Originally Posted By llanatoye Got it Lady S and replied! Boy, are these folks in for a meet huh? The SFR Treehouse of Death Climb 2010 will put the Tower of Tarzan to shame. Crazycroc, watch yourself, you might end up paddling up the ROA, but we'll put you on the list k?
Originally Posted By KittyPrincess1206 Has anyone ever run up the treehouse? How hard can this REALLY be?? It sounds like so much fun, lol!
Originally Posted By Darley_Abbey I read somewhere that just before the Tarzan overlay Swiss was in desperate need of maintenance and refurbishment. By proposing the Tarzan tie-in the imagineers were able to secure the $$$ to get the job done. Otherwise it may have gone the way of Cascade Peak. Anyway, management seems a bit more enlightened these days, so perhaps they'll let us have Swiss back. I think they should keep the new entryway created for Tarzan though.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight <<<---puts on his zippered mask>> How naughty CC! > Bring out the GIMP!! ;-)
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Llanatoye,got your email and will reply soon. Between the two of us , I know we will come up with something funtabulous! :-D
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I don't mind the Tarzan overlay, but I do think that it actually diminished what was there before it. The reason is that the static fiberglass Tarzan characters take away from the "imagination" of the Robinson's home. You have more of a narrative now, but then, that's kind of it. No interactivity with characters, no AA movement at all. No "spark" of anything, other than looking at a giant diorama. The thing I always loved about the Swiss Family version, was that it was kind of voyeuristic. It felt like you were trespassing, and at any moment the family would be back to chase you out of their house...or maybe welcome you for a meal. It felt "alive", like they had just stepped out and you were seeing things left unattended. With Tarzan, he's right there, and there's a giant leopard and an ape inside the treehouse...they are watching you, but they're obviously fake. It just takes that little bit of imagination away. Still, I don't find it horrible, I just like the original incarnation much better.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight omgoodness gurgitoy, you nailed it! That is exactly how I felt when I used to go through it when it was SFR. Wow, your post struck me big time. That was cool. It did feellike you were trespassing and that at any moment they would be there. that was a happy thought. Thanks!
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight It felt as if you could just move right in and be a part of it all. I would have gladly lived in a treehouse they way they did.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Thanks! Yeah, I just started recalling how I felt every time I went up there, and those were my thoughts. I always loved getting that sneak peek into their rooms, and wishing I could live there myself. Everything was left running, so I felt like the family was present, but just out for the time being. Tarzan's rooms just don't have that feeling. I have no idea if it's because I've seen Swiss Family Robinson or not. I wonder what somebody's reaction would have been up there if they had never seen the movie before? But, going up there as a kid, I recognized what I saw from the movie, so maybe that was a reason I felt the way I did?
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 That would be the most awesome thing ever to live in a treehouse like that though! If the weather was good all the time, it would be amazing! Except if there were any naughty monkeys nearby...that could get annoying.
Originally Posted By llanatoye Those are my memories too gurgitoy2 and LadyS, I always felt that I shouldn't be looking because it was their home. But of course I looked because it also felt like it could be my home too or if they were there I would be invited to join them (they were very civilized in an uncivilized setting)
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS During this meet, is there going to be a sexy fireman to help me continue breathing after every flight of stairs? I mean, really, LS, that's the LEAST you can do for me if I grace you with my presence.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Gurgitoy, I think you nailed it perfectly. I think it would be well recieved if they re-released the movie or re-made it. It is so much fun to use ones imagination. It takes you away into your own little world, and sometimes someone elses. Tarzans treehouse just doesnt have that charm. There was so much more to look at and wonder about when it was SFR.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight But of course Dahling! Smokin' hot firemen just for you. Ready, willing and able to give you mouth to mouth no matter what.( carry you through the Treehouse too if you'd like) ;-)
