Latest: Video: New Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides World of Color Segment

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<p>The MagicEye blog has been updated with video of the&nbsp;Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides segment added to World of Color on Friday - the day the film was released.</p>
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Originally Posted By yamabuki

Here's a video from a different vantage point, kinda shows the effects a bit better

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Buug042Uq_Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...g042Uq_Q</a>

They added a lot more fire and different fire jets for the new scene. Also, they incorporated the Screamin' lasers and projections. Looks amazing!

 

Originally Posted By 73baloo

I saw Saturday night and thought it looked great.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

I'm not impressed with WoC, overall ... but on this bit ... for some strange reason ... I thought it was interesting! Maybe it's because I have not seen the new PotC film yet. It's something new!!

While the other clips of WoC are (to me) is just a series of "commercials" to the same Disney branded cartoons (set to dancing waters) ... that have been shown in one format or another UMPTEEM million times, for decades now! If it's not shown in a parade .. it's shown in Fantasmic ... or WoC, or somewhere else.

The over commercialism is so overkill .. it's gotten to be a turn off to me, and boring.

Whether it's set to fireworks, a parade unit, a dancing waters show, stage show ... How many times can they keep overplaying this stuff ?!!! Originality, please ?

Sorry for going off topic a bit.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

^^^
Just to add ... as they use Screamin's track and "loop" circle area to project this segment .. it also added to a "neat" feeling about it.

 

Originally Posted By DlandDug

>>...the other clips of WoC are (to me) is just a series of "commercials" to the same Disney branded cartoons (set to dancing waters) ... that have been shown in one format or another UMPTEEM million times, for decades now!<<

Really? I've been going to a lot of the parades, shows and fireworks at Disneyland for some time, and I seem to have missed the "umpteen million" showings of The Old Mill, Fantasia 2000, the wildebeest stampede from Lion King, and such newer offerings as Up, WALL-E or even Finding Nemo.

Have I just been missing these?

 

Originally Posted By DlandDug

Saw this new segment last night (Sunday) and was surprised at the extensive use of fire. It got pretty hot in Paradise Park!

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

>>Really? I've been going to a lot of the parades, shows and fireworks at Disneyland for some time, and I seem to have missed the "umpteen million" showings of The Old Mill, Fantasia 2000, the wildebeest stampede from Lion King, and such newer offerings as Up, WALL-E or even Finding Nemo.<<

Some of the segments that have not been overplayed brought a smile to my face. The Fantasia 2000 scenes were refreshing, and "Little April Showers".

I guess what I'm trying to say ... Lets take "Friend like me" or "A Whole new world" from Aladdin.

Saw them in the movie almost 20 years ago. Loved it. Saw the play in the Hyperion theater a few times. Great. It's gotten played in a few parades over time. They even tried overlapping a song in 'it's a small world'. I may be missing a few other places where it's been used .. and now it's in World of Color. You can take a song in Beauty and the Beast that's been played so much ... and eventually ... don't you even get sick of seeing/hearing it again? And the worst part ..... It's not a new "take" on these famous songs and scenes ... they are direct lifts from the film. And I don't find it a "refreshing treat". It's just a retread of the same song, same track from the movie, same scene against a mist screen ... and I don't even feel like I'm watching a NEW water show anymore. I feel like I"m just watching a tv commercial for their films.

You know how you put on a DVD .. and you get the previews before you get to the main feature? I feel like a good chunk of WoC is exactly that.

I'm sick of it.

How many times are they going to replay "Beauty and the Beast" or "A Whole New World" or say something out of "Little Mermaid", in future new media presentations? The new attraction is sitting right behind you. You want a song from Little Mermaid .. go on the ride.

I like the second half of WoC. The transition from some pieces right into another are cool.

But instead of replaying the same song, and same scene from a movie (Taking Beauty and the Beast for example) ... How about a theme on roses, with a new instrumental song .. with a few "strings" from a Beauty and the Beast song. Make it just a bit Avant-garde. Not a literal translation that comes off like a "tv commercial" to the movie - set to dancing waters.

Sorry for some overlapping redundancies in my writing.

But I know I make a good point. And in the future .. as WoC is a format that can change frequently ... I look forward to content that's not just another rehash from a song or movie scene we all haven't seen already - and in some cases .. overplayed.

How about WoC be an entertaining show with FRESH NEW ideas .. and not a "commercial" to the latest movie?

That's how I feel Disney is treating WoC at the moment. Just another means to show (yet again) clips of movies - Set to water.

 

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

I haven't seen WOC, but I get what you're saying Dean. My first impression after seeing the script for the show was that too much of the material is already being covered in Fantasmic and other presentations.

 

Originally Posted By tashajilek

WOC is a good show, but F still is a superior show in my opinion. I really HATE what WOC has done to the look of the pier, especially in the day time.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

I don't compare World of Color to Fantasmic. Fantasmic is unique, in that it's a multi-media presentation.

World of Color is meant to be the next generation Dancing Waters show. It has INCREDIBLY new techniques that are fresh and brand new. When Sea World's in San Diego was new .... the music was "atmospheric" / mood setting ... and worked as "Supporting Actor" to the technology. I was so blown away .. when I saw it at ages 12 to 15! Sea World didn't have heavily senergized animated properties that override and dominate the technology. They showcased the technology first ... and the music "added" to the experience.

As World of Color is using incredibly sophisticated equipment never used before ... I can only imagine shows that are "mood" and "emotionally" resonating. There are moments. But as soon as it transitions right back to a "TV Commercial" to the Familiar cartoons... it just looses it for me!

Wall-E, and the two Fantasia 2000 elements .. and even brief moments of Pocohantas' scenes ... touch on that "mood" experience.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

Oh .. by the way .. those orbs were not used last night.

Have they given up on those orbs? Or is it something they are still trying to tinker with .. and use again?

 

Originally Posted By DlandDug

It's a bit of a dance for the creators of these shows. If they make it all new 'n shiny, they get hit by the crowd that wants to see beloved classics. If they make it all warm 'n retro, then the crowd looking for the latest thing complains. And, of course, there's always the meddling executives...

I think WoC has a pretty good balance. If anything is seems overused to me, it's Chernabog and Night on Bald Mountain. But... what a great piece to overuse!

 

Originally Posted By DlandDug

>>Have they given up on those orbs?<<

They seem to be AWOL rather often. Anyone who works this show have any insight?

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

"Sorry for going off topic a bit. "

Gosh, some people have no ability to stay on task.