Extinct

[theradicalchild]

  

Netflix film that's largely the brainchild of three writers from The Simpsons and the director of The Simpsons Movie, though luckily it's devoid of the things that led me to stop watching the show ages ago (and I'm perfectly content without seeing the movie at all). It follows two mammalian creatures with donut holes, Op and Ed, their species known as the Flummels, in the time of Charles Darwin when he's en route to the Galápagos Islands, with a time travel flower leading them to contemporary Shanghai, where they discover their eventual extinction, and thus go on an adventure through time to try to prevent that from happening. Actually a pretty cute and funny film, with a good musical number as well, that I definitely wouldn't hesitate recommending to those who subscribe to its respective streaming service.

Comments

[claire_chan]

Ooh, that sounds like a pretty memorable movie!
IMDB says it's an hour an 24 minutes long!
(It also would be nice to see Shanghai again, even in a fictional way, I haven't been there in semesters.)

I'd have to swipe my sister or father's Netflix password, of course, since I'm just a student.

[theradicalchild]

Edit: Whoops, sorry, mistook how long you said it was.

[claire_chan]

IMDB reads it is 1 hour and 24 minutes. It looks like I didn't type a d in "and" there.
Edit: I checked the credits and did not recognise a single name.

[theradicalchild]

Yeah, I didn't recognize too many of the names in the credits myself (then again, it's been nearly two decades since I've watched an episode of The Simpsons and its movie, and I'm pretty sure there have been many writer turnarounds, in addition to changes to the voice cast since a few have died during the show's run).