Why Angry Birds Belongs On TV

It makes perfect sense to me that they are making an Angry Birds TV show and (hopefully) movie. I can only speak for myself, but at the end of my marathon Angry Birds sessions I am often left wanting more depth out of the story, more insight into the personalities of the birds, more evil wrongdoings by those nasty little pig heads.

I want to know why those greedy pigs steal the innocent birdy eggs. Where does all that avarice and rapacity come from? Why weren’t they happy with the eggs they stole in the “Poached Eggs” chapter at the beginning? I suspect their building some kind of massive super-sulfur-bomb, but whose face do they want to throw egg on? Do they hold only the Angry Birds in contempt or do they plan on stealing eggs from other cute, friendly creatures like alligators, octopi and duck-billed platypus’? I hope a TV series will be able to explain their dastardly plans to me.

I need to understand what I’m playing for, what is MY motivation for destroying the pigs? And the simple, wordless IKEA-style instructions on my phone just ain’t cutting it! I need a half-hour clay-mation program to go into the nuances of the story for me. I need more immersion into the bizarre world of disembodied pig heads and birds possessing super powers to fully appreciate the game I spend hours playing every day.

I want to know what motivates them to build such elaborate (yet seemingly frail and poorly balanced) structures. Who actually constructs those things for them? They don’t appear to have hands or any kind of ambulatory limbs so how can they build anything? Have they formed some kind of “Axis of Evil” alliance with the Big Bad Wolf to be their general contractor? Have they enslaved Charlotte and forced her to build these fortresses for them (in exchange for not taking HER eggs too, I assume)? I need a TV show with 22 episodes a season to explain this to me!

And where the hell do those nefarious piggies get concrete and glass from? Do they have “family” from New Jersey supplying them? How can they possibly erect 2-dimensional buildings out of materials which must weigh 100 times their own body weight without the use of tools or any kind of mechanisms?

Have those pigs discovered the secrets of the ancient Egyptians and Mayans? Are they being aided by ancient aliens from another galaxy? I’m just asking questions here…an intelligent person can connect the dots and draw their own conclusions. Maybe the series should be produced by The History Channel.

Still, I really hope a trilogy of 3D animated movies from Dreamworks will answer these questions for me. I also hope said movies will be directed by Michael Bay, after all, he can REALLY blow some shit up!

While we’re at it, let’s talk about cross-branding with some other popular franchises like super heroes? Batman’s got some cool gadgets, sure, but how bitchin’ would it be to have him throw one of those Black Birds at The Penguin and blow his mackerel-ass to hell!

I also can’t think of a better tie in than with the X-Men. A little Blue Bird that can split into three other little blue birds that all break through glass like a hot knife through butter. How X-Men is that? Or a bird that can shoot explosive eggs out his ass and then ricochet around the room destroying more stuff! I’d like to see Wolverine do that! Didn’t think so, you X-Pussies just don’t have the skillz.

So please please please make a whole bunch of Angry Birds TV shows and movies so I can get answers to these questions and more (I would love an “origins” story to explain how that Toucan got mixed up with a bunch of common street birds, and who keeps knocking up the White Birds?)

Because I’m not truly enjoying the game unless it comes with a commercial interruption every 10 minutes or tie-in merchandising with my McDonald’s Happy Meal.

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