"Well, there goes the mid-West demographic..."

*snort* Just another reason why Michael is just A-MAZ-ING! His sarcastic and witty sense of humor so translate into written word, it's almost poetic! - of course, i knew this from his tv guide blog, but that's neither here nor there...


For those who are wondering, Michael did the foreword for the SG-1 Season 9 Illustrated Companion, which is the next book on my list. I started it just today because I'll admit I've been kinda apprehensive about getting into it - Not because I think they're bad books, these BtS inside scoopy books...OH NO, definitely not true. The Essential Scripts is one of my all-time favorite books (it's like a bible for one like me...I have read it more than once all the way through, and refer to it constantly...*sigh* the book is LVOE!)... It's just i've finally gotten back into reading novels again, and here I am reading a not-novel...


But just like reading/listening to Local Custom jumpstarted my drive to read again (a lot of that thanks to Michael, of course...), just reading to foreword has helped jumpstart me again after a few days of apprehension -


ANYWHO, since I can't do a regular chapter cross-off (for those who haven't read an illustrated companion, or the essential scripts, there are no chapters - it goes by episodes, than characters, and has other seperate sections in it), I'm just gonna do what taraleesg1 is doing with her Farscape companion reading (can't help but giggle again over that), and post my page count:


SG-1 Season 9 Compantion ~~~> 21/157 pages


(Yes, I even stole your arrow - you KNOW how I LVOES them!)


That is all for now...


P.S. : Iced Chai Tea is the greatest drink in the world - Starbucks PWNS at making it...and since I am soo loving my chai and Michael at the moment, I've used the Michael pimping Starbucks icon that I loves so much! XD


P.S. (squared): Madre, the biggest hero of my life, has put money in my account. So I was able to get food AND a chai today! *tackle!huggles madre*


P.S. (cubed): I lost the game.

"Well, there goes the mid-West demographic..."

*snort* Just another reason why Michael is just A-MAZ-ING! His sarcastic and witty sense of humor so translate into written word, it's almost poetic! - of course, i knew this from his tv guide blog, but that's neither here nor there...


For those who are wondering, Michael did the foreword for the SG-1 Season 9 Illustrated Companion, which is the next book on my list. I started it just today because I'll admit I've been kinda apprehensive about getting into it - Not because I think they're bad books, these BtS inside scoopy books...OH NO, definitely not true. The Essential Scripts is one of my all-time favorite books (it's like a bible for one like me...I have read it more than once all the way through, and refer to it constantly...*sigh* the book is LVOE!)... It's just i've finally gotten back into reading novels again, and here I am reading a not-novel...


But just like reading/listening to Local Custom jumpstarted my drive to read again (a lot of that thanks to Michael, of course...), just reading to foreword has helped jumpstart me again after a few days of apprehension -


ANYWHO, since I can't do a regular chapter cross-off (for those who haven't read an illustrated companion, or the essential scripts, there are no chapters - it goes by episodes, than characters, and has other seperate sections in it), I'm just gonna do what taraleesg1 is doing with her Farscape companion reading (can't help but giggle again over that), and post my page count:


SG-1 Season 9 Compantion ~~~> 21/157 pages


(Yes, I even stole your arrow - you KNOW how I LVOES them!)


That is all for now...


P.S. : Iced Chai Tea is the greatest drink in the world - Starbucks PWNS at making it...and since I am soo loving my chai and Michael at the moment, I've used the Michael pimping Starbucks icon that I loves so much! XD


P.S. (squared): Madre, the biggest hero of my life, has put money in my account. So I was able to get food AND a chai today! *tackle!huggles madre*


P.S. (cubed): I lost the game.

"Remember who you are..."

So, me and dvshipper are discussing the disappointing DEATH of decent Disney animated features these days (actually, in the past several YEARS). This has always been a ranting topic for me because I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Disney. Not just the movies (and I'm referring to the GOOD movies here - not the crap they produce now), but the WHOLE of Disney - Walt Disney is a personal hero of mine. He was inventive, creative, had an IMAGINATION, and knew what he was doing. A one of a kind man who can NEVER be replaced...


And honestly, I think he would turn over in his grave (if he hadn't been cremated, of course) if he knew what state Disney as a whole was in now (excluding Disney World theme parks, because those are timeless...every time I go, I remember WHY I love Disney)...


The shows today are crap, and so are the movies. Now I will admit to watching Hannah Montana and a few others on occasion - that show is TOLERABLE (sorry taraleesg1) - but the ONLY time I watch Disney Channel passionately these days is when they are showing one of the Animated Classics...


So this discussion being had over AIM prompted me to go hunt down a timeline of the Disney Animated features to see, TRULY, what I consider to be the last of the GOOD movies - it is something I've been wanting to do for a while now.


Using this page ~~ > List of Disney theatrical animated features, I have made my own opinions on the nature of Disney Animated features...


Last GOOD Disney Animated Feature: Brother Bear

Last GREAT Disney Animated Feature: Lilo and Stitch (1st MOVIE, that came out IN THEATERS in 2002)

Last DISNEY CLASSIC: Tarzan


There are a few shining stars in between these, of course...


Especially for The Emperor's New Groove (again JUST the movie), which I honestly think is the FUNNIEST, WITTIEST, MOST SARCASTIC Disney movie EVAR! What makes it not in the "DISNEY CLASSIC" area is the fact that it doesn't have the expected Disney Music, which you can find in ALMOST EVERY Disney animated film since SNOW WHITE up to Tarzan...


Enchanted also was VERY GOOD, but one must remember that it was directed by a FAN of CLASSIC Disney - so basically the whole movie was a homeage to the greatness that once was Disney movies, and also that it's not entirely animated (actually, only a small portion of the movie is)...


Now, I don't count the Disney/Pixar movies in this overview - they are in a category all their own. Though I feel they are all good, the earlier stuff is the better for sure. I think 'The Incredibles' was what dimmed the shiny that was these movies for me. Cars is my least favorite of the lot, and Ratatouille was pretty good, but still falls short of the greatness that were the original five (the two Toy Stories, A Bug's Life, Monster's Inc, and my all time favorite - FINDING NEMO). I do have high hopes for WALL-E...I have a feeling that one will capture the Disney/Pixar of old. (ya know, now that I think about it, it probably was the original falling out between the companies that dimmed their shinyness).



It's just so HEARTBREAKING for me for kids these days NOT appreciating the greatness that are these classics because they don't have their own generation classics! And the fact that's it's near impossible to find some of these classics only exasperates the matter. My generation was obviously the last to get these wonderful pieces of art, and for that I'm thankful, but it's sad that my children won't have the luxury of getting such masterpieces in theaters - though there is no doubt I will provide these movies for them (for whenever I HAVE them)...



So yeah, that's my opinion of the state of Disney these days (and it's not just tied to Disney - I feel the same about the state of Nickelodeon...crap tv, if you ask me. I harbor some feelings for Nick as Nite too (and the absense of SNICK) because they stopped showing the CLASSICS like Gilligan's Island and I Love Lucy), but I don't hate the shows they show now b/c these are my generation's sitcoms).


Of course y'all have a right to agree or disagree with my opinions...strike up a debate in a comment if you want. I'll gladly talk about this subject more! XP


Oh, and for the record, for those who didn't already know, my all time favorite Disney Movie?


THE LION KING, OF COURSE!


[steps down off her soap box]


~Pip (who of course listened to her DISNEY MUSIC -the good stuff- as she ranted)

"Remember who you are..."

So, me and dvshipper are discussing the disappointing DEATH of decent Disney animated features these days (actually, in the past several YEARS). This has always been a ranting topic for me because I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Disney. Not just the movies (and I'm referring to the GOOD movies here - not the crap they produce now), but the WHOLE of Disney - Walt Disney is a personal hero of mine. He was inventive, creative, had an IMAGINATION, and knew what he was doing. A one of a kind man who can NEVER be replaced...


And honestly, I think he would turn over in his grave (if he hadn't been cremated, of course) if he knew what state Disney as a whole was in now (excluding Disney World theme parks, because those are timeless...every time I go, I remember WHY I love Disney)...


The shows today are crap, and so are the movies. Now I will admit to watching Hannah Montana and a few others on occasion - that show is TOLERABLE (sorry taraleesg1) - but the ONLY time I watch Disney Channel passionately these days is when they are showing one of the Animated Classics...


So this discussion being had over AIM prompted me to go hunt down a timeline of the Disney Animated features to see, TRULY, what I consider to be the last of the GOOD movies - it is something I've been wanting to do for a while now.


Using this page ~~ > List of Disney theatrical animated features, I have made my own opinions on the nature of Disney Animated features...


Last GOOD Disney Animated Feature: Brother Bear

Last GREAT Disney Animated Feature: Lilo and Stitch (1st MOVIE, that came out IN THEATERS in 2002)

Last DISNEY CLASSIC: Tarzan


There are a few shining stars in between these, of course...


Especially for The Emperor's New Groove (again JUST the movie), which I honestly think is the FUNNIEST, WITTIEST, MOST SARCASTIC Disney movie EVAR! What makes it not in the "DISNEY CLASSIC" area is the fact that it doesn't have the expected Disney Music, which you can find in ALMOST EVERY Disney animated film since SNOW WHITE up to Tarzan...


Enchanted also was VERY GOOD, but one must remember that it was directed by a FAN of CLASSIC Disney - so basically the whole movie was a homeage to the greatness that once was Disney movies, and also that it's not entirely animated (actually, only a small portion of the movie is)...


Now, I don't count the Disney/Pixar movies in this overview - they are in a category all their own. Though I feel they are all good, the earlier stuff is the better for sure. I think 'The Incredibles' was what dimmed the shiny that was these movies for me. Cars is my least favorite of the lot, and Ratatouille was pretty good, but still falls short of the greatness that were the original five (the two Toy Stories, A Bug's Life, Monster's Inc, and my all time favorite - FINDING NEMO). I do have high hopes for WALL-E...I have a feeling that one will capture the Disney/Pixar of old. (ya know, now that I think about it, it probably was the original falling out between the companies that dimmed their shinyness).



It's just so HEARTBREAKING for me for kids these days NOT appreciating the greatness that are these classics because they don't have their own generation classics! And the fact that's it's near impossible to find some of these classics only exasperates the matter. My generation was obviously the last to get these wonderful pieces of art, and for that I'm thankful, but it's sad that my children won't have the luxury of getting such masterpieces in theaters - though there is no doubt I will provide these movies for them (for whenever I HAVE them)...



So yeah, that's my opinion of the state of Disney these days (and it's not just tied to Disney - I feel the same about the state of Nickelodeon...crap tv, if you ask me. I harbor some feelings for Nick as Nite too (and the absense of SNICK) because they stopped showing the CLASSICS like Gilligan's Island and I Love Lucy), but I don't hate the shows they show now b/c these are my generation's sitcoms).


Of course y'all have a right to agree or disagree with my opinions...strike up a debate in a comment if you want. I'll gladly talk about this subject more! XP


Oh, and for the record, for those who didn't already know, my all time favorite Disney Movie?


THE LION KING, OF COURSE!


[steps down off her soap box]


~Pip (who of course listened to her DISNEY MUSIC -the good stuff- as she ranted)