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Boxing Day Disneypalooza

Turner Classic Movies continues its weird relationship with Disney, and its de facto role as Disney Channel in exile, with a recently-announced Boxing Day marathon of Disney live-action films. The films will play from 6:30 AM until midnight on December 26th, hosted by TCM regular Ben Mankiewicz and Rebecca Cline, Director of the Walt Disney […]

An Unexpectedly Funky Future

Over the last couple of years, Disney has been working pretty hard to get up to speed in the world of interactive online media and social networking. They had a lot of catching up to do, but have been busy establishing presences on Facebook, Twitter, the Disney Parks Blog and elsewhere. While the content hasn’t […]

Behind The Scenes Of Disney’s Electronic Oz

The summer of 1982 was about as exciting as it could get for sci-fi fans. Just take a look at the cover of STARLOG #62 from that September – Star Trek II! Revenge of the Jedi in pre-production! The year would see Blade Runner, E.T., and many others, including TRON. While TRON: Legacy, which […]

Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, Tail In His Hat…

When veteran actor Leslie Nielsen passed away last weekend, most tributes focused on his later career in a series of spoofs and slapstick comedies. Some mentioned his earlier career as a dramatic actor and leading man, but none that I saw covered his connection to Walt Disney. My first thought upon hearing the news […]

I Demand This. Now.

Oh man. Now I know what’s first on my Christmas list.

That is so awesome.

All your fancy RFID, NextGen technology and what does it get you?? Not your own personal V.I.N.CENT, that’s for sure!

It’s like having your own personal Roddy McDowall. Genius. Although it’s funny, because the commercial really feels like a spoof. […]