Nope, TDS just opened.Isn't TDS still closed? TDL reopened, but I had heard TDS hadn't yet.
I've just watched the "new" Fantasmic at TDS twice. It looks to be quite a spectacle if you're watching it in person. It's not Fantasmic though. I would have called this show "Imagination", like Fantasmic was to be originally called. As a "music" guy, the Fantasmic score is what makes Fantasmic, well, Fantasmic. This new show completely butchers the original score...in fact, the Fantasmic fanfare is used so little, I can't figure out why they used it at all. When it shows up, it's preceeded by the typcial Disney chorus, singing a rather lackluster Imagination song, then during the finale, another theme is introduced, then back to the original Fantasmic score. The original almost feels out of place. By the finale of the US versions, even first time viewers are so familiar with the Fantasmic theme, they can hum it on the way out of the park. I don't know what the Japanese are going to be humming when they leave this show, but it probably won't be the original theme. Steve Davison should be credited with a visual treat, but the score lacks cohesion. I'm curious to see who the composer is for the new material. It certainly doesn't seem like a Bruce Healy composition. A previous poster compared this new Fantasmic to WoC and I would agree because of the the style of the presentation. Without the narrative and the sweeping score of the original DL and WDW version, this is definately not Fantasmic in my book. It is really cool to look at though and I'd definately like to see it in person. Just change the name, and get rid of any musical references to the original score and it will be a great show on it's own merits.
Um, why aren't people getting the story? The story and format are almost exactly the same as the DL and WDW versions with the Mickey's dream plot and all.
...Because otherwise, it dies.
(You were too polite to say it, but I'm not)
Because its execution is a mess.
I honestly have to disagree. I think the sequences flow together fine and transition well.
Its not like WDW's version which has the overly long and pointless bubble sequence, out of place Pocahantas segment, and the part where virtually every villain in Disney history ramble on about how they're going to get Mickey and then do nothing.
Don't forget the really out of place choices for said villain montage like Cruella (who for some reason has gone from wanting to make coats out of puppies to stealing souls) and Frollo (who's working with witches and pagan gods despite wanting to burn down all of Paris over a gypsy he thought was a witch)Its not like WDW's version which has the overly long and pointless bubble sequence, out of place Pocahantas segment, and the part where virtually every villain in Disney history ramble on about how they're going to get Mickey and then do nothing.
Don't forget the really out of place choices for said villain montage like Cruella (who for some reason has gone from wanting to make coats out of puppies to stealing souls) and Frollo (who's working with witches and pagan gods despite wanting to burn down all of Paris over a gypsy he thought was a witch)
Um, why aren't people getting the story? The story and format are almost exactly the same as the DL and WDW versions with the Mickey's dream plot and all.
I honestly have to disagree. I think the sequences flow together fine and transition well.
Its not like WDW's version which has the overly long and pointless bubble sequence, out of place Pocahantas segment, and the part where virtually every villain in Disney history ramble on about how they're going to get Mickey and then do nothing.
WDW Fantasmic is actually my favorite version. But I do agree that the TDS version flows smoothly between scenes. If they dropped the clip montage at the beginning, it would be even better.I honestly have to disagree. I think the sequences flow together fine and transition well.
Its not like WDW's version which has the overly long and pointless bubble sequence, out of place Pocahantas segment, and the part where virtually every villain in Disney history ramble on about how they're going to get Mickey and then do nothing.
Keep in mind that the setting is Mickey's imagination. The lack of "main island" gives the show an ethereal quality (though you lose out on the cool choreography), and it works because this is more like "World of Color" with actors than the stateside Fantasmic show. That's why I say you can't compare TDS Fantasmic to any other version.It looks kinda cool, although I don't think I like he lack of a "main island." Mickey looks kind of silly stuck on the top of a hat in a 3x3 box!
Just watched the videos, and I wasn't all that impressed. Usually Tokyo Disney blows me away, but this just... feel short. Their dragon looks so much better than ours at Hollywood Studios, but the story was so weak. There wasn't even much of a story, in my opinion, which is one of the fun factors of the US Fantasmics that make them work instead of looking like a mashup of different movies. I did like how they projected onto the hat. Hey! Maybe maybe we could find a use for the hat at HS like this!![]()
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