prfctlyximprct
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I never saw the movie so I am not sure! Too much hate in my heart I guess Lol
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AVATAR land coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Thread starter DocMcHulk
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Do I detect a hint of doom in gloom in you? Let the hate floooow through you....haha JK
I'm not sure that banshee puppets that need to be manually controlled will 'chose you'.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
It will probably work like Olivanders in Universal where the CM actually does the choosing.
You get to ultimately choose what color you want
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Again, just like Olivanders where you choose which wand you actually buy.
No Name
Well-Known Member
The Na'vi action figure is another special (and even more expensive) toy in Pandora that's gotten far less attention than the banshees, probably because it isn't available yet.
You pay $75, get your face scanned, and get to choose some clothing and stuff. Then some time later, you come back, and they do a special reveal. Tadaaaa! There you have it, an action figure of yourself in Na'vi form. Is that called your Avatar? Or no? Been a long time since I saw the movie.
I'm interested to see how well it works. That and the banshee are both things I'd consider buying.
And then I'd consider myself nuts for sinking $125 on two small toys.
That seems necessary. I can imagine some boy who detests the color pink, only to have the pink banshee choose him. And then either he throws a fit while the parents play along with the story, or the parents roll their eyes at the CM and say "alrightly then, no thank you," and the sale is lost.
You pay $75, get your face scanned, and get to choose some clothing and stuff. Then some time later, you come back, and they do a special reveal. Tadaaaa! There you have it, an action figure of yourself in Na'vi form. Is that called your Avatar? Or no? Been a long time since I saw the movie.
I'm interested to see how well it works. That and the banshee are both things I'd consider buying.
And then I'd consider myself nuts for sinking $125 on two small toys.
That seems necessary. I can imagine some boy who detests the color pink, only to have the pink banshee choose him. And then either he throws a fit while the parents play along with the story, or the parents roll their eyes at the CM and say "alrightly then, no thank you," and the sale is lost.
dolphinforces
Active Member
I'm inclined to go watch the movie after visiting the land
phi2134
Well-Known Member
Eeeesh, kind of weak. I hope it resembles that one actually resembles the purchaser.
aprincessatlasst
Active Member
Disney totally missed an opportunity here. They could have built a theater and shown the movie or at least part of it and listed as a 3rd attraction. Perhaps it could have been at the front of the area then people would know what they were walking into otherwise I think the masses have no clue. At least put it on Netflix. I crack up seeing the reviews on youtube and hearing the employees explain things in the background because outside of floating mountains and blue people very few remember it let alone the details.
Sped2424
Well-Known Member
What better way to educate people on this world than through the land itself then? I don't see this as an issue but a surprise bonus. Animal Kingdom has always been about edutainment when it comes to the natural world at least through this you are getting real world concepts through the pandora lens.
Bairstow
Well-Known Member
One of the very best features of a well-designed themed area is the way that it can tell a story to a visitor incrementally, granularly, and in a non-linear way. Very few other artistic mediums even allow this, and some of the best examples of this at work are already present in the park. Dinoland, in particular, despite all its failings is a fascinating treatise on non-narrative storytelling through visual design (It starts at Restaurantasaurus, goes through Countdown to Extinction, and ends at Dino-Rama).
Just showing the movie on a screen defeats their even attempting this in Pandoraland.
AEfx
Well-Known Member
I think this is really the Achilles heel of the land. It's utterly amazing how detailed everything is yet it remains so bland feeling. It's lovely and enjoyable but it doesn't grab you by the guts because there is no emotional attachment.
Part of this is James Cameron's lack of originality in just naming, from the top down. Avatar isn't even the only Avatar media franchise with that name, for crying out loud (see The Last Airbender). Same with Pandora. I'm willing to bet that as many people who hear "Hey, Pandora is at Animal Kingdom" think that there is a new land sponsored by the music streaming service than think about the film. Even the names of the attractions are so generic and boring sounding, LOL.
But it's really mostly that the film really didn't have a cultural resonance. The biggest thing people talked about of the film was the 3D - very few were enchanted with the plot, characters, world-building, or story line. It doesn't even have deeply recognizable music. It's well done, but it just doesn't tug on very many emotions like other properties can.
Slowjack
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I never saw the film for that reason. I remember when Cameron was interviewed while working on the film, and kept gushing about how the visuals were going to set a new standard for films, and had nothing to say about the story or the characters. I've seen him make the same kinds of remarks about the sequels, although he does seem to be paying lip service to the story, now. That's not to say I think the film is bad (again, haven't seen it), but I do think that people who remember it do so primarily for the visuals, without a strong connection to the people and events. It's not like Harry Potter, where fans have favorite characters, imagine which house they would be sorted into, etc.
All that said, it's still great to see how much effort Disney has put into this land. I can wish the imagineers had been given this kind of coin to work on an original idea instead, but the land itself is impressively detailed.
KrzyKtty
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They were popular movies. I get they aren't for everyone, but most people in my family watch it all the time. Even my 8 year old and 3 year old loved it.
Why is this shocking? Because you didn't care for the movie?