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I Just Watched The New Onward Trailer And Um, Dad Only Has Half A Body? Lawd Have Mercy!


Pixar released Onward Trailer 2 this morning and I scrambled home to watch it after dropping my daughter off to school! Lol
Yup … I’m still a big kid, and animations are my absolute FAVE! Plus anything that has Pixar or Disney attached to it, is always magical, so this was a no brainier! I do have to say though … I never saw trailer 1, so I had NO clue what this movie would be about until I watched the second trailer. Lol But now I can’t WAIT for March 2020!
Here’s what I thought of the new trailer …


There are unicorns in Onward Trailer 2 … and that’s all you need to know!
Okay, not ALL … but what else could be more important? Lol
I was a little shocked that they didn’t seem as friendly as we make unicorns seem! So I can’t wait to see them in the movie! Cause in this clip they seemed kind of mean.
However, you should also know that, this may be triggering for kids who don’t have dad around.
Onward Trailer 2 is emotional! Especially if you’re a single mom! Watching a kid say “I wish I knew dad” is a cue for the dramatic waterfalls on this end. Lol (Despite my kid KNOWING who her dad is!) So I can only imagine what this would be like for kids who don’t know who their dad is, or who don’t see them often.
I’m hoping that the magic of Disney and Pixar will be enough to distract them! But I’ve worked with kids long enough to KNOW that even if they don’t voice it, they could very well be thinking it! So I’m a little worried, but hopeful that Disney will get this right!


I’m also excited about all the magic in this movie!
Like literal magic, not Disney fairy dust magic. Lol To know me is to know that I love anything that has magic in it, so I can’t wait to see this!
Had someone told me Onward had magic in it months ago, I probably woulda watched trailer one! Lol
Oh and the quote, “there’s no magic like family” really stood out to me in this trailer! So yeah … I’m hopeful that Disney and Pixar got this right! Lol Because I already know my kid is gonna wanna see this. And the older she gets, the more she understands, and the more worried I am for her. So we’ll see!
(I’ll show her the trailer tonight and let her do a reaction video, which I’ll upload to my channel so you guys can check it out later!)
But can we discuss dad’s half of a body for a second?
Where the hell do they come up with this shit? Lol
And WHO came up with the idea to have a “half loaded” dad walking around? No seriously, WHO! Cause I’d like to meet them and talk to them! No kidding!
As crazy as I think this concept is, I absolutely LOVE the fact that it’s different! It kind of reminds me of a website where the page hasn’t fully loaded yet. Lol
Hopefully this man, sorry elf, without his entire torso and head doesn’t creep any of the little kids out! Lol But since it’s funny and light hearted, not creepy and dark, I doubt it’ll be an issue.


Onward will be in theaters on March 6th, 2020.
Which is two days after my daughter’s 8th birthday, so I can’t WAIT! There’s usually always a good movie out during her birthday weekend, so I’ll definitely take her to see it. Of course, unless we get to see it before her birthday! Lol That way we can go to Disney World or something that weekend. Lol (Shhhh, don’t tell her!)
Watch Onward Trailer 2 Below
About The Movie
Onward is an upcoming American, computer-animated, urban fantasy, comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was written and directed by Dan Scanlon, produced by Kori Rae, and stars Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer as the main voices. The film also stars Ali Wong, Lena Waithe, Mel Rodriguez, Bonnie Hunt and John Ratzenberger.
(And after watching Queen and Slim, I’m super excited to see Lena in this!)
Onward is set in a magical world populated with elves, trolls, mermaids, centaurs, fauns, satyrs, unicorns, gnomes, sprites, goblins, fairies, cyclops and all other mystical creatures. This world, however, where fairy tale was once the reality, is losing its sense of magic.
Since using magic isn’t an easy skill to master, the populace instead worked on getting by with science-created answers, and using modern-day machines such as mobile phones and cars instead of magic. (Oh the horror! Lol)
Two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, find themselves embarking on a quest to discover if there is still some magic left in the world so that they can spend one day with their father, who had died when they were both too young to remember him. Using a magic staff they received as a prearranged gift from their father and prompted by Barley, Ian has tried to bring him back by using a spell that will do it for 24 hours only for Ian to bring back just his legs, causing both of them to find a way to bring back the rest of him before the 24 hours are up.
What do you think of the new Onward Trailer? Oh and don’t forget, click this link to check out the cute new character posters.
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Live Recap: 43 Thoughts I Had While Watching Ms. Marvel Episode 2 On Disney Plus


Thanks to Disney Plus, I got to watch Ms. Marvel episode 2 a few days early, and I am super excited to share my initial thoughts via this live recap.
Marvel Studios’ “Ms. Marvel” is a new, original series that introduces Kamala Khan, a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City. An avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, Kamala is a Super Hero megafan with an oversized imagination—particularly when it comes to Captain Marvel.
And I absolutely love it! So here are …
43 Thoughts I Had While Watching Ms. Marvel Episode 2
No Spoilers – If you haven’t seen Ms. Marvel episode 2 yet, you’re in luck, because this recap will NOT spoil things. I omitted a few thoughts that included spoilers so you can read this without worry. You’re welcome!
- Ugh! Back to the Marvel theme song! Usually I miss it, but I hate the flip flop, inconsistency of which song gets played in the opening credits. Either make all the episodes open with a culture song, or the theme song, pick one.
- Is that a Diddy song??
- Awwww there’s a LGBT couple. Cute.
- This girl looks so familiar, like someone’s kid! OMG she looks like Jessica Marie!
- That title sequence is kinda cute.
- Kinda shocked this series breaks the “Marvel mold” where they wait until episode 4 to kick things up a notch! So if this already happened in episode 1 and 2, that means something big is coming right???
- Nice! I like that they put this ‘prayer routine at the mosque’ scene in!
- Now WHY would you wear Versace shoes to a place you gotta take em off sis!? WHY!?
- Of course she likes the new kid … who has a car?
- Not her saying she likes the color of the car … and it’s black! Reminds me of that time a boy tried to compliment me in High School and said he liked my jacket! It was sooo freaking weird because it wasn’t a CUTE jacket! So it was nothing to “like” and I instantly knew why he said it.
- Must be nice to have a Paki dude around to relate to, huh!
- Also, making it cool to date your race, and not the white boy? A plus!
- Oh my lord! What is she doing!?
- I love this song!
- Yessss … they do cheeky music that works! I love it.
- Omg are her powers tied to her emotions?? Like in “Turning Red“??
- Wait are all women superhero powers tied to emotions???
- Are those hoop earrings???
- Gabe is SO weird. But my kids probably say the same about me, huh.
- Now he don’t wanna go to Cal tech cause the boy like Kamala? Lord.
- Not a “The Devil Wears Prada” reference!
- It is hoop earrings!! How many people are gonna get the significance of her friend giving her those though?? Don’t worry, I’ll write it up!
- Him reminding her he knows the language so she can “date him too” is cute.
- Oh shit! She said he’s our cousin! Because of course it’s easier to pretend they’re related than admit she’s on a date with a boy!
- He worked for Hot Topic??? That was weird! But also shows how sexist our older generations are. How was he allowed to work at Hot Topic and have a phase, and she can’t go to a convention and dress up for one day?
- His fiancé is black? Or? What’s going on here now!?
- He switched on that accent mad quick!
- I love that Eid Mubarak was showcased!
- The illumin-aunties like illuminati! (Which we just saw in Doctor Strange 2!) Clever!
- Wowwww look how easy he got her!
- Not them about to do a sweep of all their places! I already don’t like that!! Police raiding?! Please make it stop. This is triggering AF!!
- Why was he taking photos outside a window? HUH! HUH! Whose foolish child is this?!!
- Who TF is Night Light?
- Omg he puts ice cream on his pizza?? He gotta go!
- She keeps getting flashes of her Great Grandmother??
- Omg NOW they think she hurt him! Ugh!
- This is an emotional rollercoaster! I like this.
- Oh what the f*ck!!!
- Of course his ass was right there to help! Not weird at all.
- Omgggg they are f*cking related!!! YOOOOOO!!
- The end of episode 2 is crazy!!
- Ok ok so something is definitely gonna happen soon and now I can’t wait to see the next episode!!
- No end credit scene for episode 2. Bummer!
Anywho, that’s it for this week!
Favorite quotes from the show coming soon. But until then …
Ms. Marvel premieres on June 8th! New episodes are available to watch every Wednesday on Disney Plus.
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Live Recap: 47 Thoughts I Had While Watching Ms. Marvel Episode 1 On Disney Plus


Thanks to Disney Plus, I got to watch Ms. Marvel episode 1 a few days early, and I am super excited to share my initial thoughts via this live recap.
Marvel Studios’ “Ms. Marvel” is a new, original series that introduces Kamala Khan, a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City. An avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, Kamala is a Super Hero megafan with an oversized imagination—particularly when it comes to Captain Marvel.
And I absolutely love it! So here are …
47 Thoughts I Had While Watching Ms. Marvel Episode 1
No Spoilers – If you haven’t seen Ms. Marvel episode 1 yet, you’re in luck, because this recap will NOT spoil things. I omitted a few thoughts that included spoilers so you can read this without worry. You’re welcome!
- Is this really starting off with THIS song? Totally a preteen teen show!
- I love the stop motion!
- Awww … she was making videos! It’s so cute.
- The transition from American to Pakistani! Smooth! I love it.
- Awwww she’s learning to drive!
- Yesss to the music!
- Not her saying a quick prayer, and him saying “bless you” like she sneezed.
- Awwww … it’s Jersey City.
- Yesssss (again) to the music!
- Riah (my daughter) is gonna like this.
- Another culture playlist (like “Moon Knight“) and I love it!
- They used to be friends???
- I like Mr. Wilson! I mean Gabe.
- Not lyrics from Mulan! He’s killing me!
- The Marvel bros are gonna be bored with this one? Oh well! Sucks for them!
- Families are gonna like this!
- Dr. Strange and Star Wars are both mentioned in this.
- What episode does she get her powers??
- Where in the world … is Kamala from?
- Not a Zuzu instead of an Alexa! Cute.
- I remember being scared to ask my parents to go somewhere. I feel you girl.
- Not her tryna use Bruno and his “no family” having self to her advantage.
- OF COURSE the tight suit of Captain Marvel is a problem! Ugh!
- Story of my life! The girl doesn’t get to do anything and the boy gets to do everything!
- So he’s gonna be her sidekick who does gadgets? That’s usually the role they chuck a POC kid in! I’m happy they didn’t this time.
- Awww look how good she looks in her suit!
- They keep calling it a party! It’s not a party, it’s a darn convention!!
- Not the f*cking hulk costume! It’s soooo bad!
- As a parent, her being humiliated hurts. But I get it!
- I worry about my kid wearing tight clothes too, but gosh. My childhood keeps me from overreacting to what she wears because I know too well how it felt!
- Omg he better not have a crush on her! No love interest! Please!!
- The scoring is great!
- Has to wear a sweater at gym? Yup. Totally get that “can’t show skin” even if it means not dying of heat in gym class foolery! It’s so frustrating!!
- Family making you feel bad for liking what you like is so trash!
- So she’s from Pakistan?! Cool!!
- Omg is she getting her powers this episode!???
- This b*tch just jumped out her f*cking window and almost died! I can not!
- Omgggg her bike!!!! That’s so f*cked up! He ain’t even HELP! WTF man!!
- Whew! She made it! She’s about to be in MAD trouble later, but she made it!
- I want some of this Avenger Con swag. I’m just saying!
- Oh nooo!! Her senses are heightened!?
- Of course the Antman is oversized! Cute easter egg!
- The ending of episode 1 is wild!!
- Why didn’t she just use her powers!???
- Yesss to the end credits music!
- Ahhhh there’s an end credit scene! I miss those.
- We needed this series 10 years ago when kids were making fun of Paki kids!
Anywho, that’s it for this week!
Ms. Marvel premieres on June 8th! New episodes are available to watch every Wednesday on Disney Plus.
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Watching “Ms. Marvel” Episode 1 Is Like Watching My Entire Childhood Play Out On TV And I Love It


Thanks to Disney Plus, I got to watch “Ms. Marvel” episode 1 a few days before it released on their streaming service, to review, and I absolutely loved it. Not only am I IN LOVE with this new Marvel teen superhero series, and can’t wait to watch it with my preteen once it finally drops on June 8th. It also reminds me so much of my own childhood!
So here’s my full “Ms. Marvel” episode 1 review …
Don’t worry, this is a spoiler free review, so if you haven’t seen “Ms. Marvel” episode 1 yet, keep reading … I won’t spoil the fun.
Okay so, “Ms. Marvel” is Marvel’s latest comic influenced Disney Plus original series …
About a Muslim American geeky teen girl from Jersey City who doesn’t feel like she fits in at home, or at school.
And of course I’m not a Muslim teen girl with superpowers.
But as I watched episode 1 of “Ms. Marvel” I saw so many scenarios that felt oh so familiar from my own high school days. Which instantly made me feel connected to Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani).
From being scared to ask my parents to go hang out with my friends, to not being able to wear certain clothes because they were “too tight or too short”, to wondering why my older brother could do whatever he wanted, while I couldn’t do a damn thing.
The entire first episode is incredibly relatable for a girl who’s of Caribbean decent, and was born and raised in NYC, with incredibly old school, strict parents.
(Not to mention, my mom too gave me the silent treatment whenever I did something she didn’t like. And my parents still make me feel like shit for liking what I like — specifically anything artsy, like movies, music, etc.)
So when I got introduced to Kamala Khan, for the very first time, in episode 1, I immediately “felt at home”. Of course, I’d much rather not bond with a teenage girl over our traumatic childhoods. But it is nice to see such a relatable superhero on a big screen. Opposed to a wealthy ass white adult male. Because even though I do love me some Iron Man … I can’t relate to anything other than his snark.
But it’s not just how relatable “Ms. Marvel” is for me!
I’m a big fan of teen dramas, and series that star kids with superpowers! (Think “Raising Dion“, “Cloak and Dagger“, “Naomi“, and “Runaways” to name a few.) So I was always going to love “Ms. Marvel”. This is just what I love!
Yet, they still find ways to suck me in even more!
Like with amazing scoring, and with their dope ass cultured, unbasic, soundtrack mixing familiar American pop songs (like Blinding Lights by The Weekend) with more unfamiliar pieces like Rozi by Eva. B — a Pakistani hip hop female rapper and singer! Which you can listen to as the end credits for episode 1 roll in.
Then there’s the cool stop motion clips at the beginning. Along with the cutesy animation overlays (similar to what we saw in “Heartstopper” on Netflix — another teen, rom-com-ish series, that I absolutely love).
It’s all freaking incredible!
Now, Marvel bros may have a hard time keeping up with this one, but families are gonna love this!
Based on what we see in “Ms. Marvel” episode 1, this series is leaning more towards the family friendly side of Marvel. So if your kids are anything like my 10 year old, and haven’t been interested in any of the latest Marvel series because they seem like “too much”, then you’re in luck! My daughter hasn’t watched any of the Marvel series since “WandaVision“! So I’m excited to watch this one with her.
However … the end credits for episode 1 … yes, there’s an end credit scene … seems to hint that this series still has all that ‘Marvel action’ we’ve grown to love.
So I’m super excited to see how this series plays out! Especially since a few things are already revealed in episode 1, that I didn’t think would come until later? But unlike previous Marvel series, that didn’t really kick off until episode 4, “Ms. Marvel” jumps right in … so I’m expecting them to turn up the heat after a few episodes.
Either way, this is gonna be a special series! I can just feel it. So if you’ve been second guessing this one, stop! You need to watch this! Especially since, Ms. Marvel will join Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel 2.
Ms. Marvel premieres on June 8th! New episodes are available to watch every Wednesday on Disney Plus.
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