A Spirited Dirty Dozen ...

[Nemo14]

Many of us have less than favorable memories of our middle school teachers the kindest being the majority were dolts reading one chapter ahead in the 'teachers guide'

DW is a teacher and the abovementioned crowd has increased in number it appears these days much to her digust

As a retired middle school teacher, I can assure you that yes there are a few "dolts", but I have found the majority of the teachers I know work very hard and deal with more aggravation from students, parents, administration, and state and federal mandates than most people realize .

 

[ford91exploder]

As a retired middle school teacher, I can assure you that yes there are a few "dolts", but I have found the majority of the teachers I know work very hard and deal with more aggravation from students, parents, administration, and state and federal mandates than most people realize .

The stupidity flowing from state and federal government is what annoys her most especially the so called nutritional guidelines which are the latest in diet faddery and have no basis in reality or what kids will actually eat.

 

[arko]

If "Princess" in a movie title makes boys not want to see it they're really missing out with "The Princess Bride."

The Princess Bride was not a huge success when it was released partly due to the fact that the studio did not know how to market it. It became a cult classic on home video.

 

[Nemo14]

I have so much respect for anyone willing to teach middle school kids. I remember how hellish middle school was. I could NEVER attempt to teach the little minions.

The rewards were awesome though, and the pay ...well the rewards were awesome.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Agree, Hence why nowadays We get movies named as "tangled" and "frozen". Because names like "the Princess and the Frog" pretty much labels it exclusively as a chick movie.

The thing I find interesting about that is that the same dynamic doesn't seem to play out in continental Europe. Here in Germany, for example, Tangled was called Rapunzel and Frozen was Die Eiskönigin (The Ice Queen). I think the same was true in France and other countries. Perhaps it has to do with kids being brought up with these fairytales here as part of the national heritage. Either way, it's curious as Disney almost seems to re-feminize the titles when releasing the films in Europe.

 

[Quinnmac000]

For those who don't think Universal is coming for Disney in the AA game....here is a AA thats not a giant monkey or goblin. In spoilers though not to spoil things for those who want to be surprised.

Spoiler

 

[ford91exploder]

For those who don't think Universal is coming for Disney in the AA game....here is a AA thats not a giant monkey or goblin. In spoilers though not to spoil things for those who want to be surprised.

Spoiler

Awesome. Yet Disney is no longer in the AA game. They outsourced everything to Garner-Holt. Justice would be for UNI to buy Garner-Holt ...

 

[Mike S]

Awesome. Yet Disney is no longer in the AA game. They outsourced everything to Garner-Holt. Justice would be for UNI to buy Garner-Holt ...

All of Kong's AAs are outsourced as well. Kong himself from Creature Technology and all the others in the ride from Advanced Animations, the same guys that made the Gringotts Goblins. Right @Disneyhead'71?

I'm actually starting to wonder, has Uni ever built their own AAs in house?

Btw, true justice would be if Comcast bought Creature. That would be a big blow.

 

[Quinnmac000]

All of Kong's AAs are outsourced as well. Kong himself from Creature Technology and all the others in the ride from Advanced Animations, the same guys that made the Gringotts Goblins. Right @Disneyhead'71?

I'm actually starting to wonder, has Uni ever built their own AAs in house?

Btw, true justice would be if Comcast bought Creature. That would be a big blow.

Right vendor wrong attraction...Jurassic Park, ET, T-2, MIB. Also did AA's for Disney for Tokyo Disneyland.

http://www.advancedanimations.com/index2.htm

 

[Mike S]

Right vendor wrong attraction...Jurassic Park, ET, T-2, MIB. Also did AA's for Disney for Tokyo Disneyland.

http://www.advancedanimations.com/index2.htm

I thought they said over on OU that these guys also did Gringotts.

 

[Quinnmac000]

I thought they said over on OU that these guys also did Gringotts.

I thought so too but I thought they would brag about it as they were really impressive.

 

[tirian]

Awesome. Yet Disney is no longer in the AA game. They outsourced everything to Garner-Holt. Justice would be for UNI to buy Garner-Holt ...

Garner-Holt and Creature need to be free to innovate at will, apart from WDI or Uni Creative.

 

[brb1006]

For those who don't think Universal is coming for Disney in the AA game....here is a AA thats not a giant monkey or goblin. In spoilers though not to spoil things for those who want to be surprised.

Spoiler

And we haven't even seen the Kong AA yet.

 

[brb1006]

It appears that some sorta of event was going on today at Shanghai Disneyland.

 

[Quinnmac000]

It appears that some sorta of event was going on today at Shanghai Disneyland.

They are preparing..to defeat the huns.

 

[GoofGoof]

It appears that some sorta of event was going on today at Shanghai Disneyland.

Did they open a Harry Potter land? That's the only thing that draws a crowd like that here

 

[BrerJon]

It appears that some sorta of event was going on today at Shanghai Disneyland.

There's a surprising amount of non-Chinese faces in those Cast Member crowd shots - implies that the wider Disney company is keeping a close eye on things for opening instead of just leaving it to the Chinese to figure out for themselves.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I thought so too but I thought they would brag about it as they were really impressive.

It's not unusual for companies to be prohibited from advertising their involvement, at least for a time.

 

[seabreezept813]

I have so much respect for anyone willing to teach middle school kids. I remember how hellish middle school was. I could NEVER attempt to teach the little minions.

I had to teach 7th and 8th for two years. Then I took on AP under the terms that I never had to teach the middle schoolers again. Nice kids, but the smells and hormones are too much.

 

[Nemo14]

I had to teach 7th and 8th for two years. Then I took on AP under the terms that I never had to teach the middle schoolers again. Nice kids, but the smells and hormones are too much.

One word - AXE!