Category: Disney
Mine Train Through Nature’s Bafflingly Sexist Wonderland
Disneyland’s Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland closed in 1977 (according to Wikipedia), and by the first time I went to the park, its replacement Big Thunder Mountain Railroad had already become a 20-year-old classic. So I never saw the original ride, but knew just enough about it to be able to recognize references to it.…
Jungle Cruise, or, The Wonderful World of Corny
The Jungle Cruise movie has already won me over before I’ve even seen it.

Five Things I Love About Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway
Thoughts about the relentlessly delightful ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida

One Thing I Like About Loki
The new Loki series is a victory for “genre fiction,” since it’s full of weird stuff that’s not that weird anymore.


Captain America and the Pledge of Allegiance
Why The Falcon and the Winter Soldier worked for me, even though its finale didn’t
“The Fifth Key is Capitalism”
Disney announced a change that affected “The Disney Look,” and the reactions have been everything I expected and lots more that I should’ve expected

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Sleeper Agent
Four episodes into The Falcon and the Winter Solider, and it’s finally won me over

Flourish! (My Take on WandaVision’s Finale)
WandaVision’s excellent finale somehow did everything it needed to do and so much of what it wanted to do
Arrogance Persevering
Thoughts about jackasses on the internet and how much of my life I’ve wasted responding to them.






