It's strange to think that we're now in the recent history of Disney and Pixar. Cars was the last production on Pixar's original contract; negotiations were tense, but ultimately resulted in Disney buying the studio and merging it with its own. In 2007, Disney was beginning to come out of its nadir with Meet The … Continue reading (Reviews) DisneyFest: Cars, Meet The Robinsons, Ratatouille
Month: January 2017
(Politics) Self-Respect as a Form of Protest
As a culture, I feel like we're bathing in a pool of reminders to consider ourselves discontent, incomplete, and unworthy. Advertising is predicated on the idea of creating a need for whatever needs to be sold, and since it's so ubiquitous we're awash in a chorus of commercials, billboards and banners that scream to us … Continue reading (Politics) Self-Respect as a Form of Protest
(Monday Fiction) A Letter to Puxineathas Goodfellow (2)
I'm not going to lie -- the only thing more fun than writing that letter from Pux was researching more about gnomes as they're settled in Pathfinder. The more I learn about gnomes, the more I feel like I should play them more. This will probably upset My Husband, The Dragon to hear. But the … Continue reading (Monday Fiction) A Letter to Puxineathas Goodfellow (2)
(Friday Fiction) A Letter to Malcolm Williams
I didn't manage to put together a letter in time last week, so we'll have to miss one missive unfortunately. The previous letter was...something I wasn't quite happy with. I wanted to write it in the voice of someone who just wasn't used to long, written correspondence but I wanted to make it engaging at the … Continue reading (Friday Fiction) A Letter to Malcolm Williams
(Movies) DisneyFest: Home On The Range, The Incredibles, Chicken Little
2004 - 2006 was a really rough time for Disney. With the diminishing returns on their traditionally-animated movie, they decided to move into computer animation full-time while being walloped by Pixar, DreamWorks and critics for mining their rich history to make a series of terrible direct-to-video sequels. While they were bringing their CG animation studio … Continue reading (Movies) DisneyFest: Home On The Range, The Incredibles, Chicken Little
The Inauguration of Donald Trump
This Friday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. As painful as that sentence was to read, I can assure you it was at least equally painful for me to write it. We've had two short months to get ready for that day, though most of that was … Continue reading The Inauguration of Donald Trump
(Fandom) My Mental Health Game Plan for FC 2017
Further Confusion 2017 begins tomorrow! I'll likely be in downtown San Jose Thursday evening registering at con because I completely spaced on pre-registering like some kind of silly guy -- hopefully the wait won't be too terribly long! If you see me staring at my phone and playing Marvel Puzzle Quest, feel free to pull … Continue reading (Fandom) My Mental Health Game Plan for FC 2017
(Fandom) Further Confusion 2017
Further Confusion 2017 is right around the corner! Just two weeks after New Year's Day, the convention feels a lot closer to the holidays than ever before -- not that I'm complaining. Further Confusion actually feels like a part of the holiday season at this point, the last gasp of companionship and partying before we … Continue reading (Fandom) Further Confusion 2017
(Friday Fiction) A Letter to Puxineathas Goodfellow
In order to get back into Friday Fiction, I thought I would try a short series of letters between an inner-city blerd and a gnome hailing from a Pathfinder-like fantasy realm -- or at least someone pretending to be one. I love epistolary fiction, and this makes for a pretty decent exercise in nailing the … Continue reading (Friday Fiction) A Letter to Puxineathas Goodfellow
(Movies) DisneyFest: Treasure Planet, Finding Nemo, Brother Bear
In the 2000s, Disney animation seemed to be flailing. Their flagship movies weren't connecting with audiences nearly as well as Pixar's projects and they were farming out sequels to a lot of their most popular franchises at this point. DisneyToons would release Return to NeverLand, The Jungle Book 2 and Piglet's Big Movie around this … Continue reading (Movies) DisneyFest: Treasure Planet, Finding Nemo, Brother Bear
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 