Prioritizing activism over entertainment. Audiences and guests do not want to be lectured on sociopolitical issues and topics either directly or indirectly.
Absolutely, though I think what basically the real problem here is in the ‘execution’ of said message, in this show particularly. The message & themes of Zootopia work particularly great in the movie it’s meant to be seen in, it was executed incredibly well there, but not within the context of a park icon that’s supposed to represent the park’s core mission & thesis statement. Say what you will about It’s Tough to Be a Bug not feeling seriousness enough but at the very least, more effort was taken to connect it with the park’s theme, while the tree itself’s origins were kept intact. What could’ve been an opportunity to have a show ‘more’ cohesive and thematically accurate was completely wasted in this scenario to feature a show, that, by most accounts, doesn’t succeed in being an improvement to what was there beforehand.
Let's be honest...They just wanted this to tie in with the late Nov release..But didn't reflect any reptiles yet but only the Marsh animals as an oddly done 1.2 storyline...
Ignorant bigotry completely disconnected from how the process has ever actually worked.
Dumbo is a misunderstood "real" elephant with large ears living in a circus. His mother is chained up for protecting her child. Zootopia is just people portrayed as animals living in the big city. Dumbo makes more sense in AK (formerly in a circus) than Zootopia.
and honestly, this blow could’ve easily been massively softened, had they just offered this as an additional new show without coming at the expense of the others, while the theming of the inside of the theater could’ve matched the exterior better and this would’ve allowed for a wider variety & amount of shows to play there. Say what you will about its execution, that really speaks for itself. But again, something that could’ve softened the blowback it’s gotten for sure.Speaking of which, and while I’m not opposed to the idea of Soarin’ having alternate films rotated at different times. It’s funny to me that they felt the need to update that attraction (despite being successful) and have (atleast from the details of the concept we’ve read about) they’ve made that thematically cohesive and seem to always rotate back to the films playing there earlier. Yet here, failed pretty badly, and again, constantly feel the need to add a Film IP tie in that isn’t neccesary nor well executed as opposed to a new & original concept entirely that ‘is’ well executed. And as I’ve stated before regarding other film theatre attractions.. what keeps stopping them from rotating a variety of films with different effects/AAs at different times throughout the day? They’ve demonstrated they can rotate the AAs at the Opera House at Disneyland (Walt Disney & Lincoln) & 2 different shows at Epcot’s France theatre. It’s just befuddling to me. They even call it the Tree of Life Theatre inside.. so it’s like..
Why would you keep the old show if the entire reason for the new show.. was because the old show was deemed needing a replacement?
I hadn’t thought about that - but you are 100% correct. Safari would never get built today.
Honestly, consider the possibility of say, 3 shows playing in the theatre at equal amount of showtimes, different times throughout the day. (A new original show that more closely follows the themes & mission statement of the park & tree of life as shown on the exterior, It’s Tough to Be a Bug, and Zootopia: Better Zoogether). All 3, no problem. Granted, depending on the overall guest satisfaction level of this show, it may need to be reworked to actually fit better cohesively with the park aswell as just execution as a whole in general narrative/story & pacing wise. Say, a Zootopia show that actually focused on the need to conserve our environments and work ‘with’ nature rather than against it, done in an engaging, entertaining, and humorous way) without coming at the expense of theme. It totally would’ve been possible. Having all 3 of those offered at different times of the day would’ve been great, and again, only would’ve helped disperse & take in capacity around the park better.
Isn't that the same excuse that was made for Dino-Rama? Look at how THAT turned out...
The Mongo poster looks like a cereal box. That's not a complaint, just an observation...
The Danny Trejo lizard appears briefly during the musical number at the end, so there's that.
I wouldn't be opposed to getting a clone of Paris' Lion King ride, but I would never want it replacing Kilimanjaro Safaris. Honestly, though, I wouldn't put it past Iger at this point...
Was thinking about that last night,,maybe not now short term but down the road could see something like that happening.
