DAK “Zootopia” is being created for the Tree of Life theater

[lazyboy97o]

There is nothing insulting in its allegory

Is “going savage” not in the version you watch?

What about the many, many kids of color who have no issue with Nick and Judy, and would love to see them (more) at the parks, regardless of the location?

Would they enjoy it less in a better fitting location?

 

[EagleScout610]

Can we please, PLEASE stop with the damn backlash over this idea? I am a massive fan of this property and I am so, so tired of the lack of Zootopia content in the western parks, when Disney KNOWS America loves this movie as much as China and we want more of it? They’re animals, and then being toony furry type characters shouldn’t matter for an Animal Kingdom setting because PEOPLE JUST LIKE THIS MOVIE. That’s enough!

Every project will have backlash. Tiana's, Rivers of America closing, MuppetVision closing, RNRC closing, DINOSAUR ... It's just the nature of being in a fanbase, especially one as large as Disney.

Why can’t you just let us Zootopia fan have this? I love A Bug’s Life too, but please, enough of the hate already! It’s bad enough that we had to wait nine years for a sequel to my favorite buddy cop movie, while the same old princess stuff kept getting shoved in my face over and over. Just let me enjoy a Judy attraction without being shamed for it.

I think this actually the replacement people are the most OK with, in a sense that the thread is only 50 pages as opposed to the tomes that is the Rivers thread, for example.

 

[Jrb1979]

Can we please, PLEASE stop with the damn backlash over this idea? I am a massive fan of this property and I am so, so tired of the lack of Zootopia content in the western parks, when Disney KNOWS America loves this movie as much as China and we want more of it? They’re animals, and then being toony furry type characters shouldn’t matter for an Animal Kingdom setting because PEOPLE JUST LIKE THIS MOVIE. That’s enough!

Why can’t you just let us Zootopia fan have this? I love A Bug’s Life too, but please, enough of the hate already! It’s bad enough that we had to wait nine years for a sequel to my favorite buddy cop movie, while the same old princess stuff kept getting shoved in my face over and over. Just let me enjoy a Judy attraction without being shamed for it.

Why can't you understand that the theme of the park matter to some more than some silly IP. It's not just Zootopia, but Cars and Encanto

 

[Professortango1]

For the love of god, Zootopia is NOT PROBLEMATIC. No group of animals represents any particular group! There is nothing insulting in its allegory, and allegories do not need to be perfectly accurate to have value to kids! This movie does not harm minorities, its message is going to hold up forever, and I’m fed up with this film constantly being misunderstood and vilified. If you’re truly okay with the franchise, why would you attack and totally misrepresent its themes like that?

What about the many, many kids of color who have no issue with Nick and Judy, and would love to see them (more) at the parks, regardless of the location?

Implying that minorities' natural state is feral and a danger to us is problematic. That drugs simply unlock a minority's natural state. This isn't a misunderstanding of the film considering the drug references they put in the finished film. And I can enjoy things that are problematic.

I loved Splash Mountain and enjoy the animated sequences in Song of the South. I love Anything Goes despite the yellow-face comedy which occurs in the second act. People love RENT despite the fact all of the characters are whiny sociopaths who celebrate that Angel made their money by killing a dog earlier that day. Problematic doesn't mean off-limits or banned. Heck, the toons in Roger Rabbit are also meant to represent Black Actors in early Hollywood and their communities being destroyed for the freeway system. And its one of the my favourite films of all time.

And as for placement, theme parks are an artform and many of us love that artform. Sure, Disney could just shove a Moana ride in Galaxy's Edge if they wanted to and many people wouldn't care because they get a fun Moana ride. But you're likely to find most in forums like this being critical of such a decision because it betrays the artform.

 

[Advisable Joseph]

That drugs simply unlock a minority's natural state. This isn't a misunderstanding of the film

This is a massive spoiler, but

Spoiler

No. It makes mammals hyper-agressive, even rabbits!

 

[Advisable Joseph]

Wrote that last reply too quickly. This is related:

Is “going savage” not in the version you watch?

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This turned out to be a fallacy

Anyway, Better Zoogether appears to be how animals adapted to different biomes, and how animals and humans are all part of the Tree of Life, so....

Can we please, PLEASE stop with the damn backlash over this idea?

I think people are taking a comment park designer Joe Rohde made about the Shanghai Disneyland land to extremes:

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Yeah, except he won’t give us Zootopia Land for whatever reason

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The animals are proxies for humans and human issues rather than animals in their own right facing animal-related issues....

The last part applies more to the land than to the movie, and as you have seen, many don't really understand the movie.

 

[communicorn96]

Why can't you understand that the theme of the park matter to some more than some silly IP. It's not just Zootopia, but Cars and Encanto

People can hold that opinion, but that idea carries no weight with the company that built the park.

 

[marxoo]

Implying that minorities' natural state is feral and a danger to us is problematic. That drugs simply unlock a minority's natural state. This isn't a misunderstanding of the film considering the drug references they put in the finished film. And I can enjoy things that are problematic.

I loved Splash Mountain and enjoy the animated sequences in Song of the South. I love Anything Goes despite the yellow-face comedy which occurs in the second act. People love RENT despite the fact all of the characters are whiny sociopaths who celebrate that Angel made their money by killing a dog earlier that day. Problematic doesn't mean off-limits or banned. Heck, the toons in Roger Rabbit are also meant to represent Black Actors in early Hollywood and their communities being destroyed for the freeway system. And its one of the my favourite films of all time.

And as for placement, theme parks are an artform and many of us love that artform. Sure, Disney could just shove a Moana ride in Galaxy's Edge if they wanted to and many people wouldn't care because they get a fun Moana ride. But you're likely to find most in forums like this being critical of such a decision because it betrays the artform.

Implying that minorities' natural state is feral and a danger to us is problematic. That drugs simply unlock a minority's natural state. This isn't a misunderstanding of the film considering the drug references they put in the finished film. And I can enjoy things that are problematic.

I loved Splash Mountain and enjoy the animated sequences in Song of the South. I love Anything Goes despite the yellow-face comedy which occurs in the second act. People love RENT despite the fact all of the characters are whiny sociopaths who celebrate that Angel made their money by killing a dog earlier that day. Problematic doesn't mean off-limits or banned. Heck, the toons in Roger Rabbit are also meant to represent Black Actors in early Hollywood and their communities being destroyed for the freeway system. And its one of the my favourite films of all time.

And as for placement, theme parks are an artform and many of us love that artform. Sure, Disney could just shove a Moana ride in Galaxy's Edge if they wanted to and many people wouldn't care because they get a fun Moana ride. But you're likely to find most in forums like this being critical of such a decision because it betrays the artform.

I don’t care if this is a spoiler: THAT DID NOT HAPPEN IN THE MOVIE. When you call it problematic, that is not a fair criticism on Zootopia, that is a flat out unfair and bull attack. That theory by the end was proven to be fake. Again, THIS MOVIE IS NOT problematic, and I’ve had enough of people pushing that agenda against it.

I’m not bothered by the fact you want the attraction somewhere else, I’m just tired of the backlash against the property because it’s misunderstood.