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Well, I'm watching the Macy's Pre-Parade Musical showcase and they just had the cast of Beetlejuice sing a horrid, horrid song about Thanksgiving and I want to punch out the composer now.

Guess I'll give it a watch. Still by-passing the "Aladdin almost gets drowned" scene if they kept it.

Not going to lie, giving LA Jasmine a proper song was cool, especially since it was about her defiance to Jafar. I'm reluctant to watch the LA version as I am not that much of a Will Smith fan. And Aladdin does have the best hair out of all the Disney heroes. Yes, even better than Tarzan's.

Bitching about being kicked off The Avocado. I cooled it after getting a "formal warning" from CaliCheeseSucks the same day I returned, but got banned after "misinterpreting" the policy on posting Tweets. I thought I had to go through the mods on Tweets I wanted to post because my posting so many and was taking up memory space. So I lost an outlet for my feelings on pop culture on The Avocado (believe me, after what I e-mailed them on certain subjects, I will not be welcomed back) and lost talking with old AV Club members I liked talking with because they're "too good" for the Kinja AV Club. The Pop Culturist mods said that their site was a "drama free zone" and I was wallowing in self-pity. All I got left is Primetimer, so I can't fuck this up here.

Well, I finally finished Aladdin, the animated version. Scott Weinger and Robin Williams may have never been in the same recording, but they had amazing chemistry. Seriously, you'd think Aladdin and Genie were flesh and blood people in how they interacted with each other. Also, I forgot how much of a hottie Aladdin is? Props to the character designers. Abu is adorable, funny, and kicks ass. And he's just a little monkey, And Carpet, who is just a living throw rug, shows a whole lot of personality. It must have been no easy feat to animate that. And Jafar is delicious as a villain and I love the cobra motif. Also, Gilbert Gottfried is amazing as Iago. Also, say what you will about Jim Cummings, but he was amazing as the villainous captain of the guards. "A Whole New World" is amazing and everything, as is "Never Had a Friend Like Me", but I far prefer "One Step Ahead" and "Prince Ali". Why wasn't the latter nominated? Now there is one thing that I skipped: the scene where Aladdin is bound, gagged, chained up, and thrown into the sea. I have an intense fear of drowning, so I bypass that part, even though that's when his second wished is used. I did a little internet research and found this scene also stuck out in people's minds, as did Phillip from Sleeping Beauty getting rather viciously tied up by Maleficent's goblins and Flynn from Tangled getting taken away to be executed. Apparently, if your a Disney hero who goes through a Distressed Dude moment or two, your remembered better. (I'll be getting to Sleeping Beauty and Tangled eventually) The one thing I didn't like in this movie? Jasmine. Yeah, she's a Disney princess. Yes, I have heard a few people regard her as feminist. My thing is is that these people really shouldn't. She's spoiled. She doesn't know how the world works (she goes into town wearing simple clothing yet keeps those huge gold earrings on). She lives in luxury while many of the people of Agrabah live in squalor. And her little "I'm going to choose who I want to marry and will not be a thing to be traded" made me want to climb into the movie and box her ears and scream "You're the only daughter of a sultan of a small country! You're more a bargaining chip than a princess! Deal with it! Also, people would kill to live the life you do!" Then she sic her pet Bengal tiger on me and I'd be ripped to bloody shreds. TL;DR Jasmine isn't a good role model for girls. One other thing I didn't like about Aladdin is that, even though Robin Williams did an award worthy job, it opened the door for movie stars to come in and do more voice roles, thus taking work away from voice actors and character actors and so forth. Troy Baker is one of the most amazing voice actors out there who does a killer Matthew McConaughey impression yet he gets passed over for a role in favor of actual Matthew McConaughey. Kids don't care about star power, movie people, and neither do the parents who take them to see animated movies. What they care about is a good story with engaging characters, like the friendship between Genie and Aladdin. Their fraternal love is the true love story in this film. Speaking of other forms of love and with its big sequel out now, I guess next I'll be talking about Frozen and the start of Disney going meta and how it pisses me off.

Well, I came across these on Youtube and I hope to Christ they don't get taken down as they don't show these anymore and they really should be.

Don't know if they belong here but I finally saw that episode of Cheers where everyone shows up at Carla's at Thanksgiving and things devolve into a food fight and the WKRP episode with the turkeys getting thrown out of a helicopter. Richard Sanders was brilliant in his play-by-play of what was going on followed by him returning to the station and saying the turkeys "mounted a counter attack" against the humans. And "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" is one of the best end lines in anything ever.

Today marks the 27th anniversary of the release of Aladdin. Just a little tidbit.

My pet peeve? Getting kicked off The Pop Culturists and The Avocado. For those who don't know either, they're Disqus powered meeting grounds for castoffs of the old Disqus powered AV Club before it got acquired by Kinja. I was banned from the latter for being a little too outspoken (I believed what Rose McGowen said about gay men being more misogynist than straight men and thought I had a misogynist streak in men though I still believed in women's rights. They came down on me like I just said "Hitler's not all bad". It took a talk with my mom to make me come to my sense and realize I'm not a misogynist, but the bridge between me and The Avocado has been burned, even though I was still on it. (Also, my Centre Left self was getting a little put off by their increasing far Left leanings). And I was banned from The Pop Culturists because of "misrepresenting" the site. I have no idea what that means. I mean, I posted stuff from Twitter. How was I supposed to know that was putting a strain on the site's memory. I got a message I thought was saying if I wanted to post Tweets I had to clear it with the mods first. So I sent a message to the mods asking if I was to send Tweet posts for clearance and all of a sudden I'm banned. Now I need to put two sites that I thought I had friends on behind me. I might lose this site, I don't know. What comes, comes. Update 11/25/19 Well, I got an update for why I was banned from The Pop Culturists. I was told I was creating drama in a "drama free zone". I may have, at first when I returned to that site, but I didn't think I was lately. I was told my posts were self-pitying even though I didn't think they were. I was told my e-mails to them would be ignored and that I was banned forever. TL;DR, I'm a little sick of Something Awful wannabe sites.

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This is Beauty and the Beast related. I watched that "Waking Sleeping Beauty" documentary and from what the people who were working on the movie said is that Jeffrey Katzenberg wanted to have a little Beast running around the castle playing pranks on the Enchanted Object servants and courtiers. The makers were repulsed at the idea of what would essentially be Eddie Munster running around during the prologue. They opted for the stained glass window thing instead. However, I think, by that time, "Be Our Guest" had already been recorded and the whole "ten years" thing had been set in stone. So, yeah, the prince was intended to be 11 even though that portrait Beast rips up would say otherwise. Then again, what great movie doesn't have plot holes you can pilot a jet liner through? Also, BELLE DOES NOT HAVE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME!!!

Well, I rewatched Big Hero 6 two nights ago. I love Baymax, I love Honey Lemon, and like the other supporting characters, the villain isn't that much of a bait-and-switch villain compared to others (lookin' at you, Bellwether), but I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate Hiro. I cannot stand 13 year olds acting smarter than adults. All the others on Big Hero 6 (besides Baymax) are at least senior high school/early college age. Also, it's partly Hiro's fault for all the crap went down, besides the fire. That's totally on Callaghan. Hiro could have gone on a journey of self-reflection and realization like Buzz and Woody or Joy, but no, he just had to be Super Hiro. Also, that "Immortals" song blows chunks. I really got to get started on rewatching Aladdin. I don't know why I keep putting it off.

Well someone has just released their mostly spoiler free review of Frozen II: From what he says, there really is no point to Kristoff in this film. Also, there's no villain, apparently. Not even Ingrid the Snow Queen from Once Upon A Time. Disney, get your act together and bring back the camptastic villains!

God bless her and all her intelligence and articulation that I simply don't have.

Never mind what I said about DIS-Order. One Stockholm Syndrome comment and I'm gone. It's one of the reasons I stopped listening to How Did This Get Made because June Diane Raphael was going on about how Belle was put in a cage. Belle was never put in a cage. It also put me off a podcast HDTGM advertised called The Bechdel Cast and the three women there were like "Are we going to talk about Belle's Stockholm Syndrome now?" In fact, here's my review of Beauty and the Beast: BELLE DOES NOT FUCKING HAVE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME!!! God, I hear it on podcasts and Youtube "comedy" videos and a Youtube show I watch called Retro Replay and a message popped on The Lion King video game episode about how Beauty and the Beast was an "ode to Stockholm Syndrome" and it made me want to go to Burbank to punch Troy Baker and Nolan North in their throats. Also, Belle chose to take her father's place, Belle fled after Beast had his temper tantrum because she could have fucked shit up for everybody by touching the rose. She returned to the castle and told off the Beast for his temper. Beast isn't a militant bank robber, he's a spoiled self-destructive manchild who needed to be called out for his behavior. And can we knock it off with Stockholm Syndrome in general. Of course those bank people weren't going to testify on the bank robber terrorist people, they're Swedish. The whole country of Sweden is pretty damn goofy. Sorry for making generalizations but they can be. And people go on about how Belle isn't feminist enough. I'm opening a can of worms here but I don't care: What Measure is a Non-Feminist? Someone tell me. I might go in deeper with Beauty and the Beast later but DIS-Order set me off, so I'm too hotheaded to go on. If We Hate Movies pulls the same shit, I'm done with them, too.

It's really best to think of the Disney Animated Canon films being set not on real life times but places with the look of real life times. Beauty and the Beast (which I will be getting to around Christmas) had the look of the late 18th century/early 19th century, but that golden dress Belle wears is definitely not of either era. Plus, everything and everyone is clean and hale and hearty. Not a trace of revolution or bloodshed or Napoleonic wars in sight. Also, they must have toilets because there's no poop all over the place. There had better be toilets because I hate to think of the poor souls who got turned into chamber pots when the enchantress cursed the castle. As for Cinderella, it looks to be patterned after the late 1800s/early 1900s, back when women wore bustles and men had those little fringy things on their shoulders. TL;DR, the movies are anachronistic. So great when she throws that "I'm only here for the food" line back in her mother's face.

Sophie, Sophie, Sophie. Do you honestly think that your backstory is going to endear the viewers to you? If anything, it made you worse. And it made Daddy Kane worse. I despise both of you, but I despise you more because you also ratted out Kate. I don't think Kate actually loved Sophie. It was probably puppy love, though it seemed to mean more to Kate than Sophie. I wish Kate wouldn't lose sleep over this. Sophie isn't worth the heartache. Or perhaps think this whole romance was just another notch on Kate's impulse meter. Alfred had a daughter? Who knew? I thought she was going to be Rose Wilson (Deathstroke's daughter) for a moment what with the platinum blond hair and fighting skills. Well, I'm just hoping Brendan Coyle shows up as Alfred one day. Also, can you guys help me? In which of the Alice books does "Tell me the Truth" come from? Is it the trial chapters?

Yeah, the Disney sequels are a bit...well...they have no adequte word to describe them. The third Cinderella movie isn't outright terrible. The prince and Cinderella actually have to fight to get their happily ever after back. Plus, the prince actually gets lines and a personality: quirky impulsive swashbuckler. Also, he too has the mutant power to communicate with the animals. Everything with Anastasia, I think, is a result of the movie Ever After, where one of the Danielle's stepsisters is also treated like dirt by her mother and beautiful stuck up sister, thus the put upon stepsister becomes Danielle's sort of ally. Indeed, after the stepmother and mean stepsister get their comeuppance, the good stepsister becomes part of the royal court and is implied to be in love with the prince's friend. While I'm not a fan of most of the Disney sequels, I like the Cinderella remake and how they made both stepsisters mean and nasty again is a reason along with being comedic. We also got to see that Sophie McShera and Holliday Grainger are pretty good comedic actresses. They little Charleston dance they do when the captain and Grand Duke show up with the glass slipper is hilarious.

Well, today is officially the 30th anniversary of The Little Mermaid's release. In the 30 Rock episode called "The Bubble", Liz tries to point out to Jon Hamm's character that he only thinks that he's good at stuff because he lives in a metaphorical bubble because of how hot he looks. When she brings up sports, he mentions that Disney used footage of him when he was on his high school swim team to model Prince Eric. For a time, I thought he was meaning how he looks like Prince Eric. It wasn't until later that I realized that he was actually horrible at swimming, almost drowned, and no doubt had to be saved by a girl. It was such a subtle joke and is now one of my favorite 30 Rock jokes.

OK, so I saw the animated Dumbo. Yes, the crows are more than a little racially insensitive. However, I was more focused on how the circus, especially the other elephants, treated Dumbo with such prejudice just because he had big ears. I sympathize with Dumbo. I know what it feels like to be made fun of and shunned for something I have no control over or asked for. I'm on the Autism Spectrum and that made me a prime target for bullying. On top of that, I was harassed for the assumption that I was a homosexual. It turns out I am into guys, but the fact that I was bullied just on assumptions and no one was called out or punished for this by teachers or others on school staff cuts deeper than blade. I don't have my own Timothy the Mouse to encourage me or be my friend. Hell, I don't have a bunch of stereotypical crows being amazed at any hidden talents. I did have a crap ton of stuck up "elephants" making my life hell. Speaking of the elephants, I recognized Verna Felton's voice and I'm certain whoever was voicing Minnie Mouse at the time was also voicing one of the airheaded mean elephants, but who was the one voice the gossipy elephant? She sounded familiar. Was it Bea Benaderet? Also, does anyone have the roustabout song pop into their heads for no reason from time to time? What surprises me most about Dumbo is that it's the most cartoony of all the Disney canon. Lots of anthropomorphized objects, self aware animals, humans drawn in exaggerated styles. It's as close to a Looney Tunes type of cartoon that Walt Disney has ever come to. Now, I haven't seen the live action remake. I have, however, seen Lindsay Ellis' "Woke Disney" video and how the movie took some not so subtle jabs at Walt himself. Indeed, they seemed like all out uppercuts. Which begs the question - "Why does Disney hate Disney?" Why are they trying to placate people who are going to hate them regardless for being a major conglomerate and, thus, "the enemy"? Well, I've had my say. Next up will be Aladdin. I'm also wondering if I should watch Pocahontas since Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Or would that be too tactless?

Rewatching Fantasia as an adult is remarkable. As a kid, things go over your head. But as a grown up, I appreciate all the painstaking effort went into it...and the things that I was surprised they kept in, like the angry harpy boobs during "The Night on Bald Mountain" sequence flying right at the screen. He's cute. I approve. How 'bout dry fish food flakes?

Well, I rewatched Alice in Wonderland and was instantly reminded why I love it so much. Kathryn Beaumont is Alice. She had the mannerisms down, she sounds as I think Alice would sound. She's hard to top in the Alice category. Kind of wish they went with Walt's original idea of having a live action Alice interacting with cartoon characters as the footage of Ms. Beaumont doing character models shows that she could have pulled of a live version of the character very easily. It's a shame that Walt did much care for this film as it's this version that all other adaptations of the Lewis Carroll books are measured against. "Does it have the whimsy as the Disney film?" "Is it as colorful as the Disney film?" "Does the girl playing Alice come off as Alice?" Really, this movie is a tough act to follow in terms of other adaptations. Even my second favorite version of Alice in Wonderland, the two part Irwin Allen mini-series, seems to pale and that version was closer to the books than this film. And it's hard to top the supporting cast. Ed Wynn, Jerry Colonna, Richard Haydn, Verna Felton, Bill Thompson, Joseph Kearns, Sterling Holloway. They all rocked in the parts they were in. Now, there are flaws in the film. I hated the flowers. Haaaaaaaaated them. Hated that song. Hated that Alice let them treat her the way they did. Who cares if you're only three inches high, Alice? You still could have picked them. The whole Tulgy Wood segment seemed to grind the film to a screeching halt, too. I think it was put in so people could go to the bathroom. Also, I was a bit disappointed that Alice had to rely on the mushrooms to grow in order to confront the queen rather than just getting fed up with Wonderland and growing that way. As I said, this is the Alice all other versions are measured against. So how does Tim Burton's version stand up? Well, I remember Helena Bonham Carter being awesome as The Red Queen but the rest is just bleck. The Alice is basically a Graham Cracker with blond hair. Johnny Depp is just doing his usual Johnny Depp shtick. Stephen Fry, Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman, and several others of the supporting cast are just wasted on what amount to throw away characters. And the psuedo-feminist tacked on message of going against what society expects of you as woman is undermined if Alice does what was prophecized for her to do and everyone is pushing her to do it. Also,it's because of this movie that we have The Disney Remakes now, so thanks bunches Tim Burton, you and your weird hair and crap take on Superman with Nick Cage's horse face. So what do I talk about next? Well, remakes of Aladdin and Dumbo came out this year, so I'll talk about one and then the other, though I'm still not sure which to talk about first. What to you think?

Well, Disney+ launched today and all I can say is TAKE ALL MY MONEY, DISNEY! TAKE ALL THE MONEY! Don't know why they didn't include the original Cinderella with their animated movies, though. I didn't see it among them. Got those sequels, though. I heard the third one is actually quite decent and the prince is given an actual personality. Something of a wacky swashbuckler from what that meme of him jumping out the window tells me. They have some of the shorts. Don't know if we'll be getting more. Hopefully Disney won't try to hide the edginess of some of them like "How to be a Detective" or the one where Donald thinks he's been cut in half and contemplates suicide. Same thing that happens with Daisy in another short. Either way, I'm happy as a clam. EDIT: They do have Cinderella. I had to look it up.

The ending. Hen accidentally hit the car with the girl who was playing the cello and was going to be in a concert and was picking up her dry cleaning and told how much she loved her mom and dad.

Well damn! Hell of an episode. We went from wacky icecapades hijinks to an automatic car crashing through the front of a hospital to a robot taking revenge on a guy who peed on it to HEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLING A GIRL! If Angela Bassett brought her A-Game last episode, Aisha Hinds brought hers this episode. Oh, God, don't let them arrest Hen. It was an accident. She didn't mean to kill Little Miss Perfect Cellist. Also, let this be a lesson for those like Eddie - never try to be friends with Ronda "KO'd in 4 seconds" Rousey.