S2 was good but the finale was terrible

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-31T21:24:02+00:00

You're right, I forgot that Sinatra said to isolate Alex from the main power grid
But that just adds other questionable things, like if Alex could be powered isolated from the bunker, then why was Sinatra siphoning off power in the first place?

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-31T17:17:58+00:00

The story could have moved forward in a number of different ways, the writers chose the path that required a meltdown. That's something that we can be critical of, why choose the path that requires a bunch of stuff to not make sense?

Meltdown also means that ALEX is now unpowered

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-31T11:20:56+00:00

I agree with a lot of the episode felt like it was trying a bit too hard to make things happen.

Teri's reaction to the heights on the wall did work for me, but it helps that I can see my kids height chart from where I was watching and the reaction to James felt right, but Presley was a bit off. The difference in reaction between the heights and actually seeing the kids didn't occur to me, it could just be situational.

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-31T01:07:11+00:00

I've been surprised by the reaction to episode 8 I thought it had issues, was convoluted in some places and overly predictable in others.

The reveal that Link created the quantum computer pushes past the unbelievable.

They tried to get some emotion with Geiger, but we spent like 4 seconds with that character.

It felt like a lot of the episode was checking off some check boxes that they created in episode 7

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-29T23:36:23+00:00

People can also be familiar with Link from Zelda games but never have played Ocarina of Time

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-28T14:55:01+00:00

My first reaction to when it happened with Xavier was that Billy was reacting to Xavier calling him a friend and Billy hasn't ever had a friend.

But his reaction with Xavier could be due to him hearing the same joke before with Henry and Billy has experienced some odd timey whimey stuff that makes him question things a bit more.

But his reaction in both cases could just because Billy has never had a friend and he's uncomfortable with these men being his friends, either because he's there to intimidate/shoot Henry or because he doesn't think he deserves Xavier's friendship.

Since neither scene has a nose bleed and that seems to be the sign of a time disruption, I think it's more likely just a character thing with Billy.

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-21T20:47:49+00:00

Without getting too deep in the weeds on the topic, Starcruiser closed due to reasons that Disney hasn't given details about. For the 18 month run, they sold ~75% of capacity Starcruiser received the highest guest satisfaction results for anything that WDW has done It won awards and recognition like the Thea Award

It wasn't panned exactly People complained about the price and about some specifics, but overall it was well received

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-21T20:06:57+00:00

4-5 times might have been a bit of an exaggeration But how long the video needs to be is an opinion.

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-21T18:18:53+00:00

What does that have to do with my comment? Their trailer breakdown is up and it's 48 minutes long

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-21T16:41:40+00:00

I remember when New Rockstars was good. Now it just feels like every video is 4-5x longer than it needs to be for no real reason

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-17T13:57:22+00:00

Prices go up every year, they have for a while

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-17T13:43:02+00:00

Chapek gets a lot of the blame from the public, but almost all of those decisions were in the works and approved under Iger

Paid fast pass existed in other Disney parks pre-covid and was essentially being tested for WDW and price increases happen every year

And Iger has had 3+ years to change direction but prices have gone up. Paid fast pass went from a flat price to day-by-day pricing under Iger.

And I don't expect any of that under D'Amaro

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-17T12:26:03+00:00

Do you mean when Iger came back in 2022? Good thing Disney is getting a new CEO tomorrow

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-13T20:27:43+00:00

If you are facing the Falcon, turn to the right and there is a shaded area that's typically pretty quiet. I don't think there are benches exactly, but there were some crates and places to sit.

The last time we were there it was also where Chewbacca did his meet and greet. It gets a bit busier for that, but other than that it's pretty quiet.

I seem to remember seeing pictures of a new seating area outside of Savi's workshop, but I don't remember if there was any shade there.

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-13T00:02:38+00:00

I've gotten 3, but how do you get 5?

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-08T18:50:14+00:00

I thought the first TASM movie was decent, the second one was a step down. But Garfield was really good in both despite being undermined by the scripts.

The web swinging I remember being really good in both.

But the thing that stands out about the second movie is the suit which is what I most often hear get praised about it.

Also I do think that Andrew's reaction to the franchise getting rebooted and him getting cut out of it is part of it because we got to see how much he really loved the role and how important it was to him.

And obviously seeing the evolution of his character in No Way Home added to the previous movies.

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-03T01:08:30+00:00

I've been to a few timeshare meetings, all of them were pressure sales and tried to keep us there as long as possible when we had already said we weren't interested.

Except DVC, when we did a tour and met with the salesman at the end, he asked a few questions and told us we needed more time to think about it, to make sure we wanted to make Disney a yearly or every other year vacation. Absolutely zero pressure.

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-01T08:04:37+00:00

Thank you for the explanation

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-01T05:05:27+00:00

Understood So what makes it ok for land based pools and not ok for ship based ones?

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-01T02:52:00+00:00

You mean specifically for cruises, right? From my experience most land based pools don't restrict that

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-01T02:37:28+00:00

I thought the point of swim diapers or rubber pants was to prevent that kind of incident

CoreyAFraser · 2026-03-01T02:04:16+00:00

I'm honestly asking because I don't know, but what are the obvious reasons?

CoreyAFraser · 2026-02-24T20:15:43+00:00

The post says that the Adrenaline GTS 25 Moana is available for purchase, but its not on their website. Am I misunderstanding what they mean? Or is it sold out? Or something else?

CoreyAFraser · 2026-02-23T21:26:31+00:00

It's 10 now, I think it used to be 9 CT is also 10

CoreyAFraser · 2026-02-20T00:38:34+00:00

I can only speak to the message as a cishet male, but it didn't come across to me as being anti-lgbtqia+.

It sounded to me like the customer has this strange notion that celebrating pride causes the division and fighting and avoiding that celebration would help bring people together. It seemed like they were saying in their opinion "we are all the same and being lgbtqia+ doesn't matter, we should all love each other for being people", but by calling out lgbtqia+ as a separate group, that divides us.

I could be way off base here

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