It got a cartoon, so something turned out right.
I think just the whole idea of setting being the inside of Bill Murray was too disturbing for the average viewer, which is why the cartoon takes place in a teen instead.
It's crap. The live action parts were depressingly low budget compared to the animation. Mind you we never see cartoon and live-action together like in Roger Rabbit or Space Jam, so what the hell was the point? They should've just animated everything.
>so what the hell was the point?
I don't know if it was the intention, but it makes a clearer distinction between the fantasy internal activities of the cells and the mundane external activities with Frank. Probably more an artistic decision than a practical one.
>what the hell was the point?
Bill Murray existing as basically just himself in any movie was considered a safe bet for movies at the time, literally the only reason.
>Mind you we never see cartoon and live-action together like in Roger Rabbit or Space Jam, so what the hell was the point
Probably to better deliver the message of "quit fricking your body up".
Watching a cartoon character slowly die due to being a disgusting slob just wouldn't have the impact of seeing an actor do it.
But at the same time, having the cells and inner body as live action would look dumb and they couldn't have done a lot of the gags.
Also, real people are much grosser than you could make them in a cartoon. The pimple bursting scene and Bill's bloated beer belly elicit a much more visceral reaction because it's not stylized.
>Once Upon a Time Life >Osmosis Jones >That one anime/manga about the girl red cell and the guy white cell >The occasional Fantastic Voyage parody/homage in some episodic comedies
Why is the inner body an underused trope in animation?
It was attempting to be an adult animated comedy
But marketing made it look like it was for kids
Jokes were kind of meh even for the time, might have gotten some chuckles from the parents, but the kids wouldn't have really gotten it
Villain neat, but again it was baked around a premise of Bill Murray is sick
Live action parts were too little to really get anything and thus too much since they broke things up
Tried to be a buddy cop which was pretty much a dry well at this point
Spin off series was for kids but since they didn't really care for this the show didn't get much either
Why did they bother making this? Iron Giant was a huge flop, and while it turned out a very good film, everyone knew that was thanks to Brad Bird. And since he wasn't coming back to helm this next project...
The marketing focused heavily on Bill Murray grossout humor and the general premise seemed educational. Instant turn off for me as a kid. I later really liked Ozzy and Drix so I gave the movie a chance and really didn't like it.
Because it isn't a good movie. There is barely any decent humor and organic dialogue. See for yourself.
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Didn't know people thought this was film was bad, literally haven't seen it since I was like 12 but I just remember the animation being super good. I remember liking the tv show too
Iirc he switches to a kid in the cartoon. Some sort of accidental switcheroo where the exits the man via a sneese? My point is that you get to see the guy in 2d briefly and he looks more out of shape and more of a slob than in the movie lol. Fricker learned nothing.
>Obvious adult cartoon trying to pass off as one for kids
That stuff is box office poison.
This film was kinda cringe. I do remember liking the TV series somewhat. That was years ago and I'm not sure it would hold up for an adult.
It got a cartoon, so something turned out right.
I think just the whole idea of setting being the inside of Bill Murray was too disturbing for the average viewer, which is why the cartoon takes place in a teen instead.
>so something turned out right
Yeah, WB greenlighting a show more than 1 year before film premiered because they actually thought it'd be a hit.
It's not good at all, either as a comedy or an action cop film.
The zit scene.
At least it gave us this sexy bastard.
His accent was kind of all over the place, I think it was supposed to be Cajun.
Sucks to see the Iron Giant crew waste their talent here. WB might've as well shut down that division in 1999 after Iron Giant's failure.
Get woke, go broke.
It's crap. The live action parts were depressingly low budget compared to the animation. Mind you we never see cartoon and live-action together like in Roger Rabbit or Space Jam, so what the hell was the point? They should've just animated everything.
>so what the hell was the point?
I don't know if it was the intention, but it makes a clearer distinction between the fantasy internal activities of the cells and the mundane external activities with Frank. Probably more an artistic decision than a practical one.
>what the hell was the point?
Bill Murray existing as basically just himself in any movie was considered a safe bet for movies at the time, literally the only reason.
>Mind you we never see cartoon and live-action together like in Roger Rabbit or Space Jam, so what the hell was the point
Probably to better deliver the message of "quit fricking your body up".
Watching a cartoon character slowly die due to being a disgusting slob just wouldn't have the impact of seeing an actor do it.
But at the same time, having the cells and inner body as live action would look dumb and they couldn't have done a lot of the gags.
Also, real people are much grosser than you could make them in a cartoon. The pimple bursting scene and Bill's bloated beer belly elicit a much more visceral reaction because it's not stylized.
Would cancer be depicted as an eldritch horror? Or more of a zombie apocalypses thing?
they'd be a allegory for greed, capitalism and the welfare state
I'm leaning more towards the Thing.
Warner's incompetence at handling their own theatrical releases. Literally every movie from the 2D bombed except for Space Jam.
>Once Upon a Time Life
>Osmosis Jones
>That one anime/manga about the girl red cell and the guy white cell
>The occasional Fantastic Voyage parody/homage in some episodic comedies
Why is the inner body an underused trope in animation?
There was that one Rick and Morty episode.
>underused
I think it's used just enough. I don't want it to become a bandwagon like all these hell cartoons.
There was that martin short and dennis quaid movie
Because it's either educational or gross-out, both of which are things that alienate a lot of audiences.
People don't know enough about the body to appreciate it
It was attempting to be an adult animated comedy
But marketing made it look like it was for kids
Jokes were kind of meh even for the time, might have gotten some chuckles from the parents, but the kids wouldn't have really gotten it
Villain neat, but again it was baked around a premise of Bill Murray is sick
Live action parts were too little to really get anything and thus too much since they broke things up
Tried to be a buddy cop which was pretty much a dry well at this point
Spin off series was for kids but since they didn't really care for this the show didn't get much either
Why did they bother making this? Iron Giant was a huge flop, and while it turned out a very good film, everyone knew that was thanks to Brad Bird. And since he wasn't coming back to helm this next project...
You know an animation comedy is dull when not even a latin american dub from Mexico can save it or elevate the material.
>August 2001
Last animated movie before 9/11
What would be the bodily equivalent to 9/11?
perhaps kidney stones since there are two kidneys.
Appendicitis.
Tied up testies/ovaries.
Double Mastectomy.
All that human potential, lost. Those two former beacons of hope, now gross rubble.
Because it was a 2d animated movie made in the 00's. And bad marketing
The marketing focused heavily on Bill Murray grossout humor and the general premise seemed educational. Instant turn off for me as a kid. I later really liked Ozzy and Drix so I gave the movie a chance and really didn't like it.
This feels like Shark Tale, except in 2D, inside the human body, and without the occasional funny moment.
>Osmosis "Ozzy", Drixenol "Drix", Thrax, Leah, Mayor Phlegmming
>Frank, Shane, Uncle Bob, Mrs. Boyd
Not a great cast of characters. Maybe if the dialogue was higher quality.
They were too late. The gross out period of the 90s had already ended.
Because it came out in the wake of Shrek and nobody gave two fricks about anything else by then
Because it isn't a good movie. There is barely any decent humor and organic dialogue. See for yourself.
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Shark Tale and Robots might as well be Shrek when compared to this "comedy" film.
Didn't know people thought this was film was bad, literally haven't seen it since I was like 12 but I just remember the animation being super good. I remember liking the tv show too
Waaaayyyy to much gross out humor
I find most jokes like that funny but the movie would’ve be better if it had 0 live action segments
Iirc he switches to a kid in the cartoon. Some sort of accidental switcheroo where the exits the man via a sneese? My point is that you get to see the guy in 2d briefly and he looks more out of shape and more of a slob than in the movie lol. Fricker learned nothing.