Originally Posted By ilovefunthings Post 120, Bananas! X, do not worry. I'm legit, new, love MOST of the chatters on this board. Note the key word, MOST
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "I'll just keep reading what's going on and see how it goes." Oh yeah, sure X. Now that he's referred to you as "insightful, honest, and no personal attacks!", now you're adopting a wait and see attitude. Pffffft!
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings BTW, other posters have the same honest, insightful quality on this thread: X, Doombuggy, dshyates, avatarmickey, FeretAfros, TP2000, just to name a few. Persons who gave honest opinions, some of who liked it (and I never told them they were wrong), and, never attacked anyone on this thread. Funny, to some of you, you say something great about Disney, yea! Everyone is happy! You say something negative, boo! You are a Troll!
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Oh yeah, sure X. Now that he's referred to you as "insightful, honest, and no personal attacks!", now you're adopting a wait and see attitude*** Hardly. I always try to give new posters the benefit of the doubt, unless it's obvious that they are returning from a ban. Like I said, the sock puppet thing was extremely fishy, and I'm going to wait and see what else happens. But jumping the gun to "report topic" on a new poster when he hasn't done a single thing to violate community standards is premature, in my opinion. If it's Beau, it'll be obvious quickly enough. Don't worry.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***You say something negative, boo! You are a Troll!*** That's not accurate. There are extenuating circumstances on this message board right now, and I don't blame people for being wary of strangers at the moment.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<Little Mermaid: The Worst Major Disney Ride of th>> <<You say something negative, boo! You are a Troll!>> Oh Troll . . . your title of this topic sets your tone pretty clearly. And unfortunately, most of it is blather.
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings "But jumping the gun to "report topic" on a new poster when he hasn't done a single thing to violate community standards is premature, in my opinion." X, this just gave me a tear in my eye. This is precisely correct. Sift through this entire thread and show me a violation of community standards. On the other hand, post 31 is considered "Flame throwing" in many communities. Posters are having a nice conversation, then, boom. Someone from left field throws a fire bomb into the conversation. All I did here was post an honest essay. That branched out into many insightful conversations. Though I challenge anyone here to find a post that I posted, cut/paste it, then tell me how that violated community standards?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "If it's Beau, it'll be obvious quickly enough. Don't worry." Ha. No kidding. It was obvious from the first post.
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings "There are extenuating circumstances on this message board right now, and I don't blame people for being wary of strangers at the moment." But thats not for them to decide and make false accusations. That is for the ADMIN to decide. And he/she can speak to me personally and I will confirm I am not any previous nudnick from before. Perhaps this community should attain an ip address reader to keep away former nudniks? Post 129 Bananas! 3 FULL TREES FULL! (admin, talk about an abuse of community standards!)
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings Post 131, Bananas! Oh, and here is an example of flame throwing: THE BLACK HOLE is one of the suckiest Disney movies of all time!
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<Post 129 Bananas! 3 FULL TREES FULL! (admin, talk about an abuse of community standards!)>> What? You're the one who classified yourself as a Troll because you said something negative about Disney. Those are your words, not mine.
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings Hey look! A mixed review for TLM ride in LA TIMEs! Calls the ride a "D Ticket" (someone yelled at me for using that term), and, says the budget is $100 million, on par with the $100 million Indiana Jones! And who said this ride wasn't "major"? I do agree, DCA desperately needed something. Too bad it's a step backwards in Disney attractions. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/la-trb-little-mermaid-disney-california-adventure-review-06201101,1,7710017.story" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/travel/...17.story</a>
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings Post 135, bananas! (post 134 not as much, as he agreed with me that the movie THE BLACK HOLE sucks!) Still waiting for one simple cut/paste of me violating community standards...sigh....tap, tap, tap....
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<says the budget is $100 million, on par with the $100 million Indiana Jones!>> Let's just say that the original $100 million that built Indiana Jones, wouldn't build Indiana Jones today.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***says the budget is $100 million, on par with the $100 million Indiana Jones*** Indy is more than 15 years old now, though. You can't really compare dollar for dollar, you have to look at the inflation rate and all that stuff...not to mention other factors (for instance, ToT in Tokyo cost a fortune, MUCH more than the others I believe, but much of that was for (clearly much needed!) earthquake reinforcement measures on reclaimed land). Still, obviously a pretty pricy investment on Disney's part. Not a cheap throwaway like so many other DCA efforts, so that's a positive at least. Strangely enough, I prefer them to swing for the home run every time even if they strike out now and then (and the jury is still out on Mermaid, so I'm not trying to imply anything), rather than go for the nice safe bunt as they so often have in recent years.
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings Yes, TLM ride is a safe bunt that will cater to many little toddlers who don't know any better. Also, these "$100 Million", "DCA 1 BILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION!" are mostly lies made up by promotions departments to make the park sound much bigger than it really is. Movies been lying about budgets by 30-40% for decades. It's the only industry (along with theme parks), that tells you how much there movies, attractions cost! Why? It's great free PR that no one is going to verify (and nobody really couldn't legally do it anyway). It's a white lie, though, a lie none the less. And trust me, TLM ride doesn't look a penny over $5 mil Well, I guess if you factor in the property value, then maybe you approach $40 mil!
