Sure, it’s another step in Disney’s quest for world domination, but did you see they got Alan Tudyk back as K-2SO? See all the announcements in one place here. Continue reading Disney+ Launch Announcement Discussion Thread
Now that Christmas is over and it’s almost time for Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, it’s time that we all took a trip into the DEEP LORE of the Rankin/Bass Special-verse, which teamed up its franchises in a feature-length epic decades before those … Continue reading The Day Thread of Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
In 2015, their final year of operation, I wrote for the Community Board Advent Calendar an elegy for the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. I present it now to you. “What?” my sister laughs. “Did he just say ‘that’s … Continue reading The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights Day Thread
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together is a 1979 Christmas special that has never been released on home video, though it can be found in full on YouTube with a simple search for the title. While the special … Continue reading John Denver and the Muppets Day Thread
Shirley, please tell us what day it is. (Well, it is for another hour anyway. I was too late to get the Day Thread). Continue reading The “It’s December 10th” Night Thread
Have at it. My takeaways: Kinda disappointed that the old lady actually is a Skrull and she’s not just punching her by accident. I like the carryover of design elements from GOTG (her helmet dematerializes just like Quill’s) and Carol’s … Continue reading Captain Marvel Trailer 2 Reaction Thread
51 years ago today, the first Pulsar was discovered! Pulsars are massive, rotating, neutron stars from the earliest stages of the universe. They shoot out two massive beams of electromagnetic radiation which pass by the Earth like a lighthouse’s ray, … Continue reading The Pulsar Day Thread
On this day in 1928, Steamboat Willie debuted, unleashing mischievous character/globe conquering corporate mascot Mickey Mouse onto the world and freezing the notion of copyright for almost a century. Though he had technically first appeared in Plane Crazy earlier that … Continue reading Mickey Mouse’s Birthday Day Thread
It’s November 17th, and you know what that means! It’s LIFE DAY! Forty years ago today, the Star Wars Holiday Special aired on CBS for its one and only exposure to the public, never to be seen again through official … Continue reading Life Day Thread
One of my favorite rides at Epcot is Living with the Land. It’s Epcot’s ‘behind the scenes’ attraction (in a class with Rafiki’s Planet Watch, which showed actual veterinary work done on the Animal Kingdom animals, and the Backlot Tour, … Continue reading Living with the Land Day Thread
(This is a take on a classic campfire tale taught to me by my dad. For best effect, imagine I have turned off all the lights and am delivering it in a spooky voice.) Once, there was a dark, dark … Continue reading The Day Thread of the Dark, Dark Universe
Last time I made a thread about one of my family’s cats, it was a big hit, so for October here’s a look at our spoOOookiest kitty, the 100% black-furred old lady of the house, Hermione. She is shown here … Continue reading The Night Thread of Hermione’s Venerability
My #3 attraction in all of Walt Disney World is the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. When the park opened as Disney’s MGM Studios in 1989, it had only two rides: the Backlot Tour, and the … Continue reading The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Day Thread
The Tragic Treasury by the Gothic Archies (one of several pseudonymous bands that are actually just 99% Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields) was the first album I purchased and consumed on my own terms, in sixth grade in 2006. … Continue reading Day Thread of the Tragic Treasury
WELCOME, FOOLISH MORTALS, to the Haunted Night Thread. I am your host, your ghost host. Kindly step all the way in please, and make room for everyone. There’s no turning back now. Our tour begins here in this gallery, where you see paintings … Continue reading The Haunted Night Thread
Here is something that I can say authoritatively as a person who has ridden every single attraction at Walt Disney World over the course of the last ten months: The Haunted Mansion is the best, you guys. The idea of … Continue reading The Haunted Mansion Day Thread
“Werewolf Bar Mitzvah” appears in a six-second cutaway in 30 Rock episode 2×02 “Jack Gets in the Game”. While the show itself features only two lines, an entire three-minute version of the song was written and recorded – with the vocals supplied … Continue reading Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Night Thread
“They’re coming to get you, Barbra!” 50 years ago today, on October 1st, 1968, George A Romero’s seminal horror classic Night of the Living Dead became patient zero for the modern zombie genre. Made with unknown actors and on a shoestring … Continue reading NIGHT of the Living THREAD
Minnie (short for Minerva) showed up in our front lawn about two and a half years ago as a tiny kitten not much larger than my foot. After getting her fixed and inoculated at the vet, we took her into … Continue reading The Day Thread of Minnie’s Bonelessness
The Box is locked. The lights are on. It’s ROBOT-FIGHTIN’ TIME! The robot combat event/TV show known as BattleBots started its life in the midst of legal wreckage, when a deal to make a US spinoff of the UK series Robot … Continue reading The BattleBots Day Thread
