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I've compiled a ranking & showcase of the greatest themed design artists in history (or since the advent of WED and the modern idea of theme park). This is a highly subjective ranking based on my personal preferences, which include things like breadth of work, diversity of subjects...

All we know is the cancelled Beast Show (animatronic) was to go in space shown below. I'm assuming the artwork is the exterior facing the Teacups.

Came across this on Tim Lawrence artstation page.

According to Imagineer Eddie Sotto's twitter it may have been unexpected heart failure. I am really saddened and shocked to learn of this. Alain was the finest and most consistent independent curator of artwork, histories, interviews, etc. of the art of theme park design that I've come...

I remain curious: if Gen 3 WDI can hit home runs and triples in more exotic architecture (e.g. Star Wars, Harambe, Mediterranean, etc.), why are they repeatedly incapable of properly nailing Disney's stock-in-trade, bread & butter style (Fairlytale European)? Shanghai Fantasyland, Tokyo B&B...

^I recall during Shanghai construction something similar happened... a mock-up of a section of finished castle and several types of rockwork were photographed on site ~2 years prior to opening. Think it was for testing color schemes, training local hires, etc.

Iger ushered in the death of THEME PARKS and THEMED RESORTS and rise of IP PARKS and BRANDED HOTELS in their stead. I guess that is worth studying in a depressing sort of way, but certainly not respected. Today, Universal and Disney, thanks to Iger, are essentially indistinguishable in the way...

Woke casting bugs me when it muddles/weakens (visual) storytelling just for the sake of a misguided director's wokeness credentials. In the Mermaid example: she's black, so it follows they'd cast her father as black. But they're casting a white European as her father. Was she adopted? Or...

Those are major assets, not eyesores, in my opinion. They visually extend Cinderella Castle to the rear of the land. They separate/transition the rural forest of New from the urban townscape of Old. And they are miles more coherent than Tokyo's Old Fantasyland -> Toontown -> New...

Since I usually agree with you, I'm curious about what you mean by "aging poorly". MK's ought to be aging well, as the landscape matures and trees grow. Do you mean maintenance-wise? Small additions or subtractions (e.g. adding TV screens to the SDMT queue)? Attractions getting stale? From...

^Would be nice if you're right, as I had (incorrectly?) thought the pre-delay date meant a Spring/Summer 2022 opening. I was surprised to see the Peter Pan showbuilding had already gone vertical: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPgCcjUU0AEFrEn?format=jpg

Disney ought to set up a BlueSky Preview Center on the Esplanade with lavish artwork and models for a spectacular 2nd Gate and DTD District (which would cost very little, considering they could just recycle the cancelled PirateLand model and countless other archived concepts/models they have in...

Pic from https://twitter.com/hkdl_of_fantasy Some things I found interesting in this pic: 1. We see some of the artificial trees going on the walls. 2. The lower front of the New Castle is uncovered. 3. The new lower walls being detailed meticulously match the existing wall. For a while I've...

Just for fun, wondering what it would be like if they carried architectural elements (towers, turrets, windows & corbels) from the Old Castle to the New Castle, rather the out-of-left-field onion domes: (Left shows my photoshopped version, right is actual)

I (somewhat) disagree. At least one DVC is well done (Beach Club). I'm not eager to defend DVCs, as I see them as a pox on the beatific Resort landscape (especially in the MK resort area) of old. Saratoga is not going to impress anyone who knows and/or loves traditional architectural beauty...

I rail on this resort because I'm imagining what it could have been as deluxe Riviera-themed hotel, surpassing the others in WDW in grandeur and beauty, IF ONLY Disney had leadership who wanted to leave behind such a legacy and hired architects who had clue how to. I get your point: the other...

Do people think 20th Century will be still be releasing movies in a few years time? To me it looks like the writing's on the wall (no live action productions announced for 2021, other than Avatar 2) and 20th Century will shortly go the way of Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures. From the...

Here's an entertaining twitter account that skewers Kathleen Kennedy's Star Wars: https://twitter.com/JarJarAbramss Some may enjoy perusing.

Would people hate or love this crossover (now that Disney owns Fox): Some concept artists have been drawing it for years... I'd be down.

No. SirWalterRaleigh is dead accurate on that "feel" point. IF your principal point of reference/context are the Originals, THEN Rogue One should be considered the best/closest in feel of the new films... by miles. If your point of reference is the Prequel/Sequel trilogies or TV shows, then...