Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway confirmed

[Kman101]

Your claims are ridiculous for a lot of reasons one in thinking that the average guest will care. As long as they recognize it's Mickey mouse which it's clear it is I don't see people caring what he looks like in the ride. The backlash with figment was that figment was removed from his own ride. Not that they changed his desgin.

Thank you

 

[Sped2424]

Wishful thinking. You're letting personal dislike get in the way. The mass public won't care

Heck I'd be shocked if the mass public knows that this art style of Mickey is different and exclusive to the new shorts.

 

[Kman101]

Heck I'd be shocked if the mass public knows that this art style of Mickey is different and exclusive to the new shorts.

You mean the ones who look for Harry Potter land at Hollywood Studios? most will be just fine with the style chosen. There won't be any big backlash forcing them to change the style lol that just sounds silly. Sure some may whine but people whine about a lot of things ...

 

[Sped2424]

You mean the ones who look for Harry Potter land at Hollywood Studios? most will be just fine with the style chosen. There won't be any big backlash forcing them to change the style lol that just sounds silly. Sure some may whine but people whine about a lot of things ...

I see the complaining limited to forums lol most reactions I have seen online have been sad about the gmr leaving but nothing beyond that.

 

[TalkingHead]

This could backfire - Disney pushes nostalgia like there's no tomorrow...

Not hard to imagine some guests will not recognize this as the Mickey they associate with WDW.

It reminds me of the new-and-improved "xtreme" Looney Tunes designs from the 90s. Why mess with a classic design when it's linked to nostalgia, brand identity, timelessness, etc?

 

[Kman101]

I'd have preferred a 'classic Mickey' ride through the ages (but I don't mind the design of the character used for the shorts), but this won't backfire. That's wishful thinking.

 

[SpectroMan93]

This could backfire - Disney pushes nostalgia like there's no tomorrow...

Not hard to imagine some guests will not recognize this as the Mickey they associate with WDW.

It reminds me of the new-and-improved "xtreme" Looney Tunes designs from the 90s. Why mess with a classic design when it's linked to nostalgia, brand identity, timelessness, etc?

The thing is, Mickey's design isn't as radically changed as people make him out to be here. Yes, he's altered to fit the animation style, but it's still the same recognizable Mickey Mouse. People argue as if Mickey has looked the same since the 20s, when the reality is his design has been altered several times since his creation. If anything, the "new" Mickey is actually closer to the original Mickey Mouse design, and brings back some of the slapstick comedy from those cartoons. And looking at the views on those videos, I find the outrage and backlash predicted/hoped for on this thread to be highly exaggerated.

 

[Matt_Black]

For those arguing that these new shorts are aimed solely at children, the Mickey Birthday episode was a homage to Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns with Danny Trejo as the voice of an evil pinata. Exactly what sort of children do you think that was aimed at?!?

 

[Movielover]

For those arguing that these new shorts are aimed solely at children, the Mickey Birthday episode was a homage to Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns with Danny Trejo as the voice of an evil pinata. Exactly what sort of children do you think that was aimed at?!?

Maybe the ones that watch his more kid friendly films...

That man sure has starred in a LOT of movies...

 

[Matt_Black]

Okay, but that doesn't explain the Leone part.

 

[Casper Gutman]

It won't be public outcry that forces Disney to change this in a few years, it will be their own concern with brand uniformity after this Mickey becomes hopelessly dated.

It's hard to find a counterpart in Disney history - it's as though they adapted Mickey to use the limited animation style that defined Hanna-Barbera in the '70s. The style itself is going to age, which hasn't tended to be the case with various versions of the Mouse.

 

[BlindChow]

I would have preferred the Mickey they used in their Get a Horse short. Now THAT Mickey was both classic and timeless...

 

[Mike S]

I would have preferred the Mickey they used in their Get a Horse short. Now THAT Mickey was both classic and timeless...

So would I but the one they're using is fine.

 

[brb1006]

Wow, that is awful. No charm. Looks like Flash animation. And easily the ugliest Mickey in 90 years by far...

Plus it's more Pablo Picasso than Walt Disney, with Mickey's mouth moving on the side of his face instead of the front. Ugh.

I mean, I get that animators at other studios wanted to move away from the "Disney" style by stylizing towards strange and "ugly" drawings (like, say, Ren & Stimpy, back in the day...), but why on earth would DISNEY think it was a good idea??

Check out the better shorts like Potato land. Some are actually decent.

 

[brb1006]

It's bull crap.

But some are fun to watch though.

 

[brb1006]

Anyone done this yet?

Sorry about the quality.

Hopefully Disney might upload that animation when they make a video about the Mickey ride in the future.

 

[Matt_Black]

Check out the better shorts like Potato land. Some are actually decent.

"The Adorable Couple" FTW.

 

[No Name]

I have absolutely no idea what was going on with that forest-to-city change. Is that supposed to be something innovative? To me, it looks like an image on a screen changing, with a cool transition. I can do something similar on Powerpoint.

And how does that make any sense story-wise?

Color me confused. Curious, but mostly confused.

 

[danlb_2000]

I have absolutely no idea what was going on with that forest-to-city change. Is that supposed to be something innovative? To me, it looks like an image on a screen changing, with a cool transition. I can do something similar on Powerpoint.

And how does that make any sense story-wise?

Color me confused. Curious, but mostly confused.

To me it looks like plain white physical sets that they are projecting onto. I think this is what they are getting at when they call it 2 1/2D. They also said in the video that that was an early test and has gotten much better since then.

 

[No Name]

I can certainly see the appeal. And I can just as easily see why someone would dislike these. They're cute and charming in their own way, not in a very Mickey-like way. The mouse that most people have fallen in love with is a jubilent, collected, optimistic character. The one who lights up the castle stage, the one who people love to meet. The one who says "Hey everybody, it's me, Mickey Mouse! Say, you wanna come inside my clubhouse?"

This is not the same Mickey. Whether that's good or bad is for you to decide, but I can certainly understand both sides. I'm somewhere in the middle.

And will be quickly undone when the feedback hits. Disney parks are geared towards the entire family, while the Disney Channel is geared towards children....I suspect that there will be a negative backlash against this animation style that it won't last very long.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journ...9.E2.80.932001:_Journey_into_YOUR_Imagination

Well, good thing these are on Disney XD.

They're definitely aimed toward a more teenage / young adult crowd than a show like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is. If, and if, anything... I'd think the backlash would be the reverse: that it's not child-friendly enough.

Also, I don't see any parallel to the Imagination situation. The backlash wasn't because they changed Figment and Dreamfinder, it was because they removed them, and the end result was very dry and unimaginative.