Harry McCracken gives us the scoop on Pixar’s current state of affairs. McCracken passes along a bunch of highlights from a talk he attended. Including some really cool footage I hope makes it onto a Finding Nemo Special Edition someday. Johnson showed some good clips as part of his talk, including several minutes of Andrew… Read More »Pixar Opens Up for Harry
Robyn Miller at Tinselman has posted these wonderful fake tilt-shift effect photographs using a couple of old Disneyland aerial photographs for candidates and some photoshop-effects. The fake model look is surprisingly good. I think this particular tilt-shift works so well because the park itself is nothing more than an enlarged miniature. That’s how Walt conceived… Read More »Disneyland in Miniature Fakes
Jen at Irish Wake looks at the coverage the recent Roller Coaster accident at Cypress Gardens and asks if Disney is held to a higher standard in these incidents. The story passed with just a few mentions in the news, but Jen says, …last year, the media coverage of the death of four year old… Read More »Is Disney Held to a higher standard?
Local6.com and the Orlando Sentinel Crime Blog is reporting some sad news from the apartments where Walt Disney World College Program and International Program participants are housed, a gang rape of a woman by four college program workers from France is being investigated by Orange County Sherrifs. The victim told deputies that she was attacked… Read More »WDWCP Participant Raped by Co-Workers
Apple Matters has a humorous look at what changes we could expect if the rumored buyout of Disney by Apple occurs: The iPod Mini, that became the iPod Nano is once again the iPod Minnie. And yes, the rumors are true, there will be an iPod Minnie doc for the Mac Minnie. And don’t forget… Read More »What Changes to Expect if Apple buys Disney?
Before its first year of operations is complete Hong Kong Disneyland plans to open three new attractions to help alleviate the long lines experienced during the busy season. The additions are the "Autopia" electric car ride, the "Stitch Encounter," a theater show, and the UFO Zone — made up of water-squirting robot, rocket ship and… Read More »Hong Kong Disneyland to rapidly expand
A boy fell from a roller coaster ride at the Cypress Gardens Theme Park in Central Florida. Apparently the boy deliberately escaped from his restraints then stood up while the coaster was in motion on a dare from his friends. He’s in the hospital with multiple injuries. The ride does not appear to have malfunctioned.… Read More »Boy Falls from Coaster at Cypress Gardens
I consider this unlikely, but rumors are going around that Apple may leverage their market position to buy the Walt Disney Company. The dollars are there since Disney appears to be undervalued.