Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-939.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: Disneyland's New Fantasmic! Dragon</b></a> Video and pictures from from the public debut of the new Fantasmic! dragon. The dragon debuted the night of September 1st.
Originally Posted By Mickeyfan1 On the front page, don't you mean "She's Here!" Remember it's Malificient who turns herself into a dragon for Mickey to challenge. Just an observation. However that aside the figure looks great and hopefully I'll get to see it tomeorrow night!
Originally Posted By ni_teach Looks good..... but at the same time the video made it look like he did not shoot the flames out of his mouth. Or was that just a bad camera angle?
Originally Posted By BrianinSD Flame-thrower didnt work. Here's a video of it working... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPTQLv7L5dM&feature=browch" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...e=browch</a> I LOVE the zapping effect! That's soo awesome!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i am trying so hard to watch the videos! i want to be suprised when i finally see it for myself. must not watch!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Looks great! Does anybody know if the tombstone-type rock that Mickey stands in front of when he zaps the dragon (you can see it at the base of the light tower in the last picture on the second page) is new? I noticed it the other night, and had no recollection of it from before...
Originally Posted By poohbear14 I saw the dragon tonight. Looked pretty cool. The people around me clapped when she made her appearance. Then again people clapped when Dumbo made an appearance during the fireworks. From my angle near the TSI raft loading area the flame appears to come out of her mouth.
Originally Posted By jmuboy The dragon is very impressive. Especially the height! The movement seems very limited in the video. I assume for now the entertainment cast are being cautious based on how badly the dragon broke when it first went through testing.
Originally Posted By DlandDug For anyone who is interested, here's a shot of Maleficent breathing fire on Wednesday night: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=486494&l=6e6861451b&id=1551979335" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/photo....51979335</a>
Originally Posted By neekerbell I'd love to see a side by side video with old and new dragon. Best summer job ever was Fantasmic crowd control (and days at "The Walt Disney Story featuring Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln"). Wonder how long it takes to break down the island now!
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Does anyone know if the new dragon has can be reprogrammed with more movement. It looks great, but it really should be more fluid moving and realistic than it is now. It kind of reminds me of the dinosaurs in Primeval World.
Originally Posted By dresswhites i saw it wed night. it was really neat. i think the word must be out that the dragon has finally made its debut... all during the day wed the park was deader than i have it seen it in years but at night it was busy as Christmas week!!!
Originally Posted By danyoung There was no fire on Murphy's debut on Tuesday night. On Wednesday the fire worked, but the smoke effect after Mickey shoots her didn't work. I haven't heard yet if both effects worked on Thursday night. Oh, and on another site the discussion about him vs. her almost came to blows, with one side insisting the dragon be referred to as "she", and the other side correctly pointing out that the dragon is actually a hunk of metal and programming. Pretty funny to read!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "...and the other side correctly pointing out that the dragon is actually a hunk of metal and programming." In that case, it sounds like it's very similar to a ship. Which would also be a she. I just don't get why people insist on calling the dragon a 'he'. Call it a 'she' or an 'it', but why must everybody say 'he'?
Originally Posted By danyoung Because outside of Shrek, dragons are traditionally male. If you don't stop to think about the mythology and the fact that this new dragon is actually Malificent, if you're thinking of just this new hunk of metal, it's easy to think of it as a he. Many people have pointed out that it's just as bad as referring to Mickey as a she, which of course seems silly. So FA, you're absolutely correct that the new dragon is a she. I just don't get why people are getting so worked up over it.
