FROZEN--3rd viewing on DVD: Lotsa screenshots, & many moar thoughts!! WELL, now.

I hope that the sparsity of the Frozen Blu-ray/DVD set is indicati e of the! plowin" ahead #pun intended$% and already "atherin" ideas for a se&uel, rather than si!ple disinterest--which still does not nearly see! to 'e the case. (o I)! definitely "ettin" !y hopes up, not "onna lie. But yeah, I was e*pectin" another Bra e or +onsters , disc...'ut I "uess -i*ar is 'i""er on the 'onus !aterial than Disney. I was surprised at the lac. of audio co!!entary and concept art "allery and 'loopers and any other little surprises they !i"ht ha e wanted to toss in. I definitely anticipated so!e e*tensi e /+a.in"-0f/ featurettes. What we "ot$ Lessee. 1here)s the "reat 'ut weirdly-titled /2et a 3orse4/ short, of course. Four /Let It 2o/ !usic ideos done with the De!i Le ato ersion--De!i)s, and then (panish, Italian, and +alaysian ones. -retty aweso!e. /1he +a.in" of Frozen/ is so!e epic trollin"--an ela'orate three-!inute son"-and-dance e*tra a"anza, sayin" how e eryone wants to "o 'ehind the scenes of the !o ie)s creation.../3ow did we !a.e, how did we !a.e, how did we !a.e Frooozeeeennnn$4$/...and then it ends with the! all 5ust "oin", /...We don)t .now./ 6nd they wal. out of the auditoriu!, &uiet and sorta 'affled. 6nd it ends. Bac. to the !enu. Lol. 7heesily funny, 'ut I can)t 'elie e they did 1361 instead of the usual infor!ati e featurette. Wow. 1hat)s the secret of the !a"ic, I "uess--no one .nows it. 8-9 D)frosted was e*cellent and .iiiind of !ade up for the lac. of actual info there. (till, it was less than ten !inutes lon". Beautiful "li!pses of the inspirational artwor. and archi es, and a nice su!!ary of the :;-year 5ourney fro! Disney)s /(now <ueen/ thou"hts to Frozen. 6lice Da is roc.s4 6nd the idea of a chilly e*hi'it as a relief fro! the hot su!!er !onths at Disney$$ B=ILLI6>1444 >ow that this !o ie e*ists, they) e 201 to construct an ice palace44 Deleted scenes? 6"ain, I had hoped there would 'e !ore than four...two of which we)d already seen on @ou1u'e. But all ri"ht, no !atter. 1hey)re short, 'ut &uality. E il Elsa...o!". (he sounded to !e li.e a co!'ination of (unset (hi!!er and 7assidy fro! 1ea! =oc.et. #=aisin" an ar!y...h!!!...an ar!y of snow soldiers...snow, purity...,>(,LLIED. 0+F2, lol. 6nother parallel.% 6nd then the deli"htful dressin" roo! scene--6nna was ery -in.ie -ie there. 6nd Elsa hates 'ein" touchedA e!, I can sorta relate. *D )>e !e touche pas4) 1he two ersions of /+eet Bristoff/--well, I re!ar.ed on the first one already #the /"i!!e-!y-reward-first/ Flynn =ider-es&ue one with a "ruff, hu!orless ( en.% 1he second one, where you see hi! pic.-a*in" his way up and then haulin" ( en with ropes could ha e 'een a "ood intro for the!, 'ut I can see how it !i"ht ha e interrupted the flow of the scenes leadin" up to the coronation...to suddenly 5u!p focus to the!. I li.e how they ha e the ca!era pan throu"h the crowd scene--the cran.y little 'oy, the !aypole raisin", pausin" on Bristoff C ( en, sweepin" around to hear ol) Weasle-face)s slip, and then listenin" in on the "uys tal.in" a'out how 'eautiful the princesses !ust 'e. #6aaaand, 7,1, to the "ooooor"eous face of a true sleepin" 'eauty. A%

6ll in all, not a 'ad disc. Lots of fun to watch, 'ut it was ery &uic.. 6 lot less than I e*pected to find. I 5ust feel that there was so !uch !ore to e*plore--the e olution of the story fro! Elsa 'ein" a illain, to the whole prophecy thin", to the way they finally !ade it...the writin" and recordin" of the son"s and oice talent...etc. Fi"ured all of that stuff would surely 'e discussed, since you can hear so!ethin" a'out it on the delu*e soundtrac., includin" those son"s that wound up 'ein" cut 'ut are really aweso!e unto the!sel es. I thou"ht there)d 'e story'oard se&uences of those, inter iews with the son"writers and other people, and so on. But, well...!ay'e later. 1wo pre iews--for +uppets +ost Wanted and 1he -irate Fairy, 'oth of which loo. cute. >ow on to the !o ie itself... /03 13I( 2,@, WILL BE BL,E./ 1he ani!ation in this !o ie is frea.in" spectacular. 3oly hell. 1he realistic te*tures and details, the characters) desi"ns and e*pressions and !o e!ent...o!". It)s so !uch D'etter-loo.in"D than li e-action. *D /@ou,/ 3ans says to 6nna.../and I,/ says 6nna...so, 6nna and 6nna were 5ust !eant to 'e4 ED 6nna and herself4 It)s nice that she "ets her first .iss fro! Bristoff. We "et a nice !onta"e of 6nna C 3ans wal.in", tal.in", playin" and "oofin" around-!ore than we e en see 7inderella and her prince do at the 'all whilst /"ettin" to .now/ one another. )7ourse, it would) e 'een fine if 3ans wasn)t an e il dic.head and an e*ceptional actor. #(uch a sha!e...he could) e had real potential in theater.% Because f)real, there was zero chance of an attention-depri ed F8-year-old resistin" a proposal fro! a handso!e, char!in" prince with a see!in"ly wonderful personality, and insistin" that they first date for a while and see how it "oes. ?- Fro! Elsa)s perspecti e--yeah, wow. @ou open the da!n "ates for one frea.in" day, and 'y partyti!e, your little sis is as.in" for your 'lessin" to !arry a VE=@ recent ac&uaintance. @i.es. I really don)t 'la!e either of the!. Li.e 3ans says--/1hat)s what 'rothers do./ Well, the three who pretended he was in isi'le for years do sound particularly 5er.y. But it)s not necessarily the case that they /!ade hi! the way he is,/ or that they)re still 'astards #fi"urati ely spea.in"% now. I !ean, really--all thirteen$4 What)re the odds that at least a couple of the! aren)t terrific "uys$ 3e)s definitely FGth in line in his own .in"do!, 'ut he could ha e 'een lyin" a'out the !eanness of his 'ros--to !a.e hi!self !ore relata'le to 6nna. #We won)t .now until the se&uel, perhaps...A% 0l) -rince (ide'urns thou"ht his plot was "onna 'e easy-peasy to carry out, li.e ta.in" candy fro! a 'a'y--or a throne fro! two youn" wo!en. Because, y).now, 'ein" a prince ain)t "ood enou"h. 3e had all the ri"ht !o es planned out, taillored hi!self perfectly to suit 6nna...such a creeeeeeep44 D* But still a hot creep. ?- It)s too 'ad. 3e truly loo.ed so adora'le 'ein" all "oofy with her. In a cheesier !o ie !ay'e he would ha e had a chan"e of heart and 'een li.e, /But you showed !e the error of !y ways, and !ade !e realize the 5oy of 'ein" "ood4/ --H Li.e.../But then you showed !e friendship4 6nd now I realize...that)s all I e er really wanted./ /=eally$4/ />0, not really4 Bein" e il is too !uch fun4/ Druns away with Bra''y -atty secret for!ulaD A%

3e)s a cle er douche'a", too. 3e tried to !a.e hi!self loo. li.e a 'ra e hero 'y .noc.in" the cross'ow away, 'ut he was really ai!in" for the chandelier, hopin" it)d fall on her. 3er death then would ha e 'een an e*ceedin"ly con enient little /accident/ for hi! to ta.e ad anta"e of. 1han.fully she was fast enou"h to escape it. 3e)s li.e (car-tellin" Elsa that her relati e)s death is her fault. 6nd then when he slips his "lo es 'ac. on, it felt li.e sy!'olis!...for his phoniness, dishonesty, and deceitful nature...had )e! off while tellin" 6nna the truth, 'ut now "oin" to conceal it a"ain fro! the rest of 6rendelle. 36. +r. (erwedish Fish would 'e proud. ?I #6lso for all the stuff written in !y LJ entry K:8L;F, entitled />EM0=F4/%
/1he cold ne er 'othered !e anyway./--H +etaphor4 1he cold of loneliness, isolation, 'ein" )lonely at the top) #of you own personal !ountain%, 'ein" "i en the cold shoulder 'y others.

/>o'ody was "ettin" anywhere with her/--36666. />ot a footprint to 'e seen/--'ecause your lon"ass train/cape thin"y is wipin" yours away$ *D (eriously, she replaces one u'er-lon" one with another. /Fi*er-,pper/ is one of the !ore underrated son"sA that entire scene is hysterically funny and cle erly done. Because Bristoff sounds as thou"h he)s "oin" to introduce his new "irlfriend to his e*tre!ely odd, o er'earin", pushy, fla.y, yet lo a'le fa!ily--and indeed, that)s 5ust what they are. 1ryin" to set the poor "uy up with the first "irl he 'rin"s to the!, dis!issin" her clai! to 'e en"a"ed to so!eone else, and !a.in" cruelly !ischie ous fun of all his )faults4) @eesh. 6nna thought she was ready to handle the!. 6t least they turned out to 'e ulti!ately ri"ht...wise, in a pushy sorta way4 NwN (o. 0laf either du''ed +arsh!allow due to his appearance, or so!e .ind of weird snow!an telepathy told hi! the 'i" "uy)s na!e. It)s cool how Elsa stares at her hands after seein" that 0laf is ali e, clearly thin.in", /Wow. I didn)t .now I could actually create LIFE./ 6nd then when she)s tryin" to "et rid of 6nna and co!pany, she ta.es that .nowled"e and con5ures up +arsh!allow. (0...when 6nna and the two ( ens !eet hi!, 0laf .nows Elsa)s na!e, that she !ade hi!, and the "eneral direction of her new ho!e. 1his indicates that he was aware of his creator as she was 'rin"in" hi! into 'ein" #!aaay'e e en had recollections of her as a child at that !o!ent%, 'ut that he didn)t i!!ediately sprin" to full life. (he headed off a little further north as her son" went on, and he...!ay'e "ot 'lown in another direction or so!ethin". When he did awa.e into consciousness, I rec.on he 5ust started wanderin" around and e*plorin" the winter wonderland...and was happy to stu!'le across so!e new fol.s to 'la' to. /1he s.y)s awa.e4/--said 'y 'oth youn" 6nna C 0laf. 6nd 0laf /falls in lo e/ with 6nna ery &uic.ly too, despite not see!in" to 'e aware of their past to"ether. (pea.in" of which--does he re!e!'er that at all$ Was he .ind of /ali e/ then or not$ I feel li.e !ay'e not, 'ecause he wouldn)t ha e to worry soooo !uch a'out !eltin" if his e*istence could si!ply /s.ip/ li.e that...continuin" ri"ht where he left off e ery ti!e he)s re'uilt, li.e Frosty apparently does. 1here)s a little !ore ris. in ol ed if his !e!ory)s wiped and his life restarts co!pletely each ti!e, li.e a reset 'utton. 3ow else can a snow!an /die$/ Bein" s!ashed to 'its, I suppose4 6nyway...I "uess he !i"ht "radually

reco er so!e a"ue old su'conscious !e!ories of the "irls) childhood as ti!e "oes on, 'ut either way, he)s an i!portant sy!'ol of their connection. 6344 1here W6( a little for sittin" #or fast-forwardin"% throu"h the entire credits44 0n the DVD, anyway. +arsh!allow #-eeeeeeeeps...eheh, pardon% finds Elsa)s discarded crown on the floor of the palace and happily wears it. 6D0=6BLE. 1his char!in" little !o!ent confir!s a lot? 3e)s really a 'i" teddy-'ear when not chasin" you off a cliff...and he sur i ed the fall #I fi"ured that e en if he 'lew apart and dissol ed 'ac. into the snow, Elsa !i"ht 'e a'le to re i e hi!, e en if that wiped his !e!ories of his for!er e*istence...'ut since 0laf)s 'ody parts all sur i ed his OPP-foot drop, I hoped +arshy would ha e si!ilar luc..% (ee!s so. 6lso, of course, the palace is still standin". 1hey could ha e had the epic 'attle scene destroy her pheno!enal wor. of architecture, 'ut that would ha e 5ust 'een tooooo cruel. I "uess she)s the first Disney princess to "et 1W0 palaces--one of which she 'uilt herself4 QD In faaact...she 'asically willed it into 'ein". Which is a power I DsoD frea.in" wish to possess, and ery si!ilar to =adiance #the -ower -ony%)s a'ility. 6s it would happen, I na!ed !y plush ice dra"on =adiance, and intend to include her in the Elsa costu!e photoshoot. If I also do a Daenerys costu!e this year, I)ll use =adiance and Do!inic #!e other plush dra"on.% It)s 5ust so aweso!e how all this cool shit ties to"ether. H?I 6nd since the dra"on is !y eastern astrolo"ical ascendant, I fi"ured I ou"hta ha e a couple. nRn 1hey than.ed an ani!al rental co!pany...pro'a'ly 'rou"ht in a ( en !odel/reference. 6nd those production 'a'ies44 -etra and Wednesday--"reat na!es44 8D (hould) e 'een an 6nna or Elsa. ?GG I do looo e the na!e Elsa. 0nly other association I ha e with it is the purple pterodactyl fro! We)re Bac.. "I am Elsa Stormborn, the Unmelted, Mother of Dragons and Snowmen, Mysha, The Silver Lady, Child of Three, Daughter of Death, Slayer of Lies, reer of Slaves, !ride of I"e, The Dragon #ueen$$$" 3!!...white hair really is perdy. It !ade !e thin.--at least the three 'londe Disney princesses #one turned &ueen% ha e different shades. Elsa is platinu!, 6urora and =apunzel are "olden, and 7inderella is straw'erry. Elsa was so !ade for ideo "a!es. *G 6ll of Weselton shall 'e punished for the e*tre!e douche'a""ery of their du.e--D7oach 7retin chuc.leD ...++20000D. Du.e of WeaseltownQa chic.en with the face of a !on.ey...he flies...a flyin" !on.ey$ Eeeee er-so-sli"ht Wic.ed reference$ *D 6nd 0laf starts !eltin" li.e the Wic.ed Witch, of course, haha. /I did not need to .now that./

/6ll !en do it./ (WEE1 JEB,(, I 30-E >01, B=I(10FF. 0RS 7=I+E1@4 3e)s the official Ice +aster C Deli erer--yaaaayyy4 What a sweet 5o5 title. 0f course, the &ueen is the Ice +istress. A% Dle si"hD >e er !ind 5ust !eetin" hi! that day--the !an I feel truly, !adly, deeply, please-please-please-!arry-!e in lo e with is so!eone I ha en)t e en !et. AoA TDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTD 6lready discussed the hec. outta the Essential 2uide in personal LJ entry K8OUUP, so here "oes...6 (I(1E= +0=E LIBE +E4
/6 (ister +ore Li.e +e/? (a!e size as the /,nder the (par.lin" (ea/ +L- 'oo.. Beautiful illustrations and spar.le-co ered 'oo. 5ac.et. -ortrayed as @in C @an", Feli* C 0scar, Eliza'eth and +ary. #0r e en Jessica and Eliza'eth Wa.efield$ ED >ot &uite.% 6nna)s the heart, the ri"ht-'rain, the !uleA Elsa)s the head, the left'rain, the urchin. Lo ely poetic story, flowin" fro! their early childhoods to current youn" adulthoods. 6nna)s a 'it of a -in.ie -ie while Elsa is !ore of a 1wili"ht. 3ope Elsa has/had a pony, too4 But she 36D to stay inside and study up on e erythin" a &ueen needs to .now. (he was "i en e en less freedo! than her little sister, due to her position as the elder one, 6>D a super-powered "irl4 Elsa sittin" in her dar.ened roo!...pretty picture, yet !elancholy. I can relate to 'oth. I don)t thin. Elsa so !uch /lo ed/ all the /fancy stuff,/ and wasn)t always happy 'y herself--she was si!ply doin" what she needed to as a princess #and pro'a'ly so!ethin" of a scholar4%, which li.ely helped ta.e her !ind off of her desire to "o play with 6nna. 6nna)s 'a"uette4 It would ne er occur to 6nna to 'e en ious enou"h to try so!e de ious !ethod of usurpin" the throneA she pro'a'ly wouldn)t 'e all that interested in the responsi'ility of 'ein" &ueen, anyway. (he)ll 'e happy to 'e her sister)s hand, haha. EL(6? 6&uarius. #Fe'ruary F8.% +oon? 7ancer. =isin"? (corpio. 6>>6? 2e!ini. +oon? 6ries. =isin"? 1aurus. June FF, FV, or OPA pro'a'ly the FVth or the FFth. >e*t choices for Elsa are Fe' Ond or FVth. Both 6ir. #6nd +erida)s a (a"ittarian, duuuuuuuhhh....% ...0oooooh, June : is represented 'y a 'utterflyfish--what appears to 'e a 7haetodon !alannotus crossed with 7. a"a'undus. Eeeeentrestin).