I can't speak from experience, but I would venture a guess that the optimal state in which to watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force is while stoned. I mean, it would explain a lot. The fast food items as characters, who used to pretend to fight crime and now just putter around the house. The mostly extraterrestrial or hell-spawn arch-rivals who want to foil their plans of pretending to fight crime and/or puttering around the house. The part where they never pay rent. And Carl.

So imagine the moral dilemma that was foisted upon at least some of the fans when it was announced that there was a movie in the works. A movie for theaters. And more specifically, a colon movie film for theaters. Well, good luck smoking the pot in your local Carmike. But if you did, and you managed to catch the Aqua Teen's movie while you were at it, then you probably had a pretty decent time that you can almost remember. If you didn't, then the experience can now be magically recreated in your personal domicile (or that of your neighbor. Skeeter's basement rules, man!).

I'm mentioning the pot/reefer/ganja/doobie/roach experience quite a bit here, because it's the only reason I can come up with for some of the plot choices in the film. I'm assuming this group is their target audience, and therefore certain story and continuity concessions were made in order to reach them in their most receptive state. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that a piece of exercise equipment would be the catalyst for destroying the world. And that a milkshake, a box of fries, a wad of meat, two bi-curious Plutonians, a robot from thousands of years ago, a mad scientist who has killed himself several times over, and a couple of eight-bit loving Mooninites would all come into contact together. And in the end, learn a little something about themselves.

Actually, that plot is pretty much par for the course in Aqua Teen land. And that's why you either love it or ignore it. If you love it, then keep reading, because there's more! If you're utterly confused right now and thinking that some of that pot might be a better use of your time (and let me make it clear that Blogcritics does not endorse firing up the bong. And parents, this is the perfect time to go see what your delinquent children are getting in to), then this movie isn't the best starting point for making anything at all any more clear. So instead of reviewing the film, I will now be devoting the bulk of my time to explaining some of the key differences between the afore-mentioned movie film for theaters version, and this new and expanded movie film for plastic disc posterity version.