I have to admit I'm a lot more excited to see this movie..
I HATED the cartoon in all of its incarnations. I found it childish (what? A cartoon childish? LOL) and rather inane.. I was probably too old for it at the time and was already facinated by anime..
So I resisted going to the first movie, but my son really wanted to see it, so we took him and I really ended up liking a lot..
So needless to say, both of us are really jazzed to see #2 this summer...
The cheeseball stuff with BB doesn't bother me as much as I thought it might.. It's clearly playing up the laughs for the younger crowd and juxtaposed with the seemingly amped up action, I think it will be ok...