There are a few things about life -- reality, even -- that you can just know. Certainties go far beyond death and taxes. For example: your website, no matter how good it looks to you, or even most people you know, will be unbelievably unpleasant to one of those 'must have white background' freaks. To put that more nicely: you can't please everyone. And, honestly? Why bother trying.

I think the makers of TMNT [the newest, all CG happy fun animated like Pixar movie] must share my views on that. Indeed, most filmmakers seem to have a version of the rule. "You can't please everyone, and we really don't have to. All we have to do is please the people giving us the money to make this thing."

I'm sure that's a bigger job than it sounds, as pleasing those with the money ultimately involves pleasing the ones buying movie tickets, but some of those people will pay to see anything these days.

Maybe it's just that I've seen too many movies, but I'm starting to get the feeling that they're all coming from some sort of industry-issued blender. You just find the sort of movie you're looking to make in the special cookbook it comes with, add in the things it suggests -- the book it's going to be based on, aspects from other movies you thought might work, a few plot choices, some standard themes, y'know, what every movie needs. Then you pick the blending level, let it sit, and scoop out what floats to the top.

That's kinda how TMNT felt to me. Someone took the original Turtles movie, added a bit of Ghostbusters, mixed in the look of The Incredibles, and maybe threw in some of the original comics, just to say they did. And they got this thing that's just unfortunately preachy and...I don't know. Maybe they should've focused a little more on the monsters. I don't think that would've made me happy, but it would've been nice to see them a little more. Maybe find out more about them, because I bet there's a reason behind them somewhere.

I didn't mean to, but I left this post sitting here unfinished overnight, so I've pretty much forgotten everything else I was going to say. Oops.