Finally have the chance to go see the new animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Mutant Mayhem to the rescue. Whee! I’ve been looking forward to this. One bonus from the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike is that movies have the chance to stick around a bit longer rather than washing out of the theaters after two weeks. A less crowded launch schedule means we can wait to find a suitable time to go to the movies. I’m pumped. We’ve watched the original feature film, plus Secret of the Ooze, with people in suits. Then the two CGI heavy versions with Megan Fox as April, and my kids were watching a more recent animated tv show on Netflix. So near total TMNT saturation has been hit, and we can go sit through a feature length film. Still up in the air as to whether the youngest will join us too. Not known for being able to sit still for two full hours. Either way I think we’ll get a kick out of this new version.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this very youthful version of the turtles is not geared to me, but to my eight year old, and I’m ok with that. I got to see the original when I was ten, and it is still – by far, my favourite version of the franchise. Although this art style, much like across the spider verse, really piques my interest. I like this new stylized animation that is coming out of Sony. We are also not going to see it in 3D, so that should also make it easier to watch. I think I’m the only one who enjoys that gimmick in my immediate family. My kids don’t wear sunglasses either, so it may just be an eyewear thing, and not the added depth of field that is giving them pause.
We have had a pretty glorious lazy Sunday morning so far. Even had a hot breakfast delivered. Very bougie, I know. But it was kinda fantastic. I would have made a hot breakfast but our bread has gone mouldy, and I can’t make bacon & egg sandwiches without any bread. Could have done bacon, eggs and beans, but we were looking toward sandwiches. Blinders on I guess.
I see that Angry Birds is on tv. Might take a brief moment to watch some of that. Red is about as far away from Ted Lasso as an actor can get. Lots of range in that Sudeikis fella. Ciao Bella!
Edit** Made one of the classic blunders by getting the show times wrong by pushing the date ahead in the app to see showtime’s, but not waiting for the shift to take effect, and then not double checking the next day. So we wasted an hour driving around to get to a non existent movie showing. Didn’t feel like waiting the three hours for the next actual show time. Came home and ate lunch instead. Going to try an evening show tonight, and this time we’ll do snacks and should get to see the movie! Fingers crossed.
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