Going Up

MouseStation 326 – Going “Up”!

(Download show – Main podcast page – Subscribe – Podcast radio player)

Show run time 0:30:49

In today’s show, Mark and Mike chat about Disney-Pixar’s latest film, Up.

You can subscribe to MouseStation from the links at the bottom of this page, or via your favorite podcast aggregator. If you’d rather pop up our podcast radio player into a separate window so that you can continue browsing MousePlanet in this window, click here. (NOTE: Our podcast radio requires Adobe Flash Player. You can dowload the player here.)

Let us hear from you!

Send in your suggestions, comments or tips via our email feedback form or via voicemail on our toll-free feedback line (1-866-939-2278).

We’ve put together a new listener survey to help us learn more about you and what you like most about this podcast. This one is much more targeted than the old Podtrac survey. Please take a few minutes to fill it out and let us know what you think.

If you want to contribute a story for our Tuesday Magical Moment segment (and possible inclusion in the Cast Place column here on MousePlanet), you can either use our email Magical Moment story form or the toll-free feedback line. (We love it when you use the voice mail system, because then we can play your call on the show!)

Thanks to our sponsors

Today’s show is sponsored by:

Advantage Vacation Homes. A great vacation home rental company that gives you a place to stay with lots more space than a regular hotel room for a lot less money.

Feature: Going “Up”!

Mark started out by giving some box office figures for “Up”:

– Last week
– 2009
– Pixar, all computer animated
– All-time Disney

Mike loved the film, but couldn’t believe how many emotions it brought out.

Mark’s first thought that the movie was too blurry, but then he realized that it was due to the tears in his eyes. Quite a lot of the messages of the movie hit home for him. He was surprised how much it spoke to him.

Mark thought that they did a great job of establishing why Russell really wanted to earn that last Wilderness Explorer badge.

Mark mentioned that he had heard someone state that Pixar had gone from making movies that children loved with enough in them for adults to enjoy to making movies for adults with enough for kids to enjoy. He thinks that the youngest age that kids would enjoy this movie may be higher than that for other Disney movies. He also talked about – SQUIRREL – how some of the humor his family is still laughing about.

Mark talked a bit about the appearance of Charles Muntz, and how he thought that Muntz looked more like Kirk Douglas than Christopher Plummer. Mark wondered if Douglas was originally set tot record the part.

Mark addressed Mike’s thought that Carl appeared by be older than Muntz despite the face thad Carl was about 20 years younger than Muntz

Listen to the podcast to find out more!

What do you think? Let us know by sending us an email or calling our toll-free feedback line (1-866-939-2278)!

MouseAdventure at Walt Disney World, November 14

Don’t forget that registration is now open for MouseAdventure Walt Disney World! Get your team ready and register now!

Also, don’t forget to sign up for the MouseAdventure Newsletter, which will keep you informed as more details about MouseAdventure and the MouseAdventure on the High Seas cruise are announced!

Wrapping up

We’ve put together a new listener survey to help us learn more about you and what you like most about this podcast. This one is much more targeted than the old Podtrac survey. Please take a few minutes to fill it out and let us know what you think.

Don’t forget to go to the iTunes podcast directory and give us a good rating for the combined feed!

You can get your MousePlanet (or MouseStation) swag from the MousePlanet CafePress store and the MouseStation CafePress store.

Also remember to go out to our main podcast page and stick a pin into our Frappr map.

Thanks to our audio engineer and sound editor Steven Ng and to announcer Andrew Rich.

Thank you for listening!

Subscribe to the podcast