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Watch a Virtuoso Shred on the Traditional Chinese Pipa

It’s always a thrill to see virtuosi demonstrate their passion. Whether it’s watching a skydiver jump from 25,000 feet up and nail a landing without a parachute or hearing Kendrick Lamar spit hot fire in front of an audience, it’s amazing to see somebody at the top of their game. In this case, the woman who’s at the top of her game is named Wu Man, and she is a pipa player with fingers like the Flash.

For those unfamiliar with the pipa, it’s a Chinese stringed instrument that’s plucked and twanged, much like a lute. It has a distinctive regional sound to it however, which is no surprise considering it’s been used as a musical instrument in China for roughly 2,000 years.

In terms of Wu Man’s credentials as a virtuoso: she’s been playing the pipa since she was nine, was the first non-Western musician to win Instrumentalist of the Year by Musical America, and has recorded and appeared on 40 albums—five of which were nominated for Grammy Awards.

In the video above, created for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Man busts out with a presumably spot-on rendition of “White Snow in Spring” (a 125 year-old track written by a Qing Dynasty pipa master), demonstrating her lightning-fast finger work and some delightfully twangy and uptempo music; all with a sound more similar to a banjo than a lute.

If you want to learn more about Wu Man’s extensive background in music, you can check out her online biography here. You could also watch Kung Fu Panda 3, which features Man’s music — if you like your pipa with a side of Master Shifu.

Speaking of Master Shifu, who’s the master of the comments section below?! Is it you? There’s only one way to show us that you’re a virtuoso of speaking your mind!

Images: The Met

Hayley Atwell Welcomes AGENT CARTER Fans to Her New CONVICTION

While Peggy Carter will battle Nazis, spies, saboteurs, and supervillains in our imaginations forever, the woman who defined her so dynamically with every fiber of her being is facing a new kind of challenge these days. One that shows she’s capable of bringing her unmatched charisma to any era or endeavor. Hayley Atwell plays a former First Daughter and party girl turned crusading attorney in New York’s Conviction Integrity Unit (examining wrongful conviction cases) in ABC’s Conviction — premiering Monday October 3 at 10 PM, on the very same network that aired Agent Carter. As Atwell revealed at today’s Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, fans of her SSR agent will find much to love in the new series…

“I think my job is to be as flexible as I can in discovering new characters and new storylines,” says Atwell of her new role as Conviction‘s Hayes Morrison. “It feels like an easy transition when you have strong material. Then it’s a matter of just inhabiting the world. So it was a very welcome challenge but something I didn’t find daunting.

Explaining how she prepared for the role of a former First Daughter, the actress remarks, “The only thing we’re privy to is the documents of their public persona. It’s rare that we get to know the ins and outs of people’s unresolved family issues. That was obviously not available to me. So I looked at people in positions of power and the faces that they have to put on, and how they choose to work a room. Seeing movie stars or politicians across the board. It was a really interesting part of who Hayes Morrison was, that she can do that. She’s been trained. It’s in her DNA to know how to do that.”

“But then what makes it interesting as an actor,” adds Atwell, “is to find the chinks in the armor and the triggers and where she might just mess it up. And the underlying vulnerability and the cost of having to be on form all the time, and what that does to your own psyche.”

Executive producer Liz Friedman addresses the very real stories of incorrect convictions being overturned…

“We need the police, but we’re seeing [these convicts] as people and we’re seeing mistakes there. How do we correct for that and how do we go forward? What’s great is to be able to have some of those conversations in the context of these great mystery stories that we’re telling.”

Friedlander explains that the show began when she was driving in her car one day… “I heard this story about these conviction integrity units on the radio. It struck me, obviously aside from the social issues, as an amazing workplace drama. Because in reality they throw together a prosecutor, a forensics expert, the police — all these people who have never worked together before and approach things very differently. I thought, ‘What a chance to do something about social issues and throw these people together who are different.’ Then as we wrote the pilot these characters came to life.”

Fridlander’s fellow producer Liz Friedman describes how Atwells character developed…

“Somewhere the notion of a very troubled sort of iconic woman who had been in the public eye and had made missteps… What’s it like for her to look at people who’ve made missteps or are just put in a bad situation in their life and are paying this huge price? It’s a price that she’s never had to pay because of her privilege.”

“Hayes is a risk taker,” says Friedlander. “She’s a risk taker [with] the good of that and the bad of that. In every kind of aspect of her personality. I think she can be personally reckless, and I think she can also professionally take risks. She kind of operates without rules, for better or for worse. You can see that get her into a lot of personal trouble and also make her look at things in a very unconventional renegade way.

As for whether her character is reckless or damaged, Atwell says, “Those two very often come hand in hand. There’s a wild aspect of her. She’s at times feeling that she’s not reckless but is in a reckless situation, or she’s reacting to the environment she’s in. If she’s a risk taker, if you know how to manage that as you grow up, you kind of take the good with the bad with that what that quality is in your personality.”

“I did,” she continues, “feel that there were elements of Hayes where.. She’s just stayed at the party too long. She doesn’t quite know how to leave. She’s missed her ride, the lights have gone off, and she’s eating the stale pizza.”

Regarding the relationship between Atwell’s character and that of her new leading man, played by Eddie Cahill, the actor says, “She’s his match and in some respects he aspires to be who she is or covets what she has. Hayley said earlier today, ‘They give each other mental orgasms.’ They’re these two prizefighters who are constantly figuring out how to best each other. There’s respect, attraction, and a will to win at each cost.

Atwell says she’s now relishing the opportunity to play a character with far more flaws than her beloved Peggy Carter…

“It’s nice being rotten for a start,” she laughs. “There’s talk about her [having been] half-naked on the beach in Belize. She does have this public persona. She’s aware of how she looks and that she can use her sexuality if she needs to. And she has the money for it. What we wanted to do was create a woman who was sharp, who was on top of the game, but also had a slight edge… She knows how to present herself in a room and impress.”

Lest there be any who view ABC’s greenlighting of Conviction as part of the network’s decision to cancel Agent Carter after its second season, the actress assures us that “ABC said, ‘This is not us cancelling Agent Carter, this is us having a great new project and we really want you in the center of it.'”

So could Atwell one day return to her breakthrough Marvel role?

“It’s still a much-loved show for the people involved in the making of it, and we know it has a special place in the fans’ hearts. That’s something that I would be very happy to go back to, if the opportunity came… The great thing about Peggy is we know she lives a long life. I’m banking on, when I’m in my fifties, saying, ‘Let’s see what Peggy’s up in this decade!’”

Here’s the trailer for Conviction…

Are you a Hayley Atwell fan? Will you be watching Conviction? Let us know below!

Images: ABC

The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney Explains His BOJACK Theme Song

All I needed to hear was “Will Arnett is a horse” and I was sold on BoJack Horseman from the start. And, given just that tidbit of context, the show was way deeper than I expected it to be. The existentialism of a washed-up TV star, even in all its ridiculous, animalistic (literally) privilege, really resonated. It was real enough to make me feel all the things and just enough removed from reality (I mean, he’s a cartoon horse) that I wanted to keep watching instead of curling up into a tear-moistened ball of existential crisis. Plus something about the buoyant, horn-heavy theme song always made me feel upbeat.

The latest episode of Song Exploder, the podcast on which musicians break down their songs, featured The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney and his multi-instrumentalist uncle, Ralph Carney (Tom Waits, St. Vincent). The duo co-wrote the Netflix show’s theme—though not originally for the show—and they spent a few minutes talking about its creation. As he’d done for years, Patrick sent off some ideas to his uncle, who added horns and sent it back for Patrick to edit and produce.

Noel Bright, the show’s executive producer, also called in to discuss how he came to choose the Carneys’ track, as Pitchfork reports. After playing a bunch of takes and some of the track’s individual modules, the episode airs the original four-and-a-half minute song in its entirety. Check it out above and let us know what you think of the BoJack theme in the comments below.

Image: Netflix

Classic 16-Bit ALADDIN, THE LION KING, and THE JUNGLE BOOK Games Now Online

Back in the ’90s, a handful of Disney titles released on Nintendo SNES and Sega Genesis impressed gamers with their fluid animation and extremely fun gameplay that came from a unique collaboration between Virgin Interactive and Disney’s animators. Now, modern gamers will have the chance to revisit three of the best 16-bit Disney games.

GOG.com has announced that Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book are available for download now on Windows, Mac, and Linux; with all of the original gameplay, sound, and graphics intact. Note that the Aladdin game is the Genesis version that was co-published by Sega and widely praised as the superior of the two 16-bit Aladdin games from that era. It’s been over 20 years since these games came out, and they still look pretty good! To mark the occasion, a launch trailer and a poster were also released.

All three games are platformers inspired by their respective films, which occasionally featured levels and segments based on scenes that were cut from the finished film. According to GOG, each of the games will be compatible with modern operating systems, and they will be DRM free. GOG is currently offering a launch discount of $8.99 per title, which is $1 off the usual $9.99 price. However, there is also the option to buy all three games together for $19.99.

At the present, there doesn’t appear to be any indication that these Disney titles will make their way to Xbox Live or Playstation Network. But for any Disney fan who loves retro gaming, these titles are definitely worth the price!

Are you excited to get a chance to revisit Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book‘s 16-bit games? Power up in the comment section below!

Images: Disney Interactive

David Bowie’s BLACKSTAR Was Named to the Mercury Prize Shortlist

The Mercury Prize (FKA The Mercury Music Prize) is a prestigious honor awarded to the year’s best album from a UK or Irish artist. It carries a lot of weight. Even making it to the 12-artist shortlist is an accomplishment to celebrate. As such, the world follows the contest’s process closely, and when the shortlist is announced—as it was today—people (or maybe just me) hurriedly explore all the music they’ve missed. This year’s prize could be awarded posthumously, as David Bowie’s Blackstar LP was (deservedly) named to the shortlist.

Bowie, who has been shortlisted twice before but never won (for 2002’s Heathen and 2013’s The Next Day), headlines an eclectic list of 12 musicians. (Radiohead is the other big name. This marks the record fifth time the Oxfordshire band has been shortlisted. They’ve never won). These artists, as the judges suggested in a statement, are not only representative of today’s diverse stylistic spectrum, but of our world’s tempestuous times, too. “This is music to make sense of our unsettling times – heartfelt, angry, thoughtful and thrilling. The 2016 Hyundai Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ are marked by their musical ambitions, unexpected instrumentation and breathtaking arrangements.”

Since 1992, Mercury has considered unknowns right alongside the entrenched, giving budding artists an opportunity to, for once, vault over industry vets and test the waters of renown. The selection committee, comprised of Jarvis Cocker, Radio 1’s Annie Mac and the singer Jessie Ware, will now narrow the shortlist to a short-shortlist of six names. From there, the contest is getting democratic. For the first time ever, the winner will be selected by popular vote. (Unfortunately you have to be a citizen of the UK to vote.)

As Rolling Stone reports, the winner will be announced at an awards ceremony on September 15 and will take home £25,000. Benjamin Clementine won the prize last year. Full 2016 shortlist below:

Anohni: Hopelessness

Bat For Lashes: The Bride

David Bowie: Blackstar

Jamie Woon: Making Time

Kano: Made in the Manor

Laura Mvula: The Dreaming Room

Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate

Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool

Savages: Adore Life

Skepta: Konnichiwa

The 1975: I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it

The Comet Is Coming: Channel the Spirits

Who do you think should win? Let us know in the comments.

Image: RCA Records

Corvo Faces a New Plot in DISHONORED #1 (Review)

This week the Dishonored franchise is coming to comics, courtesy of Titan Comics. And unlike some other gaming related comics, Dishonored #1 never seems to assume that its audience isn’t familiar with this world. In fact, it throws readers right into the thick of it, with a splash page that greatly resembles the POV of the player in the first Dishonored game.

The biggest notable difference between the comic and the game is that writer Gordon Rennie kept readers inside the head of Corvo Attano throughout the issue via his thought captions. In the game, Corvo wasn’t nearly as chatty, nor did he share his thoughts with the players. Rennie’s take on the character gave him some interesting perspective. Corvo recognized that he lost some of his humanity during the events of the first game. But he wasn’t particularly bothered by that, since he was given magical enhancements that let him avenge the death of Empress Jessamine Kaldwin. The only thing that drives now Corvo is a desire to pass on all that he’s learned before he becomes too old to fight.

This story starts twelve years after the original Dishonored game, as Corvo recognized a potential successor in Cottings, a young female warrior in the City Watch of Dunwall. We didn’t actually learn much about Cottings in this issue, but artist Andrea Olimpieri excelled with the action scenes, particularly during an early sequence in which Corvo fought Cottings and other members of the City Watch. As a character, Cottings was under-served in this issue. But if she goes on to become the apprentice that Corvo so desperately wants, then it’s likely that she’ll get more of a spotlight in later issues. We’re curious to see if Corvo intends to pass on his supernatural abilities to her as well.

Olimpieri seemed to use a lot of double page spreads throughout the issue, but the fight scenes really captured the flavor of the first game. However, Olimpieri does seem to have some problems drawing distinct human faces with emotions. When the book wasn’t in fighting mode, it was a bit of a chore to read because the artwork just wasn’t sharp enough to carry the narrative. Olimpieri has a knack for sequential storytelling and an interesting visual style, but his artwork is definitely missing some of the fundamentals of form and perspective.

It’s a little too early to pass judgment on the villains of this story, as we only get a fleeting glimpse of them in the closing pages. It’s enough to say that the enemy knows who Corvo is and they’ve successfully placed the bait in front of him. Whether they are aware of all he can do remains to be seen. It’s a classic trope in comics for a hero to be unable to use his powers without blowing his secret identity. Corvo has one of those moments in this issue, but it felt fresh because the setting was so different from our world.

For the uninitiated, Dishonored #1 does a good job of establishing Corvo and the city of Dunwall. Despite some solid action sequences, the artwork does need some work. Comics are a visual medium, and the visuals of this issue occasionally disrupted an otherwise enjoyable narrative.

RATING: 2.5 OUT OF 5 BURRITOS

 

What did you think about Dishonored #1? Let us know what you’re thinking in the comment section below!

Images: Titan Comics

Watch the First Teaser for Christopher Nolan’s DUNKIRK

Thanks to director Christopher Nolan‘s extraordinary success with The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, and Interstellar, his films have become events unto themselves. That’s why Warner Bros. is dropping the first look at Nolan’s next film, Dunkirk, almost a year before the movie is scheduled to hit theaters. And if the teaser is any indication, Nolan is bringing his brand of intensity to World War II!

Dunkirk is an original script by Nolan that is based upon the real life incident known as Operation Dynamo, which unfolded in May and June 1940, during the early days of World War II. Following the Battle of France, thousands of British, French, and Belgian soldiers were hopelessly surrounded by the German army at the beaches of Dunkirk, France. Almost inexplicably, the German forces decided to hold back; which set the stage for the emergency evacuation of over 300,000 troops. It quickly became known as “the Miracle of Dunkirk.”

There aren’t many familiar faces in the Dunkirk teaser trailer, but there is a palpable sense of dread as the trapped soldiers look up at a plane and react as if it is about to make an attack on them. That lack of familiarity is by design, as Nolan cast largely unknown and less established actors including Fionn Whitehead, Jack Lowden, and Aneurin Barnard in the leading roles. Nolan veterans Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy are also in the cast, which includes James D’Arcy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, and One Direction’s Harry Styles.

The Dunkirk teaser will make its theatrical debut this weekend with Suicide Squad, but the film won’t hit theaters until July 21, 2017.

What did you think about the first look at Dunkirk? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!

Image: Warner Bros. Pictures

Everything You Need to Know About the Gamma Ray Bursts that May Kill Us All

The list of things from space that can suddenly wipe out the entire human race is distressingly long. So far we have: solar flares that can send us back to the Stone Age (thanks you Sun of a…), black holes that can spaghettify us if they ever came close enough, and, of course, asteroids that can dino-destroy us (although at least we’re getting some really great mediocre movies out of that one). But don’t forget about GRBs, or Gamma Ray Bursts.

These are fun ’cause they’d kill us all like a sniper with a laser gun.

The video above, which outlines how a GRB could annihilate the human race faster than the Flash sneezes, comes from YouTube Channel Kursgesagt, which means “In a nutshell” in German. And this video tells us in a nut shell that the cosmic phenomena are born from some of the most powerful events in the universe, and are not to be trifled with.

The reason GRBs aren’t to be taken lightly is because they are light—very high-energy light. Comprised of gamma rays, this ionizing radiation wrecks DNA and shatters atomic bonds. As the video points out, “a single gamma ray photon is more energetic than a million visible photons combined.”

The video also shows us how GRBs are created, and that’s where things get really cool (read: hot), because we think they’re born from two unimaginably large events: supernovae and the merging of neutron stars. These are the kinds of events that emit as much energy as a star does in its 10 billion year lifespan in about 100 seconds.

Luckily, all of the GRBs scientists have detected up until now have come from outside our galaxy, and have been too far away to hurt us. But—here it comes—if one of these high-energy lightwave sniper shots were to hit us from even a few thousand lightyears away, it could destroy our ozone layer and allow the Sun to cook us all to death. And we thought the dinosaurs had it bad…

But you know who doesn’t have it bad? You! Because you can let us know what you think of this video in the comments below!

Images: Kursgesagt – In a Nutshell

 

USA’s FALLING WATER Takes the Path INCEPTION Didn’t Travel

USA is rapidly becoming the go-to network for genre TV fans, with Mr. Robot and Colony offering the kind of excitement that was once the sole domain of indie cinema. Falling Water is the latest addition to the network’s growing catalog of thinking-man’s thrillers. Debuting Thursday, October 13th at 10/9c, the series’ stars Lizzie Brocheré (of Guillermo del Toro‘s The Strain), David Ajala (from Fast and Furious 6) and Will Yun Lee (of Hawaii Five-0) as three troubled souls drawn together in the world of their dreams. But as show’s executive producers — The Walking Dead‘s Gale Anne Hurd and Brotherhood co-creator Blake Masters — assured us at Wednesday’s TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour in LA, Falling Water is in no way the head trip of Inception. As viewers will, at no point, have trouble distinguishing between its dream sequences and its waking world. As Masters explains, the show was actually conceived before Inception‘s release!

“Henry [Bromell] and I came up with this in 2006,” said the exec, referring to his late producing partner, and the co-writer of Falling Water‘s pilot. “The way we came up with it is: we were drunk. It was actually my bachelor dinner. Henry had this theory about how our dreams reflected our collective unconscious. Then across the table this friend of mine said, ‘Henry, that’s a show!’ In 2008, the writers strike hit. We were bored, we walked around Santa Monica, and went, ‘Can we make that a show?’ This is before Inception, before any of those other things.”

“In 2013 I had a meeting with Gale and we were talking about projects we had. Two weeks later Henry died, from an aorta rupture. I lost my partner on the show, I lost my brother, and then I didn’t touch the script for a year. Then I said, ‘I have to finish it.’ So I went back to Gale and did a small polish based on the script we did in 2008. [Director] Juan [Carlos Fresnadillo] came on and added this whole cinematic visual layer, and USA came along and said, ‘We want this.’ I cannot tell you how it’s grown since then, for an idea that’s as interesting and forward-looking as this.”

“Juan, who you may know from 28 Weeks Later,” added Hurd, “created a very cinematic look for the show.”

Falling Water‘s three protagonists — trend-spotter Tess (Brochere), New York detective Take (Lee), and security chief Burton (Ajala) — are (according to the actors who play them) broken, everyday people who find the tools they need to begin healing themselves in the surreal landscape behind the show’s titular waterfall.

“Tess,” explained Brochere, “has a very heightened power. She is very troubled because in her dreams she sees a boy, her son. She’s convinced she had a son she sees in her dream. But in reality she doesn’t have a son. That’s what’s gonna drive her.”

“He’s ex SAS [Special Air Service],” said Ajala of Burton, “who is now head of security at a national institution. He has this really passionate fleeting relationship with this woman he loves very dearly. Then one day he wakes up and she’s not there and he’s trying to work out if she exists in his dream world or if she’s in his waking world. He’s fully of the belief that she exists in his waking world. As the series goes on he has to face many different obstacles [on the way] to the truth.”

Of the cast, Lee was forced to undergo the most difficult preparation for his role. “Blake called me and said, ‘If you want to do do this you have to eat pizza and you just cannot go to the gym.’ That’s kryptonite for me. I gained 22 pounds for the pilot… Part of it was just breaking me down. Basically, he falls into his dreams because he’s so broken. That’s his escape. What happens on the other side of this falling water, this waterfall is the dream side, are ultimately the things that helped him become a good detective. He’s known as ‘The Hunch.’ But as he falls deeper into the dream he starts getting clues that link all of our characters together. He becomes obsessed with this dream group. All our flaws bring us on the on the other side of falling water, but it all starts bleeding back into the real world. That’s how we all find each other.”

Of all the cast, Lee may be the most overjoyed at the opportunity his character provided him, according to the actor himself.

“Blake said, ‘You’re not gonna kick, you’re not gonna fight, you’re not gonna do all the things [you’ve] had to do throughout [your] career.’ It was never the focal point of any of our characters — being a woman, being black, being Asian. For him to have me not try to take down James Bond and do a roundhouse kick for some strange cinematic reason was the biggest blessing.”

That’s not to say Falling Water won’t provide its share of excitement as its heroes navigate the new terrain they in which they find themselves.

“The basic premise of the show,” explained Masters, “is we’re all dreaming parts of the same dream. Each individual dream is a tile in a mosaic. How we follow-up the meaning of that set-up — that’s what the show is gonna be. We set up the fundamental idea of the show, that these characters can walk into each others dreams, dreams can cross over. The other piece we set up is that what happens in your dreams isn’t a Greek chorus in your life — it’s the other half of your life. If you have a fight with your girlfriend in your dream and you wake up, you’ve fought and you wake up in a bad mood. So you can go into other people’s dreams, you can manipulate those dreams and affect behavior in the waking world.”

Masters assured us that, despite its limitless premise, Falling Water will offer concrete resolutions to some of the mysteries his “metaphysical thriller” establishes in its first season. So don’t expect an Inception-style headscratcher for a season finale.

“There are answers to the set-up,” Masters explained. “Like, who’s that boy that Tess dreams of? All those things. By the end of the first season we’re gonna give you all of those answers. We’re not gonna hold back our answers. Because we think these three fabulous people are interesting enough that you’re gonna keep watching… I’m not interested in keeping secrets from the audience.”

“Our hope,” added the producer, “is that we create enough of a cinematic language that you’re never confused. Our goal is not to trick the audience. There are moments when we want the line between waking world and dream world to blur. But we’re always very clear about ‘This is a dream. This is reality.'”

To which Hurd agreed, “There are signposts. The promo starts with an eye opening. [But] until you can understand what that visual grammar is there are very definitive clues as to what is a dream and what is going to be a dream.”

Looking forward to Falling Water? Let us know below!

Images: USA Network

Destination: Disney Style Celebrates Disney Fashion Around the Globe

Throughout the years as Disney has grown, showing off personal style has become a major part of the fandom. In the last year alone, Disney Consumer Products has collaborated with Coach, Kate Spade, Trina Turk, Sephora, Vans and Kenzo to put their unique spin on iconic characters.

Fans can’t get enough of Disney fashion news and trends and now they can travel the world virtually to see how Disney style is fashioned around the world.

The new digital series Destination: Disney Style celebrates Disney fashion around the globe and the first season explores Disney Style in Tokyo, Shanghai, NYC, London and Los Angeles. The five-part original series is hosted by top fashion and beauty YouTubers faves LaurDIY, Jaleesa Moses, Meredith Foster, Lucy & Lydi who give us a look into the ever-evolving Disney fashions in international cities.

Each episode lets you travel along with the host to see how local designers put their own twist on Disney style through international Disney collaborations, and fans get to show off their own chic street style. This series definitely makes you want to hop a flight and see the sights all around the world.

We were invited to the launch event where we got a sneak peek of the series, and a look at some of the cool Disney fashions featured in the show. The inaugural episode is hosted by lifestyle and DIY YouTube star LaurDIY as she explored the fashion world in Tokyo, at Disney Expo Japan 2016, Tokyo Disney Resort and more.

My personal favorite part of the show had to be when LaurDIY interviewed Katsumi Tsukagoshi, the president of Grace Co., Ltd. fashion, who explained “charadinate” which is when you coordinate characters within your own fashion. I may have audibly gasped when he opened up his suit jacket to reveal a Star Wars lining.

Destination: Disney Style launches on the Disney Style YouTube channel on Tuesday, August 2 with new episodes every Tuesday at 10am PST throughout the month of August.

Check out the first episode in the video above, and photos from the launch party in the gallery. Let us know what you think in the comments and be sure to tag @nerdist and @justjennrecipes on instagram to show us your own Disney style!

Image: Disney