Rediscovering (Walt) Disney

  GET ON THE GRID WITH THE DISNEY XD PREVIEW OF TRON: UPRISING! -- THE SERIES PREMIERES THURSDAY JUNE, 7TH AT 9/8C -- ON DISNEY XD. Beck is a young mechanic living in Argon City, a growing metropolis in a far off corner of the grid that has just been occupied by General Tesler, a henchman of the notorious Clu. After his best friend Bodhi is ruthlessly derezzed by Clu's army, Beck seeks justice for his lost friend and launches a crusade against the regime. His rebellion captures the attention of Tron, the greatest warrior The Grid has ever known, who sees the potential in Beck and trains him to be his successor. Labeled with the moniker of The Renegade, Beck sparks a revolution to fight for the freedom of The Grid.  To get on the grid with TRON: Uprising, go to http://www.DisneyXD.com/TRON .

Well, I guess I should say animation, now that I'm all grown up. *chuckle* But, the point is, I really do still like to watch animated shows and movies. Part of it's is a fascination with the process of hand-drawn animation and the magic that it creates. Part of it's the memory of watching Saturday morning cartoons as a kid, or going to the movies to see the latest Disney feature. Whatever the reason, I still like it. Now there's a new cartoon- connoisseur  in the house (Maddy), and I get to introduce her to the fun, the wonder and the excitement of 'toons. She, of course, has a HUGE Disney collection already, and now the new Disney Junior Channel let's us share some of those great (and not so great) '90s Disney Television Animation shows. Recently Maddy discovered Disney's "Tarzan," one of the few Disney features I kind of dismissed, forgotten about. But, after hearing the songs on Pandora, Maddy really wanted to see it. So we downloaded ...