As I’ve said before, if you’re not reading Jeff Pepper’s 2719 Hyperion, then you’re missing out on some great analysis of the Walt Disney Company, past and present. Today Jeff has an important takeaway from the latest Disney Animated film, Meet The Robinsons. While other Disney pundits are deep in Monday morning quarterbacking, [ed. guilty]… Read More »Keep Moving Forward
If you own the The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) DVD then you’ve seen how wickedly funny Tim Burton’s short film Vincent is. It’s a clever spoof on the Frankenstein story (oops) with narration by Vincent Price (which makes it worth the price of the DVD by itself). Now comes word that Vincent will get… Read More »Tim Burton’s Vincent to enter 3D world
Disney Enquirer is back with another edition of Disney Domains. This time he unearths domains related work on Epcot Spaceship Earth, Disneyland Auditions, and a slew of movie related news, among others. In a bit of news that is sure to be alarming to LaughingPlace.com and the other websites that offer a theme park shopping… Read More »Disney Domains Digging
Animated News has the good news that the Walt Disney Treasures DVD series will continue with a seventh release. The new release will include three double-DVD sets: Disneyland: Stories, Secrets, and Magic, Chronological Donald, Volume 3, and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. That last one is the first US release of Walt Disney’s original serial cartoon… Read More »Walt Disney Treasures DVD series to continue
Someone built a virtual version of the Disney-MGM Studios Tower of Terror attraction in the popular Half-Life 2 game. Did a really good job too. The video walk-through is a little humorous for other reasons, but if this keeps up you won’t need to visit Orlando to visit Walt Disney World. Here’s a similar vid… Read More »Virtual Tower of Terror in Half-life
It’s amazing the coincidences in life that chance can bring. For instance, assume you’re a Disney fan flying on a plane from London to Orlando. Then assume you’re sitting next to a licensing representative from a book publishing firm based in London. You’d probably be interested in why that person was making such a business… Read More »Has Disney finally cornered Harry Potter?
According to Box Office Mojo, "Meet the Robinsons" came in second place at the Box Office this weekend, to yet another Will Ferrell goofy guy flick. "Blades of Glory" netted $33 million and "Meet the Robinsons" earned $25 million. Both films might be in for a tough second weekend when a new pair of comedy/youth… Read More »Box Office for Meet The Robinsons
Update: For archival purposes — Please note the following post was made as an April Fools Joke. Following up on some of the rumors I’ve been posting lately, I have the biggest one yet just for today. I have heard from multiple sources that Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton will shortly be announcing that… Read More »The Season for Rumors