News Round Up 2017

[Sweettears]

Yes as in the movie the ground lights up.

Looked impressive to me.

 

[dclpluto]

Yeah - it was probably 80-90% negative on the boards when this was announced, with a few of us saying "Just because the movie wasn't great doesn't mean the land won't be."

Even though I was one of the positive ones back then, I still suggest temporing expectations. Things look good now, but let's see what the actual qualitiy of the product is.

The movie wasn't great? It's the second highest grossing movie of all time adjusted for inflation. Some people say things that make no sense

 

[Sweettears]

Not to put words in skiers mouth but I believe that he was referring to the negative reaction on the DIS when they made the announcement of a new land based on Avatar. It wasn't a reference to the movie itself.

 

[rteetz]

The movie wasn't great? It's the second highest grossing movie of all time adjusted for inflation. Some people say things that make no sense

Yes but it did incredibly well overseas. It was a good movie but many didn't feel compelled to get crazy about it like other movies such as Star Wars or something else. My point is people aren't Avatar Cosplaying.

 

[skier_pete]

The movie wasn't great? It's the second highest grossing movie of all time adjusted for inflation. Some people say things that make no sense

The movie was financially successful, but that doesn't make it great. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a hater, the movie was just fine, but being the biggest movie of all-time doesn't mean much. When they announced it on here, I'm saying 80% of people went out of their way to say "I hated Avatar, this land is going to suck" and I (and a few others) said "Just because you don't like a movie doesn't mean the ride / land is not going to be any good." I frequently used "South of The South" and "Splash Mountain". Beyond being consider racist by today's standards - Song of the South really isn't all that good. However, they took part of the story of the movie and several of the songs and turned it into one of the best Disney rides. Meanwhile, Stitch is a great movie and they converted it to an awful ride. (OK, it was a repurposed ride with Stitch squeezed it.)

However, as far as movies being big money-makers and being "great" being the same thing - I submit to you the Transformer movies are super blockbusters, and they are piles of doo-doo. (Batman v Superman is another example of a movie that made tons of money and the (8th highest grossing movie last year) and generally considered to be somewhere betweent mediocre and downright awful.

 

[jade1]

When they announced it on here, I'm saying 80% of people went out of their way to say "I hated Avatar, this land is going to suck" and I (and a few others) said "Just because you don't like a movie doesn't mean the ride / land is not going to be any good."

I've always been on record that it was a great idea. Just because the color at night (and indoors) opportunity would/could be an amazing environment. Looks they may have succeeded in that-will see if that was correct.

 

[Sweettears]

I've always been on record that it was a great idea. Just because the color at night (and indoors) opportunity would/could be an amazing environment. Looks they may have succeeded in that-will see if that was correct.

I've never seen the movie (gasp) however given the material I was always optimistic that this would turn out to be something immersive and different. As contrasted to a Frozen overlay or such. As a PP pointed out earlier with the addition of Pandora AK has some of the most unique attractions of all the WDW parks.

 

[luisov]

I'm not sure I agree with your take on classics. Snow White, Peter Pan and Pinocchio are classics in the truest sense. Just showing my age I guess.

Well... It's been... what? 25 years since the movie was originally released? Any pre 2000's hit is valid to me. Hey, Disney uses the term for Tangled or Frozen for marketing purposes, and that's like 4 years ago.

 

[rteetz]

News

Small brush fire near Germany in Epcot today due to fireworks.

https://twitter.com/jeffkrause1/status/840397569310228481

 

[Sweettears]

Well... It's been... what? 25 years since the movie was originally released? Any pre 2000's hit is valid to me. Hey, Disney uses the term for Tangled or Frozen for marketing purposes, and that's like 4 years ago.

I don't disagree. The comment made was "at least they are recognizing the classics". To the contrary they are removing what I consider classics and replacing them with relatively more recent characters

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

The movie wasn't great? It's the second highest grossing movie of all time adjusted for inflation. Some people say things that make no sense

The movie was financially successful, but that doesn't make it great. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a hater, the movie was just fine, but being the biggest movie of all-time doesn't mean much. When they announced it on here, I'm saying 80% of people went out of their way to say "I hated Avatar, this land is going to suck" and I (and a few others) said "Just because you don't like a movie doesn't mean the ride / land is not going to be any good." I frequently used "South of The South" and "Splash Mountain". Beyond being consider racist by today's standards - Song of the South really isn't all that good. However, they took part of the story of the movie and several of the songs and turned it into one of the best Disney rides. Meanwhile, Stitch is a great movie and they converted it to an awful ride. (OK, it was a repurposed ride with Stitch squeezed it.)

However, as far as movies being big money-makers and being "great" being the same thing - I submit to you the Transformer movies are super blockbusters, and they are piles of doo-doo. (Batman v Superman is another example of a movie that made tons of money and the (8th highest grossing movie last year) and generally considered to be somewhere betweent mediocre and downright awful.

I think the main reason it made that much was because of 3d. It was one of the first movies in the recent 3d craze and it was actually filmed in 3d, which meant the 3d effects were amazing.

It's still one of the best 3d movies, as the effect goes.

So Avatar got to charge the heightened 3d movie price (which really does make a huge difference) and it was at the very beginning of the 3d craze. Which made it a novelty at the time.

 

[jade1]

which meant the 3d effects were amazing.

Yep, and not necessarily just "effects" but the amazing lighting and coloring which translated to a huge opportunity for a themed land.

 

[thepops]

Will do! The Star Wars update to the Oceaneer Club looks cool, unfortunately I'm just a few years over the age criteria to enter.

You should be able to tour it when you first get on the ship (or early sometime that day). They open them up to everyone to look around before they close them down for kids only.

 

[BigRed98]

The movie wasn't great? It's the second highest grossing movie of all time adjusted for inflation. Some people say things that make no sense

I just watched the movie earlier today and thought it was really good. Is it the best movie I ever saw? No. Is it worth the watch and would I recommend it? Yes. Now that I watched the movie I think I'm going to appreciate and really understand the land better.

 

[Sweettears]

I just watched the movie earlier today and thought it was really good. Is it the best movie I ever saw? No. Is it worth the watch and would I recommend it? Yes. Now that I watched the movie I think I'm going to appreciate and really understand the land better.

Well as others have pointed out the movie was in 3D which added to the experience. Creating this real life attraction in 3D is pretty incredible in my mind if they pull it off.

 

[luisov]

Going back a few posts, financial success does not equate quality. Otherwise, they wouldn't be making more Transformers, Fast and Furious, Ice Age or 50 Shades films (sorry fans). Don't get me wrong. Avatar was a great film... It was just over-credited for having groundbreaking storytelling, which it didn't. It still has other positive aspects such as its production design or its use of state of the art technologies for film making.

We go back to the Splash Mountain argument. Barely anyone has seen Song of the South, yet the attraction has always been a fan favorite. It's good Imagineering what most of us should be worried about when we first go to Pandora, not whether the film was good or not.

 

[skier_pete]

I think the most exciting thing about Pandora is we've been talking about it FOREVER (6 years?) and the fact that people can finally experience it is fantastic.

 

[mikepizzo]

News

Leaked image of Disneyland's Star Wars Land

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Why do these leaks always look like the picture was taken with a potato? I can't think of a single recent smartphone that would take this picture so poorly, unless the person was walking around with an LG VX9800.

Maybe the person was 200 ft away running from Disney security?

Can anyone make anything out of it?

 

[rteetz]

Why do these leaks always look like the picture was taken with a potato? I can't think of a single recent smartphone that would take this picture so poorly, unless the person was walking around with an LG VX9800.

Maybe the person was 200 ft away running from Disney security?

Can anyone make anything out of it?

Well I believe the case here was it was posted inside the construction walls and someone could see it through a hole. That's why the picture isn't great. You can make out the two ride show buildings and new train track. The map is actually similar to the one micechat has been putting out but Martin Smith says there are some difference between the two.

 

[rteetz]