Podcast appearances and mentions of Jeff Jensen

https://m.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=tindogpodcast&_pgn=1&isRefine=true&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l49496 Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 American animated science fiction adventure film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, produced by Don Hahn, and written by Tab Murphy. Produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, it stars Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, David Ogden Stiers, John Mahoney, Jim Varney, Corey Burton and Leonard Nimoy. Set in 1914, the film follows young linguist Milo Thatch, who gains possession of a sacred book, which he believes will guide him and a crew of mercenaries to the lost city of Atlantis. Development of the film began after production had finished on The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). Instead of another musical, directors Trousdale and Wise, producer Hahn, and screenwriter Murphy decided to do an adventure film inspired by the works of Jules Verne. Atlantis: The Lost Empire was notable for adopting the distinctive visual style of comic book artist Mike Mignola, one of the film's production designers. The film made greater use of computer-generated imagery (CGI) than any of Disney's previous traditionally animated features and remains one of the few to have been shot in anamorphic format. Linguist Marc Okrand constructed an Atlantean language specifically for use in the film. James Newton Howard provided the film's musical score. The film was released at a time when audience interest in animated films was shifting away from traditional animation toward films with full CGI. Atlantis: The Lost Empire premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on June 3, 2001, and went into its general release on June 15. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Budgeted at around $90–120 million, Atlantis grossed over $186 million worldwide, $84 million of which was earned in North America; its lackluster box office response was identified as a result of being released in competition with Shrek, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Fast and the Furious and Dr. Dolittle 2. As a result of the film's box office failure, Disney cancelled a planned spin-off animated television series, Team Atlantis; an underwater Disneyland attraction; and a volcanic Magic Kingdom attraction based on it. Atlantis was nominated for several awards, including seven Annie Awards, and won Best Sound Editing at the 2002 Golden Reel Awards. The film was released on VHS and DVD on January 29, 2002, and on Blu-ray on June 11, 2013. Despite its initial reception, reception in later years became favorable and has given Atlantis a cult following[5] and reappraisal from critics as a mistreated classic, due in part to Mignola's unique artistic influence.[6][7] A direct-to-video sequel, Atlantis: Milo's Return, was released in 2003. Plot In 1914 Washington, D.C., archaeo-linguist Milo Thatch obsesses over finding the legendary lost city of Atlantis, believed to have sunk thousands of years ago. His employers ridicule his theories, but he gains an unexpected ally in eccentric millionaire Preston B. Whitmore, a friend of Milo's deceased adventurer grandfather who also sought the city. Determined to honor his old friend's quest, Whitmore recruits Milo for an expedition to Atlantis, having recently uncovered the Shepherd's Journal, an ancient Atlantean manuscript that contains directions to the lost city. Aboard the submarine Ulysses, Milo meets his teammates: Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, Lieutenant Helga Sinclair, demolitions expert Vincenzo Santorini, geologist Gaetan "Mole" Molière, medical officer Joshua Sweet, mechanic Audrey Ramirez, radio operator Wilhelmina Packard, mess cook Jebidiah "Cookie" Farnsworth, and a platoon of mercenaries. Upon reaching a cave entrance leading to the lost city, the submarine is destroyed by a massive mechanical leviathan, killing most of the crew. Milo and the survivors escape in smaller craft, navigating through the cave to emerge among ancient ruins. Milo translates the journal, guiding the team through caves beneath a dormant volcano until they reach the worn remains of Atlantis. There, they are greeted by Princess Kidagakash "Kida" Nedakh, who, despite being around 8,500 years old, has the appearance of a young woman. She leads them to her father, King Kashekim, who orders them to leave. Learning that Milo can read their language—a skill lost to the Atlanteans over millennia—Kida asks for his help in uncovering their forgotten history and highly-advanced technology, without which the city has declined and resources have dwindled. Milo learns that Atlantis is powered by the Heart of Atlantis, a massive crystal that grants longevity and health to its citizens through the smaller crystals they carry. Rourke betrays Milo and the Atlanteans, revealing his true intention to steal the Heart for profit, despite knowing the Atlanteans will perish without it. He mortally wounds the King while seizing control and uncovers the crystal's hidden location beneath the city. Sensing the danger, the crystal merges with Kida, who is then captured by Rourke. He departs with the crystallized Kida and his mercenaries, except for Vincenzo, Molière, Sweet, Audrey, Packard, and Cookie, who refuse to take part in the Atlanteans' destruction. Before dying, the King reveals that Atlantis was devastated by a megatsunami after he attempted to weaponize the crystal's vast power. To protect the city, the crystal merged with a royal family member, Kida's mother. This created a protective dome over the city's inner district, shielding it from total destruction as Atlantis sank beneath the waves, but Kida's mother never returned. To prevent the crystal from ever merging with Kida, the King hid it, inadvertently accelerating Atlantis' decline. He warns Milo that Kida will be lost forever if she is not soon separated from the crystal and pleads with him to save her. Alongside his allies, Milo rallies the Atlanteans to reactivate their long-dormant flying machines. Together, they eliminate Rourke and his mercenaries in the volcano. Milo and the others fly the crystallized Kida back to Atlantis as the volcano erupts. Kida ascends into the air and awakens Stone Guardians, who erect a barrier that shields the city from the lava flow. With Atlantis saved, the crystal separates from Kida and remains suspended in the sky. Milo chooses to stay in Atlantis with Kida, having fallen in love with her. Before returning to the surface, Vincenzo, Molière, Sweet, Audrey, Packard, and Cookie each receive a small crystal and a share of treasure. The six reunite with Preston on the surface and agree to keep their adventure a secret to protect Atlantis. Preston opens a package from Milo containing his own crystal and a note thanking him. The newly crowned Queen Kida and Milo carve a stone effigy of her father to join those of past rulers floating beside the Heart of Atlantis, as the city stands restored to its former glory. Voice cast Production layout sketch of Milo and Kida. Milo's character design was based in part on sketches of the film's language consultant, Marc Okrand. Michael J. Fox as Milo James Thatch, a linguist and cartographer at the Smithsonian who was recruited to decipher The Shepherd's Journal while directing an expedition to Atlantis. James Garner as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, the leader of the band of mercenaries for the Atlantean expedition. Cree Summer as Kidagakash "Kida" Nedakh, the Princess of Atlantis and Milo's love interest. Natalie Strom provided dialogue for Kida as a young child. Summer also voiced the unnamed Queen of Atlantis, Kida's mother and Kashekim's wife who was "chosen" by the Crystal during the sinking of the city. John Mahoney as Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric millionaire who funds the expedition to Atlantis. Lloyd Bridges was originally cast and recorded as Whitmore, but he died before completing the film. Mahoney's zest and vigor led to Whitmore's personality being reworked for the film.[8] Claudia Christian as Lieutenant Helga Katrina Sinclair, Rourke's German-born second-in-command. Don Novello as Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini, an Italian demolitions expert. Phil Morris as Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet, a medic of African-American and Arapaho descent. Jacqueline Obradors as Audrey Rocio Ramirez, a Puerto Rican mechanic and the youngest member of the expedition. Corey Burton as Gaetan "Mole" Molière, a French geologist who acts like a mole. Jim Varney as Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth, a Western-style chuckwagon chef. Varney died in February 2000, before the production ended, and the film was dedicated to his memory. Steven Barr recorded supplemental dialogue for Cookie. Florence Stanley as Wilhelmina Bertha Packard: an elderly, sarcastic, chain-smoking radio operator who is also the expedition's photographer. Leonard Nimoy as Kashekim Nedakh, the King of Atlantis and Kida's father. David Ogden Stiers as Fenton Q. Harcourt, a board member of the Smithsonian Institution who dismisses Milo's belief in the existence of Atlantis. Production Development The production team visited New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns to get a sense of the underground spaces depicted in the film. The idea for Atlantis: The Lost Empire was conceived in October 1996 when Don Hahn, Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, and Tab Murphy lunched at a Mexican restaurant in Burbank, California. Having recently completed The Hunchback of Notre Dame,[9] the producer, directors and screenwriter wanted to keep the Hunchback crew together for another film with an "Adventureland" setting rather than a "Fantasyland" setting.[10] Drawing inspiration from Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), they set out to make a film which would fully explore Atlantis (compared to the brief visit depicted in Verne's novel).[11] While primarily utilizing the Internet to research the mythology of Atlantis,[12] the filmmakers became interested in the clairvoyant readings of Edgar Cayce and decided to incorporate some of his ideas—notably that of a mother-crystal which provides power, healing, and longevity to the Atlanteans—into the story.[13] They also visited museums and old army installations to study the technology of the early 20th century (the film's time period), and traveled underground in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns to view the subterranean trails which would serve as a model for the approach to Atlantis in the film.[14] The filmmakers wanted to avoid the common depiction of Atlantis as "crumbled Greek columns underwater", said Wise.[15] "From the get-go, we were committed to designing it top to bottom. Let's get the architectural style, clothing, heritage, customs, how they would sleep, and how they would speak. So we brought people on board who would help us develop those ideas."[16] Art director David Goetz stated, "We looked at Mayan architecture, styles of ancient, unusual architecture from around the world, and the directors really liked the look of Southeast Asian architecture."[17] The team later took ideas from other architectural forms, including Cambodian, Indian, and Tibetan works.[18] Hahn added, "If you take and deconstruct architecture from around the world into one architectural vocabulary, that's what our Atlantis looks like."[19] The overall design and circular layout of Atlantis were also based on the writings of Plato,[18] and his quote "in a single day and night of misfortune, the island of Atlantis disappeared into the depths of the sea"[20] was influential from the beginning of production.[9] The crew wore T-shirts which read "ATLANTIS—Fewer songs, more explosions" due to the film's plan as an action-adventure (unlike previous Disney animated features, which were musicals).[21] Language The Atlantean letter A, created by artist John Emerson. Kirk Wise noted that its design was a treasure map showing the path to the crystal, "The Heart of Atlantis". Main article: Atlantean language Marc Okrand, who developed the Klingon language for the Star Trek television and theatrical productions, was hired to devise the Atlantean language for Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Guided by the directors' initial concept for it to be a "mother-language", Okrand employed an Indo-European word stock with its own grammatical structure. He would change the words if they began to sound too much like an actual, spoken language.[16] John Emerson designed the written component, making hundreds of random sketches of individual letters from among which the directors chose the best to represent the Atlantean alphabet.[22][23] The written language was boustrophedon: designed to be read left-to-right on the first line, then right-to-left on the second, continuing in a zigzag pattern to simulate the flow of water.[24] The Atlantean [A] is a shape developed by John Emerson. It is a miniature map of the city of Atlantis (i.e., the outside of the swirl is the cave, the inside shape is the silhouette of the city, and the dot is the location of the crystal). It's a treasure map. — Kirk Wise, director[25] Writing Joss Whedon was the first writer to be involved with the film but soon left to work on other Disney projects. According to him, he "had not a shred" in the movie.[26] Tab Murphy completed the screenplay, stating that the time from initially discussing the story to producing a script that satisfied the film crew was "about three to four months".[27] The initial draft was 155 pages, much longer than a typical Disney film script (which usually runs 90 pages). When the first two acts were timed at 120 minutes, the directors cut characters and sequences and focused more on Milo. Murphy said that he created the centuries-old Shepherd's Journal because he needed a map for the characters to follow throughout their journey.[28] A revised version of the script eliminated the trials encountered by the explorers as they navigated the caves to Atlantis. This gave the film a faster pace because Atlantis is discovered earlier in the story.[29] The directors often described the Atlanteans using Egypt as an example. When Napoleon wandered into Egypt, the people had lost track of their once-great civilization. They were surrounded by artifacts of their former greatness but somehow unaware of what they meant. — Don Hahn, producer[30] The character of Milo J. Thatch was originally supposed to be a descendant of Edward Teach, otherwise known as Blackbeard the pirate. The directors later related him to an explorer so he would discover his inner talent for exploration.[31] The character of Molière was originally intended to be "professorial" but Chris Ure, a story artist, changed the concept to that of a "horrible little burrowing creature with a wacky coat and strange headgear with extending eyeballs", said Wise.[32][33] Don Hahn pointed out that the absence of songs presented a challenge for a team accustomed to animating musicals, as action scenes alone would have to carry the film. Kirk Wise said it gave the team an opportunity for more on-screen character development: "We had more screen time available to do a scene like where Milo and the explorers are camping out and learning about one another's histories. An entire sequence is devoted to having dinner and going to bed. That is not typically something we would have the luxury of doing."[16] Hahn stated that the first animated sequence completed during production was the film's prologue. The original version featured a Viking war party using The Shepherd's Journal to find Atlantis and being swiftly dispatched by the Leviathan. Near the end of production, story supervisor John Sanford told the directors that he felt this prologue did not give viewers enough emotional involvement with the Atlanteans. Despite knowing that the Viking prologue was finished and it would cost additional time and money to alter the scene, the directors agreed with Sanford. Trousdale went home and completed the storyboards later that evening after visiting a strip club where he boarded the new sequence on a napkin.[34] The opening was replaced by a sequence depicting the destruction of Atlantis, which introduced the film from the perspective of the Atlanteans and Princess Kida.[35] The Viking prologue is included as an extra feature on the DVD release.[36] Casting Kirk Wise, one of the directors, said that they chose Michael J. Fox for the role of Milo because they felt he gave his characters his own personality and made them more believable on screen. Fox said that voice acting was much easier than his past experience with live action because he did not have to worry about what he looked like in front of a camera while delivering his lines.[37] The directors mentioned that Fox was also offered a role for Titan A.E.; he allowed his son to choose which film he would work on, and he chose Atlantis.[38] Viewers have noted similarities between Milo and the film's language consultant, Marc Okrand, who developed the Atlantean language used in the film. Okrand stated that Milo's supervising animator, John Pomeroy, sketched him, claiming not to know how a linguist looked or acted.[24] Kida's supervising animator, Randy Haycock, stated that her actress, Cree Summer, was very "intimidating" when he first met her; this influenced how he wanted Kida to look and act on screen when she meets Milo.[39] Wise chose James Garner for the role of Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke because of his previous experience with action films, especially war and Western films, and said the role "fits him like a glove". When asked if he would be interested in the role, Garner replied: "I'd do it in a heartbeat."[40] Producer Don Hahn was saddened that Jim Varney, the voice of Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth, never saw the finished film before he died of lung cancer in February 2000, but mentioned that he was shown clips of his character's performance during his site sessions and said, "He loved it." Shawn Keller, supervising animator for Cookie, stated, "It was kind of a sad fact that [Varney] knew that he was not going to be able to see this film before he passed away. He did a bang-up job doing the voice work, knowing the fact that he was never gonna see his last performance." Steven Barr recorded supplemental dialogue for Cookie.[41] John Mahoney, who voiced Preston Whitmore, stated that doing voice work was "freeing" and allowed him to be "big" and "outrageous" with his character.[42] Dr. Joshua Sweet's supervising animator, Ron Husband, indicated that one of the challenges was animating Sweet in sync with Phil Morris' rapid line delivery while keeping him believable. Morris stated that this character was extreme, with "no middle ground"; he mentioned, "When he was happy, he was really happy, and when he's solemn, he's real solemn."[43] Claudia Christian described her character, Lieutenant Helga Katrina Sinclair, as "sensual" and "striking", and was relieved when she finally saw what her character looked like, joking, "I'd hate to, you know, go through all this and find out my character is a toad."[44] Jacqueline Obradors said her character, Audrey Rocio Ramirez, made her "feel like a little kid again" and she always hoped her sessions would last longer.[45] Florence Stanley felt that her character, Wilhelmina Bertha Packard, was very "cynical" and "secure": "She does her job, and when she is not busy, she does anything she wants."[46] Corey Burton mentioned that finding his performance as Gaetan "Mole" Molière was by allowing the character to "leap out" of him while making funny voices. To get into character during his recording sessions, he stated that he would "throw myself into the scene and feel like I'm in this make-believe world".[47] Kirk Wise and Russ Edmonds, supervising animator for Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini, noted Vinny's actor Don Novello's unique ability to improvise dialogue while voicing the role. Edmonds recalled, "[Novello] would look at the sheet, and he would read the line that was written once, and he would never read it again! And we never used a written line, it was improvs, the whole movie."[48] Michael Cedeno, supervising animator for King Kashekim Nedakh, was astounded at Leonard Nimoy's voice talent in the role, stating that he had "so much rich character" in his performance. As he spoke his lines, Cedeno said the crew would sit there and watch Nimoy in astonishment.[49] Animation For comparison, the top image (panoramic view of Atlantis) is cropped to Disney's standard aspect ratio (1.66:1); the bottom image was seen in the film (2.35:1). At the peak of its production, 350 animators, artists and technicians were working on Atlantis[50] at all three Disney animation studios: Walt Disney Feature Animation (Burbank, California), Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida (Orlando), and Disney Animation France (Paris).[51] The film was one of the few Disney animated features produced and shot in 35mm anamorphic format. The directors felt that a widescreen image was crucial, as a nostalgic reference to old action-adventure films presented in the CinemaScope format (2.35:1), noting Raiders of the Lost Ark as an inspiration.[52] Because switching to the format would require animation desks and equipment designed for widescreen to be purchased, Disney executives were at first reluctant about the idea.[16] The production team found a simple solution by drawing within a smaller frame on the same paper and equipment used for standard aspect ratio (1.66:1) Disney-animated films.[52] Layout supervisor Ed Ghertner wrote a guide to the widescreen format for use by the layout artists and mentioned that one advantage of widescreen was that he could keep characters in scenes longer because of additional space to walk within the frame.[53] Wise drew further inspiration for the format from filmmakers David Lean and Akira Kurosawa.[16] The film's visual style was strongly based upon that of Mike Mignola, the comic book artist behind Hellboy. Mignola was one of four production designers (along with Matt Codd, Jim Martin, and Ricardo Delgado) hired by the Disney studio for the film. Accordingly, he provided style guides, preliminary character, and background designs, and story ideas.[54] "Mignola's graphic, the angular style was a key influence on the 'look' of the characters," stated Wise.[55] Mignola was surprised when first contacted by the studio to work on Atlantis.[56] His artistic influence on the film would later contribute to a cult following.[57] I remember watching a rough cut of the film and these characters have these big, square, weird hands. I said to the guy next to me, "Those are cool hands." And he says to me, "Yeah, they're your hands. We had a whole meeting about how to do your hands." It was so weird I couldn't wrap my brain around it. — Mike Mignola[56] The final pull-out shot of the movie, immediately before the end-title card, was described by the directors as the most difficult shot in the history of Disney animation. They said that the pull-out attempt on their prior film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, "struggled" and "lacked depth"; however, after making advances in the process of multiplaning, they tried the technique again in Atlantis. The shot begins with one 16-inch (40.6 cm) piece of paper showing a close-up of Milo and Kida. As the camera pulls away from them to reveal the newly restored Atlantis, it reaches the equivalent of an 18,000-inch (46,000 cm) piece of paper composed of many individual pieces of paper (24 inches [61 cm] or smaller). Each piece was carefully drawn and combined with animated vehicles simultaneously flying across the scene to make the viewer see a complete, integrated image.[58] Scale model of Ulysses submarine by Greg Aronowitz, used by digital animators as reference during production.[59] At the time of its release, Atlantis: The Lost Empire was notable for using more computer-generated imagery (CGI) than any other Disney traditionally animated feature. To increase productivity, the directors had the digital artists work with the traditional animators throughout the production. Several important scenes required heavy use of digital animation: the Leviathan, the Ulysses submarine and sub-pods, the Heart of Atlantis, and the Stone Giants.[60] During production, after Matt Codd and Jim Martin designed the Ulysses on paper, Greg Aronowitz was hired to build a scale model of the submarine, to be used as a reference for drawing the 3D Ulysses.[59] The final film included 362 digital-effects shots, and computer programs were used to seamlessly join the 2D and 3D artwork.[61] One scene that took advantage of this was the "sub-drop" scene, where the 3D Ulysses was dropped from its docking bay into the water. As the camera floated toward it, a 2D Milo was drawn to appear inside, tracking the camera. The crew noted that it was challenging to keep the audience from noticing the difference between the 2D and 3D drawings when they were merged.[62] The digital production also gave the directors a unique "virtual camera" for complicated shots within the film. With the ability to operate in the z-plane, this camera moved through a digital wire-frame set; the background and details were later hand-drawn over the wireframes. This was used in the opening flight scene through Atlantis and the submarine chase through the undersea cavern with the Leviathan in pursuit.[63] Music and sound Since the film would not feature any songs, the directors hired James Newton Howard to compose the score after they heard his music on Dinosaur. Approaching it as a live-action film, Howard decided to have different musical themes for the cultures of the surface world and Atlantis. In the case of Atlantis, Howard chose an Indonesian orchestral sound incorporating chimes, bells, and gongs. The directors told Howard that the film would have a number of key scenes without dialogue; the score would need to convey emotionally what the viewer was seeing on screen.[64] Gary Rydstrom and his team at Skywalker Sound were hired for the film's sound production.[65] Like Howard, Rydstrom employed different sounds for the two cultures. Focusing on the machine and mechanical sounds of the early industrial era for the explorers, he felt that the Atlanteans should have a "more organic" sound utilizing ceramics and pottery. The sound made by the Atlantean flying-fish vehicles posed a particular challenge. Rydstrom revealed that he was sitting at the side of a highway recording one day when a semi-truck drove by at high speed. When the recording was sped up on his computer, he felt it sounded very organic, and decided to use it in the film. Rydstrom created the harmonic chiming of the Heart of Atlantis by rubbing his finger along the edge of a champagne flute, the sound of sub-pods moving through the water with a water pick, while a ceramic pot from a garden store was used for the sounds of the movement of the Giant stone guardians.[66] Release Atlantis: The Lost Empire had its world premiere at Disney's El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on June 3, 2001[67] and a limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on June 8; a wider release followed on June 15.[4][61] At the premiere, Destination: Atlantis was on display, featuring behind-the-scenes props from the film and information on the legend of Atlantis with video games, displays, laser tag, and other attractions. The Aquarium of the Pacific also loaned a variety of fish for display within the attraction.[68] Promotion Atlantis was among Disney's first major attempts to utilize internet marketing. The film was promoted through Kellogg's, which created a website with mini-games and a movie-based video game give-away for UPC labels from specially marked packages of Atlantis breakfast cereal.[50] The film was one of Disney's first marketing attempts through mobile network operators, and allowed users to download games based on the film.[69] McDonald's (which had an exclusive licensing agreement on all Disney releases) promoted the film with Happy Meal toys, food packaging and in-store decor. The McDonald's advertising campaign involved television, radio, and print advertisements beginning on the film's release date.[70] Frito-Lay offered free admission tickets for the film on specially marked snack packages.[71] Home media Atlantis: The Lost Empire was released on VHS and DVD on January 29, 2002.[72] During the first month of its home release, the film led in VHS sales and was third in VHS and DVD sales combined.[73] Sales and rentals of the VHS and DVD combined would eventually accumulate $157 million in revenue by mid-2003.[74] Both a single-disc DVD edition and a two-disc collector's edition (with bonus features) were released. The single-disc DVD gave the viewer the option of viewing the film either in its original theatrical 2.39:1 aspect ratio or a modified 1.33:1 ratio (utilizing pan and scan). Bonus features available on the DVD version included audio and visual commentary from the film team, a virtual tour of the CGI models, an Atlantean-language tutorial, an encyclopedia on the myth of Atlantis, and the deleted Viking prologue scene.[72] The two-disc collector's edition DVD contained all the single-disc features and a disc with supplemental material detailing all aspects of the film's production. The collector's-edition film could only be viewed in its original theatrical ratio, and also featured an optional DTS 5.1 track. Both DVD versions, however, contained a Dolby Digital 5.1 track and were THX certified.[72][75] Disney digitally remastered and released Atlantis on Blu-ray on June 11, 2013, bundled with its sequel Atlantis: Milo's Return.[76] Reception Box office Before the film's release, reporters speculated that it would have a difficult run due to competition from Shrek and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Regarding the market's shift from traditional animation and competition with CG-animated films, Kirk Wise said, "Any traditional animator, including myself, can't help but feel a twinge. I think it always comes down to story and character, and one form won't replace the other. Just like photography didn't replace painting. But maybe I'm blind to it."[61] Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly noted that CGI films (such as Shrek) were more likely to attract the teenage demographic typically not interested in animation, and called Atlantis a "marketing and creative gamble".[77] With a budget of $100 million,[3] the film opened at #2 on its debut weekend, behind Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, earning $20.3 million in 3,011 theaters.[78] During its second weekend, it would drop into fourth place behind the latter film, Dr. Dolittle 2 and The Fast and the Furious, making $13.2 million.[79] The film's international release began September 20 in Australia and other markets followed suit.[80] During its 25-week theatrical run, Atlantis: The Lost Empire grossed over $186 million worldwide ($84 million from the United States and Canada).[4] Responding to its disappointing box-office performance, Thomas Schumacher, then-president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, said, "It seemed like a good idea at the time to not do a sweet fairy tale, but we missed."[81] Critical response Atlantis: The Lost Empire received mixed reviews from critics,[82][83][84] many of whom criticized its story.[85] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 48% of 144 professional critics have given Atlantis: The Lost Empire a positive review; the average rating is 5.5/10. The site's consensus is: "Atlantis provides a fast-paced spectacle, but stints on such things as character development and a coherent plot".[86] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 52 out of 100 based on 29 reviews from critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[87] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[88] While critics had mixed reactions to the film in general, some praised it for its visuals, action-adventure elements, and attempt to appeal to an older audience. Roger Ebert gave Atlantis three-and-a-half stars out of four. He praised the animation's "clean bright visual look" and the "classic energy of the comic book style", crediting this to the work of Mike Mignola. Ebert gave particular praise to the story and the final battle scene and wrote, "The story of Atlantis is rousing in an old pulp science fiction sort of way, but the climactic scene transcends the rest, and stands by itself as one of the great animated action sequences."[89] In The New York Times, Elvis Mitchell gave high praise to the film, calling it "a monumental treat", and stated, "Atlantis is also one of the most eye-catching Disney cartoons since Uncle Walt institutionalized the four-fingered glove."[90] Internet film critic James Berardinelli wrote a positive review of the film, giving it three out of four stars. He wrote, "On the whole, Atlantis offers 90 minutes of solid entertainment, once again proving that while Disney may be clueless when it comes to producing good live-action movies, they are exactly the opposite when it comes to their animated division."[91] Wesley Morris of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote positively of the film's approach for an older audience: "But just beneath the surface, Atlantis brims with adult possibility."[92] Other critics felt that the film was mediocre in regards to its story and characters, and that it failed to deliver as a non-musical to Disney's traditional audience. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+ rating, writing that the film had "gee-whiz formulaic character" and was "the essence of craft without dream".[93] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said the storyline and characterizations were "old-fashioned" and the film had the retrograde look of a Saturday-morning cartoon, but these deficiencies were offset by its "brisk action" and frantic pace.[94] Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote, "Disney pushes into all-talking, no-singing, no-dancing and, in the end, no-fun animated territory."[95] Stephanie Zacharek of Salon wrote of Disney's attempt to make the film for an adult audience, "The big problem with Disney's latest animated feature, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, is that it doesn't seem geared to kids at all: It's so adult that it's massively boring."[96] Rita Kempley of The Washington Post panned the film, calling it a "new-fashioned but old-fangled hash" and wrote, "Ironically Disney had hoped to update its image with this mildly diverting adventure, yet the picture hasn't really broken away from the tried-and-true format spoofed in the far superior Shrek."[97] In 2015, Katharine Trendacosta at io9 reviewed the film and called it a "Beautiful Gem of a Movie That Deserved Better Than It Got" and said that the film deserves more love than it ended up getting.[6] Lindsay Teal considers "Atlantis" to be "a lost Disney classic". Describing the film as highly entertaining, she praises the writing and characterisation – in particular, Sweet, Helga and Kida.[7] In particular, much praise has been given to the character of Kida.[98] Summer has regarded the character of Kida as one of her favourite roles and even considers the character among the official Disney Princess line-up. Themes and interpretations Several critics and scholars have noted that Atlantis plays strongly on themes of anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism. M. Keith Booker, academic and author of studies about the implicit messages conveyed by media, views the character of Rourke as being motivated by "capitalist greed" when he pursues "his own financial gain" in spite of the knowledge that "his theft [of the crystal] will lead to the destruction of [Atlantis]".[99] Religion journalist Mark Pinsky, in his exploration of moral and spiritual themes in popular Disney films, says that "it is impossible to read the movie ... any other way" than as "a devastating, unrelenting attack on capitalism and American imperialism".[100] Max Messier of FilmCritic.com observes, "Disney even manages to lambast the capitalist lifestyle of the adventurers intent on uncovering the lost city. Damn the imperialists!"[101] According to Booker, the film also "delivers a rather segregationist moral" by concluding with the discovery of the Atlanteans kept secret from other surface-dwellers in order to maintain a separation between the two highly divergent cultures.[102] Others saw Atlantis as an interesting look at utopian philosophy of the sort found in classic works of science fiction by H. G. Wells and Jules Verne.[103] Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water controversy When the film was released, some viewers noticed that Atlantis: The Lost Empire was similar to the 1990-91 anime Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, particularly in its character design, setting, and story.[104] The similarities, as noted by viewers in both Japan and America, were strong enough for its production company Gainax to be called to sue for plagiarism. According to Gainax member Yasuhiro Takeda, they only refrained from doing so because the decision belonged to parent companies NHK and Toho.[105] Another Gainax worker, Hiroyuki Yamaga, was quoted in an interview in 2000 as saying: "We actually tried to get NHK to pick a fight with Disney, but even the National Television Network of Japan didn't dare to mess with Disney and their lawyers. [...] We actually did say that but we wouldn't actually take them to court. We would be so terrified about what they would do to them in return that we wouldn't dare."[105] Although Disney never responded formally to those claims, co-director Kirk Wise posted on a Disney animation newsgroup in May 2001, "Never heard of Nadia till it was mentioned in this [newsgroup]. Long after we'd finished production, I might add." He claimed both Atlantis and Nadia were inspired, in part, by the 1870 Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.[106] However, speaking about the clarification, Lee Zion from Anime News Network wrote, "There are too many similarities not connected with 20,000 Leagues for the whole thing to be coincidence."[107] As such, the whole affair ultimately entered popular culture as a convincing case of plagiarism.[108][109][110] In 2018, Reuben Baron from Comic Book Resources added to Zion's comment stating, "Verne didn't specifically imagine magic crystal-based technology, something featured in both the Disney movie and the too similar anime. The Verne inspiration also doesn't explain the designs being suspiciously similar to Nadia's."[110] Critics also saw parallels with the 1986 film Laputa: Castle in the Sky from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli (which also featured magic crystals, and Atlantis directors Trousdale and Wise both acknowledged Miyazaki's works as a major influence on their own work)[104] and with the 1994 film Stargate as Milo's characteristics were said to resemble those of Daniel Jackson, the protagonist of Stargate and its spinoff television series Stargate SG-1 — which coincidentally launched its own spinoff, titled Stargate Atlantis; the plot of the 1994 film is also paralleled involving a group visiting an unknown world, a fictional language made for the other world's people, the main protagonist having apparent knowledge of the people's culture, falling in love with one of the female locals and electing to stay behind when the others return home.[111] Accolades Award Category Name Result 29th Annie Awards[112] Individual Achievement in Directing Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise Nominated Individual Achievement in Storyboarding Chris Ure Nominated Individual Achievement in Production Design David Goetz Nominated Individual Achievement in Effects Animation Marlon West Nominated Individual Achievement in Voice Acting – Female Florence Stanley Nominated Individual Achievement in Voice Acting – Male Leonard Nimoy Nominated Individual Achievement for Music Score James Newton Howard Nominated 2002 DVD Exclusive Awards[113] Original Retrospective Documentary Michael Pellerin Nominated 2002 Golden Reel Award[114] Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature Film Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers, Mary Helen Leasman, John K. Carr, Shannon Mills, Ken Fischer, David C. Hughes, and Susan Sanford Won Online Film Critics Society Awards 2001[115] Best Animated Feature Nominated 2002 Political Film Society[116] Democracy Nominated Human Rights Nominated Peace Nominated World Soundtrack Awards[117] Best Original Song for Film Diane Warren and James Newton Howard Nominated Young Artist Awards[118] Best Feature Family Film – Drama Walt Disney Feature Animation Nominated Related works Main article: Atlantis (franchise) Atlantis: The Lost Empire was meant to inspire an animated television series entitled Team Atlantis, which would have presented the further adventures of its characters. The series would have been akin to an animated steampunk version of The X-Files and feature a crossover with Gargoyles. However, because of the film's underperformance at the box office, the series was not produced.[119] On May 20, 2003, Disney released a direct-to-video sequel titled Atlantis: Milo's Return, consisting of three episodes planned for the aborted series.[120] Disneyland planned to revive its Submarine Voyage ride with an Atlantis: The Lost Empire theme with elements from the movie. These plans were canceled and the attraction was re-opened in 2007 as the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, its theme based on the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo, which was far more successful commercially and critically.[121] In addition, after the Submarine Voyage's Magic Kingdom counterpart, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage, closed down in 1994, four years before Disneyland's, there were proposals of a new attraction that would take its place, with one of them a volcano attraction inspired by that film's Vulcania location, being approved for the Magic Kingdom's Adventureland area. Around 1999, during development of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, it was decided that it would be themed to the movie, with it taking place in 1916, two years after the film's events. The ride would have focused on Preston Whitmore, a character from the film, seeking to make Atlantis existence public and offer expeditions to visitors in newly developed vehicles. However, due to mishaps, the vehicles would be forced to make a detour through the lava-filled caverns of the volcano. The attraction would have used a unique hybrid ride system, in which it would start as a standard coaster before the trains hook up to a suspended track midway through to fly through the caverns. The attraction would have been accessed by a new canyon path in between Pirates of the Caribbean and a re-routed Jungle Cruise that would have led to a Whitmore Enterprises base camp at the edge of the Walt Disney World Railroad path, with the mountain itself being built outside the berm. However, like the previous Submarine Voyage retheme, the ride was cancelled due to the film's disappointment in the box office.[122]

Jake and Tyler talk their predictions for The Boys and Daredevil: Born Again. Arnold Schwarzenegger potentially returning to Predator, Conan, and Commando?! Then comics!Cruel Universe:“Blackout” by Melissa Flores & Kano“Clinical Trial” by Mike Carey & Daniel Gete“Puppy Lake” by Jeff Jensen & Lukas Ketner Star Wars: Shadow of Maul #1 by Benjamin Percy & Madibek MusabekovDC KO #5 by Scott Snyder & Javi FernándezAbsolute Superman #17 by Jason Aaron & Juan Ferreyra

Last year, Vanity Fair released an article about Lanterns written by Jeff Jensen. Along with that article came an image of Aaron Pierre (John Stewart) and Kyle Chandler (Hal Jordan) walking down a dusty road. Since then, we have had no more official photos. Why is the HBO Max DC Studio series so under wraps?! What are they hiding that they can't release a second image? Join me live to figure this out!

There's a lot to think about this spring, and next year's genetic portfolio should be part of that list. Helena Seed Specialists Sean Jordal and Jeff Jensen join this “FieldLink Podcast” episode to explain how our Future Plots provide valuable insight to help growers determine their future germplasm needs. The duo will also share in-season tips to ensure your crop gets the right start for a successful year. Jody Lawrence returns with a commodity market update.   Follow Helena Agri on social media to stay informed:   Facebook: https://bit.ly/3pq8XVJ Instagram: https://bit.ly/347QAO8 X: https://bit.ly/3hwvWdG LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3pwWLTh YouTube: https://bit.ly/35pLLQJ

Vanity Fair has the first look at Kyle Chandler and John Stewart from the HBO Max Lanterns. The image shows John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) walking down a Nebraska highway. Join Ralph as he discusses the image and the accompanying article written by Jeff Jensen.

Commitment, leadership, and growth are essential pillars for personal and professional success. Through unwavering dedication, individuals demonstrate their reliability and determination to achieve their goals. Effective leadership and a commitment to ongoing self-improvement not only inspire others but also foster a culture of excellence and innovation. Jeff Jensen shares a powerful story of personal transformation that illustrates the importance of commitment, leadership and continual growth. Facing significant health and business struggles, he hit rock bottom but was able to turn his life around through disciplined programs that changed his mindset and habits. Join in as young leaders pose inquiries about life, personal development, and beyond! Quotes: “If you're staying the same for your whole life, there's a problem. You shouldn't be the same person; you should be growing, learning, and evolving.” – Jeff Jensen “Fitness is the only thing that can't be bought. You can't buy it. You can't fake it; you got to earn it.” – Jeff Jensen “If you want your wife to follow you, you got to lead from the front." – Jeff Jensen “As men, I think the biggest failure that we have is that we don't keep promises to ourselves, which leads to us not keeping promises to our spouse, which then makes them not believe in us." – Jeff Jensen Takeaways: Commit to keeping promises to yourself each day through consistent action and discipline. Track your progress and commitments. Prioritize your health, fitness, and personal growth above all else. Get your mind and body into top condition to maximize confidence, credibility and performance. Set a powerful example for your children through demonstrating grit, determination and work ethic in pursuing your dreams and goals. Inspire them to believe in themselves. Reflect on your core values and vision. Reverse engineer your life to prioritize the areas that will fuel your passion and purpose, so that other domains naturally fall into place. Conclusion: Jeff's story demonstrates that through committing to self-improvement every day, one can achieve remarkable transformations and unlock their fullest potential.

In this conversation, Kelli Nienaber is joined by Jeff Jensen of Keybridge Research, Nancy Pistorio of Madison Capital, LLC and Jeff Elliott of Huntington Asset Finance for a discussion about the outlook for the U.S. Economy in 2024 and specifically how the equipment finance industry may be impacted.  The group explores potential opportunities and challenges, shares expert insights, and makes some predictions for the year ahead.

In this conversation, Kelli Nienaber is joined by Jeff Jensen of Keybridge Research, Nancy Pistorio of Madison Capital, LLC and Jeff Elliott of Huntington Asset Finance for a discussion about the outlook for the U.S. Economy in 2024 and specifically how the equipment finance industry may be impacted.  The group explores potential opportunities and challenges, shares expert insights, and makes some predictions for the year ahead.

We took this podcast in a little different direction by combining clips from previously recorded interviews with Jeff Jensen, SW Regional Field Staff Rep for the GCSAA and Mike Huck of Irrigation & Turfgrass Services. Then we brought back our friend Gerald Flaherty, CGCS to talk about a new technology that his company, Task Tracker, launched this year. By having clips from Jeff and Mike before bringing Gerald into the conversation, we were able to set the table for the launch of Turf Rad soil moisture technology that's offered exclusively through the Task Tracker platform. This groundbreaking technology will help users dial in their water use to improve playability and reduce the cost of irrigation water. Gerald and I have been talking about this technology for a while and I'm excited to see them finally get it launched. It's very powerful and can help users save money and water. There is a little bit of visual to this podcast, so the YouTube version may be helpful for the tail end of the interview with Gerald. It may be helpful to watch it on that platform as well. Thank you for your continued support of the podcast and we hope you enjoy this episode.Visit EarthWorks at: https://www.earthworksturf.com Podcasts: https://www.earthworksturf.com/earthworks-podcasts/ 2 Minute Turf Talks: https://www.earthworksturf.com/2-minute-turf-talks/

Jeff joins Jeffrey to discuss Service Portfolio Management. This is the second of a two-part series Each week, Jeffrey will be interviewing guests from the technology, Service Management, or Business Continuity leadership communities.  Stay tuned as next week's show is one you will not want to miss. Jeffrey is the founder of Service Management Leadership, an IT consulting firm specializing in Service Management, CIO Advisory, and Business Continuity services.  The firm's website is ⁠⁠⁠www.servicemanagement.us⁠⁠⁠.  Jeffrey is an accomplished author with SEVEN⁠⁠⁠ acclaimed books⁠⁠⁠ in the subject area and a popular ⁠⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠ with approximately 1,400 videos on various topics.  Also, please follow the Service Management Leadership ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn page.⁠⁠⁠ A special thank you to Balaji for the branding - You can find and follow him on Instagram at @bwithbranding

Jeff joins Jeffrey to discuss Service Portfolio Management. This is the first of a two-part series Each week, Jeffrey will be interviewing guests from the technology, Service Management, or Business Continuity leadership communities.  Stay tuned as next week's show is one you will not want to miss. Jeffrey is the founder of Service Management Leadership, an IT consulting firm specializing in Service Management, CIO Advisory, and Business Continuity services.  The firm's website is ⁠⁠www.servicemanagement.us⁠⁠.  Jeffrey is an accomplished author with SEVEN⁠⁠ acclaimed books⁠⁠ in the subject area and a popular ⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠ with approximately 1,400 videos on various topics.  Also, please follow the Service Management Leadership ⁠⁠LinkedIn page.⁠⁠ A special thank you to Balaji for the branding - You can find and follow him on Instagram at @bwithbranding

Jeff Jensen is the Director of the Lakeside Academy Center which works with teenage boys who are experiencing a problem with chemical addiction. Find out more at Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge.https://www.mntc.org/ 

In this episode, Young interviews Jeff Jensen: the proud father of 2 little girls, and CEO and founder of Clyr. Jeff reflects on his own upbringing and the importance of faith, family, and friendships in achieving true success in life.Jeff encourages entrepreneurs to seek fundamentals to gain insights that put them ahead of the game and to be "students of the game" and truth seekers, rather than glossing over headlines. They also discuss the challenge of balancing building a business with having children, emphasizing that there is never a perfect time to have kids. Jeff concludes by discussing the impact of social media on people's lives, especially his daughters as they grow older.Please enjoy & subscribe!ABOUT OUR GUEST:Jeff Jensen first and foremost is the proud father of 2 little girls! Jeff is CEO and founder of Clyr (pronounced Clear) which is making pool maintenance carefree and worry-free through technology and CTO at a real-time analytics company called Corva. Previously, he has been CTO of 2 startups that have over $50M raised in VC-backed capital and he has a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Electrical and Computer Engineering.STUFF WE LOVE:Join Dad University!https://www.daduniversity.com/become-a-member?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.daduniversity.com%2Fa%2F2147518616%2Fo3B8JhynAttention founders and investors:Two12.co is the best cap table and fundraising toolkit. Use code TGDS for 25% off!https://bit.ly/3Q7wHsnTry Young's online recording studio!https://riverside.fm/homepage?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=youngLooking to outsource graphic design? Try Young's favorite resource, Penji: unlimited designs for one fixed cost from some of the world's top design talent!https://penji.co/pricing/?affiliate=3I86N6MSF5358220Learn more about us!Our website: https://thegirldadshow.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheGirlDadShow/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGirlDadShowShop here for The Girl Dad Show products: https://thegirldadshow.com/collections*If you click on our links, we may receive a tiny commission AND… most of the time, you will receive an offer. Win/Win! The products that The Girl Dad Show recommends are the ones we believe in.

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Ep008 - Bartleby and Artemus disguise themselves to go back in time to foil the plans of Devious as he reunites with Dr. Oddlike after many years estranged....Featuring Performances by Isaac Bluefoot, Jeff Jensen, Ruth Jensen, Rachel Hrdina, and Stella Martinez....The Kinetic Paranormal Society is written, directed, and produced by Isaac Bluefoot. Composed by Rachel Hrdina and Ruth Jensen.

Ep007 - When the magic wardrobe is pulled into an inter-dimensional tractor beam, it is up to Bartleby to infiltrate the top secret Area 52 and save his brother Artemus!...Featuring Performances by Isaac Bluefoot, Stella Martinez, Jeff Jensen, Ruth Jensen, and Rachel Hrdina....The Kinetic Paranormal Society is written, directed, and produced by Isaac Bluefoot. Composed by Rachel Hrdina and Ruth Jensen.

Ep006 - Mango Stango brings Bartleby and Artemus to his hometown of Durango, a real-life ghost town! But the troubles and woes of the ghosts are too much to bear. Our heroes get inspired to go back in time and make everything better for everyone!...Featuring Performances by Isaac Bluefoot, Stella Martinez, Jeff Jensen, Ruth Jensen, and Rachel Hrdina....The Kinetic Paranormal Society is written, directed, and produced by Isaac Bluefoot. Composed by Rachel Hrdina and Ruth Jensen.

Ep.005 - On a trip to Munchkin Land, Bartleby and Artemus soon discover this world of sweets, color, and delights has a mysterious dilemma and are in need of a pair of investigators. Clues are sought and suspects are interrogated as their investigation culminates at a dinner where all is revealed....Featuring Performances by Isaac Bluefoot, Stella Martinez, Jeff Jensen, Ruth Jensen, and Rachel Hrdina....The Kinetic Paranormal Society is written, directed, and produced by Isaac Bluefoot. Composed by Rachel Hrdina and Ruth Jensen.

Ep.004 – Lord Devious N. Sidious brings on the end of humanity by releasing the world's stupidest app. Sales of the app are so explosive that the Magic Wardrobe is thrown to the end of time and back again where Bartleby and Artemus discover that society has degraded into a zombie wasteland....Featuring Performances by Isaac Bluefoot, Jeff Jensen, Ruth Jensen, and Rachel Hrdina....The Kinetic Paranormal Society is written, directed, and produced by Isaac Bluefoot. Composed by Rachel Hrdina and Ruth Jensen.

Ep.002 - Bartleby wants to help his brother Artemus mend his broken heart with an adventure to the Cave of Mysteries when they unexpectedly make a new friend. Mango Stango, their biggest fan joins them to offer his special talents to the Kinetic Paranormal Society but somehow starts off on the wrong foot with Bartleby....Featuring Performances by Isaac Bluefoot, Jeff Jensen, Stella Martinez, Ruth Jensen, and Rachel Hrdina....The Kinetic Paranormal Society is written, directed and produced by Isaac Bluefoot. Composed by Ruth Jensen And Rachel Hrdina.

Ep.001 - The evil Lord Devious N. Sidious sends his best henchman, Tommy Toughnuts into the Kinetic Paranormal Society's magic wardrobe to foil their do good heroics with the aid of an odoriferous creature. Bartleby and Artemus will be tested to their limits in a game of wit. Listen to the exciting beginning of the escapades of the Kinetic Paranormal Society!...Featuring performances by: Isaac Bluefoot, Stella Martinez, Ruth Jensen, Rachel Hrdina, and Jeff Jensen....The Kinetic Paranormal Society is written, directed and produced by Isaac Bluefoot. Composed by Ruth Jensen And Rachel Hrdina.

Kevin sits down with Jeff Jensen, GCSAA Field Staff Rep for the Southwestern United States. His involvement with the GCSAA chapters in that region make him an important voice in some of the "front line" issues facing the golf industry today. Our discussion covered the broad topics of water rights, land use, and what the industry needs to do to ensure they have input regarding who gets the dwindling water supply in the southwestern US. We discussed Jeff's path to his current position, which has set him up to be a valuable asset to the industry and its interests. There's lots of great information in this interview that can serve as a template for other regions that will be facing many of the same issues in the near future.Visit EarthWorks at: https://www.earthworksturf.com Podcasts: https://www.earthworksturf.com/earthworks-podcasts/ 2 Minute Turf Talks: https://www.earthworksturf.com/2-minute-turf-talks/

In this episode, Kelli sits down with Jeff Jensen of Keybridge Research to discuss what's ahead for the US Economy in 2023.

In this episode, Kelli sits down with Jeff Jensen of Keybridge Research to discuss what's ahead for the US Economy in 2023.

Host Gregg N. Sofer is joined by Jay Town, former U.S. Attorney and current Vice President and General Counsel at Gray Analytics, and Husch Blackwell partner Jeff Jensen to discuss the recent criminal prosecution of former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan. They explore some of the fascinating tactics employed by the government and discuss the implications of the prosecution on the future of cybersecurity regulatory compliance. The discussion ends with some practical considerations for corporate officers and risk professionals responding to cybersecurity incidents and covers how to develop meaningful compliance programs in light of the government's escalating vigilance across multiple state and federal agencies.Gregg N. Sofer BiographyGregg counsels businesses and individuals in connection with a range of criminal, civil and regulatory matters, including government investigations, internal investigations, litigation, export control, sanctions, trade secrets and regulatory compliance. Prior to entering private practice, Gregg served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas—one of the largest and busiest United States Attorney's Offices in the country—where he supervised more than 300 employees handling a diverse caseload, including matters involving complex white-collar crime, contract fraud, national security, cyber crimes, public corruption, money laundering, export violations, trade secrets, tax, large-scale drug and human trafficking, immigration, child exploitation and violent crime. To read more about Gregg, check out his bio on the Husch Blackwell website.Jeff Jensen BiographyJeff is one of the few attorneys in the country with the distinction of serving as a special agent for the FBI, a federal prosecutor, a lawyer in private practice with a large law firm, and U.S. Attorney. To read more about Jeff, check out his bio on the Husch Blackwell website.Jay Town BiographyJay E. Town is the Vice President and General Counsel at Gray Analytics, an aerospace and military defense contractor company located in Huntsville, Alabama. Jay plays a large role in leading executive management efforts around supply chain security, cybersecurity, ransomware attack solutions, internal investigations, decree and governance monitoring, digital forensics, and business development. He also provides legal advice and execution related to myriad facets of all Gray Analytics' service platforms.Prior to his current position, Jay served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, where he oversaw the largest increase in federal prosecutions in the history of his district. He also served in the Marine Corps for 12 years, where he was a judge advocate and attained the rank of Major prior to his honorable discharge in 2008.Jay was also an accomplished prosecutor in the Madison County District Attorney's Office from 2005, when he moved to Huntsville, until his confirmation as U.S. Attorney. He left the District Attorney's Office as a senior prosecutor handling a full catalogue of crimes, including capital murder, murder, robbery and burglary.Check out more on Jay's career by visiting his Wikipedia biography page.

Host Gregg Sofer is joined by Jeff Jensen and Patrick Coffey, attorneys in Husch Blackwell's White Collar, Internal Investigations & Compliance group, to discuss U.S. v. Chierchio et al., a federal criminal case involving the ‘Lottery Lawyer,' a lawyer who styled himself as the lawyer of choice for winners of large lottery prizes but who has been charged with multiple crimes in connection with his legal representation and handling of client funds. We discuss the many layers of fraud alleged in the case, as well as the need to pay attention to certain red flags that are frequently present in the fraud context, especially when transacting business with unfamiliar people and organizations—something that is far more common today as companies scramble to overcome supply-chain disruptions.Jeff Jensen BiographyJeff is one of the few attorneys in the country with the distinction of serving as a special agent for the FBI, a federal prosecutor, a lawyer in private practice with a large law firm, and U.S. Attorney. To read more about Jeff, check out his bio on the Husch Blackwell website.Patrick Coffey BiographyPat has more than 30 years of experience successfully representing corporations, executives and officers in civil and criminal investigations and enforcement matters, including the defense of False Claims Act cases and qui tam whistleblower actions. To read more about Pat, check out his bio on the Husch Blackwell website.Links of InterestU.S. Department of Justice, “‘Lottery Lawyer' and Three Co-Conspirators Indicted in $107 Million Scheme to Defraud Lottery-Winning Clients,” August 18, 2020U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2021 Guidelines Manual 

In this longest-ever episode, Jeremy and Daniel take a break from their podcast break to talk Academy Awards with the ever-faithful, ever-brilliant pop culture maniac Jeff Jensen once again. As always, it's a spoiler-free dive into the Best Picture nominees for Oscars 2022! True to tradition, the three co-hosts end the discussion with their rankings of each film nominated, from least to most deserving.

On this episode of The LoCo Experience my guest was Jeff Jensen, multi-journey business veteran and among the newest LoCo Facilitators.  I would characterize Jeff as an engineer-type whose passion is making businesses work better through a focus on individual growth and team cohesion.  This episode is chock full of business tips, tricks, and deep nuggets.  We discussed Jeff's journeys into and out of the military, his love for business sparked while with Caterpillar Corp, the foundations for his passion for mentorship, and the many twists and turns that led to his own entrepreneurial journey.

In this episode, Foundation Executive Director Kelli Nienaber is joined by Jeff Jensen, Vice President at Keybridge Research and Ricky Rios, COO of Commercial Finance at CEFI to discuss the 2021 Industry Future Council (IFC) Report, its six trends, and what they mean for the future. The episode also covers the recently released 2022 Economic Outlook report.

In this episode, Foundation Executive Director Kelli Nienaber is joined by Jeff Jensen, Vice President at Keybridge Research and Ricky Rios, COO of Commercial Finance at CEFI to discuss the 2021 Industry Future Council (IFC) Report, its six trends, and what they mean for the future. The episode also covers the recently released 2022 Economic Outlook report.

Jeff Jensen worked for Entertainment Weekly from 1998 until September 2017 in a variety of positions, most recently as the publication's television critic. He helped conceive the story (with producer Damon Lindelof and director Brad Bird) for The Walt Disney Company film Tomorrowland starring George Clooney and Hugh Laurie. Jeff also served as an executive producer on the movie, which Disney released on May 22, 2015. In 2017, Jensen joined the writing staff of HBO's Watchmen and served as a story editor during the show's first season. Links: Jeff Jensen Twitter - https://twitter.com/EWDocJensen IMDB Link - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2701804/ Entertainment Weekly - https://ew.com/author/jeff-jensen/ Episode Sponsors: Zeppelin Comics - https://zeppelincomics.com/ Strange Media - http://www.strangemedia.com About the host: Steffan Schulz is a producer/director located in the San Francisco Bay Area. His professional career as a filmmaker spans 30 years. His work has been honored with over 100 awards including a spot in A/V Magazine's Top 100 Producers. Steffan is an Adobe Premiere Certified Expert, FAA licensed commercial drone pilot, underwater cinematographer, as well as a published author, presenter, instructor and university lecturer. He is the owner of Strange Media, a full service media production company located in the San Francisco Bay Area. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amuse/support

It's not a fake-out, it's true: Daniel is back to talk Oscars! He and Jeremy sit down with longtime friend and entertainment guru Jeff Jensen for a spoiler-free discussion of the 2021 Academy Awards nominees in the category of Best Picture. As always, your faithful hosts wrap up this uber-length special episode by giving their personal rankings of each film, from least to most deserving.

In the final episode of 2020, Executive Director Kelli Nienaber discusses recent Foundation releases with Jeff Jensen, Vice President at Keybridge and producer of the popular Economic Outlook series, as well as the Equipment Finance in 2020: Special COVID-19 Impact Issue report. Hear data highlights from these reports, a sneak peek at what to expect for equipment finance in 2021, and much more.

In the final episode of 2020, Executive Director Kelli Nienaber discusses recent Foundation releases with Jeff Jensen, Vice President at Keybridge and producer of the popular Economic Outlook series, as well as the Equipment Finance in 2020: Special COVID-19 Impact Issue report. Hear data highlights from these reports, a sneak peek at what to expect for equipment finance in 2021, and much more.

Candid One on One conversation wit US Attorney Jeff Jensen - solving cold cases, federal agents coming into stl, plans to crack down on the violence plaguing our city, etc.

The Right Opinion: The Michael Flynn Saga Part 2   PART 2 - The Legal Battle   Michael Flynn prosecution: A timeline of Trump's ex-national security adviser's case (Fox News)   Feb 2017 - The FBI interviews Steele's primary subsource and discovers that Steele was full of shit.  Rosenstein memo tasked Mueller to investigate already-discredited Steele allegations (JustTheNews.com)   2/13/17 - Flynn resigned from his position as the National Security Advisor. 5/17/17 - Mueller Appointed 5/19/17 - Strzok to Page:  “There's no big there there” (refering to the Russian investigation, as confirmed under oath by Lisa Page.)   12/1/17 - Flynn pleads Guilty to lying to federal investigators. Days later… the judge recuses himself with no reason disclosed. 2/1/18 - Mueller/Flynn's attorneys file a joint status report to push back sentencing.   Where are the transcripts? Flynn-Kislyak calls stay secret as requests for them grow (CNN) More Delays to sentencing occur on: -May 1, June 29 and Aug. 21, 2018 9/17/18 - Mueller says that matter is now ready for sentencing. 12/4/18 - Mueller suggests a lenient sentence cuz he's such a nice guy and all.  12/9/18 - Comey, thinking he's still the hero in all of this, publicly, and brazenly, admits to skirting around all known protocols to question Flynn. 12/9/18 - Flynn's lawyers finally start to wake up 3/24/19 - Barr reveals the “principle conclusions” of the Mueller Report. 4/18/19 - The full redacted Mueller Report is released 5/29/19 - Mueller closes the SCO's investigation into Russian Election Interference. June 2019 - Flynn fires his legal team and hires Sidney Powell, and the tides begin to turn. It's amazing what can happen when you have a lawyer who gives a shit. August 2019 - Powell files a motion to delay sentencing. She also notes in the filing that the government was denying her request for security clearances needed to review classified material pertaining to Flynn, including transcripts and recordings of phone calls that “supposedly underpin the charges against” him. 9/10/19 - Sidney Powell wants the original 302, which she claims was written by Pientka, not Strzok. @CBS_Herridge's Tweet / Re: Judge Sullivan "Things happen" October 2019 - DOJ attorneys fire back: 10/25/2019 - Sidney Poweell files a motion to urge the court to dismiss the entire prosecution for outrageous government misconduct. 10/29/2019 - Jude Sullivan responds by cancelling a hearing in response to Powell's motion.   November 2019 - Judge Sullivan postpones sentencing.   Dec 2019 - Judge Sullivan denies Flynn the ability to request exculpatory information being withheld by the FBI.    1/7/2020 - DOJ Attorneys now recommend up to 6 months in prison. Mueller suggested no jail time, so why are they requesting jail time now? Because Flynn's fighting back and they don't like it.   1/14/2020 - Flynn moved to withdraw his guilty plea for lying to the FBI, citing “bad faith, vindictiveness, and a breach of the plea agreement” by the government.    1/16/20 - Judge Sullivan pushes sentencing back again.   Feb. 9, 2020 - Federal prosecutors proposed delaying approaching deadlines in the Flynn case.  Prosecutors argued that Flynn's former attorneys should testify after he claimed to receive ineffective assistance from them.   Feb. 10, 2020 - Sullivan indefinitely postponed Flynn's sentencing date after federal prosecutors filed their motion to delay the deadlines.   Feb. 14, 2020 - Barr tapped U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, Jeff Jensen, to review Flynn's case. 4/9/2020 - Covington Hands Over More Files to Mike Flynn, After 'Inadvertently' Missing Them Earlier (Law.com) 4/29/2020 - DOJ releases new docs related to FBI misconduct. 5/7/2020 - DOJ drops the case against Flynn 5/12/2020 - Judge Sullivan decides to hear amicus briefs on the matter, assigns former U.S. District Judge John Gleeson as amicus curiae (friend of the court). How Should Judge Sullivan Determine if the Government's Motion to Dismiss the M --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rat-salad-review/message

The Right Opinion: The Michael Flynn Saga Part 2 PART 2 - The Legal Battle Michael Flynn prosecution: A timeline of Trump's ex-national security adviser's case (Fox News) Feb 2017 - The FBI interviews Steele's primary subsource and discovers that Steele was full of shit. Rosenstein memo tasked Mueller to investigate already-discredited Steele allegations (JustTheNews.com) 2/13/17 - Flynn resigned from his position as the National Security Advisor.5/17/17 - Mueller Appointed5/19/17 - Strzok to Page:  “There's no big there there” (refering to the Russian investigation, as confirmed under oath by Lisa Page.)  12/1/17 - Flynn pleads Guilty to lying to federal investigators.Days later… the judge recuses himself with no reason disclosed.2/1/18 - Mueller/Flynn's attorneys file a joint status report to push back sentencing.  Where are the transcripts? Flynn-Kislyak calls stay secret as requests for them grow (CNN)More Delays to sentencing occur on:-May 1, June 29 and Aug. 21, 20189/17/18 - Mueller says that matter is now ready for sentencing.12/4/18 - Mueller suggests a lenient sentence cuz he's such a nice guy and all. 12/9/18 - Comey, thinking he's still the hero in all of this, publicly, and brazenly, admits to skirting around all known protocols to question Flynn.12/9/18 - Flynn's lawyers finally start to wake up3/24/19 - Barr reveals the “principle conclusions” of the Mueller Report.4/18/19 - The full redacted Mueller Report is released5/29/19 - Mueller closes the SCO's investigation into Russian Election Interference.June 2019 - Flynn fires his legal team and hires Sidney Powell, and the tides begin to turn. It's amazing what can happen when you have a lawyer who gives a shit.August 2019 - Powell files a motion to delay sentencing. She also notes in the filing that the government was denying her request for security clearances needed to review classified material pertaining to Flynn, including transcripts and recordings of phone calls that “supposedly underpin the charges against” him.9/10/19 - Sidney Powell wants the original 302, which she claims was written by Pientka, not Strzok.@CBS_Herridge's Tweet / Re: Judge Sullivan "Things happen"October 2019 - DOJ attorneys fire back:10/25/2019 - Sidney Poweell files a motion to urge the court to dismiss the entire prosecution for outrageous government misconduct.10/29/2019 - Jude Sullivan responds by cancelling a hearing in response to Powell's motion. November 2019 - Judge Sullivan postpones sentencing. Dec 2019 - Judge Sullivan denies Flynn the ability to request exculpatory information being withheld by the FBI.  1/7/2020 - DOJ Attorneys now recommend up to 6 months in prison. Mueller suggested no jail time, so why are they requesting jail time now? Because Flynn's fighting back and they don't like it. 1/14/2020 - Flynn moved to withdraw his guilty plea for lying to the FBI, citing “bad faith, vindictiveness, and a breach of the plea agreement” by the government.  1/16/20 - Judge Sullivan pushes sentencing back again. Feb. 9, 2020 - Federal prosecutors proposed delaying approaching deadlines in the Flynn case.  Prosecutors argued that Flynn's former attorneys should testify after he claimed to receive ineffective assistance from them. Feb. 10, 2020 - Sullivan indefinitely postponed Flynn's sentencing date after federal prosecutors filed their motion to delay the deadlines. Feb. 14, 2020 - Barr tapped U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, Jeff Jensen, to review Flynn's case.4/9/2020 - Covington Hands Over More Files to Mike Flynn, After 'Inadvertently' Missing Them Earlier (Law.com)4/29/2020 - DOJ releases new docs related to FBI misconduct.5/7/2020 - DOJ drops the case against Flynn5/12/2020 - Judge Sullivan decides to hear amicus briefs on the matter, assigns former U.S. District Judge John Gleeson as amicus curiae (friend of the court).How Should Judge Sullivan Determine if the Government's Motion to Dismiss the Michael Flynn Case is Appropriate? (Reason)Government's motion to dismiss the criminal information against the defendant Michael T. Flynn" (DOJ Document) Plugs:  The Right Opinion Merch Store:https://bit.ly/2QR5Hkh Subscribe: TheRightOpinion.podbean.comor search “The Right Opinion”On iTunes or Google Play(For your monthly episodes and all exclusive bonus episodes) Twitter, Instagram, Parler, Minds:@RightOpinionPod Email Harrison:TheRightOpinionPod@gmail.com We will also be available on a 24-48 hour delay on: HackerHamin.podbean.comOr search “HackerHamin” on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play and more. And Rat Salad ReviewRatSaladReview.com Available on YouTube, iTunes, Google Play, iHeart Radio and Stitcher  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rightopinionpod.substack.com

Dietitian Against Diets Podcast Episode 17 Jeff Jensen & Matt Brazelton of Four Muddy Paws Healthy Pets is the centerpiece of this pet store. Hear how these two St. Louis owners joined forces and created a haven where pet wellness is standard. Nutritious pet food, grooming, and DIY dogwashing. Learn more:www.fourmuddypaws.com

Jeremy once again sits with longtime friend/guest/honorary co-host of the podcast, award-winning Watchmen writer Jeff Jensen with a spoiler-free discussion of the Best Picture nominees in the 2020 Oscar race. The two rank the films from least to most deserving of the grand prize.

Jeff Jensen and Darren Franich return for their annual look back at “Twin Peaks: The Return.” This year, they're also talking about Jeff's work on HBO's “Watchmen,” and how the “Twin Peaks” revival compares to the other great shows of the decade. Plus: New theories!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy sits with longtime friend of the podcast, entertainment guru Jeff Jensen with a spoiler-free discussion of the Best Picture nominees in the 2019 Oscar race. The two weigh in on who most deserves the grand prize.

Jeremy sits down with former EW journalist and current HBO writer Jeff Jensen to discuss recent developments concerning the slighting of cinematography and other categories from the upcoming 2019 Oscars telecast.

One year after the Twin Peaks revival aired on Showtime, Jeff Jensen and Darren Franich rewatch the 18-part saga with fresh eyes, new opinions, and provocative discoveries. They discuss some theories, solve at least one Dale Cooper mystery, and address the show's Emmy nominations. Tweet questions to @EWDocJensen and @DarrenFranich, or email us at twinpeaks@ew.com. Don't forget to rate us on Apple Podcasts and leave a review! We love hearing your thoughts on the podcast, and any of your Twin Peaks theories. Credits: Hosts: Jeff Jensen (@EWDocJensen) and Darren Franich (@DarrenFranich) Producer/Editor: Cristina Everett (@cristinaeverett) Contact Us: twinpeaks@ew.com For the latest on Twin Peaks, go to: ew.com/twinpeaks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time of year again and The Freshman Fifteen is back with this year's Oscars Special. Sitting in for Daniel is returning guest Jeff Jensen, weighing in with spoiler-free thoughts and opinions on this year's Best Picture nominees. Which films deserve the award the most? Jeff and Jeremy separate the good from the great.

Special guest Jeff Jensen makes his case for Lynch's biggest flop, DUNE, in a conversation deleted from Episode 20: David Lynch's ERASERHEAD.

The Freshman Fifteen's 20th episode visits pioneer artist David Lynch and his first feature film - 1977's Eraserhead. Daniel sermonizes on the virtues of great sound design, Jeremy decides that Lynch is better suited to Hannibal Lecter than Jabba the Hutt and returning guest Jeff Jensen connects the dots between Eraserhead and The Simpsons. Also, what's an "art film?"

Join Hastin and Nick as they present a feature-length audio commentary companion to “Tomorrowland”, including exclusive interview excerpts with Brad Bird, Damon Lindelof, Jeff Jensen, Thomas Robinson, and Raffey Cassidy!*To sync this track with the film, press “play” when the first opening logo firework bursts.If you would like to skip to the interview excerpts, you may do so at the following timecodes:00:00:59 – Damon Lindelof on the editing process.00:07:13 – Brad Bird on pin variations.00:13:52 – Damon Lindelof on the first draft.00:19:27 – Jeff Jensen on the first draft.00:27:20 – Jeff Jensen on Casey's character.00:38:50 – Damon Lindelof on length.00:40:45 – Damon Lindelof on Walt Disney.00:51:20 – Damon Lindelof on Drummelberg.00:55:48 – Damon Lindelof on Frank's holographic dog.01:01:34 – Thomas Robinson & Raffey Cassidy on flashbacks.01:10:18 – Jeff Jensen on “Before Tomorrowland”.01:28:19 – Damon Lindelof on Nix & Plus Ultra.01:41:49 – Damon Lindelof on Nix's speech.01:58:05 – Brad Bird on the creative process.02:01:15 – Brad Bird on the end credits design.02:02:03 – Brad Bird on the future of Tomorrowland.02:02:45 – Damon Lindelof on the future of Tomorrowland.02:04:13 – Jeff Jensen on the future of Tomorrowland.02:08:39 – Final words from Damon Lindelof.This commentary was recorded in 2016 for the first anniversary of the film “Tomorrowland” and released for its second anniversary on May 22, 2017.Intro and Outro Music by Landon Walterwww.TomorrowlandTimes.comtwitter.com/TheTomorrowTimewww.reddit.com/r/tomorrowlandmovie/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fire walk with EW's Jeff Jensen and Darren Franich as they dissect the latest mysteries and reveal behind-the-scenes intel each week when the Twin Peaks revival debuts May 21. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Oscar Season! Join Daniel, Jeremy and special guest, Entertainment Weekly's Jeff Jensen, as they weigh in with their personal picks of the nine Best Picture nominees. Jeff gives listeners a peek inside the inner workings of the Academy Awards while Daniel and Jeremy make their case for the films that most deserve to take home film's highest honor.

The 538th Roadhouse takes one set to venture into some new territory, but it's all blues at its root. Jackson Mud, Papa Mali, Sonny Landreth, Clay Shelburn, and Jeff Jensen really step up in this edtion. Looking through the playlist for the hour, I have no doubt at all about two things: that the 538th Roadhouse is another hour of the finest blues, and that it's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.