think twice about it. Especially after one actress leaving the project (among many other problems the movie would have like Buttercup suddenly being black and s♥♥t).
But on the other hand, this woke trash could turn into the joke Dragon Ball Evolution was (and still is).
Gendy is absolutely NOT into that woke s♥♥t.
A year ago, he was optimistic because there was probably hardly anything fucked at that point. The script was probably still in the process of being written, and they didn’t had the cast set yet. Now? Now he saw what they did to his legacy.
And he can’t outright come up and say “this is s♥♥t! they ruined it”, because if he did, he would never find any job in Rottenwood ever again. And man have to eat.
Oh no
Anyways…
They’re trying so hard. This would never work out. Just kill it already.
Why are the Californians obsessed with live action
Half of the population there is failed actors and social nedia clowns, the other half is mexicans
Theyre desperate for a job
This coming from an online hermit that lives off his family’s wages and welfare.
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The live action Power Puff Girls needs a new studio, writers, actors, producers, directors, etc. The entire production is garbage.
My question is, why did they feel the need to turn the girls into old sluts? After Netflix’s “Cuties”, you’d figure that the Hollywood pedos wouldn’t have any problem doing a faithful adaption of the source material.