News Round Up 2019

[rteetz]

Also, a question about Buzz Lightyear. Have they changed how pictures are taken? In the past I thought you had to scan your band after the ride to capture your picture? Is it now captured automatically like SDMT?

If you have a magicband you don't always have to scan it even if they have the scan option.

 

[The Pho]

Here I am just talking about my disappointment about the direction of Star Wars, and one little teaser trailer later, and I'm thinking I might have been a bit premature.

(To be fair, I did say they could easily win me back. We'll see.)

Ya I was pretty disappointed with 7 and 8. Mostly because I found them to be boring compared to the Lucas films. But I was also going to see 9 no matter what, because I have to see the “conclusion” to the trilogy. But the teaser certainly did exactly what it needed to. Palpatine has me very excited now. I think winning back Star Wars fans is easy, we all just want to like all of it. So now with 9, Galaxy’s Edge, Clone Wars season 7, Mandalorian, and Fallen Order it’s looking to be a great year for the franchise. I’ll continue to laugh at the fatigue nonsense.

 

[firefly_ris]

The Last Jedi tried WAAAAAY too hard to "kill off" the past and the ties to the old movies to be "different" and set it apart. Apparently, Rian's own arrogance to put his own "stamp" on the movie.

Yeah this is what I didn't get. I have seen every Star Wars movie but I guess I'm also more of a "casual fan"... and I really don't mind them just following the characters that we have known since the originals, I really don't need them going off in some other direction, I'd just watch some other space action movie instead. So the direction of the last movie... while I didn't really mind it too much, it was just... I dunno. I didn't get why he went the way he did. I get sick of directors that seem to do things to spite their audience in order to get a 'shock' out of it. OK you're edgy, we get it, good for you.

 

[firefly_ris]

I wonder if they'll lower their monthly fee? That would help keep me subscribing there too.

Do we know if the older Disney movies will be on Disney+? Would love to watch The Apple Dumpling Gang with my daughter! (LOL - now I'm dating myself!!)

Also, a question about Buzz Lightyear. Have they changed how pictures are taken? In the past I thought you had to scan your band after the ride to capture your picture? Is it now captured automatically like SDMT?

I'm almost positive that I didn't scan my band at all after any rides and they still all appeared on my account. The only place I scanned was at Photopass/character meets. Or maybe I'm crazy and remembering wrong.

 

[tlmadden73]

If you have a magicband you don't always have to scan it even if they have the scan option.

I thought the same thing, but my sister's family didn't scan their magic bands last trip for Buzz and we never saw their ride photos. But . they system could have just been broken then *shrug*. Ever trip we go on, we ride Buzz (except this last one) -- I can't recall if we scan or not .. We probably do since we are looking at the photos as we come out, but I assumed that Buzz works the same way as Space Mountain or SDMT -- where you don't need to scan.

 

[rteetz]

 

[firefly_ris]

First Look at ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Themed Lounge Coming to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...sSX_I7QFLRDWSEC3Zkccsz8zRMm31aZ1vLQJ3QePSmmsM


(sorry if this was posted and I just didn't see it @rteetz)

 

[OSUZorba]

"Now see the awful, awful CGI added on your giant 4k screen in your own home, where no one can see you cry!!!"

My biggest hope when Disney bought Fox was that we'd see the real original remastered trilogy re-released. I think Fox would've done it in a second if they had bought LucasFilm, I don't have as much faith in Disney.

Hopefully they will put Star Wars back under the Fox label, it just feels wrong to not have the fox theme at the beginning of Star Wars.

 

[Irish_Mike]

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I don't think they mentioned it, but I'd be curious to see when/if Disney tries getting some of their ABC shows on the service. Some of them (Greys Anatomy in particular) remain incredibly popular thanks to Netflix.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I know plenty of people that liked it, but I know more that don't. My 11-year-old son liked it. Most of the older fans I know did not. There's no wrong answer, just opinions.

I will say I don't get the impression it's a vocal minority. Rotten Tomatoes has it at a 44% audience score. That's pretty abysmal. I'd be willing to go 50-50, but that's the best I can do.

Well, they changed how Rotten Tomatoes is done based on who was giving the ratings and stuff, so I don't put too much stock in their ratings any more

Guess it depends what circles you are in but everyone I know in real life - including some older, really hard core Star Wars fans - loves the Last Jedi

 

[TheMaxRebo]

What happened to letting the past die?

Kylo wanted to do that - but knows he can't .... same with Disney - they wanted to move beyond just the old movies and push the new cast, but know they can't fully do that and just need to tie everything up

 

[The Pho]

My biggest hope when Disney bought Fox was that we'd see the real original remastered trilogy re-released. I think Fox would've done it in a second if they had bought LucasFilm, I don't have as much faith in Disney.

Hopefully they will put Star Wars back under the Fox label, it just feels wrong to not have the fox theme at the beginning of Star Wars.

I’m not sure how true it is, but I did hear that one of George Lucas’s conditions for selling Star Wars to Disney was never releasing the unaltered versions. And he is still one of their biggest shareholders.

 

[Iowamomof4]

I’m not sure how true it is, but I did hear that one of George Lucas’s conditions for selling Star Wars to Disney was never releasing the unaltered versions. And he is still one of their biggest shareholders.

I've heard the same. The way he kept tinkering with those movies just made me so irritated. And now, we will likely never get to purchase (legally) the unadulterated versions again.

 

[dina444444]

I don't think they mentioned it, but I'd be curious to see when/if Disney tries getting some of their ABC shows on the service. Some of them (Greys Anatomy in particular) remain incredibly popular thanks to Netflix.

I mentioned up thread that I was curious about that as well with shows like criminal minds (co production between abc and cbs), season 1-12 are currently on Netflix but are projected to be removed this year, season 13 isn’t available to stream, and 14 is on all access at the moment.

 

[saskdw]

It still amazes me the dislike of Last Jedi. Of all my real world friends - all but one of them LOVED Last Jedi.

I think it is a very vocal minority (though not like a 0.0001% minority, but still a minority) - even in the threads and tweets I saw about the Star Wars Celebration the movie I see getting a ton of love is Last Jedi with people saying it is their favorite, etc.

I know plenty of people that liked it, but I know more that don't. My 11-year-old son liked it. Most of the older fans I know did not. There's no wrong answer, just opinions.

I will say I don't get the impression it's a vocal minority. Rotten Tomatoes has it at a 44% audience score. That's pretty abysmal. I'd be willing to go 50-50, but that's the best I can do.

Well, they changed how Rotten Tomatoes is done based on who was giving the ratings and stuff, so I don't put too much stock in their ratings any more

Guess it depends what circles you are in but everyone I know in real life - including some older, really hard core Star Wars fans - loves the Last Jedi

The only people I know who dislike TLJ are online. I'm in the same boat where every single real world person I know thought the movie was fantastic.

You can't rely on Rotten tomatoes or IMDB ratings anymore. The new fad is online groups rating movies they haven't even seen with low ratings to drive some kind of agenda. Captain Marvel was a victim of this recently.

I too believe the camp that loved TLJ is the majority. There's no denying that the group that hated it is MUCH MUCH MORE vocal.

 

[The Pho]

Guess it depends what circles you are in but everyone I know in real life - including some older, really hard core Star Wars fans - loves the Last Jedi

It’s tough to gauge general consensus off a small sample of people you know. Most I know are indifferent towards it. And most I see online seem to despise it more than the devil himself.

Kylo wanted to do that - but knows he can't .... same with Disney - they wanted to move beyond just the old movies and push the new cast, but know they can't fully do that and just need to tie everything up

Well I was only joking there but really I think it’s Disney completely backtracking due to Solo’s failure and merchandise sales, out of fear for a continued backlash like 8 got. Too much is riding on 9 for them to risk it going onward, when merchandise sales tank, they react quick. Star Wars had gotten a lot of bad press for 6 months, they had to do something.

 

[Killer Fish]

Couple of questions, not sure if they were answered.

Is the Disney streaming service being launched in Canada as well or only the US?

Will it stream in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos like Netflix? Or is it crappy regular quality picture and sound?

Edit: I didn't see the dedicated thread, move my post if you want.

They referenced 4K HDR for Captain Marvel....would assume 4K for things they release in 4K.

 

[SaharanTea]

The only people I know who dislike TLJ are online. I'm in the same boat where every single real world person I know thought the movie was fantastic.

You can't rely on Rotten tomatoes or IMDB ratings anymore. The new fad is online groups rating movies they haven't even seen with low ratings to drive some kind of agenda. Captain Marvel was a victim of this recently.

I too believe the camp that loved TLJ is the majority. There's no denying that the group that hated it is MUCH MUCH MORE vocal.

I agree. Online polling has very little scientific value. It was just a data point. I see plenty of people online that love it and plenty others that don't. *shrug*

I think we can all agree we hope Episode 9 is one we all love.

 

[saskdw]

They referenced 4K HDR for Captain Marvel....would assume 4K for things they release in 4K.

Hoping for Dolby Atmos sound as well.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Well I was only joking there but really I think it’s Disney completely backtracking due to Solo’s failure and merchandise sales, out of fear for a continued backlash like 8 got. Too much is riding on 9 for them to risk it going onward, when merchandise sales tank, they react quick. Star Wars had gotten a lot of bad press for 6 months, they had to do something.

I agree - I think they thought they were safe to try and move it to a new direction and get the new fans to really latch on to the new characters and figured the old fans would always be there ... but I think they underestimated the impact that had and more that the need to the old fans to bring the new fans along and share in the love of the franchise

So I think Episode 7 was almost too much of a retelling of episode 4 and was to remind the old fans (and everyone) why they love Star Wars movies ... then Episode 8 turned out to be too much of a departure ... and I think (hope) that Episode 9 will be positioned a bit in the middle