Once Upon A Time: Evil Black Swan Emma Arrives

It has returned!  Once Upon A Time has returned and this time, Emma has become...Evil Emma.  (Dun Dun Dun!!!)

Last season's finale let audiences witness Emma become the new Dark One.  It coined Emma's new internet nickname of: The Black Swan.  (Really original internet.)  The show opens with us seeing Arthur and Lancelot come to pull the Excalibur from the stone.  Arthur does, but sees the sword is broken.  Where's the tip of the sword?  Why it's just the Dark One's dagger!  

Meanwhile, back in Storybrooke, the crew, in a fit of attitude that led to Regina calling Hook "Guyliner" (perfection), figures out that Emma is no longer in Storybrooke and they need to find a way to get to her.  The find a locator spell using Merlin's wand and instructions from The Sorcerer's Apprentice. (RIP)  Who do they need help from?  Zelina of course!

We head to the Enchanted Forest and Evil Emma rises from a portal...I think she actually stole her arrival from someone:

But then out of nowhere: Rumple appears and tells her that he is here to be her instructor in embracing her darkness.  Really?  Rumple?  This is a stretch, even for OUAT.

Then out of this confusion of, "What the...," a maiden with red curly hair, wielding a bow and arrow appears.

Merida has arrived!  Let me say that I love this character and Amy Manson knocks this out of the park.  She gives Merida a grown up feel and gives her just a bit more angst.  Plus the line, "Just be thankful you're not a bear," was just too good.  Merida captures a wisp that Emma needs to find Merlin, which will help her stop being the dark one.  (This season reaches a lot so far, but I like it.)  So anyways, Merida and Evil Emma venture forward.

We return to Storybrooke where to make a long story short: Regina tricks Zelina into summoning a tornado that takes you into other realms.  Zelina wanted to go to Oz and Regina made the tornado wisk her and the gang (including Zelina for some reason) to The Enchanted Forest.

Luckily they arrive just in time to stop Emma from killing Merida.  You see what had happened was, Emma and Rumple were discussing how the only way to use the wisp is to be the one to whisper to it.  If Merida does it first, the wisp becomes useless to Emma unless Merida dies.  Merida hears this and flees overnight, when Emma catches up to her, the two battle and Emma rips her heart out.  But Hook runs in and helps her calm her hatred.  Awwww.

Soon after that, they're randomly found by Arthur and his round table.  They promptly say that they knew of their coming based on Merlin's prophecy and they take the Storybrooke crew to Camelot.

But then all of a sudden, we cut to six weeks later.  Everyone is back in Granny's and in Storybrooke. Of course...nobody can remember what happened.  Emma then bust through the door in full Evil Black Swan Emma mode!  It's intense.

Overall the new episode has me wanting more.  I'm kind of over the "losing their memory" every season thing.  It's really annoying that nobody can every remember anything.  This season already seems to be grasping at straws and this is episode one.  I'm going to keep optimistic however, because this show always does tend to give me something to love.  This season I'm thinking it might be Merida, cause she's ballin!

Until next week, keep dreaming...and if you're name is Emma: stay evil :)

Descendants Looking To Lower The Bar

Disney is busting out a new Disney Channel Original movie in a few days: Disney Descendants.  In this movie, we get a look into the now where the kids of Maleficent, Cruella DeVil, Jafar and The Evil Queen get a chance to join the kingdom again with all the Disney heroes, i.e. Belle, Beast.  (You know, those cats.)

Like most Disney Channel Original movies, this one seems to look to capture the spark and fame that Disney Channel hasn't seen since High School Musical.  In attempts to capture this, Disney as brought in musical numbers, random choreography, and of course, High School Musical director, Kenny Ortega.  (I'm pretty sure if it wasn't for Disney Channel, Kenny Ortega would be homeless.)

But just so you can get a little taste of this...gem...sure, let's sort of go with that...Disney released the first six minutes of the movie on Youtube!  So let's take a gander!

That song was well...rotten to the core.  This movie looks to be just as bad as anyone could predict.  It's basically High School Musical meets Once Upon A Time.  (Shout out to the actress who plays Blue Fairy on OUAT being Belle in this movie.  I did get a pop out of that.)  

I'll try to watch this movie, because I do like the new alternative spin on classic tales that Disney has been churning out lately, but this looks to be the worst of the worst.  At the end of the day, this looks like it might have Disney fans asking to eat a poisoned apple.  

First Look At The New Muppet Show

Unless you've been under a rock, then you should know that ABC is going to feature a new Muppet Show.  Now there's been some criticism on whether or not the show is going to be a success.  But ABC released the 10 minute pilot that earned The Muppets an upcoming primetime slot.  Which I will show you now:

That was fantastic wasn't it?  It's styled like The Office and had me cracking up the entire time!  This show is proving that The Muppets are here to stay!  Also, the Swedish Chef is the greatest character ever!  Just sayin.

Ant-Man: That Big Guy, Becomes A Little Guy, For His Little One

It's not easy being the Marvel film that follows Avengers: Age of Ultron, but somebody has to do it!  Many people have been skeptical over how Ant-Man would be received, but more importantly, will it live up to the standard that Marvel has set itself.  Needless to say this film has been under a microscope since its announcement.  (No pun intended...ok, all puns intended.)

(90s Chris Pratt...I mean Paul Rudd, portrays the films hero Scott Lang)

The premise of Ant-Man is that Hank Pym quits S.H.I.E.L.D after they try to replicate his Ant-Man technology.  Later on, Pym looks on as his daughter and protege have created the Yellowjacket, a suit that features the same shrinking technology, accompanied by lazers and rockets.  Pym then enlists Scott Lang, a former criminal, to dawn the Ant-Man suit and steal the Yellowjacket suit, before it can ever be worn.  

(Cue accurate Yellowjacket themesong)

I saw the film this past Friday and here's what I think of it!  Star Wars trailer before the get-go!  Boom!  This movie is awesome!  It's not a typical superhero flick, it's a heist flick done by friggin Super Heroes!  This movie is set up on the same scale as any Marvel movie, but you know what this feels like to me as well?  Minus them saying "shit" a fuck ton of times, it felt like Marvel's first attempt at a family movie.  The story focuses on Scott's will to better himself and reconnect with his daughter and has me drawing comparisons to Mrs. Daughtfire at times.  It might also just be a shout out to the fact that Marvel movies are indeed becoming family movies...Look around you people, change is happening.

By all beats all, I think Ant-Man, stands up strong as one of Marvel's greats.  If there was ever a little guy that came out to fight as a summer blockbuster, he totally said said bring it, and gave a yellow minion a rock bottom!  Ant-Man is kind of everything you need in a family summer blockbuster: a compelling family criminal, that steals and fights for money, all in order for him to see his daughter again.  Who Also: happens to kick some ass, in some of the coolest action sequences you'll ever see!  Dudes and dudettes, Ant-Man approval: Granted.

How To Get Away With Murder Double Whammy! He Deserved To Die/He Has A Wife

So it's time to get the ball rolling again with this review of How To Get Away With Murder.  I had to play catch-up because life's been getting in the way of my television, which is just...unacceptable.  But boy did I pick the right two episodes to watch back to back, because these kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time!  I actually fell off twice...

Let's start this off with He Deserved To Die:

Or as I like to call it...We Want Pre-nup!

Michaela's face says it all here as she finds out that her fiance's parents want her to sign a pre-nup agreement before the wedding, but we'll get into more about that in the next episode.

Now we'll get on with everything, these two episodes brought us closer and closer to bringing the flashforward storyline and the present storyline together.  Everyone is getting ready for the bonfire...DUN DUN DUN!

The big shocker that comes at the end of He Deserved To Die is that it was discovered during a second autopsy that Lila was six weeks pregnant at the time of the murder.  That means that she had broken her virginity pact with Griffin and proving more and more that Sam is most likely the murderer.  

He Has A Wife offers something different than the previous episode.  It offers a secondary trial where a professional woman has apparently murdered her housekeeper under the influence of a sleeping medication.  Then it wound up being the husband who murdered the housekeeper and made the wife believe she did it...was crazy.

But we also get a more in depth look at what was going on with Lila before the murder.  

Near the end of the episode, we see Lila actually run up to Annalise's office and attempt to tell her about her affair with Sam and who is there to ruin it...Freakin Bonnie!  God I hate Bonnie.  But then she confesses everything to Annalise near the end of the show and then she fires her!  Boom!  Later Bonnie!

So breakdown after these two episodes:

Sam is looking guiltier and guiltier.  He's also gonna die soon.

Michaela is gonna have a battle with her future mother in law.

Rebecca is gonna try her best to get that DNA.

I can't wait to get to the next episode.  I think we're finally gonna get to see the murder!

What did you think of these two episodes?  Sound off in the comments.

Twitter: @joeyesrojo

Once Upon A Time Makes Frozen Fresh

Sup Once Upon A Time fans!  So I don't know what you thought when you first saw the scene above during last season's finale, but if it was anything like mine, you were about about as happy as a squirrel that's been hit by a lawnmower.  I'm probably biased because I work at Walt Disney World and they've thrown Frozen in my face so much that if you shook off my eyelids, you could build a snowman.

I was completely done with everything and anything Frozen.  But this season of Once Upon A Time has completely cured my frostbite!  (Except for the Wandering Oaken's scene.  I worked at Wandering Oaken's Trading Post all summer, so hearing him say, "Yoo-Hoo" was like getting an icicle to the temple.  Aside from that negative, I have nothing but positive things to say about this awesomely chilly season.

Allow me to start the praise off by saying that Anna and Elsa were extremely well cast!  Georgina Haig and Elizabeth Lail, who play Elsa and Anna respectively, are killing it this season.  Not only do they look like the characters, but they also look like sisters.  I'm not sure if they are both just great actresses or if have watched Frozen more times than any 6 year old American girl, but they are Anna and Elsa and I don't think that Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell themselves could do any better.  (I may catch some heat from that.  Oops)

Next up on the praise list:

ELIZABETH FREAKIN MITCHELL!

When she popped up at the end of the second episode, I yelled, "Juliet," and spilled my Mountain Dew.  (I'm a huge LOST fan!)

The storyline crossover between Hans Christian Andersen's original; The Snow Queen and Disney's Frozen is something that I never would have thought of.  I actually really wish that the rumored Frozen sequel would have followed this path.  It's a really awesome concept and I can't respect this season's writers enough.

Finally:

SVEN!

So what do you, the internet people think about this season so far?  What are your favorite/least favorite aspects of it?  Do you like or hate Frozen?  Are you reading all of these questions?  Sound off in the comments!

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Squirrel Attack

So today I was sitting at a picnic table outside Innoventions, yes I work at Disney World, and as I was sitting there an Innoventions cast member came out of the door with a pest control cast member.  He looked at me and asked if I had called about the squirrel attack.

Naturally I thought, "Squirrel attack?  Really?"  So I told him it wasn't me.  But someone coming out of a door and asking if I was attacked by a squirrel was the best thing I've experienced in a while and I told him how much I appreciated that being the most random thing I've experienced today.  We shared a laugh and they left.

After that I looked down and saw this under my picnic table.

Long story short.  I made a new friend.

A very photogenic friend!

The Shows I'm Addicted To - 8/23/13

So here it is guys!  This week's addition of The Shows I'm Addicted To!  After watching way too much TV, mostly before I fall asleep with about 3hrs before I have to wake up for work, I have compiled a list of my favorite shows!  With Netflix, Hulu, and of course television at my disposal, here are my current addictions:

10. 3rd Rock From The Sun

(Last week: #5)

So haven't actually gotten to watch an episode this week.  I've been catching up on this via Hulu since it's close to a decade old now.  This show is still hilarious and none of the references are dated which is nice.  I have to get back into it, cause it is truly a gem.

9. WWE NXT

(Last week: #8)

As I've stated before, NXT is my favorite brand of wrestling that WWE has.  It may not have the flashy lights and glamour of Monday Night RAW, but it offers a solid product every single week.  Some of my favorite NXT Superstars right now include:  Tyler Breeze, Paige, Enzo Amore, Emma, and Leo Kruger.

8. Cake Boss

(Last Week: N/A)

This one I'm blaming entirely on my roommate Kati.  I sat down to look at a neat cake that looked like a zombie and then never got up.  This show is great, even though I really hate how the guy says fondant.  I was a big fan of Ace Of Cakes on the Food Network and was really upset when it was cancelled, so this is the next best thing for me!

7. Phineas & Ferb

(Last Week: #7)

Phineas and Ferb is still my favorite children's cartoon series going, it feels like I'm back in the 90s with my bowl of cereal.  Also Dr. Doofenshmirtz might be one of my favorite characters in anything.

6. Kitchen Nightmares

(Last Week: #6)

Kitchen Nightmares is still great.  It makes me want to open a restaurant just so Gordon Ramsey can come yell to me.  Also it makes me never want to eat out again.

5. WWE Monday Night RAW

(Last Week: #4)

Every week I either watch RAW or catch up on Hulu.  This past week's RAW was great, I'm really enjoying the Daniel Bryan storyline.  He was totally robbed at Summerslam!

4. New Girl

(Last Week: N/A)

This show has become an obsession over the past week.  It really upsets me that I'm catching up on it via Netflix.  Zooey Deschanel and the rest of the cast shine, I can't stop laughing.  Also this show might have one of my favorite theme songs ever.  "Who's that girl?  It's Jess!"

3. My Name Is Earl

(Last Week: #3)

I can't handle how much this show cracks me up.  There's not one character that isn't played to a T.  Just got to the middle of season 1 this week.  The Christmas episode had me dying.  "Oh no it's a negro, we must getting robbed!"  I want to marry Jaime Pressley.

2. Total Divas

(Last Week: #2)

Still my guilty pleasure.  Part of me wishes I didn't like this show as much as I do.  This weeks episode dealing with Natalya's relationship and Ariane''s (Cameron's) boob issues was great.  When Cameron lost a fake boob in the pool though, Naomi had me rolling with, "Those things float.  Who knew?!"  Greatness!

1. Orange Is The New Black

(Last Week: #1)

So much like last week this show has amazed me from start to finish!  So not like last week, I'm kind of bittersweet to be listing this as my number one.  Not because it doesn't deserve it, but because I finished the first season and season two isn't here yet!  I want to see more, there needs to be more of this show in my life!  Season two can't get here soon enough!

Avatar Coming To Disney's Animal Kingdom

Okay, so Disney has partnered with the ever so conceited James Cameron to bring Avatar to Disney's Animal Kingdom.  Now anybody that knows me knows that I'm one of the biggest Disney fans around so I figured I needed to put my 2 cents in on this.

I'm all for Disney partnering with 3rd party companies.  I mean it gave us Star Tours and Star Wars Weekends, then we got the Indiana Jones ride and show.  Let's not forget my favorite 3rd party ride...

(This elevator goes directly too...The Twilight Zone)

So I'm not against them bringing a non-Disney thing into a Disney theme park.  I don't know if I'm okay with them devoting an entire land to Avatar though.  I'm sure Disney could do it justice and I think it'll be pretty cool to see the world of Avatar in person but I wonder how much staying power Avatar has.

I mean if you asked me I couldn't tell you a lot of facts about Avatar.  I mean I know the main guy's name is Jake and they look for Unobtainium (the most creative name for a rare mineral/gem/rock/whatever it is)  but other than that I really couldn't tell you much more.  (They turn into blue people and try to save a tree.)  I think Disney should've gone a different route.  I mean you have lands in Animal Kingdom devoted to different areas of the world and then you have Dino-Land which is okay cause they're proven to exist.  There was suppose to be an area devoted to mythical creatures but they scrapped it so we could go to Mickey's Cabana Land as I like to call it.  But does Avatar have the power to pull in people like Star Wars does?  I don't think so.  I think the new land will pull in people now and hopefully it will when the sequels come out but I don't think it's that popular of a movie.  I mean it's a big movie and everyone saw it but nobody talks about Avatar or wants to watch it over and over again like Star Wars.  If they had Avatar weekend at Animal Kingdom then I don't think people would go.

Overall I think Disney missed a major opportunity and I think if they were going to put a new land in Animal Kingdom then they should have went with the mythological creature land that's been on the back burner since the beginning of Animal Kingdom.  I think it's going to be much more popular than Avatar in the long one unless the sequels do just as well as the original then they might have something on their hands but as of right now I think the Avatar land will be just something else in the park, not a big attraction.

Sitting In My Room Thinking

Well I'm Joe/E. I'm a theatre major at Limestone College. That's in Gaffney, South Carolina. Never heard of Gaffney? Well join the club man!

Gaffney does have a giant peach for it's water tower, that's something interesting.

Pic of the Peach!

I'm sitting in my room. The time just changed so it feels like 3am but it's 4am. I stay up late all the time so I know about the am times! I'm trying to use this blog as like an intro thing. Cause somebody is probably going to read this and they really don't know anything about me.

ABOUT JOE/E :

I loves the entertainment industry. If I don't end up working in some aspect of entertainment, I'll probably die. (I'm going to die anyway because everyone has to, but that's besides the point.) I'm addicted to Disney. I'm a huge fan, my family and I go to Disney World at least once a year. In fact we're going in about 4 weeks. I'm excited.

By the way, today I saw this sign in the Waffle House (I eat there a lot) It was talking about Raisin Toast and but the words "Raisin Toast" were written in an American Idol logo. It was weird.

Oh. My family and I also make videos : go to - www.freewebs.com/randomvidsinc

Till later everybody!