In the sequel we are catching up with the trio in some sort of wildlife sanctuary in a valley lined with ice walls. Politics come on early with the mention of global warming leading to the impending melt and the ultimate collapse of the ice walls that hold back enormous amounts of water. So our friends and all the other animals embark on a trek to reach a boat (read giant log) at the far end of the valley in order to save them from the impending flood. Insert Biblical reference here.

As in the first movie, the antagonist here again is the weather. The secondary antagonist (keenly written in the first movie for the Sabre pride) has been reduced to a couple of characterless crocadilian-fish that seem to have a particular taste for migrating mammals. Decent concept, given the flood, but the movie gave them no teeth. I think this is the missing link to making this movie work. Too bad because overall its a pleasing way to spend an hour and a half. Mannies love interest subplot is ok. The concept of Ellie thinking that she is a possum and only realizing that she is in fact a mammoth after she stumbles across the place she was found by her possum mother and the subsequent flashback, makes you thinks that Mannys comment about Ellies …tree not going all the way to the top…, can be applied to the writers.

If nothing else Scrat is reason enough to go see this. He is no longer just an aside as in the first film as he actually gets into the plot here. Albeit, his role in the plot is an overly easy (and early) seque to the films resolution.

Kids will love it. Adults that liked the first one, will be dissapointed.

My, that is one comfy-soundin’ chair…but…FANNIE!

Why not UN gays to press Rice - uh, on vote against US legislators?

Actually, I was checking to see if WF will bag the crows for the festival of celebration, if wiser heads prevail and we don’t unleash our madness in Iran. It just doesn’t matter if Iran develops some nuclear weapons. It sure as hell isn’t worth unleashing the insanity of Cheney’s strategy of military aggression in the Middle East, phase 2. The only reason Iran wants nuclear weapons is as an insurance policy against military action by the United States. I assume Cheney & company need to launch the attacks before Iran opens their oil bourse, using other than the dollar as the currency with which other countries can buy Iranian oil. They think they’re a sovereign nation? Yeah, like we consider Venezuela free to chart their own course with their natural resources and their relationship to currencies on the global market.

We are pouring billions into building permanent US military bases in Iraq because we believe in self determination in the Middle East, but with the self understood as the US.

Please, please, Most Holy Celestial Crustacean, let me have to have to gorge myself on crow.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11890.htm

I would really, really, really rather eat crow than have this happen. But he and Team Neocon have a penchant for choosing the stupidest option, as demonstrated in spades by the elective invasion of Iraq. Tragically, horrendously expensively stupid - in lives, money, and international good will. Neo-con appropriately rhymes with mo-ron.

We are fine, we are great,
We’re the class of 68.

Followed by,

We are great, we are fine,
We’re the class of 69.

The class of 71 was screwed.

Vietnam is our fate,
We’re the class of 68!

Most definitely. Should Iraq prove to be the end of the Project for a New American Century, with its “real men” marching on to Tehran and/or “all options against Iran being still on the table,” as they love to say, as well as Dumbass’s addiction to regime change through US inflicted destruction and death whenever and wherever “I get to decide,” as Clueless One said in response to the reporter’s statement that war with Iraq already seemed to be a foregone conclusion (as it was), I will not only eat, but truly enjoy, a hearty serving of crow. Since it will be a Thanksgiving dinner, see if crow can be deep fried, as is all the rage and utterly Southern. I am also a big fan of all the popular Thanksgiving side dishes (whole cranberry sauce), and both pumpkin and pecan pie.

Fowler, if you’ll bag the crows, it will be helpful.

Meanwhile, we need to elect a president who will put an end to the modernization of our “nucular” arsenal by our nuke-addicted Arsehole-in-Chief, along with the Pentagon’s ongoing lust for the militarization of space - what a perfect storm of criminal idiocy.