Tuesday, March 30 2010: The Day Life Was No Longer Worth Living. As much fun as this little human civilization experiment has been, The AV Club gives us definitive news that it is all coming to an end:
Pakima.com is reporting that those viscerally unnerving yet inexplicably successful E-Trade talking baby commercials are being adapted for the big-screen for Fox. Actress-screenwriter Katie Dippold is penning the script.
Studio Head 1: What should we do with the 1 billion dollars we just made from Avatar? Recommit to creativity? Double down on visceral, 3-D experiences that transport audiences to new worlds? Invest in directors with both a clear vision and technical expertise?
Studio Head 2: Ooooor…we could fund a movie based on those creepy talking baby commercials that E-Trade does.
Studio Head 1: This is a can’t miss idea! Let’s do it!
In case you have never seen these commercials, here is by far the creepiest, where the baby’s girlfriend (also a baby) confronts him with her suspicions that he’s banging another girl (who, we’ll assume is also a baby) on the side:
Anyone who pays to see this movie is banned from TUIW forever. Here is a Fugazi video for us to all channel our rage:
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And besides, I’m way more excited for the Taco Bell Shrimp Taco movie