Country Bear Jamboree to be Overhauled

In a shocking move Disney has decided to renovate and completely overhaul the Country Bear Jamboree.

In a press release Disney highlighted the following changes that will be made to the attraction:

-          All tracks to be replaced with some of the most popular death metal songs of all time.

-          The Baby Oscar will now wear a leather diaper.

-          Big Al will be overhauled with full Kiss makeup.

-          Liver Lips will be dressed in a spandex meat suit.

-          Buff, Max, and Melvin will be overhauled to have a Goth look.

-          Henry will be re-voiced by Lewis Black and he will just spew profanity at the audience between songs.

-          Wendell will be overhauled to look like a bear version of Marilyn Manson.

-          Teddi Barra will no longer sing but will instead scream and smash a guitar.

-          Ernest will no longer play the fiddle.  He will now play the drums.

-          Trixie will no longer be fat.  She will now be an emaciated strung out heroin addict groupie.

-          Gomer will now play the keyboard while wearing leather pants and a top hat.

-          Rufus will now make obscene shadow puppets in the lights.

The new show will be entitled “The Un-bear-able Death Metal Festival.”

When asked why Disney would so drastically change an attraction that has remained almost completely intact as one of the Magic Kingdoms opening day attractions, a Disney spokesman stated: “To be honest it was an oversight on our part.  We actually forgot this attraction still existed. It somehow remained under our radar all these years. It was until one of the cast members stumbled across it on YouTube that we even realized this attraction was in Disney World. Once we knew the attraction existed we knew we had to change it.  After all, no one could possibly like an attraction that is over thirty years old.”

If Disney has its way the bears will sing their last country song in a couple of months.

Once the news broke an organization called “Save Our Bears” also known as “S.O.B.” started an online petition to save the bears. 

An S.O.B. spokesperson stated that “S.O.B. will fight to the end to save the bears.  We are planning on chaining ourselves to the front of the building to block the bulldozers!”

When informed that the building is not being torn down the spokesperson stated “Oh…then we’ll chain ourselves to the stage!  You can’t have a true protest unless you chain yourself to something!”

Only time will tell if Disney or S.O.B. has its way.

Photo of the Week: The Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion is creepy during the day.  At night it can become downright sinister.   The main reason for this is the lighting.

Did you ever notice that at night they light up the mansion to have eyes and a mouth?  Look close and you will see it. 

Another cool effect happens under two settings. 1st - put your camera on a tripod (or a trash can) and set your exposure to at least one second.  This causes people to blur and look like ghosts.

The other setting you can use is a double exposure.  If your camera has this feature it will take two fast exposures and combine them on the same frame. This will create see through people.  It's a really fun effect.

The example above is a timed exposure.

The final fun fact about this photo is the fact it was taken in color.  When you take it in color you can convert it after the fact and normally use multiple filters.   Black and white photos actually have different color filters.  In the case above I used a red filter.  A red black and white filter often gives the photo a more sinister, darker look.

Photo of the Week: Sunset Over Bay Lake

If you want to snag this photo you have to go to the of the Contemporary.  Off of the California Grill there is a nice outdoor patio where you can capture this view.

There is one other key aspect to photo is exposure.  This is not a normal exposure.  In a normal exposure the Grand Floridian would be almost completely darkened out by the light coming from the sun.  This is actually an HDR shot.  This is a case where you can hardly tell this is an HDR shot. Most of the times HDR shots look unnatural but in this case it really helps to match what you would naturally see.

Movie Review: The Avengers

The Avengers hit this weekend and shattered the opening weekend record.  Last figure I saw had it making over 200 million in the US on the opened weekend.  With a figure like that some people would assume that it must be a good movie but is it?

I want to start by saying that I am not a comic book fan but I can enjoy the movies.

When it comes to any movie I judge how good it was by whether or not I’d buy the Blu-Ray / DVD when it came out.  Considering that the only comic book movie I really enjoyed recently was the Dark Knight.

The Avengers starts off in a decent manner.  It’s a fairly action packed beginning that sets the tone for the movie but I have to warn people.  If you have not seen Captain America and Thor you might be a little confused about what is going on.  The Avengers is actually part three of a three part story.

The next hour or so is decent but it can be boring at times.  The story just seems to stall out for a while.  It really made me wonder if some of the scenes could have been removed or shortened.

Once the end starts it goes non-stop.  It’s an action festival.  If you like fights, explosions, and utter chaos then you will love the end of this movie.

I have to say the best thing in the Avengers is the humor.  Throughout the entire film they placed some really funny moments that make you laugh.  Such things as seeing the Hulk sucker punch Thor give the movie some welcomed breaks from the intense scenes.

The characters as a whole are fun to watch. The casting for all of the characters is excellent.  Captain America is a great fit.  Robert Downey Jr. is to Iron Man what Johnny Depp is to Captain Jack Sparrow.  Thor is a little pretty for the character but he still does a good job.

It would be very hard to find a better fit for Black Widow than Scarlet Johanson but when it comes to her and Hawkeye I couldn't help but wonder what we were missing.  I think both of these characters would have their own movies if done correctly.

That brings us to the Hulk.  After a some really poor movies I really thought no one would be able to do a good movie with the Hulk in it.  However,  they pulled it off.  The Hulk is the real highlight of the movie.  He is just fun.

I’m not sure if I’d buy The Avengers on Blu-Ray or not.  The main draw of the movie was the action and it does that well.  However the story wasn’t compelling enough to really draw me in.

Overall The Avengers is a fun movie that is worth seeing at least once.

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Photo of the Week: Where Am I?

Do you know where this photo is from?

If you are a fan of the parks you can figure it out through a process of elimination.   I'll give you a few hints.

1 - You can see this attraction from two different parks.

2 - This statue can be found in the queue of the attraction.

3 - The color of the building is the same shade of red that you see directly behind the statue.

4 - This statue is found about half way through the queue.

5 - The attraction is in Disney Hollywood Studios.

6 - The attraction is at the end of Sunset Blvd.

If you haven't figured it out already this statue can be found in the queue of the Tower of Terror.  It's on the left hand side as you get close to the building.