Recent content by Figment571

Your Guardians post made me log into this site for the first time in seven years. So, thanks? I guess.

To quote Monty Python: "and there was much rejoicing"

I have to say I agree with this post. When I was younger, back in the 90's I got the Imagineering book that explained a lot of the references and hidden little details that were through the parks, that was cool, but it took effort, even the book did not lay out everything and blatantly tell you...

In terms of Avatar vs another "risky" franchise, specifically TRON, I think that TRON has an advantage on a few levels. 1. The environment is more easier to understand, inside of a computer vs far off alien world people come to get resources for dying Earth 2. The characters are more...

So what movie would this be for? "Magic Kingdom"? Or something we haven't heard about yet?

Isn't Tom Hanks slated to be in the "Jungle Cruise" movie? I would think if anything that he may appear as that character in the "Magic Kingdom" film. Now as far as an actor who could play Walt, that is very tricky, depends on what age they want to present Walt, but in all likelihood it would...

I think that is a strength of the Tomorrowland concept that has never been fully realized.Each park could have a very different take on it while retaining the same sort of spirit, that sense of "tomorrow" whether it be actually attempting to keep up with the times or a fanciful pulp take on the...

Avatar has not proven itself to be the sort of franchise like Star Wars that makes AN IMMEDIATE and Lasting impact. People talked about Star Wars years after its release. It has the kind of quality that makes it timeless. Avatar lacks that. It is not a franchise that will stay relevant.

20 yrs old, in college, when i do mention this to people I know, in a objective "hey did you hear about what they are building in animal Kindom?" sort of way the response I get is either 1) "I don't really remember that movie." 2) "What? The Freakin blue people?" 3) "That's stupid."

I have to disagree with this point tremendously. After the first few Harry Potter books there was a wide range of merchandise. I have a good bit of it, also when the movie came out there was a huge merchandising blitz that occurred and was enormously successful, even in the post 9/11 economy in...

I know this is a really random post but I was hoping you could confirm something I read today. In a book that was put out for the band Queen's 40th anniversary it stated that for the American launch party of the album Innuendo (1991) that was held on the Queen Mary, Disney Imagineering built an...

That is lost in translation for most people. If they wanted to have some sort of North american area and build upon the many myths and legends of Native American culture they could have easily done that too. the thing is with Potter is that the people who go there, the majority do have some...

The thing is it can be an immersive environment and look great but it holds no value if it does not connect to people in some way. The franchise itself has to be significant to the person experiencing it in order for it to connect fully. It may be cool and all but it will not resonate if the...

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If you saw the movie you'd know what the problem is. there is little emotional attachment to any character, they are flat and serve only to be stock characters in the story. There are little to no merchandising oppertunities with the franchise (heck when the toys for the movie came out they...