Despicable Me 3 villain has a Coleco Mini Arcade game

[Flojomojo]

I saw an advance screening of Despicable Me 3 tonight. The main villain, voiced by Trey Parker, is a former 1980s child star who never quite adjusted to the present day. His lair is a giant Rubik's Cube on the outside, and part of the inside looks like a chewing gum factory, and the other part looks like a classic arcade.

 

He has an alliterative name (his initials are B.B.), a goofy haircut, awful taste in music, tons and tons of unsold old action figures, and at least one Coleco arcade game. He reminded me of someone I've learned about recently, but can't quite put my finger on ...

[Andromeda Stardust]

This should be interesting...

[Jess Ragan]

Oh boy, we're still beating this dead horse. I mean, I'm not fond of the guy either, but I thought we were all just going to politely ignore him and make ColecoVision games anyway.

[artrag]

Do not tell it loud or the guy will ask rights on the movie for the use of his caricature and the presence of the coleco arcade game

[Andromeda Stardust]

When this movie comes out on redbox, I'll look out for this scene. Anybody got a screengrab? Since this is a CGI movie, it's not just a prop from somebody's office desk. Someone had to deliberately model it as a 3D object with textures, and probably secured the rights to reproduce it digitally.

[Flojomojo]

No screengrab yet, but it's in theaters on Friday.

 

I doubt they secured any rights ...though I suppose we could scour IMDB.

[Tanooki]

Why would you need the rights unless it actually showing a legit licensed game? The shell is common and has been re-used for decades now both in the US and Japan. Until recently I had a shell which came from Japan that had a Tetris game in it, before that Excalibur games did Frogger, Space Invaders, and a weird Family Guy Pinball in the same style too.

[Flojomojo]

Did Coleco Industries actually design or manufacture it, or just import it? When I was a kid I thought Atari made all the Namco games we know and love. Maybe this is similar.

[Tanooki]

We still talking about the 1980-82 tabletops here? They designed them, then sought out popular arcade period licenses and rolled with what they got. And as we know at least a normal DKJr and a Berzerk were planned and didn't happen, but the rest were Nintendo, Sega, and Namco stuff.

[Andromeda Stardust]

Did Coleco Industries actually design or manufacture it, or just import it? When I was a kid I thought Atari made all the Namco games we know and love. Maybe this is similar.

Flojo, mind if I ask what IP if any was printed on the minicade, or did you see it that close? If the graphics were specifically generic, then it likely isn't licensed. If there were graphics from any popular arcade IP, then I imagine they secured rights from the rights holders. I don't think Cardillo or RWB would need to get involved unless the object in the movie specifically had Coleco branding on it.

 

Now I've got an excuse to go see this. Must resist the urge, although Minions was quite good. Better than Despicable Me 1 & 2 which I saw on cable. I own Minions on DVD/BluRay.

[enoofu]

Would be fair use

[Flojomojo]

It was green, no name on it, and it sure looked like fair use to me.

[Schizophretard]

It was green, no name on it, and it sure looked like fair use to me.

 

Until Coleco takes a picture of it and sends it in to get it Trademarked.

[Classic Pac]

cool

[TPA5]

Was the movie any good? The first one was quite clever and funny, the second one stumbled a little bit for me. Not sure about this 3rd one.

Edited June 29, 2017 by TPA5

[Flojomojo]

I saw it with two soon-to-be 5th grade girls and they loved it.

I didn't hate it, but I like everything.

It's not winning any Academy Awards.

[Andromeda Stardust]

Was the movie any good? The first one was quite clever and funny, the second one stumbled a little bit for me. Not sure about this 3rd one.

I honestly thought the prequel Minions was the best one out of the bunch.

[Schizophretard]

I honestly thought the prequel Minions was the best one out of the bunch.

 

Last year I was dying my wife's hair Ronald McDonald red. I had some bleach left over so for the Hell of it I used it on me. Everyone at work called me Slim Shady but as soon as my niece saw me she said,"You are a Minion!"

[Andromeda Stardust]

Last year I was dying my wife's hair Ronald McDonald red. I had some bleach left over so for the Hell of it I used it on me. Everyone at work called me Slim Shady but as soon as my niece saw me she said,"You are a Minion!"

Or homer simpson. Same yellow!

[Flojomojo]

I honestly thought the prequel Minions was the best one out of the bunch.

Wow, I thought that was the weakest of the bunch, by far. All gags and set pieces, no plot.

 

I think a person's brain is changed after becoming a parent. I noticed that cynical old me started responding to politician's cries of "think of the children," even from people with positions I don't like.

 

All the sappy adoption things in DM1 got to me.

[Schizophretard]

Or homer simpson. Same yellow!

 

My dad looks like him.

[Andromeda Stardust]

Wow, I thought that was the weakest of the bunch, by far. All gags and set pieces, no plot.

 

I think a person's brain is changed after becoming a parent. I noticed that cynical old me started responding to politician's cries of "think of the children," even from people with positions I don't like.

 

All the sappy adoption things in DM1 got to me.

I got no kids. wnen I hear someone scream "think of the children" I know they're pandering...

[Flojomojo]

I got no kids. wnen I hear someone scream "think of the children" I know they're pandering...

Yes yes, I have no brain, you have no heart!

[onmode-ky]

I saw Despicable Me 3 recently and made sure to keep an eye out for the mini arcade. It's a good thing I did, because it shows up and then disappears in the blink of an eye. But yes, there were no markings on it that I saw. I don't think it was quite the same shape, either, but maybe my memory of it is already distorting.

 

I honestly thought the prequel Minions was the best one out of the bunch.

Wow, I thought that was the weakest of the bunch, by far. All gags and set pieces, no plot.

I'm with Flojomojo on this, though I haven't seen DM2 yet (which is why I have no idea where the mother character in DM3 came from ). I didn't think Minions was outright bad, but it felt like it should have just been a side story add-on to something else. And, the film criminally underused Sandra Bullock! The other DM films do a good job with developing Gru, but Bullock's character was a one-note tune.

 

All the sappy adoption things in DM1 got to me.

I remember thinking after I saw DM1, "Wow, that was a really good Father's Day movie." And I liked DM3 more than Minions, but still not as much as DM1.

 

onmode-ky

[Andromeda Stardust]

We'll probably Redbox it when it comes out. If it's good, we'll buy it.