How about a live action commander mcbragg ?

[mighty mouse]

I think it would be hilarious !:rolleyes: :eek: :p

[frootloops]

I think it would be hilarious !:rolleyes: :eek: :pThey should get Leslie Neilson to play him. He reminds me of him, slightly. He seems the type that could play an over confident prollocks who boasts about impossible missions he once did.

Get Brendon Fraiser to cameo as Tennesee Tuxedo. Ethan Suplee as Chumley, of couse.

[mighty mouse]

Actually the perfect person to play him is no longer alive, John Houseman who played the grandfather on silver spoons.

[Geezil]

No, no, no! For the Commander, it'd have to be John Cleese!! :D

[CyberFox]

How's "Hell No" sound for an answer?

If the Disney adaptation of "Underdog" showcase what's gonna happen to the Total TV characters when they get to be made into movies, I say screw it!

Let them be!

[nickramer]

Can we please close this thread? I have a feeling some no talented writers who don't have any unoriginal ideas might be reading this!:eek:

[speedy fast]

I think that a live action Commander McBragg movie would be much better than Underdog (or at least it would keep the characters in character better). However, Commander McBragg's segments are short, and could easily be an anthology series if you replaced Commander McBragg with others. Would a Commander McBragg movie just be about him telling somebody a story about an adventure that he had, with McBragg narrarating, or would he talk about a few adventures he's had, or would it not even have him talking about something he has done?

[mighty mouse]

I would say him telling a story about his adventures with flashbacks.;) Anyway, I created this thread for a few laughs, I like the cartoon, but im not serious about it becoming a movie.:p

[Fibber Fox]

No, no, no! For the Commander, it'd have to be John Cleese!! :D

What about Kenny Delmar? ;)

FF

[J Lee]

McBragg was basically taken from the old Baron Munchousen character, who Monty Python's Terry Gilliam used in a weird live-action movie of 20 years ago. He's also derivative from the Bray Studio's slient cartoon character Colonel Heeza Liar, so any live-action version of McBragg would be a derivative of a derivative of a derivative (which, come to think of it, is about one level up on the creative ladder from where the average Hollywood movie is right now).

[Marty26]

How about getting Leo DeCaprio to play Commander McBragg and Justin Timberlake to play Tennessee Tuxedo? At least this wouldn't be too out of the ordinary for Hollywood.:rolleyes:

[frootloops]

No, no, no! For the Commander, it'd have to be John Cleese!! :D John Cleese should play Dick Dastardly!

[frootloops]

I think that a live action Commander McBragg movie would be much better than Underdog (or at least it would keep the characters in character better). However, Commander McBragg's segments are short, and could easily be an anthology series if you replaced Commander McBragg with others. Would a Commander McBragg movie just be about him telling somebody a story about an adventure that he had, with McBragg narrarating, or would he talk about a few adventures he's had, or would it not even have him talking about something he has done?I think it would be him telling another gentlemen about an adventure that leads into an adventure that leads into another adventure and so on. Meanwhile, the gentleman is trying to escape the whole time but still remaning polite.

[Ray Pointer]

Commander McBragg was a limited character. He would not sustain enough interest to "command" a feature devoted entirely to him. And frankly, I never really like him. The segments were essentially one minute jokes used to fill in between segments and commercials on the old TENNESEE TUXEDO show, and used on other Total and Jay Ward shows in syndication. So a live action Commander McBragg would make as much sense as a live action a la' computer aided UNDERDOG. Horrible idea. For that matter, how about a live action KING LEONARDO (AND HIS SHORT SUBJECTS)?

Frankly, these concepts are entilrely wrong. What would have been a better idea would be a live action Jonny Quest since it is already a naturalistic concept.

[Marty26]

Commander McBragg was a limited character. He would not sustain enough interest to "command" a feature devoted entirely to him. And frankly, I never really like him. The segments were essentially one minute jokes used to fill in between segments and commercials on the old TENNESEE TUXEDO show, and used on other Total and Jay Ward shows in syndication. So a live action Commander McBragg would make as much sense as a live action a la' computer aided UNDERDOG. Horrible idea. For that matter, how about a live action KING LEONARDO (AND HIS SHORT SUBJECTS)?

Frankly, these concepts are entilrely wrong. What would have been a better idea would be a live action Jonny Quest since it is already a naturalistic concept.

Agreed.

Regarding my thoughts on those Commander McBragg segments, I did like the Commander McBragg cartoon where he tells the story of how he "invented the airplane." What's interesting about those shorts is that the audience itself is generally left to decide whether or not his stories are actually "true" (or as "true" as a cartoon character's story can get). One thing that always bothered me, though, was the way every cartoon was closed with McBragg grunting, "Quite" after his pupil (who, for some reason, had a different appearance in every cartoon - albeit the same voice actor) would sum up his opinion of McBragg's story.

To be honest, I'm not so sure a Tennessee Tuxedo movie would work even as an animated feature, since the series is just too shallow to really be stretched into a full hour-and-a-half feature length.

[J. J. Hunsecker]

I think it would be him telling another gentlemen about an adventure that leads into an adventure that leads into another adventure and so on. Meanwhile, the gentleman is trying to escape the whole time but still remaning polite.
And that other gentleman could be Colonel Heeza Liar.

[Ray Pointer]

Agreed.

Regarding my thoughts on those Commander McBragg segments, I did like the Commander McBragg cartoon where he tells the story of how he "invented the airplane." What's interesting about those shorts is that the audience itself is generally left to decide whether or not his stories are actually "true" (or as "true" as a cartoon character's story can get). One thing that always bothered me, though, was the way every cartoon was closed with McBragg grunting, "Quite" after his pupil (who, for some reason, had a different appearance in every cartoon - albeit the same voice actor) would sum up his opinion of McBragg's story.



As I recall, McBragg was mostly about exaggerated adventures such as hunting, etc. The concept of the egotistical inventor who invented everything that already existed was Clyde Crashcup on THE ALVIN SHOW.

[Jon Cooke]

To be honest, I'm not so sure a Tennessee Tuxedo movie would work even as an animated feature, since the series is just too shallow to really be stretched into a full hour-and-a-half feature length.

Actually, I can totally picture a wacky CGI buddy comedy about a wisecracking penguin and dimwitted walrus attempting to escape from the zoo. Filled with lots of fart jokes and pop culture references!

[Leviathan]

Actually, I can totally picture a wacky CGI buddy comedy about a wisecracking penguin and dimwitted walrus attempting to escape from the zoo. Filled with lots of fart jokes and pop culture references!

Particularly since penguin films are all the rage ( Madagascar, March of the Penguins, Happy Feet, and so on)

[Douglas E.]

Particularly since penguin films are all the rage ( Madagascar, March of the Penguins, Happy Feet, and so on)
Don't forget the mediorce "Surf's Up."

-Doug

[CyberFox]

Let the Total TV characters be

Let's face it the only accurate toon-to-movie adaptation is "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle", the rest range from Ok, Decent all the way to bastardized crapola

[nickramer]

Let the Total TV characters be

Let's face it the only accurate toon-to-movie adaptation is "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle", the rest range from Ok, Decent all the way to bastardized crapola

I don't know. I may be the only person here to have this opinion, but I happened to like the "George of the Jungle" adaption. I thought that was nearly spot on (now the up-comming animation adaption is another story...).

[Matthew Hunter]

I thought the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" movie was too dumb to sit through...and that's a shame, because Robert DeNiro as "Fearless Leader" was too good a talent to waste. Jay Ward's corny jokes could only be pulled off by Jay Ward and co. and work. Whoever did that movie missed the mark.

As for the Total TV characters, the previews for "Underdog" ought to tell you enough. Leave them alone! With all the movies about penguins lately, I'm surprised nobody's done "Tennessee Tuxedo"...but considering the awful "Inspector Gadget" live action movie and the soon-to-be-awful "Get Smart" movie, maybe they figured Don Adams needed a break from grave-spinning!

[CyberFox]

I thought the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" movie was too dumb to sit through...and that's a shame, because Robert DeNiro as "Fearless Leader" was too good a talent to waste. Jay Ward's corny jokes could only be pulled off by Jay Ward and co. and work. Whoever did that movie missed the mark.

Tiffany Ward (the late Jay Ward's daughter) co-produced this film
Sure it has some minor flaws but it does pay a big amount of respect towards the original series

and IMHO, The plotline isn't that bad
I vision it as what we seen on "The Bullwinkle Show" yet a bit more modernized

Plus, most of the crew is mostly dead (especially Jay Ward himself)
June Foray is the only surviving cast member of the show

So I think we should be thankful for this movie for being spiritually accurate to the series where as most of the toon-to-movie adaptations we see today do not!

[Tim Lones]

My wife and I have seen previews for "Underdog The Movie" I think the biggest problem with Underdog is the Title character is so unlike how Wally Cox played him..The Movie Underdog acts way too macho..However my wife, who is 11 years younger than me..liked the previews..So, the only way I will watch this movie is with her..She wants to see it..

That said, I think Commander McBragg could work as an outright farce. At least better than Underdog..

[Daffysleftfoot]

I thought the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" movie was too dumb to sit through...and that's a shame, because Robert DeNiro as "Fearless Leader" was too good a talent to waste. Jay Ward's corny jokes could only be pulled off by Jay Ward and co. and work. Whoever did that movie missed the mark.



I rented that movie and checked out some of the dvd extras. It seems that the director had only worked with live theatre before working on that Rocky & Bullwinkle movie. I thnk that right there explains where much of the movie went wrong. (Also, Piper Perabo can't act her way out of a paper bag. :rolleyes: ).

Yeah, I never liked Commander McBragg either. I found him quite uninteresting. I definitely wouldn't sit through a feature length movie about him.

[speedy fast]

I think it's a shame that Boris and Natasha weren't in more of the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie. Many episodes seemed to give them more screen time than Rocky and Bullwinkle. And Fearless Leader had more screen time in the movie, while he only appeared in eight storylines in the series. I wonder if the major lack of Boris and Natasha was due to them already starring in a live action movie (which I actually like better).

[mmtper]

McBragg was basically taken from the old Baron Munchousen character, who Monty Python's Terry Gilliam used in a weird live-action movie of 20 years ago. He's also derivative from the Bray Studio's slient cartoon character Colonel Heeza Liar, so any live-action version of McBragg would be a derivative of a derivative of a derivative (which, come to think of it, is about one level up on the creative ladder from where the average Hollywood movie is right now).

There's one more influence we ought to mention; indeed, there already was a live-action McBragg: the old character actor Sir C. Aubrey Smith!
http://www.sag.org/history/21founders/smith_c.aubrey.jpgCommander McBragg is directly influenced by Smith's performance as General Burroughs in the 1939 film The Four Feathers. The retired general would harrumph and scoff at the younger military generation, declare "War was war in my day!", and grab food and silverware from the dinner table to help him reenact his great Crimean War battles.

[Dave Mackey]

McBragg works best as a 2-minute vignette. Any longer and you lose the enigmatic nature of this character.

[Mark Arnold]

Just watch the 1939 version of "The Four Feathers". There's your live-action "Commander McBragg" (C. Aubrey Smith)!

[dendawg]

McBragg? :confused:

Most likely we'll see a live action "Go Go Gophers" first. :rolleyes:

[MarkTheShark]

Just watch the 1939 version of "The Four Feathers". There's your live-action "Commander McBragg" (C. Aubrey Smith)!

Yeah, but there are no references to human excrement in that movie! (At least I assume/hope not!) (That seems to be one requirement for a Hollywood movie nowadays...the other seems to be that it has to be a remake/update/sequel/retread of something already done earlier and better.)