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Walt Disney – A Magical Life
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truecoat
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Scott Gustin has some great words about this attraction.
"Overall, I’d say this show is a definite win for Disneyland, even if it has a few imperfections. I’d encourage everyone to go in with an open mind and appreciate what Disney can achieve when genuine passion is behind a project. The team clearly put a lot of care into honoring Walt, and that effort really comes through. I also think it’ll be exciting to watch this figure evolve over time. Disney has a history of refining and updating its Audio-Animatronics, so it’s a safe bet that Walt will see some improvements over the next 70 years."
"Overall, I’d say this show is a definite win for Disneyland, even if it has a few imperfections. I’d encourage everyone to go in with an open mind and appreciate what Disney can achieve when genuine passion is behind a project. The team clearly put a lot of care into honoring Walt, and that effort really comes through. I also think it’ll be exciting to watch this figure evolve over time. Disney has a history of refining and updating its Audio-Animatronics, so it’s a safe bet that Walt will see some improvements over the next 70 years."
JohnD
Well-Known Member
If we're going to use the same critique of Walt's face, let's talk Lincoln. Fair is fair.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
The neck up is just a problem...it really is. I am fine with the AA movements in general, but come on...
truecoat
Well-Known Member
I was talking about the Bob Igor animatronic.
JohnD
Well-Known Member
Well, I'm not. Everyone here is criticizing Walt's face. Well, let's look at Lincoln. Same issue. Maybe it's time to settle down and realize its an AA, not a living person.
el_super
Well-Known Member
Animatronics have never looked like real people. I'm not sure what people were expecting.
I'm still not a big fan of this project at all, but drawing the line at how the robot looks is weird.
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
Well-Known Member
I do agree. I think overall he’d be fine with most things, but the one thing I truly do believe he’d be against is the pricing out of the average family. He wanted Disneyland to be a place for everyone, and the pricing in his lifetime reflects that. In 1964, the latest pricing I could find before his death via a quick google, had general admission at $1.60 ($16.38 today) and the most expensive ride ticket book at $4.95 ($50.69). If you got that it’d still be cheaper than general admission today, and even cheaper if you got the standard ride ticket books. Disney is too expensive for your average family now and that WOULD upset Walt. Adding IP and losing classics? Debatable. But keeping his dream from the masses is practically the one thing we could know for sure how he’d feel on.
FettFan
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flynnibus
Premium Member
Except when you look at Lincoln in the same theatre that Walt De Niro is in...
You're taking bad references and doubling down.
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
Well-Known Member
I’m not against the animatronic, but-
Lol. Lmao, even.
Lol. Lmao, even.
Mike S
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flynnibus
Premium Member
The classic issue with AAs has been to get natural movement. Disney R&D has gone all out to try to address that topic.. in everything from compliance, to materials, to skins, etc. They've put all their efforts into that and continue to get better and better.
But somehow they are regressing further and further when it comes to actual visual representations of the subject.
I would have taken a Walt sitting on the corner of his desk just fine over a Walt that leaned and stood up but looked like Alec Baldwin.
But somehow they are regressing further and further when it comes to actual visual representations of the subject.
I would have taken a Walt sitting on the corner of his desk just fine over a Walt that leaned and stood up but looked like Alec Baldwin.
Communicora
Premium Member
You win!
MrPromey
Well-Known Member
I realize that Walt seems that he didn't want an animatronic made of himself and maybe he asked for the company to honor that wish, I don't know for sure....but I do know that Disney made animatronics of several people posthumously that also didn't provide permission either (or did they contact the estate of everyone they've ever made an animatronic of?)
I do know that specifically politicians are considered sort of "public domain" regarding use of their names, etc. so that is more of a grey area. I am not a lawyer
It's my understanding that Martin Van Buren made it explicitly clear in a letter to his wife shortly before his death that his likeness should never be represented in either audio animatronic or projection mapped form.
Disney's been running afoul of that for decades.
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ChrisFL
Premium Member
Supposedly it IS Walt's voice
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
I don't get the excuses being made for this one. It is quite obvious that they left a lot on the table. They could have done better and should have done better. It is almost a knee jerk reaction to try to provide cover for Disney here, despite what is in front of our eyes. This should be an easy consensus.