Rules change.

Ted had the same effect on me as the Simpsons movie – above all other things, it made me affectionate for the characters of Family Guy and the people who create them, most of whom (did Seth Greene piss someone off?) were in Ted. Knowing full well that he’s had a Jaguar in the garage for ten years in the person of Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane finally played his megababe card, and if the results are a movie where you can’t quite believe that anyone as together (and brilliantly attractive) as Kunis’ character would have anything to do with Marky Mark’s character, John, I cannot likewise deny that Kunis and Wahlberg have great chemistry together, and that all such chemistry is sorta secondary anyway to the magnificent chemistry between Wahlberg and his ratty old teddy bear, Ted. I was unduly charmed by the bald patches on (adult) Ted’s torso and arms; that is one well-designed CGI bear. If the movie did not fulfill my fondest wish – when a coked-up Ted squares off against an enraged duck at a party gone wrong, I would very much have liked to see bear and bird detour into a five-minute riff on Peter vs. the Giant Chicken – it later satisfactorily provided the greatest human vs. teddy bear fistfight that has ever, and shall ever, exist.

Being the annual recap of the best toys I bought in the past year.

I was all fixed to post my blah-blah about my new favourite thing ever, when I realized that I’d omitted the customary year-end toy survey, for which the internet is certainly not crying out, but which allows a sense of order to me. And so here they are - the best of my collection, 2011:

#1: Thor - Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece Series, #146

Surprising no one, the big monkey hits the top of the list. Actually I think it was actually on December 31, 2010 that pictures of this started trickling down from Hong Kong, and I was fairly well certain it would be my year-end fave - I even started a piggy bank for it. Yeah: for general toyly awesomeness and turning me into an 8-year-old with a piggy bank again, Thor wins.

Here’s the Green Lantern! And it’s likely to become a season-defining miss for the folks at Warner Brothers and DC Entertainment. Plus: we have a split decision on the merits of the film, one Matt yes, one Matt no. Which was which? And what did our waiter have to say? It’s Mamo verité, straight from the front lines.

The story, for those unfamiliar, finds Hal Jordan blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Green Lantern.

I’m actually gonna buy the Green Lantern prequel comics. Yeah: I’m that guy.

I am gonna be such a whore for this movie, it’s not even funny. (Taken with instagram)

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The 200th episode of Mamo! We kick off the summer box office season with our look at what will – and won’t – make money in the summer of 2011, including some picks for #1 from some very special guest stars. Plus: Thor! Cap! Green Lantern! Jack Sparrow! Harry Potter! Optimus Prime! The Smurfs! It’s the biggest Mamo ever!

As much as I love the whole suit, I **really** love the feet.