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Jem and the Holograms

Mark Moore

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As a longtime "Jem" fan (since the original run in the 1980s), I've waited a long time for a live-action movie, and I had doubts over whether it would actually happen.

It is.

In March, director Jon M. Chu ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation") made an announcement video (unfortunately a bit misleading) that called on fans to made Jem fan vids:


Apparently, a few fans put a lot of time and/or money into their vids (I read one account of someone losing $4,000' worth of video equipment in the process, which is insane for a fan vid), and then they got upset to learn that the lead roles had already been cast.

Granted, the wording in the original video could give the impression that they were casting the leads through the Internet, but who would seriously believe that?

More updates followed:



Finally, the cast was revealed:



If you want to see my "reporting" on the progress of the movie, here ya go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKmkXiqsLqU[/video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElRLhIu5_Po[/video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK7htaO0w5I[/video]

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So today I started reading the Jem IDW comics, I'm really enjoying them so far. That got me thinking, I remember when this movie came out it was regarded as absolutely terrible, though I'm kinda curious about checking it out. I have to ask though, to anyone who has seen it, is it fun-to-watch bad, or is it just plain completely unenjoyable bad? Not taking into account inaccuracies to the source material, I'm already braced for that.
 
^That's a good question. I had heard it was just BAD bad... but then again, it took a few years for Showgirls to find an audience that finds it enjoyably camp. (That audience isn't me, but those people are out there.) Maybe Jem will be the same.
 
Welp, I just found out that the movie is on Netflix, I think I'm going to give it a shot.
 
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