Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 72 “Resetting the Mountain, Erasing the Saga”

• Introduction
  • Insights Into Entertainment: Episode 72 “Resetting the mountain, erasing the Saga”
  • My brilliant and beautiful co-host Michelle Whalen
    

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• Disney Detective
  • Disney announces major change to Splash Mountain ride after outcry
  • https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/media/splash-mountain-disney/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0HFpBg-kol3B3EsR6vdJnMwcbjew3SdwAi1E7YFC-9Cu7M0qKRMuui0yI
  • https://cnn.it/2VMKGuh 
    • Splash Mountain — one of Disney’s most popular but problematic rides — will be “completely reimagined,” the company announced on Thursday.
    • The log flume ride — which is based on the controversial 1946 film “Song of the South” — isn’t going anywhere. Instead, it will be rethemed to star the characters from the 2009 animated film, “The Princess and the Frog,” which features Disney’s first Black princess.
    • Splash Mountain has been a mainstay at Disney (DIS) parks since its creation in 1989. The new changes to the ride will be implemented at Disneyland park in California and Magic Kingdom park in Florida.
    • The move comes amid fans urging Disney to retheme Splash Mountain because of the racial stereotypes from the film it is based upon. “Song of the South” — which is best known for the song “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” — has long been criticized for its stereotypical and offensive portrayals of African Americans as well as a romanticized view of the antebellum South.
    • The film is so controversial that Disney has locked it away for decades — even keeping it off the extensive library of its new streaming service, Disney+.
    • More than 20,000 people signed an online petition on Change.org asking the company to change the ride’s theme from “Song of the South” to “Princess and the Frog.”
    • “While the ride is considered a beloved classic, its history and storyline are steeped in extremely problematic and stereotypical racist tropes,” the petition read. “There is a huge need for diversity in the parks and this could help fill that need.”
    • The recent Black Lives Matter protests sweeping across the nation have spurred deep conversation and introspection in Hollywood regarding depictions of race in popular culture. Films like “Gone with the Wind” and TV episodes that included the use of blackface have been re-evaluated or, in some cases, pulled.
    • Disney says the new Splash Mountain concept is “inclusive” and “one that all of our guests can connect with and be inspired by.”
    • “It speaks to the diversity of the millions of people who visit our parks each year,” Disney said on Thursday.
    • Disney added that the new ride — which the company has been working on since last year — will pick up the story of “Princess and the Frog” after “the final kiss” and will join Princess Tiana and her trumpet-playing alligator Louis “on a musical adventure.” It will feature “some of the powerful music from the film as they prepare for their first-ever Mardi Gras performance.”
    • “Tiana is a modern, courageous, and empowered woman, who pursues her dreams and never loses sight of what’s really important,” Disney said on Thursday. “It’s a great story with a strong lead character, set against the backdrop of New Orleans and the Louisiana bayou.”
    • Disney did not give a date for the new Splash Mountain, but noted that “conceptual design work is well underway.”
    • “Imagineers will soon be able to conduct preliminary reviews and develop a timeline for when the attraction transformation can begin,” the company said.
      • This isn’t the first time a ride has been rethemed… Mr Toad became Pooh… Alien Encounter became Stitch… Dreamflight became Buzz Lightyear..
  • Disneyland delays its July 17 reopening
  • https://www.cnet.com/health/disneyland-delays-its-july-17-reopening/?ftag=CAD-03-10abf2b&fbclid=IwAR008FdKHltn_BVosVMrgqGmPTNI0Bq6fEHjerHEmXdj-IZv95Ox1TkWkG0
  • https://cnet.co/2NWBVJW 
    • Disney has delayed the reopening of its Disneyland and California Adventure theme parks in Anaheim beyond the planned July 17 date. It comes as COVID-19 cases continue rising in the state of California. Disney said in a statement Wednesday that despite developing health and safety protocols similar to those accepted at its resorts in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Walt Disney World in Florida, California has not given its approval.
    • California will provide reopening guidelines for theme parks after July 4, Disney said, adding its tentative July 17 reopening date will be too soon after that.
    • “We have no choice but to delay the reopening of our theme parks and resort hotels until we receive approval from government officials,” Disney Parks tweeted. “Once we have a clearer understanding of when guidelines will be released, we expect to be able to communicate a reopening date.”
    • Disney Parks didn’t immediately respond to a request for additional comment.
    • Disneyland had announced two weeks ago that it would reopen on July 17, the park’s 65th anniversary. The theme park closed on March 15 due to the spread of the coronavirus. The phased reopening was planned to begin with the Downtown Disney shopping and dining district on July 9, followed by both theme parks — Disneyland and California Adventure — on July 17 and then the Grand Californian Hotel & Spa and Paradise Pier Hotel on July 23.
    • The Downtown Disney shopping and dining area will still reopen on July 9 in line with California’s restaurant and retail opening guidelines, Disney confirmed Wednesday. Disney said it has yet to negotiate agreements with its union to have cast members return to work in the theme parks.
    • The announcement of Disneyland’s planned reopening came as a surprise, given California’s state plan says the “highest risk” venues, like concert halls, convention centers, and sports arenas and stadiums, cannot reopen until “therapeutics have been developed.”
    • Disneyland Shanghai reopened May 11, followed by Hong Kong Disneyland on June 18. Disney plans to reopen Tokyo Disney on July 1, Walt Disney World on July 11 and Disneyland Paris on July 15.
    • COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, has rapidly spread across the globe. There are now over 9.4 million confirmed cases globally, with 2.4 million cases and over 121,000 deaths in the US, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. A vaccine may not arrive until 2021.
      
  • Disney Wins Lawsuit Battle Over FastPass Access
  • https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2549410/disney-wins-lawsuit-battle-of-fastpass-access?fbclid=IwAR2aRdr1zKjC6A0yyVX9hw5r3HS5jZ8988A4SCjs4gEDr9JscoiFaMLwSr8
  • https://bit.ly/2NWC00c 
    • Six years after first being sued over its Disability Access Service Card policy, Disney has officially won the case in federal court. A judge ruled the Mouse House does not have to grant immediate or unlimited access to rides at its theme parks. Instead, Disney’s preferred alternative of giving those with disabilities return times is acceptable.
    • The lawsuit was filed back in 2014 by Donna Lorman. She’s the head of the Autism Society of Greater Orlando, and she’s the mother of an adult son with autism. Lorman reportedly asked for 10 FastPasses to enter Magic Kingdom rides without having to wait in line. She said her son has troubles understanding the concept of time. Disney pushed back and said he could have three FastPasses (info on FastPasses here) like all other guests and could book return times to his desired attractions so he didn’t have to wait in line. Lorman later filed a lawsuit.
    • The case is the first of many similar ones brought against Disney following a change to its policies around access back in 2013. Previously the company allowed those with a Guest Assistance Card and their families to enter any FastPass lines they wanted an unlimited number of times. Unfortunately, this system produced a lot of unintended consequences. According to The Orlando Sentinel, people began producing counterfeit passes, and some people with disabilities were caught offering their services to guests at a fee in order to skip lines. Websites started detailing the exact steps people needed to take in order to lie and be given GAC cards, and wait lines for guests without the passes reportedly started increasing throughout the park.
    • During the trial, Disney said the average person with a Guest Assistance Card rode Toy Story Midway Mania, one of the most popular (and best) rides at Hollywood Studios/ Disneyland, ten times as often as guests without a pass. Lawyers for the company estimated that if it were to allow anyone with disabilities 10 FastPasses that it would greatly increase wait times for everyone else across the park. Lawyers for the company further argued that The Americans With Disabilities Act only requires they provide the same level of access as other customers.
    • US District Judge Anne Conway ultimately ruled that Disney did not need to give Lorman’s son special access. She concluded it was “unreasonable” for such accommodations to be expected and said Disney can pursue a judgment for its legal fees if it chooses. It’s unclear whether lawyers will do that, and it’s also unclear what may happen now to the other 60 or so similar cases from other people with disabilities who asked for special accommodations that were denied.
    • Ultimately, Disney wants as many guests to attend its theme parks and have a good time as possible. Sometimes that involves changing the rules for certain guests to make their experience more inclusive, but as the judge in this case ruled, sometimes that also involves drawing a line somewhere. Of course, for any of this to matter, we need to get guests back into Disney Parks safely, whenever that might be. Expect to see changes, but hopefully, the same spirit and sense of wonder will still be there.
      

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• Star Wars Insights
  • Star Wars: Mark Hamill Reveals His Pseudonyms for Rogue One and Solo Cameos
  • https://comicbook.com/movies/news/star-wars-mark-hamill-rogue-one-solo-cameos-fake-name-revealed/?fbclid=IwAR1x-DyaRO7BaejcDml-Uz4qDm9j6cBMnui334KOdwmqXosGhp9xPz_ZPiE
  • https://bit.ly/3eXCxuM 
    • The season finale of Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian revealed that Mark Hamill had a vocal cameo as the droid EV-9D9 in the series, with the actor going on to confirm on social media that he has had vocal cameos in all Star Wars films from Disney, as he most recently revealed that his secret pseudonym for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story was “William M. Patrick.” The actor himself didn’t reveal which characters he voiced, as that credit only appears in the “additional voices” section of the credits, with fans surely being able to identify the cameos if the specific characters were credited to this fake name.
      • “It was never about billing (L-[Rogue One] R-[Solo]) or salary,” Hamill shared on Twitter. “It was for fun & the fans & because I❤️#EasterEggs! I misremembered my pseudonym as ‘Patrick Williams’-It was actually ‘William M. Patrick’ (for my older & younger brothers) I’m not telling what the M. stands for.”
    • Fans might have first met Hamill as Luke Skywalker back in Star Wars: A New Hope, but once his time in the galaxy far, far away seemingly concluded after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, the actor began to pursue a career as a voice actor and brought a number of iconic characters to life, most famously the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series. With audiences knowing he was reprising his role of Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, some noticed that Hamill lent his voice to Dobbu Scay and Boolio in those films, respectively.
      
  • New ‘Star Wars’ Book Hints There Was Only One Jedi Who Could Have Stopped The Empire
  • https://brobible.com/culture/article/star-wars-book-jedi-stop-palpatine-quin-gon-jinn/?fbclid=IwAR1G2ZqlU-clRAq9MU2T-Y8Ktk-elNu2dFoRUgZs9nH83Untjbu329b6VAU
  • https://bit.ly/2VNBNR8 
    • While Qui-Gon only appeared in one Star Wars film, he was still one of the most influential characters to ever appear in the franchise, as a recent hint from a new Star Wars book seems to indicate he was the only Jedi with the ability to stop Palpatine’s wicked scheme.
      • E.K. Johnston’s new book Queen’s Peril has just supported that assertion. The bulk of the story is set immediately prior to The Phantom Menace, although it then retells the film from the perspective of Padmé and her handmaidens. There are a number of interludes, however, and one shows Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice poring over the taxation bills being brought before the Republic Senate. These were orchestrated by Darth Sidious in order to engineer the Trade Federation’s invasion of Naboo and his ascension to the position of Chancellor. It seems Qui-Gon sensed there was something odd about this legislation, and he and Obi-Wan were looking through every detail in order to figure it out. No doubt that explains why Qui-Gon was the Jedi sent to Naboo when the Trade Federation invaded; he was already familiar with the pertinent issues.
      • It’s becoming clear Qui-Gon Jinn was a unique Jedi. He was the only member of the Old Jedi Order sensitive enough to the living Force to understand what was coming, and he knew enough to be watching political affairs with real concern. It’s unclear whether Palpatine truly understood the scale of Qui-Gon’s threat, or whether it was just his good fortune that Darth Maul killed Qui-Gon before being cut down by Obi-Wan Kenobi.
    • This revelation tracks with recent comments from The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian director Dave Filoni, who says that the beloved lightsaber between Qui-Gon and Darth Maul truly was a “Duel of the Fates” (which is the name of the iconic Episode 1 score), as he argues that had Qui-Gon won that duel, he would have been able to save the soul of Anakin Skywalker.
      
  • Wild rumor has it that Disney will “erase” the Star Wars sequel trilogy from canon
  • https://winteriscoming.net/2020/07/01/star-wars-sequel-trilogy-disney-erase-canon-last-jedi-rise-of-skywalker/?fbclid=IwAR0PMh_9SHPnM-mzGJVHR4FbyVpkjLpSGZlFacaIGLCCUreWc3jUR45Z598
  • https://bit.ly/2C8jNtH 

• So…the Star Wars sequel trilogy came to an end this past December with The Rise of Skywalker. Both Rise and its predecessor, The Last Jedi, were incredibly divisive among the fans, with review bombs and internet whinging aplenty.
• Enter YouTuber Overlord DVD, who previously got ahold of some accurate Rise of Skywalker spoilers. In a new video, he claims that Disney is going to scrub the sequel trilogy from canon, cordoning it off in its own alternate universe. According to Overlord DVD’s sources, “LucasFilm realizes they have a massive problem on their hands, that the Star Wars franchise is all but dead,” so a big change it needed.
• Now, before we go any further, this sounds pretty ridiculous from the jump. The Star Wars franchise is “all but dead”? This is the same franchise that has, like, 30 shows airing on or coming to Disney+, from The Mandalorian to the Obi-Wan Kenobi show to the Cassian Andor show and probably more? The franchise where Taika Waititi is directing a new Star Wars movie? The one that sells several aircraft carriers worth of merch every day? Look, I know that the final two prequel movies got a lot of backlash but they both made over $1 billion at the box office. I dunno if this is a franchise in desperate change of change.
• Anyway, according to Overlord DVD, the series will undergo “a massive reset.” Plot-wise, this will be achieved by making use of a concept introduced in the animated spinoff Star Wars Rebels: the Veil of The Force, “a mystical dimension of The Force that connects all time and space.”
• I’ll let Overlord DVD explain how this plays into the supposed reset:
  • Emperor Palpatine had a room on the second Death Star called The Room of Mirrors. The mirrors were created by The Emperor prior to the Death Star through the Dark Side using ancient Sith rituals. These mirrors linked to the Veil of The Force served many purposes. Using them, Palpatine could manipulate The Force in many ways to further his aims. For example, the use of the mirrors allowed Palpatine to cloud the Jedi Council to conceal himself and his dark apprentices from the Jedi and from Force-sensitives that followed their fall.
• Using the mirrors allowed Palpatine to access the awesome powers of the Veil of The Force. They were indispensable tools that allowed him to rise to the pinnacle of ultimate power. It is this conceit that explains how Palpatine survived Darth Vader throwing him down the shaft in the throne room of the Death Star. In desperation as he fell, Palpatine opened a portal to the Veil of The Force and entered it. This explains why Palpatine is in such a damaged state in the Rise of Skywalker, as transporting himself into the Veil without the aid of the mirrors drained him and damaged him severely.
• And then, if I’m understanding this right, the Emperor created a second set of mirrors on the Sith planet of Exegol. To stop it, someone could enter the “Veil of Mirrors” and wait for Palpatine to arrive, the Veil being “a mystical dimension where in all times collide.” This, somehow, means the Star Wars sequel trilogy will be “consign[ed] to its own alternate timeline forever” as “Palpatine enters the Veil and never gets back to Exegol…[The Emperor] is prevented from using the mirrors to return, he dies as he was intended to [in Return of the Jedi], and ‘Bob’s your uncle’ and all our problems are solved.”
• Now, if you read that and think it makes no sense, then you and I have something in common. Wouldn’t it be ironic if Disney obliterated the Star Wars sequel trilogy, which fans criticized for featuring muddled storylines, with a plot turn more muddled than anything that had come before?
• Anyway, as proof of the idea, Doomclock DVD cites a scene from The Rise of Skywalker where Rey confronts her dark self in a room where there may also be a mirror. So…checkmate?
• “Well, my friends, this is your glimpse into the Veil of The Force,” Doomcock continues. “Literally anything is possible here as branching alternate realities converge and diverge in that mystical dimension. What is glimpsed in those mirrors is an alternate version of Rey, and lurking within the Veil are alternate versions of Palpatine, alternate versions of Luke, alternate versions of Han. Somewhere in the multiverse may even lie a version of the Disney sequels that didn’t suck and didn’t outrage and alienate a huge section of the Star Wars fandom, but for now the best we can hope for is using the Veil of The Force to obliterate the Disney sequels banishing them to their own little funhouse mirror in the vast hall of mirrors Multiverse to be forgotten as the substandard garbage they are.”
• If you can’t tell from the way I’ve written this article, I’m heartily suspicious of all of this. It seems less like a news report and more like fan wishes born of rage. It’s worth noting that, in his video, Doomclock uses an image of Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, largely seen as the architect of the sequel trilogy, made to look like Emperor Palpatine, so it’s pretty clear where his biases lie.

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• Entertainment News
  • ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Fans Should Be Happy This MCU Star Will Not Appear on ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Season 7
  • https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/avengers-endgame-fans-should-be-happy-this-mcu-star-will-not-appear-on-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-season-7.html/?fbclid=IwAR1bGaLPfZYhjEQ9Nj9EgH8dkrPG4JrT8QZsXB8Gy9O3uHLYjO4yV8KRwfU
  • https://bit.ly/2W23XIz 
    • With Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. winding down on ABC, fans are wondering if any of the show’s characters will make their way into the movies. After all, Marvel film and television are working together for the first time. So the Marvel Cinematic Universe feels primed for some epic cross-overs.
    • This being Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s final season, MCU fans might expect the show to hew more closely to its big-screen roots. Alas, at least one MCU star — most recently featured in Avengers: Endgame — has confirmed she won’t be popping up in the show’s final episodes.
    • Much like Avengers: Endgame, the final season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. hinges on time travel. Because of that, some fans believe the show is gearing up to follow the movie’s example and visit the Battle of New York. After all, Clark Gregg’s Phil Coulson was killed by Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in 2012’s The Avengers. So far that hasn’t been the case.
    • However, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has taken advantage of this opportunity to bring Enver Gjokaj’s Daniel Sousa back from the short-lived Agent Carter TV series. Gjokaj stars as a fellow agent harboring a serious crush on Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell). While Sousa has referenced Carter, Atwell has spoken out about whether her character shows up too.
    • While engaging with fans on Instagram (via ComicBook.com), Atwell shut down any speculation about whether she would make a cameo in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7. After a fan said they hoped to see her on the show, the actress responded with a simple “no.”
    • In 2014, Atwell appeared in two episodes of season 2. The very next year, Agent Carter began its two-season run on ABC. Atwell, however, has been a constant presence throughout the movies. She made her MCU debut in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger opposite Chris Evans.
    • Some fans might be disappointed that Atwell won’t be returning to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. However, those who enjoyed the way her storyline wrapped up in Avengers: Endgame should be happy. After all, her connection to Evans’ Steve Rogers has been definitively resolved. Or has it?
    • At the end of Avengers: Endgame, an older Captain America returns to pass the shield over to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie). Though he refuses to discuss his wedding ring, fans see a flashback in which Cap finally settled down with Peggy Carter. They finally get their oft-teased dance.
    • This moment has proven so divisive that even the folks behind the movie can’t agree on its implications. Directors Joe and Anthony Russo maintain that Cap created a new timeline when he stayed with Peggy. Meanwhile, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely believe he was always the mysterious man she married after Cap’s own 1940s disappearance.
    • In addition to retaining Cap and Peggy’s long-awaited happily ever after, keeping her off of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. retains this mystery. If fans want to imagine history has always had two Caps out there, they can still do so. But those who prefer the new timeline angle likely don’t have to worry their interpretation will be clarified out of existence either. Everyone wins.
  • Disney World Rival Isn’t Likely to Cancel Halloween Horror Nights
  • https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/06/21/disney-world-rival-isnt-likely-to-cancel-halloween.aspx?fbclid=IwAR3oS-L5K9rGnZSMdnvcklz5piR4M-pk5TbAfsvFTudHQq7bEDZDrAuuvs0
  • https://bit.ly/2ZAX69L 
    • Disney (NYSE: DIS) stunned park fans by announcing that it’s canceling Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party this year, its annual premium-priced event that takes place across three dozen nights at its Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida. All eyes are now turning to Disney World rival Universal Orlando to see what it plans to do with its more intense Halloween Horror Nights event.
    • Let’s not assume that Comcast’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Universal Orlando will follow Disney’s lead. Halloween Horror Nights is still likely to happen this year, even if the optics aren’t kind with COVID-19 cases soaring in Florida. Let’s go over some of the reasons why Comcast is going to try everything it can to get its signature seasonal event off the ground in 2020.
    • It’s never too early for Halloween if you’re Disney. Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party was set to start on Aug. 13 this year, four weeks before Comcast’s rival event kicks off its 2020 run. It only makes sense that Disney World would be the first to cancel its event. 
    • It’s worth noting that Disneyland in California has its own Halloween event. Its Oogie Boogie Bash is smaller in scale than its Disney World production, but it has yet to be officially canceled, partly because it has historically started in mid-September.
    • A lot of the things that make people pay as much as $135 a ticket for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party just aren’t feasible in the new normal. Disney has temporarily canceled all fireworks, parades, and meet-and-greet experiences, three cornerstones for its Halloween-themed soiree. 
    • Without those three elements, what would Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party be? No one is paying three figures for trick-or-treat stations and experiencing the same rides they can check out during the day. The party should be back next year, as long as the climate is safe for fireworks, parades, and personal character interactions.
    • Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights is a different kind of beast. There are no parades or fireworks. Live shows are already taking place at Comcast’s theme parks in Florida with social distancing measures, so that’s good to go. There will be special precautions to take on tackling the 10 or so soundstage scare mazes that make up the heart of the event. The open-air scare zones will also require some distance between the patrons and performers. It won’t be ideal, but it’s certainly more feasible in the normal than Disney World’s seasonal event.
    • Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is a big money maker for the House of Mouse, but there are so many other things happening at Disney World to grease its coffers. It’s alive with festivals throughout the year and several early morning and late night premium events at the parks. Halloween Horror Nights is the major upcharge event at Universal Orlando. It would be a big financial hit for Comcast if it has to forgo the ticket sales, concessions, lodging packages, premium tours, and expedited queue passes it sells for the nearly two-month event. 
    • This also isn’t a decision about just the money it would not make. Its priciest annual passes include a complimentary ticket to Halloween Horror Nights every year. Universal Orlando has already temporarily eliminated the valet parking perk that comes with those passes, and shorter summertime hours than usual are also eating into the pass benefit of access to expedited queues after 4 p.m. every day. If it has to nix Halloween Horror Nights too, it will probably have to refund some of the money it has already collected for those annual passes. 
    • This is also a big milestone for the event, as Halloween Horror Nights turns 30 this year. COVID-19 will naturally trump 30 birthday candles to blow out, but it’s one more reason why Comcast is likely to bend the event to make it work with the current safeguards than blow it off completely until 2021.
    • Disney and Comcast are media stocks with a lot more to their businesses than theme parks, and they can both survive even with shuttered gated attractions. However, Comcast’s reputation has more riding on Halloween Horror Nights as a successful annual rite than Disney has for any of its seasonal events. If Florida coronavirus cases continue to spike, the cancelation will be inevitable, but for now expect Halloween Horror Nights to remain on track to happen in three months.

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• Insightful Picks
  • Michelle
    • The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
    • https://www.netflix.com/title/81274609
      • With rare footage and candid interviews, this documentary details the serendipitous pairing of legendary rock band Queen and powerhouse Adam Lambert.
      • The documentary film first released on April 29, 2019, in the US on ABC.
      • The two-hour documentary follows Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor plus singer Adam Lambert in their incredible collaboration of the last decade.
      • The film includes rare concert footage, interviews with the trio, Lambert’s parents, Simon Cowell and Bohemian Rhapsody’s Freddie Mercury star Rami Malek.
        
  • Joe
    • World War II in HD
    • History Channel
    • https://www.history.com/shows/wwii-in-hd
      • WWII in HD is the first-ever World War II documentary presented in full, immersive HD color. Culled from thousands of hours of lost and rare color archival footage gathered from a worldwide search through basements and archives, WWII in HD will change the way the world sees this defining conflict. Using footage never before seen by most Americans–converted to HD for unprecedented clarity—viewers will experience the war as if they were actually there, surrounded by the real sights and sounds of the battlefields. Along the way they’ll meet a diverse group of soldiers whose wartime diaries and journals show in visceral detail what the war was really like.

• This visually astonishing landmark series presents the story of World War II through the eyes of 12 Americans who experienced the war firsthand. Viewers will hear the story of Army nurse June Wandrey, who served from the beginning of the war in North Africa to the liberation of the camps in Germany. They will meet Shelby Westbrook, a young African American from Toledo, who became a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen; Jimmie Kanaya, the son of Japanese immigrants, who served in the U.S. Army and was imprisoned in Europe; and Jack Werner, a Jewish émigré who escaped from Austria before the war and wound up fighting not against Hitler and the hated Nazis, but in the Pacific Theater.
  

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apparently aren’t neither of those today

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nope we’re hello happy Father’s Day

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thank you thank you sweetheart that how

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you doing today very tired yeah I don’t

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know I don’t know if it’s the heat or

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lack of something and that would be why

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we are recording a daily because you

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passed out around the time of record

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yesterday yeah I I at like what 10:30

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after I had gone grocery shopping at the

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the Amish farmers market I came home and

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I’m like I’m gonna go take a nap

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thinking oh it’ll be like 20 minute nap

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no it was two hours yeah yeah so much

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for that yeah well we had you know big

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plans or anything well that’s a sign of

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the times I guess yeah so we do have a

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busy show today yeah and our Disney

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detective will be talking about the

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unions at Disneyland seeking to delay

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the park reopening for safety reasons

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then Disney cancels their hang their

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Halloween party which we didn’t plan on

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going to this year but we’ve been to

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many times then Disney World is testing

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their new hands-off security bug check

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down at Disney Springs

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this is actually kind of interesting

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throwing some technology at a practical

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problem yeah in our Star Wars insights

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more bad news

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cancellation of celebration so not that

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we were playing

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stuff and then a little kind of

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behind-the-scenes information on what

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Adam driver had planned for the

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backstory for kylo Ren which I thought

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was kind of an interesting Lola

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sidenote then in our entertainment news

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the Oscars have been pushed back with

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some changes to their eligibility and

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all the way down there

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San Diego comic-con they’re doing a

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virtual convention in July so that

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should be interesting and then we will

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wrap up with our insightful picks of the

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week

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are we ready let’s do this all righty go

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for Disney detective so Disneyland

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employees unions are asking the state to

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delay the parks expected reopening in

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July out of concerns for health and

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safety so the reopening is planned in

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phases with Downtown Disney opening on

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July 9th and the theme parks starting to

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open its gates on July 17th so the

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Coalition of resort labor unions which

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is about a dozen different labor groups

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representing some 17,000 workers wrote

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to the governor asking for a delay in

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the reopening they basically said

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unfortunately despite extensive talks

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with the company we are not yet

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convinced that it is safe to reopen the

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parks on Disney’s rapid timeline so the

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group did praised Disney for some of its

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measures such as paying the workers

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salary and benefits for a time after the

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closure and for coming up with plans to

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take the temperature of workers as they

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are entering the workplace but they also

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feel that there are some issues that are

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still unresolved such as plans for

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testing so Disney had released a

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detailed plan to protect the health of

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the workers as well as the park guests

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and according to the Disneyland website

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you know basically the same measures

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that we’ve been hearing about is the

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mandatory face coverings for cast

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members and gas

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the addition of hand-washing stations

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and physical barriers throughout the

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resort where appropriate reduced

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capacity to ensure the physical

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distancing appropriate signs added to

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help guests move through the resort

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temperature checks for guests prior to

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entering the theme parks in the Downtown

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Disney district daily health screenings

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and temperature checks for cast members

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the expansion of mobile ordering

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throughout the Disneyland app using

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Apple pay and and other options and then

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the enhanced cleaning and sanitation

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throughout the resort so as of right now

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they haven’t delayed any of the opening

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they’ve obviously placed their concern

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for it but you know they’re still going

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you know going on as planned at this

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point in time

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so are they citing specific concerns

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that they have about these measures

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because I think there’s some pretty

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extensive

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it’s really more with with the testing

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of employees I think that’s kind of

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where you know where they they didn’t

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say anything about you know we’re gonna

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offer testing and maybe that’s that one

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you know gray area you know is this

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that’s out there is this testing for

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kovat or Fork Ovid antibodies because I

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know the two different tasks one’s much

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more available right yeah there’s

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nothing the article didn’t didn’t

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mention you know and it and again it

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Disney didn’t come out and say no we’re

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gonna you know halt anything so as of

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right now everything is you know still

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ago now how important or how involved I

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guess are the unions and up in Anaheim

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is everything at Disney unionized well

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you figure it’s 17,000 workers you know

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total are covered so I’m sure there’s

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probably a number of but that’s among

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all theme parks out there though right

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yes so I’m guessing you know depending

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on your level you know of employee

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with the parkour what you do right yeah

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I just think it’s just interesting

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because we’ve not heard a lot from from

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unionized workers for Disney in the

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United States usually we’ve seen this

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over right we saw this in France with

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everything that we up there right so

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interesting yeah we’ll see if it

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actually holds things up I know

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California is a bit more strict on their

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their reopening requirements too right

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right that’s why it’s taken them you

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know as long to open up so so tell us

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about the unfortunate Halloween party

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yeah so this was kind of sad but again

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not many people were you know surprised

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by it so Walt Disney World Resort has

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officially cancelled all Mickey’s

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not-so-scary Halloween parties for 2020

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so here was a statement that was posted

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on the Disney parks blog it said while

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assessing another fall special event

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Mickey’s not-so-scary Halloween party we

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determined that many of its hallmarks

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the stage shows parades and fireworks

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are unable to take place in this new

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unprecedented environment with that in

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mind we have made the difficult decision

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to cancel this year’s Mickey’s

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not-so-scary Halloween party

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additionally Disney’s h2o glow Knights

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the nighttime special ticket event at

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Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon will not take

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place for the remainder of 2020 guests

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who have already bought tickets to these

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events will be assisted with refunds

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over the coming weeks so again not

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really a surprise because again a big

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part of the Halloween party besides

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getting candy and trick-or-treating and

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everybody wearing costumes is the

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special parade that they do the special

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fireworks the special stage shows the

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special character meet and greets which

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is all stuff that they’re holding off

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doing you know probably for the rest of

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this year more than likely you know so

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you’re not going to see any of that

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stuff being done so

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so let me ask you as someone who

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obviously we go to Disney yeah sometimes

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multiple times a year we’ve been there a

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number of times you’ve been there more

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times than I think you know Mickey Mouse

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has no nice try how does this how do you

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feel about this how do you feel about

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the fact that they continue and with

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justifiable reason but they continue to

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lop off different services that are the

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appeal of Disney like how does that make

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you feel about wanting to go back down

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again I don’t know I think you need to

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have and I think this is something just

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in general you need to have something to

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look forward to you need to have some

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sort of hope that things are gonna get

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back to normal here in New Jersey

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starting tomorrow you know dentists

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offices and doctors offices are starting

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to afford well I’m just saying

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dentist you know hair salons nail salons

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you know are starting to open the

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restaurants are starting to open but

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just for outside seating you know it’s

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been since the middle of March that’s

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yeah that’s a really long time when when

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you think about it that we’ve all been

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you know in protected so let me play

0:11:01.029,0:11:08.380
devil’s advocate I say as of the

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reporting yesterday 19 states are seeing

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their infection rates right go up some

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double what they’ve been seeing right

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and laura de being among and part of

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that is because things are opening up

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but people aren’t doing it the right way

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like you had mentioned you know the

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other day there’s a restaurant that you

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pass on your way home from work where

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they took up part of their parking lot

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area and made you know an outside

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restaurant and nobody was social

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distancing everybody was right on top of

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each other that’s not the way you do it

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whereas you know I mentioned to you when

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I went out yesterday one of the local

0:11:46.660,0:11:51.459
diners that’s near the the farmers

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market they had an area set up

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it was all fenced in so you couldn’t get

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to it without going in a certain area

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and they had picnic tables set up and

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they were all six feet maybe even more

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away from each other so it was nice and

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spread out even the Amish market that

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has a restaurant they had a little area

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set up obviously not you know they

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couldn’t fit the same capacity that they

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could in the restaurant and we know that

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that you know the Amish market

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restaurant you know it’s a fire hazard

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probably because you have everybody on

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top of everybody you know there’s a way

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to do it and to do it right we even saw

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it when we went down to Ocean City a

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couple of weeks ago how many you know

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how many people weren’t wearing masks

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now granted most people were keeping

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their distance from everybody like even

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when we were sitting on the benches you

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know that were kind of you know under

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one of the pavilions most people were

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kind of keeping their distance but not

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everybody was wearing a mask that’s I

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think the biggest thing is there’s a way

0:12:59.499,0:13:05.769
to do it and to do it smart and not

0:13:02.649,0:13:09.399
everybody is doing it the smart way and

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I think that’s the thing you know and

0:13:09.399,0:13:14.529
it’ll be interesting to see what Disney

0:13:12.459,0:13:18.879
does is Disney gonna you know really

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police because I’ve heard you know back

0:13:18.879,0:13:24.129
and forth things from people that have

0:13:20.470,0:13:26.019
gone to Universal where the majare the

0:13:24.129,0:13:28.559
people are wearing masks every now and

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then you do see somebody without and

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unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be

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enough cast members walking around to

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enforce it I have a feeling Disney being

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Disney is gonna be a little bit harder

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on it and basically say if you don’t

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wear a mask you don’t come in it’s our

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house it’s our rules if you can’t abide

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by it there’s the door

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well we’ll say I mean they I think right

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now that’s kind of the attitude we have

0:13:52.839,0:13:58.649
it’s a very much wait-and-see attitude

0:13:55.089,0:14:01.660
to see where Disney takes this and how

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strict they enforce it like I would love

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for us to go back down like we did this

0:14:05.379,0:14:09.429
last year and go down around

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Christmastime and and be there because

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we you know we only did the one park and

0:14:13.149,0:14:17.289
it was rather crowded because it was

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Christmas Eve and and also it was

0:14:17.289,0:14:21.759
Hollywood studios because of galaxy’s

0:14:19.749,0:14:24.849
edge and things like that I want to see

0:14:21.759,0:14:27.759
what they’re doing for the rides because

0:14:24.849,0:14:30.549
obviously we know there’s going to be

0:14:27.759,0:14:34.389
limited people in the park but what are

0:14:30.549,0:14:36.129
you doing virtual cues for the majority

0:14:34.389,0:14:40.809
of the rod are you allowing more people

0:14:36.129,0:14:42.879
to have fast passes so again not a lot

0:14:40.809,0:14:45.609
of people are waiting on well on rides

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we have not really heard a lot of what

0:14:45.609,0:14:53.739
they’re doing down there now with the

0:14:47.519,0:14:56.769
reservations in the park and the no food

0:14:53.739,0:14:58.629
plans and you know right my concern is

0:14:56.769,0:15:01.569
that there’s just so many restrictions

0:14:58.629,0:15:04.899
right now on what you can do right if

0:15:01.569,0:15:06.399
you can get in the park okay but they’re

0:15:04.899,0:15:08.559
still charging the same amount of money

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right and that’s where we were talking

0:15:08.559,0:15:14.350
about this you know the other night is

0:15:11.019,0:15:16.869
they really should be giving some sort

0:15:14.350,0:15:19.629
of discount to you and that was the

0:15:16.869,0:15:21.100
thing if you remember when the Park

0:15:19.629,0:15:23.739
first closed and there were people that

0:15:21.100,0:15:26.109
had upcoming reservations you know they

0:15:23.739,0:15:28.329
were offering you to cancel but in a lot

0:15:26.109,0:15:31.509
of cases they were pushing out your

0:15:28.329,0:15:32.829
reservation to later in the year and for

0:15:31.509,0:15:34.839
a lot of people that were having their

0:15:32.829,0:15:37.689
reservation pushed out they were getting

0:15:34.839,0:15:40.899
a free dining plan as as an upgrade like

0:15:37.689,0:15:42.459
ooh and then of course you find out that

0:15:40.899,0:15:44.769
they do away with it so now you’re like

0:15:42.459,0:15:48.039
alright so for that you should give me

0:15:44.769,0:15:51.639
like 50% off like and and think about

0:15:48.039,0:15:55.509
like the the cruise lines and the

0:15:51.639,0:15:57.519
airlines that are doing dirt-cheap you

0:15:55.509,0:16:00.129
know reservations and things like that

0:15:57.519,0:16:02.079
I’m surprised Disney has I’m sure

0:16:00.129,0:16:03.459
there’s something well cuz I think I

0:16:02.079,0:16:05.529
think actually that was one of the

0:16:03.459,0:16:08.349
articles I did remember seeing something

0:16:05.529,0:16:11.289
about if you did have the dining plan

0:16:08.349,0:16:13.689
and since they are taking that away you

0:16:11.289,0:16:16.059
were gonna get some sort of percentage

0:16:13.689,0:16:19.160
off of your hotel room right well give

0:16:16.059,0:16:21.860
me a percentage off of my park ticket

0:16:19.160,0:16:24.530
at that point well cuz that’s the thing

0:16:21.860,0:16:26.540
they’re not robbing you of your resort

0:16:24.530,0:16:28.610
experience you can still get the same

0:16:26.540,0:16:31.630
resort experience right they’re robbing

0:16:28.610,0:16:33.980
me of my parking area so if I’m getting

0:16:31.630,0:16:35.960
70% of the park experience that I should

0:16:33.980,0:16:38.270
be getting I should be paying 70% of

0:16:35.960,0:16:41.630
what the park ticket is right and and

0:16:38.270,0:16:44.930
like I said for for us I think what we

0:16:41.630,0:16:49.100
did this past December when we went down

0:16:44.930,0:16:52.340
I wouldn’t mind repeating that vacation

0:16:49.100,0:16:55.250
plan do a couple days at Walt Disney

0:16:52.340,0:16:58.280
World Resort maybe do a park maybe not

0:16:55.250,0:17:01.460
there’s again enough going on that you

0:16:58.280,0:17:03.260
don’t necessarily need to spend all the

0:17:01.460,0:17:06.680
day in the park just to actually have a

0:17:03.260,0:17:09.740
relaxing vacation do a couple days at

0:17:06.680,0:17:12.650
Vero Beach yeah you know cuz that was

0:17:09.740,0:17:15.949
very enjoyable we you know and that’s it

0:17:12.650,0:17:18.530
like yeah if we avoid the part of the

0:17:15.949,0:17:21.050
park that is really what’s being

0:17:18.530,0:17:25.720
affected by this whole thing will

0:17:21.050,0:17:27.980
probably have an enjoyable time yeah but

0:17:25.720,0:17:31.730
there’s things of the park that we want

0:17:27.980,0:17:36.740
to do absolutely that’s its yeah I don’t

0:17:31.730,0:17:38.840
think I feel comfortable for at least a

0:17:36.740,0:17:41.720
couple of months it you know let’s let

0:17:38.840,0:17:44.660
the park open let’s see how the guests

0:17:41.720,0:17:47.360
are that’s really who it is it’s not I

0:17:44.660,0:17:48.860
know the park itself and the the cast

0:17:47.360,0:17:50.750
members are gonna do an excellent job

0:17:48.860,0:17:53.870
doing what they have to do

0:17:50.750,0:17:56.030
it’s what’s the mentality of the other

0:17:53.870,0:17:57.860
guests and this was a story that I was I

0:17:56.030,0:18:00.170
was telling you guys last night at

0:17:57.860,0:18:02.990
dinner there was a friend of mine who is

0:18:00.170,0:18:05.600
a travel agent and she posted a rant on

0:18:02.990,0:18:07.430
Facebook because other travel agents

0:18:05.600,0:18:09.530
were saying oh if you walk around with a

0:18:07.430,0:18:11.960
drink in your hand you don’t have to

0:18:09.530,0:18:13.400
wear your mask so just you know have an

0:18:11.960,0:18:14.300
empty cup and walk around then you won’t

0:18:13.400,0:18:16.580
have to wear a mask

0:18:14.300,0:18:20.030
and it was kind of like really you need

0:18:16.580,0:18:22.550
to buck the system well where is it with

0:18:20.030,0:18:24.290
a buck the handicap right exactly here

0:18:22.550,0:18:26.240
I’ll get you a note from a doctor so

0:18:24.290,0:18:28.910
that you can get you know all your fast

0:18:26.240,0:18:30.700
passes so that’s that’s what I wanted

0:18:28.910,0:18:33.040
roads and for everyone else

0:18:30.700,0:18:36.160
and that’s what I want to see how Disney

0:18:33.040,0:18:39.100
handles the jerks that are trying to do

0:18:36.160,0:18:41.610
that if everybody’s going there and 90%

0:18:39.100,0:18:45.280
of people are wearing masks I’d feel

0:18:41.610,0:18:47.470
better about going sure you know going

0:18:45.280,0:18:50.020
there well the one thing that Disney is

0:18:47.470,0:18:52.590
improving is the security check you know

0:18:50.020,0:18:54.940
so tell us about the new hands-off

0:18:52.590,0:18:57.220
security bags yes so this is something

0:18:54.940,0:18:59.410
that they’ve started doing at Disney

0:18:57.220,0:19:03.630
springs they’re testing a new security

0:18:59.410,0:19:06.070
scanner technology with guests that is

0:19:03.630,0:19:10.990
contactless and it’s basically a

0:19:06.070,0:19:13.510
full-body scanner powered by the Evolve

0:19:10.990,0:19:16.810
technology and it is set to screen

0:19:13.510,0:19:19.090
guests quickly and safely if implemented

0:19:16.810,0:19:21.730
at the Disney parks the technology could

0:19:19.090,0:19:24.160
help drastically decrease the wait times

0:19:21.730,0:19:25.930
at the theme park checkpoints guests

0:19:24.160,0:19:29.020
would no longer have to open their bags

0:19:25.930,0:19:31.120
to have Disney security check them so

0:19:29.020,0:19:34.270
the company states that with these new

0:19:31.120,0:19:35.910
scanners they can check over 3,600

0:19:34.270,0:19:38.170
people per hour

0:19:35.910,0:19:40.630
visitors basically can walk through

0:19:38.170,0:19:42.760
side-by-side or in a group and the

0:19:40.630,0:19:45.490
scanners are made to detect guns and

0:19:42.760,0:19:47.320
other types of weapons and the system is

0:19:45.490,0:19:49.300
made to display where there is a

0:19:47.320,0:19:52.510
potential threat on a person’s body or

0:19:49.300,0:19:56.110
in their bag to security the security

0:19:52.510,0:19:58.380
members in real time so they got to see

0:19:56.110,0:20:01.090
this you know in action and basically

0:19:58.380,0:20:03.850
the Disney security cast members are

0:20:01.090,0:20:07.420
watching the tablet as people pass

0:20:03.850,0:20:09.610
through the system is also supposed to

0:20:07.420,0:20:12.010
be smart enough to distinguish person

0:20:09.610,0:20:15.460
personal items such as phones wallets

0:20:12.010,0:20:17.560
and non-threatening items and that the

0:20:15.460,0:20:19.420
scanner can actually check the

0:20:17.560,0:20:21.490
temperature of guests as they walk

0:20:19.420,0:20:23.320
through so here you’d be able to have

0:20:21.490,0:20:26.320
your temperature checked and your bags

0:20:23.320,0:20:29.290
checked all in one shot without anybody

0:20:26.320,0:20:31.590
actually having to touch you and it

0:20:29.290,0:20:34.870
seems like it would be a much quicker

0:20:31.590,0:20:37.390
system then obviously you know what they

0:20:34.870,0:20:39.810
do today this this sounds like something

0:20:37.390,0:20:42.190
out of Star Trek oh sure it does or

0:20:39.810,0:20:43.890
Total Recall wasn’t there the scene in

0:20:42.190,0:20:47.110
Total Recall

0:20:43.890,0:20:50.830
yeah yeah and like my question here is

0:20:47.110,0:20:52.120
alright this sounds great on paper what

0:20:50.830,0:20:53.680
why aren’t they using this at the

0:20:52.120,0:20:56.380
airport well and that’s the whole thing

0:20:53.680,0:20:59.740
too if this is up and running why aren’t

0:20:56.380,0:21:03.070
you using it you know in in other places

0:20:59.740,0:21:04.510
is it just so brand new and then Disney

0:21:03.070,0:21:06.970
has it but the airport

0:21:04.510,0:21:08.740
you know Airport airports don’t and

0:21:06.970,0:21:11.380
you’re taking off your shoes or whatever

0:21:08.740,0:21:13.780
like it feels like you know you don’t

0:21:11.380,0:21:16.600
have to you know worry about that just

0:21:13.780,0:21:19.210
think about again you know when we go

0:21:16.600,0:21:21.520
you never have a bag so you go through

0:21:19.210,0:21:23.740
the know bag line now you don’t have to

0:21:21.520,0:21:25.570
separate families everybody can walk

0:21:23.740,0:21:29.440
through together you don’t have to sit

0:21:25.570,0:21:32.110
and empty out your pockets you basically

0:21:29.440,0:21:34.870
just you know walk right through yeah

0:21:32.110,0:21:37.240
the concept is fantastic might come

0:21:34.870,0:21:38.890
curious as to what technology that I use

0:21:37.240,0:21:42.730
I mean they have to be using some type

0:21:38.890,0:21:44.520
of emitted radiation in order to get

0:21:42.730,0:21:47.170
these kind of reads off there because

0:21:44.520,0:21:49.240
there’s nothing that’s going to allow a

0:21:47.170,0:21:52.540
passive scanner to detect something

0:21:49.240,0:21:55.360
that’s you know concealed right right so

0:21:52.540,0:21:57.130
I’m waiting to find out how many people

0:21:55.360,0:21:59.320
think you’re gonna get cancer from this

0:21:57.130,0:22:01.030
and what radiation it Jews right like

0:21:59.320,0:22:03.280
what kind of doctor’s note are people

0:22:01.030,0:22:06.429
gonna cause I’m guessing maybe they’ll

0:22:03.280,0:22:09.850
be a separate offshoot you know if you

0:22:06.429,0:22:11.620
do want have an option of not going

0:22:09.850,0:22:13.630
through this and yeah like you can go

0:22:11.620,0:22:15.150
now you know instead of going through

0:22:13.630,0:22:16.300
the scanner at the airport you can

0:22:15.150,0:22:17.470
pat-down

0:22:16.300,0:22:19.990
right and that’s what I’m saying is

0:22:17.470,0:22:22.000
there gonna be a separate pat-down run

0:22:19.990,0:22:23.890
section for people that don’t feel

0:22:22.000,0:22:27.670
comfortable because remember when they

0:22:23.890,0:22:30.670
instituted the one scanner system they

0:22:27.670,0:22:32.140
only would allow adults right you know

0:22:30.670,0:22:34.200
they would only pick adults to do it

0:22:32.140,0:22:36.910
they never picked kids to do it so

0:22:34.200,0:22:39.790
obviously if they’re having everybody go

0:22:36.910,0:22:41.679
through it it must be well and what safe

0:22:39.790,0:22:43.270
sounds nice about this is they’re

0:22:41.679,0:22:46.030
they’re killing two birds with one stone

0:22:43.270,0:22:48.490
so they’re doing it for a weapons check

0:22:46.030,0:22:50.950
obviously yep but they’re also doing it

0:22:48.490,0:22:54.460
for a temperature check right exactly

0:22:50.950,0:22:57.100
and you know and maybe it does a better

0:22:54.460,0:22:57.450
job than actually having somebody look

0:22:57.100,0:23:00.510
through

0:22:57.450,0:23:03.090
your bag and you know so maybe things

0:23:00.510,0:23:08.130
that you know the people were you know

0:23:03.090,0:23:10.500
just a human error were missing they

0:23:08.130,0:23:11.789
could catch well you know you’ve had

0:23:10.500,0:23:14.399
situations where we’ve gone through

0:23:11.789,0:23:18.320
you’ve had personal items in there right

0:23:14.399,0:23:18.320
that you don’t want people pulling out

0:23:22.190,0:23:26.580
it’d be different if you were doing the

0:23:24.510,0:23:29.399
right checks behind a privacy screen or

0:23:26.580,0:23:31.799
right right so nobody saw you know your

0:23:29.399,0:23:34.049
other things and whatnot now I did want

0:23:31.799,0:23:38.279
to mention that was part of the other

0:23:34.049,0:23:40.500
story so even though Mickey’s

0:23:38.279,0:23:43.950
not-so-scary Halloween party got

0:23:40.500,0:23:46.260
canceled they are actually starting the

0:23:43.950,0:23:48.750
Food and Wine Festival which normally

0:23:46.260,0:23:50.850
starts in the fall that’s actually been

0:23:48.750,0:23:53.669
moved up and that’s gonna start in July

0:23:50.850,0:23:56.010
when the park opened so that was kind of

0:23:53.669,0:23:57.690
uh kind of a trade-off I kind of trade

0:23:56.010,0:23:59.880
off like hey we’re gonna actually have

0:23:57.690,0:24:01.679
this now normally they have the concert

0:23:59.880,0:24:04.590
series that goes along with it that

0:24:01.679,0:24:07.320
they’ve obviously cancelled because they

0:24:04.590,0:24:09.360
don’t want mass people but they are

0:24:07.320,0:24:12.720
gonna have the different musical groups

0:24:09.360,0:24:14.789
that kind of roam around the park those

0:24:12.720,0:24:17.010
are still going to be going on so

0:24:14.789,0:24:21.120
something to look forward to if you are

0:24:17.010,0:24:23.159
planning on going this fall well I think

0:24:21.120,0:24:24.779
that was all we had on Disney detective

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that we’ll take a quick break and come

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go for star wars in science so obviously

0:25:44.320,0:25:46.990
it’s like you had mentioned some bad

0:25:46.300,0:25:49.000
news

0:25:46.990,0:25:52.300
so you know we have a bad feeling about

0:25:49.000,0:25:55.540
this so the organizers of the let’s try

0:25:52.300,0:25:58.300
this again the organizers of Star Wars

0:25:55.540,0:26:00.760
Celebration 2020 have taken to the

0:25:58.300,0:26:03.100
events official Twitter account and with

0:26:00.760,0:26:06.130
a bummer message basically said that

0:26:03.100,0:26:08.800
this year’s celebration which was slated

0:26:06.130,0:26:12.030
to take place in August in Anaheim

0:26:08.800,0:26:14.500
California has officially been canceled

0:26:12.030,0:26:17.530
obviously it’s not much of a surprise

0:26:14.500,0:26:19.750
since we’ve been hearing basically every

0:26:17.530,0:26:22.420
convention that was going to be

0:26:19.750,0:26:26.170
happening this summer has been postponed

0:26:22.420,0:26:28.420
or canceled you know so the organizers

0:26:26.170,0:26:30.850
broke the news to fans in this tweet

0:26:28.420,0:26:32.950
that said at Star Wars Celebration the

0:26:30.850,0:26:35.590
health and safety of our fans attendees

0:26:32.950,0:26:37.990
exhibitors guests and staff is always

0:26:35.590,0:26:41.710
our number one priority due to the

0:26:37.990,0:26:44.050
global impact of kovat 19 the Cova 19

0:26:41.710,0:26:46.630
virus and in speaking with local and

0:26:44.050,0:26:49.300
state authorities at the latest Public

0:26:46.630,0:26:51.940
Health guidelines related to indoor

0:26:49.300,0:26:54.670
conventions we have made the decision to

0:26:51.940,0:26:57.010
cancel Star Wars Celebration for 2020

0:26:54.670,0:26:58.690
while this news is disappointing we are

0:26:57.010,0:27:00.880
happy to announce that Star Wars

0:26:58.690,0:27:06.420
Celebration will return to the Anaheim

0:27:00.880,0:27:13.420
Convention Center on August 18th of 2022

0:27:06.420,0:27:17.440
so again not really a surprise but kind

0:27:13.420,0:27:20.230
of like oh yeah another another

0:27:17.440,0:27:23.170
convention down the tubes which we

0:27:20.230,0:27:25.270
weren’t going to write so it wasn’t a

0:27:23.170,0:27:27.910
loss we thought about it we you know

0:27:25.270,0:27:30.030
because we were gonna go to the one out

0:27:27.910,0:27:32.290
in Chicago and that’s the thing is

0:27:30.030,0:27:34.480
celebration doesn’t happen every year

0:27:32.290,0:27:37.570
but for the last couple of years it

0:27:34.480,0:27:40.000
seems to have been going on kind of

0:27:37.570,0:27:43.570
consecutively in in different locations

0:27:40.000,0:27:44.950
so last summer it was in the Chicago

0:27:43.570,0:27:47.740
area this summer it was

0:27:44.950,0:27:51.610
to be an Anaheim so now they’re

0:27:47.740,0:27:54.550
basically taking two years off you know

0:27:51.610,0:27:56.890
to play had been doing them trying it

0:27:54.550,0:27:58.660
every every two years and yeah

0:27:56.890,0:28:01.390
recently with the movies coming out

0:27:58.660,0:28:03.790
there well the movies the TV shows the

0:28:01.390,0:28:06.280
game every time and there’s been a Star

0:28:03.790,0:28:09.940
Wars blitz oh yeah yeah so you’ve had a

0:28:06.280,0:28:12.220
celebration almost every year but yeah

0:28:09.940,0:28:14.110
it’s kind of a bummer I mean maybe 20 22

0:28:12.220,0:28:16.660
will be able to to head out there for

0:28:14.110,0:28:19.210
yeah yeah I’m kind of looking forward to

0:28:16.660,0:28:22.660
it coming back to Orlando right this way

0:28:19.210,0:28:25.300
we don’t have to fly right drive and buy

0:28:22.660,0:28:26.860
as much stuff as what would be very

0:28:25.300,0:28:30.040
convenient as if they did it in

0:28:26.860,0:28:33.430
coordination with the d23 convention yes

0:28:30.040,0:28:37.120
that would be wow that would be a really

0:28:33.430,0:28:39.370
expensive well and that was like when we

0:28:37.120,0:28:42.130
did celebration Orlando Trail or a

0:28:39.370,0:28:47.890
marathon weekend right so I did I did

0:28:42.130,0:28:52.150
yeah I did the Star Wars 5k yeah so it

0:28:47.890,0:28:53.710
was like a multi trip so yeah nice hint

0:28:52.150,0:28:59.380
hint Disney just in case you wanted to

0:28:53.710,0:29:02.170
make life easy for us so tell us what

0:28:59.380,0:29:05.800
kylo ren’s backstory so this was

0:29:02.170,0:29:07.810
actually a story that you found so kylo

0:29:05.800,0:29:10.300
Ren turned to the dark side after waking

0:29:07.810,0:29:12.850
up one night during you know his

0:29:10.300,0:29:15.100
training to find his mentor Luke

0:29:12.850,0:29:16.780
Skywalker thinking of killing him but

0:29:15.100,0:29:21.010
what if his anger started developing

0:29:16.780,0:29:23.140
long before that so it seems that uh Lev

0:29:21.010,0:29:25.570
Grossman who is the author of the

0:29:23.140,0:29:29.920
magician’s as sharing some outtakes from

0:29:25.570,0:29:32.740
his 2019 Vanity Fair preview of the rise

0:29:29.920,0:29:36.130
of Skywalker so he actually had spoke to

0:29:32.740,0:29:38.800
the entire cast for an article that

0:29:36.130,0:29:41.710
revealed how he you know left out

0:29:38.800,0:29:45.250
something big and that was atom drivers

0:29:41.710,0:29:47.860
backstory for kylo Ren he said I think

0:29:45.250,0:29:50.230
probably the thing that was missing for

0:29:47.860,0:29:54.580
me was I wanted to see more about kylos

0:29:50.230,0:29:58.510
childhood talking about the the last

0:29:54.580,0:29:58.780
Star Wars trilogy he said I thought that

0:29:58.510,0:30:00.640
they would

0:29:58.780,0:30:03.370
go back and show us more about how he

0:30:00.640,0:30:05.410
actually turned to the dark side and

0:30:03.370,0:30:08.200
Adam driver actually had some

0:30:05.410,0:30:12.040
interesting thoughts about Ben solos

0:30:08.200,0:30:14.920
childhood and this is what Adam driver

0:30:12.040,0:30:18.370
had actually told him he said that he

0:30:14.920,0:30:22.180
thought that both Han Solo and Leia were

0:30:18.370,0:30:26.050
just way too self-absorbed and into this

0:30:22.180,0:30:29.320
idea of themselves as heroes to really

0:30:26.050,0:30:33.190
be attentive parents and the way a young

0:30:29.320,0:30:36.460
and tender kylo Ren or Ben solo really

0:30:33.190,0:30:38.500
needed to be attended to and that

0:30:36.460,0:30:42.420
because he didn’t get that much

0:30:38.500,0:30:46.450
attention his childhood basically sucked

0:30:42.420,0:30:47.890
to say the least so yeah you know I saw

0:30:46.450,0:30:52.710
this I thought hey this is a great

0:30:47.890,0:30:55.780
Father’s Day story it’s a story about

0:30:52.710,0:30:57.520
parents not being very good parents and

0:30:55.780,0:30:59.620
your children turning to the dark side

0:30:57.520,0:31:01.090
and becoming mass murderers what could

0:30:59.620,0:31:05.230
be a better Father’s Day story dinner

0:31:01.090,0:31:08.440
happy Father’s Day to you Darth Vader

0:31:05.230,0:31:10.420
himself here you go so I thought that

0:31:08.440,0:31:13.420
was kind of interesting and it’s true

0:31:10.420,0:31:15.970
because you really don’t know you know

0:31:13.420,0:31:18.460
besides the little snippets that you saw

0:31:15.970,0:31:21.100
could you imagine how much heat they

0:31:18.460,0:31:22.600
would have taken painting han and Leia

0:31:21.100,0:31:25.600
in such a negative light

0:31:22.600,0:31:27.790
well that’s the thing is obviously

0:31:25.600,0:31:29.500
something went wrong with Han and Leia

0:31:27.790,0:31:33.610
because they weren’t together anymore

0:31:29.500,0:31:35.500
they obviously split up right was it

0:31:33.610,0:31:37.840
because their son turned to the dark

0:31:35.500,0:31:41.370
side and both of them were blaming each

0:31:37.840,0:31:45.910
other for it or was it something that Oh

0:31:41.370,0:31:48.160
bad blood of you know Anakin and that’s

0:31:45.910,0:31:51.060
why you did you know but you know if you

0:31:48.160,0:31:54.340
just watched the trilogy for what it is

0:31:51.060,0:31:55.930
Luke takes to blame in all this yeah so

0:31:54.340,0:32:01.120
not only does Luke take the blame for

0:31:55.930,0:32:03.070
turning in you know to the dark side he

0:32:01.120,0:32:05.520
also gets literally like three minutes

0:32:03.070,0:32:08.530
of screen time in the entire trilogy

0:32:05.520,0:32:10.179
like how much more disrespect could you

0:32:08.530,0:32:13.029
throw Luke’s way yeah

0:32:10.179,0:32:15.669
yeah just wrong but it would be

0:32:13.029,0:32:19.059
interesting to to see if somebody did

0:32:15.669,0:32:22.659
you know a book or something yeah you

0:32:19.059,0:32:25.059
know Ben’s childhood and and what shape

0:32:22.659,0:32:27.279
do you know a family and that’s the

0:32:25.059,0:32:31.029
thing if you look at the expanded

0:32:27.279,0:32:34.389
universe there’s an extensive storyline

0:32:31.029,0:32:36.249
about Han and Leia and raising at the

0:32:34.389,0:32:38.169
time they had three kids right

0:32:36.249,0:32:40.450
so you know in the expanding universe

0:32:38.169,0:32:43.299
you had the first ones that were born

0:32:40.450,0:32:45.669
with the twins Jason and Jeana then they

0:32:43.299,0:32:49.470
had another son who was a younger son

0:32:45.669,0:32:52.600
and in the community universe their

0:32:49.470,0:32:54.399
oldest son Jason turns to the dark side

0:32:52.600,0:33:00.399
through those dark ages

0:32:54.399,0:33:04.389
so it’s a very similar story but the the

0:33:00.399,0:33:06.970
family arraigned the family bonding that

0:33:04.389,0:33:10.529
happens is very different you know

0:33:06.970,0:33:13.929
they’re a fairly a tight-knit group of

0:33:10.529,0:33:16.299
characters yeah as the kids are growing

0:33:13.929,0:33:19.450
up the because a lot of times you know

0:33:16.299,0:33:20.769
she’s Leia still this diplomat right he

0:33:19.450,0:33:23.019
becomes head of state of the New

0:33:20.769,0:33:25.779
Republic and everything and hands by her

0:33:23.019,0:33:29.019
side so there is a lot of neglect for

0:33:25.779,0:33:30.879
the kids the kids are tossed between you

0:33:29.019,0:33:32.169
know nursemaids and babysitters and

0:33:30.879,0:33:33.730
stuff like that and they’re always

0:33:32.169,0:33:37.450
getting in the trouble and stuff like

0:33:33.730,0:33:41.139
that I could totally see how that would

0:33:37.450,0:33:43.149
turn someone like Darth Cadis or in this

0:33:41.139,0:33:47.999
case kylo Ren to the dark side right

0:33:43.149,0:33:47.999
right so it makes for a really

0:33:50.879,0:33:55.570
exaggerated averse it was because he

0:33:53.350,0:33:58.960
went to explore the possibilities of

0:33:55.570,0:34:04.539
what he could become and just like with

0:33:58.960,0:34:07.960
Anakin he had a vision of doom and gloom

0:34:04.539,0:34:09.639
that he thought he was the only person

0:34:07.960,0:34:12.040
that could save things and in order the

0:34:09.639,0:34:14.800
same things he needed the power bi

0:34:12.040,0:34:17.050
associated with the dark side

0:34:14.800,0:34:21.820
so yeah totally a believable backstory

0:34:17.050,0:34:26.320
for kylo Ren yeah so what else did we

0:34:21.820,0:34:30.960
have that was Star Wars we’ll be back in

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so tell us about what’s going on with

0:35:40.990,0:35:46.300
the Oscars so obviously we’ve you know

0:35:44.020,0:35:49.660
every couple of weeks there’s new things

0:35:46.300,0:35:53.170
that that pop up with the Oscars talking

0:35:49.660,0:35:57.190
about what’s been eligible what’s not

0:35:53.170,0:36:00.460
basically you know because the movie

0:35:57.190,0:36:02.619
theaters aren’t open they had allowed

0:36:00.460,0:36:04.660
movies that were being streamed on

0:36:02.619,0:36:07.660
different streaming surfaces to be

0:36:04.660,0:36:10.330
eligible so now because of everything

0:36:07.660,0:36:12.490
they’ve actually pushed back when the

0:36:10.330,0:36:16.599
ceremony and all of the different

0:36:12.490,0:36:19.240
eligibilities for being nominated will

0:36:16.599,0:36:21.849
occur so originally the show was

0:36:19.240,0:36:24.250
supposed to be going on February 28th

0:36:21.849,0:36:27.400
and now it’s been pushed back to April

0:36:24.250,0:36:32.200
25th the plan is that it’s still going

0:36:27.400,0:36:36.720
to be broadcast on ABC but just kind of

0:36:32.200,0:36:38.950
pushed out and also the idea that

0:36:36.720,0:36:43.839
eligibility was supposed to be from

0:36:38.950,0:36:47.320
January 20th to December 31st 2020 has

0:36:43.839,0:36:50.230
now been extended to February 28th so

0:36:47.320,0:36:54.010
they’ve kind of changed the timeline of

0:36:50.230,0:36:58.180
when things can be eligible but the idea

0:36:54.010,0:37:00.400
in a statement they did say that after

0:36:58.180,0:37:03.430
you know this year they are going to go

0:37:00.400,0:37:05.800
back to a January to December calendar

0:37:03.430,0:37:10.060
year so they’ve extended it obviously do

0:37:05.800,0:37:12.070
the two the pandemic and then it’s funny

0:37:10.060,0:37:14.830
because looking at all of the lists of

0:37:12.070,0:37:18.609
things it’s more than just the Oscar

0:37:14.830,0:37:20.770
show that happens so they have the

0:37:18.609,0:37:22.990
voting that begins

0:37:20.770,0:37:26.109
so voting is going to begin on February

0:37:22.990,0:37:28.630
1st voting is going to end on the 5th

0:37:26.109,0:37:30.310
then they have the shortlist come out

0:37:28.630,0:37:34.510
then they you know they do the

0:37:30.310,0:37:36.430
nominations so then there’s you know a

0:37:34.510,0:37:38.349
luncheon and the final voting there’s

0:37:36.430,0:37:41.200
this whole big timeline that basically

0:37:38.349,0:37:43.570
got you know pushed out which normally

0:37:41.200,0:37:45.520
would start in January and now isn’t

0:37:43.570,0:37:46.870
starting until kind of like the end of

0:37:45.520,0:37:50.050
February

0:37:46.870,0:37:51.940
but then even from that point the Oscar

0:37:50.050,0:37:54.370
still don’t show up for you know another

0:37:51.940,0:37:56.610
couple of months the other thing was

0:37:54.370,0:38:00.750
that they were supposed to be opening a

0:37:56.610,0:38:03.160
Academy Awards Museum this year and

0:38:00.750,0:38:05.080
because of everything going on that’s

0:38:03.160,0:38:10.590
been pushed back so that’s actually now

0:38:05.080,0:38:13.210
going to be opening in April of 2021 so

0:38:10.590,0:38:15.100
again not really a surprise you know

0:38:13.210,0:38:16.510
they’re not canceling it at this point

0:38:15.100,0:38:18.820
they’re still planning on doing it

0:38:16.510,0:38:21.820
they’re still planning on a live show

0:38:18.820,0:38:26.230
but just being pushed out a couple of

0:38:21.820,0:38:26.890
extra months so this is pretty far out

0:38:26.230,0:38:29.620
at this point

0:38:26.890,0:38:33.400
yeah I’m assuming they haven’t announced

0:38:29.620,0:38:35.050
any kind of safety protocols like that

0:38:33.400,0:38:36.700
at this point yeah and that’s the thing

0:38:35.050,0:38:39.010
is they’re still planning on it being a

0:38:36.700,0:38:41.050
live show they’re still planning on you

0:38:39.010,0:38:43.570
know people being there the only thing I

0:38:41.050,0:38:45.570
could think of is that maybe you only

0:38:43.570,0:38:49.000
have people that are actually nominated

0:38:45.570,0:38:54.310
whereas normally you have everybody else

0:38:49.000,0:38:58.060
in there you know whoever’s you know in

0:38:54.310,0:39:00.760
the it you know the the it crowd you

0:38:58.060,0:39:02.560
know any I’m sure it’s how they’re gonna

0:39:00.760,0:39:05.320
manage this because the way that they

0:39:02.560,0:39:09.400
they do this you know they they packed

0:39:05.320,0:39:14.980
the auditorium right and I worked with a

0:39:09.400,0:39:16.540
woman who her sister or someone was a

0:39:14.980,0:39:18.820
filler what they would write all the

0:39:16.540,0:39:21.700
fillers and when you would have people

0:39:18.820,0:39:23.530
that would leave these waits to present

0:39:21.700,0:39:25.030
right you’d have these people come in

0:39:23.530,0:39:26.860
and sit in those seats to look full

0:39:25.030,0:39:28.930
right so that whenever they did a shot

0:39:26.860,0:39:30.820
of the audience you saw everybody’s

0:39:28.930,0:39:32.770
every seat full yeah like if somebody

0:39:30.820,0:39:34.900
had to get up to go to the restroom or

0:39:32.770,0:39:36.970
to present or something like that so

0:39:34.900,0:39:39.340
there is always this focus on writing

0:39:36.970,0:39:40.900
the auditorium look for right

0:39:39.340,0:39:43.270
can you imagine what that’s gonna look

0:39:40.900,0:39:45.430
like if you’re doing yeah you’re you

0:39:43.270,0:39:47.560
know every other seed or something and

0:39:45.430,0:39:51.520
that’s the other thing too is we know

0:39:47.560,0:39:53.560
that later next month mid-july the movie

0:39:51.520,0:39:56.170
theaters are supposed to be opening up

0:39:53.560,0:39:58.810
and most of the movie theaters around

0:39:56.170,0:40:00.640
here you you know you have to buy your

0:39:58.810,0:40:02.740
ticket a couple of days in advance and

0:40:00.640,0:40:05.710
you pick your seat I’m sure they’re

0:40:02.740,0:40:07.750
already gonna have blocked off seats

0:40:05.710,0:40:10.180
that are available for you to pick and

0:40:07.750,0:40:12.819
seats that are it buffers you like

0:40:10.180,0:40:15.130
buffer seats I’m sure they’re probably

0:40:12.819,0:40:17.230
gonna do something like that maybe just

0:40:15.130,0:40:18.760
who’s nominated and a guest maybe you

0:40:17.230,0:40:22.960
won’t even be allowed to guess maybe

0:40:18.760,0:40:25.089
it’ll just be you know just whoever is

0:40:22.960,0:40:28.809
bringing know anything it’s so far out

0:40:25.089,0:40:31.660
at this point in time yes any safety

0:40:28.809,0:40:34.029
protocols is there right bye-bye then

0:40:31.660,0:40:36.400
you know by then we might not need to

0:40:34.029,0:40:39.339
maybe but could you imagine watching an

0:40:36.400,0:40:41.529
Oscars all the stars wearing face masks

0:40:39.339,0:40:42.010
yeah everybody two seats away from each

0:40:41.529,0:40:43.720
other

0:40:42.010,0:40:45.720
yeah if you like watching a Donald Trump

0:40:43.720,0:40:47.970
rally

0:40:45.720,0:40:52.770
it’d probably be more people at the

0:40:47.970,0:40:55.200
Oscars that is rally sorry and hi

0:40:52.770,0:40:55.950
anyways so the same should be

0:40:55.200,0:40:59.099
interesting

0:40:55.950,0:41:02.069
yeah I’m curious if the rule changes are

0:40:59.099,0:41:03.390
gonna lead to eligibility for any movies

0:41:02.069,0:41:06.240
that wouldn’t normally have been

0:41:03.390,0:41:07.619
eligible this year yeah you know that

0:41:06.240,0:41:10.950
that’s the thing is they’re extending

0:41:07.619,0:41:14.760
the timeline even for like for Best Song

0:41:10.950,0:41:16.770
and four different categories you know

0:41:14.760,0:41:19.020
things are changing so it’ll be

0:41:16.770,0:41:20.940
interesting to see what gets in that

0:41:19.020,0:41:23.579
normally wouldn’t and what doesn’t get

0:41:20.940,0:41:26.520
in well and you know our discussions of

0:41:23.579,0:41:30.690
the last two Oscars is done on this

0:41:26.520,0:41:34.829
podcast have centered almost exclusively

0:41:30.690,0:41:37.530
around their attempts to restrict right

0:41:34.829,0:41:39.780
from like Netflix and things like that

0:41:37.530,0:41:42.780
we’re here not only do you have things

0:41:39.780,0:41:45.990
that were on Netflix that are eligible

0:41:42.780,0:41:48.990
you know but didn’t get to play in the

0:41:45.990,0:41:51.210
theater multiple new streaming services

0:41:48.990,0:41:53.039
are out there at Disney Plus peacock and

0:41:51.210,0:41:55.589
stuff like that you’ve got movies that

0:41:53.039,0:41:57.690
were released online because of the

0:41:55.589,0:41:59.730
right that make that right in theaters

0:41:57.690,0:42:02.760
right so how do you determine because

0:41:59.730,0:42:05.369
their guideline was always it’s fine if

0:42:02.760,0:42:07.890
it was streaming but you had to play and

0:42:05.369,0:42:11.460
leap at least one theater in the

0:42:07.890,0:42:13.289
California in Los Angeles County blah

0:42:11.460,0:42:16.170
blah blah blah but this year they said

0:42:13.289,0:42:18.480
even if it didn’t and it went to

0:42:16.170,0:42:20.730
streaming it would be fine so now you’ll

0:42:18.480,0:42:24.289
have a lot more movies that normally

0:42:20.730,0:42:26.880
wouldn’t be that should be able to be

0:42:24.289,0:42:31.140
nominated so what’s the interesting yeah

0:42:26.880,0:42:33.510
tell us about San Diego comic-con so

0:42:31.140,0:42:35.339
this we we knew was was happening

0:42:33.510,0:42:38.819
obviously they had made the decision

0:42:35.339,0:42:40.559
kind of early in everything that they

0:42:38.819,0:42:43.950
were going to be postponing and

0:42:40.559,0:42:47.549
canceling comic-con which for the first

0:42:43.950,0:42:52.980
time in 50 years so that kind of shocked

0:42:47.549,0:42:55.349
people but again it wasn’t really you

0:42:52.980,0:42:57.240
know it wasn’t as shocking because with

0:42:55.349,0:42:59.350
all the safety protocols and everything

0:42:57.240,0:43:02.380
and knowing how many people attend

0:42:59.350,0:43:03.040
San Diego it was obviously the smartest

0:43:02.380,0:43:05.500
thing to do

0:43:03.040,0:43:09.220
so now San Diego has revealed its plans

0:43:05.500,0:43:11.940
for comic-con at home announcing free

0:43:09.220,0:43:14.770
and unlimited attendance to the virtual

0:43:11.940,0:43:19.210
convention which is now set to take

0:43:14.770,0:43:20.860
place July 22nd to the 26th so earlier

0:43:19.210,0:43:23.680
this year comic-con had officially

0:43:20.860,0:43:26.320
cancelled due to the corona pandemic a

0:43:23.680,0:43:28.420
virtual version was just announced

0:43:26.320,0:43:31.960
shortly after to kind of fill the void

0:43:28.420,0:43:33.970
by the popular annual event so San Diego

0:43:31.960,0:43:36.730
comic-con has now announced its plans

0:43:33.970,0:43:40.930
for its first ever virtual convention

0:43:36.730,0:43:42.490
which will be free which is awesome so

0:43:40.930,0:43:45.250
for the first time in our 50-year

0:43:42.490,0:43:47.410
history we’re happy to welcome virtually

0:43:45.250,0:43:50.980
anyone from around the globe

0:43:47.410,0:43:52.630
a spokesperson had said through stay at

0:43:50.980,0:43:54.700
home condition though stay at home

0:43:52.630,0:43:56.920
conditions make makes this a very

0:43:54.700,0:43:59.050
difficult time we see it as an

0:43:56.920,0:44:03.520
opportunity to spread some joy and

0:43:59.050,0:44:08.140
strengthen our sense of community so you

0:44:03.520,0:44:10.810
know obviously they have you know all

0:44:08.140,0:44:14.020
the different panels so now they’ll be

0:44:10.810,0:44:17.970
able to be accessible the other thing

0:44:14.020,0:44:21.390
too is that they are gonna offer online

0:44:17.970,0:44:23.530
various limited edition products and

0:44:21.390,0:44:24.880
t-shirts and things like that things

0:44:23.530,0:44:27.690
that you would normally be able to

0:44:24.880,0:44:30.520
purchase at comic-con and usually only

0:44:27.690,0:44:31.870
yeah if you went there that’s usually

0:44:30.520,0:44:33.880
one of the biggest draws of comic-con

0:44:31.870,0:44:37.240
right so now they’re actually gonna make

0:44:33.880,0:44:40.030
it available I’m sure still limited you

0:44:37.240,0:44:43.660
know limited quantities but now anybody

0:44:40.030,0:44:45.790
will be able to purchase them online so

0:44:43.660,0:44:48.910
they’re gonna have exclusive panels and

0:44:45.790,0:44:52.030
presentations related to comics gaming

0:44:48.910,0:44:53.110
television film that basically you know

0:44:52.030,0:44:55.990
what they’re known for

0:44:53.110,0:44:59.110
they’re also going to be having a

0:44:55.990,0:45:04.180
masquerade some gaming and other

0:44:59.110,0:45:06.280
activities for participants to to for

0:45:04.180,0:45:09.760
activities for attendees to participate

0:45:06.280,0:45:13.240
in so it’s set again for the 22nd to the

0:45:09.760,0:45:15.730
26th attendance again is

0:45:13.240,0:45:18.580
free but they are gonna I thought this

0:45:15.730,0:45:21.400
was cute provide badges for fans to

0:45:18.580,0:45:23.290
print out and wear as they login for

0:45:21.400,0:45:26.500
their you know so you can wear your

0:45:23.290,0:45:28.750
little thing yeah so kind of kind of

0:45:26.500,0:45:31.119
cool it’ll be interesting to see because

0:45:28.750,0:45:33.220
again and something that we’ll talk

0:45:31.119,0:45:36.750
about a little bit later Wizard World

0:45:33.220,0:45:40.330
has been already doing these virtual

0:45:36.750,0:45:42.300
panels almost every other day it seems

0:45:40.330,0:45:44.830
that you know that they’re doing them

0:45:42.300,0:45:47.680
with different experiences where if you

0:45:44.830,0:45:50.380
really want to have a one-on-one chat

0:45:47.680,0:45:52.780
with somebody or get a signed autograph

0:45:50.380,0:45:55.480
from them you can pay you know an

0:45:52.780,0:45:58.330
additional fee but just to watch the

0:45:55.480,0:46:00.910
panel is free and even if you miss it

0:45:58.330,0:46:03.900
being live they do post it on their

0:46:00.910,0:46:06.790
their YouTube page so I’m wondering if

0:46:03.900,0:46:10.780
San Diego is gonna you know do the same

0:46:06.790,0:46:13.480
thing so as of right now comic-con San

0:46:10.780,0:46:17.410
Diego comic-con is supposed to be

0:46:13.480,0:46:20.380
returning in July of 2021 but to stay

0:46:17.410,0:46:21.940
home edition obviously will be coming

0:46:20.380,0:46:25.480
out if you subscribe to their YouTube

0:46:21.940,0:46:29.140
channel you’ll obviously get updates as

0:46:25.480,0:46:31.030
they come very cool very cool

0:46:29.140,0:46:38.859
we’ll be right back with our insightful

0:46:31.030,0:46:40.930
picks of the week okay go for your

0:46:38.859,0:46:42.880
insightful pick so this is a show that I

0:46:40.930,0:46:44.550
told you about and thankfully you didn’t

0:46:42.880,0:46:46.740
start watching it and steal it from me

0:46:44.550,0:46:50.440
[Laughter]

0:46:46.740,0:46:55.060
so it is called the great debate and it

0:46:50.440,0:46:57.940
is found on the Syfy network or you can

0:46:55.060,0:47:01.720
find it online on Syfy wire.com I

0:46:57.940,0:47:03.820
believe so sci-fi wires the great debate

0:47:01.720,0:47:06.580
is a televised version of the debate

0:47:03.820,0:47:09.160
panels that sci-fi wire would actually

0:47:06.580,0:47:11.890
present at Comic Cons and other

0:47:09.160,0:47:13.810
conventions basically pitting for very

0:47:11.890,0:47:16.630
funny people against each other as they

0:47:13.810,0:47:20.020
debate various pop culture items to see

0:47:16.630,0:47:22.890
who comes out as the winner in this

0:47:20.020,0:47:26.770
televised version the host Baron Vaughn

0:47:22.890,0:47:29.020
and his trusty computer db8

0:47:26.770,0:47:31.690
determine the winner of each debate and

0:47:29.020,0:47:34.240
then at the end pick two people for the

0:47:31.690,0:47:36.700
big debate at the the end and it’s

0:47:34.240,0:47:41.500
really a chance for five funny people to

0:47:36.700,0:47:44.590
goof off and you know have a good time

0:47:41.500,0:47:46.720
I watched the one episode and it was it

0:47:44.590,0:47:49.690
was funny it really was so you had

0:47:46.720,0:47:52.930
Orlando Jones Adam Savage

0:47:49.690,0:47:55.960
Jonah ray and amber Nash basically take

0:47:52.930,0:47:59.530
on nostalgia so you know the first round

0:47:55.960,0:48:03.190
was they had a table full of various

0:47:59.530,0:48:06.790
items from you know the 80s and 90s and

0:48:03.190,0:48:08.950
they had to defend which was you know

0:48:06.790,0:48:13.810
the most awesome like which they should

0:48:08.950,0:48:15.940
bring back so you know so Orlando Jones

0:48:13.810,0:48:18.460
goes for the brick telephone and is like

0:48:15.940,0:48:23.170
yeah this was sexy and if you needed it

0:48:18.460,0:48:26.290
as a hammer you couldn’t and then and

0:48:23.170,0:48:28.450
then Adam Savage takes the Palm Pilot

0:48:26.290,0:48:30.100
and he’s like look how much information

0:48:28.450,0:48:32.500
you could hold and he pulls out a piece

0:48:30.100,0:48:34.480
of paper he goes just as much as I have

0:48:32.500,0:48:35.920
on this and that’s okay you don’t have

0:48:34.480,0:48:37.720
to worry about backing it up to the

0:48:35.920,0:48:40.210
cloud because if you lose all your

0:48:37.720,0:48:46.480
information you can just start fresh all

0:48:40.210,0:48:48.760
up yeah and then and then the one was a

0:48:46.480,0:48:51.640
laserdisc you know and they pop out the

0:48:48.760,0:48:55.180
laser discs and it’s like look it’s sexy

0:48:51.640,0:48:56.410
and lasers everything and you know where

0:48:55.180,0:48:58.420
else could you see behind-the-scenes

0:48:56.410,0:49:01.480
stories that you can’t find anyplace

0:48:58.420,0:49:05.110
else you know and then finally it was

0:49:01.480,0:49:08.020
the Zune and it was like yeah this was

0:49:05.110,0:49:12.270
gonna take over for your iPods and

0:49:08.020,0:49:15.370
where’s your iPod now right you know

0:49:12.270,0:49:17.320
they basically take like the phone and

0:49:15.370,0:49:18.880
the Palm Pilot and the Zune and they put

0:49:17.320,0:49:23.560
it together and they’re like look it’s

0:49:18.880,0:49:26.470
an iPhone you know things that you go

0:49:23.560,0:49:28.840
yeah that’s totally you know totally

0:49:26.470,0:49:30.550
makes sense yeah and then you know the

0:49:28.840,0:49:34.300
next round they they were basically

0:49:30.550,0:49:38.050
battling like what’s better so it was a

0:49:34.300,0:49:40.390
kit in the car versus the battle cat

0:49:38.050,0:49:42.970
like which would you rather have and it

0:49:40.390,0:49:45.039
was like well yeah kit looked really

0:49:42.970,0:49:47.559
cool but you know secretly you knew you

0:49:45.039,0:49:50.950
wanted that you know badass green cat

0:49:47.559,0:49:52.569
that nobody would you know mess with you

0:49:50.950,0:49:55.029
know so that was that was really funny

0:49:52.569,0:49:58.480
what the what was really funny was the

0:49:55.029,0:50:01.869
final round was who was the better

0:49:58.480,0:50:04.750
sensei Yoda or mr. Miyagi

0:50:01.869,0:50:07.240
and it was just hysterical so you know

0:50:04.750,0:50:10.210
if you’re a kid that grew up now granted

0:50:07.240,0:50:13.809
I don’t know if every debate is 80s or

0:50:10.210,0:50:15.970
90s you know related but this episode

0:50:13.809,0:50:18.329
was definitely meant for people our age

0:50:15.970,0:50:20.170
you know cuz it was so funny because

0:50:18.329,0:50:22.630
every now and then there would be

0:50:20.170,0:50:25.299
comments that were made and obviously

0:50:22.630,0:50:27.309
the audience that was there a lot of

0:50:25.299,0:50:29.470
younger kids they’d be like yeah go ask

0:50:27.309,0:50:31.859
your dad he’d know about this you know

0:50:29.470,0:50:35.049
type of comments so really funny show

0:50:31.859,0:50:37.720
half-hour episodes need a good laugh

0:50:35.049,0:50:40.089
have some fun with nostalgia and again

0:50:37.720,0:50:43.150
it’s you know a bunch of geeky people

0:50:40.089,0:50:46.509
talking about geeky things so if you’re

0:50:43.150,0:50:49.059
that type of person which we are perfect

0:50:46.509,0:50:58.509
show to watch nice nice good pick thank

0:50:49.059,0:51:01.720
you so my pick this week should come as

0:50:58.509,0:51:06.039
no surprise to anyone is a documentary

0:51:01.720,0:51:11.049
about war about war my pick this week is

0:51:06.039,0:51:13.180
Rob war to total war on Amazon Prime the

0:51:11.049,0:51:15.160
Second World War was a total war in

0:51:13.180,0:51:17.170
which massive armies advanced

0:51:15.160,0:51:20.140
confronting whole populations with

0:51:17.170,0:51:23.470
impossible choices the manufacture of

0:51:20.140,0:51:26.650
weapons transformed industry and the

0:51:23.470,0:51:29.349
workforce area bombing campaigns reduced

0:51:26.650,0:51:33.160
cities to rubble sieges doomed

0:51:29.349,0:51:36.309
populations to starvation racial policy

0:51:33.160,0:51:38.759
sponsored campaigns of genocide all told

0:51:36.309,0:51:40.960
through incredible archive footage and

0:51:38.759,0:51:44.410
expert interviews what more could you

0:51:40.960,0:51:46.700
ask for sign me up

0:51:44.410,0:51:50.260
the show itself is is interesting

0:51:46.700,0:51:54.170
because unlike most World War two

0:51:50.260,0:51:55.790
documentaries that look at the specifics

0:51:54.170,0:51:57.950
of the battle or they look at the

0:51:55.790,0:52:00.800
generals or the strategies and stuff

0:51:57.950,0:52:04.370
like this this series itself is

0:52:00.800,0:52:07.790
dedicated to looking at the effects that

0:52:04.370,0:52:11.660
the war has on everything else whether

0:52:07.790,0:52:13.370
it’s the economy the industry the people

0:52:11.660,0:52:14.330
at home the people that are in the

0:52:13.370,0:52:17.740
middle of a war zone

0:52:14.330,0:52:21.830
it looks at all the collateral damage

0:52:17.740,0:52:23.720
almost and it really puts the

0:52:21.830,0:52:25.820
perspective of total war and it shows

0:52:23.720,0:52:29.300
the evolution of total war starting in

0:52:25.820,0:52:32.090
the in the 1800s when you know we still

0:52:29.300,0:52:33.740
had people that were lining up in lines

0:52:32.090,0:52:36.230
of battle and people showing up on

0:52:33.740,0:52:39.670
battlefields with picnics to watch the

0:52:36.230,0:52:42.320
battles you know down right right to

0:52:39.670,0:52:45.320
where we wind up with total war with

0:52:42.320,0:52:47.900
entire cities being destroyed it doesn’t

0:52:45.320,0:52:50.330
focus on the destruction of the cities

0:52:47.900,0:52:53.900
it focuses on the effect that it has on

0:52:50.330,0:52:59.390
this the population the citizens and it

0:52:53.900,0:53:03.590
gives you a very rounded feel for what

0:52:59.390,0:53:06.530
war does to the countries that are

0:53:03.590,0:53:10.520
afflicted by it it doesn’t glorify the

0:53:06.530,0:53:13.130
war it doesn’t you know turn individual

0:53:10.520,0:53:14.780
generals or soldiers in the heroes it

0:53:13.130,0:53:18.050
doesn’t do any of the stuff that most

0:53:14.780,0:53:21.710
war documentaries do it doesn’t doesn’t

0:53:18.050,0:53:25.580
try to make the war look appealing but

0:53:21.710,0:53:29.710
it doesn’t try to make it look atrocious

0:53:25.580,0:53:36.400
it shows you a very realistic view of

0:53:29.710,0:53:39.890
the effects of war on on a population so

0:53:36.400,0:53:44.270
World War 2 total war streaming now on

0:53:39.890,0:53:46.610
Amazon Prime and we’ll be back in a

0:53:44.270,0:53:49.060
minute less than a minute for our a

0:53:46.610,0:53:49.060
Truffaut

0:53:49.920,0:53:56.519
[Applause]

0:53:53.359,0:53:59.609
what are we a free afterthoughts so like

0:53:56.519,0:54:02.490
we were talking Virtual Comic Cons or

0:53:59.609,0:54:07.680
popping up all over the place so it

0:54:02.490,0:54:11.220
seems starting actually this Friday they

0:54:07.680,0:54:15.710
were doing something on Monday they’ll

0:54:11.220,0:54:20.099
be doing a Chicago Fire Chicago PD

0:54:15.710,0:54:23.190
virtual panel then on the 24th they’re

0:54:20.099,0:54:25.829
gonna be doing a Gotham on the 25th

0:54:23.190,0:54:28.549
Krypton which was a show we we used to

0:54:25.829,0:54:33.089
watch until Comcast screwed us over

0:54:28.549,0:54:35.130
then next Friday a Walking Dead panel

0:54:33.089,0:54:38.579
with a bunch of different characters

0:54:35.130,0:54:40.490
from that and then next Tuesday not this

0:54:38.579,0:54:42.869
Tuesday but the Tuesday after

0:54:40.490,0:54:45.809
Supernatural with a couple of cast

0:54:42.869,0:54:47.670
members so it’ll be in our show notes if

0:54:45.809,0:54:49.500
you’re interested in looking them up and

0:54:47.670,0:54:51.390
again like I said for a lot of the

0:54:49.500,0:54:54.059
wizard world stuff if you do miss when

0:54:51.390,0:54:56.730
they go live if you do go to their

0:54:54.059,0:54:58.440
YouTube channel they have all of them

0:54:56.730,0:55:02.099
usually posted afterwards

0:54:58.440,0:55:05.700
very cool another programming note check

0:55:02.099,0:55:07.950
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0:55:05.700,0:55:10.319
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0:55:07.950,0:55:11.609
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0:55:10.319,0:55:15.450
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0:55:57.420,0:56:01.750
I think that’s it that is it another one

0:55:59.490,0:56:03.930
in the book have a good week everyone

0:56:01.750,0:56:03.930
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0:56:05.920,0:56:31.949
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