News Round Up 2017

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Really the problem with DC is Superman. Once Superman shows up, game over. You've either gotta use kryptonite, which to me is tired and old, or you need to get him out of the picture.

Because seriously, either than kryptonite Superman is so overpowered he shouldn't have issues with anything.

How do you even write stories around that?

I think it is a major problem for DC.

And see for me I liked Superman (and Suicide Squad) but didn't like Batman as much (unless *gasp* the campy versions from the 90s). If you take Marvel out of the picture DC would have likely been a bit more successful. People love Superman as a character. Agreed about his limitations but his personality has prevailed for decades as far as people liking him. So it would have likely been disappointing if he had never been included in today's DC films.

On the flipside Robert Downey Jr made Iron Man IMO who knows if I would have liked his character as much had he not been the one to play it.

 

[rteetz]

News

Last Jedi D23 special event on the Disney Studios lot

https://d23.com/d23-event/a-force-filled-star-wars-evening-on-the-lot/?share_token=9940cba3c7

 

[TheMaxRebo]

What I'm surprised with is the skyliner project. It makes a complete sense to have a stop at the IG, but seems like a waste to not have it continue over to near the monorail station. Seems even move of waste if there are something beyond blue sky rumors of lodging happening on the Spaceship earth side of that park.
It really seems like that side of the park is prime real estate to develop a new cluster of resorts.

If these resort rumor prove to come to fruition in any sort of form, it seems like a no brainer to have some sort of connection to the international gateway resorts, even if only an external walking path along the spine. I suppose none of this prevents them from a stand along gondola line from IG to the front of the park. I suppose an extension could also happen, though less likely.

I think they could make worse choices for a resort than the front of Epcot. I could see a resort similar to the proposed one for DLR/DCA working for near the entrance to Epcot, which would allow for a focal point on the SSE. I also think that if you ever want to expand epcot, the north is the way to go towards the current parking lots. That could leave you space ship earth as your central park icon, as well as hub. Of course that is armchair engineering and about as likely to happen as them turning SSE into the death star full time.

This resort would have the monorail though.

Though if the Skyliner went to the front that all those hotels on the Skyliner could get to the Monorail and thus could get to MK without using buses as well

 

[rteetz]

Though if the Skyliner went to the front that all those hotels on the Skyliner could get to the Monorail and thus could get to MK without using buses as well

That would but even more strain on the already strained monorail system.

 

[MissGina5]

NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT MULAN YET?!
http://www.**************.net/2017/...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
I am so thrilled!!! She is perfect and I am more excited than ever for this LA remake. My one worry is that they will focus on her warrior side too much and not her awkward and clumsy side which is what makes her perfect to me lol.


Also, I have been hearing about this for awhile and wonder if it would impact TOT?
http://fortune.com/2017/11/04/cbs-jordan-peele-twilight-zone-all-access/

 

[TheMaxRebo]

That would but even more strain on the already strained monorail system.

true, but additional marketing (and thus support to increase prices) even more for the other resorts

Not saying it is a good idea

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT MULAN YET?!
http://www.**************.net/2017/...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
I am so thrilled!!! She is perfect and I am more excited than ever for this LA remake. My one worry is that they will focus on her warrior side too much and not her awkward and clumsy side which is what makes her perfect to me lol.

has there been and more current news on the plot and take on it? I recall at one point there were thoughts it would focus more on the romance angle and fans were kinda bummed about that

 

[MissGina5]

has there been and more current news on the plot and take on it? I recall at one point there were thoughts it would focus more on the romance angle and fans were kinda bummed about that

All I know is that her love interest is now named Chen who is her rival in training and romance blossoms when her gender is revealed. As long as he is still as beautiful as Li Shang I can deal, but this upset me a lot at first. The actual plot detials are still unknown for the most part.

 

[skier_pete]

News

Annual Passholders can get a special holiday Passholder magnet at DHS

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/passholder-program/specials/?CMP=SOC-FBPAGE20171129160000

Wait- no buttons??? (Making fun of the F&W Buttons that were so worthless I didn't even bother to get one.)

I REALLY want to comment more on Marvel v DC, but it doesn't belong here - so I will refrain. On Avengers - I will be most surprised if Steve Rogers comes out the other side of these movies alive. I am expecting a "Bucky as Cap" replacement. However, Marvel has claimed a big-time reset after Avengers 4, so it's possible some sort of time/dimension shift and basically reboot all the characters with new actors, but I really hope they don't do that. Really RDJ and Chris Evans are the most likely to leave based on salary alone.

 

[skier_pete]

has there been and more current news on the plot and take on it? I recall at one point there were thoughts it would focus more on the romance angle and fans were kinda bummed about that

I thought the big deal with Mulan is they claimed that it wouldn't contain any of the songs - and THAT was what fans were upset about.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I thought the big deal with Mulan is they claimed that it wouldn't contain any of the songs - and THAT was what fans were upset about.

that too now that you mention it .. but I recall the romance angle was at least a worry that it would be too much of the focus of the movie

 

[sachilles]

That would but even more strain on the already strained monorail system.

and this new resort wouldn't put strain on it?

I don't think that leg to epcot is really used to capacity. I think the strain is the MK loop.

It would seem to be a colossal mistake to build a resort on the front side of the park, and not give them access to Boardwalk without buying a ticket to pass through Epcot. The bus route just won't cut it.
If if it is only a path like the one from DHS to the boardwalk, and run it down the spine along the canal.

 

[Mattimation]

that too now that you mention it .. but I recall the romance angle was at least a worry that it would be too much of the focus of the movie

I think a lot of those worries stemmed from a spec-script of Mulan Disney bought that focused on Mulan's romance with a white traveler, who wound up either inspiring her to save China or actually saving China himself after Mulan became incapacitated. If I'm remembering correctly, there was a big outcry against Disney for rewriting the story to focus on a white male savior, and someone at Disney quickly came out and said something along the lines of "No, this is just a thing we have to do in Hollywood - we bought that script to make sure no one else could buy it. Our Mulan movie will not feature a white savior storyline."

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think a lot of those worries stemmed from a spec-script of Mulan Disney bought that focused on Mulan's romance with a white traveler, who wound up either inspiring her to save China or actually saving China himself after Mulan became incapacitated. If I'm remembering correctly, there was a big outcry against Disney for rewriting the story to focus on a white male savior, and someone at Disney quickly came out and said something along the lines of "No, this is just a thing we have to do in Hollywood - we bought that script to make sure no one else could buy it. Our Mulan movie will not feature a white savior storyline."

that very well may be what I was recalling - thanks

 

[saskdw]

Really the problem with DC is Superman. Once Superman shows up, game over. You've either gotta use kryptonite, which to me is tired and old, or you need to get him out of the picture.

Because seriously, either than kryptonite Superman is so overpowered he shouldn't have issues with anything.

How do you even write stories around that?

I think it is a major problem for DC.

I actually thought it was refreshing that Justice League finally showed a superhero at his full power from the comics. Most of these movies the superheroes aren't as powerful as they are in the comics. It was actually one of the best parts of Justice League Superman kicking butt.

In the comics Thor is a powerful as Superman. In a lot of Avengers comics from my childhood when Thor showed up at the end it was game over! They haven't come close to making Thor the way he should be in the movies.

 

[jknezek]

In the comics Thor is a powerful as Superman. In a lot of Avengers comics from my childhood when Thor showed up at the end it was game over! They haven't come close to making Thor the way he should be in the movies.

Ragnarok starts to explain this. But yeah, his power output seems wildly uneven within MCU. The only one in MCU that really seems to live up to his superpowers is Hulk.

 

[rteetz]

and this new resort wouldn't put strain on it?

I don't think that leg to epcot is really used to capacity. I think the strain is the MK loop.

It would seem to be a colossal mistake to build a resort on the front side of the park, and not give them access to Boardwalk without buying a ticket to pass through Epcot. The bus route just won't cut it.
If if it is only a path like the one from DHS to the boardwalk, and run it down the spine along the canal.

I just don’t see them routing the gondola system to this resort. Think of this resort as more boutique and deluxe. It will have immediate park access like resorts in Paris or Tokyo.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I don't really blame the movie universe for down grading some super heroes powers. If they are all powerful where is the struggle?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I don't really blame the movie universe for down grading some super heroes powers. If they are all powerful where is the struggle?

well, it all becomes more emotional and intellectual ... for Superman and Thor it is being an Alien that can save a foreign planet but then not always welcomed as a savior - how do you react to that? Stuff like that

 

[Phicinfan]

Though if the Skyliner went to the front that all those hotels on the Skyliner could get to the Monorail and thus could get to MK without using buses as well

I thought the skyliner was going to the international gate, not going to the front. I don't see them extending it for that.