I was honestly, surprised by last week's episode of Doctor Who. It actually evoked an emotional response from me. Hatred. Disney Doctor Who dragged the Pyramids of Mars through the slime just by them touching it. That is what kicked off this list in case you are wondering. Seeds of Doom This is the last of the Third Doctor stories, or at least it may as well be because it very much feels like one of the Jon Pertwee...
This would have been a stoning offense in Frosk's day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x0jrp34jaU
How does O’Keefe do it? Well, actually that’s pretty easy. First, you study the senior executives and try to determine who is the most vulnerable to what bait, and likely why they might be loose-tongued. A white male executive at Disney who appears to be overdue for promotion and is single, works nicely. By now someone at Disney has told him, “Look, my dude, it’s not happening. Taniqua is getting that job instead of you. Don’t make me say why, because...
Source Radio Times A friend recently asked about Doctor Who stories for his son. While the current Doctor Who is unwatchable pig vomit, there was a time when the BBC made a deliberate effort to overcome any of the shortcomings of a production budget by concentrating on the quality of the story and the actors’ performances. The Tom Baker years of Doctor Who produced some of the best stories in the sixty-year history of the show. There's a reason some of...
“The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own. I don’t think it gave life to the orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them; and if they are to live at all, they have to live like other living creatures.” That pretty much describes most of the career of Alan Moore. V-For Vendetta appears to be an original work, so was the Ballad of Halo Jones (I think). Aside...
Even the most glorious reign must end one day. Disney’s legendary eighteen month long bombing run finally came to an end with Inside Out 2. After a five year drought and in a year with almost no releases; a low risk sequel to a successful kids movie that Bob Chapek greenlit, has pulled in $295 million in its opening weekend. Inspired by his predecessor’s success, Bob Iger has announced that Andrew Stanton will be directing Toy Story 5 for 2026. Barely. ...
Carnage Again I sing my cheerful song What can I control today I’ll sort the books, I’ll file the files Pretend that nothing’s wrong But then my bubble bursts My illusion of contented control disappears And I dissolve in tears Confusion and helpless rage But still I sort, still I file Cheeks wet and makeup streaming My friends wondering why I act so oddly Strangely knowing better than I do that it’s time for me to rest Once in awhile I do I tell myself “it’s done, I’m better, I won’t...
https://twitter.com/anjsud/status/1801339642312081663 Bob Iger's obsessions have destroyed The Walt Disney Company. When he worked for Roone Arledge at ABC sports, he gained a workman like knowledge of story telling. He learned the basics of story structure and drama. I can't deny he had his successes. During the 1988 Winter Olympics, he saved the network's bacon when an unexpected thaw cancelled a huge number of big events. He was able to find all kinds of dramatic stories among the...
Who works for the LucasFilm Story Group* If you want a worrying laugh, dig up “Internal Family Systems.” It’s new psychiatric therapy method where the shrink tries to get the patient to “Talk to their inner voices.” The brain docs became quietly concerned when they started passing their notes to each other and discovered that quite of few of their patients said that their inner voices were demons. And they didn’t want to leave. I bring this up because it seems that...
Star Citizen has crossed the $700 million mark in crowdfunding. After better than a decade and people are still giving this project money. In fact it has ardent fans who climb up into your underwear and beat you about the head shoulders with a baseball bat for daring to question whether this will ever be finished. This is absolutely astonishing to me. The game first started life in 2009. Think about that for a second. When this game started...
