Marmaduke

We all need to get on the same page about this Marmaduke business.

Confirming what you must have already heard, yes there is a Marmaduke movie coming out this summer.  To those of you asking if it will star George Lopez and Owen Wilson - yes it will.

Let's compare this to the other comic strip that was recently made into a live-action movie - Garfield.  While the quality and popularity of Garfield is disputable, at least people understand the basic premise: loser owns stupid dog and sarcastic cat that can talk - or at least think in English.  Bland though it may be, there's at least something to latch onto there.  In the case of Marmaduke, I don't think most people could sum it up in a sentence (family owns ordinary, illiterate dog?) and there's really nothing else to it.  Exactly what potential did the screenwriters see in this premise?  If the sequel to Babies were Dogs, it might be the same movie as Marmaduke.

Some dumb movies have been made (Beverly Hills Chihuahua, My Boss's Daughter) and while many of them have starred Owen Wilson, this one is unprecedented.  And so, I think we all need to rally around it and either make it a huge, stupid summer nut-buster like Snakes on a Plane was or all collectively decide to not see it, not one of us, like with Speedracer.

I don't want to push my own agenda here (though I am admittedly leaning towards giving this one the Speedracer treatment) but I do think we need to unite around this film - the likes of which we may never see again - and give it the consideration it deserves.

Your thoughts?