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Disney has selected March 22, 2024 as their release date for their live-action SNOW WHITE adaptation starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot. I’m a big Snow White fan and wrote a massive blog a few months ago about the aesthetics of the animated Disney version of the story and their importance in creating an original … Continue reading Disney’s Snow White Release Date Announced – What Does It Mean?
Well the most exciting announcement for me at the D23 Expo today was the Multiverse Saga’s King Thanos Ride coming to Disneyland’s Avengers Campus (likely in 2025-26). Considering WDI removed the concept art for the old Quinjet ride from the Marvel Hotel in Paris last month and considering WDI passed out this concept art to … Continue reading Overanalyzing the D23 Concept Art for Disneyland’s NEW Re-worked Avengers Ride – featuring King Thanos in the Multiverse
Zurg in TOY STORY 2 MAJOR SPOILERS for LIGHTYEAR ahead. OK so one of the big non-political points of debate in LIGHTYEAR has to do with Zurg and his true motivation and identity. In LIGHTYEAR we see that Zurg is actually a future/older version of Buzz Lightyear (now well into his '60s or 70s) but … Continue reading The REAL Zurg IS in LIGHTYEAR – but you have to look closely | JUST A THEORY
Deborah Chow must be a fan of Rian Johnson's THE LAST JEDI. And this is not a takedown of either. In fact I loved both works. And after watching KENOBI and specifically the finale, I saw a NUMBER of visual queues that pointed from the aforementioned series to the imagery and narrative of TLJ. Think … Continue reading Cinematic Parallels and Mirrored Duels: The KENOBI Finale and THE LAST JEDI
So today Disney Plus released an updated version of the MCU timeline that showed just where DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS fits in. And it surprised some people. Let’s take a look: They placed MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS before HAWKEYE. And people had an issue with this. And that's upsetting. Because I totally got … Continue reading How MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS takes place after NO WAY HOME but before HAWKEYE
There's much speculation floating around about the remaining three episodes of OBI-WAN KENOBI: will Darth Vader and Obi-Wan meet again, will Reva find out who Leia actually is, will the Grand Inquisitor return? But one possible confrontation sent me into speculation mode after Episode 3, and I haven't heard many people discuss the possibility. I … Continue reading JUST A THEORY | Will Leia meet Darth Vader in OBI-WAN KENOBI… and could she be on a “mercy mission”??
Last week I ranked Kylo Ren/ Ben Solo’s top 10 outfits of the sequel trilogy and while that might have been completed mildly tongue in cheek, I also have genuine affection for the character. And truth is I am an even bigger fan of Rey Skywalker (which has meant a lot of internet arguments). So … Continue reading Top 10 Outfits of Rey Skywalker Ranked
In honor of MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU 2022, I’m ranking Kylo Ren’s outfits in the sequel trilogy. This may sound like a weird idea for a post. But frankly I've done weirder and I'm a big Star Wars fan and miss writing about it. I also think Kylo's wardrobe is worth discussing because … Continue reading The Top 10 Outfits of Kylo Ren aka Ben Solo Ranked
As THE BATMAN drops on HBO MAX tomorrow, I decided to reflect on my experience with the film so far. Yeah I am a lunatic who has watched in 13 times. Maybe that's not that crazy but it feels like it. But for me, this is a film that goes far beyond genre-defining and became … Continue reading 13 Weird Things I Learned From Watching THE BATMAN 13 Times IN THEATERS
Is the age of princesses over? More than any other Disney live-action adaptation, the currently in production live-action version of Walt Disney’s 1938 masterpiece SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS has been filled with people asking the question, “why?” And for reasons ranging ANYWHERE from "why remake a masterpiece?" to "why remake a film that … Continue reading The Importance of the Aesthetics of Disney’s SNOW WHITE (and why Rachel Anne Zegler is a great fit)
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