I know a pair of Three Stooges fanatics and they shrugged off the folks crying "Atrocity!" when the Farrelly Brothers released their version a few years ago. Sacred writ? G'wan wicha! But one organized group was the UCCSB, which zapped it with the "O" rating. That was for its depiction of a Catholic orphanage, and as a matter of fact "O" is the descendant of the "C" rating that drew lots of primarily male eyes when the overall ratings were posted in Catholic school hallways.

Despite their surprising stamp of A-III/Adults for a lot of today's cinematic mayhem and extramarital plot, such as they are, elements, the Sister Mary Mengeles character in the 21st century Stooge mish mash tipped them. Likewise "Pan" drew an "L" for "limited" rating which coincided with the feeble box office but again, there's the scuzzy Catholic orphanage which opens the flick.

When I saw an ad for "The Good Dinosaur" I braced myself when I saw the fiery heavenly object which soared past the titular creatures. Uh oh, was mankind introduced via meteorite from (probably not God) knows where? Now we're where the Bishops slapped "Prometheus" and its far fetched-by-star-ship take on human origins.

No, the meteorite bypasses the dino's in a "history will now veer left" moment and the kid arrives from earthly origins to mingle with farming/talking dinosaurs for a grand adventure AND an A-1 rating.

The other day on FM 89.3 the Friday noon movie round table reviewed TGD and while they were somewhat positive they commented the landscapes and skies were models of Pixar craftsmanship refined after decades of their high standards whilst the critters belonged in "Gumby".

It was, possibly, Discover Magazine which ran an article about a group of scientists operating within the Vatican. Many if not all were atheists but by golly, no more Galileo/Giordano Bruno escapades under these hallowed auspices. When it came to the trillions of trillions of---pant pant---tons of material throughout the universe, believers and unbelievers alike can marvel and even celebrate differences. Yes, even Richard Dawkins can take a breath every now and then pat the shoulders of the faithful but for a second before more vitriol blended with a fine nitric acid. But while the firmament draws awe, then introduce the life process, evolution, you know----the fabric begins to twist.

So "The Good Dinosaur", with its echoes of "Ice Age" and other 3-d critters flowing from the fertile computers, is The Good Thing To See.

Beside, how would a tyke or anything with breath survive a blazing and long trip inside a celestial whiz bang? But wait, I just remembered we've seen that one . . .