• Howdy folks, things calmed down a bit today after a HUGE update yesterday. It’s certainly not been easy keeping up with stuff, but we do thank you for all the scoops. A lot of the monthly magazine type promotional stuff has already arrived, but you can expect some newspaper, radio, and television promotion in the coming weeks. There’s going to be a TON of reviews coming out on the flick, as well. We’ll make an effort to catalog a lot of those over at “Scooping The Monkey” for ya. So far, critical and fan response has been overwhelmingly positive. A good sign. But still, the moviegoing public (that’s you people and the word of mouth that you get going) will decide the box office.

Speaking of updates, this will be the last update until Thursday, as a group of us are heading into Camden, NJ for a daylong outdoor concert tomorrow. If anything major breaks, you’ll be able to catch it over at the talkbacks, forums, or at the View Askew boards we’re sure. Otherwise, check back for a big new update on Thursday.

We’ve also got the first winner from our Talkback spotlight contest. This post from last weekend:

Congrats to Snoogans for winning the first of the limited “Stroke 9 – Kick Some Ass” promo CDs. Two left to go…We’ll pick another good Talkback post to spotlight and another winner next week.

A sidenote: We’re getting TONS of e-mails containing that new e-mail worm going around at home, and a lot of them are from familiar folks who read this site (and it spreads from there). Please scan your systems for this latest virus, as it’s not much of a threat to us, it’s still a pain. Plus you’re probably sending out to a TON of other folks that you may affect. Watch out!