Hey friends!

Long time no etc

So remember like a month ago when we ribbed on Thom Fowler's review of Monsters, Inc.? Well, the guy was cool enough to respond to a few jerks making fun of something he wrote like ten years ago. I didn't think anything like that would happen until we were internet-famous! Here's what he wrote:

"I'm honored to have been your premier target.

I was amused by your close reading and careful deconstruction of my comments on Monsters, Inc.

I'm surprised you took the time.

My favorite quote from your manifesto:

"We also like to make fun of things."

I'm still alive.

And I look forward to attending more of your literary barbecues.

You might be catching on if you keep reading. (!: the most pointlessly overused punctuation mark in the field of film marketing.)

"How to Write A Seven-Paragraph Review for Dimwits and Numbnuts"

Exactly.

Re: Auschwitz - I had to at least give the reader /something/ to really think about. The Monster culture tortured and exploited humans and potentially exterminated them. Two of their members suddenly have pathos for the "other." And thus you have the emotional impetus for the way the plot unravels.

Of course, if Boo had actually been afraid of Sulley, she would not have implicated herself so naturally into an emotional landscape which she did, in fact, share with Sulley and Mike. They discovered a shared meaning-making process which enabled a different kind of relationship to emerge - one based on empathy, rather than disassociation.

But who cares about all that stuff. It's MONSTERS and CUTENESS!

Small Soldiers is another "kid's movie" that is essentially a morality tale with similar themes of a fear-based response manifesting as violence at odds with a love-based response manifesting as care and empathy.

Anyway. Thanks!"


Thanks for the clarifications, Thom! (and also for not hating us!) Very awesome.


Anyway, we're sorry for the lack of updates (I AM, ANYWAY). We've all been incredibly busy or just lazy. But I promise that starting tomorrow, we'll go back to updating 5 times a minute.