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From: daf31428@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David A. Fleming)
Subject: Re: X-men trailer..is there a show?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 05:15:44 GMT

wilsont@holonet.net (Timothy Wilson) writes:

>While watching FOX on sunday night, I noticed that an ad for FOX'es
>kid's club had Wolverine of the X-Men unsheathing his claws as one of the 
>quick flashes of lal the toons. that fox has now.

>is it for real?

	Yep, believe it or not.  With any luck, it'll be better than the last
attempt.  It premieres next Saturday on Fox, but I'm not sure of the time.
	The team includes:  Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Jubilee, Gambit, Rogue,
Professor X, Beast, Archangel, and Jean Grey.  I saw a pencil test of Bishop
in one of the comic rags that talked about this, but I'm not sure when (or if)
he'll show up.

>mail would be good.
>thanks!
						Dave Fleming
						daf31428@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
From: rjking@acsu.buffalo.edu (Randall J. King)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: X-Men
Date: 9 Sep 92 03:01:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UB

tcw@kepler.unh.edu (Timothy C Webb) writes:


>  Am I correct that the X-Men animated show is only going to be once a week
>on Saturday and not every day like Batman? Please say yes... I'm free on
>Saturdays, so I won't have to miss any shows!

I believe that I saw that the only made 13 or 14 episodes, so they would run
out fast on a week-day schedule.

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
From: cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Meadows)
Subject: Re: Dungeons and Dragons: It may have been nice animation, but..
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 01:02:13 GMT

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That's something else I forgot...the bit about Tiamat.  In the AD&D
manual, Tiamat is listed as one of the major monsters of some plane of
Hell.  Now like those characters would really encounter such a potent
monster right off the bat like that?  But I take your point.  Or most
of them anyway.

As for the bit about the "puny weapons."  I think that regular swords,
weapons, etc. would still tend to be a good deal more believable than
magic weapons.  Oh, and also the fact that each of them only had ONE
weapon/device springs to mind.  Since when would a Cavalier not have a 
sword of some sort?  Just a shield?  I mean, come on!  The magician's 
hat also took the cake--a D&D magician's power comes from INSIDE of him, 
not from a magic hat.  There weren't even any spells listed in the D&D
book.  No magic missile, no read magic, no fireball...just pulling things
out of a stupid-looking hat.

Also, they avoided all mention of Clerics.  That's a bit suspicious, don't
you think?

But I accept your point.  The above ranting and raving was at the show
itself, not at you.  It's half hilarious, half disgusting, the changes
to the game to make the show.  I don't know exactly what genre they were
trying to present, but it SURE wasn't D&D.

Flame off.  Sigh.

---Chris Meadows

Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: alberti@ux.acs.umn.edu (Timothy Fay)
Subject: Re: I am Ariel
Originator: alberti@epx.cis.umn.edu
Organization: Revolutionary Anarchist Bowling League
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 08:09:33 GMT

In <1992Sep4.133834.2589@nic.csu.net> jtinkle@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (j. tinkle ) writes:

>However, I am making a fin for a Halloween costume (or at least, that's what
>I'm telling everyone it's for).  I'm using pliable but tough plastic for the
>fin, sewn inside the kelly green bathing suit material that makes up the fin.

I'd like a costume like that, but I don't think I have the figure for it. :-)

But, seriously, folks:  There was an article on "How to Make a Mermaid"
in an issue of _Cinefantastique_ a few years ago (concerning Daryl Hannah's
mermaid suit for the movie "Splash").  It might be worth checking out, if
you're interested in constructing a mermaid costume.

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney,alt.folklore.urban
From: snopes%club33@stlth.enet.dec.com (snopes)
Subject: Re: Kidnapping at Disneyland
Organization: Just put everything on the floor; I can find it.
Date: 11 SEP 92 22:05:31    


In article <1768@shaman.wv.tek.com>, 
  andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) writes...

>Happened to my project leader's brother last weekend: they were walking
>through Disneyland with their two-year-old boy, holding his hand.
>Somebody bumped into them, they lost the boy's hand, and the boy
>disappeared.  Panicked, screamed for security, and a good thing: a few
>minutes later they caught somebody trying to hustle the boy out a gate,
>wearing different clothes and with a haircut.

>Scary.

Yeah, it's really scary because this exact same thing happens several dozen 
times a year, always to somebody else's relative's friend, at amusement
parks and malls all over the country.  Next time don't forget to leave out the 
part about how they managed to identify him by his shoes, since the kidnappers
always forget to change them.  It's also a lot more interesting if you include
the details about the kidnappers' drugging the boy, taking him into the 
bathroom, and disguising him as a girl.

 - snopes

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From: Rich_Koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Rich Koster)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Ariel on TV
Distribution: world
Date: 11 Sep 92 20:53:18 CST
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

To Ariel:
 
We enjoyed watching your TV special tonight on CBS, but why were your lips
moving a leetle before we heard your voice?  Did it have anything to do
with
the camera shooting through water?
 
;-D
 
AHHHHHH-AHHHHHH -- AHHHHHH-AHHHHHHH-AHHHHHHHH!!!!  (glub-glub!) :-)

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From: Rich_Koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Rich Koster)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: WDW FAQ
Distribution: world
Date: 7 Sep 92 16:33:07 CST
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

I can't wait anymore!!! The suspense is killing me!!!

Would the person who is working on the Walt Disney World FAQ please go
ahead and upload it in whatever state it is in right now?  We're going
there in two weeks and would like to see the FAQ before going!!  Thanks!

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Disney Homophobia?
Organization: Columbia U., New York City
Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 22:01:10 GMT
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In article <37749@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> rcook@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Robert Cook) writes:
>
>Curiously, Andy Bell also serves as the chief lyricist of Erasure,
>in addition to singing.  It seems that Disney is willing to hire
>talented gays, as long as no one knows and no one can see them.  Now
>*that* looks like their image problem.
>
	On the contrary. When I went to MGM Studios in November
of last year, B&TB was soon to be released, and they were giving
us tons of teasers.

	They made a POINT of telling us that Howard Ashman, the
lyricist for both movies, had died of AIDS, and that it was a
great loss. If you remember, at the end of B&TB they give a
dedication to him, although admittedly they didn't remind us
there that he died of AIDS.

	It might be different divisions of the company, perhaps.
It might also be that homosexuals are more accepted in clearly
artistic fields.
	-- Ethan


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From: tanida@norns.css.gov (Tom Tanida)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Disney Halloween Costumes
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:06:07 GMT
Reply-To: tanida@esosun.css.gov (Tom Tanida)
In-reply-to: amberle@athena.mit.edu (Amberle S Ferrian)

In article <1992Sep14.231840.15163@athena.mit.edu>, amberle@athena (Amberle S Ferrian) writes:
>The Disney Stores 'round here are now hip deep in costumes.  Let's see, there
>were Maleficient, Belle/ballgown, Ariel/mermaid, Beast and Goofy costumes for
>adults, and just about every kind of character costume imaginable for kids.
>Fortunately all of this was *expensive* (around $50 for the adult ones) so I 
>wasn't worried about dropping cash there...

One thing a cast member at the Disney Store pointed out to me was that
they also have a Princess Jasmine costume (from Aladdin).  Of course,
nobody recognizes it, since the movie isn't out yet (and of course,
nobody will, since the movie comes out nearly a month after
Halloween).

-Tom
tanida@esosun.css.gov
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: guthrie@nb.rockwell.com (Karen Guthrie)
Subject: HELP Disneyland hurts childs feelings 
Organization: Rockwell International
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 21:32:12 GMT


I am a big fan of Disneyland I even worked there years ago but this
weekend I encountered a situation that just made my blood boil.  We 
are season pass holders and my 4.5yo daughter has been waiting with
baited breath for litterally years to ride the big rides.  Last 
Tuesday we went out to the park and while I will agree she is borderline
she was measured about ten times while we rode Splash Mountain 3 times
Space mountain twice and Big Thunder once.  She LOVES this sort of thing.
Well she was begging to go again so Sunday we went back out and while the
Space Mountain personel measured her twice and passed her the Big Thunder
mountain employee bounced her out of line and left her heart broken.  We 
have actually had her measured three times in a single line.  This seems
a bit excessive to me and it is hard on parents and children alike.  Now 
it is fortunate that this problem will be gone in a few months but I was
left wondering how great I would think Disneyland was if I was an out of
town parent and this was our only chance.  I think that they should have
one or more measuring stations where kids could get a bracelet (like the
hospital kind) that must be destroyed to be removed if they are tall
enough and that would be the end of the discussion.  Or for pass holders
like her they could just give her a card with her name on it that matched
the name on her pass.  I know this may seem like a small thing but you
should have seen that little crushed face.  After all it is more than just
not getting to ride it is being classed as little.

Disneyland should be a place where dreams come true... not where they are 
dashed.

Karen
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 18:59:28 GMT
Organization: Roller Coaster fanatic with no hope for a cure
Subject: Re: 'Aladdin' museum showing
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vgriscep@wam.umd.edu (VGR (Craig Pell)) writes:
>In article <1992Sep4.043735.23035@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> pausch@Virginia.EDU writes:
>>Regarding "voice only" actors getting Oscar consideration, there was some
>>discussion of this as a possibility for the actor who did the voice of the
>>crow Jeremy in the "Secret of NIHM." (I think it was Dom Deloise, but I'm
>>not sure)
>
>Well, I'm terribly, terribly biased, but I like the idea of this.
>But even that role wasn't worthy of an Oscar.  Heck, Jeremy's appearance
>did at least 50% of the comedy effect, even though Dom DeLouise is extremely
>talented.

For this very reason, I think that if an Oscar is to be awarded for an
animated character, the voice actor *and* the animator should share the
award.  Both are needed for the ``performance'' to happen.

Geoff

-- 
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: greg@pomona.claremont.edu (Tigger)
Subject: Re: Articles on simulator rides?
Organization: Pomona College
Distribution: usa
Date: 9 Sep 92 15:50:44 PDT

In article <72183@apple.Apple.COM>, winter@Apple.COM (Patty Winter) writes:
> 
> By the way, my brother rode on the new simulator ride at Pier 39 in
> San Francisco last weekend, and he reports that it seems to be a
> stationary room with hydraulically moved chairs. Anyone have more info?

I saw something about this on TV a month or two ago.  It is a new
company, and the Pier 39 installation is the first one.  It is indeed
a stationary room with moving chairs (and I think three screens).  As
the technology gets less expensive, the company is planning installations
all over the country.  They are also planning on moving from shorts
(such as a roller coaster ride) to full lenght movies, at which time
they envision a chain of theaters (like Edwards or any of the others).
They have two systems, one like the one at Pier 39 and one with a 
Circlevision-like arrangement of multiple screens totally surrounding
the audience.

I don't remember the name of the company offhand, but a call or visit
to Pier 39 should get you contact info it you want it.

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: amberle@athena.mit.edu (Amberle S Ferrian)
Subject: Re: Disney Halloween Costumes
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:18:40 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.223144.2629@nic.csu.net> jtinkle@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (j. tinkle ) writes:
>I traipsed by my Disney Store today, but did not enter (I have a tendency to
>spend money I shouldn't when I go in).  I could see small yellow ball
>gowns in the front, as if they were Belle costumes for little girls.  Since
>I didn't enter, I didn't see any Ariel costumes, although I know last year
>they were available for little girls through the Disney catalog.  I gotta go 
>look again!  (Without my purse!)

The Disney Stores 'round here are now hip deep in costumes.  Let's see, there
were Maleficient, Belle/ballgown, Ariel/mermaid, Beast and Goofy costumes for
adults, and just about every kind of character costume imaginable for kids.
Fortunately all of this was *expensive* (around $50 for the adult ones) so I 
wasn't worried about dropping cash there...
--
 amberle		    "I want so much more than they've got planned..."
<amberle@epx.cis.umn.edu>		Belle		
<amberle@athena.mit.edu>		  Walt Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
From: lgb2@po.CWRU.Edu (Linda G. Brashear)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: I am Ariel
Date: 9 Sep 1992 00:36:55 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


Regarding Amberle's message (I never did figure out how to reprint old 
messages in my new ones), as long as you're wearing an official Disney
costume bought at the Disney Store, you're ok.:-)  I breezed by the one
near my home, and I thought I saw (gasp) ADULT sized mermaid outfits.
This was in the Cleveland Tower City store.  Has anyone seen anything like
that in the stores?  I didn't get a chance to get a second look, but it would btotally neat.  They did have what looked like a giant Goofy suit--what fun!!
If I saw what I think I saw, adults could finally get equal treatment with 
the kids!
-- 
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though he dies;  and whoever lives and believes in me will never die"--Jesus
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney,alt.folklore.urban
From: snopes%club33@stlth.enet.dec.com (snopes)
Subject: Re: Kidnapping at Disneyland
Organization: Just put everything on the floor; I can find it.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:41:10 GMT


In article <21982@optima.cs.arizona.edu>, 
  gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell) writes...

>Pompous assholes like you are the real problem - no - nothing like this could
>possibly have gone wrong at the great Disney world or the even greater Walt
>Disney world 

Ahh, what's the matter -- is your masculinity hurt because you believed and
repeated a story that turned out to be a well-known urban legend?  That's
nothing compared to how immature your childish outpouring of profanity makes
you appear. 

My disbelief has nothing to do with refusing to accept that this could happen
at a Disney park -- it has to do with the fact that this same story has been
repeatedly reported, year after year, as having occurred at Disneyland, Disney
World, various other amusement parks, shopping malls, and just about every
other place where large numbers of families gather.  It was already old news
when Brunvand covered it in "The Vanishing Hitchhiker" over ten years ago.

>- screw you - before you start calling someone a liar you should
>at least have the slightest bit of proof to back it up...

Ah, the first weapon in the arsenal of the embarrassed story-teller: the "you
can't prove it *didn't* happen" missile.  Perhaps you'd like to offer a shred
of evidence that it *did* happen, like the name of one of the security guards
involved, details of the Disney security report, information from the 
subsequent police report, or a media account of the incident?   I thought not.
We all know that the kidnapping of a young child from a world-famous amusement
park doesn't merit a police arrest or even coverage by local TV stations and 
newspapers, right?

>Disney is always right in this group so what am I thinking of.... perhaps if 
>it was your child you might think twice before mocking someone else.....

Perhaps if it were my child I'd take a little more care to check into the
details before spreading horror stories and unnecessarily frightening children
and their parents.

- snopes

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: rajiv@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Rajiv)
Subject: Animated Disney Movies.
Organization: /u/student/rajiv/.organization
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 01:52:16 GMT
Distribution: rec.arts.disney


Does anyone have a list of all the animated Disney movies? If so, could you
please e-mail them to me? It would be very much appreciated:)

Rajiv
From: ROCKY@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu (Rocky Essex - University of Florida)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Why I love Disney, Part 47
Date: 8 Sep 92 07:44:56 GMT
Organization: University of Florida, NERDC

In article <18903dINNadk@agate.berkeley.edu>
sherw@ocf.berkeley.edu (Gregory Sherwin) writes:
 
>
>
>Well, Patty - hope this doesn't come as a shocker as I'd hate to burst
>your Disney balloon, but I think in all fairness I had to add a list
>of "Why I think Disney represents everything that's wrong with America,
(lots of junk deleted.....)
Well I will give Mr. Sherwin an A for effort and I will also give him
an A+ for sarcasm and negatism.  After all, if he chooses not to enjoy
the illusionary world Walt Disney Company presents, that's fine but don't
discredit others for doing so.  Yes, I truly believe Walt Disney Company
is first in the business of making money, but I'm also quite sure so is
Warner Brothers (you know that wonderful company that SAVED the pre-
school from the jaws of the rabid mouse).  Even though Disney was pro-
tecting their copyright, their legal rights and would have set a
precidence for other companies/nursery school chains/vendors to use
their trademark without permission.
And Of course let's not forget the little old man that was fired by
this malicious mouse's company for not conforming to THEIR standards
of employement.  I thought If I agreed to work for a company, I
agreed to abide by their rules, their laws, their dress code.  Just
ask anyone that works for UPS -- they have a dress standard too.
Yes, image is everything.  Why don't employees of McDonalds choose
to wear Burger King Uniforms?  Image, conformity ---welcome to
corporate America.  As far as the vultures situation and Disney's
obvious lack of ethic and poor judgment, I agree.  But why didn't
Greg mention about the largest land swap deal in Florida history
the Disney and the State of Florida agreed to where they traded
wetlands (more than what they were getting) to help preserve
them.  Yes, they were making money, but how many developers
have traded nothing and took lots!!!!!!
IN CONCLUSION:  Disney is an entertainment company.  Their
business is to make people happy and Entertain!!!!!  If
Greg chooses to have an attitude of nothing is good and
everything has motive so be it --- but let the rest of us
believe in illusions.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: vgriscep@wam.umd.edu (VGR (Craig Pell))
Subject: Re: 'Aladdin' museum showing
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:55:26 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.043735.23035@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> pausch@Virginia.EDU writes:
>Regarding "voice only" actors getting Oscar consideration, there was some
>discussion of this as a possibility for the actor who did the voice of the
>crow Jeremy in the "Secret of NIHM." (I think it was Dom Deloise, but I'm
>not sure)

Well, I'm terribly, terribly biased, but I like the idea of this.
But even that role wasn't worthy of an Oscar.  Heck, Jeremy's appearance
did at least 50% of the comedy effect, even though Dom DeLouise is extremely
talented.
    The only reason I would have liked to see an Oscar won for this role
is that it would have given the movie the reputation it so richly deserved.
(That enough bias for ya? :-)  )

    VGR

"The size of the brain is no measure of its capacity."   - Mr. Jonathan Frisby
From: murphy@npri6.npri.com (David P. Murphy)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Kidnapping at Disneyland
Date: 14 Sep 92 02:11:12 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: NPRI, Alexandria VA


>Finally, the whole point of this group is to shed some light on the urban
>myths that people spread.  I have no doubt that snopes was right on the money
>when he criticized the original story as being just another variation on a
>tired old legend.
>
>From the Home for Amnesiac Computer Scientists....
>heathh@cco.caltech.edu (Heath Ian Hunnicutt)

amnesiac is right; this thread exists in rec.arts.disney and is _not_
being crossposted to alt.folklore.urban.  please keep your groups
straight before flaming someone who is not familiar with a.f.u., heath.

ok
dpm
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