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Mike S

Mike S

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lazyboy97o said:
“One Night at Mercy” is probably the best episode from the 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone. Jason Alexander plays Death, who has tired of his job and decides to quit.
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Sounds right up my alley. I watched so much of the original series during the New Year’s marathons.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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the.dreamfinder said:
They lost the Cirque license. It’s a generic resort complex with an amusement component now.
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Where is this information? on the same site there are comments claiming that they now have hired a disney ex imagineer to push for progress.


Because believe it ot not, there is still papers being distributed about circle du soleil near the Vidanta Resort entrance.

Now I wonder if they will get the park to look like xcaret and Xelha in the Rivera Maya.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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SteamboatJoe said:
In case you haven't seen it, there is an interesting post on the DL board with reference to WDW, particularly that it's underperforming and the higher ups are not impressed with the way it is operated:

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...for-pixar-pier-exhibit-and-tda-gossip.939492/
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I still wonder why Chapek complains. If these managers are given a stupidly low budget to make "ideas" to get more money, they will still produce crap like those upcharge tents!
 
the.dreamfinder

the.dreamfinder

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Cesar R M said:
Where is this information? on the same site there are comments claiming that they now have hired a disney ex imagineer to push for progress.


Because believe it ot not, there is still papers being distributed about circle du soleil near the Vidanta Resort entrance.

Now I wonder if they will get the park to look like xcaret and Xelha in the Rivera Maya.
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Follow the link to the Vidanta page. The theme park section no longer mentions, or references in images, Cirque.
 
Princess Leia

Princess Leia

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Tomorrowland or a land in DHS would be the best fit (or Future World, given the recent IP invasion), but regardless, it won’t happen in Orlando.
 
brb1006

brb1006

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Toy Story 4 release date revealed.
http://www.wtae.com/article/toy-story-4-release-date-announced/19708709
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the.dreamfinder

the.dreamfinder

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EricsBiscuit said:
How would it be racist if Wakanda is in Africa?
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In practical terms,
Animal Kingdom’s a theme park about the relationship between animals, nature, and humanity. Each land is constructed around an environment where you are meant to engage with animals in their natural habitats. Wakanda, a man made environment built off the extraction of the Vibranium asteroid, doesn’t fit within this context.

WRT racism,
“Black Panther” was a big event because it was a black led film with black talent behind the camera telling a story about black people who live in a society where slavery/colonialism never happened, tapping into the rich tradition of Afrofuturism last also offering a rich commentary on black life in America.

What does that have to do with the thematic aims of Animal Kingdom? Why is it that you can dump a popular IP featuring PoC goes into an existing space because Africa? (I could write a whole column about cultural appropriation and Epcot’s new IP direction) Very little themed entertainment has been created about the peoples and cultures of the African continent. Given BP’s popularity, isn’t now the time to build more themed environments based on Africa? Inclusion isn’t some one shot deal, it’s continual and permanent with the goal of creating art that better reflects the totality of the human experience.

That’s how it’s racist.
 
Mike S

Mike S

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the.dreamfinder said:
In practical terms,
Animal Kingdom’s a theme park about the relationship between animals, nature, and humanity. Each land is constructed around an environment where you are meant to engage with animals in their natural habitats. Wakanda, a man made environment built off the extraction of the Vibranium asteroid, doesn’t fit within this context.

WRT racism,
“Black Panther” was a big event because it was a black led film with black talent behind the camera telling a story about black people who live in a society where slavery/colonialism never happened, tapping into the rich tradition of Afrofuturism last also offering a rich commentary on black life in America.

What does that have to do with the thematic aims of Animal Kingdom? Why is it that you can dump a popular IP featuring PoC goes into an existing space because Africa? (I could write a whole column about cultural appropriation and Epcot’s new IP direction) Very little themed entertainment has been created about the peoples and cultures of the African continent. Given BP’s popularity, isn’t now the time to build more themed environments based on Africa? Inclusion isn’t some one shot deal, it’s continual and permanent with the goal of creating art that better reflects the totality of the human experience.

That’s how it’s racist.
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Slavery and all that did happen in Black Panther though. Just not to anyone from Wakanda. To the rest,
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It takes place in Africa, there’s a whole land based on Africa that has room for expansion near it. This is enough for Disney to go ahead as they’ve proved they’re willing to do in the past but this is all moot because Black Panther is likely tied up in the contract anyway. Not everything is racist, jeez.
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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Mike S said:
Slavery and all that did happen in Black Panther though. Just not to anyone from Wakanda. To the rest,
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It takes place in Africa, there’s a whole land based on Africa that has room for expansion near it. This is enough for Disney to go ahead as they’ve proved they’re willing to do in the past but this is all moot because Black Panther is likely tied up in the contract anyway. Not everything is racist, jeez.
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It’s equating an African people to animals. Yes, that is most definitely racist.
 
brb1006

brb1006

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Mike S said:
Slavery and all that did happen in Black Panther though. Just not to anyone from Wakanda. To the rest,
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It takes place in Africa, there’s a whole land based on Africa that has room for expansion near it. This is enough for Disney to go ahead as they’ve proved they’re willing to do in the past but this is all moot because Black Panther is likely tied up in the contract anyway. Not everything is racist, jeez.
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Well this discussion escalated quickly.
 
Mike S

Mike S

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lazyboy97o said:
It’s equating an African people to animals. Yes, that is most definitely racist.
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All people are animals. We just like to think differently.

And no, that wouldn’t be the point of putting it there. It’s because the area is very fitting for it. I guess DinoLand U.S.A is somehow a problem too calling Americans who work in paleontology animals. That’s the premise and setting of the entire land outside of going back in time.
 

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