Sorry for keeping
things a bit brief on this week’s article and for the two week absence. I am home from
a very busy vacation in which I was able to collect some really great
interviews from some very interesting people. Stay tuned for those in the
coming weeks, and as always, thanks for reading and supporting! – CW
Communicore OnlineEpisode 87: Ok, Lester Day is growing on me, but I am still a fan of a straight
forward news segment. I admit I am not your average podcast listener (Then why
am I reviewing podcasts?) so I may be ou of touch with the usual listener. Shane
is still a top notch host, and this weeks show is no different. On this weeks
Ears to the Ground segment is audio from Wishes. Since I just returned home
from a week at Disney, I skipped this segment. The Wishes audio is not my
favorite. From what I could hear before I fast forwarded past the segment,
Shane managed to get some good, clean, quality audio from the show. Shane does
a really good job with the hidden Mickey segments and they are worth the listen
every time. Shane slides in a funny quip at the end of this segment that got a
hardy laugh out of me. As usual, Shane keeps this weeks show short, crisp, and
very efficient. I wish the shows were a bit longer, but I can appreciate
efficiency and smoothness of the production. Shane makes another plea for
people to attend his EPCOT’s 30th anniversary event and group
booking deal which sounds like fun. This show is consistently good, and since
it is always kept short, it is always worth the listen. Shane does a great job
at not wasting the listener’s time. I appreciate that a lot.
WDW Fanboys Episode137: On this weeks show Paul, Bret(t)?, and Tim talk about some of the recent
rumors that are coming out of Universal Studios Florida. I really like how a
show that is supposed to be focused on WDW spends time on Universal Orlando. I think
it really speaks to how far the “other” park has come in the last two years or
so. At times I think this is the best ensemble of hosts in podcasting and at
other times I think they are their own worst enemy. At their best the Fan Boys
are smart, informed, and funny. But when they are not on their game it shows. Sometimes
they go out of their way to be funny and sarcastic and it is not funny. It’s distracting and can
sometimes kill the momentum of a conversation. This week we get the funny,
informative Fan Boys. They really hit on the root of fanboy conversation which
is rumors, speculation, and wishing/wanting for improvements at Universal
Orlando. Tim and Paul have a really good back and forth when it comes to how
the quality of rides can or cannot depend on their source material. I
personally think Paul was being stubborn when it came to visiting and enjoying
Universal Orlando. I think calling the Transformers ride, “laughable”, was a
stretch and an attempt to just be a difficult. But that’s ok, because I think
the ride looks less than average, but not, “laughable”. If you have been out of the loop on what is
going on at UOR this weeks show will go a long way in helping you catch up with
what is going on with Transformers, Potter, and more. One good thing about this
weeks show is that the rumors and speculation is backed up by “facts” and semi-solid
logical information. Give it a listen and soak yourself in the classic fanboy
conversation you have come to know and love.
Magical DefinitionJuly 21, 2012: Nathan and Jim are back after missing a few shows; this is
where I would yell and scream about them not being consistent, but I took a
couple of weeks off myself so….. On this weeks show they recap and talk about
their time out in San Diego at Comic Con. Jim and Nathan bring their usual wide
range of knowledge and insight to this podcast. To say that Jim and Nathan had
some of the best coverage on 2012 Comic Con would be an understatement. But what
is really cool about this weeks show is that the two hosts really sift through
all of the information and present only the “need to know” stuff that their listeners
want to hear. Jim is full of important information and must hear stories that
take you behind the scenes of the film industry and tells you some of the best
nuggets of backstage Disney information. Jim does tend to go down a rabbit hole
and goes a little bit off topic, but when Jim Hill goes off topic, you want to
listen! Give this show a listen if you want to know what all of the latest
happenings are in the Disney and entertainment business. Hopefully they, and I,
are back to a regular weekly schedule because I start to go crazy without my
weekly MagDef fix.
Show of the Week: CommucoreWeekly Episode 27: Another sleek, efficient, and fun show to listen to. Like
Communcore Online, this show is heavily segment based, which helps the
podcaster, and listener to focus on one topic out of time and not feel overwhelmed
with information. This is one of the best produced shows out there, and I like
the original audio drops between segments. (I know I have said this all before,
but it still rings true). This is one of those rare consistent podcasts you can
listen to and know what you are going to get, each and every week. When I saw
that this weeks history segment was going to be on the now gone EPCOT
attraction World of Motion, my ears perked up and I was really looking forward
the segment. Thankfully George and Jeff did not disappoint and gave a lot of
great information and really got me more interested in World of Motion; hello
Youtube! Always funny, and always informative, this segment is quickly becoming
one of my favorites in all of podcasting. I just wish it was a little bit
longer. The Book of the Week segment is also one of my favorites. As someone
who can not get enough Disney history, I find this part of the show not only
entertaining, but very useful. One of the best parts about this show is that
the hosts do not take the usual topic bait that other podcasts out there take. So
when everyone else in the world is talking about Cars Land or Art of Animation,
you can always count on Communicore Weekly to have original content.
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