Thank you for that honest and endearing answer.

Was there ever a moment, and I'm asking totally in earnest, when you were banging your head on the desk for hours trying to think of something brilliant that cut right to the feel of the film…and then you gave up and just wrote "Smurf happens' or "What the Shrek?" and they loved it?

I'm quite a fan of Kevin Smith the person and yarn-spinner. I first heard that story at a Dogma screening in the thick of my comic geek days, and I laughed so hard I was weeping.

That…actually explains a lot about the animated visions in that movie.

What would you call him, then?

I used to work on a ferryboat that had satellite TV for the passengers. One of the engineers was not only responsible for my first exposure to Fox News, but the type of Fox News viewer that wants to feel out your politics by asking if you believe the lies all those other librul media spin.

Getting Rid'a the P…

Getting Rid'a the P…

What if we all just agreed to ignore this and focus on the faithful little adaption that could that is THE GOON?

What if we all just agreed to ignore this and focus on the faithful little adaption that could that is THE GOON?

He's not wrong about that. Iron Man is a fairly Objectivist film. Maybe not as much as Ratatouille, but…

He's not wrong about that. Iron Man is a fairly Objectivist film. Maybe not as much as Ratatouille, but…

This is the only comment I actually want to see Banhoff's reply to.

This is the only comment I actually want to see Banhoff's reply to.

I'm confused. Brad Pitt's corpse is in Jill Kelley's closet?

I'm confused. Brad Pitt's corpse is in Jill Kelley's closet?

Well that's dandy, but when are all my FX shows returning to the only portal I have to motion zeitgeist?

Well that's dandy, but when are all my FX shows returning to the only portal I have to motion zeitgeist?

I nearly cried a couple times watching Ralph. It's gold.

I nearly cried a couple times watching Ralph. It's gold.