Comments on: Wkd Prediction: 'Baby Mama' To Berth #1

By: Jessy S.

Jessy S. — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:09:48 +0000

Chuck is right. Though Tina had a writing/producer credit, Mean Girls did very well at the box office.

This could bode well for Baby Mama though some could call this a cheap Juno knockoff though the charges will not stick because principle filming had to be done well before filming on the second season of 30 Rock began. At that time, nobody even cared about Juno and the Idea for Baby Mama may have been born during a 30 Rock pitch meeting.

By: chuck

chuck — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:30:49 +0000

Listen comedian Tina Fey has star power. Given her stint on SNL and name recogonition and her frequency in American Express commercials,she could be a real draw box office draw. She’s talented and funny. Don’t underestimate her.

By: John

John — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:46:47 +0000

30 Rock aka The Alec Baldwin Show featuring Tina Fey as the foil, with Tracy Morgan as the nutty African-American, and some other people too, like the NBC Page. I wonder if they’ll have Baldwin in black face sometime soon.

It would have been great if the Carrie Fischer character had seduced Liz Lemon, and Liz had liked it.

By: Rudi Rose

Rudi Rose — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:11:04 +0000

tick…tick…tick… H&K to clean up- Of course- the unbenounced ‘cliff hanger’-) of HarKu I, with wma o’ raunch-ified male Full Frontal low jinks, + super UPBEAT ‘war on terror’ tie, puts Humb & Kumerer, not only out of GITMO, but all the way to “proudest weekend parent producers corner…”

By: Stanley

Stanley — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:38:30 +0000

I was actually intent on seeing BABY MAMA until I found out that Tina Fey didn’t write it…but it WAS written by the guy who penned classics like UNDERCOVER BROTHER and THUNDERBIRDS. So I think I’ll skip that one.

H&KII was a big disappointment for me, but I suppose it’ll hit with some crowds. I’m actually expecting that FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL outperforms everyone’s expectations this weekend and could even finish close to 2nd. Its word of mouth is unreal at the moment.

By: Arrested Development Fan

Arrested Development Fan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:08:35 +0000

The commercials for Baby mama have been a turnoff. The chocolate/poop ones namely.

As for Tina Fey, 30 Rock may be getting lots of critical acclaim hence why Fey has been hot but its not a ratings juggernaut. It just gets slurped by the media as the funniest comedy in years. I don’t think the true funniest comedy, Arrested development got that much love by the media and network execs, unlike Ben Silverman who has been pushing 30 Rock at every stop, even so far as calling Tina a “cultural icon.”

I grew tired of it due to the continous stuntcasting (at least one famous guest star per episode) and the Liz romance plots. Maybe I’ll catch it again on hulu or somewhere. At least the Will Arnett episodes.

By: P. Lee

P. Lee — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:38:50 +0000

I’m tracking Baby Mama will be upset by H & K.

By: P.J.

P.J. — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:00:17 +0000

I’m pleasantly surprised that “Baby Mama” is slated to finish #1 despite tepid reviews. I’m a fan of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, so I planned on spending the $10 to see this, but I didn’t think there would be enough general interest to vault this movie to number one. I underestimated the theater-going audience’s interest in movies revolving around acid-tongued women.

I hope to high hell this movie ultimately generates more box office receipts than the upcoming release, Made of Honor. To say that movie looks stupid would be an insult to stupid people (of which many will flood this site once Drudge posts the link). Anyway, I pine for a cinematic paradigm change in which insipid, treacly romantic comedies get creamed by more subversive female-driven stories.

Alas, it won’t happen.

By: 40yearoldstitzer

40yearoldstitzer — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:59:07 +0000

Let me help the Drudgees who will chime in tomorrow.

Ok fellas, here’s the gameplan. When Harold & Kumar comes in at #2, you’re going to say Mainstream America turned its back on Liberal Hollywood’s mockery of national security. Then you need to follow up with somehow mixing in “B. Hussein Obama” and “Chillary Clinton” and how God-fearing patriots will turn their backs on them. Also, because this is your key talking point every weekend, be sure to lump Harold & Kumar in with the other politcally-themed flops.

Warning: you’re really going to stretch in connecting H&K with Lions for Lambs & In the Valley of Ellah. So this is where mentioning the Democrats comes into play. If you use vague terms like “Red-blooded American values,” this should cover any shaky links.

Ooh! Don’t forget to mention how Michael Moore’s endorsement of Obama shows that real Americans are offended by liberal movie stars and the politicians who love them.

Ok team, you’ve got the gameplan. You linked a George Clooney football comedy to liberalism, so a comedy mocking the war on terror should be easier for you.

Git R Done!

By: peggy

peggy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:50:11 +0000

The marketing for Baby Mama is excellent. Especially the commercial with Romany Malco whom guys know from the 40 year old vigin. It puts this movie into the realm of the Apatow movies. And it actually looks funny and isn’t anti-female like all the other Apatow comedies. I think it will do well. But the Harold and Kumar movie may be good competition but it’s hard to tell with sequals to cult hits.