Walt Disney – A Magical Life

[Tha Realest]

Walt should be saying "Why are you destroying the legacy of my brand, films, and parks?"

There’s so much steam coming out of his ears now that his head is about to defrost.

 

[freedogshampoo]

The animatronic looks great and has nice movement. The face can kinda pass for Walts'. But the voice ruins it all!

 

[Chupaca Bruh]

I don’t think they have enough wrinkles or texture on his face but maybe it looks less smooth in person.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

Yall the voice is literally Walt, why are you complaining? It’s the most accurate part- it’s actually him

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Yall the voice is literally Walt, why are you complaining? It’s the most accurate part- it’s actually him

I think people are most likely hung up on the quality of the audio, coloring his voice. It's very low fi and hollow. His voice is kind of just hidden under bad audio dynamics. It definitely affects how it's perceived. Source audio + speakers.

There's also, I think some confusion on how his AA is supposed to be presented. Is it Walt come to life? Or is it a continuation of the film, but in the real world? His audio would be different depending on context.

 

[Figments Friend]

How the Disney Company of today wants fans to view Walt -

How fans of Walt view today’s Disney Company -

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[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Why couldn't they have spliced together his actual speeches instead?

They… literally did that though. Like, they confirmed that all the dialogue is from various interviews and speeches he’s done. It’s the most authentic part of the whole thing.

How are there people who think it sounds off?

 

[MoonRakerSCM]

For a more recent example, see the new Trump face. Also, you never told me, how did the Easter side turn out? I was eating a sweet potato the other day and thought of your post. haha

It was excellent and a big hit! Thank you! I was told to do it again for Thanksgiving and might try doing them in a 'smashed' double baked kind of way.

I was finally able to watch the video... the mannerisms are fantastic, but gosh it just seems that the mouth/facial expressions are off/not lipping properly with the audio. The mouth is what surprised me the most, seemingly not fully articulating/closing. I swear other modern animatronics do this much better.

 

[Tha Realest]

I swear other modern animatronics do this much better.

Forget modern. John from COP does it better. And the audio sounds like the speaker is in the room, and not being presented from an old timey dictaphone. It’s like one of those audio diaries in Bioshock or Arkham Asylum.

 

[flynnibus]

How are there people who think it sounds off?

Because we have ears

 

[britain]

They… literally did that though. Like, they confirmed that all the dialogue is from various interviews and speeches he’s done. It’s the most authentic part of the whole thing.

How are there people who think it sounds off?

I’ve heard those audio clips before. Somehow in their ‘cleaning up’ process they have scrubbed his character out of it.

I’m assuming they used every audio mixing trick in the book in order to make all these disparate interviews and audio clips sound like a single live speech happening in front of you, but it just doesn’t sound like Walt to me anymore.

 

[mickEblu]

I’ve heard those audio clips before. Somehow in their ‘cleaning up’ process they have scrubbed his character out of it.

I’m assuming they used every audio mixing trick in the book in order to make all these disparate interviews and audio clips sound like a single live speech happening in front of you, but it just doesn’t sound like Walt to me anymore.

I think it’s even worse than that. Somehow the intonations and the syllables he’s emphasizing on some of those words are funky too.

 

[britain]

Good review from Jack

 

[britain]

After watching it a few times now, I think my ear is acclimating to it. It’s sounding better..?

 

[ChrisFL]

It's difficult to know how the audio really sounds in the theater unless you're there in person IMO.

 

[Nland316]

I would’ve been willing to sacrifice the more articulate facial movement if it meant an accurate face sculpt.

The show itself is really well done. The face is suchhhhh a miss though. I hope at some point in the future it’s adjusted.

The body movement though is so perfectly executed.

 

[mickEblu]

I would’ve been willing to sacrifice the more articulate facial movement if it meant an accurate face sculpt.

The show itself is really well done. The face is suchhhhh a miss though. I hope at some point in the future it’s adjusted.

The body movement though is so perfectly executed.

It’s concerning to me that imagineers wouldn’t know that most people would prefer an accurate face to articulate facial movement. I have to imagine it’s a factor in why his face doesn’t look great. Otherwise it just doesn’t make sense that the new Trump or Jack Sparrow AAs look better than such an important AA as this. I just feel like imagineers these days get so hung up on tech at the cost of everything else.

 

[SuddenStorm]

So, I'm sure this point has been made but after watching the video-

The Lincoln show is amazing because it was using brand new technology to bring to life a historical figure that no one had seen or heard. And it continues to impress for that reason.

But there's TONS of footage and recording of Walt Disney. He's not some mythical figure- I can watch hundreds of hours of him on Youtube. It just made this whole thing feel weird, since they're treating him like a mythical figure.

 

[wityblack]

Pretty cool that as a throwback they used mid-60’s era AA technology.

Who are we kidding - those COP/Pirates/HM AAs look better than this.

Are you kidding me? Have you even seen it in person. This is the best animatronic I've ever seen. Yeah it's not perfect, and because it's replicating someone so well known you see every little flaw, but it has amazing movement unlike anything I've ever seen.

So, I'm sure this point has been made but after watching the video-

The Lincoln show is amazing because it was using brand new technology to bring to life a historical figure that no one had seen or heard. And it continues to impress for that reason.

But there's TONS of footage and recording of Walt Disney. He's not some mythical figure- I can watch hundreds of hours of him on Youtube. It just made this whole thing feel weird, since they're treating him like a mythical figure.

Yeah, I'm sure if we had tons of Lincoln footage we would think Lincoln looks uncanny too. I'm trying to think of any animatronics that truly capture the likeness of a well-known person without feeling uncanny, and all I can think of is Jack Sparrow, but even that looks great because it looks like the character Jack Sparrow and doesn't necessarily look like Johnny Depp. I guess Hagrid looks good too but he's completely covered with a beard so that doesn't really count.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

It's difficult to know how the audio really sounds in the theater unless you're there in person IMO.

I'm listening on a mobile phone speaker, so yes.

I sorta like the mid-century sound anyway, noise and distortion and all. It gives the experience an authentic feel. I'd love to see this in person, I think this whole attraction looks terrific. Walt's face is slightly off though, he looks like that angry teacher from Ferris Bueller.