News Round Up 2019

[rteetz]

News

Disney Reportedly Retiring Fox 2000 Film Label

 

[rteetz]

News

Fox Reportedly Hit with Layoffs After Completion of Disney Deal

 

[scrappinginontario]

News

Fox Reportedly Hit with Layoffs After Completion of Disney Deal

This part always makes me sad.

 

[UncleMike101]

News

Disney Reportedly Retiring Fox 2000 Film Label

Looks like Iger is populating his new tenements with loyal Igerites.
Hope he doesn't throw out the baby with the bathwater.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Looks like Iger is populating his new tenements with loyal Igerites.
Hope he doesn't throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Did you read the article? That’s not what it suggests at all. Suggests this is a good move.

And regardless, some element of removing the old and replacing with your own new is pretty standard.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Just watched 3/4s of Avengers Infinity Wars on Netflix and quit. Really? I'm a vet of Star Wars, Star Trek including Wrath of Khan, Superman of the 80s with all its sequels and goodness knows however many scifi spinoffs and prequels. What a dark, nasty, disappointment. Truly hoping nothing in WDW or DL spun off from this film. Yikes and SOS.

I don’t think you’re allowed to say that here... ...

 

[crazy4wdw]

Curious, how long did it take guest services to respond back to you with the code?

3 days, quicker than I expected

 

[CampbellzSoup]

Just watched 3/4s of Avengers Infinity Wars on Netflix and quit. Really? I'm a vet of Star Wars, Star Trek including Wrath of Khan, Superman of the 80s with all its sequels and goodness knows however many scifi spinoffs and prequels. What a dark, nasty, disappointment. Truly hoping nothing in WDW or DL spun off from this film. Yikes and SOS.

I couldn’t wait for the film to be over, sane with captain marvel.

 

[SJMajor67]

Just watched 3/4s of Avengers Infinity Wars on Netflix and quit. Really? I'm a vet of Star Wars, Star Trek including Wrath of Khan, Superman of the 80s with all its sequels and goodness knows however many scifi spinoffs and prequels. What a dark, nasty, disappointment. Truly hoping nothing in WDW or DL spun off from this film. Yikes and SOS.

To the pit of misery! Dilly dilly!

 

[samsteele]

Have you liked other MCU movies?

Does Thor Ragnarok count?
If so, I really enjoyed. Loved the cameos in the Asgard play. Appreciated and enjoyed the tongue in cheek, don't take it too seriously looseness of the film. Smart and fun. A gem.

 

[hertamaniac]

Just watched 3/4s of Avengers Infinity Wars on Netflix and quit. Really? I'm a vet of Star Wars, Star Trek including Wrath of Khan, Superman of the 80s with all its sequels and goodness knows however many scifi spinoffs and prequels. What a dark, nasty, disappointment. Truly hoping nothing in WDW or DL spun off from this film. Yikes and SOS.

I lean in this direction too. I basically get tared and feathered whenever I say Star Trek Insurrection is among the best science fiction movies.

I'll watch Endgame just to see how they complete IW.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Does Thor Ragnarok count?
If so, I really enjoyed. Loved the cameos in the Asgard play. Appreciated and enjoyed the tongue in cheek, don't take it too seriously looseness of the film. Smart and fun. A gem.

Definitely counts - that one definitely has a different tone to it (even just the music chosen is a themactic choice that obviously doesn’t intuitively fit the setting). Also higher on the humor scale than other MCU films

If you haven’t seen it you might like Guardians of the Galaxy then too - definitely more fun and funny than other films in the series

Infinity War, to me, is more of the culmination (or part 1 of the culmination) of like 21 movies that came before it and almost can’t be viewed as a stand-alone entry - more the emotional crescendo for those that have connected with the MCU as a whole

 

[firefly_ris]

Does Thor Ragnarok count?
If so, I really enjoyed. Loved the cameos in the Asgard play. Appreciated and enjoyed the tongue in cheek, don't take it too seriously looseness of the film. Smart and fun. A gem.

That one is also my favorite (and Guardians) by far.

 

[samsteele]

Guardians of the Galaxy then too

I have seen these and enjoyed.

more the emotional crescendo for those that have connected with the MCU as a whole

This helps put the film in context for me. Perhaps a gift for devoted, faithful fans rather than a true stand-alone movie? I had trouble finding a true plot arc in it. And not only dark in tone but the actual pigment and colour seemed dark and washed out so I had some trouble visually seeing who was who in all the action sequences.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I have seen these and enjoyed.


This helps put the film in context for me. Perhaps a gift for devoted, faithful fans rather than a true stand-alone movie? I had trouble finding a true plot arc in it. And not only dark in tone but the actual pigment and colour seemed dark and washed out so I had some trouble visually seeing who was who in all the action sequences.

I know quite a few people who prefer more of the MCU movies that are able to stand on their own - first Ironman, first Captain American, Guardians, etc. because of that - so definitely makes sense and you are definitely not alone

I think they went for a darker color palette due to the tone of the movie - this is our darkest hour ... i assume the next one will start with similar, or even darker, but then brighter by the end

The other aspect that I think makes or breaks Infinity War is how your see Thanos, if you see him as more complex and in some ways right in his thinking (or at least understandable, that you can sort of understand where he is coming from) I think that makes the movie function better. If he is just a stock bad guy then it is a little flat. One reason I think Black Panther worked so well is the layers to Killmonger

 

[samsteele]

how your see Thanos

Likely part of it. I saw him as a flat villain. A shame because I really enjoy Josh Brolin's work. Remember him from the Goonies. That's a fun little film to see. A bit like Stranger Things lite.

I'd better let this go now. Ryan has enough to do without having to shepherd us back from tangents.

 

[sherlockmiles]

I have seen these and enjoyed.

We didn't like Guardians 2 too much. Really thought the music selections were horrible. Seemed like a millenial picked the songs they thought would be 80s and really got them wrong. The music selection was one of the things we were looking forward to the most.

 

[Tiki Birdland]

I know quite a few people who prefer more of the MCU movies that are able to stand on their own - first Ironman, first Captain American, Guardians, etc. because of that - so definitely makes sense and you are definitely not alone

Right. For me, at least, the sequels kinda run together and really make each of them less special. When there's 20-something of 'em to catch up on in order to in on the story, it seems a bit much.

Reminds me a lot of the Transformers series. As I told my oldest (who has seen EVERY one of these and the Transformers), MCU: The universe where Physics and Logic have been suspended.

 

[rteetz]

News

Disneyland Paris posts profit for first time in more than a decade

https://wdwnt.com/2019/03/disneyland-paris-posts-a-profit-for-the-first-time-in-more-than-a-decade/

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Hollywood Studios

https://wdwnt.com/2019/03/photo-rep...e-park-construction-updates-and-pricey-merch/