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May 21, 2013 6:24 pm Well if you're gonna bring world hunger into the equation. ;)

May 21, 2013 5:29 pm It's not exactly okay because it's 30 years later. It's sad that it's seen as okay 30 years later. That's resignation.

May 21, 2013 4:21 pm Yes. It's delightful.

May 21, 2013 4:17 pm I'm using the Netflix system as well. I liked it. I keep saying that. Using that same scale, I give the 2009 film a 5. So there's a lot of room for reasonable criticism. Perhaps my critique sounds overly harsh because that gulf in quality is so frustrating. It's not a bad film. It's just a misguided one.

May 21, 2013 3:24 pm Well, the reviews are designed more for those who have seen the film. There are spoiler tags. There's also an odd misperception that we hated the movie. We liked it. We just have problems and frustrations with it. Some commenters who unabashedly loved the movie seem to be taking all this as an attack. We're merely doing our jobs and offering reasoned criticism. I'm not jaded. I was very excited about the movie and give it a lot of credit for some wonderful performances and set pieces. I've simply offered a fair critique of the final product and its motivations, which often seemed problematic in terms of the new series' mission statement.

May 21, 2013 2:39 pm In theory. But I think there are a few elements that directly undermining that potential impact.

May 21, 2013 12:38 pm True.

May 21, 2013 12:35 pm It's not about the characters knowing each other for only five years. It's about the audience knowing them for only four hours.

May 21, 2013 12:28 pm To be clear, if you disagree with our criticism, that's more than fine. But people keep saying, "I don't get the negative reaction" when we've been clear and comprehensive in our criticism. In multiple formats.

May 21, 2013 12:20 pm We explain the negative reaction in the podcast and in my text review.