If the name is no indication, I am the resident Smurf fanatic here. I prefer the original comics, of course, but I don't hate the live action movie as intensely as I feared I might. The Smurf Village parts were pretty good, some of the movie actually was funny (especially NPH questioning some of the logic behind Smurf culture), and it paid some respect to Peyo, the creator. Of course most of it was the Hollywood bastardization that usually transpires, but the biggest perk is that I am wearing Smurf boxers right now. I have found so many Smurf products all over the place, including the Papercutz reissue of Peyo's original comics in the grocery store not a mile away from my house.
As a collector, for years I searched high and low for Smurf stuff. Now it's everywhere, and it will be even more prevalent when #2 comes out, which I imagine will mostly be #2. I won't care - I'll just read my kids the original comics and be happy that they somehow survived the 80s.
