Wanted to point out this great story on the Disney-Pixar deal at Animation Insider. It’s a great review of exactly what happened and what the prospects are. Steve Jobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pixar Animation Studios, has openly commented that being acquired by Disney was the best option available. Commenting: "As we approached… Read More »Disney-Pixar a fairytale review
I know it’s a little late to be commenting on last week’s ‘Lost’ episode Fire Plus Water. But I just read Seth’s take on the episode over at Mostly Muppet and thought he made a few important points I wasn’t reading elsewhere. So this week’s episode of Lost, Fire Plus Water, is all about birth… Read More »On Being Lost
BloggingBaby and The Parenting Blog both highlighted the coming of Wondertime, a new magazine from Disney’s FamilyFun division. "Wondertime is . . . a new magazine dedicated to helping parents nurture their children’s love of learning. A blend of how and why, Wondertime inspires moms of infants through 6-year-olds to see the world through the… Read More »New Disney Parenting Magazine
The Orlando Business Journal Reports that a new 29 acre Hotel/Condo resort will be going up near Disney Animal Kingdom Lodge. I’m a little worried this resort will be visible from the AKL. I’ve had my eye on that property for some time and hoped that Disney owned it. Looks like they didn’t. The move… Read More »Animal Kingdom Lodge gets new neighbor
Sorry for the delay in getting to the blogosphere reactions. There have certainly been a lot of them. If I miss yours and you want me to check it out, please drop me a link. Before I get going here, I wanted to correct a major oversight on my part. From the moment this deal… Read More »Pixar RoundUp – IIII
If you’re a fan of the possible Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that is building up around the LOST TV Show mythology, then you need to read this interview with Sean Stewart. Stewart is an award winning sci-fi novelist who has turned his attention to the design of ARG. You may be involved in one right… Read More »LOST: clues to the ARG
Coop has some thoughts on the fact that Devo is now doing children’s music for Disney. I can completely appreciate the absolute genius of this DEV2.O thing. It’s probably their single most brilliantly subversive move to implant the concepts of Devolution. Essentially Devo has taken a page from the playbook of corporate America. Hook’em while… Read More »Devolution at Disney
Bad news for folks who like to get their Disney shopping fix from home; The Disney Catalog will stop publishing and instead focus solely on the DisneyShopping.com website. Um, what about those people who don’t have broadband internet access? or internet access at all? How are they going to let people know they have new… Read More »Disney Catalog wraps up