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The folks at VinePair have put together this wonderful infographic plotting and reviewing what they imagine to be the “Wines of Westeros” from the HBO series Game of Thrones. It’s handy information to have when traveling thirstily through the wine country of George R.R. Martin‘s mind.

With all that wine being drunk, all the time, we realized that there simply had to be other wines being grown on Westeros. Wine, however, isn’t the easiest thing to grow. Predictable seasons define a grapevine’s lifecycle. The only logical explanation is that in a world where magic stretches winters and summers out over many years, a benevolent hand aids everyone’s favorite grape. And as long as magic is at work, we’ll speculate further that wine can grow in a few climates that would be rather inhospitable back here on Earth. While the Starks weren’t growing any wine in The North, we’ve ‘discovered’ Westeros’s other wines.

We’ve got all sorts of Disney Food Truck happenings going on this week!

With the debut of the all-new Trucks on the Town Event, along comes a new item to the Fantasy Fare Food Truck: Sticky Chicken and Waffles! I gave it a go on my recent trip to Disney World, and thought you might like a peek…

Each of the four Disney Food Trucks brings flavors from various Disney parks to Downtown Disney. The Fantasy Fare truck features Delightful Dishes from Magic Kingdoms Around the World!

Yep. Literally.

These “delightful dishes” include the Grilled Ham and Cheese (this is the Croque Monsieur, brought to us from Be Our Guest Restaurant), and the famed Hand-dipped Corn Dog from Disneyland (I grabbed that one, too; YUMMMMM!).

Sticky Chicken and Waffles is the most recent addition, replacing the Glass Noodle Salad (a noodle entrée with chicken and pickled vegetables from Hong Kong Disneyland, served cold). The Sticky Chicken and Waffles are inspired by the waffle sandwiches in Magic Kingdom’s Sleepy Hollow. Which. We. Love.

Unlike Sleepy Hollow’s Sweet and Spicy Chicken Waffle Sandwich, which incorporate a chicken breast into one huge, folded waffle (you know, like a sandwich ), here we have two breaded chicken tenders on top of two smaller waffles (the same kind they use at the Epcot Food and Wine Festival Belgium Booth).

So, what makes ‘em so sticky? Well, they don’t hold back on the sweet and spicy sauce here at Fantasy Fare, either! And the white sauce reminded me of the tangy slaw dressing on the Sleepy Hollow version.

I’m still all about the Chicken Waffle Sandwich (especially since that runs around $7.50 to this version’s $11…and the sammy is SUPA bigger), but it’s nice to know there’s now a place to get your waffle fix in Downtown Disney!

It would be cool to see the menu options at Fantasy Fare continue to change from time to time to reflect other items in Disney parks around the world… as long as they keep the Hand-dipped Corn Dog, that is .

Will you be stopping by the Fantasy Fare Food Truck to try the Chicken and Waffles? Please let us know with a comment!

 

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A few months back Michael Thomasson of Buffalo, New York, officially became the holder of the Guinness World Record for largest video game collection. Here’s a video of the Guinness doing an official count of the collection…

According to Thomasson, his collection has since ballooned to over 12,000 games. Yeah, well, uh, maybe some day I’ll have written 12,000 articles about games! How d’ya like them apples, Michael Thomasson?

So, what do you do when your game collection has been certified as the most impressive on the planet? You cash out apparently. Thomasson put the entire collection up for auction on game-selling site GameGavel, and after a couple weeks of bidding the collection went for $750,250.

Not bad. If you do the math it comes out to around 68 dollars per game. While the collection contains its share of rare games Thomasson surely had to shell out a lot of cash for, a large portion were likely scooped from bargain bins and flea markets, so he probably made a decent profit from the collection in the end. Of course it would be sad to see such an impressive hoard go, but I have a feeling Thomasson is going to get right to work on a second world-record setting collection — I mean, he suddenly has 750k worth of spare game money lying around.

Via Kotaku here & here

Filed under: Gaming, GammaSquad Tagged: guinness world records, Michael Thomasson, RECORD BREAKERS, video games

I … I think it is Davos from Game of Thrones in the crowd at the World Cup! I’d recognize that beard anywhere. Between that and actor Liam Cunningham tweeting that he had “a magnificent time in São Paulo,” I think we can go ahead and confirm this one. Big ups to whichever eagle-eyed soccer fan pulled the screencap. Doing the Lord’s work out there, pal.

What is your favorite part of this picture? Is it the thing where literally every other person in the shot is holding their phone in front of their face like a putz and Davos is just standing there in the Captain Morgan pose like the pirate/smuggler he is? Yeah, that’s my favorite part, too.

Source: Reddit

Filed under: TV Tagged: game of thrones, LIAM CUNNINGHAM, WORLD CUP

Great news, nostalgia freaks, Paddington Bear is coming to the big screen in his very own live action adventure for Christmas 2014. I’m sure a lot of people have read that news and thought, “What the f*ck, Michael Bay?” but this beloved children’s book character seems to be getting the treatment that a 56-year cuddly bear in a raincoat actually deserves. Paddington stars Nicole Kidman and Jim Broadbent, as well as Colin Firth as the voice of the titular bear, despite the fact that I’m told by so-called experts that bears can’t actually speak. Science aside, the first trailer for Paddington hit YouTube last week, and you can see for yourself that it at least looks better than Yogi Bear.

Along with the trailer, the first image for Paddington (above) was also released last week, and as usual people on the Internet didn’t respond that well to something from their childhoods being given a new look. Specifically, a lot of people thought that Paddington looked pretty f*cking creepy, so quite a few Photoshop programs were fired up and the meme du jour was born with “Creepy Paddington.”

Filed under: Film Drunk, Media Tagged: CREEPY PADDINGTON, MEMES, NICOLE KIDMAN, PADDINGTON, PADDINGTON BEAR, Photoshops, TRAILERS

Dave Hax demonstrates how to create a crossbow out of pencils, an ink pen, a binder clip, and rubber bands in his latest instructional video. He then shows off the deadly power of his office crossbow by shooting it into a small cardboard box. We previously wrote about Dave’s video on how to make a mini crossbow with flaming arrows.

Fun and simple mini weapon to make from stationary. 1,2,3,4 I declare office wars!

music by Kevin MacLeod – “Fig Leaf Rag“

Thanks to the series’ proclivity for oversized “WTF” moments, fan reaction videos have become a huge part of the Game of Thrones experience. The Red Wedding edition is probably the greatest reaction video ever made — George R. R. Martin enjoyed it, and Peter Dinklage took great pleasure in it.

Now, less than 24 hours after Oberyn Martell did bloody battle with the Mountain (discussion here, GIF recap here), we already have a supercut of horrifed fans losing their sh*t. I won’t spoil anything, but let’s just say this guy’s reaction was not the correct one:

(Via Guyism)

Filed under: TV, Upcoming Tagged: game of thrones, Supercuts, viral video

If you’re like me, you might’ve missed the last season of Sherlock and anxiously waited for it to appear with the other seasons online. I am a fan, but I also have a long standing rivalry with local public television. They know what they did.

Well our time will finally come on Monday when Sherlock is added to streaming selections. The only hitch is you’d better have Netflix. From Vulture:

On Monday, the third season of Sherlock will become available for streaming exclusively on Netflix. The service will also stream Sherlock Uncovered, a set of three half-hour making-of specials following each episode, and Unlocking Sherlock, a one-hour behind-the-scenes feature about the making of the series. To mark the occasion, Vulture caught up briefly with executive producer Steven Moffat and his wife, producer Sue Vertue, who told us a rewatch could prove enlightening

This is probably bad news for you fans who use Amazon Prime and meh news for those of you who pirate everything you can get your hands on. As for those who already watched, you can piss off. At least you Prime folks can still get Orphan Black.

Probably not reason enough to splurge on a Netflix account if you’re lacking, but it is another nice example that Netflix is growing in power. They’re nabbing up exclusives and original programming left and right. Once they start sweeping awards shows, there might be a realization that TV needs to pick up its game.

Until then, I’ll be watching Sherlock. And Luther which is adding season three on June 6th.

(Via Vulture)

Filed under: TV, Web Culture Tagged: exclusive, NETFLIX, Season 3, Sherlock

The Mets have set a major-league record for last names with a lower-case “d,” all on one roster at one time, with Travis d’Arnaud, Jacob deGrom and Matt den Dekker.

In a post to ESPN, Paul Lukas from UniWatch writes:

“Three primary schools of thought have emerged from these discussions one that believes player names on jerseys should always be all caps, period; one that loves the lowercase letters; and a compromise position that advocates for the use of small caps instead of lowercase letters.”

Since MLB doesn’t print lower-case lettering, the Mets created a custom lower-case “d” for use on the jerseys of d’Arnaud, deGrom, and den Dekker this season.

In 2013, the Mets used an upside-down, upper-case “P,” in place of a custom, lower-case “d.”

A few months ago, I met David Bradley, the actor behind such stringy-haired leeches as Argus Filch and Walder Frey from Game of Thrones (as well as Broadchurch‘s mysterious shopkeep), for an article that will appear on UPROXX next month. He couldn’t have been nicer. Eventually, the conversation drifted to “The Red Wedding,” and he mentioned that he still gets looks from strangers on the street who confuse the actor with the character. He was happy about the recognition, though, and looked genuinely delighted when I told him that during the first dance at my wedding, I asked the DJ to play a few seconds of “The Rains of Castamere” before going into our actual song (only one person laughed — worth it).

Point being, he’s a jolly ol’ chap, he is, though he could use some work at wedding planning.

Never forget.

Via @shawlax

Filed under: TV Tagged: DAVID BRADLEY, game of thrones, red wedding

OKAY NOBODY FREAK OUT BUT ACCORDING TO VARIETY NETFLIX IS IN TALKS TO PRODUCE A WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER PREQUEL SERIES THAT WILL STAR AND BE PRODUCED BY THE ORIGINAL TEAM BEHIND THE 2001 CULT CLASSIC.

AND IT GETS BETTER.

Executive produced by the movie’s creators, David Wain and Michael Showalter, the serialized “Hot” would seek to reunite many of the original cast members who would play high-school-age characters despite the fact many of the actors are currently in their 40s.

While it might seem a tall order to reunite the original cast, the plan is to make it happen by having each of the actors shoot their scenes in just a few days because not every character will appear in every episode.

As a reminder, that cast and crew of 40 year olds, many of whom would be portraying teenagers, includes these people, whose names may ring a bell here in 2014:

• Paul Rudd
• Bradley Cooper
• Amy Poeher
• Elizabeth Banks
• Ken Marino
• Molly Shannon
• Christopher Meloni
• Janeane Garofalo
• David Hyde Pierce
• Michael Ian Black
• Joe Lo Truglio
• Michael Showalter
• David Wain

Yes, please.

Filed under: TV Tagged: NETFLIX, WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER

TMZ reports that The Offspring lead singer Dexter Holland might be facing the repossession of both of his airplanes JUST BECAUSE he failed to pay for his third airplane. God, the way punks are treated these days.

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"There is an undercurrent of profound sadness running through Mad Men that never really recedes. Whenever that sadness and its accompanying mess are allowed to exist out in the open, it brings exhilaration along with a strange and unmistakable relief: when Don pitches the Carousel; when he is finally forced to tell Betty about Dick Whitman; when he visits Peggy at the hospital; when he hangs up the phone after Anna’s death and sees Peggy awake, staring at him from the couch; when he changes tack during his Hershey pitch. Witnessing Don Draper in rare moments of straight honesty is a breathtaking release that reveals just how tightly we’ve all been holding our jaws when watching him try to keep the machine thrumming. Peggy often draws these honest moments out of him, with her near-desperate desire to find the best idea, make the best work, grasp what she deserves. She’s not graceful or subtle; she’s not good at playing games. It happened in “The Suitcase,” and it happens again here. She gets angry enough to drop the machinations and disregard the authority she’s been trying so hard to exert over him. She tells him the truth. “You really want to help me? Show me how you think. Do it out loud.”

—Erika Schmidt, (Mad Men Recap: Season 7, Episode 6)

In case the fact that Hollywood is releasing a Jem and the Holograms film for no other reason than nostalgia, it should come as little surprise that they were a little nostalgic in their recent round of casting, having scooped up 80′s stalwart Molly Ringwald and 90′s fixture Juliette Lewis to bring the light, feminine rock to the film.

No word on what roles the two will play, as the casting news didn’t come at the same time, so they weren’t cast as a package deal or anything, though that would have been weird.

“We WILL NOT make this film unless you deliver us Juliette Lewis and Molly Ringwald!”

“Ohhh-kay.”

Anyway, Lewis has a background in rock having pursued both a solo career and as lead singer of Juliette and the Licks, so expect to see her on the stage, whereas you can expect to see Ringwald play a redhead girl’s mom.

The post Juliette Lewis And Molly Ringwald Will Be Joining ‘Jem And The Holograms’ appeared first on Screen Junkies.

You all wished and prayed and hoped and screamed and wrote strongly-worded letters, and finally the day has come: Whoop Dreams is now available online for free. Directed and edited by Mike Eisenberg over at Tall Tale Productions, it tells the story of what happened when the crew of the FilmDrunk Frotcast had to make good on a promise we never thought we’d have to keep. “Hey, would you guys go to the Gathering of the Juggalos if we Kickstarted a documentary about it?” Ben asked.

“Ha, sure, Ben, of course,” we all said, patronizing him like we always do. Never guessing that just weeks later, the project would be fully funded and access to the Gathering secured. Reneging at that point would’ve violated numerous tenets of space law.

Months after that, we were stuck in an overcrowded RV together in some sticky rural hellhole in the middle of August, panicking like we were driving the Wienermobile through an Al Qaeda rally (I swear to you, arriving at Hog Rock Campground was legitimately terrifying). With this year’s Gathering in Ohio fast approaching, it’s a perfect opportunity to witness some of the things we did at Cave in Rock, Illinois’s final Gathering. In the months to come, Ben would get testicular cancer and go through three months of chemo, Mike would come down with meningitis, and Laremy would overcome a bout of Bell’s Palsy. I can’t confirm that this was all caused by the Gathering, but at the least it’s a mighty strange coincidence.

INTERNATIONAL READERS: If Hulu isn’t available for you, I’m told you can download a version here.

Read more of my Gathering of the Juggalos coverage here.

Filed under: Film Drunk, Media Tagged: FROTCAST, GATHERING OF THE JUGGALOS, THE POWER OF THE FROTCAST IS REAL, WHOOP DREAMS

Just because Kevin Feige supposedly has the Marvel Universe mapped out for the next 20 years, it doesn’t mean that things can’t change. Maybe Marvel could finally realize its dream of adding Spider-Man to the Avengers or Fox will decide that it hates guaranteed money and drop the X-Men altogether to pursue an NFL SuperPro movie franchise from the writers of Ghost Rider and Draft Day. As unlikely as those may sound, anything is possible in Hollywood, which is why Hugh Jackman still seems so hip on the idea of Wolverine eventually meeting the Avengers.

In an interview with IGN, Jackman, who has already spoken about how he’ll be replaced as Wolverine at some point, probably after he films Wolverine 3 and X-Men: Apocalypse since he turned down Fox’s $100 million offer, explained why he’d love for Weapon X to cross over and fight alongside (and maybe even against) the Incredible Hulk.

“I would love to see him as part of The Avengers” Jackman admitted. “Because there’s a great dysfunction among that team, and I think Wolverine would fit right into that. He’d like that.”

Now as everyone knows, when superheroes first meet each other, they have to do battle, so we then asked Hugh which of the Avengers he’d fight first.

“There’s no doubt he’d get in a fight with Hulk at some point. Those two bad, rage-filled characters are going to square off at some point. It would be quite fun. I don’t know how much fun to shoot it would be because I’m sure I’d be on the worst end of it, but hey, he can heal.” (Via IGN)

As awesome as that all sounds, let’s not get our hopes up. We’re way closer to seeing the Fantastic Four team up with the X-Men and Harlem Globetrotters to uncover the mystery of Ghoul Boner Island than we are to watching Wolverine try to get his claws on Thanos in an epic space battle to stop the destruction of the universe.

Still, dibs on writing that NFL SuperPro franchise.

Filed under: Film Drunk, Media Tagged: 20TH CENTURY FOX, Fox, HUGH JACKMAN, keep dreaming, Marvel Studios, THE AVENGERS, WOLVERINE, X-MEN

Michael: Let’s burn this son of a bitch. It’s going to be our best summer ever, buddy.

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On Friday night, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed a secret show in their hometown of Seattle to honor a new exhibit at the city's EMP Museum. This would have been completely unremarkable had Macklelmore not dressed up as the stereotype of a greedy, hook-nosed Jewish man.

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“I understood that in this small space of time we had mutually surrendered our loneliness and replaced it with trust.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

Besides being a Twitter master who confronts internet trolls with aplomb, Patton Oswalt is also on some next level nerd sh*t. On last night’s Pete Holmes Show, he shared some silly 4 AM thoughts and talked about his love of Dungeons & Dragons and his wife’s preference that he and his middle-aged friends would go to a strip club instead of rolling up initiative to attack an orc with a vorpal sword.

He also referenced the delightful photo of him in 6th grade happily clutching a Monster Manual in a yearbook photo of the Dungeons & Dragons Club. “Look at the joy in that face!” he says. “What happened? Oh, wait a minute. Carbs.”

This is all just an excuse for us to post a classic audio clip from Nerd Poker, wherein Patton Oswalt drops by to sing a indubitably NSFW ditty about everyone’s D&D character.

Filed under: GammaSquad, TV Tagged: DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, NERD POKER, PATTON OSWALT, PETE HOLMES, THE PETE HOLMES SHOW

Kathy Willens/Associated PressFormer clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels, here pictured in 2005 with Mike Piazza, is pitching a book about the Mets, sources tell ESPNNewYork.com. WASHINGTON -- If the Mets cringed at the contents of Mookie Wilson's book, they better brace themselves for this: Former clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels has been shopping a book to publishers, and it's sure to air some dirty laundry, multiple sources told ESPNNewYork.

We all had our fun with DirecTV’s first commercial in its campaign about the man with the marionette family. “Hahaha but how does he have sex with his marionette wife?” we asked ourselves and anyone within earshot, because we are all juvenile and clever and willing to dig below the surface to get to the real issues at hand. Yes, it all was a little creepy and weird once we brought their man/puppet sex life into it, but that creepiness was on us, for the most part, because DirecTV was just making a fun little ad about wires and spilled lemonade, and we were the ones reading things into it and taking it “there,” so to speak.

Or rather, it was all on us, until DirecTV released the third commercial in the campaign, which is embedded above and takes us into the couple’s bedroom, where the man’s marionette wife attempts to do a sexy dance for him to spice up their love life. Make no mistake: This is a commercial about a man preparing to f*ck a marionette. That’s what is happening here. All of those fun, silly questions we had a few weeks ago now demand real, serious answers. Medical answers. No thank you.

And it’s not just the thing about the unsettling coitus about to take place, either. (Although it is definitely that.) It’s also that it’s depressing as all hell. This is the second straight commercial where a marionette member of this family has come to this guy with concerns that he considers them to be hideous monsters, because this bozo — who is married to a marionette and has a marionette son — has been running around telling everyone he can corral for 10-15 consecutive seconds how happy he is to be rid of the “ugly” cable wires all over his house. Hey, ding dong, SHUT UP. You’re tearing your family apart over six inches of cable that no one even notices because it’s stuffed behind a dresser or something. Jesus. This is all just a sad, disturbing mess now. Shut it down.

Filed under: TV Tagged: COMMERCIALS, DIRECTV, marionette humping

MINOR SPOILERS BELOW.

We will have the Mad Men recap for you soon. In the meantime, you can enjoy Chet Manley’s Bob Benson GIFs from the episode. We will explore the thematic meaning behind the final shot in tonight’s episode, “The Strategy” more in the recap, but here’s an interesting parallel for fans of The Sopranos, where Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner was a writer and producer.

Coincidence?

Even Pete Campbell and Tony Soprano’s hairlines are practically the same now.

via Reddit

Filed under: TV Tagged: Mad Men, MATTHEW WEINER, The Sopranos

There are some acts that are the baseline of the human species. And touching ourselves in the bathing suit area is one of them. But not all of us, especially on the female side of things, have a reliable way of learning how to do it… and Apple likes it that way.

Or at least, that’s the conclusion we take away from the saga of Happy Fun Time. As you might have guessed from the title, it’s an app designed to teach women about their various ladyparts and how to stimulate them for maximum enjoyment in a fun, non-porny way. There’s basically a little pink cartoon vulva that shows you where to go. And Apple summarily rejected it:

Today I got a solemn call from our reviewer who told me that HPT would not be allowed on the app store, even with a 17+ rating. The reason given was that “the concept was not something that Apple wants to go forward with.” The reviewer herself sounded sympathetic, but it seemed like it wasn’t something she could control.

So, you know, hookup apps that feel designed by a serial killer, pickup line apps, sex-ranking apps and Ashley freakin’ Madison, those are all OK. But bathing-suit touching? Apple users don’t do that!

The good news for women who’d like to know more about their bodies and the creepy dudes who will inevitably download this app too is that they’re working on a web version, and that it will also be tried out on the Google Play store. So anybody who wants to know will have an educational course in stimulating ladyparts. We just hope the app doesn’t turn out to be a soundboard.

Filed under: GammaSquad, Technology Tagged: APPLE, apps, happy fun time, Sex

Zack Snyder has finally tweeted a look at his new Batman (played by Ben Affleck) for the still untitled Batman Vs. Superman movie. Aaaaaand the new batsuit has veins. [Edit not veins possibly seams, massive high res. image updated]. Take a look.

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It strikes me, when all is said and done, that Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. should have had a thirteen episode first season. Realistically, the back half of the season is where the plot actually was. Since April, the show’s offered nothing but what we’ve wanted out of it. And the finale is no exception.

You can sum up the finale in one word: Payoff. John Garrett, after his resurrection injection, is back on his feet and feeling good. Unfortunately, he’s also gone completely off the deep end, spouting off looney-tunes dialogue about how he can see the tendons of the universe or whatever and carving weird symbols into glass. Bill Paxton rarely gets asked to play a completely unhinged nutball, and he relishes it; part of the fun of the episode is Paxton just saying completely goofy stuff in his trademark growl, and having everyone around him react like he’s bonkers.

Meanwhile, May, Coulson, Skye and Trip escape the army of Deathloks they were trapped by last episode largely by luck; May gets her hands on the big Viking rage stick and brings down the house, literally. Then it’s off to Cybertek, and Garrett.

And at the bottom of the ocean, Fitz and Simmons try to work out how to survive and realize one of them is dead meat. Fitz confesses his love for Simmons and then hits the button that will free her while drowning him. The show doesn’t go quite as far as killing Fitz, but they’ve made it clear he’s got pretty serious brain damage, and odds are pretty good he’s out of the show for good, sacrificed so that his salary can go to supervillains and a set budget.

Back at Garrett’s lair, Ward and May go toe-to-toe, and it ends with Ward not only getting his ass kicked, but his larynx broken. Coulson, meanwhile, finds Garrett, and also that Garrett is super-strong to go with the crazy. Good thing Nick Fury is there with Coulson’s Avengers gun to even the odds!

While Garrett monologues because, again, nuts, Skye finds Mike Peterson’s little boy and lets Deathlok know he can shoot his boss. Which he promptly does, before stomping his face in. You’d think that’s the end of Garrett, face smashed, Cybertek destroyed, but he comes back to life and gets a cybersuit of his very own… just in time for Coulson to disintegrate him with the weapon they found waaaaay back in the second episode, one of the show’s funniest moments.

It ends with a new base, a new Patton Oswalt, and no fewer than three plotlines left open for next year.

• Raina finds Skye’s father, who is a pleasant fellow who bleeds from his hands, and lets him know where to find his daughter.
• Fury tasks Coulson with what remains of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s resources and a job to rebuild it better and with fewer HYDRA agents this time.
• And Coulson, it turns out, might just be as goofballs as Garrett, as shown by him carving an abstract diagram into a wall with a knife. Either that or there’s something to Garrett’s insane ramblings, which considering they both had alien DNA inside them is not good news.

Add to this the fact that next season, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be supported by Agent Carter and may crossover, or at least interact with, Daredevil and you have a fairly interesting second season on the way. Really, in the end, the finale is about setting up a second season with actual plot momentum and a stripped down cast: We’re looking forward to it.

Some more thoughts:

• Coulson and Fury snarking Garrett’s villain monologue is hilarious.
• The Ward/May fight was some pretty nasty stuff for network TV. Although we suspect Ward will be fitted with a creepy robot voice soon enough. We’re still 50/50 on Ward becoming the Grim Reaper, though.
• Actually, this was a damn funny episode in general. Where was this comedic sensibility for like half the freakin’ season?
• Congratulations to B.J. Britt, who not only survives the season but the show seems to want to promote to main cast member.
• Wait, nobody told Patton Oswalt Number Two that Ward strangled Patton Oswalt Number One? That seems like the kind of thing PO#2 would want to know.

Any thoughts yourself? Let us know in the comments!

Filed under: GammaSquad, TV Tagged: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel, MARVEL'S AGENTS OF SHIELD, recaps, Season Finale

By Daisy Lauren

Hi Everyone! Hope you’re ready for a report full of pixie dust! I’d originally planned on doing a post about May the 4th at Disney’s Hollywood Studios but it seems like everyone has been talking about that this week. Instead I decided to take you on a fun filled night at the Magic Kingdom. Let’s get started! Of course, Mickey was there to greet me before I even arrived to the park…

I decided to take some video as we rolled into the Magic Kingdom Monorail station. Unfortunately, it’s complete with authentic kid finger prints on the glass. No matter where I moved around the window was just covered.

I skipped taking a photo down Main Street in favor of something a little different. (More on that later.) But guys – it was HOT out there. My thermometer read 91 degrees when I parked my car. Spring is over, so it’s the time of year to shop your way down Main Street in the air conditioning! Check out these goodies. I love stopping in the Confectionery just for the smell alone! Yum!

Okay – one more and I promise I’ll stop making you hungry. Have you tried this popcorn? It tastes like fruity pebbles. We don’t get it often because it’s so high calorie, but, wow, is it great!

Next I had a little top secret work to take care of in the Jewelry shop. A friend of mine had asked me to go help him get a watch for his wife. She kept talking about one she had years ago and he wanted to replace it for her birthday. I thought you all might like to see what the watch situation looks like on Main Street.

So can you keep a secret? This is the one she’s getting. I hope she loves it! I went on a quest to replace my childhood watch a couple years ago and I was so excited to have it back. Hopefully she’ll feel the same way.

And now, instead of the typical photo down Main Street, I give you… the back side of the castle! (Like the back side of water! Aren’t I clever? I crack me up!!) I think often people are so busy running they don’t look up and see how lovely the castle is from the Fantasyland side. This is the view from the Sword in the Stone.

I didn’t just come this way to show you the back side of the castle, though. It was after 6:20pm and time to cash in my first FastPass+ of the night. I was surprised I was able to get a FastPass+ for Peter Pan’s Flight on short notice. It seems like guests are gobbling up things like parade and fireworks viewing instead of rides. I’m glad I was able to get on because I think I’ve finally nailed the perfect camera settings for this VERY hard to photograph ride! I’ll let you be the judge:

Next I had to take a look at the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. I knew that they wouldn’t be letting people on it, but you have to hold out hope for these things! The cast members out front were so nice and helpful. They didn’t have any information to share but I have my FastPass+ reservations booked for after it opens. I’m so ready to ride it already!

I decided to find a good spot to get some video for you guys. On the way I found this lone shoe perched on top of a fence post. Now, I always tell people not to do this. An item left randomly on top of something in the park is unlikely to find its way back to its owner. A better idea is to turn it into a cast member so it can go to Lost & Found. But this was so cute. I couldn’t help imagining a little prince going around the Magic Kingdom trying this shoe on all the little princesses.

Here is that video I was talking about. It isn’t anything special but listen closely. One thing I didn’t realize about this ride is that you can hear “Heigh Ho” from the outside. It’s starting to feel real that this ride is finally almost open, I can hear it!!

Next I was very excited to cash in my 7:20pm FastPass+ to see Enchanted Tales with Belle. This isn’t a show I watch often, but it had been a while, and I was very due for a visit. The standby line was 40 minutes, but I was inside enjoying the show in less that 10 minutes!

After this I had a gap in between FastPass+ reservations so I decided to head over to Tomorrowland to see what fun I could find. I meant to tell you guys about this sooner, but check out these hats. I thought these were only available in Japan! They have Donald, Goofy, and Mickey so far. When Daisy arrives on the shelf, you know who will be the first to own one!

Next I stopped by the Astro Orbiter because I hadn’t ridden it in a while. But the wait was a long, sweaty 15 minutes. I vowed to come back when the sun and the temperature went down. Since I was right next door I hopped on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover. I was all by myself for several car lengths. I think people thought the ride was closed because there wasn’t a line!

Here is a quick shot of the sun starting to sink a bit in the sky. It was very warm today until it was completely dark. I would guess the temperature was in the high 80′s even at this point in the night.

As hot as it was, I decided to grab a treat to cool off. I originally planned to head to Storybook Treats, but it was closing just as I walked up. I decided to head to Cheshire Cafe, instead, for a lemonade slush. It ended up being a great choice. I think ice cream would have been too heavy in the heat, but this light, tart drink really hit the spot. At $3.99 it was a bargain considering how much it cooled me off!

I still had about twenty minutes to kill before my next FastPass+ window opened, so I found a nice spot in Fantasyland to relax and take a break. The sun was sinking down behind the castle walls, filling the entire sky with pink and blue. I can’t be the only one who thinks of the fairies fighting over Aurora’s dress looking at this.. right?

Finally my 8:20pm window opened up, and I was able to ride The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh! I just love this ride!. It’s hard for me to go to the park and skip it. At Disneyland it almost never has a wait, so we can ride it over and over. Here at Walt Disney World it is pretty much a FastPass+ only experience! 

After this, I bolted to the nearest FastPass+ kiosk to see about adding my fourth experience for the day. It was very easy, and just about everything in the park was available. I chose Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid with a window starting at 9:15pm. I learned that if I wanted to add an extra experience after I used that FastPass+, I would just need to stop by another kiosk. It sounds like there is no maximum on the number of times you can do this. Also, I could change the fourth FastPass+ from my phone once it had been given to me at a kiosk. Lastly, you have to consume all three of your original FastPass+ reservations (or allow them to expire) before you can get FastPass+ in another park in the same day. It’s not a perfect system, but I wanted to share what I learned.

If you thought that made your head spin, check out this HD video of the Mad Tea Party! With just a 5 minute wait, I couldn’t resist a quick spin.

Next I decided to make good on the promise I made myself to ride the Astro Orbiter. This is one I don’t ride often because my hubby isn’t wild about heights. I know a lot of people have that same fear, so I want to show you what the view looks like from the boarding platform.

Personally, I love this ride! I’m sharing the below photo because I thought it was too pretty not to share. However, I don’t know the people in this photo. I didn’t intentionally take a photo of them, but it just sort of worked out that way. I almost approached them to offer a copy, but it just sounded too weird. (Hi – you don’t know me but I was taking photos of you with my enormous camera.) So if the universe ever leads these beautiful people here – leave me a comment so I can share full resolution copies with you!

Next I looked down at my watch and realized that it was a school night and I should really try to exit the park before the fireworks, but time was running short. I decided to run for Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid to use that fourth FastPass+, then see how my time was holding.

After my trip under the sea, there were just 25 minutes until Wishes. I packed up the camera and power-walked my way to the front. If I didn’t make it out in roughly 10 minutes, then I would need to watch the fireworks from Main Street. As you can see from the photo below, my feet didn’t fail me! I was at the Transportation and Ticket Center with time to spare. The view below is from the ferry boat dock. You can’t beat the crowd, and the music is piped in. Just what the doctor ordered if you need to make a speedy exit after the show!

That’s all for tonight. I hope you had a great time! Any requests for next time? What rides do you like that the rest of your family avoids? Teacups – hot or not? Let us know the answers to these or anything else in the comments below. As always thanks so much for reading and commenting!

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