David Daut

July 9, 2014November 21, 2022

Disneyland’s “Legends of Frontierland” Review – 99 Problems But a Bit Ain’t One

Today, Disneyland launched a new “interactive experience” called “Legends of Frontierland.” It’s best described as a strange hybrid of an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) with Live Action Role Playing (LARP) in which you, the guest, get to create a character, align yourself with one of two competing factions, and then do various tasks to help … Continue reading Disneyland’s “Legends of Frontierland” Review – 99 Problems But a Bit Ain’t One

June 13, 2014April 19, 2015

Movie Review – HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

In our current movie climate, the automatic response to a movie doing well financially is for the studio to immediately begin work on a sequel, whether or not there’s any creative reason to do so. For god’s sake, a Spring Breakers sequel is in development right now, and even the original’s biggest star rallying against … Continue reading Movie Review – HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

June 8, 2014April 19, 2015

Movie Review – MALEFICENT

When it comes to bad movies, I tend to have a rather high threshold for pain. Its rare for me to even be tempted to walk out of a movie, and I’ve never actually done so. The last film I was tempted to walk out of was Movie 43 – a hate crime against the … Continue reading Movie Review – MALEFICENT

June 7, 2014April 19, 2015

Movie Review – EDGE OF TOMORROW

It’s no secret that movies based on video games have a tendency to be really bad. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time might be the best of them, but calling a middling, forgettable movie like that the best of anything only goes to show how deeply flawed this category is. The problem, at least … Continue reading Movie Review – EDGE OF TOMORROW

May 29, 2014November 21, 2022

THE WOLF AMONG US Recap – “In Sheep’s Clothing”

SPOILERS AHEAD. You have been warned. Back in my recap for Episode Two of The Wolf Among Us, I described it as being a bit of a bridging episode; an episode where pieces move around the board to set up major turns of the plot, but not very many turns happen within the episode itself. … Continue reading THE WOLF AMONG US Recap – “In Sheep’s Clothing”

May 17, 2014April 19, 2015

Movie Review – Godzilla

Let’s have a conversation about tone. In the most general sense, tone is the way that a movie feels. Is a movie scary? Is it funny? Is it serious, or is it silly? Tone is something that can vary wildly between movies, even within the same genre, and can even change within a movie from … Continue reading Movie Review – Godzilla

May 3, 2014April 19, 2015

Movie Review – The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Ugggggggggghhhhhhhhhh… Look, I didn’t like The Amazing Spider-Man, not at all. It was one of the most shockingly incompetent big-budget movies I’ve seen in recent memory, aside from completely misunderstanding who its title character is. That being said, Spider-Man is my favorite superhero, and I really desperately want to see a great Spider-Man movie again. … Continue reading Movie Review – The Amazing Spider-Man 2

April 12, 2014November 21, 2022

The Wolf Among Us Recap – “A Crooked Mile”

SPOILERS AHEAD. You have been warned. In the past I’ve frowned upon the episodic model of releasing games. I had often seen it used to sell unfinished games broken up into pieces rather than giving you a complete product worthy of your time and money. In some cases, these games would never even be fully … Continue reading The Wolf Among Us Recap – “A Crooked Mile”

March 20, 2014April 19, 2015

Movie Review – Muppets Most Wanted

The original 1979 The Muppet Movie is an indisputable classic. The leap of taking Jim Henson’s Muppet characters from a half-hour television variety show to a feature length motion picture musical must have been a daunting task, but the first time out the gate they did it so well that 35 years and seven films … Continue reading Movie Review – Muppets Most Wanted

March 17, 2014April 19, 2015

Pictures from Disneyland – February 2014

I’m back again with another set of pictures from Disneyland. This month I decided to spend some more time with Disneyland’s sister park, Disney California Adventure. California Adventure is a park that has had a fairly remarkable transformation, yet still has a few areas that still are problematic from both a design and thematic standpoint. … Continue reading Pictures from Disneyland – February 2014