Smurf sexuality has also baffled me for quite some time: as two henchmen on the Venture Brothers were arguing about, it's hard to tell if they're mammals or not. If they were, Smurfette would have to be in heat 24-7, but it would be difficult to deliver that many similarly-aged smurfs with a single female if they weren't birthed as a clutch of eggs. Nonetheless, I have to side with the mammal argument, because as one of the henchmen pointed out "[Papa Smurf] has a fucking beard!"
I sincerely doubt any of these concerns will be smurfed upon in the movie.
I thought we had ankled these blue buggers ages ago, but given Hollywood's obstinacy toward coming up with new ideas, it shouldn't come as a surprise that they resurrected the Smurfs. Where's Gargamel when you need him? Makes me wonder whether we won't see a Shirttails or Snorks movie any time soon.
One good thing that came out of this for me post, though, was finding this awesome Smurf redesign. I did a Google image search for "zombie smurf" (get it? resurrecting the Smurfs? hahahahhahaaha.... ahh.... fuck you.) and was unable to find something suitable, but i couldn't help but notice this awesome image. If they looked like this, I might be on board.
More Kennon James artwork here.
More info on the Smurfs movie here.
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Now that is Smurfingly cute!
In response to the reproduction question, perhaps Smurfette reproduces somewhat like a platypus, but with more than just the one egg. As you may know, a platypus is the only mammal that lays eggs...
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