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Either I'm a completely different person than I was 20 years ago when I loved this show - and yes I was quite young then - or this movie is blah.

There's too much interference from the Atari creatures, it just becomes annoying and isn't funny at all by the last twenty minutes, and while I appreciated the dunking on Amazon and billionaires, I feel like the execution was pretty lousy.

Meatwad, Master Shake and Frylock are iconic early 2000s characters and I was excited to see something new with Aqua Teen. However, I just wasn't that into what they have to offer. I laughed maybe twice, and not loudly.

When I was a child this was "a children's movie." I had a stuffed Mogwai, and story books with 45 rpm records from some fast food franchise based on the movie. What a surprise to return to this as an adult and realize this could not be marketed for kids as aggressively today.

Gremlins is full of old ladies threatening to murder pet dogs, and assorted monsters that are miraculously as smart, mischievous and deadly to any human that stands in their way as a fully grown young adult chimpanzee within days of being born. Mom microwaves one, stabs another and mangles a third in the cake mixer.

The end effect is kind of bizarre, with the cuteness and unrealistic fantasy of a kids' movie with a level violence which should probably not be encouraged around little kids under the age of eight.

I am not from Florida and in fact intentionally avoid it, but there is something about people from the Southeastern United States and their unabashed love of telling "big fish" tales of eccentric adventures which are...mostly true...that resonates. This is one of the most recognizable cultural markers of the Old South spanning back to early 20th century Southern Gothic literature.

Here, individuals of this story telling persuasion have the opportunity to unburden their soul or just humble-brag while real Hollywood actors re-enact the story lines with intentional comedy.

The Gator Man is totally awesome.