Guardians Tower announcement Saturday in SD ...

Daveeeeed

Daveeeeed

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brb1006 said:
I wish Disney acted like Warner Brothers when it comes to stuff like that.
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THIS!!!!
 
Daveeeeed

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vj81995 said:
Mary Poppins Tower of Terror.

I like it.
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Confirmed. I talked to Bob Iger himself and he told me that the elevators will be redesigned to look like Umbrellas, you'll be flying along with the Nanny Herself! This is for Tokyo Disney Sea. Bob specifically told me the park didn't have enough IPs especially misplaced ones, so this of course is going in American waterfront as an overlay for tot. Mary Poppins is from U.K. And this has nothing to do with the twilight zone rights as there it has its own story. Disney will never learn:eek:
 
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VJ

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David2319 said:
Confirmed. I talked to Bob Iger himself and he told me that the elevators will be redesigned to look like Umbrellas, and you'll be flying along with the Nanny Herself. This is for the Tokyo Disney Sea. Bob specifically told me the park didn't have enough IPs especially misplaced ones, so this of course is going in American waterfront as an overlay for tot, and Mary Poppins is from U.K. And this has nothing to do with the twilight zone rights as there it has its own story. Disney will never learn:eek:
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You have a bit too much time on your hands, buddy. But, let me tell you a secret: Only the most creative minds do. ;)
 
TP2000

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Matt_Black said:
So, all those boys playing Dungeons & Dragons for 40 plus years actually wanted to be cowboys and had to settle for medieval fantasy?!?
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I lived through the D&D craze of the mid-late 1970's and had to suffer through many Seattle cocktail parties where upper-middle class hippies (AKA Total Bores) talked at length about D&D. I knew when I posted the thing about knights that someone would bring up D&D.

40 years later and I still can't escape it. :rolleyes:
 
Brer Panther

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Matt_Black said:
And the thing is, they could easily silence all the "Splash Mountain is racist" if they just did a VERY carefully marketed re-release, perhaps with a bonus feature hosted by Leonard Maltin featuring various African-Americans who don't have a problem with it. Then, people would watch it, realize the the animated bits are cool, the live-action bits are kind of boring, and there's no real malice otherwise.
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That, or they could just re-introduce the animated characters in a new TV series on Disney XD or a series of shorts a la the new Mickey Mouse ones.
 
Mike S

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seabreezept813 said:
To be honest, I love the film. And because I'm familiar with movies from that time, I've never really figured out the objections about this one particular film. Historical prejudices will always reveal themselves in art, film, lit. But why not learn from these instead of pretending they don't exist? In many ways I find it offensive that people are denied the ability to see James Baskett's stunning performance.
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Funny how Disney just released a very successful movie that was all about prejudice and learning from it and not pretending that it doesn't exist. Go figure :rolleyes:
 
matt9112

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yeti said:
That was basically a nice way of phrasing the common complaint that Universal just shoves IPs wherever they see fit. So almost anywhere in USO that isn't Harry Potter. Transformers is a great ride in a building they at least attempted to theme...but it completely, hilariously clashes with its surrounding area. Springfield is fine...but then Men in Black has its own funny little corner too. From what I can tell, USH has even more mishmash. It's frustrating, but Universal's core philosophies are not as dedicated as Disney's (even though they corrected it to some degree with Islands). Sometimes the Studios concept lends itself to another "ride in a box", as long as it's good. And, like I said, usually those IPs are external. We'll see how those other ones turn out....I'm not sure how beloved Twister and Disaster were, but at least they won't completely clash with their neighbors.
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most of the issues you present stem from when the park was built and i think potterland and even springfield are proof that currently they favor an emersive coherent idea that can be built. but it takes time and such to fix it all. the front half of the park will prob never be truely fixed.
 
lebeau

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Matt_Black said:
And the thing is, they could easily silence all the "Splash Mountain is racist" if they just did a VERY carefully marketed re-release, perhaps with a bonus feature hosted by Leonard Maltin featuring various African-Americans who don't have a problem with it. Then, people would watch it, realize the the animated bits are cool, the live-action bits are kind of boring, and there's no real malice otherwise.
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I watched a 2-night documentary on PBS covering the life of Walt Disney a while back. One of the things I learned was that Walt was aware of the movie's sticky racial politics before it was released. He asked some minority groups for their input (I don't recall which ones or I would name them). He was given advice that he should clarify the setting of the movie. Specifically, he should include some acknowledgement that the movie took place post-slavery. But ultimately, Walt decided to ignore this advice. It's frustrating because a lot of controversy could have been easily avoided if he had been less stubborn.
 
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