Pandas, man. Who doesn't love pandas?

They're already legendary for their sneezes and their reactions to sneezes,

but they also love slides, playing in leaves and eating 10 to 14 hours every day.

I mean, I'm not necessarily one for spirit animals, but that panda lifestyle sounds awfully relatable to me.

But you know who doesn't love pandas?

A surprising number of naturalists and economists who write articles with not so cuddly titles like,

Why I Hate Pandas and You Should Too.

And humans should stop meddling with pandas and let them die.

And, pandas aren't cute. They're death-loving oxygen thieves. Yikes!

I mean, sure, we do spend a lot of conservation money on animals that seem uninterested in mating for the survival of their own species,

but ask yourself this, if we let pandas die, who is gonna become the dragon warrior to save all of China?

Yeah, now you see how important pandas are. Hello internet, welcome to film theory, the show that studies martial arts footage in super slow motion to make sure that everyone is in fact

Kung fu fighting rather than like, you know, judo fighting or capoeira fighting or Krav maga fighting.

Dear viewer, if you've been on the cinematic journey that I call film theory for more than a few episodes,

you already know my would-be creepy if it weren't my job-level obsession with kids' movies.

But now, it's even less creepy because I've got myself a toddler,

and I can spend quality time with my son watching something that we can both enjoy,

while bonus still getting my work done on the side.

Multitasking for the win.

Our most recent father-son feature, Kung Fu Panda.

My son loved the movie, but as any of you who've ever been around a toddler know,

little kids are proto theorists who ask a lot of questions.

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