Superstar TV/Sounds Dangerous NEEDS UPDATING!

[Tigger1988]

I am 100% sure it is still available, it hasn't been put back into the vault yet. However, the vault isn't what it used to be. From what I understand, Toy Story (put into the vault about 5 years ago) will be out by the end of the year.

I personally always hated the idea of "the Disney vault".

 

[joel_maxwell]

I personally always hated the idea of "the Disney vault".

bugs the crap out of me too. they bluff about as bad as certain musical acts saying it is there "Farewell Tour" over and over.............. KISS. :lol:

they will release the movies again one day....... wouldnt be economical not to.

(gene simmons) lol

 

[slappy magoo]

It became old because Disney couldn't promote those properties anymore. Once a syndication (reruns) deal is done, its done. Having an attraction to promote a show in syndication won't make Disney any more money.

Not exactly true. If a show in syndication, owned by Disney, remains popular, than when THAT deal is done, Disney can still command, and possibly fetch, a higher price for the next syndication deal. Granted, we're probably not talking about stellar amounts of cash, but it's more than nothing.

 

[Tigger1988]

bugs the crap out of me too. they bluff about as bad as certain musical acts saying it is there "Farewell Tour" over and over.............. KISS. :lol:

they will release the movies again one day....... wouldnt be economical not to.

(gene simmons) lol

Haha, well who else remembers the many 'farewell tours' of the Main Street Electrical Parade? They even went as far as to sell the lightbulbs (I have about 6 of them) "The lights will go dim forever!"...what a joke :lol:

 

[nastee24]

I think that "Doug Live!" forever tainted the Superstar Television theatre.

 

[WDWBro]

I think that "Doug Live!" forever tainted the Superstar Television theatre.

I don't disagree.

BTW, two people have used the abbreviation for "Millionaire- Play It!" incorrectly. They've typed it WWTBAB. I didn't know they've bumped it up to give winners a billion dollars!!

(Haha, sarcasm, I LOVE IT!)

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I think that any show that spends 8 out of 12 minutes in complete darkness is a waste. Sounds dangerous, while interesting, shows how unimaginative the Pressler regime really was. Here a toast to the fact that he is gone!

 

[TurboCaroline]

What if the shows were on a Disney cable channel? isn't Full House , Boy meets World, and Whoose Line is It Anyway, syndicated on Disney?

Whose Line Is It Anyway is shown on ABC Family...I don't think the content would be appropriate for the Disney Channel. I'm not sure that Full House is on it either. The Disney Channel shows a lot of newer things like Lizzie Maguire and That's So Raven.

 

[Tigger1988]

Whose Line Is It Anyway is shown on ABC Family...I don't think the content would be appropriate for the Disney Channel. I'm not sure that Full House is on it either. The Disney Channel shows a lot of newer things like Lizzie Maguire and That's So Raven.

You are correct Full house, whos line, boy meets world....etc are on ABC family.
The Disney Channel airs mostly pointless tween shows like the ones you mentioned.

 

[OmegaKnight]

I remember SuperStar TV (I got picked once to be the skipper on Gilligan's Island and my dad got chose to be hit by a pie in the 3 Stooges scene) but I don't remember the Monster Sound show. Wha was that one like?

 

[wdwishes2005]

imho they should replace it with a Whose Line? do it attraction!

 

[thedisneyfan]

Super Star TV and Monster Sound were absolutely great and by the way they did at the time have shows still in existance like General Hospital. These two attractions really did bring that "Hollywood" movie and tv feel to the park that has been on the decline for the past couple of years because of mismanagement and poor decisions by the company.
The two above shows were unique, entertaining and amusing to all(except for one who apparently doesn't understand such concepts). Some people here forget that Disney-MGM Studios was a park based on the movies and tv and the guests ability to get the feel for that concept. WWTBAMPI, though not bad, is NOT a substitute for the superior attractions of Super Star TV and Monster Sound. By the way, Drew Carey has always sucked from the start. I can just imagine the project team pulling out their pocket change to come up with a "major attraction" that puts you in the dark most of the time with a little bit of sound. Yeah, that was brilliant!

 

[A "Ghost" Host]

Well, I think I read here somewhere that they might be adding a 3D Peter Pan attraction...

 

[dr_teeth90210]

I'm not 100% either, so I'll take your word for it.

Doing a SSTV with Disney live action movies would make sense, have the DVDs available outside.

Your name wouldn't happen to be Paul Pressler would it?

 

[Dayma]

The last time I was in Sounds Dangerous (2/05), it was horrible. The headphones were ripping apart, most did not have foam on the outside, a few pairs weren't working....I think it's time for an overhaul of this show. Drew Carey is not popular anymore.

I agree. It was this way 5 yrs ago and was horrible. It grossed me out and I didnt even want to wear them.

 

[JLW11Hi]

It became old because Disney couldn't promote those properties anymore. Once a syndication (reruns) deal is done, its done. Having an attraction to promote a show in syndication won't make Disney any more money.

A majority of the MGM theme is based on classic Hollywood and movies. Just look at the Great Movie Ride, not to mention the theming of Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard.

I guess what I'm saying is just because its old doesn't necessarily mean people don't care about it anymore. Now with the huge popularity of DVD TV show box sets, I would imagine these old shows would be even more popular than ever. And if you were to create an attaction again similar to Superstar Television, they could just as easitly incorporate classic shows with newer, more popular ones.

And lets not forget that the most popular attraction in MGM, the Tower of Terror, is based on an black and white TV show from the 1960s!

I'm not saying that they should bring back Superstar Television, (I'd rather see a completely new idea brought in) I'm just thinking that they could, and if done right, with a imaginative set up, could be a successful addition to the park.

 

[ArielBelle]

I guess what I'm saying is just because its old doesn't necessarily mean people don't care about it anymore. Now with the huge popularity of DVD TV show box sets, I would imagine these old shows would be even more popular than ever.

I completely agree---people STILL love those shows.

Let's remember this--plenty of people have said that MGM is not a place for the little tykes. Because of Nick at Nite and plenty of other syndication, I am 20 years old and also grew up watching the same shows my parents watched, and still loved them---I Love Lucy, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie....there is still a large group of people that still remembers (and loves) Lucy, Home Improvement, Three Stooges, Gilligan's Island. So I don't think that type of content would be wasted.

If you think that is aged....what fan base remembers Singin' In The Rain, Wizard Of Oz, Casablanca, Raiders of the Lost Ark?

Someone must still love those classics. And if a 20 year old can enjoy that, I am sure anyone older can too.

It makes just as much sense to me as having JoJo's Circus and Rolie Polie Olie---that's focused for a certain audience also.

 

[slappy magoo]

I remember SuperStar TV (I got picked once to be the skipper on Gilligan's Island and my dad got chose to be hit by a pie in the 3 Stooges scene) but I don't remember the Monster Sound show. Wha was that one like?

Monster Sound was a short film starring Chevy Chase as an investigator at a "haunted house" inhabited by Martin Short as a hunchback. The theater was set up with stadium-style seating, almost like a college classroom, with the elements necessary to create the short movie's sound effects on the ground floor, underneath the movie screen. The CM would explain that all the effects we heard in the movie existed on the floor. They'd run the movie three times, the first time, the audio was fully mixed. The second time, it was without any of the sound effects. A few audience volunteers would attempt to replicate all of the sound effects while the movie played. Then they'd run the movie again to see how close the volunteers got to properly synching up the effects to the film.

Of course, professional foley artists tend to get more than one crack at it, but that was part of the fun, to see how close the volunteers got. At the same time, it was a little educational to see how effects are created (though thanks to digital sound libraries, the idea of having to do so many of your own sound effects in a movie is almost quaint).

 

[wdwishes2005]

And lets not forget that the most popular attraction in MGM, the Tower of Terror, is based on an black and white TV show from the 1960s!

a very popular 1960s tv show i might add, and i dont think ToT is the most popular, i think it is RnRC. correct me if i am wrong.

 

[dandaman]

they bluff about as bad as certain musical acts saying it is there "Farewell Tour" over and over..............

*cough* Cher *cough* :lookaroun

"Just end it already!" :lol: