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Now Hollywood has done it.  They have chosen to mess with my favorite series of books from my childhood: The Berenstain Bears.  Forget the Chipmunks and their "squeakquel," forget Marmaduke, forget Ramona and Beezus, forget Locke's warnings of the inevitable Family Circus film — The Berenstain Bear movie MUST BE STOPPED.  They will ruin Mama, Papa, Brother and Sister Bear, I am sure of it!  (I just learned today that baby Honey Bear joined the fam in 2000, too.  I also learned today that the Berenstain Bear Country attraction at Cedar Point amusement park, which I used to go to like ten times per summer, was retired over ten years ago — sob!  The hits keep coming.)

I find no comfort in the fact that director Shawn Levy is overseeing this project.  Sure, I liked the first Night at the Museum, but let us not forget that he was also responsible for Just Married, The Pink Panther and Night at the Museum 2 among other questionable titles.  The bad outweighs the good on Levy's resume, if I may be so bold.

I *might* have been OK with this whole thing if the plans called for a 100% old-school animated adventure.  Unfortunately, however, the big-hit-or-disastrous-miss combination of live-action and CGI animation will be employed. I don't want to see a CGI version of the Bear family, dammit!  CGI is NOT all that.  Why oh why won't anyone out west come to their senses?

I need a shot of honey.

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