News Round Up 2017

[STLstone]

I like episode III overall but yeah, the ending is bad - why would he just leave him? Makes no sense - either from a character stand point or why leave just the possibility he would have been saved by Palpatine (I know the novelization tries to rationalize it by saying it was against the code of the Jedi to kill a defenseless person, but rather leave it to the will of the Force, but still).

Before he left to find him, he told Yoda he couldn't kill him (Annakin).

But... Well, I don't want to get started on the silly things in those movies because I don't know where I'll stop...

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Before he left to find him, he told Yoda he couldn't kill him (Annakin).

But... Well, I don't want to get started on the silly things in those movies because I don't know where I'll stop...

Yeah...that...

 

[jknezek]

Before he left to find him, he told Yoda he couldn't kill him (Annakin).

But... Well, I don't want to get started on the silly things in those movies because I don't know where I'll stop...

Agreed awful. Still think it's worse to basically cut him in half and leave him to suffer. At least with Maul he fell and couldn't be helped. Anyway, 3 really poor movies. I'll dig my heels in on that and stand in Helm's Deep with LOL any day, but I don't think we'd have to stand against too many people.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Agreed awful. Still think it's worse to basically cut him in half and leave him to suffer. At least with Maul he fell and couldn't be helped. Anyway, 3 really poor movies. I'll dig my heels in on that and stand in Helm's Deep with LOL any day, but I don't think we'd have to stand against too many people.

 

[Gator in Texas]

By all reports I have seen, it looks to be force air, not air conditioning.....yeah, could get a bit soupy



This comes from a guy who used to ride a motorcycle to work every day in the Texas heat and humidity. When you are moving at a decent speed and can get some relief from the solar rays, given decent airflow the temp in the cabins should feel about 15 deg cooler than outside. That should satisfy most people for a 5-10 minute ride. I'd be more concerned about controlling the airflow or temperature in the cabins during cooler times of the year. 15 deg cooler than 50 is 35. That would be a chilly ride for most everyone!

 

[DrunkJam]

Right...and you fall in the line with many of the younger fans...

But...I don't want to beat this because it's tired...there is a big dividing line in the Star Wars fandom between the hardliner fans from the pre-tech era and the following 1-1.5 generations...

The older set...and we aren't going away soon and wield the financial bat...are going to be way more apprehensive/critical of this if they don't give the 80's enough love. It's just gonna be that way...unavoidable.

The same is gonna go with the hotel if we don't see what resonates.

Totally this. Star Wars to me is Star Wars (you can add the New Hope bit if you MUST), Return of the Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back. The rest is incidental, so WDW needs to make me feel that in any starwars land, otherwise, I am not happy.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Totally this. Star Wars to me is Star Wars (you can add the New Hope bit if you MUST), Return of the Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back. The rest is incidental, so WDW needs to make me feel that in any starwars land, otherwise, I am not feeling it.

You...me...and all the old Praetorians/Swiss Guard that protect the emperor at the door...

...no puns intended.

Lucas had a chance...he had all the benefit of the doubt in the world...but he boned it.

And the revisionist history from that old crank now is "I realized that no matter what I was gonna do...people were gonna hate it"

No, George, only if you make crap for ulterior motives...if you hadn't gone off the grid starting with that "special edition" nonsense...and ruining some of the classic film sequences in both empire and Jedi...and not decided that every one of a billion or so fans "didn't understand and had it all wrong..." then you certainly could have succeeded. I mean...build a set. The best story is they got Liam Neeson's height wrong and built the sets 2 Inches short...and had to raise them...because the tops of the walls were green screen. What the hell?

Who made you rich beyond imagination, George?

...that's what I thought

 

[DizFanFamily]

Former magic.

The magic of throwing a beautiful spiral to the wrong team.

 

[1983DisneyFanatic]

News

Universal is surveying guests about Disney's Star Wars hotel... How long until we see a Potter hotel announced?

I wasn't going to do my survey, but maybe I'll take the time to do this one.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Totally this. Star Wars to me is Star Wars (you can add the New Hope bit if you MUST), Return of the Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back. The rest is incidental, so WDW needs to make me feel that in any starwars land, otherwise, I am not happy.

Well, they will have the Millennium Falcon literally there and one of the attractions is flying said Falcon so that should give you that feeling ... and I think the land in the model did *feel* like a Star Wars location. I bet there will be tons of Easter Eggs and characters from the original trilogy around/referenced as well.

 

[jknezek]

Well, they will have the Millennium Falcon literally there and one of the attractions is flying said Falcon so that should give you that feeling ... and I think the land in the model did *feel* like a Star Wars location. I bet there will be tons of Easter Eggs and characters from the original trilogy around/referenced as well.

I bloodied my head on this common sense already...

 

[Lee Matthews]

News

Universal is surveying guests about Disney's Star Wars hotel... How long until we see a Potter hotel announced?

I guess imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Well, they will have the Millennium Falcon literally there and one of the attractions is flying said Falcon so that should give you that feeling ... and I think the land in the model did *feel* like a Star Wars location. I bet there will be tons of Easter Eggs and characters from the original trilogy around/referenced as well.

Right...you will walk under a concrete model...into a queue and a hidden show building...where you board a platform on hydraulics and do some VR/video thing next to 8 other identical rigs...

And that may be good.

But what if they built a cheaper traditional launch vehicle using induction...have the "show" blast you out into space through a "mothership"...and scream your head off as you roll and dart through a "next gen" show building that has the best Star Wars mockup ever assembled?

Just a thought...

As far as references/characters...I hope. That will quell a lot of demons...

But I think disney is thinking "Rey is just as good as Luke, right? And everyone likes a bad guy...doesn't matter if it's darth or Kylo, right?"

...nope...

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I guess imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

I was thinking more "money is king"...

 

[rteetz]

News

More mobile order locations coming!

walt-disney-world-expands-mobile-order-service

 

[MissGina5]

Ima thinking...

They need a huge IP To do it through...

Extend Harry Potter into Fantastic Beasts as well and you have a section already. The real important thing is diversifying the rides.

 

[Lee Matthews]

Extend Harry Potter into Fantastic Beasts as well and you have a section already. The real important thing is diversifying the rides.

That's the clincher. If it doesn't have screens and isn't 3D Universal aren't interested lol

 

[MissGina5]

That's the clincher. If it doesn't have screens and isn't 3D Universal aren't interested lol

Exactly. I can't see them being able to push a third gate without changing up the types of rides. Even when Disney does the same types of ride, they are so immersive and detailed that you almost don't notice. This is not the case at Universal.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

News

More mobile order locations coming!

walt-disney-world-expands-mobile-order-service

Is there mobile order I can place for better food?

Some of that stuff is rough.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Exactly. I can't see them being able to push a third gate without changing up the types of rides. Even when Disney does the same types of ride, they are so immersive and detailed that you almost don't notice. This is not the case at Universal.

Like mine train and under the sea? So immersive and detailed?