News The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors Extends Robert A. Iger’s Contract as CEO Through 2026

[JD80]

Perhaps it suggests a different understanding of or approach to storytelling.

One thing that I think Imagineering has become too hung up on is the need to tell linear narratives in attractions. I think Walt and the Imagineers at the time understood that theme park rides are generally not the best form for telling stories in that way, hence the more experiential attractions like Pirates and Haunted Mansion.

This is just semantics at this point.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

This is just semantics at this point.

I don't mean to be rude, but I don't think it is. There are different ways to tell a story and Disney theme park attractions are just one medium in which you have examples of that.

 

[JD80]

I don't mean to be rude, but I don't think it is. There are different ways to tell a story and Disney theme park attractions are just one medium in which you have examples of that.

Ok, but you're over analysing what Iger said. There is no literal story being told. But the combination of music, setting, sounds, animatronics etc combine to make a brilliant timeless ride.

All of that "combining" is the brilliant execution. Or at least thats how I interpreted what he said.

I interpret what you are saying is all of that combined is the storytelling. I think you essentially agree with Iger but are using different words.

At least that's how I read it.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Ok, but you're over analysing what Iger said. There is no literal story being told. But the combination of music, setting, sounds, animatronics etc combine to make a brilliant timeless ride.

All of that "combining" is the brilliant execution. Or at least thats how I interpreted what he said.

I interpret what you are saying is all of that combined is the storytelling. I think you essentially agree with Iger but are using different words.

At least that's how I read it.

To be honest, I don't care that much and decided not to comment when I watched it a few days ago as I didn't want to get stuck in a pro/anti-Iger discussion. That reaction to the ride was just what struck me the most in the video as the praise he was giving the attraction that included describing it as quaint and not brilliant storytelling would probably count as negging if you were to do that to a person in a social situation. But, perhaps he just generally has an understated way of communicating.

 

[Robbiem]

I thought the whole point of Pirates was that it creates an environment rather than a story that you dip in and out of. I remember reading a quote where Walt said it was being at a cocktail party and hearing different conversations. The movie overlay shifts it a little but I think it’s a reason why it has good re-ridability you can pick up new bits each ride

 

[JD80]

I thought the whole point of Pirates was that it creates an environment rather than a story that you dip in and out of. I remember reading a quote where Walt said it was being at a cocktail party and hearing different conversations. The movie overlay shifts it a little but I think it’s a reason why it has good re-ridability you can pick up new bits each ride

Isn't there some quote where Walt said that the ride was meant to be like a cocktail party where you see/listen to something different each time you rode it?

 

[lazyboy97o]

I also found it interesting and probably a positive thing to see Iger discussing and acknowledging the legacy of Walt Disney.

Must say that I found his comments after riding Pirates of the Caribbean a little odd, particularly considering he had said it was his favourite attraction. My impression from his comments after riding was that he didn't actually like it all that much, as he described it as quaint and not brilliant storytelling.

It’s like asking someone who doesn’t care for sports their favorite team. He doesn’t enjoy or even really get the appeal of theme parks, so of course his answer is going to be rather tepid. It wouldn’t be a problem except that he’s one of the most influential people in an industry he doesn’t really care about but refuses to delegate to those who do.

 

[HMF]

I thought the whole point of Pirates was that it creates an environment rather than a story that you dip in and out of.

That is what it is supposed to be. Some of the changes in 2006 muddied the waters a bit.

Pirates of the Caribbean

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[HMF]

It’s like asking someone who doesn’t care for sports their favorite team. He doesn’t enjoy or even really get the appeal of theme parks, so of course his answer is going to be rather tepid. It wouldn’t be a problem except that he’s one of the most influential people in an industry he doesn’t really care about but refuses to delegate to those who do.

He appreciates them as a form of advertising. He doesn't acknowledge it as an art form on it's own.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

They started filming the biopic of Bob Iger in Animal Kingdom today. Bold choice to cast Ginnifer Goodwin as Bob: