Hatbox Ghostbuster
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I'm thinking tomorrow. Redd might be loose now though to increase interest and help ease us back into the uh...revisionist scene change...
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PC Redhead Meet and Greet
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mickEblu
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Tmrw. Let’s all pray the new scene is not an exact copy of WDW and that they get rid of the Davy Jones mist effect.
Curious Constance
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I've been assuming the worst for weeks now, at this point I'm over it before I even know what they've done.
I mean, it can't be good seeing what we saw in WDW.
George Lucas on a Bench
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Girl power? A Spice Girls reference?
SSG
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Backstory: Lady Redd hails from ARRRRRRRRgentina. She once captained a whaling boat in the ARRRRRRRRRtic Ocean. Her skills at sailing earned her the nickname ARRRRRtist of the Bounding Main.
Catch her ARRRRRRRRival in New Orleans Square. Those getting fresh with Lady Redd are subject to ARRRRRRRest.
Catch her ARRRRRRRRival in New Orleans Square. Those getting fresh with Lady Redd are subject to ARRRRRRRest.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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No no, its girlpowAAAAAAARRRRRHHH. Totally different.
SSG
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You say we haven't considered that, but you would be making a grave ARRRRR-or
SSG
Well-Known Member
They can sue me and the claim can be settled in binding ARRRRRbitration.
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Deleted member 107043
They are trying way too hard. It's Disneyland stupid. *sigh*
George Lucas on a Bench
Well-Known Member
She's cute but a terrible meet and greet character. She just looks like a cosplayer of the original character.
smile
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gee whiz, mr. iger... we may have underestimated our ability to compensate for the loss of 'we wants the redhead' merch sales thus far, but we'll surely keep trying!
CraftyFox
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Welp, the ride reopened yesterday. Overall, I would say it was a mixed bag.
Negatives:
-The new scene is a bit.. Eh... It's pretty lackluster. The dialogue is choppy and unnatural. The scene could have been much funnier if they had just revised the script a bit.
-Redd's voice. It sounds fake and choppy. Doesn't really fit the rest of the attraction.
Positives:
-Refreshed audio, lighting, and costumes.
-The new "transitional scene" which bridges the gap between the present (skeletons) and the past (PIRATES)!
-The removal of that AWFUL projection on mist effect that hardly ever worked as it was intended. Let's just hope this means the eventual removal of ALL OF DAVY JONES' NARRATION!
Negatives:
-The new scene is a bit.. Eh... It's pretty lackluster. The dialogue is choppy and unnatural. The scene could have been much funnier if they had just revised the script a bit.
-Redd's voice. It sounds fake and choppy. Doesn't really fit the rest of the attraction.
Positives:
-Refreshed audio, lighting, and costumes.
-The new "transitional scene" which bridges the gap between the present (skeletons) and the past (PIRATES)!
-The removal of that AWFUL projection on mist effect that hardly ever worked as it was intended. Let's just hope this means the eventual removal of ALL OF DAVY JONES' NARRATION!
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SuddenStorm
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Online, people are loving this new redhead. "Now girls have their own Jack Sparrow to look up to!"
I fully expect Redd to stop making regular appearances by the end of the year, showing up sporadically next year, than fading away into the abyss of forgotten Disneyland face characters. She serves one purpose- to help ease fans into the new scene by giving it validity outside of the ride. She's poorly written inside the ride, her PR blog posts are poorly done, and if they want young girls to have a Pirate "role model" so they can sell more merchandise, they should do it justice by making the character of the same caliber as Jack Sparrow in terms of depth and writing.
I fully expect Redd to stop making regular appearances by the end of the year, showing up sporadically next year, than fading away into the abyss of forgotten Disneyland face characters. She serves one purpose- to help ease fans into the new scene by giving it validity outside of the ride. She's poorly written inside the ride, her PR blog posts are poorly done, and if they want young girls to have a Pirate "role model" so they can sell more merchandise, they should do it justice by making the character of the same caliber as Jack Sparrow in terms of depth and writing.
180º
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People look up to Jack Sparrow? Yikes.
How many Caribbean pirates were native to the Caribbean? And of those that were, how many grew up with the native indigenous tribes rather than in a European settlement?
IOW, there was no Caribbean accent back then. If they were White, they were European foreigners and immigrants. And since Redd is a redhead, it seemed typical to assign her ancestry to either Irish or Scottish. And there's this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny
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Deleted member 107043
Excluding members of that group, as well as people of African decent, is one of the most glaring inaccuracies in the whole show, but that's a discussion for another day.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Yep, I brought up Anne Bonny in the Pirate refurb thread. Anne, which is rumored to be a very distant relative of mine (my family is originally from Cork as is Anne), appears to be the inspiration for Redd.