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Comment on A Brief Comment On The D23 Expo by Paul Carhart

Paul Carhart — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:27:08 +0000

According to the D23 site, it looks like it’s on after all, folks.

http://d23.disney.go.com/

August 19-21, Anaheim, CA

Comment on A Brace Of Books by Kurt

Kurt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:03:30 +0000

I could be way off base here but “Project Future” sounds an awful lot like “Married to the Mouse”. Obviously, I would assume, done in a slightly different format.

Comment on A Brace Of Books by Michael

Michael — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:31:41 +0000

Middlebrow: That’s a good point, and I’ll fix it. There’s definitely a difference between being an artist at an animation studio and being an animator. Just sloppy wording on my part.

Robin: Just sticking to the parks, off the top of my head the list would include:

- Richard Beard’s “Walt Disney’s Epcot Center: Creating the New World of Tomorrow” (My favorite!)
- Jeff Kurtti’s “Since the World Began”
- Jason Surrell’s books about Pirates, Mansion, and Disney Mountains
- Anything by Bruce Gordon, and/or David Mumford
- “Designing Disney’s Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance”

There are many others, and it’s something that I need to write about…

Comment on A Brace Of Books by Robin

Robin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:42:51 +0000

What would say are your favourite books on the subject of Disney and the Parks?

I’ve read quite a few, but I’m always on the lookout for more.

Comment on A Brace Of Books by Middlebrow

Middlebrow — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:05:23 +0000

Herb Ryman was not an animator per se. He did work as an Art Director on animated and live action films.

Comment on A Brief Comment On The D23 Expo by AJ

AJ — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:57:04 +0000

My initial thought was the same as Alain’s — do they have enough to talk about? And I understand that while many of us are happy just watching vault-edition Disney pics, we have to remember that we’re a fickle group. We’re also the contingent that’s extremely critical of Disney when things aren’t up to par…like if they were to spend an exorbitant amount of money, flood Anaheim with fans, and then deliver bupkus for a “show.” I think the (alleged) strategy this time around is a smart one; even if they had enough to announce this year, the bar they set with the Expo last year would be difficult if not impossible to reach every single subsequent year.

Though I do hate to see Michael sad, or angry, or indifferent…or even hungry for that matter.

Comment on “The People Moving People” by Jud

Jud — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:04:51 +0000

I wanted to correct your article that the technology was never used again after Houston. In 1984 Disney licensed the Wedway and Monorail to Bombardier from Canada and the Wedway technology was used in the US Capital Building to replace the Senate Subway system that was installed in 1918. A derivative of the Monorail was installed in Las Vegas. I do agree that it is unfortunate that neither technology has expreeinced wide acceptance.

Jud

Comment on Seeking your help…. by 1937 Fan

1937 Fan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:57:46 +0000

The lyrics and music for This is Home (along with six other songs from Tale of Mouse) is in the book Disney’s Lost Chords Volume 2.

Comment on A Brief Comment On The D23 Expo by Michael

Michael — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:35:47 +0000

Wouldn’t be great if they were paying me off to grouse publicly as some sort of COINTELPRO operation?

You’re right about the potential of D23 to *really* give the fans what they want. I always thought that they should at least be used to keep the out-of-print Disney Treasures DVDs on the market, and making these available online would be great. A D23-style Hulu where I could watch Adventures in Mathemagicland would be well worth the price of admission.

Comment on A Brief Comment On The D23 Expo by Another Voice

Another Voice — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:09:07 +0000

Let’s just say more than a few Internet excuses don’t exactly come from basement people in their underwear…Disney has been playing games for a lot longer than people dare to think.

If Disney really wanted to do something with D23, they are incredibly well positioned for their “new media” strategy. I have no interest in paying dues for the privilege of buying $ ‘Pixie Jack and the Neverland Pirates Limited Edition Trading Pins”. But I’d gladly pay money to access a website where I could watch good quality transfers of all the ‘Wonderful World of Disney’ shows.