Make Mine Magic Podcast Episode 47: Castle in the Sky

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This week’s episode of The Make Mine Magic Podcast includes discussion of Castle in the Sky, and the following:

intro / Studio Ghibli / The Wind Rises / Hayao Miyazaki / Castle in the Sky / Laputa / history / different versions / Gulliver’s Travels / spoiler warning / steampunk / the plot / the chases / giant robots / memories / air pirates / love of the film / Robot Carnival / influences / other Ghibli films / what do you want to see? / ratings /

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Links:

Glenn’s review of Castle in the Sky

Glenn’s review of The Wind Rises

Jennifer’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast Family on Facebook

The Make Mine Magic Podcast on Pinterest

The Make Mine Magic Facebook Page

 

Make Mine Magic Podcast 45: Planning the Birthday Trip, Part 2

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This week’s episode of The Make Mine Magic Podcast includes discussion of the following:

intro / what we’re about / birthday trip / Hamburger Mary’s / AAA Travel / luggage tags / Raglan Road / Teppan Edo / Japan / Yak & Yeti / Be Our Guest / Via Napoli / Cape May Café / SciFi Dine-In / Anna and Elsa / slow mail / how Frozen should have ended / Hoppers / Frozen festivities / MagicBands / flights / fun Disney prep / TCM Cruise / suggestions / closing / packing tips /

Links:

Planning the Birthday Trip part 1

Hamburger Mary’s in Orlando

Hamburger Mary’s at French Fry Diary

AAA Travel

Raglan Road at French Fry Diary

Gail on Twitter

Yak & Yeti

Be Our Guest

Via Napoli

Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater

The GAR! Podcast

Jennifer’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast Family on Facebook

The Make Mine Magic Podcast on Pinterest

The Make Mine Magic Facebook Page

Videos:

How It Should Have Ended – Frozen

 

Make Mine Magic Podcast 43: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

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This week’s episode of The Make Mine Magic Podcast includes discussion of ‘planes, trains, and automobiles’ (but not the movie) and the following:

fun with adjectives / intro / what all is Disney / ESPN / Delsea Drive-In / Planes: Fire & Rescue / the Cars world / food at the drive-in / formula plot / characters / sound nostalgia / the trailer / Hotel Hell / Guardians of the Galaxy again / train to Disney / bathroom / time warp / dinner / counting golden arches / Monorail love / pilot no more / Monorail talk / Metastasis / the three lines / Walk Around the World / renting a car / Universal / Harry Potter and the Simpsons / returning the car / cool places to eat? / from NJ to FLA in the car / South of the Border / the trip / MagiQuest / our brand new Facebook page / closing /

Links:

Our Guardians of the Galaxy episode

Glenn on Planes: Fire & Rescue

And this happened just this past week…

The first Planes: Fire & Rescue trailer

Gordon Ramsey’s “Hotel Hell” at the Applegate River Lodge

Applegate River Lodge

Adam Warlock

Steak ‘n Shake at French Fry Diary

Hamburger Mary’s at French Fry Diary

South of the Border

MagiQuest

Jennifer’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast Family on Facebook

The Make Mine Magic Facebook Page

 

Make Mine Magic Podcast 41: Guardians of the Galaxy

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This week’s episode of The Make Mine Magic Podcast includes discussion of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the following:

Spooky intro / spoiler alert / the originals / the comics / Star-Lord / Gamora / Rocket Raccoon / Groot / Drax the Destroyer / Ronan the Accuser / the baddies / movie continuity / the Pepsi Syndrome / anti-continuity / the humor / “I am Groot” / Merle Dixon / Yondu / the Nova Corps / it’s got everything / the music / speculation / Nebula / Nathan Fillion / after-credits sequence / ratings / Jenn likes Groot / the great escape / Disney Infinity 2.0 / merchandising / closing /

Links:

Glenn on the original Guardians of the Galaxy

The GAR! Podcast

The Pepsi Syndrome

Glenn’s spoiler-free review at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s spoiler-filled review of Guardians of the Galaxy

Biff Bam Pop! Box Office Predictions

Biff Bam Pop! Box Office Wrap-Up Report

Jennifer’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast Family on Facebook

 

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Make Mine Magic Podcast 40: Planning the Birthday Trip

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This week’s episode of The Make Mine Magic Podcast includes discussion of the following:

Disney stuff / happy places / TCM Cruise / Art of Animation / Free Dining Plan / quick service vs. snack / breakfast in EPCOT / slammers and bums / early character buffet / bring back the Adventurers Club / Downtown Disney / dining reservations / FastPass and Magic Bands / Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster / birthday / closing /

Links:

TCM Cruise

Art of Animation episode of MMM

AAA Travel

Adventurers Club on MMM

Rich Voza

The GAR! Podcast

Jennifer’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast Family on Facebook

 

Make Mine Magic Podcast 38: More Disney Villains

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This week’s episode of The Make Mine Magic Podcast includes more discussion of the Disney Villains, and the following:

evil Glenn Walker / the ‘other’ villains / Gaston / Cinderella’s family / McLeach / Prince Hans in Frozen / Madame Medusa / Mother Gothel and Orange Is the New Black / Villains Unleashed / Oogie Boogie vs. Batman / Jungle Book gang villains / Pinocchio / Heffalumps and Woozles / Madam Mim / Ratatouille / Robin Hood / Headless Horseman / The Horned King / scaring children / ‘man’ / too many villains / next / Big Bad Wolf / odds and ends / what is Pete? / Stitch / Pixar villains / the Phantom Blot / who’s your favorite villain? / closing /

Links:

The first part of our Villains discussion

Disney Villains

List of Disney Villains

Our Frozen episode

Villains Unleashed

Our Pixar Theory discussion

The GAR! Podcast

Jennifer’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast Family on Facebook

Videos:

What the hell is Goofy?

 

Make Mine Magic Podcast 35: Maleficent Vs. Sleeping Beauty

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This week’s episode of The Make Mine Magic Podcast includes discussion of the films Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty, and the following:

controversial / pure evil / Glenn meets Maleficent / spoiler alert / backstory / two different stories / The Vampire Lestat / the secret origin / Superboy vs. Smallville / alignment reversal / political boundaries / the Three Good Fairies / typecasting / name changing / name prejudice / diluting the evil / Angelina Jolie / make-up! / sexist Glenn / Clive Barker’s Maleficent / the good stuff / DVD release / rating / Phillip’s no hero / annoying fairies / Elle Fanning / closing /

Links:

Jennifer’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast Family on Facebook

 

Make Mine Magic Podcast 32: X-Men: Days of Future Past

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This week’s episode of The Make Mine Magic Podcast includes discussion of the film X-Men: Days of Future Past, and the following:

Hugh Jackman’s butt / X-Men #141-142 / guest-starring Superman / comics to film / official spoiler warning / Marvel licensing / the Byrne/Claremont era / spin-offs / comics ads of 1980 / the plot / X-Men as history / the psychology of Magneto / Quicksilver / coolest commercial / power shortage / Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique / the action / happy endings / Stryker? / anti-origins / Mickey-heads / the Apocalypse afterburner /

Links:

Days of Future Past on Wikipedia

Glenn’s spoiler-filled Godzilla review

The Princess Episode

“The Flash” trailer at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s X-Men: Days of Future Past review

Jennifer’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast Family on Facebook

Videos:

The Quicksilver Carl’s Jr. (not Jack in the Box) commercial

Make Mine Magic Podcast 30: What Is Wrong with Beauty and the Beast?

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This week’s episode of The Make Mine Magic Podcast includes discussion of Beauty and the Beast, its ‘problems,’ and the following:

Beauty and the Beast / who is this guy? / the time problem / the enchantress / Belle likes jerks / it’s magic… we don’t have to explain it / the portrait / the rose / Chip / whose clothes? / the monster next door / Le Fou / Gaston / enchanted household items / the town / the mirror / “Be Our Guest” / snowball fight / King Adam? / the B word / Monsieur D’Arque / the hunter / magic cures all / the ugly prince / unnecessary analysis /

Links:

BuzzFeed’s 12 Questions Disney Forgot to Answer

The Pineland Players

Beauty and the Beast by The Pineland Players

30 Things You Didn’t Know

17 Curious and Unsettling Questions

10 Things That Still Bother Me

Answers to the 12 Questions

Jennifer’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast Family on Facebook

Videos:

“Be Our Guest”

 

Make Mine Magic Podcast 25: Pixar part 2

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This week’s episode of The Make Mine Magic Podcast includes discussion of Pixar, and the following:

no bicker zone / John Lasseter / Toy Story / rebellion against the humans / Toy Story 2 / A Bug’s Life / Monsters Inc. / Finding Nemo / park connections / The Incredibles / Cars / Ratatouille / Wall-E / Up / Toy Story 3 / Brave / Monsters University / coming soon / Newt / the Pixar shorts / closing /

Links:

Pixar

Glenn’s John Carter review

Glenn’s Finding Nemo review

Glenn’s Wall-E review

Glenn’s Up review

Glenn’s Brave review

Jennifer’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast Family on Facebook

Videos:

“Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me…”