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wdisney9000

wdisney9000

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ford91exploder said:
Repeat after me GE is not about Star Wars its about getting Star Wars fans last dime.
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I remember learning long ago that you have more success bringing a product to an already existing market, not an existing market to a product. The Star Wars market already exists yet It certainly feels like they are attempting to bring said market to the new product (i.e Galaxy Edge).

If it pays off, good for them. But how many times did we hear the tired mantra of "Disney is giving the people what they want", when we all debated about the absurdity of FEA after being slammed into Maelstrom? Where is that same process now?
 
bclane

bclane

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wdisney9000 said:
I remember learning long ago that you have more success bringing a product to an already existing market, not an existing market to a product. The Star Wars market already exists yet It certainly feels like they are attempting to bring said market to the new product (i.e Galaxy Edge).

If it pays off, good for them. But how many times did we hear the tired mantra of "Disney is giving the people what they want", when we all debated about the absurdity of FEA after being slammed into Maelstrom? Where is that same process now?
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Star Wars fans are a varied group and it's true that not everyone is as pleased with this thing as I am. To me, SW:GE is like a dream come true. I understand that other Star Wars fans had other hopes and dreams for what Disney would build, but I guess I am just lucky to be so happy for what is coming. When I first saw the model of what the land would be like I lost my fool mind. The only thing Disney could have done to check off more of my boxes would have been to build more...as in an entire theme park dedicated to Star Wars and/or put a Star Wars land in every park (some recognizable worlds, some not) all interconnected by a dedicated Star Wars themed transport system. No doubt they consulted with a lot of Star Wars geeks when coming up with these plans and most of my friends are completely stoked for what is coming. I think we'll get a more familiar world with the next go round but for now this offers insane possibilities and I seriously can't wait. It's fun to be Disney's target market.
 
The Empress Lilly

The Empress Lilly

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RoysCabin said:
I'd argue Marvel benefits from being able to shift genres around more often and easily than most Star Wars stories might, thus creating perceived variety
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I think Marvel is slowly progressing into a genre more than a series of films. Marvel seems to be cornering the superhero segment, as the 'good superhero brand', as witness the difficulty the other studios have. Minus Wonderwoman, who lived up to that monnicker. Superheroes are to contemporary cinema what Westerns were to the decades around 40s/50s.

Star Wars, for its part, feels to be moving into Arthurian Legend territory, a cultural mainstay, endlessly creating and recreating myth and legend that nearly everybody is familiar with. That fad lasted centuries, although time moved slower in the 12th and 13th century.
 
BrianLo

BrianLo

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the.dreamfinder said:
Let me turn over the apple cart. How is Galaxy’s Edge unique to the Disney theme parks? How is it any different than what UNI has done with IPs it doesn’t own like WWoHP or SNW? If circumstances had been different, SW:GE could just as easily fit into a Universal park.
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That's kind of the point though, isn't it? Disney has been circling that fully realized world that Uni achieved with Potter (well, Warner Creative...). Marketing gimmicks aside about uniqueness, Disney desperately wants a slice of Potter.

The renaissance faire aspect would be the only possible true revolution. With the usual WDI obsessions - rock work on rock work.

The problem Uni has is they have yet to demonstrate that they can actually achieve what they did with Potter without their hands being held. Star Wars definitely could have fit into Universal, but sometimes when you really think about it Potter is the oddity at Universal rather than the standard. It's kind of a pity their direct competitor is holding the bag, as Marvel should really be at a higher standard than it is. Same with Jurassic Park in some ways. Both were great at opening and have been left to slowly languish.
 
Clamman73

Clamman73

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rip MDE
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ford91exploder

ford91exploder

Resident Curmudgeon
The Empress Lilly said:
So MDE is down, massive lines at the MK, irritated audience, and to add fuel to the fire the MK closes at 7pm for the second paid entry of MNSSHP so the crowds are in a stressed rush to get their 'half day park entry for full price' money's worth.

Good thing this place is reasonably priced!
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And over in the Layoff thread Disney just fired 25% of the people who work on the Applications for Parks and Recreation.
 
WDW1974

WDW1974

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RSoxNo1 said:
An interesting article about Disney's dealings with the City of Anaheim:
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-disney-anaheim-deals/#nt=oft12aH-1la1
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Thanks for posting the link to this. I knew this was coming, but will refrain from commenting until I see what actually goes into Part Two.

Suffice to say, this was the main story on the front page (yes, newspapers still have pages) today and this was after Disney tried to get the story killed (yeah, they never do that, do they?)

I am hoping to see certain ... items ... in the second part of the piece.
 

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