For the record I just want to say I own Mystery Men, I loved the movie and in fact think it is one of the more creative and original comic book movie attempts around.
There are alot of other movies I actually love very much and I think gets NO respect when in fact, they should. I'm saving what I really feel is disrespected for later since I have too many movies to list I love that get no respect. These movies are:
Crank, Mind Hunters, Armageddon, Small Soldiers, Super Mario Bros, and Big Trouble (I was REALLY pissed off at how people treated that movie).
The thing I feel people don't give any credit or rightful respect to these days is cartoons, old new and whatever. People always associate such negative aspects to cartoons be it to the person who watches them, or the cartoons themselves. People these assume cartoons are either for pea brained, innocent, bambi eyed children.
Or grossly acne covered nerds who have shallow lives and think cartoons are too baby-ish and anyone who watches them past the age of 10 is a loser devoid of any kind of reality or maturity (grow up indeed). To me, I think people these days should stop being ashamed of what they watch and hiding it from others and learn to accept cartoons no matter what age you are.
I do not in any possible form of comprehension understand why people think there are "right" and "wrong" ages you can like something, I cannot fathom that. Since when did love have an expiration date? Is it really so disgusting and pathetic for a person in his/her 20's or even 30's to find enjoyment out of watching a cartoon show? Is that really such a definition of being a loser?
I think people don't give cartoons any respect and constantly write off anything that is animated and doesn't originate from a prime time or late night programming block, to be for kids. People don't think animated characters can envoke the same kind of emotion, sympathy, or inspiration as RL programming. I say I watch Kim Possible, people will look at me like I've got the plague.
I get so tired of being told or indicated what people have to do to be considered acting your own age. I think cartoons share alot of good, honest, and encouraging material that can be helpful and amusing to people even in their 50's. Not everything animated is happy sunshine cutesy baby stuff.
I've found more inspiration and stimulation from watching Darkwing Duck then I have most TV dramas. There's alot to be said about cartoons and how they are hardly becoming a kids only demographic any longer, but it still bothers me that society and norms have instilled a public "insecurity" for people who still like cartoons as they are older.
It's disgusting, degrading, and despicable to me that people can look down so easily on people who like things that are supposedly beyond their age. And how anyone who's over the age of 18 that looks at a cartoon is labeled with being either a freak or only watching the show to derive some kind of sexual pleasure from it.
I find it unfair, unjust, and unbelievable that people can have the gall or nerve to be able to tell someone else when you have to stop loving something.
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