There was a lot of dialogue in today’s comic. So if you need to get up and get a drink of water, or something, before reading the blog post, go right ahead. I’ll wait.

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Back? Good.

I’ll concede that I am probably not part of the target audience for Stomp The Yard. But I don’t think it makes it immune from the similarities in the other two movies I mentioned in today’s strip. The comparison may not be as airtight as the last “movie mash-up” I uncovered, but watch the trailer from Stomp The Yard and try to tell me it doesn’t hit the same emotional cues as Drumline and You Got Served.

Both Stomp The Yard and Drumline feature know-it-all kids from big cities “slumming” it at a southern university with an African American majority in the student body. Both have something to prove. Both learn a lesson in humility and the importance of teamwork. You can pretty much guess how it ends.

Stomp The Yard and You Got Served both have… well, dancing. And that’s pretty much where it ends. Because, as I recall, You Got Served didn’t have much of a plot to begin with except to give Omari Grandberry a launching pad to an acting career that never really went anywhere. So there you have it.

This weekend I am desperate to see either Children of Men or Pan’s Labyrinth but Cami doesn’t seem to want to have anything to do with either of them. It’s not so much an issue for Pan’s Labyrinth. It’s not showing around here yet. But I’ve heard increasingly good things about Children of Men and I was encouraged by it’s third place showing at the box office last weekend. It would be nice to see a film with a little pedigree. We’ll see what happens. I think we’re supposed to get a foot of snow out here this weekend.

Have any of you seen Children of Men or Pan’s Labyrinth? What was your take? Is there anything this weekend you’re interested in seeing? If so, what?

Talk to you soon!