Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>I'm being good (for now) about not watching anything more than snippets of the show - hope I can keep it up for the many months minimum before I'll be able to see it live<< This sums me up perfectly as well! I'm being really good about avoiding it all, but I can already feel myself giving into temptation. Have to keep it up til September... I for one hope they don't change it up (much, at least) for Halloween / Christmas. I always travel between September and January and I would hate to end up with "HMH Syndrome", where I never get to see the original because of the timing of my visits.
Originally Posted By dlpostcardguy Hi Dean - the soundtrack is very full and lush. Does not sound like a 5 piece band. I think you will enjoy it. Australia?! Wow! Send me an email and let me know how/what you are doing. I have the same email I have had for quite a while. (The earthlink account.) B.T.W. - Did you know they closed Brooks Bros downtown? Kind of sad, it's just sitting there empty. Back on topic - I think you will like to love the show. I haven't seen it yet in person but I'm impatient and have seen several full length videos and have really enjoyed it. I can only imagine I will only like it that much better in person! Will see it on the 26th (in hopefully a good spot - have Tratoria reservations). Hope to hear from you!
Originally Posted By dlpostcardguy I'm sure she does the opening but can't tell if that's her doing the closing and/or exit music.
Originally Posted By oc_dean They are considered "new" classics. But when we refer to Walt's era .. I think the general term is - classics. But anyway ... lets go back to Iger and his (infamous) February showing of WoC .. and made his reference to wanting it - More "modern". Does the show feel like it has a "modern pop" FEEL to it, in places?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt By virtue of all the Pixar stuff in it I'd say it probably does.
Originally Posted By socalkdg I believe this show will always be current. If a new movie comes out and makes tons of money, it would be pretty easy to include a scene in WOC the following year.
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 The show is Amazing, and with how easy it is to update and change if it ever has a problem they can fix it easily.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Dean there are plenty of references in the show to classics dating back to the beginning of Disney and all the way up to present. Starting with Snow White. I don't think it has a modern pop feel to it. I wouldn't call Pixar "Modern" feeling just because it was made in the last 10 years.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I think most people would say that the Pixar films are a part of current pop culture while Snow White is from a completely different era. The film was made in 1937 for goodness sakes!
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I just saw this comment Hans, you little smart A#$! I wasn't really trying to say that Pixar and Snow White are the same. I was saying it still had lots of references to the oldies like Snow White, and even though there was a lot of Pixar in there, I don't necessarily feel like Pixar movies, while current and new, really don't feel like a lot of the other current modern movies coming out today. Even though something is from our current pop culture, it doesn't necessarily have to have a "modern" feel to it. Somethings just seem to have the classic feel to them that turn them into instant classics. Know what I mean? Cause I'm not sure that I do.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i think if they continue to combine the classics with the newer films like they are doing with this show, even though the classics are few and far between, it could work. I was talking with another guest today and we were saying how it would be awesome to see some of the classics say mary poppins, maybe supercalifragilisticexpialidoucious, or steps in time, with say maybe candle in the water from petes dragon for the emotion, and add some of the newer films, say ratatouille, they could do the whole colors as flavors as they did in the movie, mixed in with i don't know, a cars chase from cars are even dash from incredibles running on water trying to escape the hover crafts! there are so many more possibilites for shows when it is time to update.
Originally Posted By DAR I heard the beginning of the show via the net when they used the intro from the old Wonderful World of Color tv show. My question is how many kids are left confused by what that is from.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance lesmisfan, those are some good ideas. By the way, quick side question. Are you male? I've always thought you were female, then I read something the other day that made me question it. I was flabbergasted!
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>But WOC basically (for now) doesn't include any references to films made before the 1990s, right?<< Wrong, actually. Because of a couple of extended sequences from newer movies, many have said it ignores Disney's older properties. And the fact that Alice was heavily promoted, then cut, reinforces the idea. But the mix is really pretty good, with a definite edge toward newer films. The audio performance is overall quite lush and orchestral. There is definitely a "pop song" sound for the opening and closing theme, but of the "epic" variety. Within the show, all the music is newly recorded with full orchestra. And it is heard to best advantage in the outdoor setting of Paradise Pier.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance You don't act like a girl or anything, I think I just assumed it at the beginning.
