Talk:Smurfs (Empath stories)/@comment-1323688-20180124134136/@comment-1323688-20180126131635

Probably some "wiggle room". When I started my writing of the EMPATH novel, the only inspirational source I had for anything like a live-action version of a cartoon or comic book character come to life was the Howard the Duck film in 1986, which I thought the Howard costume was well-done for its day. I also liked the costume work for the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films of the early 1990s, which I felt was a perfect middle ground between their cartoonish interpretation and anything real-life they were trying to emulate, like a real turtle. I was hoping the Smurfs, if they were ever done as a live-action feature of any kind, would get a similar treatment, and thankfully Sony Pictures Animation pulled it off with their live-action/CGI films of the early 2010s.