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1. B.A.s and I.O.U.s
"How is it that our celebrated postsecondary system seems to perpetuate inequality rather than helping to close the gap between rich and poor?"
2. Performing Without Net: Stars of YouTube Take to the Stage
"As YouTube personalities grow in popularity and prove more than flashes in the pan, traditional media businesses — talent agencies, book publishers and television networks — are rushing to capitalize. The biggest push has come from concert promoters betting that millions of clicks on popular videos will translate into ticket sales."
3. Wind? Biofuels? Get Real, a Contrarian Says
"The title of his breezy book — Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper — captures the headlong rush of Western culture's endless drive for ever better technology. It is an extraordinary impulse that has created a world in which more people live longer and more comfortably than ever before."
4. Young and in Debt in New York City
"From the moment they leave the classroom and enter the real world, young people are often on a delayed schedule, unable to take even baby steps toward real estate maturity."
5. The Biology of Risk
"Many neuroscientists now believe our brain is designed primarily to plan and execute movement, that every piece of information we take in, every thought we think, comes coupled with some pattern of physical arousal. We do not process information as a computer does, dispassionately; we react to it physically. For humans, there is no pure thought of the kind glorified by Plato, Descartes and classical economics."
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"Walking is my big passion. I love walking for hours and hours every day. Everywhere I've gone, I walked so much, I can say I walked the entire planet. It relaxes me and gives me time and space to think about things. Once I walked 12 hours nonstop in London. I walked the whole Thames; the whole river."
7. Best of Both Worlds? Northeast Cut Emissions and Enjoyed Growth
"The nine states already in the program — Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont — have substantially reduced their carbon emissions in recent years. At the same time, those states have had stronger economic growth than the rest of the country."
8. The Ghosts in the Machine
"Slenderman is not, in fact, a man, but an Internet meme, an urban legend for the digital age, a fictitious figure — tall, thin, faceless and dressed in a black suit — who appears in homemade 'found' videos on YouTube, in Photoshopped pictures and on blogs describing alleged sightings around the country."
9. Code Name Parmigiano
"I don't flinch at the $26.80/lb. price. It is still below the current price of gold."
10. I Was Promised Flying Cars
"We have surprisingly poor control over most of nature's fundamental forces."
11. Hacking Into Prime Time With Attitude
"Hacking is manipulating and working within an already existing system to get something else that you want out of it."
12. Julian Wasser's Photographs of the California Dream, and its Underbelly
"Everything you heard about living in Los Angeles in the early '60s was really true."
13. Acting the Brute
"What sort of experience could traumatize an entire species? Masson points his finger at farming. Before agriculture, he says, 'people simply walked away from conflict, as they owned nothing that required them to risk their lives protecting it.' Property begat warfare, and warfare begat torture. But the real trouble, deep down in our collective psyche, started once we began raising animals for food. By domesticating livestock, we denied ourselves the ability to see animals as individual beings capable of suffering."
14. Whose Writing Career Do You Most Envy?
"The only people worth envying are the dead."
15. Whiskers of the World, Unite!
"During the first Red Scare, Communists were portrayed as dirty, hirsute men, and the beard was seen as a vector for infectious disease and the spread of political ideologies."
16. The Great Hamstring Saver
"After warming up, kneel on the ground, with a spotter securing your ankles. Then, as slowly and smoothly as possible, lean forward so that your chest approaches the ground. Use your hamstrings to put the brakes on your forward momentum until you can no longer resist gravity. Put out your arms at that point to stop your fall. Allow your chest to touch the ground, then push yourself upright to repeat the exercise."
17. Who Made That Autocorrect?
"The idea of fixing text as it's typed dates back to the 1960s."


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My alone time opens me up to my true self.
It is important for me to stay connected to who I am at heart. Spending time alone gives me the opportunity to open up to my true self.
Each day is filled with influences from many different corners. It is difficult to remain unfazed by these competing influences but I give it my best shot. I spend a few moments at the end of each day reconciling them with my inner beliefs.
I make a conscious effort to denounce influences that are misaligned with my morals and principles. Being alone allows me to focus on the things that are important to me. Meditation time helps me to assess the real value of the things and people in my life.
Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate between what I like and what is popular. When I become introspective, I am able to determine what has a meaningful impact on me.
Once I determine what matters most to me, I consciously work towards maintaining those things in my life.
Today, I treasure the time I have to be one with myself. Taking a few moments to listen to my inner self is rewarding. Being in sync with what means the most to me at heart helps me to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life.
1. What else am I able to accomplish in my alone time?
2. How often do I take time away to reenergize myself and recommit to my values?
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TRAVEL ADVENTURE COMEDIES – At The Movies With Kasey
July 20, 2018 July 21, 2018 Kasey Butcher
Summer is a great time for travel adventure comedies, and Netflix has released some new originals to fit the bill.
Ibiza is a new movie about three friends on a romp through Spain that hides a sweet romance at the heart of a sometimes raunchy travel comedy. In Ibiza, Harper (Gillian Jacobs) has spent four years toiling at a PR firm when her terrible boss, Sarah (Michaela Watkins), finally sends her on a cool business trip. She's bound for Spain to land a big sangria company as a new client. Harper's friends Leah (Phoebe Robinson) and Nikki (Vanessa Bayer) decide to tag along. Once they arrive in Spain, Nikki strikes up a quick romance with Diego (Felix Gomez), who works for the company Harper is wooing and invites them to a club. At the club, Harper and the DJ, Leo West (Richard Madden), fall hard for each other, but are quickly separated at the club. In order to see him again, Harper and her friends end up on a madcap trip to Ibiza and back to Barcelona, as Harper tries to get the guy and not lose her job.
At first, Ibiza seems like it is going to be just another Girls' Trip or Rough Night. What sets this movie apart is the chemistry between Harper and Leo. From their meetcute, the pair's attraction to each other shakes up the larger than life elements of the movie and gives the audience something to invest in and something that, showy set dressings aside, seems lifelike. In portraying the romance, Jacobs and Madden really work together. Their characters' awkwardness and the sweetness that lies underneath it work to the film's advantage. Similarly, the chemistry between the two sidekick characters, portrayed by Vanessa Bauer and Phoebe Robinson makes material that is not particularly funny actually land. The movie is silly and often inappropriate, but the characters are warm and funny and surprisingly easy to root for.
Ibiza was written by Lauryn Kahn and directed by Alex Richanbach. It runs 1 hour 34 minutes and is rated TV-MA.
I thought Deidra & Laney Rob a Train would be a buddy comedy movie, but the trains that Deirdra and Laney rob cut through their backyard, so there is not much actual travel involved. Instead, the movie is a family dramedy about two sisters trying to hold their family together while their mother is in jail. In the story, Marigold Tanner (Danielle Nicolet) is a single mother, trying to support her family by working at Good Buy when she snaps under the pressure and winds up in jail on trumped-up "domestic terrorism" charges for busting a TV. Her oldest daughter, Deidra (Ashleigh Murray) is on track to go to college, possibly with a scholarship, until she has to figure out how to keep her siblings, Laney (Rachel Crow) and Jet (Lance Gray), together and out of foster care while their mom is in jail. With little help from their father, Derek (Gage Bradley), the girls turn to a foolproof plan to rob trains in order to raise the money to bail out their mother.
While Ibiza surprised me in a positive way, I thought that Deidra & Laney was going to be much funnier and more charming than it is. The movie has elements that it could have done a lot with, even without sacrificing the comedy element. 1 in 28 children in the U.S. have at least one incarcerated parent and millions more have a parent struggling to support the family. These are real issues that kids face and the film treats them with what alternates between slapstick and ABC Family cheesiness. Although Deidra and Laney are sympathetic characters, the overall tone of the film is uneven and the supporting characters are shallowly drawn. The result is a pretty forgettable story that I was tempted to turn it off. Deidra & Laney is a more family-friendly movie, but it was Ibiza that, despite its raunchier elements, had me hanging on to find out what happens in the end.
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train was written by Shelby Farrell and directed by Sydney Freeland. It runs 1 hour 32 minutes and is rated TV-14.
Kasey Butcher
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est un film de fantasy japonais coécrit et réalisé par Fumihiko Sori, sorti en 2017. Il s'agit de l'adaptation du manga homonyme de Hiromu Arakawa.

Il est premier du box-office japonais lors de son premier week-end. Il s'agit de la première adaptation du manga homonyme de Hiromu Arakawa avec des acteurs réels.

Synopsis
Au début du , dans un monde où l'alchimie est une activité extrêmement développée et respectée, deux frères, Edward () et Alphonse Elric, tentent une technique secrète de transmutation humaine. L'expérience tourne cependant mal et Alphonse perd son corps tout entier tandis qu'Edward perd sa jambe gauche. Ce-dernier sacrifie alors son bras droit pour sauver l'âme de son frère en l'attachant à une armure de métal. Il reçoit ensuite des prothèses mécaniques appelées « automail » en remplacement de ses membres manquants.

Une fois accepté parmi les alchimistes d'État, il reçoit le surnom de Fullmetal Alchemist (« l'alchimiste d'acier »), et part en quête de la légendaire pierre philosophale avec son frère afin de réparer leurs corps.

Fiche technique
 Titre original :
 Titre international et français :
 Réalisation : Fumihiko Sori
 Scénario : Takeshi Miyamoto et Fumihiko Sori, d'après le manga homonyme de Hiromu Arakawa

 Photographie : Keiji Hashimoto
 Montage : Chieko Suzaki
 Musique : Reiji Kitasato
 Production : Yumihiko Yoshihara
 Sociétés de production : Oxybot Inc. et Square Enix
 Sociétés de distribution : Warner Bros.
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue originale : japonais
 Format : couleur
 Genre : fantasy
 Durée : 135 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
 Japon :  (Festival international du film de Tokyo) ;  (sortie nationale)
 France :  sur Netflix

Distribution
Pour la VF du film, la plupart des comédiens de doublage de l'animé ont repris leurs voix respectives.
   : Edward Elric
 Tsubasa Honda  : Winry Rockbell
   : Roy Mustang
   : Alphonse Elric (voix)
   : Riza Hawkeye
 Kanata Hongō  : Envy
 Jun Kunimura  : Tim Marcoh
   : Gracia Hughes
   : Gluttony
   : Maria Ross
   : Shou Tucker (caméo)
   : Maes Hughes
 Fumiyo Kohinata  : Général Hakuro
   : Lust
 Kenjirô Ishimaru  : Cornello Version française :
 Société de doublage : Dubbing Brothers
 Direction artistique : Jean-Marc Pannetier
  et selon le carton du doublage français télévisuel.

Production

Le film devait initialement être produit en 2013, mais en raison de son faible budget et de ses effets spéciaux, il est retardé jusqu'à son relancement officiel en . Durant la conférence de presse du réalisateur de  :

Développement
Sur son travail d'adaptation du manga, Fumihiko Sori déclare: « Je veux créer un style qui suit le manga original autant que possible. La distribution est entièrement japonaise, mais le contexte culturel est européen. Cependant, ils ont un style qui ne représente pas une race ou un pays spécifique ». En ce qui concerne la fidélité de l'adaptation du manga, qui a des personnages d'origine non-japonaise, le réalisateur déclare : .

Sori déclare à Oricon qu'il a une profonde affection pour l'histoire qui raconte la  », et dit : . Il a ajouté qu'il , et indique que de nos jours les techniques cinématographiques japonaises ont beaucoup progressé.

Tournage

Le tournage principal a lieu à Volterra en Italie la première semaine de juin, puis d'autres scènes sont tournées au Japon jusqu'au .

La société d'effets visuels japonais OXYBOT fournit les effets spéciaux pour le film.

Accueil
Sur Rotten Tomatoes, le film obtient un score de 29%.

Suites

En juillet 2017, Sori et Yamada ont indiqué qu'une suite était en développement. Début mars 2022, la sortie de deux suites a été annoncée : Fullmetal Alchemist : The Revenge of Scar (鋼 の 錬 金 術 師 完 結 編 - 復 讐 者 ス カ ー, Hagane no Renkinjuthi : Kanketsu-hen - Fukushūsha Scar) et Fullmetal Alchemist : The Final Alchemy (最 後 の 錬 成, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi : Kanketsu-hen - Saigo no Rensei), avec Mackenyu jouant le rôle de Scar. Elles sont sorties respectivement les 20 mai et 24 juin 2022 et mises à disposition sur la plateforme Netflix respectivement les 20 août et 24 septembre 2022.

Notes et références

Liens externes
  Fullmetal Alchemist sur Warner Bros.

Film japonais sorti en 2017
Film de fantasy japonais
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When Disney announced and built Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama, I was annoyed. I realized that the Animal Kingdom desperately needed more rides and attractions, but I felt that the bean-counters tried to remedy this situation by the cheapest means possible. They bought "off-the-shelf" rides and had the Imagineers spruce them up the best they could. I also did not like the "carnival" atmosphere they created with the games on the midway. After all, Walt built Disneyland in an effort to get away from this sort of cheap amusement park. So the first time I visited Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama, I had a chip on my shoulder and didn't like what I saw.
After some time had passed, it finally sunk into my thick head that Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama wasn't going away. It was here to stay. So I decided to climb down from my high-horse and take another look at this section of Dinoland U.S.A., only this time, I'd try to be objective. Once I did this, and embraced the storyline, I found that the Imagineers actually built a pleasant and engaging area. And like everything else they do, it's full of details.
The story of Dinoland U.S.A. goes something like this. In the early 1940's, Diggs County contained little more than ranch and farmland. This is evident by the barn seen on the property.
An elderly married couple, Chester and Hester, owned a rundown gas station and a few acres of land along the highway. This allowed them to eek out a meager living.
They sold Sinclair gasoline. The irony of this would become evident in the years to come.
In 1947, amateur fossil-hunters found some dinosaur bones in the area. Once their authenticity could be verified, scientist and grad students swarmed the area, eager to discover their own finds. An old fishing lodge (Restaurantosaurus) became their gathering place and soon after, the Dino Institute was founded. When time travel was invented in the early 70's, the Institute erected a modern building to facilitate research. To help subsidize costs, tours were offered to non-professionals.
While in the store, see if you can find a picture of Chester and Hester and the framed "first dollar" they made.
Out back and behind their store they created a photo op where their customers could pose with a whimsical dinosaur.
Take a look at some of the corny signs and slogans they erected to attract passing motorists. If you look carefully at the last sign, you can see how they painted over an old GAS sign with a souvenir ad.
Another "attention getter" was a dinosaur (if you can call it that) that they created out of plaster, rocks, bottles, and broken glass and mirrors. I've read that there is a Steamboat Willie pin embedded somewhere on this dinosaur, but I have not verified this.
Ever frugal, the team used old tires as planters.
On the roof top you can see a number of homemade dinosaur weathervanes.
As profits started to grow, Chester and Hester decided to build a small amusement park across the street from their souvenir shop. Since their land bordered the main highway, this would be the perfect spot to attract passing tourist aiming for the Dino Institute.
Soon after, Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama was born.
Like all roadside attractions of the day, numerous signs, advertising the approaching venue, were placed along the highway for miles in both directions.
Also found in the vicinity are billboards advertising the Dino Institute and Diggs County.
Near the entrance to Chester & Hester's, the word DINO-RAMA is spelled out with plants. Upon closer inspection, you can see that the ever thrifty couple used old license plates to form the outline of the letters.
At one time, there was parking for Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama next to the souvenir shop, but this area has been turned into a picnic area.
Typical of the era, "novelty architecture" was brought into play with the creation of a large yellow dinosaur (concreteasaurus) to entice motorists to stop.
The midway, Fossil Fun Games, contains six different challenges.
Here you use a water pistol to fill your fuel tank before the other players can achieve the same goal.
At this game, you roll baseballs into a number of holes with different point designations. With each point, your mammoth advances toward the finish line.
With this contest, you toss comets (balls) into a sea of goblets. The color of the goblet your comet lands in, determines the prize you win.
This is a basketball toss game.
As dinosaurs pop up, you whack 'em with your mallet.
The games each cost $2.50 to play; however, the booths do not accept cash. You must purchase coupons at either the nearby souvenir stand, a strolling vendor, or at Chester and Hester's Dinosaur Treasures. The prizes awarded are brightly colored plushes resembling everything from fanciful dinosaurs to snakes. None are Disney characters.
There are other midway attractions besides the games. You can see a "deformed" image of yourself in a wavy mirror.
Have four automatic pictures taken of you and your friends as you cram yourselves into this small picture booth. (Cost, $5).
Or you can pose for a picture behind a dinosaur cut-out.
Chester and Hester took their old vacation trailer and converted it into a concessions stand. Hot dogs, popcorn, and frozen and liquid drinks are for sale at Dino Diner.
If you look at the pavement, you can tell that Chester and Hester were tight on money when creating their little park. As it expanded, they just built on top of their former parking lot. Also notice the flowerbeds are lined with the old tires that they accumulated over the years running their service station.
There are two rides at Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama, TriceraTop Spin and Primeval Whirl. Let's start with TriceraTop Spin.
In case you didn't notice, the second "T" in TriceraTop is capitalized. That's because the ride resembles a giant top – the kind you had as a kid and would pump and watch spin.
The vehicles you ride in are, of course, fanciful triceratops. Each has two seats. The front seat has a lever that controls the pitch and the back seat has a lever that controls the height.
While spinning, a comet orbits in the opposite direction around the top of the top.
The views while riding are also a lot of fun.
If you owned one of these tops as a kid, you might remember that they were cheaply made and usually constructed out of tin. The triceratopses on this ride look like "tin toys" and even have the flaps that were used to fasten them together.
Another example of the thriftiness of Chester and Hester can be found on a number of signs scattered around the attractions. Once again, they recycled old license plates.
The big draw in Diggs County is the time machine over at the Dino Institute. But Chester and Hester didn't want to be left out of the action so they created their own time machine and named it Primeval Whirl. Of course, you don't really go back in time on Primeval Whirl like you do at the Institute. But it is a lot of fun and a little zany.
There is a height restriction for this ride. Children must be 48″ to ride.
Close observers will notice a striking similarity between these three dinosaurs found near the top of Primeval Whirl and the hitchhiking ghosts of the Haunted Mansion.
Before boarding your time traveling vehicle, you walk past the machinery that makes your journey possible. Trained scientists will notice the sophisticated components Chester and Hester used when creating their time machine like discarded hubcaps and whisks from a Hobart mixer.
You also pass by the technicians, readying your craft.
Eventually, it's time to board your time machine for a fanciful blast to the past. For those of you who have never ridden, I've created a short video to give you an idea of what it's like to travel through time with Chester and Hester.
My one complaint about this attraction is the seat size. The time machines are designed to hold four people in two seats. However, these seats are extremely small and even two average sized adults would feel cramped squeezing together under one lap bar. If you're a person of size, request a seat to yourself.
My family took many vacations by car during the 1950's and early 1960's, traveling throughout much of the western United States. During our journeys, we encountered a lot of tourist traps. Although none were quite like Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama, I think this area is a good compilation of the mom and pop enterprises that once populated the highways, long before the Interstates (and Disneyland) put them out of business. If you're old enough to remember Burma Shave signs, then you should be able to glean a certain amount of nostalgia from this area and appreciate it as a part of our history.
Thanks a lot! All these people that used to bypass this area of the park made for short lines at the two rides as well as the games. Now, more people will spend more time there making the lines unbearably long. However the games might be more interesting with more people since most of the time you're competing against yourself. Side note-your blogs which I just recently came upon, are great, keep up the good work.
My family and I are planning a trip to Disney. Your blog is done very well – thanks for the nice background story. I never even knew that this part of Animal Kindgom was even there.
However, as cute as the background story is, (it seems as if very few people know about it anyway), cheap carnival games and rides are still cheap carnival carnival games and rides whether or not Disney slaps a cute story behind it.
Being a former cast member, I know the extremes that Disney goes to in order to create a magical world for guests. This Dino-Rama is not like Disney in any way, shape or form. It's just sad! I can't help but wonder what on Earth posessed Disney to build such an atrosity.
I can get these same rides at our local amusement park at 1/3 of the cost. People spend a small fortune bringing their families to Disney and deserve better attractions than this.
Wow… I can't believe there are so many others who felt the same way my family and I have felt about Dinoland… We would barely spend any time there and have been known to bypass that area completely. However, after reading the story behind the attractions, that section of AK now makes much more sense and somehow, magically, Chester and Hester's is already more enjoyable. We are going back to Disney World in November and I plan to spend more time there and take in some of the details I have never noticed before. Thanks so much for the insight.
I was just at WDW (8/9/2009 to 8/17/2009) and we made the visit to Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama. I have to say that I was still entirely unimpressed.
I get the themeing, a 1950/60's roadside with a dino bent. I'm sure the theming makes sense to some, but I think it was a dated concept before it started. I'm in my 40's and I remember these kind of things. I remember them being crappy and expensive. But I would argue that I'm on the tail end of this, and the theming brings nothing for the under 35/40 crowd. The rides are so obviously off the shelf with the tacked on theming. And to fill the area with midway games that you end up having to shell out more cash for arguing kids to play (for the record, we did not shell it out) just smacks of cheap. We couldn't wait to get out of the area as fast as we could, even though it meant a long nothing walk past the Nemo theatre to get to Everest.
Add to all that the black parking lot tarmac making the area a blast furnace of monumental proportions, and you have a very dissapointing portion of the park. We pretty much avoid Dinoland as much as we can, and make the Animal Kingdom a part day park at the best.
This is the sort of thing that has allowed Universal to become such a powerhouse in the area. Disney, if you're going to go cheap, throw up a thrill ride, slap a dinosaur on the front and watch the lineups.
CHester and Hester should pack up their sideshow and move along to the next epoch.
I had exactly the same reaction when we first went into Dinoland, but my daughter absolutely LOVES all of the rides and we find we spend a considerable amount of our day there when we're at the Animal Kingdom.
We're headed to our 2009 trip this coming Monday, so I really appreciate how the entire story comes together, I'd never heard any of it before and this makes a lot of what I've seen make sense! Thanks for all of the investigation!
So is this connected to Pixar's Dinoco gas used in Cars, Toy Story, etc?
To my knowledge, there is no connection. But that doesn't mean it isn't so — it just means I don't know. There is a gas pump at Chester & Hester's that says Dino Gasoline, but that is different than Dinoco Gas.
Yet again another awesome blog!! You could have taken the words right out of my mouth regarding the annoyance you first felt when finding out about Chester and Hester's. I felt exactly the same and I'm sure I spoke the exact phrase "After all, Walt built Disneyland in an effort to get away from this sort of cheap amusement park." Like you I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Was Disney actualy falling backwards rather than going forward? Where they this desperate and grasping at straws? That was until a cast member told me it was supposed be reminiscent of the nostalgic road sides tourist traps, "novelty architecture", found in the West and a tribute to Rt. 66. With that stars aligned, the tumblers fell into place, and I "Got it"! After that and only after was I able to relax a bit and enjoy it. Its still not my favorite part of the park but I now get it and I'm OK with it. Unfortunately thought I don't think the story jumps out at people and it isn't all that too apparent. I wish it was a little more obvious so that people would get it a bit more and be able to enjoy it better.
Part of the problem is that the area is "built" a little back wards. Chester and Hester's gas station turned Dinosaur Treasures gift shop is at the very back of the land so unless you wonder back there you don't even know its there. It would work better if the gift shop was toward the front of the land but I'm guessing the reason it is not is because I believe Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama was an after thought for the park. The focus originally was the Dinosaur ride and Chester and Hester's Dinosaur Treasures gift shop (Now I know your going to be surprised by this but:) was strategically placed at the exit to the Dinosaur attraction.
Thanks Jack for another awesome Blog. Disney is fun and Rocks no matter what way you look at it but it makes it all that more enjoyable when you know and understand the stories behind the attractions and lands. Thanks for helping people to learn about these back stories!
I giggled to myself when I read the beginning of this blog because I had the exact same reaction to Dino-Rama as you did! I can be a bit of a Disney snob I suppose. I'm glad that you came along to fill in the details of the storyline that is so blatantly lacking in this area of DAK. It's a shame, because without the story, the carnival atmosphere is perplexing.
I'm still not a fan of the area as a whole, and I'm afraid I never will be, but I still give Disney props for at least having a backstory (unlike other "themeparks" I can think of…).
Thanks again for a most enjoyable and detailed journey into the Disney parks! You do a great job.
Loved this blog! My husband and I were never really fond of Animal Kingdom, until our Sept 2008 trip. We decided to do the Wild By Design tour. That tour totally changed our minds. The Dino-Rama area is part of the tour. We learned so much about how they created the area and the story behind it. You are spot on with what they said. If we hadn't taken that tour and learned to appreciate Animal Kingdom then, we would have done that with your blog. We will be making our next trip to WDW in Oct 2010. I'm looking forward to seeing it again with "new" eyes.
If you haven't taken the Wild By Design tour, we highly recommend it. It was awesome to see the tour guide point out the small details throughout the park that we used to walk over or past and not give them any thought.
Thanks again for another great blog!
Another "attention getter" was the dinosaur (if you can call it that) that they created out of plaster, rocks, bottles, and broken glass and mirrors. I've read that there is a Steamboat Willie pin embedded somewhere on this dinosaur, but I have not verified this.
This is verified as being on there at least it used to be, i would again have to search for pics of it but have it somewhere. it was also created by the person that did the some work outside of house of blues.
Thanks for writing and thank you for pointing this out to me.
Someone else wrote to tell me that Chester and Hester were husband and wife — which makes sense since Hester is a woman's name. But I found several references that said they were brothers. I thought I corrected my blog, but I didn't catch all of my references.
Now my blog makes no reference to their relationship. This avoids any confusion.
If you find the picture of Hester & Chester in the shop, feel free to send it to me, but I'll be back to the Animal Kingdom probably sometime this week and will look for myself – and check for this pin in the dinosaur.
Thank you again for keeping me on my toes. I hate it when I post incorrect information. That's how some of these silly Disney rumors get started.
Now, it's on our list of things to do on our upcoming trip! Thanks!
My family has always enjoyed this area. We used to always do the Breakfastasaurus (before it moved across the park) character meal before park opening, and then when were done eating, it was just time for the park to open and we'd do all of Dinoland lickety split!! Of course that was before Everest!!
Several trips ago, we named the big yellow dinosaur Pineapple and now we can't wait to see her on every trip!!
Really enjoyed the blog about Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama. Since I've been so busy working on the house, I really enjoy your blogs for my "Disney fix" either when I'm "powering up" or "unwinding" from the day. I really enjoyed you video clip on this one too.
I really enjoy reading about all of the details, and the back stories behind them. This also gives me more to look for on my visits.
Great blog AS USUAL! I always love how you give an area's or attraction's backstory. It really helps us (Guests) fill in the gaps.
(1)As you go under the gigantic dinosaur and head toward Nemo, look under the dinosaur to see if it's male or female. Nothing gross, just the way the lights are presented tells you what it is.
(3) The highway sign in Dinoland is route 498 (park opened April 22, 1998).
(4) The red, yellow, and white pipes above the load area at "Dinosaur" are for Ketchup, Mustard, and Mayonnaise, and the letters on each pipe are their chemical formulas.
(5) During Dinosaur, cars bounce over a big bump in the track. The big bump is a tail of a long neck Saltosaurus, who then turns around to look at you, and if you sit on the back two rows, it throws you around a little more then the front two rows (so the rumor goes)!
On our first trip to Disney, my oldest son was really into dinosaurs. So we were actually looking forward to visiting Dino-rama! I remember sitting with him at the computer seeing all the rides and attractions in the area. We have never been a fan of carnival games, so we simply passed by these attractions. We were surprised by the height restriction on the Primeval Whirl. My son rode, but my daughter was not tall enough. Oh course after riding we understood the height requirement. Overall we enjoyed the area and went back on our next trip. We didn't give a second thought until now that Dino-rama is so different than what you expect at The World. Thanks again for a great article. Looking forward to the next one.
Okay Jack, I have to ask… how the heck do you find out all this information?
First, Disney is my hobby. I make it my business to learn as much as I can about the theme parks.
I have an extensive Disney library in my home that I use for reference.
I scour the internet — however, I use the information found here carefully. There is a lot of untrue information touted as fact out there.
I visit the parks regularly. I spend my time looking for details and tidbits. Even when I'm riding Everest (for example), I'm looking for information rather than enjoying the exhilaration of the attraction.
Another great blog post! The back story is very interesting but my question is how are you supposed to pick up on that in the park? The theme and detail of the area is really awesome once you know the story, but without knowing the story everything just seems kind of random.
When planning a land or attraction, the Imagineers come up with a complete storyline first. Then they design the attraction using that story and staying within its given parameters. When the attraction (or land) is debuted, the storyline is usually reported in press releases. After that, it's rarely mentioned again.
I think Chester & Hesters' Dinorama could stand a little more story-telling publicity, but I'm not sure how this could be accomplished.
An informative blog as always. Two tings. While the signs and area are cute, the carnival games and rides are extremely un-Disneylike, imho, making this area the least interesting in all of Disneyworld. Second, the backstory you give makes it somewhat more interesting. However , I have been to this area over twenty times and have heard little to none of it before.
I miss those Burma Shave signs!
Once we drove to WDW and my kids wanted to stop at South of the Border but my husband vetoed the stop. Chester's reminds me of South of the Border.
BTW, I finally did get to stop at SOB because several years later my husband and I went to DW with my brother and his wife and he asked us if we wanted to stop! I sent my now grown kids a postcard from there!
Thanks for another interesting blog and the next time we visit I'll stay longer there and check out the fun signs.
Thanks for giving me an entirely new point of view. I confess that I always cringed when I went by this part of Animal Kingdom, since I never understood why it was there. Now I know! The video was superb, Jack. What is the music you used to accompany the video? Is it from the attraction itself or some other piece you picked out? Thanks again for your fine work on this blog.
The actual music played on this attraction is varied — everything from the Beachboys to the obscure dinosaur oldies. The music I selected is from the California Screamin' roller coaster at Disney's California Adventure. I thought it had a "carnival" feel about it that fit with Primeval Whirl.
My immediate reaction to this area was the same as yours. I simply couldn't believe that Disney put this sort of thing into one of their parks (especially their newest one).
Then, the reaction my kids had blew me away. They couldn't WAIT to get in there. They loved it.
The fact is, the things we love about Disney parks are often the very things kids do NOT enjoy – the beautiful views, park details and the like.
Dinoland is one of the few spots in any Disney park where the kids can go from one fun thing to the next in moments, instead of hiking for awhile.
I too felt a bit annoyed by this area of the park, however I found it fun and nostalgic once I visited. Now having read your blog I have come to cherish this area all the more. Thank you!!
Jack – what an awesome video….I like the music that you along with it…and I really appreciate all of your blogs, it is apparent that you always put a lot of TLC into them.
Restaurantosaurus is the main eatery in Dinoland, but this isn't one of my favorite spots. It's too noisy and hamburgers and fries are the main attraction here. If it were me, I'd go to Flame Tree BBQ. It's located near the entrance to Dinoland so it's an easy walk from Chester & Hester's.


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Because all of these individual scenarios point back to one common thread – something is getting in the way of the immune system firing as it should.
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1. Echinacea
Echinacea, a flowering plant, has a long history of immune-supporting benefits. Echinacea can help increase the number of immune system cells that fight off viruses and other infections while decreasing inflammation. (1, 2) It seems to work best when taken consistently (versus only when you think you are getting sick). Echinacea has been well-studied for its effectiveness in reducing upper respiratory infections.
One study found that when a group of people who described themselves as more prone to sickness consistently took echinacea, they were less likely to catch a cold. When they did, the length of time they were ill was decreased. (3) Another meta-analysis found that taking a daily echinacea supplement reduced the frequency of getting sick with a cold. It also slightly decreased how long subjects were ill, even if taken only at symptom onset. (4)
2. Bupleurum root
While less common in western immune support therapies, Bupleurum (or Chaihu) is well regarded in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to improve energy flow (qi) by supporting the liver as well as for its immune-stimulating power. Bupleurum is an herb that grows primarily in China with more than twenty different species. (5)
In TCM, Chaihu is used for many conditions, including the treatment of chills or fever and the common cold. (6) It has been studied for its ability to inactivate certain viruses (7) and may upregulate the immune system. (8) Interestingly, Bupleurum may also induce autophagy in the body. (9) Autophagy is the body's way of self-cleaning old and damaged cells. It usually only occurs during times of fasting or in ketosis. Autophagy may also make room for new and more robust immune cells. (10)
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Since ancient Egyptian times, Licorice has been used for its role in digestion, energy balance, and immunity. It's powerful enough that it can interact with certain medications. (11) Hundreds of flavonoids (natural compounds found in plant-foods known for beneficial health effects) exist in Licorice. (12)
Studies point to the essential health benefits they provide for our immune system, including antiviral, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory actions. (13) Licorice may also inhibit inflammatory cytokines, which are chemical messengers that promote inflammation in the body. (14)
4. Elderberry fruit
Elderberry has become more mainstream in recent years as a go-to immune-supporting nutrient. Still, many people don't know why it's useful. Elderberry, a dark purple berry from the Elder tree, boosts the immune system's ability to fight off viruses by revving up the immune system. (15) Elderberry is naturally high in antioxidants that fight off free radical damage. It has antiviral properties that help to block viral proteins from entering cells. (16)
Studies have also shown it can reduce the severity of flu symptoms while also shortening the length of time you are sick. (17) One study found that elderberry reduced the time and severity of cold symptoms. (18) Elderberry also can help to stimulate and balance cytokines necessary to boost the immune response.
5. Astragalus root
Another TCM herb, astragalus, has been used for centuries for its immune-supporting, anti-aging, and inflammation balancing benefits. (19) One study found that astragalus activated the immune cells even more than echinacea and Licorice. (20) An animal study also found that astragalus improved the immune response in older mice to a response usually seen in younger animals, pointing to the herb's immune restorative properties. (21)
Astragalus also has anti-inflammatory properties. One study examining its effects on asthma found that an astragalus extract helped inhibit airway inflammation in animal models. (22) Asthma is considered an inflammatory condition, again highlighting astragalus' anti-inflammatory benefit. (23)
6. Gingko Biloba
Gingko is typically associated with cognitive health, but the benefits extend to immune support. It's known to be high in flavonoids and antioxidants, which help fight back against free radical damage in the body. One of the ginkgo compounds studied for its immune-supporting properties was found to increase the number of critical immune cells. (24) Another study showed that ginkgo significantly decreased the number of inflammatory markers found in the body (25), especially those associated with aging. (26)
7. Zinc
When it comes to immunity, zinc is a top nutrient choice. Zinc, an essential micronutrient, is a potent antioxidant that facilitates hundreds of enzymatic reactions in the body. (27) Through its antioxidant capabilities, zinc decreases inflammation and helps to boost immunity, which is why zinc deficiencies can so negatively impact the body. Zinc is widely used both in acute care and the holistic health world for its role in protein synthesis and wound healing and reducing infection risks and duration of illness. (28)
Without optimal zinc levels, the immune system is at a disadvantage as it is needed for the optimal functioning of immune cells. Studies have found that zinc supplementation can help to decrease oxidative stress and inflammatory markers in the body. (29) Research on zinc supplementation has elucidated that high doses can also decrease sick time, helping you feel better quickly if you do get sick. (30) Taking it at the first sign of a cold can also help activate the immune system to fight it off before symptoms progress. (31)
Vitamin C, an essential vitamin for the human body, is probably the best known of the immune-boosting supplements. Specifically, ascorbic acid, a form of vitamin C, is critical for tissue repair and the development of enzymes that support the body's immune response. (32)
Also known as ascorbic acid, Vitamin C is a potent antioxidant that removes free radicals in your body and protects against oxidative stress. (33) Studies show that vitamin C can reduce how long you are sick. (34) High doses at the beginning of illness can also help.
All of these nutrients work together to prime your immune system to fight back against colds, infections, and other pathogens. But it's unrealistic to expect you will easily obtain all from food or take eight different supplements each day.
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If it's nature you want to learn about, this college is good. I went because I wanted to go to medical school. Most biology majors there do. I was told they were really serious about this. After telling one prof I wanted to go to medical school she just about stopped talking to me!


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Mr Yousif Alzarouni
Email: yousif.alzarouni@brunel.ac.uk
Brunel Law School
Impact and outreach
Following his completion of LLB and LLM in Brunel University London in 2017 and 2018 respectively, Yousif commenced with his PhD studies in early 2019. He is particularly interested in the normative interaction of norms jus cogens and State immunity and hopes to discover more efficient ideas, procedures, and paradigms to enhance international law's legitimacy in its quest to manage social situations and spaces.
Research Project:
The research project is titled 'Normativity and Hollowness of the Doctrine of Jus Cogens' and is expected to be completed by mid 2022. The research project focuses on the apparent hollowness of the normativity of the doctrine of jus cogens arising from the normative interaction of norms jus cogens and State immunity. The current legal position gives rise to enormous questions as norms jus cogens, the lex superior norms of international law, do not reflect their intended normative quality nor do they deliver their promise of ensuring that the "ethical minimum standards" of the international community are protected due to the various rules of the doctrine of State immunity.
LLB (Hons) - Brunel University London
LLM (With "The Professor Kaikobad Memorial Prize for Best Postgraduate Dissertation" and "Dean's Prize for Innovation and Impact in Master's Dissertations") - Brunel University London


Merle Caples is an Orioles' fan and has been one for almost 60 years now. While she once watched the team play with her eyes, now her ears keep her head in the game. Despite Caples' (95) blindness, she still follows her team diligently. On September 18, 2018, in honor of Caples' steadfast dedication and other fans living with vision loss, the Orioles will host National Federation of the Blind Night. During the occasion, Orioles players and coaches will wear jerseys with their names spelled in Braille.
"It doesn't stop you from rooting for them," Caples said of her disability.
SDCB offers many programs that can enhance life quality for people struggling with vision loss.


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Touch! Generations è un marchio creato da Nintendo nel 2006 per raccogliere i videogiochi destinati a un pubblico più vasto rispetto ai titoli tradizionali, grazie anche alla loro accessibilità nei controlli e alla facilità nel gameplay. I titoli Touch! Generations furono inizialmente pensati per Nintendo DS, difatti il primo titolo a dotarsi di questa etichetta fu Brain Training; in seguito furono portati anche su Wii con Wii Sports. I giochi appartenenti a questa serie furono accolti subito molto bene dal pubblico, diventando nel tempo veri e propri bestseller.

La serie Touch! Generations può essere considerata anche la "serie economica" di Nintendo, poiché generalmente il costo dei giochi appartenenti a essa è leggermente inferiore rispetto ai titoli che non ne fanno parte.

Giochi
La Touch! Generations copre una vasta gamma di generi videoludici: si va da titoli educativi alla simulazione sportive e non, arrivando a comprendere generi più vicini ai videogiochi classici, quali puzzle game, avventure grafiche e giochi musicali. Qui di seguito i giochi commercializzati sotto questa etichetta per Nintendo DS e Wii:

Giochi Touch! Generations per Nintendo DS

 42 classici senza tempo, gioco che contiene 42 classici fra i giochi di società.
Actionloop
 Art Academy
Big Brain Academy
Nintendogs
 Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training
 More Brain Training
 Animal Crossing: Wild World
 La guida in cucina: Che si mangia oggi?, una guida elettronica per cucinare.
 English Training: Migliora il tuo inglese divertendoti!, gioco che, con un sistema simile a quello dei Brain Training, aiuta a imparare l'inglese.
 Training For Your Eyes: Hai mai pensato di allenare e rilassare i tuoi occhi?, una palestra per migliorare le abilità degli occhi.
 Tetris DS
 Training di matematica del prof. Kageyama, gioco che allena le doti matematiche.
 Picross DS, versione elettronica dei nonogrammi (o crucipixel).
 Picross 3D
 Electroplankton, un gioco atipico dove si interagisce con un ambiente marino, nel quale ogni cosa toccata con lo stilo del DS produce un suono.
Walk with Me!

Giochi Touch! Generations per Nintendo Wii
 Wii Sports
 Wii Play
 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
 Wii Fit
 Wii Music
 Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City
 Wii Scacchi
 Trauma Center: New Blood, gioco nel quale si diventa chirurghi alle prese con difficili operazioni.
 Trauma Center: Second Opinion
 Endless Ocean, gioco nel quale si è un sub che effettua immersioni nel mare aperto, osservando la fauna marina.
 Another Code: R - Viaggio al confine della memoria
 Endless Ocean 2: Avventura negli abissi
 Wii Sports Resort
 Wii Party

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Voci correlate
 Nintendo
 Nintendo DS
 Nintendo DS Lite
 Nintendo DSi
 Nintendo Wii
 Nintendo 3DS

Collegamenti esterni

Nintendo
Serie di videogiochi


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Surround three international stars with several thousand extras in Franco's Spain and you've got yourself an instant historical adventure epic. Unfunny Cary Grant has a BIG GUN, Spanish peasant guerilla (!) Frank Sinatra looks totally lost, and Sophia Loren conquers Hollywood by making with the sultry eyes and body moves.
Successful producer Stanley Kramer graduated to directing in 1955; two years later he was helming this giant, rather ill-conceived big-star epic in Spain. A controversial figure who championed liberal causes but had a spotty record with associates affected by the blacklist, Kramer made medium-sized films until he decided to take the star position as director. He eventually developed some directing skill, but his first couple of pictures are hit & miss. And this one is a demanding big-scale extravaganza.
Nobody ever said Stanley Kramer didn't know how to get movies made. The Pride and the Passion is a cannily-packaged attraction by a producer who attacked the problem of making a hit movie as if it were a science: sign up two top male stars, the hottest new European actress, a cast of thousands, throw in a torrid romance (the Passion, get it) and giant battles of honor, and all that remains between you and boxoffice millions is a good poster. Stanley Kramer can claim that he did all of these things correctly because his show ended up a success in the ledger books. And it still retains a basic, ummm… watchability.
The producer-director certainly chose a broad canvas for his epic: Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. English Naval gunner and special agent Anthony (Cary Grant) links up with the Spanish guerilla rebels Miguel (Frank Sinatra) and Juana (Sophia Loren, pre- nose job) to retake the walled city of Avila, using an oversized cannon discarded by a Spanish commander. Their only problem is how to smuggle the oversized weapon halfway across Spain, through hundreds of miles of French- held territory.
The Pride and the Passion is big and noisy, and also klunky and awkward. Kramer's direction is as stiff as the hundreds of storyboards held by the UCLA Research Library's Stanley Kramer collection. The big cannon is the story's only real source of interest. It, at least, has some built-in mystery and suspense. We want the monster cannon to get to Avila, mainly to find out how potent a super-weapon it will be. Kramer signed big names, but it's a real competition to decide which is the least appropriate for his or her given role. Frank Sinatra is appallingly bad, and not only because he is miscast. As capable as Frank was at playing a regular guy (well, sort of regular), there's nothing remotely right about him as a period character, a peasant removed from Sinatra's street-smart roots. The hard-bitten rebel Miguel rarely if ever even smiles, and without a chance to have a personality, Frankie looks way out of place. There's nothing for him to do, so he's often seen doing something with his hands — working in leather, or whittling a piece of wood with his gypsy knife.
The kid from Hoboken just looks lost, like he wasn't even thinking about his character two seconds before the camera rolled. Kramer had used Frank in the previous year's Not as a Stranger, in which both he and Robert Mitchum were painfully miscast as doctor interns. After this experience Frank got into the producing business. Although he had a bad habit of ignoring the directors he hired, he for the most part made wise casting choices for himself.
I can see Kramer repeating to his actors how his vision for Pride is dependent on big doses of Noble and Serious. I'm not saying they had no versatility, but when Sinatra and Cary Grant did their best work it was usually by playing against those qualities. Grant's saving grace was always his sense of irony and humor. He dutifully impersonates the English commander in his fancy uniform as straight and stiff as can possibly be done, and his personality all but disappears. In a few shots he seems to want to develop something amusing about a tassel on his Navy commander's hat that hangs annoyingly in front of his nose. Kramer's direction appears to ignore it. Grant isn't even allowed to do a comic take when the same fancy hat ends up being worn by a mule. He looks appropriately dapper in his jut-jaw poses, but might as well be a statue.
1957 was the year Sophia Loren broke into Hollywood. Just one provocative view of a wet Sophia in Fox's Boy on a Dolphin raised temperatures everywhere. UA's Legend of the Lost paired her with John Wayne in a highly-visible vehicle. Acting opposite Grant and Sinatra was definitely a step up, and Just standing like a goddess on the posters for The Pride and the Passion was enough to cement her stardom world-wide, especially when rumors spread of an on-set affair with the married Cary Grant. But the Neapolitan Loren was no more convincing as a Spaniard than was Frank. Juana's 'torrid' flamenco dance is so Italian that you can almost see the Spanish extras laughing at her. Loren did not yet have her final, surgically augmented face, nor had she developed her full acting abilities. She found her real place in Hollywood pictures immediately after this show, in pictures that showcased her skill as an engaging comedienne. Four years later, she played another Spaniard in El Cid, and her improvement is remarkable.
All three stars might have come off much better, if only Stanley Kramer had a clue as to how to direct an epic like this. In scene after scene, the three leads stand in stiff poses, frequently against a backdrop of peasant onlookers. Scores of dress extras, told not to look at the camera under pain of death, are always a discreet distance away. It's as if the three stars were wearing not mosquito repellent, but Extra Repellent. Whenever we see Sophia, it looks like the Spanish extras were just fighting to see who would get to stand in the shot near her. It's always the three 'real people' against a background of near-anonymous peasants. Never has an epic about a mass struggle seemed more foolish. The stars get all the attention and the masses are completely disposable.
C.S. Forester's source novel The Gun takes a variation of his Captain Horatio Hornblower character onto dry land. It's still a Hornblower-type effort to sneak past the French to strike some vital target, just substituting a cannon for a ship. You'd think some fish-out-of-water mileage could be gotten from the English officer's frustration at being stuck on dry land, with a bunch of peasants for a crew, but things never get that interesting. Kramer reduces Forester's military strategies to a few pitiful tent scenes where Napoleonic commanders bumble around in off-the-rack tricolor uniforms. Excepting his three stars, Kramer might have directed the rest of the dialogue scenes in an afternoon or two. Special guest general Theodore Bikel is barely seen in an exterior set. Did he even go to Spain?
Kramer's direction of the large-scale scenes has been praised, but I really don't know why. The rolling of the big cannon across the landscape was storyboarded in great detail, yet the uninspired angles and repetitive setups don't stop it from becoming boring. There are so many high-angled shots that most of the time the giant functioning prop looks like a toy. The landscape is mainly empty, so there's little evocation of the Napoleonic era. One major story point sees the cannon smuggled across a bridge. The day-for-night shooting and the pitiful pontoon structure (this movie has some pretty awful art direction) make the scene look like an ambitious TV show. The few minutes of Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits devoted to Napoleon have ten times the atmosphere.
The film has three set pieces that do work, up to a point. The cannon gets loose, rolls down a slope and wipes a path as it crashes through a small wood.. It is indeed impressive to see the rolling juggernaut snap dozens of trees like they were toothpicks. At least there we get a fairly unique demonstration of the cannon's heft, if not its size. Later, to sneak by the French, the guerillas disguise the cannon as a parade float in a Catholic procession. Kramer and his composer George Anthiel (Dementia) work overtime telling us this is significant. Yes, a weapon can be a holy thing, the church is behind the people, and God is the biggest arms smuggler of all. But the dramatic impact is nil. We develop little emotional connection to the laboring peasant guerillas.
A political reading of the film is even worse. Kramer constantly falls back on religious imagery, to the point of having the Church save the gun by protecting it in a huge cathedral. Forget 1810… with these scenes of 'faith lending a hand to the side of freedom,' the Spaniards of 1955 would immediately associate the Catholic Church with Franco's fascists. But it is true that the dialogue contains no other pro-Franco elements.
The great Saul Bass did the main title sequence for The Pride and the Passion, but they're nowhere near his quality standard. A bunch of red-tinted engravings of old artwork are embellished with added dots, lines and lettering. According to the UCLA materials Bass laid out much of the storyboard planning for the film as well. The sterile and academic quality of the film's second-unit work may have been a result of following the storyboards too literally. Most shots are locked down like a comic-book frame. Little attention is given to dressing the landscape along the path of the gun. A particularly lame sequence shows the cannon being rolled quickly through the distinctive Almería rock formations later used in The Valley of Gwangi.
The final battle at Avila does have the impressive firing of the cannon. We've seen it dragged it so far, that there is a release of tension when it is finally put to use. The key setup for the bombardment is a broad panorama showing a mile or so of walled city in the distance. It's way too big to be a miniature or a forced-perspective set. As the guerilla army cheers Cary Grant on, Kramer's gun very dramatically blasts down the wall bit by bit, until it crumbles. I assume Kramer's construction crew had to build an extra wall section to accomplish this, and the illusion is excellent.
But when the mass charge takes place, the movie staggers forward to new levels of incompetence. Thousands of attackers are felled by the defending cannonade, with plenty of suspicious-looking black cork thrown into the air. But when they get inside the walled city we see only a handful of French defenders. The sets are so bare and unreal, it looks like they've broken into the Magic Castle at Disneyland.
The finale shows Grant carrying his fallen comrade to the base of a statue of the Virgin Mary, as inspirational music plays. I'm afraid that audiences were probably thinking less of the tragic irony, than of the old joke about Sinatra being so thin and insubstantial, that he'd weigh nothing at all. This finish was surely storyboarded as well, but the effect is dry an generic. The emotional sum is a big nothing.
After The Pride and the Passion Stanley Kramer found his métier in ultra-sober liberal cause movies, one crusade per film. He addressed Nazi guilt, nuclear annihilation and the Scopes Monkey trial, and touched on race relations a couple of times with Sidney Poitier. A couple of these shows hold up well today and all made money. Stanley finally fizzled when he tried to tackle the student revolution problem, way beyond the time when wishy-washy political correctness made a difference. Kramer's It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is so big and has so many beloved comedians, that it can't help but be entertaining. Minus a few awkward scenes, his best film as a director is On the Beach, where the subject matter matches the solemnity of his approach. All we can say about The Pride and the Passion is that it looks like the work of a producer-turned-director who bit off more than he could chew.
The Olive Films Blu-ray of The Pride and the Passion is a good but not great encoding of an epic filmed in large format VistaVision and originally released in Technicolor. The scan here is adequate but not particularly sharp; I would guess that it's not new. Judging by the framing, I think it's possible that it overscans a bit as well. The colors are okay and It's reasonably clean, but it's not the same as a new transfers made from an oversized negative. In defense of the Blu-ray, the HD image here is far better than the old (2002) DVD, which was not even widescreen-enhanced.
George Antheil's score is fairly exciting and at least captures a general Spanish atmosphere. If you like the movie and want to see it splashed across your big monitor, this disc will do nicely.


We know it's been a minute but don't lose faith in your Low Life Inc. We're in the middle of summer and it's starting to get quite hot outside. Low Life Inc. is psyched to bring you the latest from the minimal electronic punk of Cologne's MIT to help cool you down after those late nights of dancing. Their sound is what we feel would happen if Klaxons, Wolfsheim and Superpitcher got together and formed a band. 'Coda' is their debut album on Haute Areal recorded in their new base of Berlin by Namosh and Tamer Ozgonenc. We have included the lead single from the full length, 'Rauch' with remixes by Coma from the Kompakt camp and Luke Abbott of Border Community.
The bands signature minimal electro-punk bleep fest.
Throbbing tech stomp for those late night warehouse parties. Coma record on Firm, a Kompakt label.
Luke Abbott records for James Holden's Border Community and gives us some ambient shuffle.


Rings Of Saturn's 5th studio record continues in the turn towards a more technical sound and away from the brash, beatdown sound of their early output.
You cannot deny the technical ability on display in this record, the first 30 seconds of album opener 'Servant Of This Sentience' tells you all you need to know about the musicianship that this band possesses. However, between the sweep picking, the tapping and the blastbeats it seems that this a release devoid of any real feeling. It takes a few listens to comprehend what's going on throughout various tracks, there's a lot going on at the same time which can be cool to listen to if you appreciate that style of music but it seems to be a case of "look how fast we can play, isn't that great." A good portion of this record, notably 'Immemorial Essence', 'Margidda' and 'Prognosis Confirmed' sounds like a 12 year old child has been let loose on Garage Band following three days of no sleep fueled by nothing but Monster Energy. Maybe that's what some people want, but for me it does nothing.
One redeeming feature of the record is the surprising turn of several acoustic driven tracks, now they might not necessarily fit in with the rest of the record but they seem to be played with more feeling and most importantly, they're not completely overproduced. 'Unhallowed' and the intro's of 'The Macrocosm' and 'Inadequate' (which both serve as nice preludes to the rest of the track) all have wonderful melodies, which unfortunately only add up to around 2 minutes of the full 42 minute running time.
Props to Rings Of Saturn for being more technical than I could ever dream of being but I don't feel any emotion within the music and, for me, that is the most important ingredient when it comes to music. The fast playing and technical ability is a mere consolation.