Mattel, the toy company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, is developing a feature film about the stereoscopic image device View-Master.
  • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 month ago

    Logline (probably): When two teenage siblings find an antique ViewMaster from their Grandmother’s basement, they discover that it can transport the user into various worlds, both real and magical.

    • Changer098@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      1 month ago

      I know you’re right and that’s probably what the movie is but it would be a lot funnier if they instead just ripped off John Carpenter’s They Live. Put on the ViewMaster to see the truth kids!

    • BearOfaTimeEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Double something something… I feel like there’s a pun in there, just can’t make it out.

  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    If they have an interesting angle for the film it could be good, like The Lego Movie or Barbie. No idea what that could be though.

    • Albbi@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      This seems more like the Trolls or Emoji movies for the basic subject matter.

      • jdeathEnglish
        1·
        29 days ago

        but far worse than even those! at least those have faces

    • TheImpressiveX@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Maybe some plot based on a true story that focuses on the impact of the toy, à la Tetris (2023)?

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    29 days ago

    This has got to be one of those movies that’s only made to be a tax write-off.

    • ludEnglish
      1·
      29 days ago

      You think it’s cheaper to spend money doing a tax write off of some of the spent money, than to not just spend the money in the first place?