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25AprApril 25, 2022

Disney’s Golden Dilemma

One of the richest neighborhoods in Orlando, isn’t in Orlando (yet) it’s in Walt Disney World. Golden Oak is a residential development inside the borders of Disney World. The target market isn’t really people who want to live in Disney 24/7/365. Basically, it’s for Grandpa and Grandma Snowbird, who migrate south for the winter. It’s a way for rich geriatrics to be the grandkid's heroes. The minimum price for a home, (when one is even available) is $5 million and goes as high as...

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23AprApril 23, 2022

Reimagine Tomorrow Outlawed!

This one couldn’t wait until Monday. I put not my faith in princes, and I am certain with the iron-clad cynical certainty of a Gen-Xer that Ron DeSantis will get around to betraying us someday. But this is not that day. I was so dialed in on Reedy Creek that I missed the other and frankly more important bill that Governor DeSantis signed yesterday. CRT training is now illegal in Florida. Here’s the actual wording. “… Subjecting any individual, as a condition of employment, membership, certification,...

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22AprApril 22, 2022

The Dark Herald Fixes A Game of Thrones

I’ve recently gone on the record as stating that I don’t think George R. R. Martin will ever finish A Song of Ice and Fire. The last book was released eleven years ago. He’s got two books to go and Gary from Nerdrotic makes a pretty compelling argument for him not being even halfway done with the next one. Back in 2015 all of the show’s fans were saying that George RR Martin is a better author than JRR Tolkien and...

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21AprApril 21, 2022

E;R Is Back

He does a quick review of Turning Red. My favorite bit was his pitch for a sequel called Going Bananas. All the men in a boy's family are under a curse. When they turn 12 they start turning into giant, long, hard bananas that will freeze stiff if they are near a girl in a swimsuit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BRslflm1gE

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21AprApril 21, 2022

Walt Disney And the Legacy of A Big American

UPDATE: The Florida House of Representatives has passed the repeal of Reedy Creek. It now goes to Governor DeSantis who is expected to sign it. Disney stock price has dropped again. Ron DeSantis has called for a special session of the Florida legislature. There are a few things that are going to be presented at it but the one that everyone is talking about is dissolving all special tax districts created before 1969. That would cover the Reedy Creek Improvement District, better...

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20AprApril 20, 2022

Ezra Miller Arrested for the Third Time This Month

Ezra could you please give me a break from this? I'd like to write about something else for a while. From Hollywood Reporter, please don't give them a click. "Ezra Miller was arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of second-degree assault, according to the Hawaii Island Police Department. Around 1:30 a.m., Miller was taken into custody after an incident at a residence in Pāhoa on the Big Island, police said. The alleged assault occurred at a get-together at a private residence. Miller, according to...

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19AprApril 19, 2022

Thor Love and Thunder Has a Trailer

Are you ready for some derivative characters?! If you are watching a Marvel property you better be. Thor Love and Thunder had a teaser trailer drop. Here it is. Look at it. LOOK AT IT!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgB1wUcmbbw That. Was. Awful. The kindest words I’ve heard about it from Woke Marvel’s biggest fans are, “I don’t hate it.” I can’t say I do either but there is nothing there I want to watch. The thrust of the story is that Thor is trying to find himself. Forgive me for stating the obvious...

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18AprApril 18, 2022

RE:View – Doppelganger

If you were growing up in the Seventies and had been cursed with a love of science fiction, your battle cry was, ‘you get what you get and you don’t get upset.’ There just wasn’t much to be had for most of that decade. Consequently, what little was available tended to make a strong impression. If you were lucky, you lived someplace where a UHF station would have a dedicated afternoon movie slot. The one in my neck of the woods did. However, the programming...

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15AprApril 15, 2022

Blogs and Ends: Friday Night Roundup

FIRST MoonKnight It took three episodes until the mask dropped completely. The first episode actually looked good. The second started to reveal a few cracks in the façade. Then came the third episode and, yep, it’s a Marvel TV show. Chief Creative Officer and Mega-Gamma Boss Kevin Feige is now making his impact truly felt. Marvel Comics for the first time in its history failed to put a graphic novel in the top 750 of Bookscan. No Hulk, no Captain America, no Ironman, and no freaking Spiderman. Nothing. This...

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14AprApril 14, 2022

The 21st Century of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Part 3)

Thunderbirds didn’t do what the Andersons wanted it to do for them, but it did do what it needed to. Its consistently high production quality put them on the map. The right people were willing to return their calls. And by the right people, I mean the money. It was time for them to make shows that were built around filming humans. The Andersons’ decided they needed to change the name of their company when they finally achieved their dream of moving into live-action production. The...

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