Originally Posted By monorailblue Its a desecreation to miss dalmatians. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who's been posting for the last 14 years!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt The dalmatians thing, much like this website, has died a long slow death over the past few years.
Originally Posted By Socrates How many people here have lived in medieval Europe? Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living"
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt LOL! I was thinking the same thing. I was also thinking that Sleeping Beauty Castle looks absolutely nothing like a real medieval castle.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker Considering it is mostly based on a 19th century fabrication of a medieval castle thinking it's not medieval enough is a little silly.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Well, if you must know, I think you are silly. Cosmically, I think it's a wash.
Originally Posted By smd4 Actually, the castle is meant to "evoke" medieval architecture--in much the same way that Main Street evokes the turn of the last century. The castle did feature several design elements that were developed for medieval defense, such as loopholes, portcullis, crenellations, etc. Of course, when it became Barbie's Dream Castle, with its oh-so-cute squirrel scuppers and Princess-Perfect Pink paint scheme, it lost any credibility it once had. As Mumford and Gordon wrote, "The illusions at Disneyland are nothing more than a thin veneer--and it's one that can easily be scratched away. When it's gone, you lose that special sense of reality that makes fantasy better." Certain scoffers on this board and others have no comprehension of this concept. Year after year, the veneer of reality that actually made the fantasy better has been peeled away. Disneyland is becoming a parody of itself. And apparently, that's "acceptable."
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Certain scoffers on this board and others have no comprehension of this concept." Whatever. As lovely as it is Sleeping Beauty Castle is purely a Hollywood invention masterminded by Walt Disney's motion picture studio artists. Do an image search for "medieval castle" and and learn something. "Disneyland is becoming a parody of itself." I agree with you on this point.
Originally Posted By smd4 >>>Do an image search for "medieval castle" and and learn something<<< Need to work on that reading comprehension, Hans. I never wrote that it was modeled after a medieval castle.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <"Certain scoffers on this board and others have no comprehension of this concept."> I think many of us do, but may sometimes disagree on what constitutes an egregious example. To me, the Alice platforms (which lasted WAY too long) were egregious. Hated them the first time I saw them, and when I rode it, hated them even more. Bad, bad, bad, bad show. This castle railing? While I'd prefer it not be there and I'm certainly not crazy about it, I can't consider it in the same class. There are degrees. You have some people who are so crazed they will actually go ballistic over the notion that the green on the Mickey figure's coat at the top of Silly Symphony Swings was not the same as that used in The Band Concert. (I'm not making that up.) Try pointing out that a 3D figure meant to be viewed from 25 feet below is different from a 2D drawing meant to be viewed straight on and that a lighter shade might make it "pop" more and actually be a good choice... and risk being called a "defender of mediocrity" by self-appointed guardians of something or other. We're here to discuss opinions on the park. Unless they're flat-out inaccurate, most opinions are just opinions and are perfectly valid. I may think you're crazy if you think Space Mountain is better with a soundtrack because I really preferred it with just the ambient sound, but it's a valid opinion nonetheless. We need to have a little respect for each other and state our opinions without making it personal.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt ^^And this is basically what I was trying to say. In the end Sleeping Beauty Castle isn't meant to replicate a real castle or even "evoke" one. It's pure fantasy from bottom to top.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Is this really that big of a deal? I will be at the DLR in less than a week, hopefully the change wont ruin my vacaton.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: If it does, be sure and come to Morva! ORGOCH: Yeah, then yer really gonna' see what a ruined vacation is like!
Originally Posted By smd4 >>>Is this really that big of a deal?<<< All the "little things," that people don't consider a big deal, are destroying the charm and magic the Park once had, when taken in the aggregate. It all adds up.
