Managing Expectations for Amphibia and Owl House
Disney when it green-lights great premises knows how to lure in an audience. We have to give them credit for that. They understand what viewers want, even before we know […]
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Reclaiming the Obviously Delightful Disney Villain
I have to say, I really miss Disney villains in the cinema that are blatantly villains. And I’m not the only one; the Nostalgia Critic brought it up, Lindsay Ellis […]
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Ducktales, Season One: We’ve All Missed Trouble
Ducktales as a reboot makes many promises. Rather than replace the classic 1990s show that has become an icon in its own right, they would tell their own story, drawing […]
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Unpopular Last Jedi Opinion II: Kylo Ren is Beyond Redemption
Picking up from my previous post, I’m talking of one more unpopular opinion about The Last Jedi: how Kylo Ren was handled. While I understand why Rian Johnson and J.J. […]
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Unpopular Last Jedi Opinion I: The Last Jedi Wasn’t Written For People Of Color
So it seems that The Last Jedi is inspiring Gamergate behavior from dudebros who think they own the story. They started harassing a podcast host who mocked their tears over […]
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Musings on Wartime and Post-War Cartoons: Were the Package Films Doomed to Obscurity?
Fifty years ago Disney created wartime cartoons. This was for World War II, and according to this article when part of Disney studios was used as a military base. The […]
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Actors Don’t Control the Star Wars Story: Don’t Harass Kelly Marie Tran
I took two screenwriting classes in college, with the same professor who had worked on John Cusack’s debut film. This proved to be good practice for writing fiction, due to […]
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Happy Or Not? More Thoughts on Incredibles 2
I’ve been stewing over this for a few months, about why the more I see the Incredibles 2 trailers, the more uncomfortable I get. I want the movie to succeed, […]
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Why Quack Pack Failed As A Show, Starting With Donald Duck
The most recent Ducktales episode, which featured a cameo from Darkwing Duck, piled on the nostalgia. It still met mixed reviews. I’m waiting until season two to evaluate the reboot’s […]
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The Christopher Robin Movie I Want to See
We’ve seen the trailer. The memes have started, given Ewan McGregor is now a Jedi and a popular classic figure of children’s literature. Disney wants us to convince us to […]
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An Appreciation for Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
Lego Star Wars: the Freemaker Adventures seemed on the surface like a cash grab. While we waited for Rebels to return and change the series, here was a lighthearted LEGO […]
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The Most Relevant Winnie the Pooh Song in Today’s world
The world is so scary, even with joyful Disney characters like Winnie the Pooh and Baymax. I will be looking forward to the day when the news will not make […]
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The Promise that Mary Poppins Returns Must Deliver
So we have a Mary Poppins Returns trailer. We have clips. The cast has scripts. We have a premise. Now here comes the big question: do we have a story? Mary […]
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The Incredibles 2: Teasing Us Past the Silliness
I have to admit, as an Incredibles fan, I became concerned when I first saw the teaser trailer, with Jack Jack burning off part of his father’s hair. Pixar hasn’t […]
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Top Five Disney Princes
Ah, Disney princes. Actual princes that are gentlemen and not backstabbing traitors who belong in Game of Thrones. We love you, we adore you, and we thank you for giving […]
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