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August 2008

Speculation on Tron 2

Brad Brevet at Rope of Silicon, a movie news website, had never seen the original Tron movie before. Hard to believe I know. But it provides him a unique (non-fanboy) perspective on TR2N, aka Tron 2.0, after watching the original for the first time. one… Read More »Speculation on Tron 2

Central Florida Theme Park closures related to Fay

So far all three of the big theme parks are open today. Disney World, SeaWorld, and Universal are operating as normal (Disney actually opened an hour early) with everything subject to changing weather conditions. Wet-n-Wild is closed and it’s probably not going to be much… Read More »Central Florida Theme Park closures related to Fay

Walt Disney World Weather Web Cam

The great little Walt Disney World webcam that sat on the Swan and Dolphin for the 2004 and 2005 hurricanes and let viewers keep an eye on the ‘Epcot’ sign atop Spaceship Earth, appears to be out of commission.; Although their website still links to… Read More »Walt Disney World Weather Web Cam

Animation turns 100 today

Back in 1908 Emile Cohl created Fantasmagorie. It debuted on August 17th, 100 years ago today. It may look like animated chalk drawings, but it’s actually black lines drawn on white paper and then printing in negative to make it look like chalk drawings. The… Read More »Animation turns 100 today

Amazing Disney World Entertainment Photos

Fantasmic! Meet and Greet Originally uploaded by wallyspam I just discovered Flickr user wallyspam. She has a real eye for some of the faces and characters that make Walt Disney World entertainment so special. In this photo you’ll find a very special Fantasmic! meet and… Read More »Amazing Disney World Entertainment Photos