Invincible tops box office
Invincible held back all comers at the box office scoring a footballish $17 million in its opening weekend. That earned it a first place for the week beating Talledega Nights for the spot.
August 2006
Hong Kong Disneyland Fireworks
Surfing for Disneyland videos on YouTube, I found this well done video of the Disney in the Stars fireworks show from Hong Kong Disneyland. A couple things are notable about it. One is the way the new Sleeping Beauty Castle was designed to work well with projections and how the show director has total control… Read More »Hong Kong Disneyland Fireworks
Hurricane Watch at Walt Disney World
The Orlando area has just entered the "cone of uncertainty" for Tropical Storm Ernesto (NOAA). It is possible that sometime Thursday Walt Disney World could be under Hurricane Watch. If your vacation falls during this time period it might be worth your time to read Disney’s recently instituted Tropical Weather Policy or check with your… Read More »Hurricane Watch at Walt Disney World
Disney’s Secret Commercials
Believe it or not the movie business has not always been $200 million dollar box office and roses. In fact for many years, especially those during and after WWII, Walt Disney struggled to keep the studio afloat. One of the things he implemented to help bring in some cash was to hire out his animation… Read More »Disney’s Secret Commercials
Animal Kingdom contributes two rhino’s to Uganda’s repopulation effort
As a wild animal, the last Ugandan White Rhino was seen in 1983. Since then they’ve lived only in sanctuaries and zoos. War and Poaching has done a big number on all varieties of wildlife across Africa. So it’s nice when some positive change can be made. In this case two White Rhinos from Disney’s… Read More »Animal Kingdom contributes two rhino’s to Uganda’s repopulation effort
Cinematical Review: Invincible
Jette Kernion at Cinematical, on of the top Movieblogs, gives us a review of Invincible from the point of a non football fan. As far as sports films go, Invincible doesn’t offer anything original or notable … except Wahlberg’s performance. And, let’s face it, Wahlberg’s appearance. If you’re the kind of person who can get… Read More »Cinematical Review: Invincible
Invincible and the NFL, we love it
A Reuters article talks about the cooperation between Disney Studios and the NFL for the movie Invincible. "We wanted to get back to it with a true story about the NFL. We’ve been reading a lot of scripts lately and this was the one that really stood out. The image of our game is really… Read More »Invincible and the NFL, we love it
LOST: The Twin Peaks Connection
Author and Scholar Henry Jenkins posts, in his blog about convergence culture, about what makes LOST such a break out show and what the connnection is with Twin Peaks. Lost is a series that works on multiple levels: 1) There are indeed puzzles (defective ones, perhaps, but ones that seem engaging to an awful lot… Read More »LOST: The Twin Peaks Connection