Neil Patrick Harris Star of 'Smurfs' and Opening Oscars Act

After the smurfy success of 'Avatar', it only makes sense to shrink the big blue aliens down for the 'Smurfs' movie. And to make the 'Smurfs' movie even bigger and better than 'Avatar', Neil Patrick Harris will be voicing the "lead Smurf" (I guess a Smurf that played with recalled toys at a child? Oh, wait...lead Smurf). So will Neil Patrick Harris incorporate his role in 'Smurfs' with his next big gig, the opening act at the Oscars? I mean, the smurfy jab at 'Avatar' is just to great to resist (especially after the whole Sacha Baron Cohen debacle).

It's really a mystery as to what Smurf Neil Patrick Harris will be playing in the upcoming 'Smurfs' movie; all I know is that he won't be Papa Smurf or Smurfette, and I really hope they don't have him voicing Vanity Smurf (it's time to stop with the stereotypes, people!). One of the other main Smurfs is Brainy, but I don't want to see Neil Patrick Harris forced to relive his Doogie Howser days, and I can't see him mimicking Clumsy Smurf's backwoods ways. Maybe he'll be voicing tough and tatted-up Hefty Smurf. Aw, to hell with the Smurfs that already exist; he simply needs to be voicing Barney Smurf in the movie!

I guess for now we'll just have to wait and see which Smurf Neil Patrick Harris will be, but we won't have to wait long for his next big performance: opening the Oscars! This pretty much means he'll get to roast the entire audience; even you, James Cameron! Starring in the 'Smurfs' movie, you'd think that he could use his new role to roast the aliens of 'Avatar', but we may not get to see him poke fun at the ponytailed giant Smurfs at all after what happened with Sacha Baron Cohen.

Apparently Sacha Baron Cohen, set to be a presenter at the Oscars, had planned on waking the television audience up with a hilarious skit involving himself dressed up like a pregnant female Na'vi. He was going to have his frustrated Na'vi native angrily confront her baby daddy Jerry Springer style, accusing James Cameron himself of knocking her up during his stay at Pandora. Unfortunately, the Oscar producers know how think-skinned James Cameron is, and didn't feel that making fun of his blue-skinned baby would go over very well (Sacha Baron Cohen is soooo racist!). So will Neil Patrick Harris make fun of his giant Smurf brethren? I say don blue skin and a suit and give it to him Barney-style, claiming to have one-upped James Cameron by knocking up 90 percent of the Na'vi female population, creating your own army/cast for the 'Smurfs' movie.

Ah, if only the Oscars could play out like I imagine it, with James Cameron getting upset and leaving before he fails to win any of the big non-special-effects-related categories. 'Up' would pull off the Best Picture upset; James Cameron would never give an acceptance speech; and Neil Patrick Harris would swoop from the sky on a Toruk and plug his ponytail into the Oscars microphone, linking us all up with real entertainment. Now that would be darn smurfy.

SOURCES:
http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2010/03/03/neil-patrick-harris-smurfs-movie/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_The_Smurfs
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2755795/2010_oscar_presenters_sacha_barons.html?cat=2