Adjusted for inflation it drops down the list pretty quickly since Avatar made its money based on the 3D and IMAX costs. If box office was the big indicator a Dr. Zhivago or Sound of Music land would be the better choice. Universal has some of the other big ones already locked down.
Thats not entirely accurate
I don't believe I said "nobody cares". I said that the draw is more with something new than Avatar itself. I do think some people liked the movie for the story but I think more liked it for the effects than anything else. I'm sure the area will look fantastic but I don't think the name is going to be what draws in massive amounts of people.
As we watch Pandora come out of the ground I feel that of the existing four WDW parks, Animal Kingdom is the most appropriate home for this land. The focus on this land is natural structures, they just happen to be of a different world. When the land was announced, my self sales pitch was: "If we were told that James Cameron was teaming up with Imagineers to create a land of mythical animals and plants for the Animal Kingdom, we'd all be on board." That's how and why I'm buying it. At the end of the day, there is a connection there and if the rides are any good it will be a solid and well placed addition to my favorite park.No no. You're fine.
Disney's Animal Kingdom is an in depth study of the human experience's facination with nature.
Dinosaurs are a reflection of our fascination with the untamed and wild. They were here and now are gone. The only thing keeping them alive is our curiosity.
Africa and Asia are the real and physical animals of today running up against society and humanity. Those areas tend to focus coexistence and learning to appreciate nature.
BK was representative of how man used to look at nature and make sense of a frightening world. Dragons, Unicorns, and Magic were all humanity's way of rationalizing a world that didn't make sense. Where stepping out in the woods could mean your doom. The weather could make or break you subsistence. Unexplained illness could ravage society.
That's how humanity viewed a more frightening and unexplainable world.
Avatar is an interesting case. In a way it's reflective of a fear that has consumed the public. A scenario of what if we wreck everything? What happens then? Resisting power in potentially violent ways is the solution the movie comes to.
This film isn't set on Earth, nor is it a celebration of mankind's cultural and physical run ins with nature. It's set as a distant far off place where lessons can be learned.
To the team's credit, they've been working overtime to make Avatar as Earthlike as possible. They brought a new level of depth and coherence to the franchise. I personally think one of the biggest winners of this land will be Cameron, who has had to sit down and hash out in depth how his world works. It's one thing to animate a fantasy rainforest, it's another to get down and ask how does it work?
Like I said, I still don't like it at Disney's Animal Kingdom nor do I think it fits. I do on the other hand obviously realize this will be one of the landmark lands in the world.
There's enough room for a middle ground, and that's where I stand.
Have you talked to the design team about that? They just released a video trying to explain how the land fits in AK and one of the pitches was the plot of the movie.
Umm, maybe you need to listen again, but he talked nothing about the PLOT of the movie - which was earth idiots treating locals like crap for unobtanium, and then getting their butts kicked off the planet. Please point out where he touched upon that at all.
Word you rather have this or Toy Story Land?
I'm not going to try a direct quote but when someone says the "theme of the movie" that certainly implies that the movie is connected.
There are literally millions and millions of people that have never even heard of Avatar the movie that will love the new area. Comparing it to Star Wars, which is a franchise that has been around for 40 years with 7 major films, different series, and a whole host of other things is not the same at all. Even if there is never another Avatar movie, the LAND stands on it's own, and if the movie never existed, we would consider this an amazing land that has no IP attached. No, I do not think Disney cares one whit whether a new movie does well, as it could be several years before there even is a new movie.
Toy Story, hands down. I like Toy Story infinitely more than Avatar.
Yes, the PLANET part of the movie is connected. That's the THEME part. Not the PLOT. Sorry, but it just isn't so.
