Disney Plus has a new music doc out this year, and my official pull quote is that “you’ll have fun fun fun”, unless your daddy takes your T-Bird away. Honestly, it is just your usual safe music documentary, that explores the phenomenon of the Boys, while significantly tipping their hat to Brian Wilson (who does not contribute to the film). Starting out with how the Boys were formed, to how their career rose at the same time as The Beatles were invading America, while keeping it light, and not going into any potential dark moments. It is a fluff piece, … Continue reading The Beach Boys

25 Years of bullet Time. I’m not sure what else I can say about The Matrix except to personalize this experience. I remember when this started to be a thing. It didn’t open big, it opened instead with an inquisitive opening that spread with word of mouth. Admittedly, my first viewing of The Matrix was at home. even worse, it was probably VHS. Yet, as soon as you hear Hugo weaving stretch out that Mr. Anderson, you realize it’s not so much how you finally reached The Matrix, it is that you chose the right pill and now your eyes … Continue reading The Matrix: 25th Anniversary

Recently, following my viewing of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, I felt the need to go ahead and review all of the Hunger Games films on my Youtube. I’ve reviewed all four films previously, on this site, prior to my vision loss, so really what I have to offer is a look at the audio description experience. All four films were available on Netflix until the end of May, which is exactly when I binged this series. Of the four films, only Catching Fire (Deluxe, written by Roland Burner, and Narrated by Tansy Alexander) was balanced correctly. The first … Continue reading The Hunger Games: The Audio Description Experience

Beyonce has gone country, and MAX is here to document the occasion. Unfortunately, they allowed this documentary to pass through with TTS audio description, which is disappointing. MAX has largely steered clear of the Test To Speech Robodescriptions, using voices that sound similar to those we encounter on a regular basis in our other accessibility tools as the thing that helps to enhance our entertainment. It’s not really an enhancement so much as the minimum. And I do mean minimum. Text To Speech audio description is less costly, because they skimp on voice talent. That voice talent missing on a … Continue reading Call Me Country: Beyonce and Nashville’s Renaissance