MoonRakerSCM
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Only thing I'd say is that humor in the scene with Brer Bear is that he has been tied up in a humorous manner. Zootopia makes it quite clear that the scene is about the animals exposing their privates.
Br'er Bear sticking his gyat is a running gag throughout Splash Mountain.Only thing I'd say is that humor in the scene with Brer Bear is that he has been tied up in a humorous manner. Zootopia makes it quite clear that the scene is about the animals exposing their privates.
I’m indifferent I guess but I find it interesting that the same company that put Jessica Rabbit in a trench coat created this scene.
No it’s like the waterfall scene at MMRR. Which is disappointing but FWIW the waterfall scene is one of my favorite parts of MMRR.
I’m indifferent I guess but I find it interesting that the same company that put Jessica Rabbit in a trench coat created this scene.
That is indeed disappointing. For a second there I thought Disney just nonchalantly threw an extraordinarily impressive moment into the middle of this family attraction.
That said, the M&MRR waterfall scene is fun and a highlight for me too.
I’m still offended by this.
But the worst part is that it’s just a reminder of everything I hate about modern Disney.
100%. It’s also the rare move by modern Disney that is intended to score points with progressive Twitter lunatics but is so boneheaded it swings all the way back around to being conservative/pearl-clutching/reactionary. I suspect no one is enthusiastic about the trench coat (maybe some parents of young children?
Lol exactly! This is why what @Consumer said the other day makes so much sense. It was 100% about not appearing to be misogynistic. Nothing to do with her being too sexualized for children.
Modern day feminists don’t want to be told to cover up. These aren’t your grandpas feminists.
Did Disney pretend the trench coat was about Jessica being too sexualized for children? I just assumed the DEI team rode Car Toon Spin (without having seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit), saw Jessica and misjudged the character/film as outdated/misogynistic.
Exactly. Especially in SoCal, this attitude is culturally out of step.
I would say that all the Harry Potter rides, Mario Kart, everything at Seuss Landing, and, heck even Velocicoaster and Villain Con have more soul, for me, than any non-treehouse attraction Disney’s created for the U.S. parks in a long, long, long time.It looks like a Universal Studios ride but with an inflated budget. Shiny but with nothing underneath. There is no soul here.
It reminds me of the Madagascar ride in Singapore. Disney store figures with some screens in the background. Very cheap. Even the Hotel Transylvania ride was trackless.I would say that all the Harry Potter rides, Mario Kart, everything at Seuss Landing, and, heck even Velocicoaster and Villain Con have more soul, for me, than any non-treehouse attraction Disney’s created for the U.S. parks in a long, long, long time.
I will say I’m very disappointed the new Zootopia ride has so much in common with Runaway Railway, which pretty much defines shiny-with-no-soul for me (DL queue excepted).
No they never said anything to insinuate that. For whatever reason I think that was my perception when they announced the change from what I remember. Not sure why. Because when you think about modern Disney and the fact that she was tied up in the trunk during that scene it makes sense that it would be more about misogyny than anything else. So in typical Disney fashion they had to over do it. Instead of just taking her out of the trunk, they had to take her out of the trunk and make her a Private Eye. She’s not the victim anymore. She’s the hero. Ironically she was a hero in the movie is well, dress and all… and thats something modern feminists would approve. I think it’s all coming back to me now. I think I did realize it was about misogyny at the time but just forgot over the last couple years or so as it wasn’t really something that was talked about very long or often. I forgot about the details of her being tied up in the trunk. Anyway, they had to overdo it of course. Same thing they did with Redd in POTC. Same crap they re doing with their movies.
I completely agree; a well-intended but misguided desire to place women in the foreground of as many stories as possible (even a low-key 1994 dark ride based on a 1988 film starring Bob Hoskins) while liberating said characters from any shortcomings or vulnerability or humanity resulted in... a clunky trench coat being thrown on an already empowered female character and an embarrassingly half-hearted reworking of the "plot" to involve Jessica's detective business side hustle (?).
Something tells me young girls are not leaving Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin 2.0 inspired to shatter the glass ceiling.
Huh. Found out on friday evening from the big boss, bought a ticket, and just arrived this morning... going to be doing some geology on Maui for a couple of weeks.
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