I honestly first thought this was a found footage horror movie at first glance. I was genuinely waiting for a jump scare or her eyes to start bleeding or something
Ali Syed at first I thought this is a Saturday night live parody but upon discovering that this is a real thing.... i was like omg wtf.... I seen the series online and this movie has nothing to do with the series. this is a classic example of the original was better. The cartoon had a much better epic story line then this movie with great vilians the only short comings of the original show was its 30 min time slot and cheesy dialog due to a watered down love triangle story. but this is all things that could be fixed in a major hollywood production... heck look at G.I. Joe, Transformers....
wildevil If only. Hell, it could have even been a nice movie about the power PR and media presence in a hyper-modern world but it looks like a campy, water down shit mess.
Seriously? This is supposed to be Jem? As i remember Jem was a rock star with magical light-up earrings and candyfloss hair who was fun and larger than life, not some angsty teen with ego issues; and where the hell are The Misfits?! This looks like another dull, vacuous, teen movie aimed at 15 year olds who won't even know who she is. Not everything from the 80's should be 'revamped' for modern audiences, it doesn't always work.
Anita Gammans Ikr, Jem had big pink hair or it was platinum sometimes, this girl just looks like any ol angsty teen with flat stringy dingy looking hair.
darqjade Jem without the superhero, superstar feel is worthless and totally devoid of the source materials soul and authenticity. Pop-stars used to be power icons and solve problems and help people in cartoons. Not so much anymore.
Yes! I knew I had seen this basic story in another movie. I loved Jem as a little girls, so this is a sad shame. I doubt I will even watch it for free on cable.
I wasn't exactly big on Jem and the Holograms, but I swear the story was about Jerrica being given the super-advanced synthesizer known as Synergy, which was built by her dad, to grant Jerrica the ability to change into the alter ego "Jem." This trailer makes it seem like the music company made her "Jem." If this isn't true, then why make it seem that way? Synergy was a big part of the show, as well as the Misfits who don't seem present. Again, it's just the first trailer, but it seems to have summed up the whole movie anyway.
But guys, this movie is brought to us by the studio behind Pitch Perfect!! Not the director, not the producers, actors or even the screenwriters, just the same studio is what people care about when they go see a movie.
This is some crap!!!! This could have came out way cooler if they stuck to the story line. First they didn't put the black girl in it! ok!! Jem had a black band mate / sister. And her father was the head of a record company and he die and lift it too her. This is soooooooooooooooooooo off and stupit!!!....
Mr Red Fox So they are shitting all over people's child hood again. I have never seen this cartoon, but judging by the reaction, it looks like they are doing it wrong.
.... it's like making a transformers movie WITHOUT transforming, and just making it like a fast and furious rip off. Like, what happened with this trailer?!?!?
Ian Greene I know right? I never thought I would ever compare something to Michael bay's transformers movies, with the transformers movies being the positive...
The original animated series involved The Misfits, the Starlight girls (like Bonee, Ashley, and etc), and Synergy... The trailer involves none of the above, but i still wanna see this movie
I didn't think it was possible, but someone has actually made Jem and the Holograms into a movie. I guess it was bound to happen eventually, since they've already made live action movies about the Transformers and G.I. Joe
Y is Hollywood Obsessed with remaking Adult characters as Teens? Jerrica was a business executive that had earrings tethered to a Holographic machine that turned her into Jem. In 2015 this would've been the most believable & do able. Yet they go for Avril & the Hollowed Storyline ? ! GTFO
I have never heard of Jem and the Holograms, didn't know it was a cartoon. I grew up in the 90's and thought 'oh, it seems alright'. Now reading the comments I feel bad for the fans who had high expectations over it
This sounds like a Justin Beiber documentary Never Say Never with Jem starts as a regular person then someone uploads a video of Jem then a record person gives a contract to Jen just sounds so much like Justin!!!!
I love the cartoon. I know this not one. But, this is looking like another Jose and The Pussycats Movie. Which was horrible. If, you're going to remake something as memorable as Gem and the Holograms. Make it as close to what people remember and loved about the cartoon. This isn't looking good at all.
Ireally like this movie. It s harmless and with a food message. Don't understand why the 300 people are thinking.........maybe they are mad. The world needs hamrless movies.
The original animated series involved The Misfits, the Starlight girls (like Bonee, Ashley, and etc), and Synergy... The trailer involves none of the above
XD yep there outa ideas.... Some rep was like "hay guys um ya the next tween movie lets make it about a 80's anime but turn it into a 21st century drama"
Hmm, apparently in the last month or so, 1000 people suddenly appeared and voted "like" on this video, closing the gap between the likes and dislikes. Strange, huh?
This was my FAVORITE cartoon growing up. My eyes lit up like Christmas morning when my mom told me that they were coming out with a movie and the trailer was released 😳 (grown woman with kids of her own excited over Jem. Don't judge me) and I am disappointed so far with looking at the trailer. I see how they are trying to change it to make it more appealing to a larger audience, but that's stupid. The REAL audience that watched Jem knows the story line. Then by default because we're fans of this 80's cartoon, we will force our offspring to watch the movie. LOL!! So it's stupid to change it up. Where's synergy? The misfits? The music battles? This movie needs to add some Scott Pilgrim vs The World affects to it or something! Sigh, there goes my child hood dream. 😢
One year ago, a film came out based on the cartoon characters Mr Peabody and Sherman, that film imo sparked some hope from the Pandoras Box of terrible cartoon adaptions like Yogi Bear and The Smurfs, a sign that movie studios can make good adaptations of cartoons, without resorting to tween romance esque stories, mediocre storylines, pop culture references, lack of understanding to the source material and jokes that pander to the lowest common demoniator. Then this trailer comes out.... and takes a giant steaming pile of shit all over that hope! "sigh", lets pray that The Peanuts Movie can revive that sign of hope in cartoon adaptations.
I never watched the original cartoon as I wasn't born when it was on air but from what I've read about the show, this movie is absolutely nothing like it and I was actually gonna watch this movie to know what it was like
First I was like YAAAAAAAAYYYYY JEM THE MOVIE. Then watched trailer and I was like... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS S*IT!?!? That's not Jem. Not even close. I watched cartoon when I was little, and I still have 2 VHS cassette.. I though this movie would be awesome. But... I won't even find words.
Guys, I'm really sorry they did this to your favourite cartoon. It must suck big time. I've never seen the show, only gifs of it on tumblr. They went in the wrong direction with this show, they should have just stayed true to it. They could've done a really good job and even made it set in the 80's with pink dial phones and NO internet BS! That would've been pure eye candy.
I guess this is the age of "let's take a person/franchise that you love, and just dump on it with a God awful movie." First Aaliyah, now this, and I didn't even watch this show growing up!
I only know about this cartoon because my mom used to watch it when she was little; collectively I've seen like 5 minutes of it… and those 5 minutes were enough to know that this is some BS
This movie trailer was truly outrageous. Truly....truly....truly outrageous. I do not think I will be seeing this film. It feels so unlike the original series. So sad, because the cheesy 80s schtick would have been awesome here.
This could just be a case of a bad trailer cut. Jem does mention Synergy in the trailer, so there may in fact be more to this than they are letting on. Other media has mention of a mystery subplot involving Jerrica and her friends finding something her father left her [sound familiar?]. Erica Roberts is an obvious play on Eric Roberts, who actually does partially own Starlight in the show. The misfits are probably going to appear in the film at some point as well, and I'm willing to bet Jerrica will end up owning Starlight at the end, starting her foundation [which she now has a reason to focus on that particular cause], and that Synergy and the Misfits will play a role in the climax. It's a generic origin story and the girls won't be the Jem and the Holograms we know until the end of the film I'm betting. I still don't think it's going to be a good movie, but it may not be the meltdown we think it is because of this trailer. It seems to be setting up a sequel that will be more in line with the show.
Wow, they just painted up some new teens with Jem makeup and made another rise to fame movie...fuckin stupid. Jem and the Holograms actually battled with the Misfits and The Stingers over "Synergy", their hi-tech audio visual system, so they couldn't take the technology.
So they kept the names of the characters and the name of the record company. Kimber and Jerrica's mom died when they were kids and the series starts off with both of them at their father's funeral. Rio was Jerrica's childhood friend. Other than that I fail to see any similarities. It's gonna be crap just like the GI Joe movie.
you'd think with all the aspiring art students wanting to become movie directors/actors/actresses, that the hollywood scene would be a lot more competitive. movies like these are comparable to electing Bush for a 4th term in a row.
As someone who in the 1980's little sister made me watch Jem and the Holograms with her I am telling you this is not Jem. There is no change superhero style there are no misfits there is no problem or mystery solving. This is not Jem! There isn't even the song
Chance Paladin You've obviously never seen the cartoon...the only similarities with the cartoon are the character names and the name of the record company
This does not even look like anything that slightly resembles Jem and the Holograms. I figured this would be messed up the moment I heard it was being made into a movie.
The producers of this so called JEM movie know they have messed up cause they took the ENTIRE FACEBOOK PAGE DOWN that had over 7000 NEGATIVE REMARKS ABOUT THE MOVIE ALREADY... SAD SAD SAD THEY RUINED A ICON
WOW. This is like Hana Montana mixed with every story of a musical goup that rises to fame and the lead singer lets the fame get to their head. A sad diservice, this theme has been done to death
So disappointed they cut out the whole synergy/sy-fy theme. It's what made the original story interesting, and something they could have built on rather than creating another soppy story about peer pressure. Not going to watch this just from looking at the trailer. What a shame, I was looking forward to this.
I AM GOING! I've been a Jem fan since the 80s. I was a little worried about a live version, but this looks AWESOME! I wonder if they'll do original music & please PLEASE they have to some of the songs from the show! Songs I would live for them to do 1) Only Me & the Music 2) Music is Magic 3) She has the Power Hell all of them! Is the Misfits in this does anyone know? CAN NOT WAIT! I've waited 30+ years to see this. I hope its worth the wait.
So sad. With all of the technologies, CGI, etc. and they couldn't stick to the original concept of Jem and the Holograms? Where is Synergy, where are The Misfits? This was my favorite cartoon and I was looking so forward to the movie. Unfortunately, this adaption is going to fail tremendously. Just sad.
I never grew up watching Jem and the holograms but they showed a rerun of the show last year and I will say is that I love this show. I love everything about it. So when I saw this... This is not Jem and the Holograms this is a made up story. Sooo many wrong thing happening. The main three is 1. They our in their early 20s, 2. Rio don't know who Jem is but knew Jerrica since they were little, 3. Holograms. There is more but this is not ugh Jem. *drops the mic*
