Disney has always been a home for great stories. Every decade since the 1930s, when Disney’s first feature animation, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, debuted, has seen its share of classic films, including 1967’s The Jungle Book and 1970’s Aristocats. Today our kids have grown up on DVD and Blu-ray copies of these films, but now they can also marvel at the same stories told in a new way – interactive e-books on the iPad and iPhone.

Plot

Both books follow the storyline of the movies quite well. They cut the parts that are a bit superfluous, but keep in the important plot points so that the story continues to make sense. If your kids are fans of the movies, they’ll have no problem following along with the e-books.
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Ok, I’m officially pumped about this movie guys. We talked about Wreck-it Ralph way back on the second episode of Bubble Pipe Theater, and now we finally have a trailer for the film, which opens November 2nd. I would be on board with an animated movie about an 8-bit villain trying to reinvent himself by diving into some other video games even if it didn’t have actual video game characters in it.

If you watch the trailer, you’ll see Bowser, Dr. Robotnik, Zangief, a Pac-Man Ghost, Q-Bert, M. Bison, Kano from Mortal Kombat, and a lot more. Ralph is voiced by John C. Reilly, and the character design looks great. I’m so glad this film looks fun even without the retro game cameos. It looks like Ralph makes his way to a Candyland-inspired game, featuring Sarah Silverman as a cute and annoying little girl, and then into a Halo-inspired shooter with Jane Lynch as a soldier. Perfect casting.

What did you think of the trailer?

Via SlashFilm

The Top Hat Sasquatch team reads a lot of blog posts every day, and some slip through the crack or just don’t warrant their own post. That’s where Missing Links comes in. Every few days we collect the best links we’ve come across and pass them on to you.

• Spooky Abandoned Victorian Houses Made from LEGO BricksBuilding things out of LEGO bricks is high on my list of "Things I Suck at but Love Doing." Obviously, it's not high on these peoples' lists.
• Showtime/Netflix in Talks for Ten Episode ‘Arrested Development’ Miniseries, Set-up For Big Screen Movie | /FilmI really hope this happens. I would love for all the catching up slash exposition to be out of the way (thanks to the minisieries) before the movie even started. It would be so fun to watch these episodes and then get to see an Arrested Development movie, finally.
• Walt Disney’s Death Telegram | Cartoon BrewThis would be a morbid addition to anyone's Disney collection, but it's an interesting piece of history nontheless.
• Geeky Logos Made with Food | Rampaged RealityI wish I could frame that TMNT pizza.
• Turner Classic Movies Horror Movie Schedule for October 2011It's Halloween season. Finally! Do yourself a favor and catch some classic horror movies on TCM this month.

The Top Hat Sasquatch team reads a lot of blog posts every day, and some slip through the crack or just don’t warrant their own post. That’s where Missing Links comes in. Every few days we collect the best links we’ve come across and pass them on to you.

• “Song of the South” can be yours – for $1,499. | Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation ConversationYou may not be able to buy it on DVD, but if you've got $1500 to spare you can have a nice 16mm print. I'll stick to my bootleg VHS, but if somebody bought this and paid to have a nice scan done, they would be doing animation fans a big favor.
• Halloween Kid Cuisine: Resurrected! – X-EntertainmentMatt over at XE found a new version of the Halloween Kid Cuisine, and posted an article exactly 8 years and one day after he first posted about the same topic. I can't think of a better explanation as to why XE is one of my favorite websites ever.
• THE AVENGERS Movie Toy PackagingThis isn't anything too Earth-shatteringly awesome or surprising, but Collider has a few images of Avengers merchandise up. Check out what the action figure packaging, a backpack, and a hoodie look like.
• Duff Beer Now Available in 24-can packs! – News – GeekTyrantIt's hard to tell if this is legit or not (read: licensed), but regardless I wouldn't mind having some Duff Beer in real life.
• Mindy Kaling: “Flick Chicks” : The New YorkerMindy Kaling from 'The Office' wrote this great piece for the New Yorker about the way women are usually portrayed in her favorite film genre, the Romantic Comedy.

If you’re like us, you’re so upset about George Lucas tampering with his classic films that you don’t even want to buy the new Blu-ray set. As much as I’d love to watch the new bonus features, the thought of shelling out $80 and not even getting the versions of the films that I love drives me crazy.

Luckily for my fellow disgruntled Star Wars fans, there are a lot of amazing Blu-rays available to fill that void, some already available and some coming very soon. Here are a few.

Citizen Kane

Whether or not you agree with the masses that Citizen Kane is the best movie ever made or not, you can’t ignore it’s cultural and historical significance (Hey, just like Star Wars!). Admittedly, I’ve only watched it all the way through once, and it was years ago. I’ve had it sitting on my media center for over a year in not-so-glorious SD resolution, and now that I own this impressive Blu-ray set I’m glad I’ve waited to watch it again. The box itself is gorgeous and holds a lot of goodies, and the movie has been upgraded with a 4K scan. There are tons of bonus features, but the best part is the price.

$40 on Amazon
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