A Spirited Dirty Dozen ...

[FigmentJedi]

That scene is in the Blu-ray I have. Was it originally supposed to be cut?

It was a longer sequence then the quick flashbacks of him crashing in the final film. Father disapproved of his inventing.

 

[tissandtully]

Even though writer/director Christopher McQuarrie has close ties to Tom Cruise, his Jack Reacher and Mission Impossible:Rogue Nation were pretty good. According to the article, he's supervising the reshoots.

Jack Reacher was really good, very underrated film!

 

[Quinnmac000]

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/03/rogue-one-reshoots

Sounds like Disney P.R being busy trying to calm people down even though I'm calling bull on half of what they are putting out.

 

[GoofGoof]

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/03/rogue-one-reshoots

Sounds like Disney P.R being busy trying to calm people down even though I'm calling bull on half of what they are putting out.

It's refreshing that Disney is willing to spend the money to get things right for the film. If it was a theme park ride (especially at WDW) they would have just added a strobe light effect and called it a wrap

 

[Witchy Chick]

If you know anything about Star Wars then you know that merchandising concerns have impacted creative decisions taken during production of the films for decades. You act like Disney are ruining the franchise when if you removed your tin foil hat for just a moment and looked back at how these films were made, you would find that George "didn't see any value in dead Han Solo action figures" Lucas was worrying about toy sales long before Disney ever got their hands on Star Wars.

For what it's worth I know someone with some first-hand knowledge of the production who told me that the situation is nowhere near as dramatic as is being claimed in some quarters. And concerns over toy sales have played no part in what is going on.

Yes. Another example -- Ewoks/Endor rather than Wookies/Kashyykk. Ewoks. Blech.

 

[FigmentJedi]

Yes. Another example -- Ewoks/Endor rather than Wookies/Kashyykk. Ewoks. Blech.

Mix of merchandising concerns, budget, and George feeling like Chewbacca's well-established mechanical talents stripped the old "Wookies stop the Empire" plan of the "primitive culture curbstomps an technologically advanced army" symbolism he had in mind in those old drafts.

People complain about the Ewoks too damn much. Yeah, they're teddy bears, but they're teddy bears that are scarily ingenious with their stone-age technology and they love the taste of human flesh.

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

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Mix of merchandising concerns, budget, and George feeling like Chewbacca's well-established mechanical talents stripped the old "Wookies stop the Empire" plan of the "primitive culture curbstomps an technologically advanced army" symbolism he had in mind in those old drafts.

People complain about the Ewoks too damn much. Yeah, they're teddy bears, but they're teddy bears that are scarily ingenious with their stone-age technology and they love the taste of human flesh.

Actually that's the exact reason why I absolutely LOVE me some Ewoks.

 

[Pam Hates Penguins]

First Cars 3 details
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...e-cars-3-new-character-cruz-ramirez/84981778/

Looking forward to this movie. I love how this movie will be more American based.

 

[culturenthrills]

Good or bad, it was just stupid to release Alice on Memorial Day weekend against Xmen. It should have been released during a slower time of year like the first one. It probably would have at least made a little bit more money. And what is up with this crazy scheduling. There is only 2 weeks between Finding Dory and The BFG. We are all assuming Finding Dory will do good but Disney could end up hurting The BFG if Finding Dory becomes a juggernaut. If anything this year has shown you can spread out the blockbusters to different times of the year now. You don't need to shove almost every movie out during the summer. Alice, KFP3, Xmen, BvS and now TMNT 2 have underperformed. It hasn't been a good year for many blockbuster sequels.

 

[Andrew C]

Good or bad, it was just stupid to release Alice on Memorial Day weekend against Xmen. It should have been released during a slower time of year like the first one. It probably would have at least made a little bit more money. And what is up with this crazy scheduling. There is only 2 weeks between Finding Dory and The BFG. We are all assuming Finding Dory will do good but Disney could end up hurting The BFG if Finding Dory becomes a juggernaut. If anything this year has shown you can spread out the blockbusters to different times of the year now. You don't need to shove almost every movie out during the summer. Alice, KFP3, Xmen, BvS and now TMNT 2 have underperformed. It hasn't been a good year for many blockbuster sequels.

Disney has too many movies this year. Are the good time slots are taken. Lol.

 

[ProfSavage]

but.. but..mike.. you need to understand.. its THE GAY AGENDA!.. THE GAY AGENDAAAA..

Always thought this was the gay agenda.... at least my gay friends tell me it's accurate

 

[the.dreamfinder]

WDI President Bob Weis on Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali --I had the honor of working on the Ali Center in Louisville in the formative stages.
https://twitter.com/BobWeis/status/739024636508135428

I was in a charrette for the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville. Someone came in and told us two planes had hit the World Trade Center.
https://twitter.com/BobWeis/status/739025377952038912

Stayed two days in Louisville with airport closed. Eventually I rented a car, drove home listening to 9-11 reporting on NPR the whole way.
https://twitter.com/BobWeis/status/739027468992970752

Project was delayed by anti-Muslim sentiment post 9-11. We should remember greatness like Ali's isn't defined by religion. Great is great.
https://twitter.com/BobWeis/status/739028607104733184

I even had brilliant artist friends at the time who could not work because they looked middle eastern. Let's not let that happen again.
https://twitter.com/BobWeis/status/739029552391819264

Ali will always sting like a bee, and may he also always fly like that graceful butterfly.
https://twitter.com/BobWeis/status/739030083185168386

 

[tribbleorlfl]

Translation StarWars now needs to be non threatening to a fearful toddler instead of being a action and adventure franchise it's now all about selling toys to the under 8 set. Geez and I thought Disney would have taken at least till 2020 to perform a value suck out of the Star Wars Franchise....

That's all SW ever has been.

 

[flynnibus]

In my eyes one of the most overrated directors of all time.

Maybe a bit played out now... But overrated?

Beatlejuice
Edwardsccisorhands
His take on batman
The nightmare films (and his tons of other animation)

He's got a great set of films to his name, and certainly can bring a distinct look/feel to a project.

 

[flynnibus]

Looks like Tiana is finally getting her Place, albeit on the Disney Wonder Cruise ship but it's a start. Seriously how does this not translate to a location somewhere in the parks? Live Jazz acts, Southern Food, great atmosphere, and tied into PATF. I just don't get Disney sleeping on this concept when it comes to the parks.

They did this kind of live music, characters, etc in Disneyland in NOS and the riverboat sometime back...

 

[flynnibus]

our first on property trip a moderate for a week was 1800 total. with dining plan second trip with 8 days (granted only 5 for disney sans universal) was about 2200 again with dining.

With APs?

Even with a rock bottom price of 200 a night for a mod... 7x200 = 1400 and you said 'our' inferring at least two people... So you were getting 7 day tickets for less than $200 each and had no incidentals at all?

This post could be true, but is disengenuous to the conversation at hand because it's not representative of the norm

 

[seabreezept813]

I always laugh at that.
Remember how funny it was how she boasted of being in mommy's panels giveaway parties, yet her "blog" and video pages hardly had more than 100 views (and thats after someone posted the link on this forum a few years ago).
I still do not get how Disney wastes so much money on this group and just hire an actor/mother to do the recommendations.

Serious question about the moms. Is it rigged? I know Disney has an application process or whatever, but where do you think they find these people?

 

[FigmentJedi]

That's all SW ever has been.

Yup. Though to be fair about the concerns of Rogue One being nerfed specifically because of that audience, marketing didn't stop dark violent fantasy/sci-fi films from the 70s and 80s getting marketed to children, so why should it stop this modern one?

 

[seabreezept813]

Did we all miss the Marry Poppins 2 announcement?

I thought this was a joke...how unfortunate that it is not

 

[seabreezept813]

No, Tomorrowland wasn't a good film. It was potentially a good concept for a film but what they wound up with was lousy.

I really enjoyed the beginning of the film.. but it progressively became stranger and stranger. So I didn't love it, but as a scifi fan did enjoy its unique approach.