Flow, a publication of the University of Texas Austin, has a nice critique of the current ARG "The Lost Experience". Not sure I agree with all the author’s conclusions, but it’s worth a read if you’re wondering what’s up in the world of off-season LOST.
The Orlando Sentinel and Local6 news have both updated their reports with additional information on the tragic death of a 12 year old boy while riding Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at the Disney-MGM Studios park in Walt Disney World. Both now provide identities for the child and his family. His father, riding behind his son… Read More »Updated Report on Child’s Death at Disney-MGM Studios
Update: The story has been corrected CNN’s initial story on the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster tragedy contained at least one glaring error: One month ago, another child died on the Disney ride "Mission Space" at the Epcot Center. Actually, that would be a little over a year ago that a child died. One month ago… Read More »CNN in Error on story
Update: attraction has reopened the next morning and preliminary autopsy results indicate a pre-existing condition in the child. The Orlando Sentinel has breaking news that a Boy, age 12, died after riding the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith at Disney-MGM Studios today. Local6.com is reporting the child complained of being ill after experiencing the… Read More »Boy dies after riding Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Disney-MGM Studios
Johnny Depp, as usual, isn’t afraid to put a spin on his characters that might drive studio execs batty. This time he implies that Captain Jack Sparrow, should he have been a real pirate, was likely to have enjoyed the pleasures of both sexes. Depp says he was intrigued by a scholarly work titled "Sodomy… Read More »Captain Jack and the Cabin Boy Rumors
There’s another Disney film opening on July 7th – only just in NYC, so I don’t think it will impact that Pirate film, who’s in that again? It’s Once In A Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story Of The New York Cosmos. This Miramax backed documentary is narrated by Matt Dillon and takes us back to the… Read More »Once In A Lifetime
I’ve never played any version of the Monkey Island video games. From what I can tell, they’re a fairly popular series with a pirates theme. Now, via EuroGamer we get a link to a blogger that claims Disney has ripped off one of the characters they designed for Monkey Island – LeChuck – for the… Read More »POTC II: A ripoff of The Monkey Island Movie?
Upcoming Pixar defends Pixar’s latest film Cars against those who would label it a failure. With Superman Returns opening tomorrow Cars will surely see another box office drop off, but International numbers should continue to be strong as it opens wider around the globe. One more thing I’d add to Upcoming Pixar’s argument…. you can… Read More »Why Cars is a Success