Tag: Review
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Lightyear – Mr. Daps’ Home Entertainment Review
Lightyear is the movie that inspired young Andy in the Toy Story franchise to want his own Buzz Lightyear action figure. This movie is about Lightyear, a space ranger who ends up marooned on a hostile alien planet with both his commander and crew. He desperately seeks a way home for them all while also…
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Two Captains’ Log: Weekly Review of Star Trek: Lower Decks – S3E1
We are back with more Captains Logs of Star Trek. With Lower Decks being back it will be quite some interesting ways of assessing episodes. This week’s season opener, “Grounded,” saw the Cerritos lower deck crew trying to free their captain in Star Trek fashion. Of course, silly hijinks happen and the captain is freed…
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Two Captains Log: Weekly Review of Orville – Ep. 9
It is time once again for weekly thoughts on the most recent Orville episode. It is starting to wind down for this season and episode 9, “Dominos,” was quite a doozy. Here we go with the epic episode. Design Mr. DAPs: “Overall, it was an enjoyable viewing experience this week from a design perspective. There…
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Two Captain’s Log: Weekly Review of Orville S3E7
It is time again to go to the two captains’ logs. Strange New Worlds has wrapped up its first season, but Orville: New Horizons continues. Mr. DAPs and Murray are changing it up a bit to take a look at just one episode. Instead of declaring a winner of the week, it’ll be whether this…
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Two Captains Log: Weekly Review Of Strange New Worlds And Orville, SNW Ep. 10 & Orville Ep. 6
It is time once again for this week’s review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Orville: New Horizons. Both episodes this week feature time travel as the prime catalyst for the plots. So, without further adieu, here are Mr. DAPs’ and Murray’s thoughts on “A Quality of Mercy” and “Twice in a Lifetime.”…
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Two Captains Log: Weekly Review Of Strange New Worlds And Orville, SNW Ep. 9 & Orville Ep. 5
As Strange New Worlds draws to its season close, it is getting harder and harder to choose between the weekly winners. Also, a category is getting renamed. The next Trek installment will be all animated, so a general ”Design” category seemed more appropriate than ”Special Effects, Makeup…” And with that, let’s get going with ”The…
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Two Captains Log – Weekly Review Of Strange New Worlds And Orville – SNW Ep. 8 & Orville Ep. 4
It’s time for another week of Two Captains’ Log and with Orville and Strange New Worlds both shows had pivotal episodes. Let’s dive into thoughts on Orville’s ”Gently Falling Rain” and Strange New World’s ”The Elysian Kingdom.” Music Mr. DAPs: “This week the soundtracks were quite different from each other. Star Trek had a quirky…
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Two Captains Log – Weekly Review of Strange New Worlds and Orville – SNW Ep. 7 & Orville Ep. 3
Here we are again with another week of sci-fi exploration with Mr. DAPs and Murray. This week saw Strange New Worlds (SNW) facing pirates in “The Serene Squall,” while The Orville: New Horizons (OR) faced the “Mortality Paradox.” Without further ado, here are the thoughts on this week’s episodes. Music Mr. DAPs: This week had…
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Eternals – Mr. DAPs’ Home Entertainment Review
Eternals tells the story of a group of heroes from beyond the stars who are sent to protect Earth since before the dawn of mankind. Thinking their job is done, this group lives through the history of the Earth in an almost invisible manner. This all changes when some monstrous creatures called the Deviants return…
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Encanto – Mr. DAPs’ Home Entertainment Review
Encanto is now available for watching via digital download or on Blu-ray/DVD. This Disney musical tells the story of a girl named Mirabel who lives in an enchanted house with her magical family in Columbia. Everyone has magical powers though, except her. When she discovers the magic is fading though, Mirabel must save the magic…
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Spider-Man: No Way Home – Mr. DAPs Review (No Spoilers)
Spider-Man is back and this time, he has no way home… according to the title. In Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tom Holland is back as Peter Parker and is facing a whole new set of challenges after the events of Spider-Man: Far From Home. After his identity is revealed, Parker turns to Doctor Strange to…
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Birnbaum’s 2022 Walt Disney World: The Official Vacation Guide – Mr. DAPs’ Book Review
Walt Disney World is now celebrating its 50th Anniversary and Birnbaum’s 2022 Walt Disney World: The Official Vacation Guide is now available. This guide takes a look at The World’s Most Magical Celebration and offers lots of tips and trips for how to get the most out of a trip to Walt Disney World in…
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Take a Look at the Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness and Campground
On our recent trip to Walt Disney World Resort for its 50th Anniversary, we stayed in The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness and Campground. This was the first time any of our group had done this before. With four people sharing a cabin, it made the rates comparable to other moderate rates that were available…
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Reviewing Oogie Boogie Bash – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1150 (#573)
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week the entire show is dedicated to all that is the Oogie Boogie Bash. Mr. DAPs and Caitie attended the first night of the Oogie Boogie Bash and had a blast… quite literally. The night ended with lightning and thunder! Throughout the course of this episode, the GEEKS talk about…
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Introducing the Magic Key – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1144 (#567)
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week is a very targeted show with just two main topics. First off, the GEEKS take a look at the newly announced Magic Key pass program at the Disneyland Resort. This includes a cost comparison between Disneyland Annual Passes and the Magic Key pass and also a break-even analysis. The…
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Luca – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Sometimes there is a special summer when people are children that really impact them and help them grow up. Quite often this comes from a special friendship. Luca is the story of a summer like that and a life-changing friendship. This is a story of self-discovery, adventure, friendship, and family told in the beautiful setting…
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“Behind the Attraction” Brings Disney History to the Whole Family
Behind the Attraction brings Disney Parks fun to the whole family, while also teaching viewers a thing or two about Disney history. The series, which will debut 5 episodes on July 21, focuses on the history of some of your favorite attractions while getting insight from individuals from Walt Disney Imagineering. It’s a very fun…
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Cruella – Mr. DAPs’ Home Entertainment Review
In Cruella, Disney fans finally see the origin story of one of Disney’s most notorious villains. Since first appearing in 101 Dalmations, Cruella de Vil has been terrifyingly ruthless when it comes to puppies and fashion. In this live-action origin story starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson, fans finally see why. Taking place in the…
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Black Widow – Mr. DAPs Review
Black Widow arrived in theaters this weekend and Natasha Romanoff finally has her stand-alone movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After the events of Captain America: Civil War, Natasha Romanoff finds herself having to confront her past when she finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy. As she fights for survival, she also has…
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THE GREAT LUCA REVIEW – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1137 (#560)
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week we again have Nathan Hatton join us as we geek out about some of the top stories of the week. Things start with a look at all of the festivities announced for Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th-Anniversary celebration. The World’s Most Magical Celebration will begin on October 1, 2021…
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Luca – Mr. DAPs Review
Luca is a story of a summer of friendship in Italy. During this summer, there is growth and discovery about individuals, friendships, and family. There is also some amazing pasta and gelato in a gorgeous Italian village, not to mention some Vespa scooters. Story The story told in Luca is a timeliness tale of friendship…
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The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Book Review by Mr. DAPs
The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is a new book by Amy Ratcliffe that goes into great detail about the magic inside of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at both Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure. It goes into some of the details and behind-the-scenes creative thinking for the land for things that guests can experience…
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Secrets of the Whales – Mr. DAPs Review
On Earth Day, Disney+ will release a new National Geographic series called Secrets of the Whales. This four part series take a look at the life of whales. In particular it takes a look at the life of orcas, humpbacks, belugas, narwhals and sperm whales. This documentary series was filmed over the course of three years…
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Raya and the Last Dragon – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Raya and the Last Dragon finds the title character Raya living in the land once known as Kumandra. This once was a place where people and dragons lived in harmony. This is no longer true unfortunately. Nobody is united and the entire land is under siege from the Druun. Raya must find the last dragon,…