10/15   So I watched Team America in a semi-packed theater in L.A. tonight.
        The audience couldn't stop laughing, and at the end, there was
        a lot of applause -- the most I've heard in a long time.
        How was it in the Bay Area?
        \_ PUPPET SEX!!!!
        \_ Everyone laughed uncontrollably through almost every scene.  This
           is the funniest movie I've seen in a very long time.  Everyone
           should go see it.
           \_ I thought it was funny, but not really worth seeing on the
              big screen.  it's not going to be any less topical if you
              wait for it to come out on video.
              \_ What is "worth seeing on the big screen"?
                 \_ well, i thought my 8 bucks was well-spent for the south
                    park movie, which was why I went to see this one.
                    I did not feel that my 8 bucks was well-spent.
                    It seemed to me like what the south park movie would have
                    looked like if they'd made it right after jesus vs. santa
                    claus back in the begining.
                 \_ Either requires a big screen and surround sound or is so
                    engrossing that the theater environment helps you be drawn
                    in to it. -!pp
                    \_ Funny things are funnier when there are lots of people
                       around you laughing.
           \_ I hate to say it but it looks stupid and those claymation
              type things freak me out.
              \_ Uhm, they're marionettes.
                 \_ Whatever the hell they are.
                    \_ So an ancient performance artform freaks you out?
                       Does crayoning freaking you out?  Musicals?  Plays?
                       Drama?  Comedy?  Prozac?
                       \_ Alot of people actually share this phobia.  It's
                          no bigger a deal than being afraid of the dark,
                          spiders or the ocean.
                          \_ Oh come on!  There's a phobia about sting
                             puppets?  Is there a more specific form about
                             string puppets having sex on film for the
                             express purpose of making money on current
                             political topics?
                             \_ See pupaphobia & pediophobia.  Shithead.
                                \_ Pupaphobia... hahahhahahahhahaha!!!  Are
                                   you one of those people who also thinks
                                   4 of 5 male children have ADD and need
                                   various heavy duty drugs in grade school?
                                   \_ No, actually I'm not -- though it does
                                      seem that I'm better able to use research
                                      materials than you are.  Shithead.
                       \_ Dude, marionettes are scary!
                          \_ chucky! aaaah!
        \_ How much of it is musicals? That was the main thing that annoyed me
           about the South Park movie. I don't like most musicals in the first
           place (Chicago was enjoyable, I haven't seen that many of them) and
           supposed-to-be-funny ones are normally just boring as hell.
           \_ Mostly action/drama, several songs
           \_ No musicals.
        \_ You should all watch this movie.  You will laugh a helluva lot
           while watching, but it will leave a bad taste.  My conclusion
           is from Spiderman:  With great power/talent, comes great
           responsibility.  Trey and Matt should shoot themselves now.
           I will use the language of the movie:  Trey and Matt are pussies
           of the most significant kind.  Good world leaders are dicks
           and pussies, but know when to use their dicks.
           \_ And the rod up your ass must have a rod up its ass.
           \_ I never see movies people say I "should" see.  They're never
              right.
              \_ you should watch all movies. hahahahahaaa! now, by your
                 rules you can never watch a movie again! w00t!
           \_ A bad taste?  It was funny?  What exactly left a bad taste?
              \_  Matt's and Trey's dick in his mouth
                  \_ Yeah, that was a useful reply.  Thanks.
        \_ I thought it was funny, but would have been better as a rental, not
           $8.50/person.  I think the humor was a little too 'bash you over the
           head with it' for me, and I'm a huge South Park fan.  Its
           exageration and stereotyping just went so far so that it was no
           longer a caricature but just ridiculous.
           \_ So you didn't like the way they bashed the Hollywood types?
              Are you aware Alec Baldwin offered to do his own voice?  If he
              can have a sense of humor about it (and I applaud him for it
              even though I despise him otherwise), why can't you?
              \_ I have a pretty good sense of humor and don't mind the
                 celebrity-bashing, but it just got *TOO* stupid to be funny.