Yep. Which is why it's dumb, at least in my opinion, Disney chooses to miss out on creating more iconic park specific IPs that can sell even more merch for. Star Wars and Indiana Jones weren't based off known properties when those movies were made and look what those two franchises have become. So odd to me that studios don't want to do that again even though they're clearly not getting it with these King Arthur and Tarzan retellings.
I'd argue that yes there would be. People know what they're getting when you brand something SW. But something new and fantastically unknown could create even more buzz just because of all the mystery around it. Especially given the size and scope of the project. People are going to carry in pre-conceptions of what SWL should be and its either going to meet those, or its not. That in a way reduces its allure. Granted yes, we don't know all the minor details, but I would be hard-pressed to find anyone entering SWL as a total outsider. And for me at least, that should be the thrill of a theme park. Exploring the unknown and finding yourself immersed in an experience you can't get at home on Blu-Ray.
Right. They've stood the test of time because they were immersive and innovative and didn't pander to the minimum attention span of an audience who needs to connect things with a character or song in order to like it. It's almost like Disney won't bother creating that kind of stuff anymore because it doesn't trust that its consumers can enjoy anything for what it is, which to me is sad.
No arguments there...Its just a shame that some of that money wasn't spent on other ailing areas in the company.
A. It's equally sad for bothSad that Disney doesn't trust that consumers would appreciate non-IP driven content or sad that consumers go apesh*t for IP content in the parks?
It probably goes without saying that most responsible multi-billion dollar global media corporations are risk-averse. In that regard I think context matters here. WDCo today is many many many times more influential and powerful than it was when Pirates debuted at Disneyland. To me wishing Disney would go back to its previous formula of investing heavily in original park content is a little bit like being at Disneyland in 1967 and wishining Disney would go back to making black and white Mickey Mouse cartoons.
It is pretty fascinating to hear of all the cancellations/delayed projects going on at WDW. Also head-scratching is the amount of budget-cutting that goes on to cause those problems.
But look what they're constructing in Anaheim. More drivel to keep the idiots with their Jack Skellington backpacks happy.
The problem with these "in-park surveys" are that they essentially just ask "do you want Marvel in the park?" and people say yeah so they destroy Tower of Terror. If they were to ask "do you want a new attraction on the scale of Pirates of the Caribbean themed to the wild west?" most people would say yes to that, too, I'd wager.
