brb1006
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Is The Jungle Book popular in Germany?
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the.dreamfinder
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Yes. How popular? Highest grossing film of all time in Germany popular!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/germany-original-jungle-book-biggest-885953
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britain
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Wow - what a pleasant surprise! When I saw the photos of the new trains, I thought, "Well, that's not very Star Wars-y. Perhaps there's a chance the victorian/Jules Verne theme can return." But I didn't think it would be so soon. I'll put money on the "few updates" basically consisting of new projections - a sharper, more animated Man in the Moon perhaps. PLEASE tell me the original soundtrack is returning too! I love Anaheim's Giacchino music, but the jewel of Paris' Discoveryland needs it's original NON-TECHNO score!
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
They ceased being useful when the Unions interest became more important than the memberships. Sadly the average union member was better looked after by their union when unions were tied to the Mob, Now that unions are in governments pockets its all about the goodies flowing to union leadership and the campaign contributions flowing to keep the gravy train running. The average union member just funds the machine and gets bupkis
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
And WDW's space mountain , crickets
Bairstow
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Weirdly, last year's remake didn't do so hot.
FigmentJedi
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966 million worldwide total's "not so hot"?
It was the other two live-action fairy tales that year that tanked.
Bairstow
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In Germany.
FigmentJedi
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They say celebrate, but I read this as "We lack confidence in people's ability to remember what Avatar was when coming to DIsney World this summer"
http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories...ilm-to-celebrate-pandora-the-world-of-avatar/
http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories...ilm-to-celebrate-pandora-the-world-of-avatar/
Bairstow
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Eh. Makes sense to me.
I'd be surprised if the opening of the land isn't rekindling interest in the film.
Would be interesting to see if the mainstream coverage of the park previews and opening doesn't have an effect on the movie's iTunes charts.
Princess Leia
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Huh.
This stood out to me:
"Before The Jungle Book, U.S. films tended to be dubbed into serious high German, with an emphasis on correct, received pronunciation. Riethmuller's translation, and his troupe's voiceover performances, embraced slang and local dialect, as well as irreverent humor. When The Jungle Book was released in West Germany on Dec. 13, 1968 (Disney took a full year to do the local version), this style was perfectly in tune with the country's swelling hippie counterculture. A generation of young Germans, many now with young kids of their own, were rejecting their parents' strict authoritarian ways.
The Jungle Book also filled a void in the German theatrical market, which in the late 1960s was dominated by adult fare, including a lot of low-budget, homegrown soft . Disney had a virtual monopoly on family-friendly films. In 1968, The Jungle Book was just about the only film in German theaters the whole family could enjoy."
also
"The film has had a lasting impact on German film culture. In 2003, it was the only animated film included in list of 35 titles chosen by German filmmakers, critics, historians and educators to be part of an official film canon to be used by German schools and universities. Alongside other films in the canon —among them Shoah, Taxi Driver, Vertigo and Fritz Lang's M—The Jungle Book stands out."
Edit- for some reason the image looks like it's a broken link, but the video works fine. You just need to click play and the grey screen goes away.
So, along with upping the presence of Donald Duck, Disney should really get to adding a Jungle Book mini-land to DLP.
Having had a family member as a union member for my entire life, they have their place. However, it's becoming a more limited place these days, like in the medical/health care field. I don't really want to go more into this, as it really belongs in the Politics forum.
Not sure if I'm going to make it to DLP this year, but am still hoping to. I think it'll be more of a challenge to get to TDR in 2018, personally, but am still hoping to be able to do both. Either way, I will continue to live vicariously thru people like @WDW1974, @marni1971, and others for information on international parks and related news.
Cesar R M
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How cute.
Yet.. you are here, again..and again.. and again.. in EVERY.. SINGLE.. THREAD.. by the spirited.
Either you're a or a professional troll to keep coming back just to spit the same venom.
I mean, seriously.. grow up. Your Obsession with him is unhealthy.
*edit* oh wow.. that word is banned?
Cesar R M
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Well, the good side is.. Pandora looking nice.
I really liked the Queue, but christ.. its enormous.
That AA in the navi river is insane.. I just hope its well maintained and we dont end with a disco version a year from now.
Also wishing they had spent to get more AA's like these in the future.
Cesar R M
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Nowadays people just cant fathom to even think how bad things were against the workers by the elite before unions.
people died so constantly, kid were abused for labor and got hurt killed and nothing happened. You could work for 12+ hours and get paid not even for food for a day.
etc..etc..
BrianLo
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If the only guiding principal to adding something to DLP was pure popularity among its visitors, it would be Frozen currently. I think the girls consistently got a bigger reaction than what I've seen in California nowadays.
@Animaniac93-98 noted the same.
Although a jungle book PoTC style ride I'm totally on board for. Even if it's the new version (which I actually prefer).
@Animaniac93-98 noted the same.
Although a jungle book PoTC style ride I'm totally on board for. Even if it's the new version (which I actually prefer).
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
So USG encourages shift of manufacturing to china where discipline is enforced at gunpoint. And workers live in company dormitories 8-12 to a room with nets to catch those poor souls who figure rightfully they are better off dead.
Where were the Unions then, oh thats right giving donations to those who allowed The offshoring to happen, to hell with the members and their families
I was actually going to write something similar to what @Direwolf27 quoted here:
The link appears to be to the German version of Bare Necessities and that song is certainly a well beloved classic here in Germany.
I am normally not a huge fan of films being dubbed. With animated films it can work however. And the Jungle Book is actually one where the German version is better than the English original. (ETA: Ok, I just looked at the article and it appears they quote someone there who says exactly the same - I swear I did not know what when I wrote this post!) I have watched both multiple times and the German translation and voice acting is really great. I grew up in West Germany in the 1970s and the Jungle Book was certainly still very popular then!
But if Germans consider one thing to be Disney, it would not be the Jungle Book, but anything to do with Donald Duck.
There is even a research society here that is devoted to "Donaldism". It is called D.O.N.A.L.D. (Deutsche Organisation nichtkommerzieller Anhänger des lauteren Donaldismus or the German Organization of Non-commercial Devotees of the true Donaldism). This comes from the Disney comic book tradition that is so popular in most of Europe. So I agree, upping the Donald Duck (and other comic book characters) presence at DLP is very much needed.
the.dreamfinder
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There was rumor a while back, which originated from comments made by then resort Pres Phillipe Gas, that the resort's third gate was going to be a Marvel park. Why not go with a Bandé Désigné park with Duckberg alongside Marvel and some other European BDs, American comic strips, and Japanese Manga?