list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Space Chimps on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Space_Chimps/279580/default.aspx Title: Space Chimps
Year: 2008
Director: Donovan Cook, Norton Virgien, Kirk De Micco
Plot: Jeff Daniels, Stanley Tucci, Cheryl Hines, and Andy Samberg lend their voices to this computer-animated comedy following the descendants of the first chimps in space as they blast off for fun and adventure on a far-away planet. Ham III (Samberg) is the grandson of Ham, the first-ever chimp astronaut. This ne'er-do-well chimp may not be the most qualified ape for the job, but a scheming senator (Tucci) has recruited him for a most dangerous mission. It seems that a powerful tyrant (Daniels) has overtaken an alien world, and now it's up to Ham III and his trusty simian crew (Hines and Patrick Warburton) to help overthrow the deep-space despot. Perhaps with some training from Ham III's mentor (Kenan Thompson) and the help of a friendly alien (Kristin Chenoweth) this fearless group of anthropoids can make the universe a safer place for aliens and humans alike. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:03:21 GMTSpace Chimps2008Donovan Cook, Norton Virgien, Kirk De Micco<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____16881/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jeff Daniels</a>, <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____72023/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Stanley Tucci</a>, <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___360471/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Cheryl Hines</a>, and <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___478538/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Andy Samberg</a> lend their voices to this computer-animated comedy following the descendants of the first chimps in space as they blast off for fun and adventure on a far-away planet. Ham III (Samberg) is the grandson of Ham, the first-ever chimp astronaut. This ne'er-do-well chimp may not be the most qualified ape for the job, but a scheming senator (Tucci) has recruited him for a most dangerous mission. It seems that a powerful tyrant (Daniels) has overtaken an alien world, and now it's up to Ham III and his trusty simian crew (Hines and <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____74594/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Patrick Warburton</a>) to help overthrow the deep-space despot. Perhaps with some training from Ham III's mentor (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___198061/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kenan Thompson</a>) and the help of a friendly alien (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___290127/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kristin Chenoweth</a>) this fearless group of anthropoids can make the universe a safer place for aliens and humans alike. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide231http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s279580.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Space_Chimps/279580/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/7/18/32731.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 7/18/2008 2:00:58 PM
Body: Surely you are going to see The Dark Knight this weekend. Even if you already saw it at a preview screening last night/this morning, you’re probably geeky enough to be planning on seeing it again before Monday morning comes along. After all, Warner Bros. has dispersed a record amount of prints to a record amount of screens and the pundits are predicting a record box office gross for the weekend (never mind the fact that fellow new releases Mamma Mia! and Space Chimps and other still-strong blockbusters Hellboy II, Hancock and Wall-E will be supposedly be assisting in this matter). It’s almost being forced to be a monumental event. So, yeah, you’re totally going. You probably even already bought tickets, since Fandango reports that advance tickets for TDK have been the fastest sell since Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (while writing this I received a new Fandango press release claiming they’re selling 10 TDK tickets per second today). Wait, what? You say you’re skipping out on TDK this weekend? Not possible. Whatever your lame excuse, I have a rebuttal: 10. You Didn’t See Batman Begins - This should be a decent enough reason not to see TDK, except that apparently it’s not really necessary to see the previous installment. I’ve seen TDK called better than BB, I’ve seen it called The Godfather Part II of superhero movies and I’ve seen it called the Empire Strikes Back of the franchise. But more importantly, I’m pretty sure I read somewhere (or maybe I dreamed it) that TDK should be where Christopher Nolan’s take on the series begins. So just retrospectively consider BB a prequel. 9. You’re turned off by all the marketing - Sure, the Dominos pizza boxes and the Comcast ads were a bit much. And even before all the promotional tie-ins arrived, the different marketing strategies were obnoxious. But just think: if The Dark Knight doesn’t actually break records this weekend thanks to your dollars, the next big tentpole will only try harder and more annoyingly to woo you. 8. You’re going to see Space Chimps - Why? Because you have small children? Seriously, take them to see TDK. They may be creeped out now, but they’ll thank you in twenty years. As for the other big new release, you and your daughter really don’t want to be fighting the fanboys at the box office just to see Mamma Mia! Do you? By the way, TDK has the highest Rotten Tomatoes score of any movie opening this week — foreign films included — so it’s not like you can use that pretentious “better than” attitude this time. 7. You’re waiting until the IMAX showings aren’t all sold out - This was actually my excuse at first. And really I should be seeing it in IMAX first. But it could be weeks until the single screen in NYC is no longer sold out, so I might as well just buck up and go see it on a regular screen now and see it again in IMAX in a month. I’ll be able to appreciate the grand visuals even more if I don’t have to pay as much attention to the story anyway. 6. The only Bruce Wayne/Batman for you is Val Kilmer - Actually, it’s a scientific fact that Kilmer is not the best person to play any character. He comes pretty damn close with Jim Morrison, but the real-life Morrison was just a little bit better in the role. 5. The only Commissioner Gordon for you is the guy in Maximum Overdrive that calls everyone “Bubba.” - His name is Pat Hingle, and I agree that he is one of the best character actors working today. But, sorry, nobody beats Gary Oldman. Even David Edelstein, who is one of like two critics to pan the film, celebrates Oldman’s involvement. 4. You already saw the trailers for Terminator Salvation, Twilight, Watchmen and even Body of Lies online - Yeah, we all say that the trailers are the best part about going to the movies. But this rare time that statement doesn’t apply. 3. You believe that seeing a big Hollywood release on opening weekend further encourages the practice of front-loading grosses and continues the damage done to both independent film and the movie theater industry - Okay, this isn’t a lame excuse at all. And I wholeheartedly support you on this issue. If you seriously want to use this excuse, go right ahead. People are going to call you a curmudgeon and tell you to have a little more fun in your life, but your reasoning is completely valid. 2. You don’t want to exploit Heath Ledger’s death - If you show up to the movies this weekend, everyone’s going to think you’re one of the many just seeing the movie because of Ledger — his death, not his performance, of course. But if you ignore the movie because of this reason, meaning because he died, aren’t you still exploiting him? And you’re missing an awesome movie, too. 1. What’s The Dark Knight? - This is a tribute to David Letterman’s Top Ten #1s, which are usually so snappy yet so unfunny. Really, though, if you didn’t know what The Dark Knight was, you wouldn’t be reading this list. Plus, even your grandma knows what it is. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:00:58 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com7/18/2008 2:00:58 PM Surely you are going to see The Dark Knight this weekend. Even if you already saw it at a preview screening last night/this morning, you’re probably geeky enough to be planning on seeing it again before Monday morning comes along. After all, Warner Bros. has dispersed a record amount of prints to a record amount of screens and the pundits are predicting a record box office gross for the weekend (never mind the fact that fellow new releases Mamma Mia! and Space Chimps and other still-strong blockbusters Hellboy II, Hancock and Wall-E will be supposedly be assisting in this matter). It’s almost being forced to be a monumental event. So, yeah, you’re totally going. You probably even already bought tickets, since Fandango reports that advance tickets for TDK have been the fastest sell since Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (while writing this I received a new Fandango press release claiming they’re selling 10 TDK tickets per second today). Wait, what? You say you’re skipping out on TDK this weekend? Not possible. Whatever your lame excuse, I have a rebuttal: 10. You Didn’t See Batman Begins - This should be a decent enough reason not to see TDK, except that apparently it’s not really necessary to see the previous installment. I’ve seen TDK called better than BB, I’ve seen it called The Godfather Part II of superhero movies and I’ve seen it called the Empire Strikes Back of the franchise. But more importantly, I’m pretty sure I read somewhere (or maybe I dreamed it) that TDK should be where Christopher Nolan’s take on the series begins. So just retrospectively consider BB a prequel. 9. You’re turned off by all the marketing - Sure, the Dominos pizza boxes and the Comcast ads were a bit much. And even before all the promotional tie-ins arrived, the different marketing strategies were obnoxious. But just think: if The Dark Knight doesn’t actually break records this weekend thanks to your dollars, the next big tentpole will only try harder and more annoyingly to woo you. 8. You’re going to see Space Chimps - Why? Because you have small children? Seriously, take them to see TDK. They may be creeped out now, but they’ll thank you in twenty years. As for the other big new release, you and your daughter really don’t want to be fighting the fanboys at the box office just to see Mamma Mia! Do you? By the way, TDK has the highest Rotten Tomatoes score of any movie opening this week — foreign films included — so it’s not like you can use that pretentious “better than” attitude this time. 7. You’re waiting until the IMAX showings aren’t all sold out - This was actually my excuse at first. And really I should be seeing it in IMAX first. But it could be weeks until the single screen in NYC is no longer sold out, so I might as well just buck up and go see it on a regular screen now and see it again in IMAX in a month. I’ll be able to appreciate the grand visuals even more if I don’t have to pay as much attention to the story anyway. 6. The only Bruce Wayne/Batman for you is Val Kilmer - Actually, it’s a scientific fact that Kilmer is not the best person to play any character. He comes pretty damn close with Jim Morrison, but the real-life Morrison was just a little bit better in the role. 5. The only Commissioner Gordon for you is the guy in Maximum Overdrive that calls everyone “Bubba.” - His name is Pat Hingle, and I agree that he is one of the best character actors working today. But, sorry, nobody beats Gary Oldman. Even David Edelstein, who is one of like two critics to pan the film, celebrates Oldman’s involvement. 4. You already saw the trailers for Terminator Salvation, Twilight, Watchmen and even Body of Lies online - Yeah, we all say that the trailers are the best part about going to the movies. But this rare time that statement doesn’t apply. 3. You believe that seeing a big Hollywood release on opening weekend further encourages the practice of front-loading grosses and continues the damage done to both independent film and the movie theater industry - Okay, this isn’t a lame excuse at all. And I wholeheartedly support you on this issue. If you seriously want to use this excuse, go right ahead. People are going to call you a curmudgeon and tell you to have a little more fun in your life, but your reasoning is completely valid. 2. You don’t want to exploit Heath Ledger’s death - If you show up to the movies this weekend, everyone’s going to think you’re one of the many just seeing the movie because of Ledger — his death, not his performance, of course. But if you ignore the movie because of this reason, meaning because he died, aren’t you still exploiting him? And you’re missing an awesome movie, too. 1. What’s The Dark Knight? - This is a tribute to David Letterman’s Top Ten #1s, which are usually so snappy yet so unfunny. Really, though, if you didn’t know what The Dark Knight was, you wouldn’t be reading this list. Plus, even your grandma knows what it is. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/4/18/27485.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 4/18/2008 5:01:01 PM
Body: Never mind the fact that my school just let out for spring break. It’s a beautiful 77 degrees in New York City today, the outdoor bars are open and I’m wearing shorts for the first time this year. Plus, the Entertainment Weekly Summer Movie Preview just arrived in my mailbox, giving me the signal that it is officially the blockbuster season. Sure, May 2nd isn’t for two more weeks, when technically Iron Man begins the summer movie stretch (can’t we just pretend The Forbidden Kingdom is the first summer action flick?), but nothing says, “break out the beach ball,” like the bible of blockbuster buzz. Yet there’s something strange about this year’s issue. There’s a little less marketing-agency-fueled promotion and a little more reality checking. Maybe it’s because these days, thanks to the web, most moviegoers have already heard about the big releases. That would explain why EW devotes most of its two-page spread on The Incredible Hulk to describing its troubles: On March 11, Nikki Finke’s industry blog, Deadline Hollywood Daily, broke news of the scuffle between Marvel and Norton, declaring it a “feud.” And suddenly it was. Communication between Norton and Marvel seems to have stopped. “”The press is what kept Edward and Marvel from talking to each other,” Leterrier says. “[The argument] was nothing, but then it became something big.” And that chunk comes after already setting up some less than exciting words about the movie: It’s unfortunate that Hulk has been generating negative publicity lately, because there’s a lot at stake for Marvel: The company’s first two films, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, are being released this summer. Marvel’s decision to cast Norton as Banner was a gutsy choice in more ways than one. Norton is an enormously respected actor, but the Fight Club star also has a reputation for being an intense presence behind the scenes. Considering EW is typically one of the bigger places for publicizing movies, the negativity of the article is “unfortunate” indeed. And it’s not just Hulk that gets the bad buzz treatment. The first sentence for the Sex and the City spot reads: “The Sex and the City movie was supposed to come out ages ago. Remember?” Way to point out the problem of post-relevancy, EW. Can’t you be more up, as in the case of the first sentence for Wall-E (”Pixar has never had a flop.”)? At least the preview does have a new kind of highlighter box, in which a number of just-off-the-radar movies are given due attention. Entitled “What the #@!* Is … “, we now get the goods on such significant yet smaller summer movies as The Foot Fist Way, The Mother of Tears, Hamlet 2 and … umm … Space Chimps. In case you actually think this summer is going to be filled with awesome popcorn flicks, pick up the magazine, on newsstands now. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:01:01 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com4/18/2008 5:01:01 PMNever mind the fact that my school just let out for spring break. It’s a beautiful 77 degrees in New York City today, the outdoor bars are open and I’m wearing shorts for the first time this year. Plus, the Entertainment Weekly Summer Movie Preview just arrived in my mailbox, giving me the signal that it is officially the blockbuster season. Sure, May 2nd isn’t for two more weeks, when technically Iron Man begins the summer movie stretch (can’t we just pretend The Forbidden Kingdom is the first summer action flick?), but nothing says, “break out the beach ball,” like the bible of blockbuster buzz. Yet there’s something strange about this year’s issue. There’s a little less marketing-agency-fueled promotion and a little more reality checking. Maybe it’s because these days, thanks to the web, most moviegoers have already heard about the big releases. That would explain why EW devotes most of its two-page spread on The Incredible Hulk to describing its troubles: On March 11, Nikki Finke’s industry blog, Deadline Hollywood Daily, broke news of the scuffle between Marvel and Norton, declaring it a “feud.” And suddenly it was. Communication between Norton and Marvel seems to have stopped. “”The press is what kept Edward and Marvel from talking to each other,” Leterrier says. “[The argument] was nothing, but then it became something big.” And that chunk comes after already setting up some less than exciting words about the movie: It’s unfortunate that Hulk has been generating negative publicity lately, because there’s a lot at stake for Marvel: The company’s first two films, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, are being released this summer. Marvel’s decision to cast Norton as Banner was a gutsy choice in more ways than one. Norton is an enormously respected actor, but the Fight Club star also has a reputation for being an intense presence behind the scenes. Considering EW is typically one of the bigger places for publicizing movies, the negativity of the article is “unfortunate” indeed. And it’s not just Hulk that gets the bad buzz treatment. The first sentence for the Sex and the City spot reads: “The Sex and the City movie was supposed to come out ages ago. Remember?” Way to point out the problem of post-relevancy, EW. Can’t you be more up, as in the case of the first sentence for Wall-E (”Pixar has never had a flop.”)? At least the preview does have a new kind of highlighter box, in which a number of just-off-the-radar movies are given due attention. Entitled “What the #@!* Is … “, we now get the goods on such significant yet smaller summer movies as The Foot Fist Way, The Mother of Tears, Hamlet 2 and … umm … Space Chimps. In case you actually think this summer is going to be filled with awesome popcorn flicks, pick up the magazine, on newsstands now. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/4/16/27362.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 4/16/2008 2:02:00 PM
Body: The internet is an evil construct that’s causing us to submissively open our arms to totalitarianism! No, this isn’t another one of my posts about how our society is entering the world of The Matrix. This is the belief and fear of Barry Sonnenfeld, the director of Men in Black, Men in Black II and Wild Wild West, clearly a fan of lighter sci-fi than of the Orwellian sort. Speaking this week at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Vegas, he lashed out against the internet, because of how it’s threatening democracy: Sonnenfeld fears that children today will grow up with “no concept of the right to privacy and in fact not understand the need for it. Because the Facebook generation is not concerned with what people know about them . . . they will have no problem with additional governmental supervision, spying and intervention. They will be thrilled that the Internet will be able to follow their every move. Bonnenfeld’s main issue, of course, may be with his claim that kids are on the internet all day long and may not take a break this summer to go see Space Chimps, which he produced. Or that one day we’ll no longer have the freedom to choose which dumb comedic Will Smith sci-fi movies we go to see. But he does have a point, nonetheless. And the point does in fact support my writings about the plugged in generation and its Matrix-like passivity. There is, however, the other way of looking at the internet, as actor Tim Robbins addressed, also at the NAB Show: “just when we were close to a national news media providing a general consensus on what the truth is,” he added, “along comes the Internets [sic] that allows its users a choice on the kind of news it watches and the YouTube. My God, we’ve got to stop them.” Obviously we’re at a crossroads, where some people are using the force of the internet for good and others are letting it take them over. But for movie fans, the horizon looks mighty cool, with its combination of The Matrix, Star Wars, Spider-Man 3, Equilibrium and other geeky delights (Robbins also claimed: “We are at an abyss as an industry and as a country.” That’s cool, I love The Abyss, too). Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:02:00 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com4/16/2008 2:02:00 PMThe internet is an evil construct that’s causing us to submissively open our arms to totalitarianism! No, this isn’t another one of my posts about how our society is entering the world of The Matrix. This is the belief and fear of Barry Sonnenfeld, the director of Men in Black, Men in Black II and Wild Wild West, clearly a fan of lighter sci-fi than of the Orwellian sort. Speaking this week at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Vegas, he lashed out against the internet, because of how it’s threatening democracy: Sonnenfeld fears that children today will grow up with “no concept of the right to privacy and in fact not understand the need for it. Because the Facebook generation is not concerned with what people know about them . . . they will have no problem with additional governmental supervision, spying and intervention. They will be thrilled that the Internet will be able to follow their every move. Bonnenfeld’s main issue, of course, may be with his claim that kids are on the internet all day long and may not take a break this summer to go see Space Chimps, which he produced. Or that one day we’ll no longer have the freedom to choose which dumb comedic Will Smith sci-fi movies we go to see. But he does have a point, nonetheless. And the point does in fact support my writings about the plugged in generation and its Matrix-like passivity. There is, however, the other way of looking at the internet, as actor Tim Robbins addressed, also at the NAB Show: “just when we were close to a national news media providing a general consensus on what the truth is,” he added, “along comes the Internets [sic] that allows its users a choice on the kind of news it watches and the YouTube. My God, we’ve got to stop them.” Obviously we’re at a crossroads, where some people are using the force of the internet for good and others are letting it take them over. But for movie fans, the horizon looks mighty cool, with its combination of The Matrix, Star Wars, Spider-Man 3, Equilibrium and other geeky delights (Robbins also claimed: “We are at an abyss as an industry and as a country.” That’s cool, I love The Abyss, too). Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/alien-not-human/MemberTagFilms.aspxalien-not-human
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