Seth McFarlane's Ted (2012)

Basq

Hey Seth McFarlane, the creators of 'Wilfred' want their idea back! :pac:

Will be released in the US in July..

Directed and written by Family Guy / American Dad creator Seth McFarlane and stars Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Joel McHale.

I did like the standard chick flick beginning of the trailer being turned on it's head.. but yeah, can't help but think of 'Wilfred' throughout it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxKfC77XAp8

Mickeroo

Hopefully all the funny bits aren't just in the trailer, I laughed my ass off at that.

Colmo52

Ted is basically his Peter Griffin voice.

Basq

Colmo52 wrote: »

Ted is basically his Peter Griffin voice.

Closer to Brian IMO..

Mickeroo

Basq wrote: »

Closer to Brian IMO..

Nah Brian is a much more lower tone, i think Brian is just Set Macfarlane's normal voice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-yl_8ywiU

baalthor

It's more a harder version of the standard Peter voice; although Peter has a number of different voices.

The movie looks funny enough from the clip and it has a lot of Mila Kunis which is a good thing

Skinfull

Looks good and infinitely better than Wilfred. Didn't rate that show at all.
I just hope we havent seen all the best bits.

Basq

Mickeroo wrote: »

Nah Brian is a much more lower tone, i think Brian is just Set Macfarlane's normal voice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-yl_8ywiU

It does seem to vary in the trailer IMO..

When Ted first runs into the room = Peter.
On the couch smoking = Brian

Squelchy

Because it was almost entirely unamusing.

Wahlberg trying to guess the name was really good though.

Melion

Wow, that looks horrendous

ziedth

I like the look of it but then i like Family Guy\American Dad. Guessing the name clip did make me laugh.

Not a fan of McFarlane's work to date, it's all been far to similiar for my liking but I do like Wahlberg and the idea so I'll most likely give this a go. Kind of film I can go to with no expectations at all.

Duggy747

McFarlane sure does like to get mileage with his pot jokes.

Hurr, hurr, a teddy bear smoking pot, hurr, hurr.

Not a fan of McFarlane at all but I'll probably give this a shot.

johnny_ultimate

I hate Seth McFarlane and what he's done to comedy.

So colour me uninterested.

MisterAnarchy

I was actually looking forward to this film until Mark the plank Wahlberg was cast in it.
How this man gets work is truly baffling especially comedy work ,he is dreadful .
Trailer was very underwhelming .

pixelburp

Swearing is FUNNY! :rolleyes: Remember when comedy writers actually had to use some wit?

Looks a pretty weak film to be honest, with precisely one gag / premise. To be expected with Seth McFarlane these days though ... first contender for next year's Razzies perchance?

I still tune in to McFarlane's work if it's on the TV, but I lost admiration for his shows years ago - possibly because around then he ran out of unique or funny ideas. And maybe it's just me, but it feels like what was once funny in a risqué sort of fashion, the Family Guy jokes now seem to be actually racist.

Mickeroo

pixelburp wrote: »

I still tune in to McFarlane's work if it's on the TV, but I lost admiration for his shows years ago - possibly because around then he ran out of unique or funny ideas. And maybe it's just me, but it feels like what was once funny in a risqué sort of fashion, the Family Guy jokes now seem to be actually racist.

If taken out of context maybe, but you could say the same about the majority of South Park (far superior show to Family Guy imo) and even the Simpsons in some cases.

WatchWolf

Does this sort of remind anyone of "Paul"?

Skerries

Todd Unctious

Skerries

WatchWolf wrote: »

Does this sort of remind anyone of "Paul"?

no because Ted isn't real!

pixelburp

Mickeroo wrote: »

If taken out of context maybe, but you could say the same about the majority of South Park (far superior show to Family Guy imo) and even the Simpsons in some cases.

Ah no, it's within context that I'm speaking of: as fond of nonsequiturs as McFarlane is, these days he seems too keen to throw in a lot of jibes at jews / african-americans that feel a bit past the point of ironic-mocking. Dunno, maybe I've just grown out of his style of humour. Trailer still sucks though

krudler

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I was actually looking forward to this film until Mark the plank Wahlberg was cast in it.
How this man gets work is truly baffling especially comedy work ,he is dreadful .
Trailer was very underwhelming .

he fantastic in The Other Guys though

JP Liz V1

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I was actually looking forward to this film until Mark the plank Wahlberg was cast in it.
How this man gets work is truly baffling especially comedy work ,he is dreadful .
Trailer was very underwhelming .

I thought he did well in The Other Guys much better than comedy veteran Will Ferrell

Shryke

This looks so bad! Where's the funny side of this? Seth could at least do a voice that's a bit further away from Peter Griffin. He sounds way too much like Peter. God I hate Family Guy these days! Yet still like American Dad... hmmm. A bit like Futurama and The Simpsons me thinks.
I can't see this being much funnier than Garfield but I would obviously like to be wrong.

MisterAnarchy

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I thought he did well in The Other Guys much better than comedy veteran Will Ferrell

I thought he did well in The Other Guys much better than comedy veteran Will Ferrell

I didnt like him in it,he was his usual mono expression self.
The film would have been alot better with a better actor.
The ironic thing is that he showed promise earlier in his career in "The Basketball Diaries" but he has been on a downward slide ever since.
You'd get better acting skills out of a door.

abouttobebanned

Lot of hate in this thread.

Mickeroo

Skerries wrote: »

no because Ted isn't real!

I think he is, it looks like they're going for that Family Guy style situation where Brian is a dog, does dog things yet still walks around talking and acting like a human.

Tallon

This is going to be unreal

Long time since I laughed my ass off at a trailer

Welsh Megaman

YOU THINK THAT'S BEEEEEED?!

REMEMBER THE TIME MY TEDDY BEAR STARTED TALKING TO ME?

happyman81

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I was actually looking forward to this film until Mark the plank Wahlberg was cast in it.
How this man gets work is truly baffling especially comedy work ,he is dreadful .
Trailer was very underwhelming .

I thought he did well in The Other Guys much better than comedy veteran Will Ferrell

Gator's biatches best be wearing jimmys!

tony1kenobi

Why didn't he just go ahead and call Marky Marks character Stewie and the bear Rupert?

BlitzKrieg

Guessing the name clip did make me laugh.

Shame its a rehash of the only funny joke he has done in the last five years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPsx8zdnX4

MrStuffins

Since when did it become hipster to hate on McFarlane?

I saw the teailer this evening, thought it was hilarious! Laughed my ass off at the girl naming bit. looking forward to seeing this.

RobbingBandit

August 3rd over here, looks very good.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637725/

BarackPyjama

Hipster idiots hate stuff.

pixelburp

MrStuffins wrote: »

Since when did it become hipster to hate on McFarlane?
[...]

Since when did it become hipster to dismiss fair criticism of a one-note comic as hipster?

Marty McFly

pixelburp wrote: »

Since when did it become hipster to dismiss fair criticism of a one-note comic as hipster?

A one note comic whos the creator of Family Guy which has been running since 1999, American Dad since 2005 and The Cleveland Show since 2009 all successful in the own right, and a man whose now branching out into films with Ted and whose also become the roastmaster for Comedy Centrals Roasts and done a great job, thats some one note .

pixelburp

luvbulmers01 wrote: »

A one note comic whos the creator of Family Guy which has been running since 1999, American Dad since 2005 and The Cleveland Show since 2009 all successful in the own right, and a man whose now branching out into films with Ted and whose also become the roastmaster for Comedy Centrals Roasts and done a great job, thats some one note .

Really? That show is frigging terrible. And The Simpsons has been running for even longer, but no-one would claim the show is even a shadow of its former self; length of time is no indicator here. To me, Family Guy's the exact same- what was funny is now just the same schtick with less laughs. To be fair, the later series of American Dad have been funny, but that's probably just Roger making up for the rest of the cast

MrStuffins

pixelburp wrote: »

Since when did it become hipster to dismiss fair criticism of a one-note comic as hipster?

Sure, there's some fair criticism

But a lot of it stinks of hipsterism, surely you see that?

Dermighty

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

YOU THINK THAT'S BEEEEEED?!

REMEMBER THE TIME MY TEDDY BEAR STARTED TALKING TO ME?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ABTOTW7aY

johnny_ultimate

Watch one episode of Family Guy and you've pretty much seen everything Seth McFarlane has to offer comedy: every joke, every character, every inability to write a comic storyline. This isn't a 'hipster' opinion, it's the voice of someone who hates seeing bad comedy (admittedly subjective) triumphed by a lot of people. He's sure as hell no Larry David or Louie C.K.

Clanket

Maybe you just don't have a sense of humour?

pixelburp

*facepalm*

Mickeroo

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Watch one episode of Family Guy and you've pretty much seen everything Seth McFarlane has to offer comedy: every joke, every character, every inability to write a comic storyline. This isn't a 'hipster' opinion, it's the voice of someone who hates seeing bad comedy (admittedly subjective) triumphed by a lot of people. He's sure as hell no Larry David or Louie C.K.

Different type of comedy to those guys completely in fairness, not a fair comparison. I agree he's one note though, Family Guy, American Dad and Cleveland are all pretty much copies of the same formula. I think South Park hit the nail on the head with how they criticised family guy in cartoon wars but having said that the first 3 seasons were brilliant.

Boom_Bap

When I saw the trailer, the first thing that came into my head was Wilfred except others can see Ted.

But i did laugh and thought Marky Mark was great from the trailer.

Seth McFarlanes voice only bothers me when I see him talking and squinting in real life.

humanji

I wouldn't put American Dad in the same category as Family Guy and the Cleveland Show. I can't stand Family Guy. It has it's moments, but not enough to keep me watching. The Dad is the main character and the others have one quirk which is repeated each episode. South Park was spot on with how it was originally. The writers caught on though and changed things up, even alluding to how the old episodes were so repetitive.

American Dad's characters seem a bit more rounded. and I think the actual writing of the episodes is a lot better (other than McFarlane, the main writer's are different. So that might be it).

I can fully see why people don't like McFarlane's comedy though.

As for Ted, I thought the trailer was hilarious. I love Wahlberg in comedies. He's still as over the top intense as he is in action movies, but now you're laughing with him instead of at him.

I'm not expecting world shattering stuff, but I'd say it'll be more than a good laugh.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

american dad started off alright but it's been awful for the past few seasons. every episode is basically the same story. stan is stupid, stans stupidity is challenged, hijinx, stan learns a lesson.

every now and again they throw roger or steve an episode. steve at least brings something to the table, mainly barry. roger is just like stan, one joke over and over again.

mcmacness

Just watched the trailer for this, looks really funny. My type of film, I can't wait.

D'Agger

Not sure what to make of this tbh - it looks funny enough but I wasn't laughing too hard at the trailer....will probably watch it but not expecting huge things from it so maybe I'll be pleasantly suprised.

corcaigh07

looks terrible, big mistake that Ted sounds like/is Peter Griffin

Sabre0001

I really enjoyed the two trailers released and I'm looking forward to this. Wahlberg was excellent in The Other Guys and looks like he's right for the part from the trailer too. Fingers crossed it's not a case of everything good appearing in the trailer as said, but I think it should be fun overall.

Not sure why it matters THAT much that it's the same voice from Family Guy. Afterall, Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg are using the same voices they've used in practically every performance in their career.