Dirk Libbey
@themeparkdirk.bsky.social
Theme park and Themed Entertainment Journalist. Film Critic. Semi-Pro Disney historian. Future Club 33 member. he/him
Sex in movies and "plot holes" both very much fall into the "If you noticed it at all, it's because something else is wrong with the movie" category.
Bob Chipman ("MovieBob")@bobchipman.bsky.social · 2w agoThe CORRECT version of "This doesn't contribute to the story/plot/etc" criticism = "This doesn't etc etc ...AND I NOTICED THIS BECAUSE it is a poorly-executed etc etc." 👍 *(in case anyone was wondering)
Having a job that requires you to look at social media when you haven't had a chance to see that movie yet should entitle you to hazard pay.
My daughter is doing a musical theater summer camp where somebody wrote an original short play but they use existing music and I just discovered they're singing both "God Help the Outcasts" AND "Someday." I assume the writer wears both a belt and suspenders.
As the President of the Why Isn't Samara Weaving A Goddamn Superstar club, this is great news, and potentially an indication I will get to disband the club soon. www.laughingplace.com/disney-enter...
Samara Weaving to Suit Up as Emma Frost in Marvel's New "X-Men" Movie from Director Jake Schreier
Samara Weaving joins the MCU as Emma Frost in the upcoming X-Men movie, bringing new life to the iconic telepathic Mutant character.
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D23 is so close, and yet there are far too many days until I get on a plane.
Working on a Saturday that is also your birthday doesn't sound fun, but when that "work" involves spending the afternoon at @WDFMuseum to see a @Pixar creative director discuss 20 years of the CARS franchise, it's not so bad
The fact that Epic Games/Fortnite can have such a strong relationship with Disney, and that Fortnite can also appear at HHN, is fantastic news for fans of, well, basically everything.
It's very simple. Christopher Nolan films movies in the best way he knows how so that they look as good as they can whenever and however you watch them. The Odyssey will look better on your phone because it was filmed in IMAX then it would if it wasn't.
First week at @laughingplace.com in the books. They haven't booted me out yet. Definitely feeling rusty after not writing regularly for a few months. Still, it's great to be back.
Universal Studios Hollywood has called claims that Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is being delayed "incorrect." www.laughingplace.com/parks/fast-f...
Universal Hollywood to Announce Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift Opening Date Soon, Denies Reports of Delay
Could Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift miss its opening window?
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At the summer picnic for my wife's professional organization and one thing I miss from my "professional" days is events like this. You don't get summer picnics or corporate Christmas parties when the entire company is online
I wasn't allowed to take a picture, but I just saw what a projection tray full of #TheOdyssey in 70MM IMAX looks like and DAMN
My byline is there now. I guess it's official. Starting today, I officially join the team at @laughingplace.com. I have been impressed (and more than a tad jealous) of this group for a long time. Thank you, Benji and Kyle, for letting me be part of what you do www.laughingplace.com/disney-parks...
Tokyo Disney Resort Is Bringing Back Fan Favorites For Halloween
Parades, fireworks, and food are among the highlights at Tokyo Disney resort's Halloween celebration.
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If you didn't learn how to turn a two paragraph Encyclopedia entry into two pages of word salad, what did you even do in school?
Amy Mode Activated 🪷 ᓚᘏᗢ ಇ.@activateamymode.bsky.social · last mo.Kids today have lost the fine art of bullshitting a 10 page paper from a single Funk & Wagnalls entry or from reading only the CliffsNotes. 🤣
Sad to hear of the passing of Don Iwerks, son of Mickey Mouse co-creator Ub Iwerks, father to documentary filmmaker Leslie Iwerks (The Imagineering Story, Disneyland Handcrafted), and a Disney Legend in his own right. thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/remembe...
If I'm ever at Disneyland Resort and you can't locate me, I'm here.
ThrillGeek@thrillgeek.bsky.social · last mo.Gordon Ramsay is officially coming to Downtown Disney! 🇬🇧✨ Get a sneak peek inside Gordon Ramsay at The Carnaby (located above Earl of Sandwich). From legendary beef Wellington to decadent sticky toffee pudding.
At the end of the day, the new live-action Moana is good because the previous movie was good, and this is the same movie. It adds nothing. It changes nothing. It gives you no reason to want to watch this version when compared to the much better-looking original.
Dirk Libbey@themeparkdirk.bsky.social · 2mo ago
My wife seeing Dwayne Johnson in a live action MOANA ad: "He's like a reverse Sampson. He gained hair and now he looks smaller and weaker."
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This week's task is to get the home office cleaned up, because next week, it's time to get back to work. (Stay Tuned)
I'm a firm "It's Your Wedding Do Whatever The Fuck YOU Want" person, but it strikes me that the couple in question did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to make a big deal out of their wedding. That was everybody else.
Wake up babe. A new metaphor for the nation just dropped... literally
Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.
Imagine not having the common sense to know full well that if you met Teddy Roosevelt, he would beat the shit out of you.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump: "I even had a conversation with Theodore Roosevelt. I said, 'What do you think about the Panama Canal? Do you consider that your greatest achievement and how do you feel about the fact that the Democrats gave the Panama Canal away to Panama for $1?'"
Replace "birthright citizenship" with "gun ownership," and let's see what he says then.
Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social · 2mo agoKavanaugh says that Constitution is an "enduring document" and that new exceptions to birthright citizenship can be added for "modern situations that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s Framers"
When it says what they want they are "Strict Originalists" but when it doesn't they care about intent (and they get to make up the intent). I liked it better when they tried to hide their hypocricy.
Matt Ford@mford.bsky.social · 2mo agoKavanaugh’s concurring opinion attempts to divine the intentions and desires of the Fourteenth Amendment’s drafters without a single citation of anything they wrote.
