A Spirited Perfect Ten

GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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Disneyhead'71 said:
We have been seeing all kinds of announcement strategies from the 2 resorts over the years. Universal has a huge E Ticket that is OBVIOUSLY King Kong under construction and yet they haven't announced it. They announced the last hotel by dropping a press release on their media site without sending it to anyone. Every media station in the market hs already posted the blueprints for Uni's new water park, yet not a word from Uni. All the Disney fans complain how Uni over hypes everything. I just don't see that. At least not since Mummy. They mostly don't say much of anything.

But the most frustrating big announcement so far has been the Avatarland debacle. Yes, they obviously announced it too early in the process. But theses are the media savvy professionals that held a media event to announce benches in the F! Theater. And 3 separate grand opening media events for AoA. Haha.

No one seems too be able to NAIL an announcement these days. Is it really that hard?
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I get the impression that Universal doesn't like to announce big things for fear that people will put off a trip until after whatever it is that they are building opens. Disney seems to like to hype every little thing at WDW with their parks blog. The benches announcement was really poor. It almost feels like Disney is looking to capitalize on the PR spin for every dollar they spend. There is also a different demographic of visitors. Universal probably has a higher portion of local or more frequent visitors vs WDW.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Lee said:
I've never read a single Marvel comic. Ever. (I prefer books without pictures.). What I love are large "universes" and long form storytelling. King's Dark Tower books, X-Files on TV, and the MCU for examples.

It's nice how this season of SHIELD has dovetailed into the Avengers story. I like how the TV show seems to run parallel to the films, occasionally meeting up contribute to the larger story. Masterful use of story planning.

I'll be seeing the movie in a couple of hours. Quite looking forward to it.
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I honestly hate when the stories link all together like this.
sort of forces you to view EVERY thing to be able to understand the whole thing.

That is something I always hated of DC comics.
Green lantern series (their V5 volume) is a complete tangled utter carp mess. (tangling with many characters, GL corps, GL new guardians and others..)
 
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Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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ParentsOf4 said:
OLC disclosed a 10-year ¥500 billion investment plan beginning in 2014. Last year, capex spending increased ¥16.7 billion or about $140 million.

The following graph from OLC's financial presentation might be of interest to you. As you can see, they're expecting a huge jump in capex this year (note fiscal year 2016 ends in March 2016), the biggest since the construction of DisneySea.

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P.S. The following should give you an idea of what's on the plate for TDL's medium-term plan:

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stitch's encounter? color me curious.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Disneyhead'71 said:
That is irrelevant too. If it's not opening for another 6 years, it's not opening for another 6 years. People are going to ***** whether they announce it or not. The fact they have no intentions on opening it for another 6 years is the ridiculous part.
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what if they do an announcement of an announcement of an upcoming reveal of the next 6 years?
would that calm down the fans? :hilarious:
 
Tigger1988

Tigger1988

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Cesar R M said:
in other news.. trouble in paradise?

CNN reports that one of the directors of the STAR WARS spin offs just quit.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/03/entertainment/fea-director-leaves-star-wars/index.html
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Nope, that guy is a mess professionally and in his personal life. And despite his statement it seems like the ouster wasn't his choice. General consensus is the film is better off without him.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/inside-a-star-wars-firing-792933
 
Disneyhead'71

Disneyhead'71

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GiveMeTheMusic said:
$187 million opening weekend for a worldwide total of $626 million in 10 days is underperforming? We should all be so fortunate to underperform so spectacularly.
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I was going to say, they are terribly concerned as they roll around in their pile of cash.

Then I remembered these guys are so rich that "money" isn't the game. Numbers are the game. And then I pictured a guy in a suit taking a dive off the 7th floor of TWDC corporate headquarters.
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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GiveMeTheMusic said:
$187 million opening weekend for a worldwide total of $626 million in 10 days is underperforming? We should all be so fortunate to underperform so spectacularly.
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Tigger1988 said:
Not to mention it also became the #2nd best US debut ever. 1st is the last Avengers.

What a flop.
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The way Disney operates, if it doesn't hit their desired metrics then it is a flop.
 
the.dreamfinder

the.dreamfinder

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