Phroobar
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See's has been disappearing because of the closure of the malls.
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The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
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Guittard is my favorite chocolate so I prefer See's. Ghirardelli may be my second. Having said that, a chocolate would have to be very very far down on the list for me to refuse it. Hasn't happened yet.
Disney Irish
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I honestly don't eat chocolate much, so don't taste the various different brands out there often. So have only tried Guittard once or twice I think, it was good but wouldn't rank it above the others.
I will say that during Christmas I get nostalgic for Hershey kisses from when I was a kid, so will pick up a bag.
Disney Analyst
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Figured this was coming, as there had been another male voice announcer starting to appear over the speakers in Disneyland.
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Celebrating the Legacy of Bill Rogers and Camille Dixon
Disney Resort park announcers Bill Rogers and Camille Dixon greet guests at rope drop and wish them goodnight at the end of the day.
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CaptinEO
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Figured this was coming, as there had been another male voice announcer starting to appear over the speakers in Disneyland.
Celebrating the Legacy of Bill Rogers and Camille Dixon
Disney Resort park announcers Bill Rogers and Camille Dixon greet guests at rope drop and wish them goodnight at the end of the day.
Wow this is thread worthy.
Disney Analyst
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Aye aye!
Ah. There have been times in my life where I pretty much lived on chocolate, happily. I've tried every brand I could find. The rankings have changed but pretty much Guittard stays at the top for me.
Figured this was coming, as there had been another male voice announcer starting to appear over the speakers in Disneyland.
Celebrating the Legacy of Bill Rogers and Camille Dixon
Disney Resort park announcers Bill Rogers and Camille Dixon greet guests at rope drop and wish them goodnight at the end of the day.
So iconic…
PiratesMansion
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New Haunted Mansion movie:
Overall, this was better done 20 years ago...and that movie is hardly a high watermark from Disney either. I maintain that the first three minutes of the 2003 movie are still the absolute peak of 'HM movie' as an executed concept, despite some CGI that's aged terribly. Not that most of the newer movie's CGI is all that great, but still.
The one thing I'd say is probably better in the 2023 version is the casting of the main ensemble we spend our time with. There are too many people involved, but they're all better acted (not that anyone's getting an Oscar out of this, mind) and more tolerable to be around than Eddie Murphy mugging til the cows come home and his family. Jamie Lee Curtis is a fair amount better as Madame Leota than I anticipated based on the trailer, unless she has to tell what the script has decided are 'jokes'. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised, as the worst thing about both movies is their apparent need to fill dead air with the hackiest, least original comedic bits conceivable, many of which you can see coming from a mile away. The more things change, right?
Despite much deserved criticism about the quality of contemporary Disney screenplays, the biggest difference between the two movies is that now Disney has added Product Placement, and references to Hip Foodz Of Today. Most obvious is the Burger King run, but there are references made to Yankee Candle, Baskin Robbins, CVS, Amazon, Paypal, Yelp, etc. in addition to several references to tater tots. It's all very forced, blatant, and distracting.
It's a bit odd, but even though the newer film seems to have more overall references to the attraction, it feels more tonally removed from it than the Murphy film. It's also 30 minutes longer, and perhaps because of that feels like it goes on forever.
So to the shock of probably no one on here, it's a bust. I can only dream that as the evidence mounts that attractions don't make good films (and that attractions that attempt to just regurgitate films in ride form are boring as tar), eventually they'll figure out that they're better off wasting their dollars on something else.
Overall, this was better done 20 years ago...and that movie is hardly a high watermark from Disney either. I maintain that the first three minutes of the 2003 movie are still the absolute peak of 'HM movie' as an executed concept, despite some CGI that's aged terribly. Not that most of the newer movie's CGI is all that great, but still.
The one thing I'd say is probably better in the 2023 version is the casting of the main ensemble we spend our time with. There are too many people involved, but they're all better acted (not that anyone's getting an Oscar out of this, mind) and more tolerable to be around than Eddie Murphy mugging til the cows come home and his family. Jamie Lee Curtis is a fair amount better as Madame Leota than I anticipated based on the trailer, unless she has to tell what the script has decided are 'jokes'. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised, as the worst thing about both movies is their apparent need to fill dead air with the hackiest, least original comedic bits conceivable, many of which you can see coming from a mile away. The more things change, right?
Despite much deserved criticism about the quality of contemporary Disney screenplays, the biggest difference between the two movies is that now Disney has added Product Placement, and references to Hip Foodz Of Today. Most obvious is the Burger King run, but there are references made to Yankee Candle, Baskin Robbins, CVS, Amazon, Paypal, Yelp, etc. in addition to several references to tater tots. It's all very forced, blatant, and distracting.
It's a bit odd, but even though the newer film seems to have more overall references to the attraction, it feels more tonally removed from it than the Murphy film. It's also 30 minutes longer, and perhaps because of that feels like it goes on forever.
So to the shock of probably no one on here, it's a bust. I can only dream that as the evidence mounts that attractions don't make good films (and that attractions that attempt to just regurgitate films in ride form are boring as tar), eventually they'll figure out that they're better off wasting their dollars on something else.
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truecoat
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I love my movie collection and this is another addition. Some say physical media is dead but not to me and many other collectors, especially with the introduction of the SteelBook. Metal cases with great artwork and not those awful blue or black plastic cases.
Then I discovered premium editions, usually from Korea, Hong Kong, or in this case Italy. A 4K special edition of Roger Rabbit and I bought the box with both covers since I couldn't decide. They come with some extras, maybe a booklet, some small lobby-type cards, or a poster. This box came with ACME's will among other things so here it is...
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TP2000
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Agreed on the Guittard! I always use Guittard to make chocolate chip cookies with. I follow the exact recipe for Nestle' Toll House Cookies, but I swap in Guittard's semi-sweet chips instead. And because I use Tillamook's extra creamy butter, they bake up tall and dense.
I call them my "Alcatraz Cookies" because:
- They look like a formidable rocky island of goodness sitting on the plate.
- Guittard is from San Francisco.
- They are good enough to request from the warden as your last meal.
TP2000
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That's fantastic! And I love that they've produced this so nicely and with such high quality.
I agree, having the physical copy of movies you love is a must. Five years ago I would have said "Well, the future is streaming", but I've now changed my tune. You just can't trust that the movie will be available to stream from any company.
You need to own the physical copy to ensure you'll always have access to it.
TP2000
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This is fantastic. They really seem to have done this with care and polish, and I love that!
Is this a new offering from Disney specifically? And what other movies have they given this lavish treatment?
truecoat
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These small companies usually get the rights to produce them. As far as Disney goes, it's the more recent animated/Pixar titles and the Marvel or newer Star Wars that have been produced. They usually make anywhere from a couple hundred to a couple thousand at most. My Roger Rabbit set is number 165 of 300.
Practical Pig
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Dreams Come True:
TP2000
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Ah, that makes sense. It looked too carefully curated and finely produced to be solely a Disney production.
Which is sad that it's come to that for Disney, but I'm glad it's available and that you snag the ones you like.
TP2000
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Well, gang... It's just after 10pm and Halloween '23 is going into the history books. Unless you are on a college campus or Hollywood Blvd. in WeHo where things are just getting going about now. But for me, I'm done!
Disney was not really on the radar for costumes this year. Not even Marvel. At least not that I recognized.
And so I've shuffled off to the bar to make the evening's cocktail, as I was only sipping apple cider all evening while I greeted the kids. I figured the last thing a Utah gated community needed was some old queen sloshing a martini around as he tried to dole out candy to children. Can you imagine the looks from parents I would've gotten at the door?!?
Here's the basic rundown of where Youth Pop Culture 2023 stands. I got about 40 kids this evening, not as many as I would have gotten back in Villa Park, but still a decent number. Off the top of my head, the kids in '23 were really into...
Girls: Barbie, Barbie, Barbie! I saw a lot of Barbies tonight. Mostly Pink Cowgirl Barbie, and Rollerblade Barbie. Also a lot of Taylor Swifts. Honestly, all the Taylor Swifts and the Barbies sort of blended together by 7pm. The girls were also into princessy things, and the usual cutesy animals and what I presumed to be the bride of Frankenstein except with pink overtones instead of green. (That one was odd)
Boys: This year was pretty standard for masculine costumes. I got a lot of zombies and gory monsters. I got a few Mavericks in US Navy aviator outfits. I got one rollerblade Ken, a boy about 12 who was paired with what I assumed was a girlfriend who was Rollerblade Barbie. Also a few cowboys. Are Westerns coming back in style?
Best Costume Award gift baskets went to...
Girl: A young lady arrived at my entry looking like a complete mess. But then I realized who she was... Weird Barbie! With a wig that had been chopped to pieces, crayon make-up drawn on her face, a crazy outfit. It was hysterical. And she was a total sweetheart and was so excited to think she'd won an award. Her mom was dying at the end of the walk, and ended up coming up to introduce herself and thank me.
Boy: As above, a young man arrived at my entry looking like a complete mess. But he wasn't Weird Ken, he was just sort of this giant brown cardboard form with all sorts of weird crap hot-glued to it. Sort of pieces of food, or weird stuff, or vegetables? I stammered, but asked him "Young man, what... are... you?" and without hesitation he said proudly "I'm a charcuterie board!" and then he started pointing to himself and naming the items on display; Brie, grapes, salami, Gouda, Spanish olives, etc.. I lost it. I only hope I'm still around in 15 years when he throws his first dinner party, and that I get invited. That young man has a golden future of hosting ahead of him.
Best Family: There wasn't a family that was all dressed in the same theme this year. So instead I gave the Best Family Award to a charming and fun young group; mom and dad both about 35, with kindergarten aged children. But it was the dad that stood out, as he was wearing a blue business suit with dark tie, his hair powdered white, with giant safety knee pads and elbow pads strapped around his business suit. Who was he, you ask????... He was President Biden, with safety measures to protect himself from his next fall. Just like I did with the Charcuterie Board, I lost it.
Happy Halloween to one and all! And now, onward towards Standard Time and Thanksgiving!
Disney was not really on the radar for costumes this year. Not even Marvel. At least not that I recognized.
And so I've shuffled off to the bar to make the evening's cocktail, as I was only sipping apple cider all evening while I greeted the kids. I figured the last thing a Utah gated community needed was some old queen sloshing a martini around as he tried to dole out candy to children. Can you imagine the looks from parents I would've gotten at the door?!?
Here's the basic rundown of where Youth Pop Culture 2023 stands. I got about 40 kids this evening, not as many as I would have gotten back in Villa Park, but still a decent number. Off the top of my head, the kids in '23 were really into...
Girls: Barbie, Barbie, Barbie! I saw a lot of Barbies tonight. Mostly Pink Cowgirl Barbie, and Rollerblade Barbie. Also a lot of Taylor Swifts. Honestly, all the Taylor Swifts and the Barbies sort of blended together by 7pm. The girls were also into princessy things, and the usual cutesy animals and what I presumed to be the bride of Frankenstein except with pink overtones instead of green. (That one was odd)
Boys: This year was pretty standard for masculine costumes. I got a lot of zombies and gory monsters. I got a few Mavericks in US Navy aviator outfits. I got one rollerblade Ken, a boy about 12 who was paired with what I assumed was a girlfriend who was Rollerblade Barbie. Also a few cowboys. Are Westerns coming back in style?
Best Costume Award gift baskets went to...
Girl: A young lady arrived at my entry looking like a complete mess. But then I realized who she was... Weird Barbie! With a wig that had been chopped to pieces, crayon make-up drawn on her face, a crazy outfit. It was hysterical. And she was a total sweetheart and was so excited to think she'd won an award. Her mom was dying at the end of the walk, and ended up coming up to introduce herself and thank me.
Boy: As above, a young man arrived at my entry looking like a complete mess. But he wasn't Weird Ken, he was just sort of this giant brown cardboard form with all sorts of weird crap hot-glued to it. Sort of pieces of food, or weird stuff, or vegetables? I stammered, but asked him "Young man, what... are... you?" and without hesitation he said proudly "I'm a charcuterie board!" and then he started pointing to himself and naming the items on display; Brie, grapes, salami, Gouda, Spanish olives, etc.. I lost it. I only hope I'm still around in 15 years when he throws his first dinner party, and that I get invited. That young man has a golden future of hosting ahead of him.
Best Family: There wasn't a family that was all dressed in the same theme this year. So instead I gave the Best Family Award to a charming and fun young group; mom and dad both about 35, with kindergarten aged children. But it was the dad that stood out, as he was wearing a blue business suit with dark tie, his hair powdered white, with giant safety knee pads and elbow pads strapped around his business suit. Who was he, you ask????... He was President Biden, with safety measures to protect himself from his next fall. Just like I did with the Charcuterie Board, I lost it.
Happy Halloween to one and all! And now, onward towards Standard Time and Thanksgiving!
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Disney Analyst
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We carved some pumpkins tonight. Happy Halloween.
