DreamWorks Animation’s Dog Man has an all too familiar vibe which fans of Captain Underpants can easily recognize. The silliness is the same. When author Dav Pilkey created the former as a spinoff, I believe the studio is considering the possibility. And when executive producer Peter Hastings is directing, I say there’s a good chance for a crossover to happen! He worked on various televised Underpants series and to be that intimate with this creator’s works can mean good things.
This movie is a hilarious and curious twist to the Frankenstein story. Officer Knight (voiced by Hastings) never died. He gave a muffled response and a thumb up to approve the decision to cut off his head. Afterwards, the medics attached his dog’s to his body, and I wonder if they performed a brain transplant at the same time? Apparently not, because the character is more canine than anything else. I can only hope that someone put Knight’s head into suspended animation.
By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)