Posted 9:13 AM by Gene

Meantime, in something Mr. Mark definitely would not run, last summer's favorite with the Internet movie crowd gets a rousing send-off from the POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:

Looking back on the numerous "Panther" movies in varying shades of mediocre - almost 40 years of cinematic cautionary tales - why would anyone venture into those troubled waters again?....

[T]he buzz on the film's trailer - which features Martin pratfalling in broad strokes - has been tepid.

And now there may be bigger red flags on the horizon. With MGM's new position as a Sony subsidiary, and co-owned by investors who have more interest in making money than new movies, "Pink Panther" could do serious damage to future film development if it bombs.

First off, it isn't MGM, it's UA (and it's not a "subsidiary", it's a twenty-percent investment), and second, we can always make this flub up selling more flat-screen sets, or maybe adding a ROOTKIT when it goes on DVDs.

Plus it was a pretty stinky cartoon show.