Neurodivergence
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DuckTales
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, and the primary reason for this is that my grandmother, the last grandparent I have, passed away last month; and well, I took a break from writing and wasn’t quite sure how to start it back. Then, I finally decided to end my well-over-a-month hiatus with a review of DuckTales! (FYI: This review is for the remake, not the original.) After it was announced that Disney was going to remake DuckTales for the channel Disney XD, some people were unsure about how the show was going to turn out being a remake and all; but, when DuckTales was released in 2017, it was…
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Stargirl
Author: Jerry Spinelli This week I’m reviewing another book that I enjoyed. When Stargirl was released back in 2000, it received positive reviews, especially for Stargirl’s character and for the message of nonconformity; and just last year, the book was made into a movie on Disney+. The movie did fairly well and a sequel to it is in development. For many reasons, I found this book fascinating and, just to avoid confusion with my fellow superhero fans, this book has no relation whatsoever to The CW show Stargirl which is based on DC Comics (and getting completely off track, the Stargirl TV show is one that I love and I…
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Turtles All the Way Down
Author: John Green Since I have been on a reading spree (perhaps even more so than usual due to the pandemic), I’m going to take a little break from reviewing movies and share some book reviews with you instead. This week I am going to review a book that I actually just finished last weekend. John Green is one of the most popular authors in the YA world, and his books have sold millions of copies and have been made into several movie/TV adaptions (sadly this book isn’t one of them quite yet). When it was announced that Turtles All The Way Down was going to be published, people were…
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Beauty and the Beast
As the 30th Disney film (an FYI: I’m skipping The Rescuers Down Under sequel to The Rescuers), Walt Disney attempted to make Beauty and the Beast into a movie both in the 1930s and the 1950s, but he was unsuccessful due to the project being too complicated. Then, after the success of The Little Mermaid, Disney decided that they would revive the Beauty and the Beast project. Originally, Disney decided that the movie wasn’t going to made into a musical but it would have a Broadway theme (as in lots of quality music), similar to The Little Mermaid. When the film was released, it was a box office success and…
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The Little Mermaid
With the 28th Disney film The Little Mermaid, we have officially said “see you later” to the Bronze Age and are now saying “hello” to the Disney Renaissance! This movie was originally planned as one of Walt Disney’s first films but the project was delayed for many reasons and then shelved for many decades. In the mid-1980’s, finally, animator Ron Clements became interested in adapting The Little Mermaid but the CCO (Chief Creative Officer) at that time, Jeffery Katzenberg (who would become Disney’s rival years later when he founded Dreamworks Animation), wasn’t so sure as he thought the idea had too many similarities to a proposed sequel to the movie…