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
I’m looking forward to my first chance to ride Stitch’s Great Escape. AP previews are coming up soon and it might soft open even sooner. (I hope!) The Orlando Sentinal has a great article with the voice of Stitch, also the director of the film, Chris Sanders.
The thing that struck me the most about the evening, aside from Sunday morning’s hangover, was how much joy and pride the entire company took in the film. There was genuine excitement from people who didn’t work on it for the people who did. The always on the ball Cartoon Brew has a summary of… Read More »Reports from the party…
I’m still a huge fan of the Neo-Golden Age musical films (The Little Mermaid up through, oh, Mulan — I don’t include Tarzan in the group, because it marked the end of the era, being the first in the series to completely lack character songs) (and while I like some of the later endeavors —… Read More »Disney Trends Away from Stage Musicals on Film
Perry at Samizdata ponders about the constitution of children and why they’re often treated with kid gloves by Disney while J.K. Rowling appears happy to kill one off everynow and then. To this I say Rubbish. More Disney films feature the loss of one or both parents then I care to count. If the parent… Read More »J.K. Rowling, the anti-Disney?
Apparently Disney is content to severe all ties with Pixar and go it alone with their own CGI Animation Department. To that end, they just announced that two more sequels to the Toy Story movie will be released, but this time without the help of Pixar. If that doesn’t put a nail in the coffin… Read More »Toy Story III & IV
Michael Eisner wants to leave the Disney Company on sound financial footing. “It’s in my interest that when I leave, the company is in good enough shape that it will take a decade to screw it up,” Eisner said. Of course, that is exactly what most Disney fans think Eisner’s been doing the past decade… Read More »Eisner decides now is the time to make money
I’ve got 4 more Gmail Invites to give away. Post your favorite Disney Animated Film and explain why in the comments below and I’ll send out Gmail invites to the best. (Best being purely subjective with me as the final and sole judge, of course.) Thanks to everyone who played last time. I had a… Read More »More Gmail to give away!!!