F.A.Q.

Frequently Asked Questions:


Q: Who are you?

A: My name is Demos Euclid. I am a writer, video producer, and avid film buff. My videos have been featured on NGSC Sports and ProPlayer Insiders and I currently write articles throughout the net. My hobbies include traveling, photography, and geocaching.



Q: How often do you update the site?

A: Ideally, I aim to have at least 2 to 3 (sometimes even 4) articles published per week (usually on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and whatever particular day 007 on the 7th falls every month). Of course, work, life, and other projects sometime take precedence but even in the most extreme cases I still have at least one entry featured during those busier weeks (usually Transcription Friction) unless otherwise noted.



Q: James Bond and Disney reviews? What the heck is this site about anyway?

A: I just happen to like James Bond and Disney and have a good deal of expertise in both subjects historically and passionately. With that said, there will be a greater variety in movie reviews in the future from older classics to newer releases. The site is still growing and evolving and I look forward to any new directions that present themselves in the future. For the moment, I just like writing about whatever I happen to find interesting at the time and that's just half the fun.



Q: OK, so you write about James Bond and Disney. What other film series can we look forward to?

A: I'm considering doing a monthly review on all the Star Trek films for the 50th anniversary next year. You'll just have to wait and see!



Q: How often do you publish your Disney reviews?

A: Default Disney reviews are usually published every week alternating between the animated shorts and features. The tag at the bottom of every review indicates when the next one will be up.



Q: How often do you publish your James Bond reviews?

A: Every month on the 7th.



Q: On what day do you publish Transcription Friction Friday?

A: Thursdays, of course!



Q: Just how exactly do you do Transcription Friction?

A: I run every song through about six speech-to-text programs which I will not reveal due to the fact that these articles essentially bash these programs - most of them do their job very well, after all, but they just cannot handle singing or music. I run the songs through each program three times and occasionally also have someone sing the lyrics through each program once as well. I take the funniest errors and reconstruct them into the song only adding conjunctions here and there so everything at least makes some sense. I usually try to find not just the best errors, but the ones that also fit into the song the best. For more info, check out the first Transcription Friction article here.



Q: Why aren't you doing the animated shorts in order of release?

A: Simply because there are hundreds of Disney animated shorts. If I started as far back as the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, it'd be a year before I even got to Mickey Mouse. After all, there's nearly 100 years of Disney animated releases. That's not to say that I won't ever cover any of those early entries but for now it's far more interesting to focus on some of the most important and well-known shorts as well as some that might pertain to the animated feature I happen to be reviewing at the time.



Q: Why haven't you reviewed Toy Story or any other Pixar films?

A: The Pixar films are not part of the main Disney animated canon in the same way that none of the DisneyToon Studios films (i.e. The Jungle Book 2, The Tigger Movie, etc.) or direct-to-video releases (i.e. The Return of Jafar) are considered part of the series. Obviously, the Pixar films are in a much higher plane of quality and I plan on eventually covering them as soon as I'm done with the canon series.



Q: Do you do all the funny Photoshop creations on the site?

A: Yes. Any of the Photoshop creations tagged with "hilarity by default" are my own creations. Additionally, any photos tagged with my name are pictures that I have personally taken.



Q: You often write about the Disney theme parks? Which ones have you been to?

A: I have been to all the American Disney theme parks and water parks (Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach), Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland, and Tokyo DisneySea. I haven't had the chance to visit Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, or the upcoming Shanghai Disneyland just yet. I'm a theme park nut and I plan on writing more about them and none-Disney parks in the future.



Q: What is your favorite movie?

A: That's a tough question! I have many films I love for different reasons but the one that always seems to stand ahead of the pack is Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959) starring the inimitable Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. The immediate runner up would be Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Some additional favorites off the top of my head would include The Thin Man (1934), Modern Times (1936), Casablanca (1942), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Charade (1963), From Russia with Love (1963), Mary Poppins (1964), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Back to the Future (1985), The Untouchables (1987), and many more. I'll be writing articles on some of these in more detail in the future.



Q: What is your favorite Disney ride?

A: That's an ever tougher question! For now, I'll cheat and say it's a tie between the following: the Indiana Jones Adventure and Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland plus the Haunted Mansion and Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World.



Q: Are you in any way affiliated with the Walt Disney Company?

A: No. This site does not represent the Walt Disney Company, its subsidiaries, or affiliates in any way, and I am not an employee or employed by The Walt Disney Company.



Q: I have a request for a review you should do! Do you take commissions?

A: You can contact me here.

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