Great Movie Ride Update?

[joanna71985]

Nope, I'm fine with GMR. I think some of the AA could use some TLC. But the movie choices can be left alone

 

[Jedeye80]

I like GMR but is in need of a major refurb. Get rid of the hat in front of it, spend a bit of £££ on the ride, add some new scenes and polish up the old ones, then when it opens back up you have a great new ride and a new park icon! But, please dont add star wars, people keep going on about Disney needing something to compete with potter, the franchise has been here all along it just needs using better in the park.
Whoa went a bit off topic there sorry!

 

[msmit002]

I think I agree with the idea that since this is no longer strictly an MGM park, then having classic Disney movies featured would be great. Heck, even if they're not featured in TGMR.

I'm bringing DS7 to WDW for the first time and I got to thinking about some of the 'classic' attractions in MK. I realized that many some of the attractions had no meaning to him since they are based on classic Disney films. The Swiss Family Treehouse (Based on Swiss Family Robinson) etc. Personally, I think the Snowball Express with a snowmobile scene would be hilarious. Bedknobs and Broomsticks would be cool too.

That's not to say I didn't try hard to find these classics for my son to enjoy. But it would be pretty cool if DHS featured these.

 

[2bornot2be]

I agree with most of you, It's time for a change to TGMR. I think if it was changed to Disney and Pixar movies would make it more of a timeless ride.
This would be a major refurb but I thing it would be a great addidion to the DHS.

Also while refurbing TGMR they could put some $$$ into Studio Backlot Tour...

Now that I think about it PLEASE Disney, do something with Studio Backlot Tour, Any addition or changed would be an improvement.

 

[TinkerBelle8878]

I think maybe an update to the film at the end of the ride would do wonders. That's something that probably wouldn't be too difficult to continually cull and add things in or take some out. I also always thought there should be some nod to James Bond since it used to be Disney MGM studios. That's a pretty long spanning franchise and not some flash in the pan.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Some assorted thoughts (without any consequence whatsoever but therefore not without the pretence of great impotance) :

- I wouldn't mind a 'silent era' movie addition. How about Metropolis! What's more, do the entire set in Black and White.

- Apart from single movies, movie genres are also represented. If Titanic is going in, then it should come in the place of another weepie. Casablanca already represents the sweeping epic romance genre. Casablanca's What's-his-name and what's-her-name together by the plane is as iconic as Jack and Rose on Titanic's bow. Hmm...
Gah! I want both scenes in!

- The most notable new movie genre to emerge after the opening of the GMR is the superhero movie. But this genre might be a tad complicated to incorporate, what with the mess about Marvel/Universal/WDW theme parks rights. Thankfully so, though, because I couldn't care less about superhero movies - I think them rather infantile.

- Forrest Gump is okay-ish, a sort of early nineties cultural phenomenon, but not really a classic, I think? I'd rather they put in The Graduate, or Scarface, or The Matrix. Best yet, Back to the Future - but there may be a problem with rights there.
Or European cinema, Trainspotting or Amélie. :lookarou

- I don't care for the movie Wizard of Oz itself. But the GMR needs to have some sort of story, some sort of resolution. This is provided by The Wizard of Oz ride scenes. Any replacement ought to replace this function too, simply replacing it with random scenes from Titanic/LotR/Star Wars would render the ride into a kind of Madame Tussaud's, a series of unconnected tableaux vivants without unifying story.

 

[Jeff456]

I actually voted for, 'it's perfect the way it is,' but on reflection and reading some of the comments I actually think perhaps it just needs a good refurishment.. it is one of my favourite rides at DHS and I wouldn't want it to be altered significantly. I actually like the movie montage the way it is more for nostalgia than anything, I wouldn't object to an update though, the current version would always be available somewhere on the internet for me to watch!

 

[TinkerBelle8878]

Some assorted thoughts (without any consequence whatsoever but therefore not without the pretence of great impotance) :

- I wouldn't mind a 'silent era' movie addition. How about Metropolis! What's more, do the entire set in Black and White.

- Apart from single movies, movie genres are also represented. If Titanic is going in, then it should come in the place of another weepie. Casablanca already represents the sweeping epic romance genre. Casablanca's What's-his-name and what's-her-name together by the plane is as iconic as Jack and Rose on Titanic's bow. Hmm...
Gah! I want both scenes in!

-I'm not a Titanic fan but I see where you're going with this. Or maybe show how Casablanca influenced movies like Titanic by showing both.

- The most notable new movie genre to emerge after the opening of the GMR is the superhero movie. But this genre might be a tad complicated to incorporate, what with the mess about Marvel/Universal/WDW theme parks rights. Thankfully so, though, because I couldn't care less about superhero movies - I think them rather infantile.

-Who own's Batman and the DC heroes?

- Forrest Gump is okay-ish, a sort of early nineties cultural phenomenon, but not really a classic, I think? I'd rather they put in The Graduate, or Scarface, or The Matrix. Best yet, Back to the Future - but there may be a problem with rights there.
Or European cinema, Trainspotting or Amélie. :lookarou

-Back to the Future...I'm still sorry Uni got rid of that ride. I'm not sure that the Alien thing should stay. That's completely dated, not to mention freaks kids out who have no idea what it is. There's got to be more relevant sci fi stuff around since the ride was built. Why not throw Star Wars in? Seems a little more family friendly.

- I don't care for the movie Wizard of Oz itself. But the GMR needs to have some sort of story, some sort of resolution. This is provided by The Wizard of Oz ride scenes. Any replacement ought to replace this function too, simply replacing it with random scenes from Titanic/LotR/Star Wars would render the ride into a kind of Madame Tussaud's, a series of unconnected tableaux vivants without unifying story.

*This. To this day I can't watch Wizard. The witch freaked me out at 3 and knowing that she was a life size animatronic popping up in the ride...made things interesting the first time I rode it. Apparently this is a common thing. So much so that it was made reference to on Gilmore Girls years ago. The witch in the movie, not DHS. But still. There has to be some other spanning film that would work. I think Mary Poppins and the chalk drawing carousel should be infused somewhere. Probably not in place there although...the carosuel and then Mary and Burt with the penguin waiters...might work. And add your Metropolis into the beginning by Footlight Parade.

BTW didn't Footlight originally have bubbles? I distinctly remember that.

 

[Clever Name]

The GMR has musicals, gangsters, westerns, outer space, super heroes, fantasy and adventure movie themes. They could combine the whole ball of wax by just using kung fu movies. Jackie Chan could play all the roles.
And it needs more cowbell.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

BTW didn't Footlight originally have bubbles? I distinctly remember that.

Bubbles, and then some!

The Floodlight scene is supposed to convey the lavish showmanship of Hollywood, its extravangaza, love of effect and sheer spectacle.

All the more ironic then that the Floodlight scene is so broken that all of its effects are now inoperational. Like trying to show the quality of your car brand by having cars in your showroom that don't even start.

If The Great Movie Ride was going to be the flagship attraction at the new park it was appropriate that the first in its more than ten movie set pieces be one of the most elaborate.​

And elaborate it was; a faithful recreation of the five tiered cake of bathing beauties in 1933’s Footlight Parade, specifically one of Busby Berkley’s showiest numbers, ‘By a Waterfall’.​

Imagineers didn’t scrimp on the details. Just as the set appeared in the film, each of the five tiers rotated counter to one another while fountains of water sprayed from ornamental gold deco jets trimming each layer. To top it all off, designers added three shimmering caped beauties on diving boards to the right of the set and filled the room with very real bubbles. When the switch was finally flipped on this extravagant movie musical recreation it was truly a sight to behold; a magical glittering tribute to the spectacular showmanship of Busby Berkley at the height of his craft and a fitting introduction to Disney’s Great Movie Ride.​

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As with virtually all new attractions, technical and engineering issues are bound to crop up and this one was no exception. What the actual problems were depended on who you talked to; the mechanism that turned the giant cake was problematic, the foundation was cracking, water was leaking, mold and mildew was forming and/or the set was incurring water damage.​

Maintenance staff whined up a blue streak, and eventually word came down from above that the expense of upkeep just wasn’t worth the payoff.​

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And despite this being a recreation of a number called “By a Waterfall” guests would no longer see a single speck of water in the whole set. Those pesky water fountains were turned off for good.​

So today visitors who enter The Great Movie Ride’s Footlight Parade set now witness a less than impressive slide show of Berkley formations on that giant scrim punctuated by sporadic hazy reveals of the Footlight Parade cake behind it; no deco details, no motion, no animated lighting, no bubbles. ​

No water.​

Guests would just have to be trusted to not know what they were missing.​

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http://imagineerebirth.blogspot.nl/2006/08/elemental-losses-water.html​

 

[ravenswood]

tgmr needs aa work but disney will screw it up if they start adding new "updated" scenes, john carter anyone? p.s. i hate it when there is a girl gangster, im not sexist but how many girl gangsters were there in those james cagney movies?

 

[DisneyJunkie]

I think they should probably remove the Tarzan and Casablanca scenes, as a start, and replace them with scenes from other films. Titanic would be a good one to incorporate somewhere in the GMR, possibly even using the space currently used for Casablanca. They could probably also lose some of (not all) of gangster town space and change out their little skit with the gangster character hijacking the GMR tourist trams. I think an actual Star Wars based scene would work, considering they already have a good relationship with Lucasfilm (based on the Star Tours attraction), and possibly also something with the Christopher Reeve-based Superman films (if they could get the rights).

 

[Allie_Marie]

This is my first thread starter and I'm going to bring up a topic that I'm sure has been discussed before--The Great Movie Ride? It's one of my favorites--I cry like a baby whenever the montage rolls along and still cower in fear (sorta) during the Alien scene. I love it, I love that it encorporates classics that I hope will never leave the confines of the ride itself, but I DO think it's time for a revamp.

Don't get me wrong--I love the original script and I think it's fun, memorable, etc., but does anyone else think that maybe it's time to update the ride a bit? Maybe add in some movies that have since become "classics" (i.e. Titanic, LOTR, whatever?) and pump up the script so that people can once again enjoy the thrill of the gangster take-over and not be faced with some seriously second-hand-embarrassment moments?

I'd love to get a discussion rolling on this so...what are your thoughts?!

I totally agree with you! Maybe add a few classics in, I really like your thought with Titanic, maybe even HP or The Hunger Games too!

 

[joanna71985]

tgmr needs aa work but disney will screw it up if they start adding new "updated" scenes, john carter anyone? p.s. i hate it when there is a girl gangster, im not sexist but how many girl gangsters were there in those james cagney movies?

Personally, I'm glad there are female gangsters

 

[skimbob]

I think an update is due. I would add Snow White for obvious reasons. I would also update the movies at the end to make them more up to date. Oh and by the way I would make the Sorcerer's hat disappear since it ruins the entire show. What were they thinking when they put that in front of the theater.

 

[alissafalco]

From reading everyones different ideas im all for keeping the original part of the ride as is with repainting/cleaning but then make the ride a little longer with movies from the past 20 yrs. i love the idea of star wars, titanic, the godfather, & scarface. Jaws, ET, & Back to the future are great also but since they are UNI that would never happen....