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Replace Mara with Chapek. "You seek the treasure of Chapek, glitter and gold, it is mine."

"Calling all cars! You there? It's Benny! Listen, Roger needs our help! Take these Portable Holes and throw them at Jessica whenever her immodest bits offend you! But be careful, she's a whole lotta woman! huba huba!"

Wow! Exclusive look at the updated Jessica Rabbit Animatronic! I have to admit it's a lot better than I expected. The movement is fluid and she doesn't look ridiculous anymore. Impressive for the tight budget and quick turnaround for this project.

I'd understand the removal of Jessica tied up in the trunk of a car, but the rest of these changes don't feel genuine to me. Like the rest of the comments in this thread, I assume they will cover up her body in a trench coat to fit this new Private Investigator backstory. That also sends a...

Yes, animatronics will never move like a Tex Avery cartoon from the 40's. All of the Brer Bear figures on Splash are in a static pose and probably only require one mechanism for movement (Up/down in the first scene, rotate at the base in the bee scene, etc). Most animatronics are designed with...

Wasn’t Marc Davis upset over the removal of America Sings and the repurposing of his AS figures into Splash Mountain? Id be sad if they remove his figures from Splash too, but I guess you could argue that he already felt like his work was disrespected by other imagineers with the construction of...

Ink and Paint Club!

Even if there was an equivalent to Marc Davis today, I'd worry they would probably act as an executive's pencil instead of having the freedom to come up with their own ideas. The gags and story was always clear in his original concept drawings, and only benefitted from minor animatronic...

These changes seem completely fine to me. I only wish Disney didn't feel the need to make big press releases out of minor upcoming changes like this and left them as a surprise. When I was a kid I assumed imagineers were constantly making changes to update the park and looked forward to new...

I generally agree with the criticisms of the BATB ride, aside from the fantastic quality of the AAs and set design. To me it boils down to the overall “cinematic” quality that is lacking- let’s use the Be Our Guest scene as an example. In the film, the song uses theatrical “camera angles” to...

In my opinion, the addition of the “Murder Beaver” on the new Rivers of America was the last addition that felt classic. Very in line with Marc Davis gag drawings.

Don’t worry, everyone will know who Humphrey the Bear is once the Jon Favreau live-action film comes out. There will be lines around the block to use this $5 hair dryer.

Haha, you’re right, maybe there’s no use in complaining. It’s just sad knowing that there aren’t even many employed 2d animators on the payroll that are in a position to work on small projects like this. Sure they are out there. Look at this young person who is a fan of the classic Disney style...

Compare this to Walt’s era of Disneyland where the original background painters from the films painted the Fantasyland dark ride murals. It’s more upsetting than maddening, really.

I’m pretty sure they have talented artists employed at the Consumer Products division that are supposed to draw things like this. Are they affiliated with imagineering? Or maybe there’s no point in trying anymore!

For the new dryers at DCA... How can this happen?

Thanks for sharing this great article. A Disney Legend told me they once saw a sad looking Marc Davis sitting alone on a park bench in Adventureland in the 80's. After asking how he was doing, Marc told them, "Weelll... we just wouldn't have done it this way." (In reference to the way the parks...