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Random Ramblings by T. Owen Stark Disney: Enough Already!
I like to wait for movies to play out and then buy them for a reduced price. Ever try to buy a Disney movie at a reduced price? Unless it's a real clunker that's never seen the inside of a movie theater, forget about it! 'Discount' is not a word you'll ever hear spoken in the halls of Disney Studios. Next item of interest is the Disney
Channel. Remember years ago a gentleman (forgive me, but
his name escapes me at the moment), uttered the phrase 'vast
wasteland?' He must have been looking into the future and his
brain was set to the Disney Channel. A 24-hour commercial
for Disney is what this amounts to. In between the shows that
are basically the same show repeated over and over again with
different actors, are the endless stream of young teen-singing
heartthrobs that belt out multi-dubbed songs written to inflict
severe brain damage if you listen long enough. Many of the songs
are written about Disney characters, the latest being the DeVille
gal from 101 Dalmations. Another means of rekindling interest
in an older film about to be re-released at $19.99 for a limited
time. (keep your eyes open). Another word you won't hear around
the Disney studios is creativity. I am weaning my 11 year-old
off of the addicting, mind-numbing channel by introducing her
to the likes of 'The Beatles" , "Simon & Garfunkel"
and "America." Guess what…She loves it! As far
as television goes…Animal Planet, History Channel
and Discovery are pretty good alternatives! NAH!!!! I wonder how many Moms ran out to the theater thinking that they only had that one week to treat their little sweethearts to that multi-talented sit-com star? I'll end on this question; If Disney knew
all along that Hannah Montana would be in theaters longer
than one week…is that false advertisement? Moms…maybe
its time you call the other Moms at school and then make a call
to Grumpy, Sneezy and Sleezy: Attorneys at Law! Tom Owens was born in Washington DC. After living in Maryland for many years, he became a single parent and now resides in Virginia with his children who are the first 3 loves of his life. The other three are music, movies and The Washington Redskins. Tom also dabbles in poetry. You can read more of his poetry at http://starkimages.blogspot.com/ For more from Tom visit: February January, December, November, and October. |
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think it began with those Spy Kids movies. Remember those?
There was Spy Kids. Then there was Spy Kids Special Edition.
Then there was Spy Kids One and One Half. All three of
these before Spy Kids 2 and Spy Kids 3. Let's analyze
this... Spy Kids is released and does well in the theaters.
It is soon released on video and does well. Disney waits a little
while and releases Spy Kids Special Edition. The kids
say; "Mommy, I want the Special Edition because it has 3
minutes of extra stuff." So Mom goes to the WalMart and
drops another 15 bucks on the extra 3 minutes. Laughing all the
way to the bank, Disney now decides; "Ha, if it worked once,
maybe it'll work again!" Incredibly, they have the gall
to release ' Spy Kids One and a Half' or One and Three Quarters
or some such nonsense and the kids start again; "Mommy,
its got new stuff on it…another 3 minutes!" I believe
that this might be where all of that 'special edition' stuff
began…'Let's take the stuff that wasn't good enough for
the theater release and throw it back out there and charge extra!'
At least the other companies for the most part called the initial
release a 'Special Edition' or 'Collector's Edition.'
