Frozen 2010 Trailer

[Jude Petkus]

Ienjoyed the first Frozen movie, but I never understood the hype. It was a fine film, beautifully animated with a nice score and some clever plot twists, but I didn't think it was as fun as Tangled, and its songs weren't as catchy despite "Let It Go" becoming the anthem of a generation (of 8-year-old girls).

It was no surprise when Disney announced a sequel to Frozen was in the works. After all, Frozen was a mega-hit. Disney might be clueless when it comes to making video games around its most prized properties, but not when it comes to making more movies.

Still, I was skeptical. Far too often, sequels are just blatant cash-grabs that fail to live up to the originality of their predecessors. Movies like Frozen are usually stand-alone films, not part of larger trilogies. And past sequels for similar Disney movies have often been lackluster direct-to-TV releases.

Today, Disney dropped the first trailer to Frozen II and suddenly all that doubt and skepticism is gone. In fact, in some ways after watching this trailer I'm more excited about the sequel than I ever was for the original. Whether that's warranted remains to be seen, but this is an excellent trailer no doubt about it.

Without any dialogue, the trailer manages to convey the scope of the film, its lush animations and its darker tone. There's a wildness to the scenery and a sense of grim adventure. It's exciting and powerful without giving anything away---a sin that far too many marketing campaigns are guilty of, including many of Disney's.

Oh, and that moment at the end of the trailer when Anna draws Kristoff's sword and swings at something . . . it's perfect. I'm on the edge of my seat, and I didn't even care about this sequel until just now. Bravo.

It's one of those trailers that's both bold and sensible, and one that should have audiences of all ages---fans and critics of the first film alike---intrigued, if nothing else. We see Elsa walking on water. We see the gang back together again---Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Kristoff---but we don't know what the new danger is or who the next big bad might be. We have no idea what this movie is about, but it doesn't even matter.

Because we want to know. And that's what a good trailer is supposed to do. A good trailer makes us ask questions, fills us with wonder---and, most importantly, doesn't spoil the movie for us. Disney won't, but should still strongly consider, not releasing any more trailers other than this one. Or, if nothing else, just release another one just as vague but maybe with some new tidbits in there closer to the theatrical release.

You are purposely applying CaCl to your trailer? I'd be seriously looking for something else unless I was either planning on replacing it every couple of years or didn't expect it to hold up long enough for the rust to be a problem. I know a guy that used old antifreeze in the bed of his dump trailer in the winter to keep the stone that he hauled from freezing to the bed. Maybe that would work. Could you put plastic tile or PVC on the rails to stop the freezing? (Remember, I don't know what your trailer looks like, so if this is a stupid idea, I'm sorry.) Maybe you could put a smaller pipe or bar on the top of the rails so the bale had less surface area in contact to freeze . Just a few thoughts. I hate to think of putting that corrosive stuff on a trailer on purpose unless there just isn't any better option.

I have an old trailer that needs a tire replaced. I've looked at all the answers on how to unstick lug nuts, but they all assume that the wheel can be locked so when you apply torque to the lug nut the wheel doesn't spin. How can I lock the wheels on a trailer so they don't spin?

Otherwise, if you don't have brakes you will need to look at wedging the wheel or axle somehow. You can use a strap, or wooden wedges, or as @SolarMike suggested, if the wheel has holes in it, a pry-bar through the hole and wedged under the trailer will work.

But option 1 is really the easiest way - it works using gravity, there are no straps to slip, and you reduce your chance of injury. If the wheel still slips, add weight to the trailer or attach it to a vehicle with the brakes on, or ensure the trailer is on a non-slip surface (eg dry, textured concrete)

As a last method: Heat the nut up with a torch and should work to free the bolt. Replace studs while hot if you have to twist off the bolt because its that stuck. I'd replace the bolt and nut anyways.

Yes, loosen nuts while the wheel is on the ground but first dowse them all with some PB-Blaster or similar penetrant oil like WD40 and let it soak in for an hour or so. That should make them easier to come off and not spin the wheel.

Once your tyre is replaced, make sure you clean the studs and nuts, and use grease or assembly compound on the threads to stop this happening again. It would be practical to clean the studs on the other side too before they seize. Remember the spare wheel's mount as well.

If its stuck that bad, it may be somewhat fused through corrosion. Over torquing is likely at some point to break the lug and nut off all together. When that happens it will be fast, and may throw you off balance.

I'd use a dremmel or similar device with a small diameter cut off wheel and put a slice on one or two sides of the nut, going along the long axis of the lug. Try not to cut into the lug at all, but enough so that you can break the nut of without damaging the lug.

If you are feeling cowboy and don't care about breaking the lugs off the wheel, you could try getting two lug wrenches and breaker bars like 1 inch steel pipe to give you greater leverage. Have your monkey hold one lug wrench torquing in the clockwise direction, while you do the other way on the offending nut. Non-negligible possibility for injury!

If you are careless, this technique can injure you. I use a long breaker bar with big (1/2-3/4) socket size with an impact socket. I jack and thoroughly jackstand the wheel barely off the ground. I fit the breaker bar/socket on one nut, so the handle aims straight away from the wheel hub*. I also get safety glasses and a face shield.

I note the arc of travel the wheel/bar can travel without the handle hitting the ground. It should be no more than 270 degrees or so, or the handle is too short or the wheel too high. If the surface is soft or I care about it, I put a 2x12, wood crib, or old phonebook where the handle will hit on the right. Ready?

I rotate wheel/bar to the right briskly. WAP! The breaker bar hits the ground and stops instantly. The wheel has mass, and does not want to stop. It wouldn't if the nut were loose. So a great deal of force exerts upon the nut, socket and bar.

I am crazy, not stupid; so I do this exercise several times, starting at zero force to learn where to safely put my hands, body and face and keep the tool on. Increase force slowly until the witness mark starts to move. Expect tool breakage, though I've never broken a tool or failed to get a wheel off. I am careful and use top shelf tools. If you are careless, this technique can injure you.

Position the nut on the right of the wheel with the trailer hitched and on the ground put the wrench on the nut to the right of the axle so that the handle goes across the axle then stamp on the handle.

The weight & downward force are important. I've had a wheel rotate and essentially start to roll a chock backwards under the tire because the trailer was so light and the wheel rose upwards. By using downward force on the wrench not only is it easier for the person, but your body weight contributes to keeping the tire from spinning.

The temperature here is 18 degrees. The pipes at my daughter's trailer are frozen. How do you determine where the ice plug is? She does have heat tape on the pipes under the house, and the indicator is lit, which means there is electricity at the start of the tape. Is there a way to check if there is any at the other end? I was also wondering if there was any method of putting some kind of heater under the trailer when the temperature gets this low. Thanks for any help you can offer.

A kerosene forced air Reddy Heater is what I use. If it's a recent freeze, as your daughter's is, it'll take less than 10 minutes with that heater to have the water running again. You then need to begin adding more insulation and stopping the cold air infiltration to prevent it from happening again.

you buy an infrared thermometer..

they have come way down in price.

if you try to feel the pipes to determine which one is frozen, that doesn't work.

you can feel a pipe and it feels mighty cold but it can be 34-35 deg and not frozen.

you keep checking until you find a pipe that reads 28-29 or even less.

BINGO.. there is your problem.

just how you address the frozen pipe/pipes depends on the extent of the problem..

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One of my favorite things about Frozen, besides everything, is the way the movie turned stereotypes on its head. Which is why I'm so fascinated by this trailer showing us what it would have been like if Elsa was the villain in Frozen . When I first saw that headline, I was more amused than anything, because I felt like Elsa being the villain of anything was so far from the truth. In my mind, she's the hero of the story, so how could she be bad? There's never been a bad or evil Disney princess. But, then, I began to realize that Elsa is actually the antihero of the story; you root for her even though she negatively affects the world around her, because you can tell that her motivations are good. It's just her follow-through that ends up being such an obstacle.

So, with that adjusted in my head, I'm looking at this trailer for the movie-that-wasn't in an entirely different light. This is the movie that we would've gotten if the creators of Frozen were lazy. Specifically when it comes to the writing of female characters, there isn't typically a whole lot of gray area between good and bad, the maiden and the crone. Either Elsa intends to be good and is good, or intends to be bad and is bad. But, in the same way that Frozen's creators upended the stereotype of "love at first sight" for Anna, allowing our own suspension of disbelief when it comes to fairytales to bite us in the butt when Hans turns out to be duplicitous, they also went against convention by refusing to make Elsa a cut-and-dried character like the one shown in this (very well done!) spoof trailer.

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