The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Season 7: Fantasmic Journeys [CONCLUDED!]

TheOriginalTiki

TheOriginalTiki

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*Sees Scott Pilgrim as the subject for two of the three projects*
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James G.

James G.

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Team Space

Guest Review by James G.

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I’m recovering from my second Covid-19 vaccination, so I’m not going too deep into details. I don’t have to. The change I’ve seen in Team Space since I started following their presentations is as impressive as the change from a new moon to a full moon. Team Space has evolved from a fractured, rather contentious and disorganized group into an incredibly cohesive, supportive and talented machine that works together smoothly, plans and executes those plans efficiently and professionally, and presents top-rate work that not only meets but exceeds the requirements and expectations they are presented with.

I’ve been doing theatre since my fourth-grade Christmas pageant (I was the big fir tree) and have designed, performed and directed musicals with cast sizes ranging from ten to ninety. Most Broadway musicals take about seven years to create, from the first concept to opening night. Team Space did it in, I believe, seven days (or less- sorry, the vaccine is making me a bit fuzzy today). A few stanzas ago, they’d still be throwing out ideas for what to do. Now, they decided early, organized early, changed PMs early, and while there was the usual last-minute “Wait! We forgot something!” moments that happen to every team every time, they didn’t let it bother them- they just identified it, fixed it and presented it.

Integrating original music and well-known tunes remastered for this new musical was an excellent choice. You took advantage of the tremendous talents of your team, and spread the assignments out well. Using the Playbill concept was the perfect choice for a musical presentation, especially one as traditional as The Trial of Terror. It might have been tempting to try to create a brand-new style of musical, to show your creativity, but sometimes staying with a traditional format is the best choice, especially in a theme park musical. Most of your audience wouldn’t want a Steven Sondheim-style-let’s-rethink-what-a musical-is kind of show that would try to force them to have to think about the deeper socio-economic themes that would drive a seemingly benevolent, potentially sympathetic human such as Van Helsing to sacrifice his own inner moral compass for…see? I already lost you. This is being presented in a theme park, and I feel that your show was both intelligent, entertaining, and most important considering your audience- accessible. Your choice of varied scenes and the theatrical method in which you brought them to the physical stage was completely doable as a live stage production.

The technical presentation was absolutely first-rate. If there are any typos or grammar errors, I didn’t find them. The visual presentation was professionally done, interesting to read and detailed enough to show that you did know what you were doing, and you added some nice touches to the Playbill that would make it interesting to read while waiting for the show to start, or on your way home after a long day in the park. I especially thought that the bad puns in the good reviews of the show were a nice touch, giving a show that could have leaned too dark and serious a much lighter, slightly more whimsical touch.

Team Space- you just keep getting better!
 
Evilgidgit

Evilgidgit

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TEAM TIME -- SCOTT PILGRIM'S PRECIOUS LITTLE CONCERT
  • Scott Pilgrim was a great choice, particularly in making it a concert.
  • The magazine format looks very nice and realistic, though it is a pain in the neck having to zoom in and out on every page!
  • Creating a little Toronto suburb for the new attraction is a great idea. The dining/retail are nice touches.
  • The interview format fits in nicely with the presentation.
  • Page 14-15 are a bit messy. Although the question asks for a description of the attraction's storyline for those unfamiliar with the movie, there isn't really an introduction to just what Scott Pilgrim is, failing to set up the attraction's origins (the film/comics).
  • The show outline is decent and manages to conceive an idea of what is going on, though lacks the aforementioned need for a set up to identify who the characters are. The concept of Scott fighting the Seven Evil Exes isn't actually mentioned.
  • The concept art is great, even if I don't like the concept of the black box tech (Chapek!)
  • The very hipster-esque merchandise just fits perfectly with the overall concept. I love it!
  • Pirates are in this year!
  • Overall, this is a fantastic concept and an attraction I'd love to visit. Aside from some fixable issues with the magazine format (which looks visually incredible btw), the execution is really good.
 
DashHaber

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Evilgidgit said:
  • Page 14-15 are a bit messy. Although the question asks for a description of the attraction's storyline for those unfamiliar with the movie, there isn't really an introduction to just what Scott Pilgrim is, failing to set up the attraction's origins (the film/comics).
  • The show outline is decent and manages to conceive an idea of what is going on, though lacks the aforementioned need for a set up to identify who the characters are. The concept of Scott fighting the Seven Evil Exes isn't actually mentioned.
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...Huh. We must have missed that when we were proofreading the magazine, because I definitely had written an intro which gives some basic info about the IP.

Still, thanks for the review.
 
ThemeParkPriest

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Tegan pilots a chicken said:
@MickeyWaffleCo. Elsa’s Song is amazing!!!
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And catchy! I am glad that I have that song stuck in my head during prayer time (rather than my chorus lyrics for "Up Where We Belong"). 🤣
James G. said:
there was the usual last-minute “Wait! We forgot something!” moments
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Thanks for journeying with us and reviewing our project! I will blame those moments on me getting my 2nd dose of the vaccine. ;)
Shannoninthemagic said:
Did two of us seriously do the same ip?
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I guess I will be learning a lot about what Scott Pilgrim is! :)
 
tcool123

tcool123

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Welcome all back to the second stanza of @goofyyukyuk and I's run on of the competition! This week we were so close to having all three teams submitting a Scott Pilgrim musical, but then Team Space never really got the memo that we only use the same movies for our stanzas all the time ;)

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Scott Pilgrim vs the Universe

I'm not going to lie I was kinda shocked to see so many people love Scott Pilgrim considering it had underperformed at the box office, but it's understandable given how fun the movie is at times with its video game aspects. I actually watched Scott Pilgrim vs the World for the first time this stanza given so many teams were talking about doing it!

Presentation
I love the playbill presentation I think it was really clever, and in stanza where everybody had unique presentation styles this helps the project stick out. With other teams I had the issue of it being hard to read at times, but this team found the perfect balance between presentation and looks. I absolutely adore the fact that every single song has a piece of original music, and it really was a group effort with @Pi on my Cake @Tegan pilots a chicken and @Homemade Imagineering all creating pieces of music for the show. However throughout the project there a few typos and grammatical errors.

Show
Right off the bat I think given the time frame a retelling of Scott Pilgrim versus a whole new show is a smarter move due to the fact Scott Pilgrim had yet to become the huge cult classic it is today (I literally saw somebody wearing a shirt of the film yesterday!). With that said I do think there were a couple of issues with the story. The team mentioned Scott's 1UP, but he never actually earned it in the show it just sort of happens. I do think the summarized version of the show was a smart play as it gives just the right amount of information for everything that happens without going overboard, looks like this team really learned from their time in Dubai ;)

Miscellaneous
I really enjoy what you've done to the theater you stepped away from the generic looking soundstages, and gave it its own unique design that allows it stick out from the area. However I do wish that your gift shop was an actual shop. I understand going for the full Broadway/garage band fantasy, but at the same time this is a theme park. I think an actual gift shop which would have a larger capacity than a few tables would have been a better play in this scenario given the amount of crowds leaving the theater at once. This is not to diminish the idea of the punk band table set up, but I do wish that this theme was carried into a larger location. I do question the handing out of free playbills at every show given this is a theme park show which translates to typically five shows every day so practically it would cost Universal a lot of money, but it would've been a neat opening day celebration and a cool merch option! Also TRASH CANS!!!

Overall
This project played it pretty safe all things considered, and there is nothing wrong with safe as this was a realistic version of the show. However small things like plot consistency errors and the gift tables may make this a challenging boss fight against the other teams for first place this week.

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Trial of Terror

Team Space you have kept that team momentum going this stanza as I think this is once again another strong showing for you all. I know at one point Scott Pilgrim vs the World was considered here, but I'm so glad y'all went with the Monsters theme as it allows you project to stick out from the pack. However does it stick out for the right reasons ;)

Presentation
Once again another playbill presentation which is really fun, and allows for the team to stick out better had y'all just gone with a regular forum post or slides presentation this week. With that said I found it hard to read sometimes as the font appeared too small in some places or just really squished together which led for it to be hard to read. I do enjoy the abundance of photos and some really greats ads as it adds to the playbill. A clever part within your project were the reviews from other monsters as it provided some great and funny little commentary and Easter eggs to other monsters.

Show
I do think Monsters is a great way to celebrate the studio's 100th anniversary, but this is also a major issue with the show. This is the third monster based show in the park, and they all are within eyesight from one another. It wouldn't be as bad now with Horror Makeup not being the most major monster based show, but Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue is a musical involving all the monsters singing along to songs. Now with that said I actually love the concept of a monster musical being a jury with the whole Van Helsing angle, and I think it's actually really clever.

This team really thought out the whole theater process, and I love the attention of detail on how everything works on stage. Every detail was fleshed out from how the quick changes would work to the fact that the jury moves and are puppets. The jury itself is full of classic Universal monsters but also Jason and a non descript alien? I know that during the brainstorming Jason was chosen to be a modern inclusion, but I feel like he sticks out given he isn't an actual Universal monster in branding. Where some more modern monsters like the Thing from the Thing. However inclusions like the Mole People and Killer Mantis bring a smile to my face as they are wackier monsters from the lineup that add to the overall feel of the show.

The original music for the show is really fitting for the hidden beauty of the monsters while stay maintaining this sort of legality feel to them as the show progresses. The fact that not only did the team write original music but also original lyrics and the script as well blows me away as it takes time to get right. I think was a great way of presenting the show as it really gives personalities to these characters. The team effectively made the Frankestien monsters in living people with feelings and thoughts not just senseless destroying machines.

While the Frankensteins were done really well sometimes the script was a bit wonky. At times parts of the script were repeated again in the playbill which led to a little bit of confusion, and the Wolfman's mention of a cop car appearing threw me off guard as I thought that these were flashbacks to the past from long ago prior to cars. I will also say that the show is a bit off balanced with three songs all grouped together with the Frankensteins yet none for the Wolfman and Dracula. You even included what their range was at the beginning, but never actually utilized that info. Now this isn't saying you had to write whole new songs and lyrics, but even just the mention that they would sing a song or the spreading out of the Frankensteins so the show would be more balanced musically. This also isn't to discredit the songs that did make it into the show as I loved every last one of them. I also enjoyed that little wink at the end to the Monsters Café which helps tie the two together.

Miscellanous
I really enjoyed the map that was made for the theater, and stage designs that help show how everything would work. I think the exterior of the theater would help the theater stick out from the rest of the park while still tieing into the theme of the monsters given the Phantom of the Opera connection. I wanted to say I loved the simplistic artwork on the front of the playbill as well it really stuck out to me this stanza.

Overall
This was another really strong project from Team Space, and an improvement from last week's. However the other monster shows and a majority of the songs being clumped together may hold the team back from the win.

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Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Concert

Scott Pilgrim what a great and unique property that is under utilized in Imagineering, and never really done before! All joking aside my thoughts of Scott Pilgrim remain the same from Team Reality's review with the fact that so many were interested in doing it for this challenge! Of course the same IP doesn't mean much if they are handled in different ways which is what your team did!

Presentation
An Attractions Magazine was actually a really neat concept for Imagineering, and I don't think I've actually ever seen it been done before here on the forums. This helps the project stick out, and allows for a very small and clever hidden easter egg to Budweiser Zero ;). With that said I had trouble with the size of the font at times, and my computer would start to freak out whenever I tried to zoom in with my attempt to read the project itself. This isn't meant to discredit the creativity and work put into the presentation as you can just tell that a lot hard work and passion went in to get this all looking just right so kudos to that. I also think the question and answer reporting style of presentation works really well for the overall project, and acts as a refreshing way to read projects, but at the same time a lot of information was repeated word for word in some parts of the project.

Show
I do have concern over the standing room only for a theme park musical show as even in films like Canada Far and Wide and Reflections of China guests have access to lean on bars for some form of rest. However the setup works really well for what is provided in the theater with the dueling stages which is a unique take for a theme park show. I do wish it was made more clear of what the universe of Scott Pilgrim at some point in the show to get guests caught up with this film. With that said I do think the world of Scott Pilgrim was greatly encapsulated with the project with the energetic video game mixed reality coming to life in this show which acts as an adjacent separate form of media from the film itself. Much like the other Scott Pilgrim show the show's description was kept simple yet easily readable and navigable.

Miscellaneous

I really loved the placemaking that was done with the area to tie it into Toronto and blend with the New York area that not only is it next to, but actually surrounds it! For the people who haven't been to Universal Orlando while New York is a land Battery Park and Central Park extend into Production Central, Hollywood and KidZone to surround the lagoon for the Universal night show now a days. Not only did your team design a new subarea tied to Toronto, but it's perfectly tied into the Scott Pilgrimverse of Toronto!

I really enjoyed the gift shop and its interactive aspect. I think the theming level is just right, and I really enjoy all the merchandise your team came up with for the project. There was no shortage of merchandise, and your team just covered every base from pins to drinkware to tees and sweatshirts you got it all!

Overall
This is a really great approach on how to bring a film into the park allowing it to be a supplementary piece of material to the film. However will the lack of an explanation for guests on what Scott Pilgrim is, and greater focus put on other aspects away from the show keep the win away from Team Time? Find out later today!
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I hate all of you because once again all of these projects were amazing! Once again we had no duds, and the level of detail that everyone put into each project is amazing! We saw whole new songs and music written and created for this challenge along with very unique presentation styles that allow for these projects to stand out from other projects from this season. Pat yourselves on the back because you guys did great!
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tcool123

tcool123

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Honey Bee said:
Feel Free To Take Your Time. But Uh Are The Results Coming Then Or Earlier?
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@goofyyukyuk and I are discussing the results as I type here. I await to hear his take on my take as we have different takes for every team's take so this may take a while, but we hope we don't take too long as we want the competition to keep to that noon stanza format that it has taken up as the season has gone along :)

Tegan pilots a chicken said:
So we still had more than Space and Time combined

Tiara. Pass it.
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You guys did win the crown again sorry about the lack of a tally this week 😅
 
tcool123

tcool123

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STANZA X RESULTS

Much like last stanza @goofyyukyuk has been busy real life things, but nevertheless we still had time to discuss the results for this stanza. Expect his reviews to still come out at some point and time much like last stanza.

The results were very hard to come to and led to a heated back and forth between @goofyyukyuk and I, and no matter the results we decided on all the projects were great this stanza. Somehow you guys had even stronger projects this week than last week if you can even believe it! I hate to be the guy who's in charge of results....oh wait 😅

Regardless of your team's placing pat yourselves all on the back as you all did amazing this stanza! I can't wait to read what comes next as y'all have done amazing!

Team Time
This was a strong concept, but this stanza everybody came out with really strong concepts. The elements of a winning proposal were all there, but the reason for the third place placing is that the show had the least amount of detail out of the three aspects given. The subarea and facades had amazing detail and the gift shop had great detail and went in depth, but the show itself felt tagged onto these other two really strong aspects. Another issue was the lack of a proper introduction for the guests into what the world of Scott Pilgrim entails and how did all the characters get here.

Team Reality
While the IP was a bit more unorthodox y'all made sure to make it so that anyone could have 0 knowledge of Scott Pilgrim and still enjoy the show. In addition I want to congratulate you all for your hard work as every single song was created, and was unique. So big kudos there to everybody involved with the music! Now the reason for the second placing was the safer approach to the material when compared to the other projects from this week. That's not to say that it was a bad approach, but just that this stanza was just hard given the amount of creativity that every team provided in their own unique ways.

Team Space
True while there are other monster shows in the park the concept for the show is truly a unique one. The human takes on the monsters bring these old characters to life with some thought out music that ties together original music and modified covers to aid in conveying the story of the show. Throw in the various small touches throughout the show, and is what helped carry the team to victory this challenge.
 
tcool123

tcool123

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Stanza XI
At the Trial of Terror...

"I blame the Budweiser Zero" says @Sharon&Susan as they lament about similarities between group projects. "HULK HAPPY FOR TWIN!" excitingly yells @D Hulk . "No matter the projects we all had fun along the way" chimes in @spacemt354 . "Team Space wins in terms of least amount of duplicated projects" says @TheSquirrel shadily with a smirk. "Team Reality wins with the most messages" yells out @Miru . "We've had the most balanced projects so far" says @montydysquith-navarro with confidence. As all the teams descend into bickering about how they are better the world rumbles and shakes as an explosion blows up Jaws the Ride.

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"Dang it! I didn't even get to ride Jaws in this timeline!" laments @Imagineer Brandon . From within the Trial of Terror appears Mark Woodbury, president of Universal Creative. "For a bunch of Disney imagineers you've been doing swell! Attendance is through the roof with all of these great additions! It just so happens we have a whole new area perfect for a land, and y'all are just the people to design it! Now get on it, and remember you're making this 100th Anniversary Celebration a great one!"

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With that the teams sprint to the former site of the Jaws attractions as they let their imagination flow.​
 
Tegan pilots a chicken

Tegan pilots a chicken

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tcool123 said:
Stanza XI
At the Trial of Terror...

"I blame the Budweiser Zero" says @Sharon&Susan as they lament about similarities between group projects. "HULK HAPPY FOR TWIN!" excitingly yells @D Hulk . "No matter the projects we all had fun along the way" chimes in @spacemt354 . "Team Space wins in terms of least amount of duplicated projects" says @TheSquirrel shadily with a smirk. "Team Reality wins with the most messages" yells out @Miru . "We've had the most balanced projects so far" says @montydysquith-navarro with confidence. As all the teams descend into bickering about how they are better the world rumbles and shakes as an explosion blows up Jaws the Ride.

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"Dang it! I didn't even get to ride Jaws in this timeline!" laments @Imagineer Brandon . From within the Trial of Terror appears Mark Woodbury, president of Universal Creative. "For a bunch of Disney imagineers you've been doing swell! Attendance is through the roof with all of these great additions! It just so happens we have a whole new area perfect for a land, and y'all are just the people to design it! Now get on it, and remember you're making this 100th Anniversary Celebration a great one!"

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With that the teams sprint to the former site of the Jaws attractions as they let their imagination flow.​
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I love how things just explode in this timeline 😂😂😂😂

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I STILL MISS MY GRANOLA BARS!!! 😭😭😭
 

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