I do think that, if you can move past the admittedly self-important tone of it, it is just an enjoyable movie to watch.  It's not the mind-blowing revelation I thought it was in 9th grade, but it's a decent flick with, as @avclub-ab394288aed46588bdc90bf4b541ec0d:disqus says, some humor and music.  That going-to-school…

I do think that, if you can move past the admittedly self-important tone of it, it is just an enjoyable movie to watch.  It's not the mind-blowing revelation I thought it was in 9th grade, but it's a decent flick with, as @avclub-ab394288aed46588bdc90bf4b541ec0d:disqus says, some humor and music.  That going-to-school…

So, why aren't you guys doing weekly coverage of this show?

So, why aren't you guys doing weekly coverage of this show?

Well, that's sorta like Due South, right?  That's a fun show.

Well, that's sorta like Due South, right?  That's a fun show.

I'm with you.  I bet this is going to be p. damn good.  Also, completely unsatisfying since it's designed as a pilot and not a Halloween special.

I'm with you.  I bet this is going to be p. damn good.  Also, completely unsatisfying since it's designed as a pilot and not a Halloween special.

a team of dinosaur-human mercenaries was a weird place for the Jurassic Park franchise to go—leaving that idea free for Lionsgate to claim it as The Expendables

a team of dinosaur-human mercenaries was a weird place for the Jurassic Park franchise to go—leaving that idea free for Lionsgate to claim it as The Expendables

I'm imagining an audience actually clapping in unison and I bet it'd be kinda creepy.  Just this perfectly uniform, booming, clapping noise.  Eesh!

I'm imagining an audience actually clapping in unison and I bet it'd be kinda creepy.  Just this perfectly uniform, booming, clapping noise.  Eesh!

The Halloween special, as of last year, has become a tradition for me.  I love the colors, the atmosphere, and as always the characters.  It's really outstanding.

The Halloween special, as of last year, has become a tradition for me.  I love the colors, the atmosphere, and as always the characters.  It's really outstanding.

Pina I did manage to see, and it was pretty fantastic.  But I think I agree, the dance sequences were outstanding and I could've stood to see more.

Pina I did manage to see, and it was pretty fantastic.  But I think I agree, the dance sequences were outstanding and I could've stood to see more.

Still kicking myself for missing that one in theaters.  Have held off on watching it in the hopes that it plays in town sometime again, in 3D.  Sigh.

Still kicking myself for missing that one in theaters.  Have held off on watching it in the hopes that it plays in town sometime again, in 3D.  Sigh.

Yep!

Yep!