#remember the little girl Mindy and her long suffering dog (that made me so so sad) on Animaniacs? classic example.

[andthebeanstalk]

Today I was reminded of the movie Baby's Day Out (AKA Home Alone but it's a baby), which I loved as a kid and haven't thought about in years.

And I had the thought, "if I watch this movie with the presupposition that this baby is a divine entity of chaos, will that make this movie more enjoyable to rewatch?

The answer to this question is obviously yes without even having to test it out, so I decided to make it a little more interesting and update my very scientific hypothesis:

If I watch this movie with the aforementioned assumption, then will that in fact make Baby's Day Out into the best version of The Omen??

I'm testing my hypothesis now. I don't think I've seen this movie in like 20 years. Man. It's hard being a scientist doing important science work sometimes.

#original #John Hughes #Joe Mantegna #joe pantoliano #Laura Flynn Boyle #it is a movie that is conceptually horrifying but works on Looney Tune rules which means no harm ever befalls the baby #also they don't forget the baby at home he like wanders off so it isn't that his parents are like. horrifically negligent. #Looney Tune rules means that the set of physics and logic the world of the story adheres to are totally different #not just because this movie has a home alone level of horrible deadly injuries befalling shady guys that they keep walking off #but also because a toony universe like that bends around a baby even more than usual! #remember the little girl Mindy and her long suffering dog (that made me so so sad) on Animaniacs? classic example. #except I prefer if the character following just behind the baby and incurring horrible physical harm is not an innocent dog #I think in this one they are like #three Italian mobster mooks who want the reward money for finding the baby #It's been a minute. I'm high. I care a lot about how different stories use different sets of rules I think it is really fun #solid chance I will get 20 minutes into this and bail but #I'm tired and high and this baby is an adorable Antichrist. just like my dog. #I say this with all the affection in the world