News Round Up 2018

[rteetz]

I'm going tomorrow and it looks like my showing will be rather sparsely attended as well. I too read the novels and am looking forward to the movie. I almost never agree with the "critics" anyway, so I'm pretty sure I'll be satisfied.

Most critics enjoyed Solo or at least said it was a good film. I don't think many if anyone has said its their favorite Star Wars film.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

So we went to see "Solo" in a near empty theater today. (Not expecting to this movie recover at the B.O.) Enjoyed it quite a bit. It wasn't amazing but a solid entertaining movie.

It made me think, why are Star Wars fans turning so far against this franchise? I heard a lot of the movie was "unnecessary" but can't you say that about any movie/sequel/prequel. I remember reading the Han Solo novels and enjoying the hell out of reading about what Han Solo was up to before the original movies. This was that as well. Considering that troubled production this movie had, it actually turned out pretty well.

There is a group that feels The Last Jedi ruined Star Wars as they know it and are boycotting anything Star Wars related until the leadership helming the movies changes

I do think even outside of that group Solo wasn't a movie people were pining for ... that coupled with the reports of the troubled production I think just made it so people weren't looking forward to it and thus it became a lower priority to see - and then coming 2 weeks after Infinity War people just weren't dying to use their movie allocated $ for it

 

[j2thomason]

News

All-Star Movies refurbed room

(Photo from Facebook)

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Looks identical to the refurbished rooms at Pop Century.

 

[Bay Max]

So we went to see "Solo" in a near empty theater today. (Not expecting to this movie recover at the B.O.) Enjoyed it quite a bit. It wasn't amazing but a solid entertaining movie.

It made me think, why are Star Wars fans turning so far against this franchise? I heard a lot of the movie was "unnecessary" but can't you say that about any movie/sequel/prequel. I remember reading the Han Solo novels and enjoying the hell out of reading about what Han Solo was up to before the original movies. This was that as well. Considering that troubled production this movie had, it actually turned out pretty well.

I saw it today too. My theater was also empty.

 

[andyw715]

I hope these Disney-SW hater people boycott SW:GE as well. Keep the negative energy away. As well as free up a space in line.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Are you guys looking at the Fan Daze Disneyland Paris pictures? I am losing my mind at some of those characters.

If a US park had one of these events I would pay so much money.

 

[rteetz]

Are you guys looking at the Fan Daze Disneyland Paris pictures? I am losing my mind at some of those characters.

If a US park had one of these events I would pay so much money.

I have an entire thread on it

A decent amount was paid for by the Saudi Prince who is character obsessed. Paris always puts on spectacular events though. WDW instead is putting out Incredibles Dance Party Super Fans... Its utterly embarrassing compared to Paris.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I have an entire thread on it

A decent amount was paid for by the Saudi Prince who is character obsessed. Paris always puts on spectacular events though. WDW instead is putting out Incredibles Dance Party Super Fans... Its utterly embarrassing compared to Paris.

oh you and your different threads, hah. going to find it now.

 

[RobertUpland]

Some changes coming to Dinoland Foods.

As of tomorrow Trilo Bites will be closed for refurbishment. It should reopen in about a month with a different menu. You will be able to find the Buffalo Chicken Chips at Dino Bite Snacks until then.

Also, the nachos at Dino Diner will soon go away to make room for an Italian Sausage and Pepper hoagie.

On Friday the land debuted a mobile bar. With bottled Bud Light, Heineken, a margarita, sangria and the Cretaceous Cooler formerly offered at Restaurantosaurus makes a return.

 

[RobertUpland]

News

Unionized Disney Cast Members Won't Receive $1,000 Bonus

This article is incorrect. If your union is currently in wage negotiations, the bonus will only be paid if an overall agreement is reached by August 31st. All union roles and the company are bound bu our former contract until the new one is finalized.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

So we went to see "Solo" in a near empty theater today. (Not expecting to this movie recover at the B.O.) Enjoyed it quite a bit. It wasn't amazing but a solid entertaining movie.

It made me think, why are Star Wars fans turning so far against this franchise? I heard a lot of the movie was "unnecessary" but can't you say that about any movie/sequel/prequel. I remember reading the Han Solo novels and enjoying the hell out of reading about what Han Solo was up to before the original movies. This was that as well. Considering that troubled production this movie had, it actually turned out pretty well.

I think it's a combination of some being so angered at TLJ, and people just not exactly chomping at the bit for a movie where someone other that Harrison Ford is Han Solo! We were in the latter category, but still went to see it and were pleasantly surprised. There's one really minor storyline I'd ax altogether -- those pseudo political plots are infecting a lot of movies these days -- but other than that our group thought it was pretty solid.

TLJ was the movie with A LOT of unnecessary stuff, IMO.

 

[ejgonz2]

There is a group that feels The Last Jedi ruined Star Wars as they know it and are boycotting anything Star Wars related until the leadership helming the movies changes

I do think even outside of that group Solo wasn't a movie people were pining for ... that coupled with the reports of the troubled production I think just made it so people weren't looking forward to it and thus it became a lower priority to see - and then coming 2 weeks after Infinity War people just weren't dying to use their movie allocated $ for it

I think your last point is a big issue. Too many big movies bunched together. I’m a huge fan of SW and marvel. I’ve been gearing up for infinity war since the first Avengers. Deadpool is great fun. Solo just falls third in the pecking order and with tons of activities on weekends it’s tough to see everything.

I look ahead to 2019 and see the same issue. Dumbo, Alladin, TS4, avengers 4, captain marvel, X-men, etc all within a couple months.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think your last point is a big issue. Too many big movies bunched together. I’m a huge fan of SW and marvel. I’ve been gearing up for infinity war since the first Avengers. Deadpool is great fun. Solo just falls third in the pecking order and with tons of activities on weekends it’s tough to see everything.

I look ahead to 2019 and see the same issue. Dumbo, Alladin, TS4, avengers 4, X-men, etc all within a couple months.

I agree and as someone who doesn’t get to the movies very often thingsvthatvare second or third on the pecking order usually just get skipped

Though if you ask people in the group boycotting they feel they are responsible

 

[bookbabe626]

I think I’m the only person in the world that hated Infinity War, and liked Solo way more.

Ok, I actually didn’t mind the first 7/8s of IW, I just hated the last part enough that it ruined the whole movie for me. And once you get over the disbelief surrounding someone else playing Han, Solo is a pretty good movie. Light fun and adventure, no deep foreshadowing and twisty political subplots, no teen angst (I detest Kylo Ren) and the time in the theatre goes by really quickly when you’re letting yourself just enjoy some fluff set in the SW universe. During IW I kept looking at the time to see how much longer it was going to be, and during Solo I didn’t check the time once.

Deadpool 2 is better than both of them, though...

 

[rteetz]

 

[rteetz]

News

Downtown Disney's ESPN Zone Officially Closes

 

[afan]

I have an entire thread on it

A decent amount was paid for by the Saudi Prince who is character obsessed. Paris always puts on spectacular events though. WDW instead is putting out Incredibles Dance Party Super Fans... Its utterly embarrassing compared to Paris.

Regardless of who originally paid for the characters Paris can so stuff the U.S. parks can't because of crowd size. There's a princess promenade that was just two of them with some escorts walking amd dancing around the hub. Of they did that here people would camp out for it instead of just come upon it or wait a few min before it starts.

They also don't have a ton of character meets and you can only meet them in one spot. So one place to meet Mickey, one for Minnie etc.

Anything like this here would get oversold even if it was a month long event. This is a great use of the studios too that closed at 7 four of the five days we were there last week while Disneyland closed at 11. It's just different there and it's hard to explain why they can do stuff that would be almost insane to do here.

 

[rteetz]

Regardless of who originally paid for the characters Paris can so stuff the U.S. parks can't because of crowd size. There's a princess promenade that was just two of them with some escorts walking amd dancing around the hub. Of they did that here people would camp out for it instead of just come upon it or wait a few min before it starts.

They also don't have a ton of character meets and you can only meet them in one spot. So one place to meet Mickey, one for Minnie etc.

Anything like this here would get oversold even if it was a month long event. This is a great use of the studios too that closed at 7 four of the five days we were there last week while Disneyland closed at 11. It's just different there and it's hard to explain why they can do stuff that would be almost insane to do here.

The US could certainly do an event like this but it would be hard ticket and costly for the attendee. They can add dessert parties up the wazoo but why not a character event? Disney FanDaze in Paris was a hard ticket event there not just open to everyone.

 

[rteetz]

News

Blizzard Beach and Disney's Miniature Golf Courses Temporarily Closed Due to Inclement Weather

 

[skier_pete]

I actually think by far Disney's biggest mistake with Solo was not doing the December release thing. They have so much less competition in December, and having it just 5 months after TLJ I think made people very blase towards it. I heard a lot of "oh, another Star Wars movie already?" Once they moved Episode IX to a December 2019 release date, they should've moved Solo to this December. They would've had longer to get in front of all the bad press about it, and would've had less of a problem with Star Wars fatigue. It still might not have been the hit that the others were, but I'm sure it would've done a lot better.

BTW, I don't think this is a spoiler, but did anyone else catch the throwaway reference to Black Spire Outpost in Solo? The movie was pretty hit-you-over-the-head with some of the references to other movies, but I kind of got a kick out of that reference considering most folks wouldn't get it.