Comments on: Owen Wilson to voice Marmaduke in movie

By: Brian Martin

Brian Martin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:18:25 +0000

I really don’t understand why they feel the need to give Marmaduke a voice….Beethoven didn’t have a voice and look how many of those movies they were able to push out…I think the fact that he is a big, clumsy dog should be more than enough…

By: Braniff

Braniff — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:47:20 +0000

As a Marmaduke fan, I do not plan to see this movie. For adaptations, I prefer the animated cartoons from the early 1980s (with Paul Winchell and Russi Taylor). Those cartoons may not be the caliber of Disney’s output, but compared to what’s been announced for this movie, they are gems.

By: Mike Cope

Mike Cope — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:24:51 +0000

Ka-chow!

By: Jamie Smith

Jamie Smith — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:20:16 +0000

Actually that is a particular point of distinction Brad Anderson likes to mention (I got to meet him this summer when gave a talk at his hometown in Brocton, NY); that Marmaduke is just a dog, and as opposed to virtually all the other cartoon animals out there, doesn’t think or talk. I think this imparts a different feeling when the character doesn’t have words to fall back on, and instead has to use more emotive expressions and poses etc.
I don’t recall the same updating-with-a-voice approach working with Heathcliff (the other silent one) either, even with Mel Blanc’s talent, and doubt this version of Marmaduke will be remembered anywhere near as long as the fifty years the original feature’s been around.

By: Phil Tograph

Phil Tograph — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:01:07 +0000

be afraid, be VERY afraid. remember the Garfield live action/cg movies ? be afraid, be very afraid..

By: John Read

John Read — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:21:49 +0000

I know, I know: It’s probably sad that I put that much thought into a movie about Marmaduke. But I always LIKED the comic strip, so kill me.

By: John Read

John Read — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:19:41 +0000

I hate to hear that, since it’s a good indication that the movie isn’t going to be particularly respectful of its source material. I don’t remember Marmaduke ever even having so much as a thought balloon above his head. The reason that the Scooby Doo movies “worked” at all is because the casting of the humans was dead-on and Scooby was just a CGI version of that cartoon Great Dane. With CGI what it is today, it seems to me the film-makers could do a credible job of giving us a Marmaduke full of the personality that’s made him such a popular character without resorting to humanizing him.