Note: This review contains SPOILERS After last week’s episode was stuffed (perhaps even overstuffed) with big, plot focussed reveals, this week’s episode takes things a step back and returns to a more character centric story, this time focussing again on the series’ most well-developed character so far: Ezra. The episode begins with a group of young … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “Breaking Ranks”
Note: This review contains SPOILERS Last week I said that it was important for Star Wars Rebels to follow up the encore showing of “Spark of Rebellion” on ABC with a really strong episode that forwards the major arc of the season, and I’m happy to report that “Rise of the Old Masters” does exactly … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “Rise of the Old Masters”
A Note Upfront: I’m hoping to make this the first in a regular series of weekly reviews covering Star Wars Rebels. I’ve been wanting to write more for this blog, so covering a weekly TV series seems like a decent way to convince myself to do so with some level of regularity. As it stands, … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS – Recap and “Fighter Flight” Review
Over the past nearly three months, I’ve been taking pictures of the goings on in Disneyland’s Legends of Frontierland, and now that the game has concluded for the time being, I wanted to share some of these pictures with you. For those of you who haven’t played the game, it was something really special, and I … Continue reading Pictures from “Legends of Frontierland: Gold Rush!”
About three months ago, a Disneyland cast document leaked detailing a then upcoming game called Legends of Frontierland. The document described a game in which Disneyland guests were supposed to create a character for themselves, buy “land” in town (which could include several of the real-world businesses), could run for government office, and even throw other … Continue reading Best in the West – A Love Letter to “Legends of Frontierland”
With Disneyland’s “Legends of Frontierland” set to end on Labor Day, the past week or so has been a bittersweet one for me. A new semester of school started last Monday, and being unsure at the time how often I’d get to head down to Disneyland during the week, I’ve already shared a few sentimental … Continue reading What’s in an Ending? – Thoughts on “Legends of Frontierland’s” Extension
Dear Walt Disney Imagineering, Team Disney Anaheim, and whomever else it may concern, Over the past several weeks I have been playing “Legends of Frontierland,” and despite an initial suspicion that this was all going to be a spectacular mess, the game has far and away exceeded anything I could have dreamed of. You guys … Continue reading On the Issue of Monetizing “Legends of Frontierland” – An Open Letter to Disney
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
Typically, I’m against actively praising or condemning a movie without seeing it. There are plenty of movies that have looked terrible yet been surprisingly good, and plenty of “sure things” that ended up disappointing. It’s fine to decide you don’t want to see a movie based on marketing/word-of-mouth/whatever, and it’s great to have loyalty to a … Continue reading Let’s Talk about Planes
The year is 2004. The long-brewing feud between at-the-time Pixar Studio head Steve Jobs and ex-Disney CEO Michael Eisner has just become explosive. Pixar is actively seeking a new partnership with another company while Disney establishes a new animation division called Circle 7 Animation, a division created with the purpose of making unnecessary sequels to … Continue reading Why I Just Can’t Get Excited for Finding Dory
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