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Environment and rockwork specialist Zsolt Hormay recruited back to WDI to produce AVATAR environment
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Magenta Panther
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Pity his talent isn't being invested in something interesting and original, like Beastly Kingdom. TDO has wimped out again. Well, for me, this is yet one more reason to ignore AK. No amount of broken yetis and Smurfy kitty cats will entice me there again.
JEANYLASER
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awesome! I'm glad that Avatarland is alive and this will be awesome in person!
ChrisM
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Say, you don't like Avatar? And you're not planning on experiencing any attractions that are created based on Avatar?
It's almost like you haven't posted this same exact thing well over 100 times in every thread concerning Avatar. Stop the presses, boys, MP doesn't like Avatar!
Mickey_777
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Ain't nothin' wrong with getting the best people for the job.
Jimmy Thick
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Wait a second, I thought the "insiders" said Avatar was dead? They all just about "confirmed" it.
You mean to tell me the "insiders" were all wrong?
Jimmy Thick- Like I always say, unless you hear it from Steve, its just people trying to bring attention to themselves.
You mean to tell me the "insiders" were all wrong?
Jimmy Thick- Like I always say, unless you hear it from Steve, its just people trying to bring attention to themselves.
The Empress Lilly
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I'm sure he'll do rock-solid work.
But...more rocks....!? I'm getting claustrophobic from all that rockwork everywhere. There are a million ways to disguise showbuildings, and a million ways to create immersive worlds, that don't involve rockwork.
Dinosaur's / Indy's showbuilding are huge, but at DAK, TDS and DL they hide them behind a jungle exterior. If you don't need to hide a showbuilding, but need volume to create a world, take a look at the MK - entire Bavarian villages and colonial American towns are erected to create an immersive world, instead of boring rocks rocks rocks.
But...more rocks....!? I'm getting claustrophobic from all that rockwork everywhere. There are a million ways to disguise showbuildings, and a million ways to create immersive worlds, that don't involve rockwork.
Dinosaur's / Indy's showbuilding are huge, but at DAK, TDS and DL they hide them behind a jungle exterior. If you don't need to hide a showbuilding, but need volume to create a world, take a look at the MK - entire Bavarian villages and colonial American towns are erected to create an immersive world, instead of boring rocks rocks rocks.
DocMcHulk
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Also, you enter Dinosaur on level two at ground level and go DOWN to the attraction, this makes the building appear smaller than it really is.
MerlinTheGoat
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Complete and utter lie, they've never said it was canceled. Lee has been saying since the beginning that Avatar was troubled, a complete and utter truth until right this exact time, corroborated by pretty much everyone with connections within the Disney company (Disney have to have SOMETHING to counter Universal, they're desperate). No one ever said it was canceled. And as it stands, '74 was the one that actually first broke the news here about Avatar actually getting back on track.
Long term development plans can and almost always do change at least somewhat from intended plans. Insiders only put out what the current intention of the Disney company is. Intentions are in constant state of flux. Plans can and do change daily. Even Disney never 100% accurately predicts what their own company will and will not end up doing (in the long term). They have changed their ideas countless times, even with the things they're upfront to customers about. Intended expansions and theme parks have been completely scrapped or immensely changed, even when they've announced these things officially to the public and released art of what would come to be. Westcot, never built Epcot pavilions and rides, Beastly Kingdom (among other AK plans), and Western River Expedition are perfect examples. Fantasyland Expansion is another prime example, official intended plans have changed over countless times, such as changing the Chateau into the Mine Coaster. Plans are in such a state of flux that they can even change during construction (like the never completed descent of 2007 Spaceship Earth refurb). The insiders don't exist to tell you what will happen, only a current intention of the company. And they have never claimed to be anything other than that.
Steve, was he specifically recruited to work on the Avatar project, or could he be coming over to work on the rumored CL project at DHS?
Specifically for Avatar
DocMcHulk
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I specifically asked him about why they were going to show concept art at "Whats Next" if the project was dead. He corrected me and said exactly that....
Apparently, it s no longer as troubled
spaceghost
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Well Soarin' ain't no E.
Well, I'll bite... Soarin' seems like an E to me!
Captain Chaos
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Don't kind yourself, Magenta will pop in there the day it opens (or on the first visit once it opens), will rave about it to friends and family, then come on here and play that tired old character, just to keep the online rep going, which, you know, is important to some....