EVERYONE AT HASBRO SHOULD GO TO JAIL
02.13.09Once upon a time, that a movie was just a 2-hour toy commercial was an accusation to be disputed by the filmmaker. These days it’s just taken for granted. Following recent announcements of an Ouija Board movie, a Candyland movie, and a Monopoly movie, Hasbro and Universal are now planning a Stretch Armstrong movie, to be written by Kung Pow jackass Steve Oedekerk – who’s written a few mediocre movies in his time, but whose legacy can best be summed up by the fact that his website has a giant picture of his face on it.
The toy, a 13-inch, blond-haired muscled figure whose limbs could be stretched to nearly four feet, was launched by Kenner in the ’70s. He had a dog named Fetch Armstrong, and a sibling, Evil X-Ray Wretch Armstrong.
Phew, did you catch all that? A better way to say it is that he’s like Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four but with no backstory.
Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir will produce. “This is a new well from which to draw intellectual properties that bring a pre-awareness and nostalgia,” Schneir said. “They are drawing filmmakers who find a real emotional connection and resonance, and this is proving to be a compelling driver for motion pictures.” [Variety]
Wow, slow clap for the guy who just used “intellectual property”, “emotional connection,” and “resonance” to describe a movie about a stretchy doll. You see, we here at the Third Reich have been drawn to the efficiency and pride that comes with connecting Jews to their rightful post-living environment. I’m amazed at these shameless cocksuckers just for putting their real names on these projects. And what a name, too – “Bennett Schneir.” It doesn’t even sound real. It sounds like the name of a villain in a Steve Oedekerk movie.


Dolls are creepy. All of us.
Brett Ratner’s signed on to direct, but plans to change the name to Felch Armstrong.
Stretch Dong Long sounds better.
This film will also debut a new character called Mensch Armstrong, his lawyer.
…than the original title, Felch Armstrong sounds like a beautiful moving epic too!
Bennett Schneir sounds like a good name to use when checking into hourly gay motels. In fact…
Felch Armstrong sucks the sadness right out of you.
What next? Some stupid movie about the “G.I. Joe” doll (action figure)?
Oh, wait…
Rob Schneider is set to play the role of Stretch’s second cousin, who suffers from irritable bowel syndrome – Stench Armstrong.
Don’t forget his hamster, “OH MY GOD KIDS, NO! THAT WAS A REAL HAMSTER. IT WASN’T A TOY. LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID! NO, HE DOESN’T GO TO HEAVEN! HE HAS NO SOUL” Armstrong.
Kvetch Armstrong doth protest too much.
John Cusak will play Stretch’s nerdy cousin who’s funny cartoons come to life to save the rec center – Sketch Armstrong.
What next? Dollhouse? Fridays on Fox?
The movie is going to be a lot like Braveheart, except instead of being gutted, he’ll be drawn and quartered. That scene will take up 2 1/2 hours of the 3 hour runtime.
He has a one-testicled cousin who works as a knight at the renaissance faire – Lance Armstrong.
Will you look at that? The action figure is actually anatomically correct for a Swedish man.
Yes, Rex Reed of the Fantastic Four was a superhero by day, effeminate film critic by night. He was joined by “The Thing,” Ben Lyons, the orange-bricked beneficiary of nepotism.
I hear they’re having an impossible time writing the storyline for this movie. They’re just being pulled in too many directions.
Oddly, it’s going to be a period piece entitled Judi Dench Armstrong.
Burnsy, that joke is a bit of a stretch.
Stay away from him when he’s sick – Strep Armstrong.
All of the villains will have eyepatches from previous encounters with Armstrong.
Chevy Chase hopes to revive his career with Fletch Armstrong.
And I’m spent.
Edward James Olmos is waiting by the phone for Mattel to greenlight their Mr Potato Head project.
Chris Hanson would like a word with Stretch’s third cousin he met on the interweb, Lech Armstrong.
I’m willing to bet they’ll give him a gay twin brother, Stretched Armstrong.
Actually, upon further reflection, this COULD be an interesting character study of a tormented character who (a) has his fists perpetually clenched in anger, and (b)has no genitalia (thus causing his fists to be perpetually clenched in anger).
The buzz about this film will last a couple of hours, then get opened up to see what it’s made out of on the inside.
Spike Lee has tapped the Naughty By Nature frontman to star in Treach Armstrong.
Why don’t we make a mash-up movie and call it “Etch-a-Sketch Armstrong”?
I hope Steve Oedekerk won’t read that.
His homeless cousin will be Wretch Armstrong
And you girls complain that Barbie created an unrealistic body image…
Now when my friends ask “Has the toy, Stretch Armstrong, been made into a movie yet?” I can exhale my bong rip and say “It Hasbro.”
Whereas his bulimic sister will be Retch Armstrong
His Dad was a mechanic named Wrench Armstrong.
Megan Fox is slated to play his sexy cocktail waitress sister, Quench Armstrong.
Will the porn be called French Armstrong?
Soundtrack by John Tesh Armstrong?
I got nothin.’
Yeah, it just seems so redundant to make fun of these movies sometimes. It’s like poking dead bodies with sticks.
Bennett Schneir will produce. “This is a new well from which to draw intellectual properties that bring a pre-awareness and nostalgia,” Schneir said.
Adds “Bennett Schneir” to the list.
(If the FBI is reading this: the “list” is of douchey names that rhyme with pap smear.)
Pre-awareness.
As oppossed to post-awareness, otherwise known as “bitches don’t know”.
So they’re finally making a movie about a dildo shaped like Dolph Lundgren.
But then again, aren’t all Dolph Lundgren movies about that?
It’s fuckin Reed RICHARDS, you hack.
Is it just my Frued talking or does Stretch’s arms look like little penises (Penii?)
The thumb movies are really funny. Sometimes Steve Oedekirk makes good shit.
Cheers, mckboy. I do put a lot of myself into my art.