News Round Up 2017

[Flyerjab]

Just saw this photo online (courtesy of wdwmagic).



Jessie is either being hung or is being put into place.

 

[Tigger's ally]

News

Disney ends LA Times ban

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/business/disney-la-times.html

thanks man, I don't need to shop any more already.

 

[MissGina5]

News

Disney ends LA Times ban

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/business/disney-la-times.html

LOL

 

[PaintsWithAllTheColors]

News

Disney ends LA Times ban

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/business/disney-la-times.html

Read a few articles on this... That sure backfired on them! Idk all the facts of what Disney claims they were unfair about in the first place, but it seems no one wants to defend Disney on this either.

 

[cashda]

Just saw this photo online.

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Jessie is either being hung or is being put into place.

LOL, that made my day.

 

[Redcon1]

NEWS

FYI - just got an e-mail from Omaze that they picked the winner of the Spend a Night in Cinderella's Castle contest

Funny thing is they spelled my name wrong as instead of Phil from NY they spelled it Chloe from Cincinnati ... probably just an autocorrect thing

Boy, they do that all the time to me too.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Coronado Springs enhancements:

 

[MommaBerd]

MUCH improved JBJB! It seems to me that they enhanced the story line? I remember walking away thinking what a mish-mash, but this had a more cohesive storyline. (Or else I was highly distracted when I saw it last year.) I’m still not a fan of Oogie-Boogie being in a Christmas production, but I know NBC has lots of fans, and he makes the perfect villain if Santa is kidnapped...

ETA: Just went back and watched last year’s...same story line. Maybe I was in a bad mood. Plus, it was the first night of the show. But DEFINITELY more BAM!

 

[rteetz]

 

[skier_pete]

So we decided to skip the AP previews for the DHS projection as it looked sort of meh, so we caught our first viewing of happily ever after. It is a great show even though it lacks any sort of through story, but the combination of the projections and fireworks is amazing.however, i noticed one problem i hadn't seen stated anywhere else. A lot of images are projected low on the castle, and while I at 5 foot 11 had no problem, i could see where a lot of kids will miss at least a third to half of the castle stuff.

That and there are a boatload of people here. Still love it though!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Saw Thor tonight. We both enjoyed it. I liked the music as well. Cate Blanchett was quite interesting IMO in the movie as I just didn't quite picture her doing this type of movie--I still see her a lot in my mind from Lord of the Rings.

Since we were talking about previews earlier lol we had 20mins of them (though like I said before I enjoy them) and in those previews was both Black Panther and Justice League. I can't remember exactly but I don't think this was the first Marvel movie that had a DC movie preview in it that I've seen but I couldn't tell you exactly what other Marvel movie it was.

 

[rteetz]

 

[STLstone]

Big news for comic book fans, and since Marvel is owned by Disney ... Brian Michael Bendis is moving to DC comics

http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/marvel...el-bendis-signs-exclusive-deal-with-dc-comics

Bendis helped create the Ultimate Marvel Universe which was the basis for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He created the characters Miles Morales (Spider-Man), Jessica Jones, Daisy Johnson (SHIELD) and relaunched Guardians of the Galaxy as the version influencing the movies. Rumors point to the post Infinity War Marvel movies following his 'Secret Invasion' mini-series plot. Love him or hate him, he was a HUGE part of Marvel writing and one of the biggest influences on Marvel movie and TV productions.

Now DC has both Joss Whedon and Bendis to possibly help out on the movie side of things ....

To me, it's truly a marvel that anyone could turn GOTG into a successful franchise. I didn't think they had a prayer of making that subject matter work. So, if he was responsible for that, he must have a lot of talent.

As someone who just watches movies, I would be thrilled if they could start making more good DC movies.

If I was a Disney stockholder, I might not be that thrilled, though.

 

[writerguyfl]

Seems early if it's the hotel and nothing is officially announced. Typically if lodging isn't announced it's because it may have a DVC component and therefore have great restrictions of the marketing before hand.

This isn't going to be Disney owned or operated hotel. As such, what Disney has done in the past with their resorts doesn't matter much.

 

[theww228]

Splash Mountain had water and empty logs cycling through today, hopefully it open before the planned 11/17 date.

 

[sunset7132]

MUCH improved JBJB! It seems to me that they enhanced the story line? I remember walking away thinking what a mish-mash, but this had a more cohesive storyline. (Or else I was highly distracted when I saw it last year.) I’m still not a fan of Oogie-Boogie being in a Christmas production, but I know NBC has lots of fans, and he makes the perfect villain if Santa is kidnapped...

ETA: Just went back and watched last year’s...same story line. Maybe I was in a bad mood. Plus, it was the first night of the show. But DEFINITELY more BAM!

great to hear this

 

[OKW Lover]

Splash Mountain had water and empty logs cycling through today, hopefully it open before the planned 11/17 date.

That's part of the "test and adjust" portion of the rehab. Making sure that everything is in proper working order. Typically they load the boats with sandbags for weight so that they reflect what will actually happen with guests on board. Trivia: a heavily loaded log goes faster in the trough than a lighter one.

 

[mikepizzo]

To me, it's truly a marvel that anyone could turn GOTG into a successful franchise. I didn't think they had a prayer of making that subject matter work. So, if he was responsible for that, he must have a lot of talent.

As someone who just watches movies, I would be thrilled if they could start making more good DC movies.

If I was a Disney stockholder, I might not be that thrilled, though.

Not trying to take away credit from Brian Michael Bendis, but I'm not sure how successful the Guardians of the Galaxy movies would be without James Gunn. Guardians of the Galaxy needs to be "weird", and they picked a great writer/director for "weird".

 

[skier_pete]

Splash Mountain had water and empty logs cycling through today, hopefully it open before the planned 11/17 date.[/QUOTE
Interesting, it was still dry on Sunday.

 

[Brocktoon]

Not trying to take away credit from Brian Michael Bendis, but I'm not sure how successful the Guardians of the Galaxy movies would be without James Gunn. Guardians of the Galaxy needs to be "weird", and they picked the a great writer/director for "weird".

I agree and was ecstatic when Gunn was announced for Guardians. Where I give Bendis credit is that he created a modern Guardian line-up and revamped story that translated to the big screen. Gunn took that basis and ran with it doing what he does best. Marvel so far has crushed DC when it comes to finding the proper fit film writers/directors to develop their properties instead of just choosing the hip flavor of the month.

Some of the rumors floating around are that Bendis wanted production credit for some of the Marvel film/TV properties. Supposedly Marvel films stopped listening and working with creators on the comics side. Geoff Johns, DC creative director is rumored to have offered Bendis a larger role for film/TV at DC. Years ago you would make a movie based on a comic. Now the movie is the priority with everything else considered cross-promotion and the comic writers want in on the $$$ (and rightly so)