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Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
Friday saw Jeno Leno finally relinquish the host’s chair of The Tonight Show to Conan O’Brien…only to take over his own brand new show in primetime.
And it saw the release of Pixar’s newest intelligent and moving masterpiece Up…only to also see the release of Dreamworks’ new slate of eight (yes, eight) new movies to be released in the next three and a half years. These movies include a fourth Shrek movie, a third Madagascar movie, and a second Kung Fu Panda movie. There are also two movies based on best-selling childrens books and a movie featuring the voices of two of the biggest entertainers of the last year – Robert Downey Jr. and Tina Fey. (Did I mention that the leads of the last three Pixar movies were voiced by Patton Oswalt, Ben Burtt, and Ed Asner respectively?). These eight new movies will undoubtedly gross roughly a gazillion dollars apiece.
Hey kids, why strive for genius and originality when mediocrity will do just as well?
