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michelel72) wrote2023-12-23 02:25 pm
michelel72) wrote2023-12-23 02:25 pm
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Quick takes: Various Disney content
I signed up for Disney+ on a Black Friday deal so I could watch the Tennant/Tate "Doctor Who" specials. I'm trying to plow through a backlog of content I've missed with the goal of canceling soon, since I don't really want to pay for a streaming service on an ongoing basis. (I haven't yet managed to watch "Hamilton", which I've never yet seen; I suspect I'm going to need to be able to pay close attention in order to follow it.) At this rate, it looks like I'll be hanging on long enough to see the Fifteenth Doctor, though.
"Doctor Who": I liked these a lot; I loved the middle one. Tennant and Tate are simply amazing.
"Monsters University": Somehow never got around to this previously. It was ... fine. I don't think I'd rewatch it.
"Wreck-It Ralph": Fun -- more so than I'd expected -- but an odd note: don't read too much into the early suggestions of systemic oppression, because they don't really pay off.
"Ralph Breaks the Internet": More entertaining, especially the take on the princesses. I loved Vanellope's "want song". Nice touch having Ralph get an external view of his needy Nice-Guy routine. Hated the entire sequence with Double Dan, though; unfunny in the extreme.
"Baymax Dreams Shorts": Watched one episode. Grating.
"Bluey": Watched one episode. Not as grating as the Baymax, but I won't be watching more.
"WandaVision": Watched the first few episodes. Well done, but I'd already spoiled myself for the entire series and I'm not sure I'll finish watching them.
"Free Guy": I liked this one a lot. The tech stuff was pretty nonsense, but it was fun. Reynolds's work tends to appeal to me. (I have the Deadpool movies marked for possible rewatch because of him.)
I also ended up rewatching "The Emperor's New Groove" and "Kronk's New Groove", mostly because they didn't require a lot of attention since I've seen them before.
I've watchlisted a bunch of Marvel stuff, but I don't know how much interest I have in it. "Endgame" kind of burnt out my enjoyment, and I'm spoiled for important parts of Spider-Man 2 and 3 and for "Secret Invasion" in ways that just pile on for that burn-out. TBD.
"Doctor Who": I liked these a lot; I loved the middle one. Tennant and Tate are simply amazing.
"Monsters University": Somehow never got around to this previously. It was ... fine. I don't think I'd rewatch it.
"Wreck-It Ralph": Fun -- more so than I'd expected -- but an odd note: don't read too much into the early suggestions of systemic oppression, because they don't really pay off.
"Ralph Breaks the Internet": More entertaining, especially the take on the princesses. I loved Vanellope's "want song". Nice touch having Ralph get an external view of his needy Nice-Guy routine. Hated the entire sequence with Double Dan, though; unfunny in the extreme.
"Baymax Dreams Shorts": Watched one episode. Grating.
"Bluey": Watched one episode. Not as grating as the Baymax, but I won't be watching more.
"WandaVision": Watched the first few episodes. Well done, but I'd already spoiled myself for the entire series and I'm not sure I'll finish watching them.
"Free Guy": I liked this one a lot. The tech stuff was pretty nonsense, but it was fun. Reynolds's work tends to appeal to me. (I have the Deadpool movies marked for possible rewatch because of him.)
I also ended up rewatching "The Emperor's New Groove" and "Kronk's New Groove", mostly because they didn't require a lot of attention since I've seen them before.
I've watchlisted a bunch of Marvel stuff, but I don't know how much interest I have in it. "Endgame" kind of burnt out my enjoyment, and I'm spoiled for important parts of Spider-Man 2 and 3 and for "Secret Invasion" in ways that just pile on for that burn-out. TBD.
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There's also the Doug shorts if you liked Up and are into found-family-cute-talking-dog stuff.
Definitely skip that new Indiana Jones, though.
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