Originally Posted By jnemo Can anyone tell if there have been many changes in the World of Color since August last year? I know they were doing some Christmas stuff but if the show is about the same as August then I will not take the time for it. Thanks for your help.
Originally Posted By jnemo Can anyone tell if there have been many changes in the World of Color since August last year? I know they were doing some Christmas stuff but if the show is about the same as August then I will not take the time for it. Thanks for your help.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros They aren't currently running any special segments before or after the show, but there have been some overall changes. I'm not sure if it was changed before or after August (I'm fairly certain it was before, but just in case), but they changed the 'villains' part to remove Hellfire/Night on Bald Mountain and replaced it with an extended POTC segment. Other than that, it's the same show that's been running since it opened.
Originally Posted By ksargen FerretAfros - any idea why this change? I'd have to go with "this merchandise sells better." *LOL* FWIW, I really liked the old segment, particularly the very clever adaptation of the music. Then again, I AM a music geek... I like POTC, but couldn't we have a few more other things, rather than extra time on it?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The only reason that I can think of is that there seems to be a company-wide push in recent years for the POTC franchise. While it does sell more merchandise and movies, I don't really know if having an extended sequence in WOC would actually sell more, since it was also represented in the original version. Then again, they really haven't done any experiments to see how well Hunchback and Bald Mountain merchandise would sell, so I guess it's all just speculation. I'm also a really big fan of the original music for that segment. In addition to including great music that Disney rarely uses (Hellfire), the arrangement was really well done. The POTC segment is just more of the same stuff, and is very dialogue-heavy. I feel like the extended dialogue segments of the show (Dory & Marlin, Buzz & Woody, Heimlich, POTC intro) show are its weakest parts, and really stop any potential show-wide dynamic changes. But they don't ask me, so I don't get to give them my opinion. : /
Originally Posted By ksargen ^^ You just summed up how I feel on the whole thing. Including the not being asked. *LOL* Yeah, the longer bits of dialog just bog the show down, in my opinion. Then again, I've been told that "younger audiences" can hardly stand anything that doesn't have lyrics and /or dialog, so there ya go...
