#buena vista home video

[yeowninefive]

Mime En Blanche - Stay Tuned

"Stay tuned after the feature for never-before-seen footage!" (The MEB project isn't over yet! I still got a few more posters and frames in the works.)

[lickmystamp]

US postage stamp, 1989 “Prehistoric Animals” Scott #2422 - #2425

Issued: October 1, 1989 - Lake Buena Vista, Florida Quantity: 101,747,000 Designer: John Gurche Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Lithographed and engraved)

To promote National Stamp Collecting Month. In fact, the campaign behind the Prehistoric Animals stamps was one of the largest up to that point. The USPS worked with MCA Home Video to include a flyer for the stamps in the video cassette packaging for the dinosaur-themed movie The Land Before Time. It was covered in the media, on the front page of USA Today, and in TV commercials. Many of these materials promoted that year’s slogan, “Begin an Adventure of Giant Proportions – Collect Stamps.”

[kylesvariouslistsandstuff]

The "Disney's Classics" pressings...

There were VHS "releases" of three Disney animated features that are kind of a clustercuss to talk about...

DUMBO, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and THE SWORD IN THE STONE were titles in the "Classics" line that Walt Disney Home Video used for the company's animated feature library from 1984 to 1994. These three films were unique in that they didn't return to the vault or go on moratorium. They were always, as "Classics" releases, available to purchase at any given time back in the day...

Now, these three titles had already received Classics releases in the mid-1980s. DUMBO in November 1985, followed by SWORD in March 1986, and then ALICE in May 1986. Pictured below were the final issues of those releases, from fall 1987. (They had seen minor packaging updates over the course of a year or so.)

Now you may be wondering... Hey, isn't that the same ALICE cover as the one at the top? It is!

You see, when DUMBO, ALICE, and SWORD received their Classics cover updates in September 1989, to promote the home video debut of BAMBI... Well, wait a minute... ALICE didn't. For whatever reason, Walt Disney Home Video continued to use the 1986/87 cover. Without even updating the heading from "Walt Disney's" to "Walt Disney's CLASSIC", to keep it in line with the other two updated covers...

These are weird "releases" because the only thing new about them - well, DUMBO and SWORD - were the cover artworks. Inside were the 1987 tapes and labels... (I do not have a 1987 SWORD release with a 1987-era label, myself, so it's not pictured below. My copy has a 1986-era label with the "Walt Disney Productions" copyright.)

... and they opened the same way as the '87 tapes, too: Red-orange FBI warnings (or just antipiracy screens if you got them in Canada) and the 1984 flipping text Classics animated intro sequence.

Some time around, I want to say towards the end of 1990... They made updates to the labels for DUMBO and SWORD...

Those new labels reflect the typography seen on the 1989 cover artworks. "Walt Disney's" is in a basic sans-serif font, this typeface also appears on the 1988 video release of CINDERELLA, and the 1989 video release of BAMBI.

They still open the same way, though...

Then, by mid-1991, we finally saw these releases get white-ink labels... Curiously, instead of having the diamond logo that says "THE CLASSICS"/"Walt Disney Home Video", we have a diamond that says "Disney's CLASSICS"... A diamond that appears nowhere else in the history of the Classics lines:

And these contained fully updated prints, too... The tapes now open with the 1989 Walt Disney Classics animated intro sequence, and the film prints used are different. DUMBO and SWORD IN THE STONE have a Buena Vista title card at their respective starts...

Curiously, DUMBO's ink label says "Walt Disney's CLASSIC"... But ALICE and SWORD use the old mid-80s headings...

Lastly, ALICE got a minor case update. The heading was finally changed from "WALT DISNEY'S" to "Walt Disney's CLASSIC" around early 1994...

But for whatever reason, they never gave ALICE a new cover. The LaserDisc release from around this period used a much different rendering of the Mad Tea Party scene. A release I do not have, but am familiar with...

Eventually, these would all be replaced when Disney ended the Classics line and started the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. The day the line debuted, in October 1994 with the first-ever home video release of SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, these titles were given all new covers, all-new tapes, all-new everything...

DUMBO and SWORD's Masterpiece covers, as you can see, re-use the 1989 Classics covers. ALICE uses the LaserDisc artwork, and an all-new logo for the movie. These would be in print until a later release of sorts. (In DUMBO's case, the 2001 60th Anniversary release. In ALICE's case, a 2nd Masterpiece release in 1999. And in SWORD's case, the 2001 Gold Classic Collection release.)

[satamhistorian]

Sonic and Inspector Gadget Met!

At the 1993 Video Software Dealers Association convention, it was announced that DiC had made a deal with Buena Vista Home Video to put many of their cartoons on VHS for the first time, including Sonic SatAM.

Both a Sonic and Inspector Gadget mascot costume appeared, who stood  alongside Bill Mechanic, president of International Theatrical Worldwide Video for the Walt Disney Corporation, and Andy Heyward, then president of DiC!

Surprisingly, this wasn't the only time Sonic and Inspector Gadget crossed over. Find out more in the upcoming book!

[deadwaterrp]

PREMISE

There’s the story the locals will tell you. How this town in the middle of nowhere didn’t fall to the sun and the sand like every other ghost town in California. How an actual miracle pulled Deadwater out of desolation. It’s a happy story; one old-timers will boast about. But that’s not what really happened. Of course it isn’t. But does it matter?

Welcome to Deadwater, California. Population 7,777 exactly. Suspiciously, this number hasn’t changed in at least several decades. Outwardly Deadwater seems to be an innocent enough tourist trap town you’d typically find along Route 66 and other such desert highways. Heck, there’s an entire theme park out here. Yet lost or wandering travelers tend to claim the town gives off an eerie vibe they can’t quite place.

Cars will randomly die while approaching or passing through Deadwater. Photographs taken within town limits have a habit of developing blurry or distorted. Even so, something about this place still seems to lure people in. You’d be surprised to hear how many townsfolk were once roadtrippers, ghost hunters or UFO enthusiasts intending only to stop by.

Maybe it’s the water.

KEEP IT WEIRD, DEADWATER

The town of Deadwater, CA sits in a paranormal hot-spot. Perhaps because the veil is unbelievably thin here. Ley Lines, they say. Or perhaps it has something to do with that Miracle the Historical Society loves to tout, granting the town and its long-term residents a kind of magical inclination. Whatever the reason, strange things happen here. Strange things can be seen here. So much strange goes on in Deadwater and the surrounding desert, in fact, that they aren’t considered strange at all. Here is a detailed running list of the kind of weirdness you can expect out of this town:

AUTOMOBILE BREAKDOWN

Entering or leaving Deadwater town lines can get a bit tricky when motorized vehicles have a tendency to break down out of nowhere, for no apparent reason. They simply stop functioning completely out of the blue. Of course, this doesn’t happen to every single car that drives to and from Deadwater, but it happens often enough that the only auto shop in this town sees good business year ‘round.

CONGREGATION OF CREATURES

Each district in Deadwater appears to have attracted their own strange congregation of creatures. For example, a massive murder of crows have made the downtown area of Heritage Park their home. In the Lowlands a haughty flock of wild turkeys roam the pavement like an intimidating street gang. Cats, on the other hand, can be found slinking around the hills of Buena Vista. Meanwhile the creatures that congregate in the Wilds…Well, let’s just say they’re something else.

CRYPTIDS

Probably Deadwater’s largest kept not-secret. No one really acknowledges that they exist to your face. You, being an outsider. But they know damn well cryptids are real. What’s more, the desert isn’t home to just one cryptid creature. There are plenty out there that haven’t been discovered yet. Cryptozoology isn’t some woo woo pseudoscience for us Deadwaterians. It’s a serious degree you can earn at Deadwater College for a reason.

DEAD ZONES

These are areas around the Wilds that will wreak havoc on electronics of any kind. Batteries drain rapidly for no discernible reason. Your mobile devices will turn on and off at random or suddenly start behaving as if it is hacked. But the most chilling thing about these Dead Zones is the fact that people caught in them usually experience lost time. Maybe because time itself runs oddly out there. Whether it speeds up or slows down is anyone’s guess. Maybe time overlaps. In any case, Dead Zones are constantly shifting. So unless you have an EMF detector on your hands, good luck out there.

FAULTY CAMERAS

Whether using traditional film or digital, chances are that if you try to take picture or video evidence of the strange entities that lurk around Deadwater, you’ll end up with trash. Images turn out too blurry to see anything. Footage will look distorted. You could always keep trying, but what’s that they say about the definition of crazy? The only semi exception is ghost photography. Pictures of spirits won’t develop crystal clear, but they do tend to come out a little more compelling.

THE GHOSTS

Seeing the dead is an everyday occurrence here in Deadwater. At least for the locals. For the most part they are treated like any other citizen of the town. Some even work. So please don’t be alarmed if you stumble across people chatting away to someone you can’t see for yourself. Or happen across dogs seemingly walking themselves. We assure you they’re not. That’s just Ricky. Dying doesn’t mean he stopped loving dogs.

MYSTERY PAYPHONES

When was the last time you remember seeing an operational payphone? In Deadwater you can find them all over the place; booths popping up seemingly overnight and then disappearing again a few months later. These payphones are claimed to be owned by a company called Frontier Communications, or just Frontier for short. But on paper there is no such company in existence. If that isn’t mysterious enough, sometimes these payphones will start ringing on their own until a curious passerby picks up. People have reported hearing a range of things: static noise, random sequence of numbers, recited vintage recipes, other strange recordings, breathing, and dead silence.

NIGHT WHISTLING

Some cultures warn you not to whistle at night because you might just hear a disembodied whistle back. Here in Deadwater, however, you can hear that disembodied whistle whether you want to or not. But don’t worry. It’s usually harmless as long as you don’t look behind you. Keep walking all the way home and you’ll be totally fine.

SENTIENT CLOUDS?

Have you looked up at the sky recently? If you stare long enough you might catch something truly peculiar. Specifically, you might notice a few clouds that move a little too willfully. Don’t try to bring this up to the town sheriff, or any city official for that matter. They’ll only brush you off.

SINGING PALMS

There’s howling wind and then there’s this. On particularly windy days, the desert palms lining our suburban streets of Lowlands will rock and sway as if dancing. Then they begin to sing. No one has been able to identify the melody they sing as of yet, but it’s mostly pleasant if not entirely bewitching. Try not to stand around idly when you hear them singing. You might get hypnotized by their song.

UNUSUAL WEATHER PHENOMENON

Raining frogs in the springtime? Sudden electrical storm during the peak of summer? Thick fog that refuses to dissipate for an entire month? That’s just another day in the life in Deadwater. Odd weather, while not necessarily a common occurrence, happens often enough throughout the year that the locals just laugh it off as one of the quirks of living in this town. It’s best to keep clothing options for all seasons in the wardrobe, just in case. We’re still waiting for spaghetti to fall out of the sky though.

[ptbf2002]

My Top 10 Favorite Direct-To-Video Movies

#10 Teen Titans GO! Vs. Teen Titans

#9 Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas

#8 Casper A Spirited Beginning

#7 Casper's Haunted Christmas

#6 Casper Meets Wendy

#5 Batman Vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

#4 Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run

#3 We Bare Bears The Movie

#2 Tom And Jerry: Blast Off To Mars

And #1 Teen Titans: Trouble In Tokyo

Honorable Mentions: The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog, Craig Before the Creek, Rugrats Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks and a Beanstalk, Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling, Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus, Rugrats Tales from the Crib: Snow White, As Told by Ginger: The Wedding Frame, The Loud House Movie, No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie

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Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans Belongs To Bob Haney, Bruno Premiani, Glen Murakami, David Slack, Sam Register, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Marly Halpern-Graser, Jeremy Adams, Snipple Animation Studios Inc. DC Comics, Inc. DC Studios, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Studio Distribution Services, LLC. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas Belongs to Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, Dick Lundy, Art Babbitt, Frank Webb, Charlie Cohen, Thomas Hart, Scott Gorden, Tom Nance, Carter Crocker, Richard Cray, Temple Mathews, Eddie Guzelian, Studio Basara, Disney Animation Canada, Inc. Disney Animation (Japan) Inc. Disney Television Animation, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Platform Distribution, Inc. Disney Entertainment, Disney Enterprises Inc. And The Walt Disney Company

Casper: A Spirited Beginning Belongs To Seymour Reit, Joe Oriolo, Jymn Magon, Thomas Hart, Thomas McCluskey, Rob Kerchner, Brookwell McNamara Entertainment, Inc. Harvey Comics, Harvey Comics Entertainment, Harvey Films, Harvey Entertainment, The Harvey Entertainment Company, Classic Media, LLC, Entertainment Rights PLC, DreamWorks Classics, DreamWorks Animation LLC, Universal Pictures, Universal City Studios LLC, Universal Studios, Inc. NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, NBCUniversal Media Group, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Comcast Corporation, Saban Entertainment, Inc. BVS Entertainment, Inc. ABC Family Worldwide, FOX Family Worldwide Inc. FOX International Channels, FOX Networks Group, FOX Entertainment Group, FOX Entertainment, FOX Corporation, Disney General Entertainment Content, FOX Family Films, FOX Animation Studios, 20th Century Animation, Inc. 20th Century Studios, Inc. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Platform Distribution, Inc. Disney Entertainment, And The Walt Disney Company

Casper's Haunted Christmas Belongs to Seymour Reit, Joe Oriolo, Ian Boothby, Roger Fredericks, Mainframe Entertainment, Rainmaker Entertainment, Rainmaker Studios, Mainframe Studios, WOW! Unlimited Media Inc. Kartoon Studios, Inc. Harvey Comics, Harvey Comics Entertainment, Harvey Films, Harvey Entertainment, The Harvey Entertainment Company, Classic Media, LLC, Entertainment Rights PLC, DreamWorks Classics, DreamWorks Animation LLC, Studio Distribution Services, LLC, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment LLC, Universal Pictures, Universal City Studios LLC, Universal Studios, Inc. NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, NBCUniversal Media Group, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, And Comcast Corporation

Casper Meets Wendy Belongs To Seymour Reit, Joe Oriolo, Steve Mufatti, Jymn Magon, Brookwell McNamara Entertainment, Inc. Harvey Comics, Harvey Comics Entertainment, Harvey Films, Harvey Entertainment, The Harvey Entertainment Company, Classic Media, LLC, Entertainment Rights PLC, DreamWorks Classics, DreamWorks Animation LLC, Universal Pictures, Universal City Studios LLC, Universal Studios, Inc. NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, NBCUniversal Media Group, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Comcast Corporation, Saban Entertainment, Inc. BVS Entertainment, Inc. ABC Family Worldwide, FOX Family Worldwide Inc. FOX International Channels, FOX Networks Group, FOX Entertainment Group, FOX Entertainment, FOX Corporation, Disney General Entertainment Content, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Century Studios, Inc. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Platform Distribution, Inc. Disney Entertainment, And The Walt Disney Company

Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Belongs To Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, James Tynion IV, Freddie Williams II, Marly Halpern-Graser, DR Movie Co., Ltd. IDW Publishing, Idea and Design Works, LLC, IDW Media Holdings, Inc. Mirage Studios, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Nickelodeon Productions, Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon Group, Nickelodeon Networks Inc. Paramount Kids and Family Group, Paramount Global Content Distribution, Paramount International Networks, Paramount Domestic Media Networks, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. Viacom International Inc. Paramount Global, DC Comics, Inc. DC Studios, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Studio Distribution Services, LLC. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run Belongs To Leon Schlesinger, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, Rachel Ramras, Rough Draft Korea Co., Ltd. Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Studio Distribution Services, LLC. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

We Bare Bears The Movie Belongs To Daniel Chong, Christina Chang, Alex Chiu, Manny Hernandez, Yvonne Hsuan Ho, Quinne Larsen, Sang Yup Lee, Sooyeon Lee, Charlie Parisi, Lauren Sassen, Sarah Sobole, Louie Zong, Mikey Heller, Kris Mukai, Rough Draft Korea Co. Ltd. Cartoon Network Studios, Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Studio Distribution Services, LLC. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars Belongs To William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Bill Kopp, Toon City Animation Inc. Turner Entertainment Company, Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Studio Distribution Services, LLC. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo Belongs To Bob Haney, Bruno Premiani, Glen Murakami, David Slack, Sam Register, DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd. Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, DC Comics, Inc. DC Studios, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Kids' WB! The WB, The WB Television Network, Inc. Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC. Tribune Media Company, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Studio Distribution Services, LLC. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Family Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

[petnews2day]

3 of 4 puppies rescued from hot car at Disney Springs adopted by firefighters

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[fictionz]

New Fiction 2024 - January

"Osee" ed. Richard Challoner (1752)

I can't go back to check what Osee was on about. All you need to know about this phase of the bible is guys were prophesying, and pretty much every prophecy is about how the Hebrew people were fuckin' it up. This all feels like items in what should have been the appendix, but since I'm reading a Catholic bible it's all just filler until JC shows up. (And we're just under 70% after two solid years of gettin' through it.)

"Joel" ed. Richard Challoner (1752)

Another dull prophet.

This Gray Spirit by Heather Jarman (2002)

I want to love every DS9 book. It's a struggle to not enjoy them. But there's a trend here in the Mission Gamma series of trying to do Too Much. The last book was very long, but also very focused, and the premise of taking the Defiant out into the Gamma quadrant sounds fine until they do it again... and again... and again. And it gets to the point where I just don't care what they're doing. I want DS9--the setting--and its beloved cast of characters to do their thing there. I'll read on but this one really should have been two books instead of this A plot-B plot structure.

Divided We Fall by John J. Ordover, David Mack, Andrew Currie, Michael Collins, Richard Bennett, David Roach, John Nyberg, Jenna Garcia, WildStorm FX, Alex Sinclair, Jeff Mariotte (2001)

This one contrasted nicely against Revenant by Alex White. Both stories focus on Dax and how the Trill symbiont managers are real bad at transparency. The more I learn about this world, the more it sounds like a pretty clear caste system that should get them booted from the Federation. But then, I suffer the flaw of binary judgement, and there's probably some nuance there to consider.

Gargoyles the Movie Game dev. Buena Vista Home Video (1995)

Wow, this was the most broken version of Chutes and Ladders I've ever played. I recommend a house rule of doubling each number on the spinner if you want any chance at winning. The event cards are just so punishing and the strict time limit makes it a steep uphill battle.

Gargoyles Remastered dev. Walt Disney Computer Software & Empty Clip Studios (1995, 2023)

I had a problem with input lag in the original version that ruined my initial impression, but that was on me. Playing the remaster with no input lag and the extra features like updated art, music, and the rewind all added up to a more enjoyable, if short, experience. It's otherwise an interesting artifact from that transition out of 2D platformers and into chunky polygons and pre-rendered 3D visuals.

Gargoyles: Night Flight dev. Tiger Electronics (1995)

I've played a few of these mid-90s Tiger handhelds and it's fine for a car ride, which is where I always imagine these things were played at the time. It's so overly simple that I can't say it's worth playing, unlike the classic Game & Watch titles that had real challenge and replayability to them.

The Color Purple dir. Bazawule (2023)

I never caught the original movie or book, but this musical was great. And those events are some real fucked up trauma.

The Iron Claw dir. Sean Durkin (2023)

As period biopics go, this one's fine. Not too wild or revelatory, other than its highlighting a segment of the wrestling scene which I had no idea about. The performances were all solid and Ephron clearly committed to the role. The story is from that period of simpler costumes and narratives before my friends and I came aboard in the later 80s and 90s, so it was neat to understand a fictionalized buildup to the more familiar stories.

Poor Things dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (2023)

It was great, stylized, and I suppose does have an act structure but it feels a little loose with it, which I'm all for. It just doesn't match up to the amazing work in The Favorite.

Night Swim dir. Bryce McGuire (2024)

A snoozer, I'm afraid. The seed of it is interesting but it doesn't quite grow enough to make it compelling.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom dir. James Wan (2023)

Another snoozer. It's not as fun as the first one, and if these superhero things aren't fun then what're we doing here?

The Beekeeper dir. David Ayer (2024)

Yeah this was a rough stretch. Another action snoozer that maybe could have highlighted something interesting about exploitation of elders but just uses that as an excuse for Statham to go around punching dudes in a boring way.

I.S.S. dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite (2023)

There's this particular subgenre of space movie where people are just out there in their tin cans, then they're stuck or screwed, and the drama plays out amid a desperate race to get out of that sitch. Hell, I will myself to sleep by conjuring a little scene I've developed where I'm out in my little space tug boat and need to shut down systems and go to sleep for the cycle. Gravity, Interstellar, and Life are all recent examples of this kind of movie that come to mind, and now we can add I.S.S. to that list. And I love these. I love space trouble. I ran into a bunch of these stories in my recent watch of The Outer Limits (1995), and I really can't get enough. I.S.S. has this uncomfortable angle on what if Earth annihilates itself, huh, smart guy? (Art reflecting reality, etc.) And that's a bummer to consider. But the story that plays out onboard the station is still neat and I would definitely watch this again.

Mean Girls dir. Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. (2024)

Dug it! Maybe more than I did the original. Mostly because the musical sequences are great.

American Fiction dir. Cord Jefferson (2024)

Stories about writers can be a little too navel-gazey for me to handle, but I'm glad I caught this.

The Book of Clarence dir. Jeymes Samuel (2024)

It comes from the angle of true belief, so you have to buy into that going in, but the questions it raises and the general production all make it worth the watch. Plus, they tackle the question of why even is Jesus a white guy (well, we know why), so that makes it extra fun.

Battlestar Galactica - "Saga of a Star World" (1978)

Doofy? That's the word. Definitely of its time, but I'm gonna get through it all later this year.

The Twilight Zone - "Shatterday" (1985)

Ey Bruce Willis being moody before that was his brand. I watched the 60s version and now I feel obligated to see what issues of the day were popping up for 80s TV people.

Stargate SG-1 - "Children of the Gods" (1997)

Oh, okay, I didn't realize they were angling for the Showtime adult crowd with this. I was so used to the sanitized Saturday afternoon syndication version of the episodes. In any case, still a good start. Another show to watch in full later on.

Farscape - "Premiere" (1999)

Hm, more white guys as leads/captains isn't as appealing, but the puppety goodness of Henson aliens compels me to continue.

Fringe - "Pilot" (2008)

Holy shit, those first five minutes! I knew immediately I'd enjoy this show, whatever it's going to be. I heard enough good things that I figured I gotta.

Yellowstone - "Daybreak" (2018)

My mom wouldn't stop talking about this show so now I'll have to see what's what. So far it's Kevin Costner as an old asshole who raised his kids to also be assholes?

[reginadeinisseni]

Pirati dei Caraibi "La Maledizione della Prima Luna" - trailer ita

JOHHNY DEPP, Evgenij Prigožin E I DITI MOZZATI

JOHHNY DEPP SI MOZZA IL DITO MEDIO (AL CENTRO) QUANDO ERA IN AUSTRALIA PRIMA NAZIONE A CONOSCERE LA PEDOFILIA DI EMILIO ANZA. CUGINO I GRADO

EVGENIJ  PRIGOZIN  AVEVA L' ANULARE SINISTRO MOZZATO, DOVE DI SOLITO SI METTE LA FEDE MATRIMONIALE

La maledizione della prima luna, FAMOSISSIMO FILM DI DEPP, VEDE IL PROTAGONISTA (JACK SPARROW . in italiano GIACOMO PASSERO, COME IL CANARINO UCCISO DAL MIO CUGINO ROBERTO)CHE E' ALLA RICERCA DELLA PERLA NERA E UN BEL MEDAGLIONE CON UN TESCHIO AL CENTRO, MALEDETTO COME GLI UOMINI CHE LO PORTAVANO

La maledizione della prima luna (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) è un film del 2003 diretto da Gore Verbinski; prodotto da Walt Disney Pictures e Jerry Bruckheimer Films e distribuito da Buena Vista International.

Ideato e scritto da Ted Elliot e Terry Rossio, il film è il primo capitolo della serie di Pirati dei Caraibi e ispirato all'omonima attrazione dei Parchi Disney. Il cast principale comprende Johnny Depp nei panni di Jack Sparrow, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Kevin McNally, Jack Davenport e Jonathan Pryce.

Caraibi, 1720. La piccola Elizabeth Swann e suo padre, il Governatore Weatherby Swann, sono sulla nave inglese HMS Dauntless che li porta a Port Royal, quando un ragazzino di nome Will Turner viene portato a bordo. Quando Elizabeth si accorge che Will ha al collo un medaglione d'oro con inciso un teschio, lei glielo sottrae e lo nasconde perché può essere la prova dell'appartenenza di Will alla pirateria. Norrington si dichiara a Elizabeth, la quale però, soffocata per il corsetto troppo stretto, cade dagli spalti del forte finendo in mare; così facendo attiva il medaglione, che attrae la Perla Nera, ossia la nave vista otto anni prima Gibbs si lascia scappare la verità su Jack: quando arrivò la prima volta a Tortuga e creò una ciurma per recarsi a Isla de Muerta, egli era il capitano della Perla Nera, ma a pochi giorni di navigazione il primo ufficiale Barbossa pretese di sapere la destinazione.

gli Aztechi consegnarono a Cortès un forziere di pietra con 882 pezzi d'oro, sui quali le divinità scagliarono una maledizione che fa diventare gli esseri umani né vivi né morti: costoro sembrano vivi, ma quando arriva la luna piena svelano la loro identità; inoltre, chiunque abbia sottratto un medaglione del tesoro di Cortès, per spezzare la maledizione e tornare vivo, deve restituirlo con il proprio sangue. Quando la ciurma di Barbossa arrivò sull'Isla de Muerta prese il tesoro, ma presto i pirati si accorsero che non provavano più sensazioni e che non sentivano più niente, cosicché restituirono tutti i singoli pezzi, tranne il medaglione d'oro ora posseduto da Elizabeth.

Benché Jack abbia vinto e salvato tutti, ora è condannato all'impiccagione perché la sua ciurma ha rubato la Perla Nera; Nel mentre, la scimmia domestica di Barbossa si avvicina a nuoto al mucchio di ricchezze nella grotta dell'Isla de Muerta. Arrampicatasi sul forziere di pietra, ruba uno degli 882 pezzi d'oro e ritorna ad essere non-morta.

Il film è uscito negli Stati Uniti il 9 luglio 2003[2], mentre in Italia il 5 settembre 2003, dopo un'anteprima nazionale il 27 agosto.

Doppiaggio italiano La direzione del doppiaggio e i dialoghi italiani sono a cura di Carlo Cosolo, per conto della Cast Doppiaggio S.r.l.[3] Curiosamente, per l'edizione italiana, è stato tolto il riferimento a Davy Jones, nemico principale dei due film successivi, detto da Will Turner a bordo della Perla Nera, e anche il titolo del film è stato modificato.

Edizioni home video Il film è stato distribuito in DVD e VHS nel mercato italiano il 29 gennaio 2004,[4] disponibile in edizione disco singolo e disco doppio. Nel 2007 è stata messa in vendita la versione del film ad alta definizione Blu-ray Disc.

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Nexxt Home presentó en Ecuador su nueva cámara para exterior e interior con batería

La empresa fabricante de soluciones de conectividad y domótica anunció el lanzamiento y la disponibilidad de su nueva cámara para exterior e interior sin cables. Se trata del modelo NHC-O640, que ofrece imágenes en HD de 1080p en tiempo real, tecnología de detección de movimiento y activación por voz.

Nexxt Solutions Home, fabricante de soluciones de conectividad y domótica, anunció el lanzamiento y el desembarco de su nueva cámara HD para exterior e interior. Se trata del modelo NHC-O640, una solución de seguridad para el hogar o la oficina con la sencillez de una conexión sin cables, diseñada para funcionar con una batería integrada, recargable y de muy buena duración.

"Con la nueva cámara de Nexxt Home, los chicos pueden jugar y correr en el jardín con la tranquilidad de poder verlos en cualquier momento. Los usuarios pueden vigilar los espacios exteriores de su hogar en un día soleado o con la lluvia más fuerte, ya que cuenta con clasificación de protección IP de 65 para un rendimiento confiable. Todo esto utilizando comandos sencillos de activación por voz, mediante Amazon Alexa o Google Assistant. Además, pueden acceder en forma remota a las imágenes en vivo captadas por la cámara y recibir notificaciones al instante de cualquier actividad alrededor del hogar, desde donde quiera que estén, a través de la aplicación gratuita Nexxt Home, pudiendo compartir la visualización con el resto de la familia", explicó Johanna Jaramillo Espinoza, Gerente Regional de Ventas para Latinoamérica y el Caribe de Nexxt Solutions Home.

"La resolución en 1080p de la nueva cámara de Nexxt Home permite la visualización en alta definición HD, reproduciendo imágenes con la misma nitidez ya sea en vivo o grabadas. Su lente con ángulo de 120 grados proporciona un campo de visión amplio, mientras que las luces LED infrarrojas ofrecen visión nocturna, con tecnología de detección de movimiento con un alcance efectivo de hasta 8 metros", destacó Johanna Jaramillo Espinoza, y concluyó: "Los videos captados por la cámara NHC-O640 de Nexxt Home se pueden guardar localmente mediante una tarjeta microSD™ de hasta 128GB; y quedan 100% protegidos, ya que además pueden ser almacenados en Nexxt Cloud, un servicio seguro y confiable que provee Google Cloud. De esta manera, los usuarios pueden acceder a esas grabaciones en cualquier momento y desde cualquier lugar usando la aplicación Nexxt Home y a solo un clic de distancia".

Características destacadas de la cámara NHC-O640 a batería de Nexxt Home

-Batería recargable para que la cámara funcione incluso cuando no hay electricidad

-Cámara inalámbrica para evitar los enredos de cables

-Resolución HD de 1080P proporciona imágenes claras

-Transmisión en vivo muestra lo que ocurre en tiempo real

-Clasificación de protección IP de 65 para un rendimiento confiable a prueba de polvo y lluvia

-Notificaciones de detección de movimiento con un alcance efectivo de hasta 8m

-Lente con ángulo de 120 grados proporciona un campo de visión amplio, ve más de cada momento

-Activación por voz: usa comandos sencillos mediante Amazon Alexa o Google Assistant

-Guarda video localmente mediante una tarjeta microSD™ de hasta 128GB

-Comunicación bidireccional entre la cámara y el celular

-Aplicación gratuita y soporta vista remota en iOS o Android™

-Luces LED infrarrojas para visión nocturna

-Garantía: 2 años

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Finally gonna watch Frank Miller’s Sin City (2005)

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When Did These Particular Disney VHS Tapes Come Out?

For a recap... The Disney animated movies that didn't go into the vault circa 1988-1993...

DUMBO, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and THE SWORD IN THE STONE were already part of the Classics line (animated features of the Disney library, on home video formats in a special line designated for them) around this time.

In September 1989, DUMBO and SWORD saw all-new cover artworks, while ALICE didn't...

... And all releases of these three movies from September 1989 still used the tape labels used on their then-previous pressings, from late 1987:

And they all open like this: Red-orange anti-piracy warnings, and the 1984 Classics logo with the "flipping text"...

So really, new covers in late 1989, but those covers are housing the previous tapes...

Around the end of 1990, Walt Disney Home Video started updating the look of the sticker labels for DUMBO and SWORD a little bit..

My SWORD copy that you see above was printed in mid-December 1990. DUMBO is from August 1991...

And then these showed up sometime thereafter...

And they all open like this:

When are they from?

I last wrote...

Then, by mid-1991, we finally saw these releases get white-ink labels… Curiously, instead of having the diamond logo that says “THE CLASSICS”/“Walt Disney Home Video”, we have a diamond that says “Disney’s CLASSICS”… A diamond that appears nowhere else in the history of the Classics lines:

I think it was kinda accepted over the years in Disney VHS collector circles that these tapes... With the ink labels with that "Disney's CLASSICS" diamond logo, with the redone openings and new film prints being used... It was accepted that these came out around spring/summer 1991.

Around the time THE JUNGLE BOOK came to VHS (May 3rd), around the time ROBIN HOOD returned from the vault (July 12th)...

Seems to add up, because their labels use a diamond logo (Classics releases gave that up for a bit starting in early 1992 with 101 DALMATIANS), and the tapes still use the red-orange anti-piracy warnings. Disney began using the well-known green ones starting at the end of January in 1992, the first appearances (as in, released tapes, not demo tapes) being on the Walt Disney Studio Film Collection tapes...

So, these couldn't be from 1992... Yet, in my travels, in my years of searching... These tapes of DUMBO, ALICE, and SWORD with the Sorcerer Mickey Classics intro... I have yet to find one printed any earlier than 1992...

Again, that DUMBO you see above where the "Walt Disney's" heading on the label is in a sans-serif font and the tape program begins with the 1984 flipping text Classics logo... It's from August 1991... They were still using that tape master by then, in addition to that label...

Sometimes on eBay, the person listing the item in question will show the bottom of the tape where the print date is. The earliest ink-on-shell label for one of these three titles that I've seen... Is from April 1992...

So, recently, I spotted this at a donation center...

It was printed January 22, 1992...

Still uses the 1990-91 label... I decided to get it. 99 cents, can't beat that. Came in a horrifically beat-up rental store case, lol. Maybe I'll use it for something else, lol.

I popped in the tape.

It begins with the Sorcerer Mickey Classics logo. The Buena Vista logo follows.

So I figured, not too long ago... The updated tape masters for DUMBO, ALICE, and SWORD that use the red-orange anti-piracy warnings and the Sorcerer Mickey Classics logo were made around late 1991, when FANTASIA came to video. The last Classics release to use the red-orange warning cards.

I think my SWORD tape that I just got kinda proves that this opening was pressed onto tapes around that time. Until I find one from approximately Sept-Oct 1991, I assume that.

As for the "Disney's CLASSICS" labels? I think those are definitely later. Not summer 1991 as often said... Spring/summer 1992 at the earliest, around the time 101 DALMATIANS and THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE are coming to video... Again, the earliest pressing of these I've seen is from spring 1992. Copies with the big sticker labels were printed/made as late as early 1992.

So...

Sept 1989: DUMBO and SWORD IN THE STONE get new Classics covers.

Late 1990: The videotape labels for DUMBO and SWORD are slightly updated, to better align with their front cover artwork.

Late 1991: The openings of DUMBO, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and SWORD are updated, changing from the old Classics logo to the Sorcerer Mickey one.

Spring 1992: New ink-on-shell labels are made for DUMBO, ALICE, and SWORD.

The working theory for now.

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Send a Letter for The Owl House!

           As Dana Terrace herself suggested, if you want to see change; A good idea is to send a physical letter to Disney! You can ask for The Owl House to have its third season extended (with a reminder that you’re willing to wait an extra amount of time for this), and/or additional content past the initial intended run- Dana said she was down for producing more stuff for The Owl House! I think it helps to mention that you’re a customer with money who’s more than willing to pay for more content, as well as merchandise.

           Sending a letter is easy, and here’s my explanation based on my own understanding, although it also helps to search up a video or two online, just to be safe. I found this video to be helpful;

           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNg-snqkguc

           You’re going to need an envelope, a pen, the physical letter itself, as well as a postage stamp, and finally a mailbox! If you don’t have a mailbox, you can always head to your local post office to drop off the letter.

           Personally, I typed and printed my letter out to make it seem more formal, but I think hand-written also works. Google docs has a decent letter format/template to work from, and again, you can always search up how to write the letter itself online. Once you’ve finished the letter, place it within the envelope, and seal the envelope by dampening the waxy inside of the flap.

           On the blank side of the envelope, it’s important to write (in PEN!) the address you’re sending to in the middle. DisneyTVA’s address is as follows;

DisneyTVA

811 Sonora Avenue

Glendale, CA

91201, US

           I also found this other mailing address online that could help;

Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution

500 S. Buena Vista St.

FGW #3052

Burbank, CA 91521-3515

           If you have the budget, I’d recommend sending letters to both addresses!

           On the top-left, place your own address, in case the letter needs to be sent back to you due to an error;

First, Last Name

Street Number and Address

City, State Initials

Zip Code

           So for example, the return address on the top left may look as follows;

Robert Williams

3445 Chestnut Avenue

Happyfield, MA

89051

           And on the top right, you need to add a postage stamp! If you don’t have any, you can buy them at your local post office, or online; Again, I recommend searching this up, because I am admittedly not an expert. Apply the postage stamp to the top right, and you should be good to go! And of course, don’t forget that your letter is inside to begin with.

           From there, you can either drop off the letter at your local post office, OR you can place it within your mailbox! To make sure the letter gets sent, flip up the red thing on the side of the mailbox; This will tell the mailman to deliver the contents inside of the mailbox! If you don’t flip up the red thing, the mailman won’t deliver your letter!

           Here’s an example of my own, the return address of course censored;

           From there, I heard that it helps to go on Twitter or tweet a photo of your letter (with the return address censored of course), as well as the hashtag; #OwlHouseMemos

           Hopefully if the fandom sends enough letters demanding change from Disney, they’ll listen! Fan outcry managed to change the Sonic movie’s CGI model for its protagonist, which in turn led to the film being received well! If there’s enough demand, change IS possible- And it doesn’t hurt to try!

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