Ahead of the release of The Simpsons Movie (I know, I'm way late with this post), Vanity Fair published a very interesting article entitled Simpson Family Values, including a special interview with former writer Conan O'Brien. Well worth the read...

By the way, did any of you go see the movie? Ulana and I saw it on the first day over in Cambridge, MD as part of our fifth anniversary weekend; yeah, I know I'm a lucky guy ;-). That says something, because I've become such a crotchety old man that I refuse to go the the movie theater anymore. I think the last movies I've seen in a movie theater this century were the Lord Of The Rings trilogy and the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Anyhoo, overall the movie did not suck, which in itself definitely exceeded my expectations. There were plenty of things that could have been better, including better use of the extensive cast of characters rather than just making sure that everyone got at least one line. The main plot wasn't as good as it could have been, and the way they portrayed Homer was a new low, something that's pretty difficult to do considering where they've taken his character in the past. On the whole, though, I came out of the theater satisfied, yet still wondering how much longer they'll be able to keep this up...