Spirited News, Observations & Thoughts Tres

[Animaniac93-98]

Well thanks to smart phones we can watch tv in the theme parks so . . .

Then here's a special Summer challange for all the park goers now. How many TV episodes can you cram into a day at MK or whatever just waiting in multiple hour + lines?

 

[tracyandalex]

Then here's a special Summer challange for all the park goers now. How many TV episodes can you cram into a day at MK or whatever just waiting in multiple hour + lines?

Can I add that challenge to my MagicBand? I prefer my shows to be tracked so I can get the super special prize!!!

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Can I add that challenge to my MagicBand? I prefer my shows to be tracked so I can get the super special prize!!!

We see you like "Game of Thrones". We recommend: "Sofia the First"

This app sucks.

 

[tracyandalex]

We see you like "Game of Thrones". We recommend: "Sofia the First"

This app sucks.

I literally LOL'd. Because of DD4 we actually get crap like that all the time.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

I can't wait for UNI to make a video like this!

 

[lebeau]

"Your search for 'Harry Potter' has turned up no results. We recommend the Tangled Toilets."

 

[Sped2424]

I can't wait for UNI to make a video like this!

not sure if that would translate the same way

 

[the.dreamfinder]

not sure if that would translate the same way

Mine train versus mine train.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

"Your search for 'Harry Potter' has turned up no results. We recommend the Tangled Toilets."

"What's Gringotts? Did you mean Seven Dwarves Mine Train?"

 

[lebeau]

"What's Gringotts? Did you mean Seven Dwarves Mine Train?"

Coming in 2014. Please excuse our mess. Have some "Not Butterbeer" in the Newly Opened But Still Incomplete Fantasyland Expansion*

*The Fantasyland Expansion is an expansion only in the sense that Fantasyland has gotten bigger. The Magic Kingdom itself remains the same size and the number of attractions remains the same.

 

[PhotoDave219]

is this a theme park or television forum?

We can go back to arguing like children again.... or we can discuss TV for a day.

 

[Calvin Coolidge]

I've often wondered, with TWDC's entries into Chinese markets, how popular Disney properties are there. Well...this is the most popular picture on a major Chinese social media site this week:

 

[PhotoDave219]

The American House of Cards is good, not great. There are a couple of episodes of pure filler in the middle. Now that some time has passed since I watched it, I'll have to watch the original for comparison.

I beg to differ. I thought the Fathers Day episode was fantastic.

 

[Computer Magic]

Disney gets an upgrade from Macquarie analysts based on improving U.S. consumer spending should help boost attendance at Disney parks. And new technology that Disney plans to roll out later this year should help optimize how visitors can plan their time spent in parks. That, in turn, could help increase how much visitors spend during their visits. Disney has also expanded its Hong Kong park and has a park slated to open in Shanghai in 2015.

The analysts also pointed to Disney's recent acquisitions of Marvel and LucasFilm as a means to beef up its potential for creating blockbuster films for its studio division. They also said that ESPN remains at the top of its game, providing Disney with stable, visible and high-growth revenue and earnings.

The analysts also raised their target price from $70 to $75.

http://news.yahoo.com/disney-gets-upgrade-macquarie-analysts-181426583.html

 

[the.dreamfinder]

I beg to differ. I thought the Fathers Day episode was fantastic.

"Happy Father's Day" - Francis Underwood

 

[John]

The Wire is the best show I've ever seen, start to finish.

It really is a shame that this show was on HBO. It was ( is) an incredible show. Doesn't get the accolades it so deserves. Then again if it was on a mainstream network it wouldn't have been as good. It showed the dirty side of Baltimore......which was pretty accurate. Unfortunately a lot of people use The Wire and make an opinion on Baltimore based on the show. Which is inaccurate.

 

[Rodan75]

If folks want to start arguing again about 'journalism' and Disney...there is always this:

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/...rried_at_the_magic_kingdom_was_practical.html

 

[michmousefan]

They're shooting three new episodes right now. Cumberbatch and Friedman were busy with their respective tentpoles, including The Desolation of Smaug which features both actors. Cumberbatch is MoCapping Smaug.
Nothing's official, but I'd guess Sherlock will come back late this year or early next year.

I thought I read that the 3rd "season" will follow a similar pattern as last year; debut on BBC in January 2014 but not air in the states until April or May of 2014, due to PBS's sunday-night schedule (Downton will run from January to early March, some four months after the run in the UK).

 

[TalkingHead]

Breaking Bad is the best show on television. I can't wait for it to start again!

Best binge-watching I've ever had was with Breaking Bad. Watched the 5.5 seasons in an embarrassingly-short amount of time this summer.

By the end of season 1 I was hooked, almost like the show itself is Walt's 99%-pure blue meth.

I'm surprised there are some people here who said they couldn't get into the show. I got a little tired of the over-reliance on handheld camerawork in Season 1. But that becomes less common in the following seasons. Pretty much everything after Season 1 is an A+ for me. I think the "Crystal Blue Persuasion" montage in Season 5 is one of the best things I've ever seen on a television show.

 

[TalkingHead]

is this a theme park or television forum?

Used to be a theme park forum when there was theme park news to talk about.

Ahhh, those were the days.