The cult of Tron
Found this link on Jeff Bridges website, GLTron is a video game based on the lightcycle game from the Disney movie ‘Tron’. It’s also released under the GNU General Public License. Link to more Tron games.
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Disneyland’s Castle Revealed
Disneyland’s 50th Celebration is approaching fast. Work goes on around the park repairing some of the damage done to the infrastructure and sprucing up the 50 year old structures with a fresh coat of paint. Sleeping Beauty Castle is being painted to be the ‘crown jewel’ in the park. The new paint job was just… Read More »Disneyland’s Castle Revealed
Pixar Product Placement
The Product Placement blog has details on deals made by Disney/Pixar to garner $150 million in sponsorship money for The Incredibles. That means it’s potentially profitable before it even makes it to the theatres.
Another Home Makeover
Don’t read this story if you want to be suprised by the upcoming edition of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. But if you like happy sappy stories then read on. This is a good one. Disney’s making the world a better place here. Sure it’s only one household at a time. But you have to… Read More »Another Home Makeover
Stitch’s Kingdom
Stitch, the alien creature from Disney’s animated feature Lilo & Stitch, is swiftly becoming the next big franchise character from Disney. He has a huge fan base. Check out this amazing lego spaceship. It has a great video game – Stitch: Experiment 626. Next up for the fluffy guy is his own attraction at Disney… Read More »Stitch’s Kingdom
A story concerning Disney and Education
Found an interesting story about one filmmakers attempt to get Disney to take on some educational documentaries. You can throw this sort of accusation at Disney all the time and some of it will stick. But not this time. Look at Disney’s America’s Best Teacher Awards. I think that ‘edutainment’, a word that strikes fear… Read More »A story concerning Disney and Education
Ovitz: Eisner is the real bad guy here.
[Ovitz] said he wasn’t allowed to pursue deals that would have expanded Disney’s music or books businesses or attract top creative talent to the company. He [Eisner] even nixed deals to buy a stake in the Yahoo Inc. Web portal and settle a dispute with Jeffrey Katzenberg, who went on to found Dreamworks SKG after… Read More »Ovitz: Eisner is the real bad guy here.
Disney Store, further analysis
Children’s Place does hope to open up a Disney Store Outlet chain which would be a driver for growth while decreasing the need to liquidate inside the main retail stores. Some things that will not change is that the Disney Store will continue to sell adult merchandise as well as theme park tickets. Over on… Read More »Disney Store, further analysis