News Round Up 2017

[Q-man]

I treat that as a painful, 6 year mulligan...don't know there'll be another...

And remember: JJ made a GREAT movie...not a canned reboot. I'm told that everyday here

I think he made a fun movie that did a fairly good job of paying homage to the first trilogy. While it may have tilted a bit too far into being a copy I still enjoyed it better than the prequel movies.

I am excited that Mark Hamill is pleased with where they are taking Luke's character. But, Mark is on my list for who you'd like to have dinner with as I'm fascinated by his transformation from pissed off about being stereotyped as a young actor to not only accepting but embracing being a cultural icon from the role.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I am excited that Mark Hamill is pleased with where they are taking Luke's character. But, Mark is on my list for who you'd like to have dinner with as I'm fascinated by his transformation from pissed off about being stereotyped as a young actor to accepting, and even embracing, being a culture icon from the role.

I've gotten some mixed vibes from him. Throughout the process.

Mark Hamill IS Star Wars...he was considered a poor actor at the time...but remember that the idea of the space odyssey with grit was new at the time...who else even tried? SHATNER? In retrospect, he was working without a net...

Lol...Irv Kersner never waivered that Hamill carried empire. And that made the whole thing gel. Without him there is no yoda or the deep sinister Vader...he was the whole shebang. I thought he provided all the emotion to jedi too...which is wrongfully underrated.

I hope...that this isn't another poor swan song vehicle here...please don't do that and shove more cheap talent (boyega, Ridley) down my throat...trust in the force on this one.

And then abrams says "he should win an oscar". What in the hell would abrams know about oscars?

 

[rteetz]

Rumor

Disneyland Paris will get Mission Breakout for their tower of terror. Work will begin in 2018 with it opening in 2019.

 

[Reddog1134]

Rumor

Disneyland Paris will get Mission Breakout for their tower of terror. Work will begin in 2018 with it opening in 2019.

This has me slightly worried for Orlando's version. Of course, the new GOTG ride coming to Epcot makes it less likely.

 

[Q-man]

I've gotten some mixed vibes from him. Throughout the process.

Mark Hamill IS Star Wars...he was considered a poor actor at the time...but remember that the idea of the space odyssey with grit was new at the time...who else even tried? SHATNER? In retrospect, he was working without a net...

Lol...Irv Kersner never waivered that Hamill carried empire. And that made the whole thing gel. Without him there is no yoda or the deep sinister Vader...he was the whole shebang. I thought he provided all the emotion to jedi too...which is wrongfully underrated.

I hope...that this isn't another poor swan song vehicle here...please don't do that and shove more cheap talent (boyega, Ridley) down my throat...trust in the force on this one.

And then abrams says "he should win an oscar". What in the hell would abrams know about oscars?

But was that from his acting or his boy next door qualities? Keep in mind where Hamill was as an actor in the first movie when throwing Boyega and Ridley under the bus.

 

[rteetz]

This has me slightly worried for Orlando's version. Of course, the new GOTG ride coming to Epcot makes it less likely.

I wouldn’t be worried. The Paris tower is exactly like the Anaheim version was. The Orlando version is different.

 

[rteetz]

But was that from his acting or his boy next door qualities? Keep in mind where Hamill was as an actor in the first movie when throwing Boyega and Ridley under the bus.

Can we move on or take this to a new thread please?

 

[jknezek]

Rumor

Disneyland Paris will get Mission Breakout for their tower of terror. Work will begin in 2018 with it opening in 2019.

The noose is closing. Mission Breakout on one side, a rethemed RnRC to Dr. Strange on the other, a trip through the mirror world anyone?, and one additional ride from a character they can use and all of sudden there is a Marvel land called Superhero Central in Orlando.

 

[rteetz]

The noose is closing. Mission Breakout on one side, a rethemed RnRC to Dr. Strange on the other, a trip through the mirror world anyone?, and one additional ride from a character they can use and all of sudden there is a Marvel land called Superhero Central in Orlando.

No.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

The noose is closing. Mission Breakout on one side, a rethemed RnRC to Dr. Strange on the other, a trip through the mirror world anyone?, and one additional ride from a character they can use and all of sudden there is a Marvel land called Superhero Central in Orlando.

Since when is RRC getting a re-theme?

 

[jknezek]

Since when is RRC getting a re-theme?

It's not. It was a morbid joke.

 

[amberpi]

This has me slightly worried for Orlando's version. Of course, the new GOTG ride coming to Epcot makes it less likely.

I think that absolutely insulates the original for Orlando, also, they want things a bit different on the coasts, which is awesome for those of us who enjoy both sets of parks.

 

[skier_pete]

This has me slightly worried for Orlando's version. Of course, the new GOTG ride coming to Epcot makes it less likely.

Seems hard to believe they would put TWO "new" GotG thrill rides in Orlando in separate parks. Not to say it's not possible, but it just would seem very odd to me.

 

[DISnewjersey]

It's not. It was a morbid joke.

However RnRC desperately needs a re-theme. I love Aerosmith but we need something fresh there. I would imagine it’d be pretty easy to retheme that attraction too but I guess they have an active contract with Aerosmith.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

But was that from his acting or his boy next door qualities? Keep in mind where Hamill was as an actor in the first movie when throwing Boyega and Ridley under the bus.

Well... you can't timewarp anyone back to the pre-Reagan era when empire was shot...

Like I said: kershner said Hamill made empire...and few would argue that the bridge is the meat of the trilogy...

Yoda doesn't work without him...and the puppet yoda was the best character in many ways... frank oz has praised him for 35 years for that as well.

This isn't coming from my subconscious...honestly.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I think that absolutely insulates the original for Orlando, also, they want things a bit different on the coasts, which is awesome for those of us who enjoy both sets of parks.

Disagree totally...

They do nothing but forced IP tie ins now...it's part of the "strategy" if you call it that...to use the parks to buy more product on other platforms...

Just my take. I don't think they will leave Tower...even though that is a crime on the order of imagination!

 

[lockedoutlogic]

The noose is closing. Mission Breakout on one side, a rethemed RnRC to Dr. Strange on the other, a trip through the mirror world anyone?, and one additional ride from a character they can use and all of sudden there is a Marvel land called Superhero Central in Orlando.

I agree 100%...

This could be a pathetic attempt at "marvel lite"...without any of the valuable franchises. And with hardly any investment.

That's so "un-disney" that it's hard to comprehend...

 

[umichigan10]

I agree 100%...

This could be a pathetic attempt at "marvel lite"...without any of the valuable franchises. And with hardly any investment.

That's so "un-disney" that it's hard to comprehend...

One can only wish Robert has walked off into the sunset before it gets to that point.

If tower gets changed we storm the bastille

 

[lockedoutlogic]

One can only wish Robert has walked off into the sunset before it gets to that point.

If tower gets changed we storm the bastille

Did you see? He "really promises" to quit in 2019...

Until some impassioned plea by the Wall Street hacks that run corporate.

 

[luisov]

I doubt they are turning the Orlando version into Mission Breakout. However, that doesn't mean that they won't come up with a different IP at some point. It all depends on how well the Twilight Zone is selling merchandise these days.