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   Derek Janssen to Fish Eye no Miko   
   Re: Merlin's Shop Wanna-be movie!   
   16 Nov 07 01:03:28   
   
   95233b11   
   From: ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   Fish Eye no Miko wrote:   
   > On Nov 15, 4:14 pm, Bruce Probst  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Greg G  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>So, as if dredged up from a nightmare, we have Mr. Weebil's   
   >>>Wondrous Wibbulations...er... Mr. Magoo's Specatle   
   >>>Emporium...er...  Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.  Yeah,   
   >>>that's it.   
   >>>I mean, WTF?  Dustin Hoffman in platform shoes as George   
   >>>Milan as "I'm-NOT-Merlin-dammit" and Natalie Portman's midriff   
   >>>as Creepy Woman with Husband-as-Baby.  Yeesh.   
   >>>I'm very scared.  I'm just saying.   
   >>>-Greg "Off to Never-Never Land" G   
   >>   
   >>(No, seriously; I have no idea what you're talking about.)   
   >   
   > "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" is a new movie coming out this   
   > holiday season. It's about a magical toy story.   
   > Frankly, I agree with one blogger who compared it to Willy Wonka,   
   > myself.   
      
   Actually, it's more "Oh, don't they WISH they were within a hundred   
   miles of Wonka, and it's not for lack of trying--"   
      
   When the story is really more of a CGI-bandwagon "Night at the Toy   
   Museum", with Dustin Hoffman vainly trying for a sort-of-maybe Ed Wynn,   
   and ending up with "What if Raymond Babbitt was played by Joe Besser?"   
      
   Derek Janssen   
   ejanss1@verizon.net   
      
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