Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout announced for Disney California Adventure

[Californian Elitist]

So, they can pull a "Bear Country."

Since the Tower was always off in the corner like a bad little child, they can just declare everything to the right of the theater a Marvel Mini Land for the time being. Rename the trolley station "Marvel Station," and now you have a land with two attractions. Add some walk around characters and a churro cart and you've got yourself a justifiable mini-land to tide those who need tiding over until a proper land can be built.

How does Bear Country compare to this project? I'm confused.

We can all come up with ideas to make the opening of this Marvel-themed ride make more sense, but the fact is Disney plans to open it without an actual Marvel land. Shall we even ponder how a Marvel land fits into DCA in general?

None of this makes sense.

This would of been a good analogy if when they opened Bear Country they built a 14 story neon green Bear to go with it.

The land was still themed to the wilderness.

Exactly.

 

[Phroobar]

Wish I could read but the website it forcing me to disable ad blocker, no thanks.. too lazy!

Never disable the ad blocker for the LA Times unless you want to be spammed with ads from them afterwards. They aren't worth reading either.

 

[truecoat]

The scaffolding is coming down on the tower.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

The scaffolding is coming down on the tower.

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Welp, no one can say that it doesn't look like the concept art.

 

[SSG]

I like it better with the scaffolding.

 

[VJ]

PC: MiceChat Marvel Land Update.

It's like the late 90s Matrix aesthetic threw up on a 1930s Hollywood hotel... Maybe it'll look better when the scaffolding comes down, to be fair.

 

[Curious Constance]

I'm telling you, the building is too flat to ever look that great.

 

[Phroobar]

Where are the wings for air resistance and the racing strip?

 

[MisterPenguin]

I'm telling you, the building is too flat to ever look that great.

Don't the majority of buildings that have been deemed aesthetically pleasing also have equally flat, if not flatter facades?

 

[Suspirian]

definitely looks like a "warehouse fortress-like power plant". The indecisiveness is evident.




Ka-blam!

 

[mickEblu]

definitely looks like a "warehouse fortress-like power plant". The indecisiveness is evident.




Ka-blam!

It's so funny. I just bought that big hard back Imagineering book and this project literally contradicts almost every single principle covered in the book

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not (not that it affects much...) but the director James Gunn has more or less confirmed that there will be a GOTG 3.

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

It's so funny. I just bought that big hard back Imagineering book and this project literally contradicts almost every single principle covered in the book

Felt the same way when I recently flipped through Richard Beard's EPCOT book. Sadly the people who helped shape things for those books are few and far between at the company.

 

[Curious Constance]

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not (not that it affects much...) but the director James Gunn has more or less confirmed that there will be a GOTG 3.

Yay!

 

[Curious Constance]

Don't the majority of buildings that have been deemed aesthetically pleasing also have equally flat, if not flatter facades?

????

 

[sedati]

Don't the majority of buildings that have been deemed aesthetically pleasing also have equally flat, if not flatter facades?

One can only take so much "Bauhaus" style architecture.

 

[sedati]

How does Bear Country compare to this project? I'm confused.

We can all come up with ideas to make the opening of this Marvel-themed ride make more sense, but the fact is Disney plans to open it without an actual Marvel land. Shall we even ponder how a Marvel land fits into DCA in general?

None of this makes sense.

Bear Country was not only the first mini-land, but Disney's first dead end as far as layout goes.
Yes, you went from the rugged frontier to a fantasy wilderness where bears sing, so it wasn't too crazy a transition.
Only Hollywood to Marvel seems about the same- urban setting to fantastical urban setting.

When Breakout opens a simple change in a guide-map would solve so much.

Hmm.... DCA:
D: Disney (Disney owns Marvel)
C: California (While the comics originated in New York, Marvel Studios was born and remains in California.)
A: Adventure (Marvel is synonymous with knitting... I mean bagels... I mean... geez I forget what happens in those films- it's sorta like when a group of people travel far and wide, helping the helpless and fighting wrong doers, getting up to all kinds of shenanegans... it's got action, but I'm blanking on the wider genre...

 

[SMLR]

From mintcrocodile's twitter:

 

[Practical Pig]

From mintcrocodile's twitter:
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As much as I dislike the theme clash with BVS views, I've said before that I think this view works OK. Transitioning from the fantasy world of artificial Hollywood scenic facades to the fantasy alien GOTG tower, isn't nearly as harsh. There is even color coordination going on with the Hyperion facade.

 

[mickEblu]

As much as I dislike the theme clash with BVS views, I've said before that I think this view works OK. Transitioning from the fantasy world of artificial Hollywood scenic facades to the fantasy alien GOTG tower, isn't nearly as harsh. There is even color coordination going on with the Hyperion facade.

....Until the Trolley goes by. Lol. But depending what what they do with the backlot they should just reroute the Trolley that way if possible. Sounds like Marvel Land is going behind TOT again... and maybe the bus loading area.