Tag: Adventure
REVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 8 “King Pascal”
*Spoilers* “King Pascal” begins with the group on a makeshift boat, trying to remain calm as a storm comes. Rapunzel gives everyone tasks except for Pascal, who she urges to hide below deck. The chameleon sees that the jib of the mast is loose and tries to re-tie it, but ends up falling and ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 7 “Keeper of the Spire”
“Mom? I’m four years older than her!” “I just saw the crow’s feet and assumed.” *Spoilers* In “Keeper of the Spire,” Adira tells Rapunzel that she needs to find a missing piece of the scroll concerning the rocks. Rapunzel and her friends head to the Spire, a mountain with a museum of...
Read MoreREVIEW: Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Inspired by 5 of A. A. Milne’s original Pooh stories, Winnie the Pooh was marketed as a nostalgic return of the beloved characters. Particularly memorable was a trailer emphasizing the use of traditional animation set to “Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane. While the film wasn’t a huge box off...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 6, “Vigor the Visionary”
*Spoilers* “Vigor the Visionary” begins with Rapunzel and Eugene planning a special date until they hear magical chimes in the distance. They follow the sound to a wagon containing Vigor, a monkey who tells the future. His fortune for Rapunzel says, “If you see someone fall, pick them up.” R...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 5, “Freebird”
*Spoilers* In “Freebird,” Cass finds Rapunzel meditating and insists that the break is over and they need to move on. Eugene, Lance, and Hookfoot get into a disagreement over who’s the strongest, provoking the bemused female party members to go off on an adventure. They come upon a couple ...
Read MoreVideo Games Taught Me to Sing
At the outset of writing this, I should begin with a small personal anecdote: a significant amount of my own inspiration as a musician and composer has come from playing video games. To this day I remember as vividly as ever one of the most powerful visuals I have ever seen: a scene from Final &hell...
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