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It was a children's book about Martians kidnapping human mothers, adapted into a CGI movie that was so poorly received it led to the closure of the studio that produced it.
He wrote a book a children's book called Mars Needs Moms and basically Mars had some sort of shortage of moms.
— Episode: Selects: Is The Uncanny Valley Real?
Episode: Selects: Is The Uncanny Valley Real?
It was a children's book about Martians kidnapping human mothers, adapted into a CGI movie that was so poorly received it led to the closure of the studio that produced it.
He wrote a book a children's book called Mars Needs Moms and basically Mars had some sort of shortage of moms.
So the Martians came and kidnapped human moms and it was up to the human kids to go get their moms back from Mars.
It's a company right. Image Movers Digital was the was the trade name of it.
It was what the stuff that they created. It was so off and just so spectacularly and colossally off that when I guess Disney came along and bought this company they came in looked around and said we're shutting you down.
This movie is that we're not doing this anymore. What you guys are doing here is wrong and you're all going to jail.
Episode: Selects: Is The Uncanny Valley Real?
It was a children's book about Martians kidnapping human mothers, but the movie adaptation was poorly received due to its uncanny valley effect, and ultimately led to the studio's closure.
So Berkeley Breathed, the person, the guy who did Bloom County, yeah, he wrote a book, a children's book called Mars Needs Moms and basically Mars had some sort of shortage of moms.
So the Martians came and kidnapped human moms and it was up to the human kids to go get their moms back from Mars.
Pretty cute little premise, but they took it and ran it through Zemeckis nightmare mill.
It was what the stuff that they created, it was so off and just so spectacularly and colossally off that when I guess Disney came along and bought this company, they came in, looked around and said, we're shutting you down.
This movie is that, we're not doing this anymore. What you guys are doing here is wrong, and you're all going to jail.