Tag Archives: animation
A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything
You know that feeling when you see something that somebody much younger than you has done, that blows you away with its creativity and execution, and you realize that you couldn’t make something that awesome now, let alone when you were that age? That feeling, gentle reader, is called “humility,” and, if you’re at all […] Continue reading
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Some Razzleberry Dressing Would Be Nice
Disney’s A Christmas Carol, favorably reviewed by GeekDad’s Jason B. Jones, is but the most recent in a long line of screen adaptations of Dickens’ classic. And through the years, I’ve argued with many fierce partisans over their favorites.
There’s the 1951 black-and-white version with Alastair Sim, considered by many to be the defining Scrooge. (I’m […] Continue reading
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure: DS Gateway to Pixie Hollow MMOG
Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure is a Nintendo DS game from Disney Interactive, released to coincide with October’s straight to DVD Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure. Aimed squarely at tween girls (all the fairies are female), the DS game is a harmless enough distraction until you realize its true purpose as […] Continue reading
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