MUEN: Does it come as a surprise to you that you've found a sort of celebrity status simply by stating your opinions of everything? You're not the first to do this, but you're certainly getting impressive amounts of hits. Any theories on why you're reaching this amount of success?

Maddox: You know, it's weird but when I was standing in line to buy tickets for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (which I've received much criticism for, by the way, from macho assholes who pretend like they didn't see the first one when it came out), some kid recognized me in line. He seemed genuinely star-struck. So yes, it comes as a surprise that I've found this status. Theories as to why I get so many hits? I have a pretty good idea: original content. Look around on the web today and you'll find 4 major types of sites: 1. News & media (cookie cutter news sites, nothing exciting or unique), 2. Weblogs (usually poorly written, boring, and unnecessary), 3. Link sites (like fark.com) and 4. Humor sites (theonion.com). The internet is overflowing with sites that link to content-providers, but there aren't nearly enough good content providers out there. Beyond that, persisitence is key. Stick around long enough on the internet and people start to remember you if you don't totally suck.

MUEN: On a semi-weekly basis, you have a new subject with which you vent your bitterness. Is there any rhyme or reason to what you decide upon? How do you decide?

Maddox: I usually decide what to write many weeks, if not months in advance. I keep a file full of topics to write about and at any given time I have about 20 topics I could write about. I just don't have time to put it all down. I decide what to write about based on real-life experiences. For example, the greeting card idea--to put the card down your pants--was a real idea I thought of for a friend last Christmas.

MUEN: After receiving attention even from such highly (cough) esteemed media as Maxim, can we expect Maddox to sell out? Will we see a Maddox action figure and lunchbox following the motion picture? Do you plan to put this attention to constructive use? Or do you plan to basically carry on as you always have?

Maddox: I plan on working the system to do what I have to do to "get big." I'm moving towards the direction of Hollywood now, but there's no way in hell I'll start selling banners on my site. I've had people offer to buy my entire site in the past, but money isn't what my goal is right now. I have enough to eat, pay for school, rent, and hosting so I'm set. Anything more will go towards opening up a school for people who aren't morons. As for an action figure, I've always wanted one so I could use the line "I'm going to go home and play with myself tonight" legitimately. Seriously though, an action figure would be badass.

MUEN: For all of your opinions, your readers know very little about you. You're very public about what you dislike. What do you like? (i.e., movies, music, life experiences, etc.)

Maddox: I get asked this quite frequently, and I don't know why because it's no secret that I'm a big fan of: lesbians, Bruce Campbell, Army of Darkness, Ninja Scroll, beef jerky, Lobo (comic book character), Rambo, Godzilla, and videogames. Oh, and porn.

MUEN: Any thoughts on Salt Lake City?

Maddox: Salt Lake City is the only place to be in Utah. It's pretty dead, the people aren't very friendly and there's no night life, so that should speak volumes about the rest of the state.

MUEN: What was the most creative (be it due to ignorance or actually thought out) piece of hate/fan mail you have received?

Maddox: I received an email the other day from a lady who truly understood me and my site. It was one of the best emails I had received, and having read over 17,000 of them since October 2002 alone, that's really saying a lot. She saw through what I was doing and understood my main motives. I wrote her back but didn't get a response. Damn shame.

MUEN: Have you gotten any attention from any larger groups of people who like to bitch, like parental organizations or anything? If so, did anything interesting happen?

Maddox: Other than PETA, I've had a few suicide counselors contact me in support of my suicide article. That was pretty surprising, but nobody else has contacted me from any type of parental organization. I think they're afraid. Of course, it's entirely possible that they've contacted me but I still haven't read their email since I have an additional 16,000 unread emails to get through at the time of this writing. I pretty much prioritize new emails I receive, and occasionally pick out a random one from the unread archives.

MUEN: Is Queen of the Damned worse than Titanic? Discuss.

Maddox: That's like asking "would you rather be shot in your left foot, or your right?" Having not seen Titanic, I can only assume it's worse.

MUEN: What's your theory on the growing amount of stupidity in today's culture?

Maddox: Smart people are usually ugly. That means they get laid much less frequently, while the dumbass, "good" looking people pump out kids left and right. They usually bring their kids up in broken families, the kids grow up warped and dysfunctional (stupid) and get knocked up (or do the knocking) in highschool, and the cycle repeats itself.

MUEN: Anything you'd like to add?

Maddox: No, this interview is flawless.