Magic Lamp Theater replacing HISTA; thoughts

Originally Posted By Mr X

Say, everyone keeps talking about Laugh Floor replacing HISTA, but there's that other popular theater based attraction from DisneySea, Magic Lamp Theater.

I think that has the potential to be even more popular than Laugh Floor...thoughts?

 

Originally Posted By trekkeruss

Unless they used the concept and totally reworked the show with a different theme, characters, etc., I wouldn't want to see it in place of Captain EO/HISTA. At least MILF is psuedo-futuristic/fantasy/sci-fi-ish...an Aladdin show would be too far out of theme for TL.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

>>At least MILF is psuedo-futuristic/fantasy/sci-fi-ish.<<

Psuedo futuristic?

I don't think so.

No more "psuedo futuristic" than Nemo in the subs.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

Mr. X ....
as many of us have not been to Tokyo DisneySea ... would you mind giving the honors and describe "Magic Lamp Theater" and how it would be tailor made to fit the futuristic theme of Tomorrowland?

 

Originally Posted By trekkeruss

You can watch the show on YouTube.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

A simple written description would be fine.

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

It's a story of a young magician apprentice who tricks his master out of his magic lamp, and then the Genie does some stuff.

It combines live actors with 3D, and is set in the distant past, in Arabia.

About as out of place as Laugh Floor, if you ask me.

***psuedo-futuristic/fantasy/sci-fi-ish***

Well, when they change the name of the land to pseudo-futuristicfantasyscifiland, Laugh Floor will work just fine.

 

Originally Posted By trekkeruss

<<Psuedo futuristic?

I don't think so.>>

I haven't seen MILF, so I'm speaking more to the movie. Monsters Inc. *is* a psuedo futuristic/fantasy/sci-fi film. Can we convert laughter into fuel? Have you ever seen someone tele-transport through a door? So for me, that makes the attraction fit, if ever so loosely.

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

What exactly is pseudo-futuristic about Monsters Inc., anyway?

They drive cars and eat sushi...very much a "Modern Day" kind of life. Even a little dated in parts (the little veggie shop with the Italian owner is mostly a thing of the past in todays' Wal-Mart culture, after all).

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

Oh joy.

More justification to shoehorn more cartoons into Tomorrowland.

*sigh*

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

***Can we convert laughter into fuel? Have you ever seen someone tele-transport through a door? So for me, that makes the attraction fit, if ever so loosely.***

I never got that impression though. The factory-at-large is very much a modern day power plant deal, complete with hard hats and fore-mans and all that. Sure they do somehow "rig" the doors but I get the impression that the door "technology" itself is just a kind of magic they stumbled upon (remember, you need the entire "door" for it to work...what's so high tech about a slab of wood?).

As far as converting scream into energy, well, that was their main (only?) power source. How much high tech gadgetry do we employ in the relentless search for more black gold?

Yeah...I'm not seeing the pseudo-futurism there (nor sci-fi even). Alternate dimensional fantasy is what the movie is all about, in the present day.

 

Originally Posted By Hista98

i would pick milf over magic lamp theatre which has less to do with TL. magic lamp theatre if it will go anywhere would be in adventureland.

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

***i would pick milf over magic lamp theatre which has less to do with TL***

Neither has anything to do with Tomorrowland.

That was my point.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

Alternate Dimensional Fantasy is exactly what the Monster Inc. franchise is.

Everything out of the 2001 screams "modern day" era. Not the slightest futuristic.

Shoehorning Buzz into the various Tomorrowlands semi worked. But Monsters Inc.? ABSOLUTELY not!

I get the feeling some Disneyland Fans here have thrown in the towel .. and it matters not what imagineering puts in anymore.

I haven't thrown in the towel. I'm still holding out for someone at WDI with some SENSE!

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

>>i would pick milf over magic lamp theatre which has less to do with TL. magic lamp theatre if it will go anywhere would be in adventureland.<<

I think you missed the point hista. The point is to take the basic premise .. but assign a futuristic themed story to it.

 

Originally Posted By trekkeruss

<<More justification to shoehorn more cartoons into Tomorrowland.>>

Just to be clear, I am not trying to justify putting "cartoons" in TL, merely explaining how I think it fits, even if badly. I'd be much happier if MILF wasn't in TL, here, there, or anywhere else.

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

***I think you missed the point hista. The point is to take the basic premise .. but assign a futuristic themed story to it.***

You both missed the point.

The point was, NEITHER ONE OF THEM BELONG IN TOMORROWLAND!

And I chose a very cynical example (an old fable from Arabia) to highlight exactly why Monsters Inc isn't "somewhat more appropriate" at all.

It either fits the theme, or it don't. These don't. Back to the drawing board, DisCo!

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

Call it taking a "cue" on your topic Mr. X ......... but taking a basic idea ... and fine tuning it with a proper theme could work.

Takes some imagination, surely.

But would they rather be lazy .. and just shoehorn Monsters Inc. because it's easier?

Didn't Walt have a line about "Not resting on our laurels" ?

 

Originally Posted By jbkuchon

Now Dean, don't get over excited, don't lose your head, we wouldn't want you to lose that.

 

Originally Posted By jbkuchon

Is MILF (hehe) ahem, Is MILF a movie or are the characters actually there on the stage? And if so, is Sully not even in it? (Just watched a clip on you tube)