Rumor Stitch's Great Escape Replacement— Don’t Hold Your Breath

[Matt_Black]

Wait, I've got it- cashing in on the buzz of the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 (debuting literally next Sunday A.D. on Netflix), Tomorrowland will now be Gizmonic Institute! Tour Deep 13! Ride the Satellite of Love! Have a tasty meal at Clay 'N Lar's Flesh Barn! Watch out for snakes!

 

[Casper Gutman]

Wait, I've got it- cashing in on the buzz of the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 (debuting literally next Sunday A.D. on Netflix), Tomorrowland will now be Gizmonic Institute! Tour Deep 13! Ride the Satellite of Love! Have a tasty meal at Clay 'N Lar's Flesh Barn! Watch out for snakes!

I wholeheartedly endorse this idea. Catch a tasty Clown Burger and wash it down with a Rowsder Beer at the QS. Afterwards, take a ride on the Screaming Lemur, free-fall down the Umbilicus, or join Big McLargehuge as he pursues Calgon on a floor waxer in a new trackless dark ride. How much Keefe is in this new land? Miles O'Keefe!

(Featuring Mike as host, of course.)

 

[Mike S]

They had the opportunity to change the name for HKDL and SDL and didn't.

Tomorrowland in HKDL is getting the axe for Marvel. Only Space Mountain will remain.

 

[Matt_Black]

(Featuring Mike as host, of course.)

*Cue the Joel-Mike flamewar flashback in 5... 4...*

 

[HMF]

I think both of those flops were before Iger's time so they don't exist... Tomorrowland with George Clooney OTOH... Big budget flop.

Uh, Iger was President and COO of the company when they were made, You know the same job description as Frank Wells and Michael Ovitz.

 

[Horizons78]

Wait, I've got it- cashing in on the buzz of the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 (debuting literally next Sunday A.D. on Netflix), Tomorrowland will now be Gizmonic Institute! Tour Deep 13! Ride the Satellite of Love! Have a tasty meal at Clay 'N Lar's Flesh Barn! Watch out for snakes!

I wholeheartedly endorse this idea. Catch a tasty Clown Burger and wash it down with a Rowsder Beer at the QS. Afterwards, take a ride on the Screaming Lemur, free-fall down the Umbilicus, or join Big McLargehuge as he pursues Calgon on a floor waxer in a new trackless dark ride. How much Keefe is in this new land? Miles O'Keefe!

(Featuring Mike as host, of course.)

But would we find out WHO"S MERRITT STONE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

 

[ford91exploder]

Uh, Iger was President and COO of the company when they were made, You know the same job description as Frank Wells and Michael Ovitz.

But not in his current role, You can also see how little i actually care or know about movies. Frankly i prefer books to A/V entertainment

 

[Cesar R M]

https://twitter.com/carouselof/status/850750143896879107

Carousel of Progress on twitter says Tomorrowland will get a new name. Discoveryland.

3 or 4 new attractions

A tron attraction is one of them but not the coaster. The coaster is being considered as a last resort.

New area lighting.

New BGM

End of an Era.... the classic imagined "tomorrow" of the future is being removed.. but to what exact theme? general discovery? space, land, sea?

 

[Cesar R M]

Or Speedway gets 2 built over the land? I'm with you on Buzz and Stitch, but Laugh Floor I thought someone said is safe for now. Still exciting, right?

unless they replace Laugh Floor with the Stitch/Crush version.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

End of an Era.... the classic imagined "tomorrow" of the future is being removed.. but to what exact theme? general discovery? space, land, sea?

In all honesty I think it's a good decision because it's hard to create a timeless attraction, especially based on tomorrow or the future. It was a miracle that we got several with Epcot Center. At this point, if they kept "updating" attractions in TL, it might drain funds from other areas of the park.

 

[ford91exploder]

End of an Era.... the classic imagined "tomorrow" of the future is being removed.. but to what exact theme? general discovery? space, land, sea?

More of Igers purchased IP im sure

 

[MisterPenguin]

Heh... I think Uni still has Namor film rights (sort of - it's complicated).

Universal Film lost the Namor rights... most likely. It's complicated as you say. But, Marvel is on record that they can movify him if they want. See here.

Question is whether Universal Park/Comcast would make a case he's part of the "Fantastic Four family" and thus can't be used in Orlando. Namor has been both a friend and foe of the F4 but also has been independent of them. Universal Orlando certainly hasn't been using him except in occasional pieces of art, which often goes to the argument of losing him.

Fun chart:

 

[The_Mesh_Hatter]

So great what 20th Century Fox is doing with the Fantastic Four.

 

[Matt_Black]

Now, who holds the Ka-Zar/ Savage Lands rights? Ka-Zar is most famously associated with the X-Men, though he predates them; he dates back to the Marvel/ Timely Golden Age.

 

[britain]

*Cue the Joel-Mike flamewar flashback in 5... 4...*

JOEL 4 EVAH!!!

 

[Matt_Black]

JOEL 4 EVAH!!!

Having watched the Season 11 premiere, because I'm a Kickstarter backer, I will say Jonah has potential. Anyway, Joel had the better sketches and shorts (though admittedly that might be because Mike had longer films in general), whereas the Mike era had the overall better riffing.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Having watched the Season 11 premiere, because I'm a Kickstarter backer, I will say Jonah has potential. Anyway, Joel had the better sketches and shorts (though admittedly that might be because Mike had longer films in general), whereas the Mike era had the overall better riffing.

This is a reasonable statement, although I did like some of Mike's later sketches quite a lot.

Really off topic, but... can you say anything more about the premiere?

 

[Matt_Black]

This is a reasonable statement, although I did like some of Mike's later sketches quite a lot.

Really off topic, but... can you say anything more about the premiere?

Well, without getting too spoiler-y, they set up how Jonah got into that mess without taking up too much of the time. There are some changes, aside from the voices, that some purists may not enjoy, but overall it's good. The riffing was decent, a little cluttered at times, but again, first episode. The sketches were good.

I think my main complaint is that the sets look TOO nice. They have money and are showing it off. I can't blame them, but part of the charm is that MST3K was, in Joel's words, "a cow-town puppet show".

 

[FigmentJedi]

Tomorrowland in HKDL is getting the axe for Marvel. Only Space Mountain will remain.

And they seem to be doing Hyperspace as a permanent thing

 

[rle4lunch]

Well, without getting too spoiler-y, they set up how Jonah got into that mess without taking up too much of the time. There are some changes, aside from the voices, that some purists may not enjoy, but overall it's good. The riffing was decent, a little cluttered at times, but again, first episode. The sketches were good.

I think my main complaint is that the sets look TOO nice. They have money and are showing it off. I can't blame them, but part of the charm is that MST3K was, in Joel's words, "a cow-town puppet show".

I'm a backer as well. Started the show last night and got thru the beginning right up until they went into movie sign, then we had to turn it off to take care of some things. We'll pick it up tonight to see how it goes. First impressions of the first 7 minutes of the show. Sets are good, Jonah 'so-so' (he's a little too hipster millennial for me), can't stand servo's new voice (i'll give it a chance tho), crow voice is ok (at least the guy is trying it seems).

cautiously optimistic. the rabid FB revival league members have posted about it is nearly unanimously positive, but most of them are a bit obsessed with MST3K in general, so I take their opinions with a grain of salt.