I was never a huge fan of Gumby, thought the cartoon was relatively week even for its time compared to such things as Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry and other better made animations. Still, the show was nothing like this as this thing is so out there and all over the place. Then, at the same time it is also so boring making me wonder what exactly they did with the budget of 2.8 million dollars as it was not spent on this! Seriously, no voice actors of note and it was not exactly brimming with special effects! Also, in the show, did Gumby generally go in and out of books? Why was this even featured, he has a city that he lives in, but he and his band play within a book. What is the deal with this thing!?!
The story, well, the story is crazy as Gumby and Pokey descend from the heavens and Pokey goes into a toy shop where he gets caught with other clay figures a dinosaur and a girl named Goo. We watch as doctors perform surgery to separate them and then Gumby is in a band and his father and mother from the shorts are present, so why show them coming from space? I don't know, but what it boils down to is Gumby and his friends wanna to throw a concert to help farmers in a book whose farms are about to be foreclosed on and a dog cries pearls prompting blockheads to go through a whole lot of trouble to try and make the dog cry and none of it makes any sense!
The film would be perfect for today's generation as so many kid's shows seem geared to kids with add, yet at the same time why are there plot points about loans and stuff? Seriously, Gumby wants to help them and has scads of money at the end to do so because the dog has cried lots of pears (never explained why, but best not to dwell on anything) but instead of just paying off their debts, Gumby offers them loans with lower interest rates before ascending back to the moon...what a hero?
The film is a crazy mess with a love thing shoe horned in at the end and references to Star Wars without actually using the Star Wars name. I've seen a couple of shorts and they are not quite this random with the plot, kind of surprised this is what they came up with. I almost believe they let a kid of three or four write the screenplay to it.
The story, well, the story is crazy as Gumby and Pokey descend from the heavens and Pokey goes into a toy shop where he gets caught with other clay figures a dinosaur and a girl named Goo. We watch as doctors perform surgery to separate them and then Gumby is in a band and his father and mother from the shorts are present, so why show them coming from space? I don't know, but what it boils down to is Gumby and his friends wanna to throw a concert to help farmers in a book whose farms are about to be foreclosed on and a dog cries pearls prompting blockheads to go through a whole lot of trouble to try and make the dog cry and none of it makes any sense!
The film would be perfect for today's generation as so many kid's shows seem geared to kids with add, yet at the same time why are there plot points about loans and stuff? Seriously, Gumby wants to help them and has scads of money at the end to do so because the dog has cried lots of pears (never explained why, but best not to dwell on anything) but instead of just paying off their debts, Gumby offers them loans with lower interest rates before ascending back to the moon...what a hero?
The film is a crazy mess with a love thing shoe horned in at the end and references to Star Wars without actually using the Star Wars name. I've seen a couple of shorts and they are not quite this random with the plot, kind of surprised this is what they came up with. I almost believe they let a kid of three or four write the screenplay to it.