Brer Oswald
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Michael was so good
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The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
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SuddenStorm
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Bro get amc a list and be done with it
Hahah seriously.
This is pretty atypical though. I guess it was just a good month for cinema. How much would I have saved though I wonder? All of them except for Mando (which I will be seeing at Regal 4DX) were at AMC.
It was good! I wish there were a few more personal moments but there were enough. At times it felt like they were zipping from milestone to milestone which is understandable considering how many he had. Loved me some Joe Jackson! lol. What a character.
Loved all the stuff at the Encino compound. Love that house. After the movie my Dad told me that my Grandpa (who was in the Stone business) did some work on that house in the 80’s. I asked my Dad who worked with him at the time - he said he didn’t see the Giraffe.
I knew Michael was a big Disney fan but I’m not sure I realized how much his room looked like my office (or many of our rooms around here I’d imagine) with the Disney collectables etc. I mean Space Mountain poster on the wall? I also don’t think I knew that he lived at that Encino house until such a late age and that he went from there straight to Neverland. I think I subconsciously figured there was a stop in between
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Disney Irish
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If anyone has an extra $13M laying around you can pick up this property -
Disney Irish
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That didn't last long, sorry....
Distorian
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I'm curious to know the reason they bothered putting it back up despite people's general preference for the older sign. It's no skin off their back either way. It'd be an easy way to please Disneyland fans with no apparent cost to Disney.
Oh well, it was in rough shape anyway. It was definitely cool seeing something that we've only seen in old videos and pictures come back to life. It's certainly more aesthetically appealing than the new sign. Those Mid Century modern fonts were just... right. The Boomers really did have it all.
Disney Irish
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Regarding? He has said many things over the years, so you'd have to be a little more specific.
PiratesMansion
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Chapek couldn't even have an interesting rich douchebag villa.
Distorian
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The real issue with the rich is not that they exist but that they reject meaning. To the modern multimillionaire, money exists for its own sake. Rather than viewing money as a means, money is viewed as an ends. As a result, they build large mansions but they are sterile and have nothing to offer. There is no aesthetic merit, they are not even comfortable homes, they only exist to flaunt one's wealth.
This was not the case with the wealthy of the past. To yesterday's multimillionaires, money was a means to do good for others. Andrew Carnegie is the best example of this as writes about it in his excellent essay, "The Gospel of Wealth." With his money he built libraries, museums, and schools. Carnegie used his money to aid those without. This is because he recognized that knowledge, art, and human beings all had inherent value. The money was not an end for Carnegie, but rather a means to achieve the ends of truth, goodness, and beauty.
Obviously modern billionaires and corporations also donate to charity, but this is done more for tax write offs and selfish benefits rather than actually helping people. Consider Google donating Chromebooks to classrooms. Even though computers are scientifically proven to be harmful to education, Google donates them to schools because it helps them make money in the long run.
I could write a lot more about this (such as the parallel of billionaires : money :: politicians : power), but to please Disney Irish I will refrain from pontificating further and criticizing his worldview.
Disney Irish
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You aren't criticizing my worldview, you'd be surprised how much we might agree on such topics. Trust me I could write pages and pages of posts on such things, and have when we had a sub-forum dedicated to it before it got shutdown.
This just isn't the site for such discussions, as it leads to topics not allowed here. So that is why its best to stay away from it, posters have been banned for it, but you probably already know that....
Distorian
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Honestly Disney Irish, as much as we bicker, it'd be fun to get coffee with you and Mick for a serious discussion someday.You aren't criticizing my worldview, you'd be surprised how much we might agree on such topics. Trust me I could write pages and pages of posts on such things, and have when we had a sub-forum dedicated to it before it got shutdown.
This just isn't the site for such discussions, as it leads to topics not allowed here. So that is why its best to stay away from it, posters have been banned for it, but you probably already know that....
This sounds right.
I’m not sure* what’s going on this year but I feel so weighed down by the state of the country and the world. And I don’t even watch the news much. I’ve never let current affairs get to me like this on a personal level in my almost 44 years. Even during Covid when everyone was freaking out. I’ve never had less faith in our leaders, our government, our economic system, the world, humanity etc. All likely being exacerbated by some things going on in my personal life as well. It feels kind of bleak.
* i mean I do
Our economy
War in Iran
Loss of faith in country, government, system etc
The veil being lifted and seeing how Israel owns us while we indirectly/ directly help slaughter innocent kids and civilians.
Seeing my country be on the wrong side of History
Epstein files
It’s all sick.
I’m about ready for the next asteroid or Jesus.
SuddenStorm
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Disney Analyst
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Much id like to say (in agreement) but won’t as it’ll probably get this thread shut down.
Misted Compass
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Probably copyright
Mr. Sullivan
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Was talking to some of my Disney friends today and we got onto the subject of the Matterhorn. One of the friends in the group is a now former cast member (he left the company on good terms about a year and a half ago) and he said that Disney really does all they can to keep extending the life of the mountain, despite the constant maintenance nightmare it presents that is only going to get more and more complex as times goes on.
And it kinda got me thinking. Do you think we'll all be around to see Matterhorn reach the end of it's life? And if so, how close to that point do you think we are?
I don't think Disney would ever get rid of it just because they want to. Not a Rivers of America situation. If that were the case, I feel they would've a long time before now. On the contrary, they seem to bend over backwards to hold that thing together.
But the challenge is an ever growing one, and I am genuinely curious how close we are to the point that it's needs outpace their ability to rehab it. It's very, very old as far as steel coasters go (woodies can live a long time, but Matterhorn has gone well past the traditional shelf life of a steel coaster, in part due to Disney's diligent work on it), and unlike the dark rides and such, there will come a time that it's just donezo.
And it kinda got me thinking. Do you think we'll all be around to see Matterhorn reach the end of it's life? And if so, how close to that point do you think we are?
I don't think Disney would ever get rid of it just because they want to. Not a Rivers of America situation. If that were the case, I feel they would've a long time before now. On the contrary, they seem to bend over backwards to hold that thing together.
But the challenge is an ever growing one, and I am genuinely curious how close we are to the point that it's needs outpace their ability to rehab it. It's very, very old as far as steel coasters go (woodies can live a long time, but Matterhorn has gone well past the traditional shelf life of a steel coaster, in part due to Disney's diligent work on it), and unlike the dark rides and such, there will come a time that it's just donezo.