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Gavok posted:I want to see a boardroom meeting where somebody explains to Disney bigwigs what obscure Marvel properties they could potentially turn into TV shows and movies while being able to sidestep the Universal contract. They should do a Miles Morales ride. He didn’t even exist in the 90s.
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Silly Burrito posted:They should do a Miles Morales ride. He didn’t even exist in the 90s. Yeah, but he's still roped in with the Spider-Man characters. I'd be interested in seeing a list of characters who sidestep the Universal deal. Like, the Inhumans appear in a big mural at Superhero Island, so if their show hadn't poo poo the bed and they somehow became a viable franchise, would they be off-limits to Disney in Orlando? I referenced the Agents of Atlas, but they originally came from a comic called What If the Avengers Had Formed in the 1950's?, so would that technically put them under the Avengers umbrella? It can't be overstated how much Disney lucked out with Guardians of the Galaxy being such a big deal. Nobody cared about the original version of the team and the beloved version of the team came to exist long after the Universal deal happened. The answer here is that Marvel needs to go back to using Gravity in their stories so he can get his own movie and then get a ride at Disney World. Really, they never should have stopped using Gravity. He was fun. I miss him.
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Jan 19, 2023 22:35
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Keep Marvel poo poo out of Disney Parks as much as possible, thanks.
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I disagree. They need to do a ride based around the Sentry and then insist that it's been there since opening day.
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Gavok posted:Yeah, but he's still roped in with the Spider-Man characters. I'd be interested in seeing a list of characters who sidestep the Universal deal. Like, the Inhumans appear in a big mural at Superhero Island, so if their show hadn't poo poo the bed and they somehow became a viable franchise, would they be off-limits to Disney in Orlando? There’s some rules about what is considered a character in use by Universal - according to A Lawyer On The Internet, Universal has exclusive rights to use characters considered part of the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man franchises in Orlando. The contract states that characters used only as “incidental elements of an attraction” (examples given are if they’re just part of the theming of a restaurant or gift shop) don’t count as in use, so it’d be up to Disney and Universal’s lawyers as to whether or not a mural is an attraction. Presumably if Disney really wanted to use the Inhumans they’d fork over a pile of money or offer some other settlement to Universal, who would immediately tell them to go gently caress themselves. Disney also can’t use the word “Marvel” period in the parks or their promotion which is why all the shows and meet and greets have stupid names. Luigi Thirty fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Jan 21, 2023 |
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Coasterphreak posted:Yup. Specifically, Universal knows they gotta at least redo Toon Lagoon at some point after EU opens. I've heard both Zelda and LotR. I'd be hard pressed to pick between the Zelda and LotR but having it be more connected to Epic Universe makes more sense, although Toon Lagoon is really weird seeing it there and no one even knows any of the properties. Popeye walks around telling you to watch him on YouTube, and that makes me really sad.
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Luigi Thirty posted:There’s some rules about what is considered a character in use by Universal - according to A Lawyer On The Internet, Universal has exclusive rights to use characters considered part of the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man franchises in Orlando. This checks out with my knowledge. Diabetic posted:I'd be hard pressed to pick between the Zelda and LotR but having it be more connected to Epic Universe makes more sense, although Toon Lagoon is really weird seeing it there and no one even knows any of the properties. Popeye walks around telling you to watch him on YouTube, and that makes me really sad. I was joking about LotR, JKR won't let Universal put that in a park with her boy wizard.
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Gavok posted:Yeah, but he's still roped in with the Spider-Man characters. I'd be interested in seeing a list of characters who sidestep the Universal deal. Like, the Inhumans appear in a big mural at Superhero Island, so if their show hadn't poo poo the bed and they somehow became a viable franchise, would they be off-limits to Disney in Orlando? I'm sure that, like other said, Miles counts as "spider-man character" and is off limits, which is a shame because how much fun would it have been for Disney to make a Spider-Verse ride then explain in court why Peter B. Parker is distinct from Peter Parker.
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I've long held the thought that the Toon Lagoon Ampitheater should be leveled and they should build a modern spooky dark ride themed to Scooby Doo. They have the character rights but only use it for meet and greets, and Six Flags/Ceder Fair parks that had Scooby rides have since rethemed them
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https://twitter.com/blog_mickey/status/1617162809887920129?s=46&t=XN_KC85bXGLuPAVMjk28DQ Bless up for the CMs working MK today. Still mad it broke down when I went and I didn't get one last time.
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who could pass up a chance to ride this ride in the worst condition it'll ever be
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seriously. Splash mountain is my favorite ride of all time, but when I went on it in 2021 it was just.....sad. I fully expect the new ride to be nothing but screens also. sad.
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Jan 22, 2023 18:43
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Disney isn't Universal.
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Yeah bit the last three rides disney has made have more screens than any universal ride in the same time
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I'm predicting those awful projection face animatronics, screens as set enhancement, and a lazy retelling of the events of the film rather than doing something fun and fresh with the IP. Think Frozen ride for all three. I hope they prove me wrong.
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The rumours floating around suggest it's going to be a whole new story continuing the one from the film, but the lazy option is always an option.
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Arquinsiel posted:The rumours floating around suggest it's going to be a whole new story continuing the one from the film, but the lazy option is always an option. They say the same thing about Nemo at Epcot, Frozen at Epcot, and probably a few others. They just conveniently see the same places and sing the same songs as before! Then again there are plenty of recent examples of them not doing this, so it could go either way. I suppose basing an attraction off of a musical film limits where you can go with it - you gotta get those songs in there somehow.
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All the business reasons for the replacement of Splash make perfect sense, and I suspect a lot more of the old scenes are going to be kept than you may think. Part of choosing P&TF among all the movies means that whole riverboat rig after the drop can just stay where it is. The only thing I'll miss is the catchy score. The parks have had different identities at day and night since DL in the 60s, and Z-A-D-D-D is practically an anthem of pre-6PM Disney at this point.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:I'm predicting those awful projection face animatronics, screens as set enhancement, and a lazy retelling of the events of the film rather than doing something fun and fresh with the IP. Think Frozen ride for all three. I hope they prove me wrong. Both Tokyo's BatB and Hong Kong's version of Frozen Ever After lack the projection faces. It feels possible we're past that phase.
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The projection faces are horrifying. The only one that works for me is Buzz Lightyear, probably because you expect him to have a weird doughface look and you’re surrounded by bright colors and black lights.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:They say the same thing about Nemo at Epcot, Frozen at Epcot, and probably a few others. They just conveniently see the same places and sing the same songs as before! Then again there are plenty of recent examples of them not doing this, so it could go either way. I suppose basing an attraction off of a musical film limits where you can go with it - you gotta get those songs in there somehow. Luigi Thirty posted:The projection faces are horrifying. The only one that works for me is Buzz Lightyear, probably because you expect him to have a weird doughface look and you’re surrounded by bright colors and black lights.
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Projection faces don't bother me all too much and I thought they were a pretty novel solution for psuedo animatronics at the time.
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I want to be surprised that someone is selling water from Splash Mountain's last day, but sadly I'm not https://www.ebay.com/itm/1755836243...emis&media=COPY
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Goddamit why the gently caress didn't I think of that.
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Jose Oquendo posted:Goddamit why the gently caress didn't I think of that.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/4023519960...%3ABFBM0I6o_rth holy poo poo. I'm going to retire.
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drat I have bottles of Splash water twice that size. They're just cute little decorations around the house but maybe I can unload them to weird idiots on eBay. Also do they think Disney is going to, like... change the brominated water formula in the new ride just for fun?
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Jan 23, 2023 19:35
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Disney nerds will buy anything.
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Coasterphreak posted:Disney nerds will buy anything.
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Arquinsiel posted:You don't need a scam to be good if you can get enough volume … your return is limited only by the gullibility of the market. Foundational assumptions of spammers everywhere.
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Coasterphreak posted:Racist Disney nerds will buy anything. to own the libs About right.
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I don't necessarily think that's the motivation behind buying dumb Splash Mountain poo poo like that. If the gift shop by the ride had any decent merchandise for it (which neither one has had since they announced the re-theme) I'd have picked up something.
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Hazo posted:drat I have bottles of Splash water twice that size. where and why are you gathering this log water
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Jose Oquendo posted:I don't necessarily think that's the motivation behind buying dumb Splash Mountain poo poo like that. Ah yeah, you're right. I forgot how many die hard Song of the South fans (or as they like to be known as, the SS fans) there are floating around out there that are losing a defining piece of their formation as an adult. My mistake.
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couldcareless posted:Ah yeah, you're right. I forgot how many die hard Song of the South fans (or as they like to be known as, the SS fans) there are floating around out there that are losing a defining piece of their formation as an adult. My mistake. A lot of folks have fond memories of a theme park ride that they rode probably for decades and either did with their grandparents/parents and probably now have with their kids. The themeing is problematic. That doesn't change people's memories of being small on Dad's shoulders and waiting to get on the ride with the big, scary drop.
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Sivart13 posted:i am not going to let this go by without an explanation quote:They're just cute little decorations around the house Also the Disney water smell, but it fades after a while. Just get the candles/oils/whatever if you really need it.
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I can't imagine how woke you have to be to think anyone who ever rode a road at a theme park is a racist lol
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That’s not woke, that’s broke.
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couldcareless posted:Ah yeah, you're right. I forgot how many die hard Song of the South fans (or as they like to be known as, the SS fans) there are floating around out there that are losing a defining piece of their formation as an adult. My mistake. What the gently caress kind of reply is that. Go touch some grass. The movie has been pretty effectively memory holed by Disney. The vast majority of people who have been on that ride and like it have never seen the movie and are almost certainly not aware of the problematic movie the ride is based on. To say that people who will really miss the ride are Nazis is loving insane. Jose Oquendo fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Jan 23, 2023 |
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Jose Oquendo posted:What the gently caress kind of reply is that. Go splash some water.
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