Tuesday, December 31, 2019

POKEMON SHIIIIRRRRRT


The Pokepatchwork is in! And the only thing I don't adore about my shirt is that you have to pop the collar to see all the Vulpixes (Vulpix? Vulpices?) I agonized for ages over where to place each fabric, knowing only that the shirt itself would be Weepinbell. There was no way to tell which other piece would allow each Vulpix to be fully visible, since that pattern is particularly spread-out and varied, and also includes the berries and stones...alas that didn't happen, and you do have to unfold it to see most of all of them. As feared, too many stupid berries & stones on the unpopped exterior; they should've flipped it. Doubtful it would've been much better elsewhere, and you'd have been taking the same gamble...probably worse...the outer collar seemed like the best bet. Disappointed in how that fabric was cut and used; obviously you should make every effort to showcase all the actual Pokemon in the pattern as much as possible. Speaking of which, the row with the Ninetales faces really shouldn't have been cut in half, but at least with that one it's basically symmetrical so you can mentally put two halves together. Delighted with the Weepinbell, Vileplume, Victreebel, and Exeggutor sections. Well, Victreebel could be centered too, but again, the leaf that's cut off is clearly visible on the other side. And you get bonus Yanma & Ledyba. :p

+ other masterpiece 

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Best Stuff on Disney+

MOVIES:
*Almost the entire Disney Animated Canon+all of its related productions+Pixar films (see below) 
The Incredible Journey
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Frankenweenie (both!)
An Extremely Goofy Movie
Thumbelina
Pooh's Grand Adventure (& A Very Merry Pooh Year, Poohcetera)
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Mickey's Once (+Twice) Upon a Christmas
DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Hocus Pocus
Annie (though '82 original obviously rules)
Honey We Shrunk Ourselves (whole series, esp. that'un)
Jungle 2 Jungle
The Ugly Dachshund
The Biscuit Eater
Greyfriars Bobby
Old Yeller
Darby O'Gill & the Little People
Bedknobs & Broomsticks
Mary Poppins
Alice in Wonderland (Burtons)
The Santa Clause trilogy
Recess: School's Out
Operation Dumbo Drop
102 Dalmatians
Mickey's Three Musketeers
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Miracle on 34th Street
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Blackbeard's Ghost
The Absent-Minded Professor (& Flubber!)
The Shaggy Dog/D.A.
The Love Bug (& 3 Herbie sequels)
The Simpsons Movie ;D
National Treasure & NT 2: Book of Secrets
Home Alone 1-3 (esp. #3, which we own and watched the most)
Into the Woods (but be SURE to watch the supreme DVD/VHS recording of the original Broadway cast w/ Bernadette Peters)
Return to Oz
Big Business
The Parent Trap (1961)
Cool Runnings
The Muppet films (particularly 70s-90s)
Tinker Bell/fairy ones 
 
*Animated Canon (& the related productions listed on Wiki): 
Oliver and Company, Lady and the Tramp, A Goofy Movie, The Little Mermaid, Frozen, The Fox and the Hound, Fantasia, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, The Lion King, The Emperor's New Groove, James & the Giant Peach, The Great Mouse Detective, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Sword in the Stone, Cinderella, Dumbo, Mulan, Pocahontas, Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, The Rescuers Down Under, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Tarzan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, Make Mine Music [?], Tangled, Fantasia 2000, The Three Caballeros, Saludos Amigos, The Rescuers, Treasure Planet, The Aristocats, The Black Cauldron, Bambi, Robin Hood, Wreck-It Ralph, Home on the Range, Big Hero 6, Moana, The Princess and the Frog...Winnie the Pooh..............

*Pixar: Finding Nemo/Dory, Brave, Monsters University, Monsters Inc., The Incredibles (1+2), the 3 Cars, the Toy Stories, A Bug's Life, et. al.

*Animated sequels/midquels:
The Fox & the Hound 2
Beauty & the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride  [1 1/2 be aiight]
101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure
Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True

Lady & the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure      [kinda sorta]

*Some top additional recommendations after catching up on tons thanks to D+!:
Babes in Toyland (gotta love Ed Wynn in everything. xD As well as haunted trees. And the cute town...)
The Black Hole (V.I.N.CENT & Bob! <33)
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (Hans Conried! <33)
Davy Crockett & the River Pirates
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Escape to Witch Mountain; Return to Witch Mountain (um, would I kill for the kids' quarters in the mansion, especially the soda fountain room and the cat's chamber? Most certainly yes. Plus the Winnebago. Museum was a cool set too.)

Crimson Wing (FLAMING Os BE VERY VERY VERY EXCELLENT BIRBS...best Disneynature...& my favorite True-Life Adventure was Living Desert. Those were all great.)
Perri
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Miracle at Midnight

The Sign of Zorro
Treasure Island
Gus (great cast...& honestly all the animal ones--particularly near the top of this document--are cute)

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (great cast again...) x~}
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (ditto) x~3
Flight of the Navigator 
Candleshoe (so Anastasia-like)
Can of Worms (A few interesting aliens...and Stokey! The dogs who played him & Sledge in Homeward Bound 2 were used often. E.g., Sledge was in You Lucky Dog, Home Alone 3, the Eddie Murphy Doctor Dolittle, probably the "Weezer" story on Beyond Belief...)
Million Dollar Duck

Fuzzbucket
Belle's Magical World

Blank Check (LAWL...but the kid had my Mr. Lemon ball!!)
-and many more x-3 (Curses--the stupid Twitvids had been legible upon recording, wtfh!!!!!!!!)


SERIES:

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers
Goof Troop
Darkwing Duck
Talespin
DuckTales (1987)
Bonkers
Quack Pack
Doug [much better than expected for a variety of reasons, but why is S3 all Quailman whilst "Wah-nah-nah, Jack Bandit" hasn't been mentioned once? Loved Rubbersuit. And ofc Judy, Connie, Roger, Bebe, Chalky, etc...hmm, now what about high school and college, etc.? Or Disney buying Hey Arnold or Arthur or sumn and moving other permakids forward in time? ;p 🧡💚 SEND ME THE SHARPER SCHLEMMER CATALOG!]

The Little Mermaid
The Emperor's New School
Hercules
Timon & Pumbaa

The Simpsons ;D
Mickey & the Roadster Racers (+Chip's & Dale's Nutty Tales) 
Minnie's Bow Toons [Penelope Poodle, adorableness of the bowtique and salon and CUCKOO LOCA'S HOUSE and all whatnot...very cute...also found Pood-walking Poodlady in the Three Caballeros toon xD]
Puppy Dog Pals
The Lion Guard
Fancy Nancy
The Book of Once Upon a Time [seasons ranked: 3>1>2>4. SHANE+DAVID FROM THE UPSIDE-DOWN SHOW FTW. Cute books based on Nemo (pineapplefish!), Minnie, Brave, Frozen, TLM, Cars (neon! needed the delinquent road hazards at least!), fairies, B&tB, Incredibles, etc.]
Nursery Rhymes/Lullabies [best characters used=Cedric, Penelope, Frenchy!, Hissy, Freddy, Nancy. Frenchy & Hissy look especially good. How very dare they not include Cuckoo Loca with Minnie & Daisy!!!!!!]
Lego Frozen 
Vampirina
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Muppets [Moments]

[Next on the watchlist:
Mickey Mouse Club
Legend of the Three Caballeros
Spin & Marty
Mighty Ducks: TAS (DADDY O'COOL IS THE BEST)
Tangled: The Series (FRIEDBORG IS THE BEST)
Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Uhm, what the wow...Tigger's & Garfield's voices comin' from ""Gummi"" bears...I enjoy Sunni's & Cubbi's colors, relate to Gruffi. x3 And Calla. And ship Banethorn...lul)
Recess]


SHORTS:
Society Dog Show
Mail Dog
Mickey's Birthday Party
Trailer Horn
Mickey's Trailer
Food for Feudin'
Simple Things
Boat Builders
Chef Donald
Pluto's Christmas Tree
Lonesome Ghosts
Santa's Workshop
Ferdinand the Bull
Knick Knack
Radiator Springs 500 1/2
One Man Band
Boundin'

(Most are awesome [Pluto ones in particular], including AND ESPECIALLY all the exceptional ones I own that aren't there... ^3^ The classic shorts=adorable. ALL are varying degrees of terrific & should be added to D+ forthwith. See comments for ongoing additions.)

*Oh, and pretty much most of the National Geographic stuff is cool. ^3^

Basically, I started by organizing in order to expedite my Disney catch-up...and discovered loads of loveliness in here
Another 2 dozen shorts I'd like to see added (at least.)

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12/14/19: Just watched the "One Day at Disney" stuff and:

-My favorite animal featured was the southern stingray--SUCH A GOOD GIRL, just lying there totally chill on them and then flipping over like she knows the drill. What a well-mannered sea pancake. Now how do you become a Disney attraction maintenance scuba-diver?? I've taken scuba lessons...and I once similarly wondered who maintained the big aquarium at Cabela's...:/
-I liked this...doggy/kitty thing...on the illustrator lady's shelf and wish to see it without the obstructions...




Also, Forky is frickin' hiLARious asking his questions.
Also, fuck Blogger for changing font sizes to "small, medium, large, humongous" instead of "teeny, small, medium, large." WTF. Thanks a ton.
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