For the love of all that is holy, what the hell is going on here? So many questions, so little time. First things first, though: yes, this is an upcoming animated movie spawned from the intolerable internet "sensation" that was that dancing freakin' Gummy Bear video (half a billion YouTube views and counting, by the way). Whilst its unexplained popularity back in 2007 marked humanity's lowest point ever, it's now getting a fully-fledged motion picture venture, which makes no sense in the year 2015, so don't even try to understand what's going on. Worst still, John - Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction - Travolta has signed up to provide the voice of the character. It's a sad day on Earth when a Gummy Bear movie actually exists, but it's an even sadder day when Travolta decides to sink as low as this. Why?! Does he like the Gummy Bear? Really? Doesn't he think it's a wholly insufferable enterprise, like all those Adam Sandler movies and that ridiculous excuse for a religion they call Scientology? Oh, um... Anyway: expect this to be the last time a good director ever looks Travolta in the eye and says "Be in my movie," because there's no coming back after this. The plot, according to IMDb, is as follows: "Gummy and his friends - a vegetarian vampire bat, a cat and a chameleon - fight to save an alien planet from destruction." Seriously. SERIOUSLY. What do you make of these upcoming movies? Are they doomed to destroy the careers of those unlucky enough to be a part of them? Let us know in the comments section.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
