There are a LOT of toys that my generation are nostalgic about.... Voltron, Shogun Warriors, Micronauts, Matchbox cars, Lincoln Logs, Hungry Hungry Hippo, Tinkertoys...

This toy-to-film era could go on for a looooooong time. Buckle in folks.

Lame.

super uncool, lame...

I don't know why this seems so strange. Is it really any worse than adapting every single comic book that's come out in the past 20 years? Or the period when Hollywood was remaking every sitcom?

I'm still waiting to get JJ Abrams attached to a My Little Pony project, but I've yet to hear anything about it.

Let's all be Hollywood producers! I went through my old toy collection and these are the movies I came up with. Feel free to add to the ridiculousness...

http://thecorner33.blogspot.com/2009/08/hollywood-invades-our-basements-for.html

G.I. Joe and Transformers were one thing, at least as toys they were sold with an existing backstory. A Lego is an inanimate piece of plastic. It's only story is that it was made in China and can choke a baby.

At this current rate of stupid, I predict that by 2015 film will be reduced to adaptations of basic universal cognitive associations. Warner Bros. will adapt hot chocolate into a movie and Universal will be working on a sequel to having a cold pillow.

Steve,
At least comic books are stories, and sitcoms sort-of are a story as well, but Legos, Viewmaster? They're objects, not stories. This toy movie trend makes me kind of ill.

Hollywood is killing itself.

Well, all we can do is keep working to be the best writers we can for when they come to their senses.