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Team Prospero Brainstorming Thread - Project Ten: The Great Literature Ride
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NigelChanning
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@mickeyfan5534 put an “angry” icon on my post about what’s going to be in the Fantasy section and boy, am I trying out why lol
goofyyukyuk
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As soon as I decide, I’ll post it haha!
DashHaber
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While we wait for the other folks to mention their picks, here's the list of what we have so far for the major sections of the ride itself (and with whom is assigned to them):
- Mythology - @goofyyukyukyuk17
- Fantasy - @NigelChanning09 - The Hobbit/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Science Fiction - @JokersWild (The Time Machine or War of the Worlds, TBD)/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep/Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (small vignette)
- Horror - @JokersWild (potentially, depending on whether or not @montydysquith-navarro was also interested in taking that section) (plan from @JokersWild for this: Frankenstein/The Call of Cthulhu/Pet Sematary)
- Adventure - @Sharon&Susan - One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
- Romance - @Outbound - Pride and Prejudice
- Historical Epic - @AceAstro - Les Miserables/Romance of the Three Kingdoms
- Finale - @montydysquith-navarro
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goofyyukyuk
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Just making sure, there’s not a beginning scene? I’m hoping the mythology scene is the opener without anything else, but I wanted to make sure before I started working too much on it
JokersWild
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When I initially pitched it, I thought that mythology could be the opening scene, starting with spoken stories before transitioning into more concrete worlds of ancient literature, but I don’t think that’s anything that was actively discussed outside of my initial post.
DashHaber
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At least how I'm picturing it, the queue will set up and present much of the stuff with the Chronicler and his mystic library. I was thinking the queue would start like a more normal (if elaborate) library, but gradually shift towards more of a gateway point between worlds with images of famous characters and iconic objects kept around. If there was anything prior to the Mythology section, it'd be just a small thing to firmly establish that we are now in the world of literature. I feel like we wouldn't need an entire beginning scene if the queue properly sets guests up.
goofyyukyuk
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Sounds good to me!
JokersWild
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My plan for science fiction is to use The Time Machine or War of the Worlds as well as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Small Jekyll and Hyde vignette transitions into horror.
For horror my plan was to use Frankenstein, Call of Cthulhu, and Pet Semetary. I’ll let you all know if anything changes, but the authors will stay the same either way.
For horror my plan was to use Frankenstein, Call of Cthulhu, and Pet Semetary. I’ll let you all know if anything changes, but the authors will stay the same either way.
DashHaber
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Sounds good.
Also, if you do work on the Horror section, I'd definitely recommend avoiding any graphic imagery and focus more on the atmosphere to deliver the chills.
JokersWild
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That’s what I’m intending. Pet Semetary will be the most graphic, but nothing worse than The Mummy.
Outbound
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Probably thinks it’s too Western...
To be fair: aside from Myths and Romance of the Three Kingdoms this is ALL Europe/North America. Mickey’s probably upset by this. But at the same time, modern audiences are more likely to be drawn towards those types of IPs... it’s a tough call
DashHaber
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Part of it might be that he also mentioned on the podcast really wanting to see Discworld represented. Also, One Thousand and One Arabian Nights actually did collect stories from across Asia and North Africa, so there's some international representation there.
Honestly, that is part of the big challenge with designing a single ride based around a topic as broad as "literature". It's almost an inevitability that we will miss some great works that could have been represented, or that people will have works they wished could have been presented with scenes.
NigelChanning
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It very much is. I chose two books that I’m familiar with because I really want to give this project my all and I think that’s easier to do if you’re comfortable and passionate about the source material. Hopefully that doesn’t bring the project down.
JokersWild
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I mean, honestly, there’s only so much we can do when we’re not very versed in Asian/ African/ South American literature. I think that we have pretty fair representation with what we’re working with. The only other place that I can see non-western literature fitting is mythology, or maybe we could put in a weird poetry scene (which I actually think could be super duper interesting,) but I also don’t think that we should force ourselves to change what each person wants to work on just to give more representation.
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Outbound
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This 1000%. The Great Movie Ride was a broad topic but this is mind-boggling big... that's a good thing though!
No, it won't bring the project down. I think you made the right choice. Passion is much more important than a judge's preference.
Sharon&Susan
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We've also got a good variety of literature from different eras dating back to the 14th century (and with mythology it'll probably be even further back!) Which IMO is more interesting to me than making it an It's A Small World for books.