Both approaches are too madcap & irreverent for Dreamfinder & Figment or feeling like a tasteful expansion/continuation of the original ride IMO. I def feel the best approach to take with it would be a classic Disney Afternoon approach ala something like The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh or Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers in regards to animation style, art direction, & writing overall. I’d say a little mix of both in a way.
Then they'll say screw the audience and Fandom.. Hey Paul wanna keep yer job....Can, you make an imaginative version of Figment for a new Cartoon show that doesn't look like Mickey ..Oh, but Figment Farts like...A LOT to make them little snot noses laughing..
Pray to God that doesn’t happen. Like, look, I get people like those Mickey shorts as a spin-off and Rudish has talent in his own right.. but it really shouldn’t be the ‘main’ direction you take your beloved classic characters, ever. The goal always should be the main one should reach the widest audience possible while respecting the integrity of the characters, not the opposite. You can bring them in a more modern time period but you should never change the core of them (Mickey MouseWorks/House of Mouse demonstrated that wonderfully in regards to making new cartoons that feel like tasteful continuations of the legacy while still doing new things with said characters, as did things like Goofy in How To Set Up Your Home Theater, Mickey & Friends in Get a Horse, the Goofy in how to handle yourself in a pandemic shorts, Once Upon a Studio, and the DIY Duck short, .) Classic Disney did that practically flawlessly. They really need to go back in that direction. There’s a reason the classics still hold up to this day. On that note too, the classics should be made properly available/marketed etc. to also keep the knowledge/memory and accessibility of those possible.Then they'll say screw the audience and Fandom.. Hey Paul wanna keep yer job....Can, you make an imaginative version of Figment for a new Cartoon show that doesn't look like Mickey ..Oh, but Figment Farts like...A LOT to make them little snot noses laughing..
Paul Rudish: Uh...Sure?
The funny side of me really hopes they go for a bit of a Looney Tunes slapstick-style approach ala Timon & PumbaaWhile I completely agree, I’d hope it’s done after the ride comes back to its former glory or around the same time it does. The whole point should be to demonstrate that ride originated concepts are Infact successful as-is and can lead to expansion to other mediums and such, after the fact. Also, I’d hope it’s not your typical Disney Jr. preschool show w no depth, nuance, or real sincerity in the personalities, writing or direction (looking at you Mickey Mouse Clubhouse*sigh*), but rather something that’s aimed at ‘all’ ages.. something along the lines of the Disney Afternoon shows & New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Where it’s whimsical, they explore realms of creativity and it’s fun & abstract, there’s some adventure, mystery, etc. and through Dreamfinder and maybe some of the friends and folks they meet on their journeys, Figment learns new things that relate to whatever subject it is they’re exploring in each realm (Art, Literature, Theatre, Science, Technology, Film, etc.) aswell as basic morality and such lessons, kinda like (again) New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers did. Either go back to traditional animation entirely for the show, explore w a Paperman-esque style (a fine mix of Traditional 2D & CG animation) for it.. ‘or’ perhaps do the style used for the Legend of the Three Caballeros show and it’d look/be good.
Today marks the current ride's 23rd birthday. Who could've thought it would last this long.
From Len in the Animation Courtyard thread - some other stuff there too
I wish I had a dollar for every time this was rumored. I’ll believe it when I’m in line for it.
I'm not believing it til I'm in the gift shop at the exit. Even then, I'll still not believe it.
You are or you aren’t?
I mean Not believing it, haha.
