George Lucas on a Bench
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They should replace the Fantasia screen with an Animatronic Mickey. Everything else is three-dimensional, so this part has never made any sense.
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Is the Great Movie Ride next?
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DistractedGenius
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If they could get it to look half as good as the Stitch AA in Stitch's Godawful Escape, that would be awesome.
ProfSavage
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yeah no Chaplin is kind of a travesty too.
Andsome
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If all else fails, they can go with this (Good luck sleeping!):
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Funmeister
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It was never meant to make sense. That scene was originally supposed to be a projection of the wicked witch from OZ. The contract only allowed DIsney to use a certain percentage of the attraction with OZ. The wall was built and Fantasia (Sorcerers Apprentice) was an emergency replacement literally at the last second. IT was supposed to be a twister not rocks with Mickey on top. Make sense now? lol
jdmdisney99
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216bruce
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That would be perfect! Wow, a great ending for the attraction even.
jdmdisney99
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If you ever get the chance, watch the whole movie. It's a classic.
216bruce
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I own a copy. It's my favorite Chaplin film.
ProfSavage
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My favorite Chaplin film is The Great Dictator, especially that end speech. But that's neither here nor there...
jdmdisney99
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Chaplin was a comic genius. Unmatched. It's actually very surprising he didn't get a part in a ride covering the history of cinema (outside of the montage at the end).
MattOrk
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I was replying to your post where you said people were not aware of who owned what. I posted an article from the Los Angeles Times from 1988. Its a widely circulated newspaper. Then you clarified what you meant, and now you are clarifying again. People in the 80s knew what Disney was doing. It wasn't secret. At least not living in Los Angeles. Maybe things are different elsewhere.
We were talking about a certain epoch, 80s, and now we are going to today's audiences. The flow of consciousness is a little erratic. As for the baseball analogy read it again. I said Disney was AAA compared to MGM. Columbia, Universal, and RKO were not small, AAA leaguers, compared to Disney. If you want to say Disney was the Yankees compared to Fleischer, sure. I supposed Columbia was the shoddiest, but they had big stuff too.
Did I actually say that? Please re-read. Though Walt did own planes, like Howie. Not as many, but how many average people own planes?
So we were discussing the 80s and now there is a jump to present folks not knowing. I don't really speak for present folks, but I know as a young man back in the 80s that it was widely reported that Disney was making films under Touchstone, Hollywood, and the other labels. Perhaps that was a unique news event to Los Angeles, but I highly doubt it. I think the real icing on the cake was when Roger Rabbit showed up in Disneyland and the posters for Arachnaphobia that dotted the ticket booths back in the 90s. It's not like Jurrasic Park posters were around. I'm not dissing your knowledge, rather pointing out facts that have created a new discussion based on something else. Its cool.
TeriofTerror
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I would love to see a Godfather scene added. And not family-friendly enough? Please. I can tell you that as a child I was way more upset over the death of Bambi's mother or Old Yeller than I was over a few thugs from The Godfather. But don't show the dead horse. That's where I draw the line.
P.S. I like Amadeus well enough, but I do not believe it belongs in a conversation with the likes of The Godfather, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Casablanca, Wizard of Oz, etc. It's simply not of their ilk. Sigh... It's too bad Jaws is so closely tied with Universal. I don't have the words to express the depth of my feelings for that film.
Goofyernmost
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Cool, that would make it much easier to rename the park. It will be "Turner's Movie Extravaganza Park" (colorized for your enjoyment)
Cesar R M
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Walt's frozen head still stalk imagineersHuh? Walt died in 1966. DHS opened in 1989, 23 years later.
I've read every book on Imagineering and Walt Disney that's been published. Never have I heard about a 1960's concept Walt had for Disneyland or his Burbank Studios that included a walk-thru attraction that took guests through how movies were made. There's not really any evidence that Walt had any input into the Magic Kingdom Park as it opened in late 1971, five years after his death, much less a movie attraction at a third park at WDW twenty three years after his death.
Where did you get the information that Walt had anything to do with the Great Movie Ride???
I thought the same as you, until I attended one of the special theatrical showings of Gone With the Wind in conjunction with the 75th anniversary. Thought it will be me with a handful of people my parents' age. Was I wrong. The theatre was sold out and there were teenagers, middle agers and yes, folks my parents' age. And everyone enjoyed the movie. Sad to think there are movie goers who don't know James Cagney and Grace Kelly... And I agree, the Little Tramp needs a presence. After all, it is the GREAT Movie Ride and he made some of the greatest movies.....
216bruce
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There does seem to be a handful of movies that transcend age apart from Disney classics- GWTW, Casablanca, Wizard of Oz and, maybe, Citizen Kane, Singing in the Rain and King Kong. Glad to see that there is interest in classic Hollywood still! But really...no Chaplin in the ride? It never really dawned on me after riding the attraction dozens of times until I read this thread. Then...BAM. Where is Chaplin? A travesty that he isn't represented beyond a short clip at the end.