Legitimately Open Season has not been in a singular thought in my head for 16 years. It remained that way until the Freddy Fazgyatt clip started popping around last year. I believe I can confidently say not a soul has given a singular shit about it either until the last few months. Like, not even ironically. It’s taken a decade of the internet gorging on Shrek-based gags for us to even get to this bear.
This is not right. We are strip mining too deep into our collective memories for internet jokes. Open Season should be forgotten. Every animated film after Corpse Bride and before Ratatoille should be forgotten; between this, Chicken Little, Shrek the Third, and Doogal it’s a powerhouse expanse of terrible movies. We are tapping into resources not built for man to grasp. We are spitting in the face of god. Stop.