Hasbro Quarterly Report

[jaerdaph]

I really hope to see Hasbro license out D&D for a comedy movie that becomes a cult classic like Clue some day. Sort of like Krod Mandoon, only... funny.

 

[Glyfair]

Well, you could do it like an action-comedy, with Matthew Broderick as an aspiring real estate tycoon in New Jersey. Then you could have Timy Curry and Renee Zelwiger as the existing big wigs. Throw in some MGM-cartoon-inspired gags involving hanging from a wrecking ball. It could totally work.

But since it's Michael Bay, expect mecha-Scotty Dogs and exploding cars.

Ridley Scott has hinted that there would be some commentary on the current conditions in the world financial/real estate markets. There were hints that it might be somewhat dark from commentary I've seen, but I am not sure where they got the hints.

 

[(un)reason]

Am I a bad person for wanting them to try and do Hungry Hungry Hippos as a horror movie. After all, they are pretty scary IRL, killing more people every year than crocodiles, and are surprisingly good at hiding. 4 intelligent man-eating hippos could really do a number on a community.

 

[darjr]

I think it's a Discovery Channel commercial that goes...

"Did you know that hippos kill more people in Africa than crocodiles?!?!"

then cuts to a digital rendition of a game of 'Hungry Hungry Hippos' using marble like meeples.

It could have been an Animal Planet promo.