Taking the Mickey: A Save Disney Quest

Omake: Lady White Snake
Omake: Lady White Snake

Lady White Snake was an odd choice in fairytales for Disney to adapt- it was almost entirely unheard of in the west until that point- I think that may have been the reason that it stuck with me.

Lady White Snake starts with Bai Suzhen, the White Snake herself, watching humans, before Xiaoqing, a green snake and her younger sister, comes to drag her back home to the rice paddies they live in.

Back in the rice paddies, Bai Suzhen is working on her magic, intending on achieving immortality- Xiaoqing makes fun of her, but Bai Suzhen sings a song about wanting to do and be more- "If I Had Forever" isn't typically people's favorite song from the movie, but it's mine.

We see Fahai, a turtle envious of what research and information Bai Suzhen has, and gets her caught in a trap by humans- luckily, on that day, the prince, Xu Xian, has come to town, and he buys Bai Suzhen himself, then setting her free. Bai Suzhen falls in love with the prince, and starts to get to work on a spell to turn human.

Years pass, and Bai Suzhen learns the spell to turn human, and goes to see Xu Xian, who has long forgotten about the snake he saved as a boy. Xu Xian falls in love with her, anyways, but Bai Suzhen can't bring herself to reveal the truth- which is understandable, because, like, what would you do? Either the guy would think that you're crazy, or he'd freak out about the whole snake thing.

Fahai uncovers Bai Suzhen's research, and uses it to transform himself into a monk- at the palace he reveals her to be a snake- while Xu Xian loves her still, the emperor refuses to let his son marry a snake, which also makes sense- I wouldn't want that either. I guess that that would make me a hypocrite or something? I don't know.

So, Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen still meet in private, but one night, Bai Suzhen is delayed, and Fahai kidnaps Xu Xian, and blames his disappearance on Bai Suzhen- Xiaoqing rescues her from prison, and the two go off on a quest to save Xu Xian from Fahai- the two succeed, but Bai Suzhen herself becomes trapped.

Returning to the palace, Xu Xian reveals Fahai's treachery and Bai Suzhen's heroism, but isn't able to mount a rescue expedition- he instead goes off on his own, and ends up saving Bai Suzhen himself.

Lady White Snake is a weird story. It's strange, it's obscure, it features snakes in a heroic role, and it ends with a snake marrying a human man, but I think that that may be why I like it. It's just such a weird movie. It's unfortunate that Bai Suzhen's search for immortality goes nowhere, although I don't really know how they could work that in? I haven't seen any of the direct to video sequels.
 
So I'm not sure I have writing an omake in me at the moment, but if anyone wants to tackle this idea I'd love to see it. The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne is a great story, and one that could be quite easily adapted by Disney. The princess is very much the more dominant one in the story and with some twisting it can be her story rather than Diarmuid's, but it's also got a lot of great action which will appeal after the great success of Black Cauldron. I'm imagining a Tangled-esque adventure style story, even though the plot beats are entirely different.

If I get back in a writing mood I'll try and make something out of it, but if anyone else wants to be my guest!
 
The real question is ...... does White Snake provide the music for the movie?

You know, like how Oliver and Company had Billy Joel provide the music.
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also, this omake probably isn't any good, but since we're getting cosy with Nintendo, we might as well do a Japanese fairytale! (honestly it's not very well written, and it's set much later, but we could probably do it earlier)

Omake: Princess Kaguya

The Moon Princess, Disney's adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, was created in response to the runaway success of Sailor Moon, a show the company passed over when contacted to dub it for an American release. The company eventually dubbed Magical DoReMi, Cardcaptor Sakura, and Pretty Cure, but before then, they still felt the need to get their fingers in a slice of that delicious moon pie. And that's where The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter came in.

The Moon Princess starts in animation made to resemble traditional Japanese watercolors- an old, childless, bamboo cutter finds a tiny baby in a stalk of glowing bamboo, and takes her home to raise with his wife, naming the girl Kaguya.

Going into animation more typical of Disney, we transition to Kaguya, now a young adult well within the normal size range for her demographic, playing hanetsuki- the other girls tease her about not looking for a husband, despite her almost supernatural beauty, but Kaguya wants to be able to be young and free as long as she can.

Coming back home, Kaguya meets five princes- Daichi, Eiji, Saburo, Toshiro, and Akira, who have come to ask for her hand in marriage- Kaguya refuses, but she ends up getting pressured into at least making it conditional- and so she sends each prince on an impossible quest.

That night, Kaguya has a dream, as she does most nights- she's on the moon, and there's fighting going on, and then she wakes up. Kaguya holds Usagi, her pet rabbit, for comfort.

Kaguya's friends start acting weird around her, due to thinking that she'll marry a prince, leaving her feeling alone. It's then that her parents reveal how they found her- and, putting the pieces together, she realizes that she's from the moon.

There's a montage song where Daichi, Eiji, and Saburo try to trick her, ending with Toshiro announcing that he knows she's given them impossible tasks, and so he gives up.

Kaguya is happy, but comes to realize that she longs for the moon, her home world, but doesn't know how or why she's here, or how she can get back. Her solo there was the song they made the radio version of, and while it's an excellent song, I honestly prefer Tsukuyomi's big villain song.

It's then that we're introduced to Tsukuyomi, the evil ruler of the moon, and Kaguya's uncle- he learns that Kaguya remembers how she came from the moon, and is worried, and decides to make her too guilty to return to the moon- towards that end, he injures Akira using magic, and plans to make her think that she was sent to earth as punishment for a crime.

While Kaguya is playing otedama with herself, a messenger comes in, informing her that Akira has been gravely injured, and is in danger of death. This fills Kaguya with guilt, and it is then that Tsukuyomi appears to her and, using her guilt, manipulates her into thinking she was sent to earth after causing someone's death.

The emperor pursues Kaguya's hand in marriage, causing Kaguya to react in anger, not only due to his age, but further due to the fact that he's ignoring his son's condition, on the verge of death. Kaguya comes to the conclusion that she needs to save Akira- if not to redeem herself, then at least to save a life, and so, with only Usagi, Kaguya tries to fulfill an impossible task herself in hopes of saving Akira.

While on the trip, Tsukuyomi sends his minions to stop her, and Kaguya finally realizes that he was lying to her about being a criminal- Kaguya discovers that she was actually the princess of the moon, sent to earth during a war, which ended with Tsukuyomi as the king of the moon, after putting information she got out of one of Tsukuyomi's minions, a talking rabbit named Tsukiya, together with her dreams.

Kaguya gets there too late to save Akira, but her tears bring her- and Akira's spirit- up to the moon, where Kaguya defeats Tsukuyomi and reclaims the throne.
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Omake: Princess Kaguya
It's not as bad as you think it is, but I would say that you should perhaps extend the earlier watercolor animation to end right before handing out the tasks, and expand more on the final showdown. Right now it reads as a great synopsis that reaches the climatic final showdown scene only to say "and then they won, the end."

Also, more options involving Disney getting set up for bringing things over to American markets will be added.
 
“A Day In the Movies, Part 2”
Vote Closed!

The Winning Vote said:
[X] Plan Neutral Compromise
-[X] Medium: 60 Total Groundbreaking successes needed, divided among areas. May have up to 6 areas, and 24 rides. This is around the size of the Magic Kingdom.
-[X] Central Hub. This is the layout used in the Magic Kingdom.
-[X] The Chinese Theater. A nice neutral choice that plays to all of Hollywood.

"Okay, so, just to remind everyone where we are, we're going for a park the size of the Magic Kingdom to start with, same layout style, and we'll have the Chinese theater as the centerpiece." You say.

"Sounds good to me." Says Lew.

Tim speaks up. "First order of business now, then, should be figuring out what we want to go inside the Chinese theater."

Bob looks at Tim. "A theater, maybe?" That gets a round of chuckles.

"Sure, that's an option. But we could get a ride in there instead, some sort of 'ride the movies' thing that goes through some of the classics." Tim responds.

"Might need to cut a deal for some extra movies to pad things out, then, make sure we're covering a good chunk of the real big hits in film history." Lew mentions.

"Mmm, that could be a problem." Tim concedes. "Could also go with a restaurant theater combo with a smaller theater, or a VIP hotel suite, like in Cinderella Castle."

"There's a VIP suite in the castle?" Bob asks.

"I think I've heard of that, actually." Lew answers. "Problem is that you can't really use it as a hotel since it's already in the park. More of a showpiece than anything."

"Yeah, we tend to use it as a major perk for certain people." You say. "Well, that, and it's been brought up as a contest prize."

-[] A Walk-In Theater: A full sized theater showing classic movies, where guests can enter and exit freely.

-[] A Ride: Tim has the idea for a ride through the movies that could go in the theater, although of course you could always look into a different ride.

-[] A Restaurant: A Half-Counter service/Half-Table service restaurant, with a seating area that has a smaller theater screen in it, showing classic movies.

-[] A VIP Suite: A set of rooms set up for when you have a major guest (like a movie star) showing up to the park who deserves more than just a room at a regular hotel.

-[] Write-In.


"Well, with that out of the way, let's move to what I'm sure is going to take up the rest of the day: the actual areas we're going to have." You say.

Tony barely waits for you to finish talking before beginning to propose ideas. "Alright, so, we should probably have a Hollywood backlot area." There's nods from all around. "But I was thinking, behind each backlot area, we have an area themed around that backlot. An animation area, like Toontown from Roger a Rabbit. A bustling metropolis, like from Superman. A sort of dystopian sci-fi cityscape, like Blade Runner. And so on and so forth."

Marty looks around. "I was going to lean a bit more into Hollywood, propose a few areas based off the city itself. Maybe Sunset Boulevard, we are finishing up construction with Virgin next quarter over at the Disney Marketplace, they might be interested in working with us on something like that."

You also take a glance around the room before pitching in your own idea. "I was going to say we should have a Muppetland, with the Muppets trying to emulate Hollywood films and not quite getting it right."

Bob takes a moment to think. "I like the backlot idea, obviously, but I think we should expand on it a bit further. Have another area devoted to the down and dirty of film making, you know, costuming, animation departments, maybe even a boneyard of old props. Set up a proper tram tour of the area."

Lew points at Tony. "I like the genre idea, maybe add in a mystery town? A noir detective area? Hmm, we could have the noir detective area connect to Toontown, really play up the Roger Rabbit angle. Hell, you've worked with George before, right Mike?" At your nod, he continues. "See if we can't get George and Steven in on this, get an adventure area set up based on Indiana Jones, or even see about getting something like that Bespin city from Star Wars In there."

Areas: Pick up to 6. Plan vote for this.

-[] Hollywood Backlot: An area designed to look like the studio backlots of Hollywood. Would make for a convincing entrance to the park,

-[] Toontown: An area based off the Toontown of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, full of animated characters.

-[] Muppetland: An area that has the Muppets trying (and failing) to emulate Hollywood classics.

-[] Sunset Boulevard: An area based off the legendary Sunset Boulevard of Rock n' Roll fame. A good chance to add music to the park.

-[] Metropolis: An area based off the bustling cities of the world, but primarily New York, this is Superman's home.

-[] Behind-the-Scenes (costuming, boneyard, etc.): An area that expands on the backlot theming, offering a more in-depth look at all the work that goes into making films.

-[] Cyberpunk Dystopia: An area based off the new genre that films like Alien have hinted at and films like Blade Runner have shown in detail, a dreary and dingy cityscape of a bleak future.

-[] Indiana Jones Action (will require a meeting with Steven and George): A couple of sets in an area based off the wildly popular Indiana Jones films.

-[] Cloud City Sci-Fi (will require a meeting with George): An area designed to mimic Cloud City from Star Wars.

-[] Classic Noir: An area based on the gritty old pulp detective novels, full of mobsters and dames.

-[] Mystery Town: An area based on the classic small-town mystery, like those most frequently seen in Scooby-Doo.

-[] Horror: An area based on the old horror genre, with Dracula and Frankenstein being prime examples.

-[] Write-In: There's always more to consider when looking at the history of film, and never ending possibilities to explore.


By the time you've finished debating the merits of the various land ideas, all of you are practically falling asleep on your feet. A glance at the clock shows that it's already past eight.

"Well, I need to get back to the hotel, and also grab some supper." Lew says. "I'll be in touch if anyone needs me, but I'm beat for now."

"Ditto for me." Says Bob. "Still, with all this out of the way, at least we can get moving forward. I'll leave the ride concepts with you, Mike. Or I guess with the imagineers." He hastily clarifies as Tim clears his throat.

"Alright, I'll talk to you both as things develop, then." You say. "Have a good night!"

With the final exchanges said, you and the imagineers begin packing everything up.

AN: Moratorium for 24 hours to let write-ins be proposed and plans made, followed by 24 hours of voting. Votes should be in a plan. Remember, the more areas there are, the more actions you'll need to invest in the overall park, but the faster you can move things along with those investments. There will be other actions available in the Hollywood Studios category as well, things like integrating the already proposed rides and contacting George and Steven.

Also, since I've been watching the imagineering documentary on D+, a fun tidbit: From 1982 to 1984 the imagineering department at Disney went from ~3,000 employees to ~400. Re-expanding the imagineering department before you started building a park in earnest was an incredibly good idea.

Also also, spotty internet tonight, so if I don't respond until tomorrow, that's why.
 
I honestly think we should stay away from cyberpunk dystopia. It just... Doesn't sound as fun as some of the other options. It sounds off-tone with Disney. Indiana Jones can be thrilling and dangerous, even Horror I think we could pull off well and aim specifically at people going for scares, but Dystopia feels like something tricky to make fun.
 
Well Toontown, Metropolis, and Horror are musts. Cyberpunk Dystopia can definitely work, and provides a nice contrast to Epcot. Horror's a definite too since we have access to the classic monsters of Universal?

@Slynnwen can we combine some of these and still get a meeting with Steven?
 
Anyone feeling for a classic spaghetti western area? What's the real difference between Hollywood Backlot and the Behind-the-Scenes, because while I want something like that, giving it two zones seems like overkill.

My immediate thoughts are Backlot (or behind-the-scenes), Toontown, , Horror, and Metopolis are must-haves. For the other two I'm torn between Noir, Western, Sci-Fi, and Action-Adventure.

For the centerpiece I'm thinking ride or restaurant. People don't pay for theme park tickets to watch movies for hours.
 
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I honestly think we should stay away from cyberpunk dystopia. It just... Doesn't sound as fun as some of the other options. It sounds off-tone with Disney. Indiana Jones can be thrilling and dangerous, even Horror I think we could pull off well and aim specifically at people going for scares, but Dystopia feels like something tricky to make fun.
I think we can make it work. not only do we have the chance for Blade Runner, but also Alin, Predator, Terminator, Robocop, who can appear here. We can also have other Dystopian films like The Fifth Element and Total Recall as well.
 
-[] Write-In.
-[] Roger Rabbit Ride

Seeing as how that film is an homage to movies, why not have the central piece a ride be with Roger. Make him the spokesperson for this place like mickey is for Disney.

We'd need to show the nearly finished film to the other studios but it could be a possibility
 
We're planning at the park areas level, and not deciding on specific rides right now, but that's a good idea.
 
Omake: The Mouse of Baker Street
Omake: The Mouse of Baker Street

A Mousey Sherlock Holmes: Basil's Adventures in the Big and Little Screens


We all know the story behind The Great Mouse Detective: Basil of Baker Street. From it's conception, it's production, even the argument for it's name and the mediation necessary to even add the subtitle at the end. The story was indeed one that was a near departure from Disney's other classics. Going to a more dark, gritty atmosphere (little trivia here, but a young Tim Burton gave his own personal touch at the opening scenes, and it shows) in which the main theme is not a fairytale, or even a tale of a young hero saving a nation/princess/family, etc. The main theme of this movie was the mistery and a personal rivalry and vendetta between two brilliant men (Well, mice actually) as well as a story of personal growth and humanity as the hero finds peace once more. The tale of Basil, Dawson and Ratigan was one for the ages, and one that invited not only children, but teens and adults to share in the mystery and wonder.

So it's no wonder that such a movie would get it's own cartoon series just a year later.

The movie was the second to have been greenlighted for such a project, the first being The Black Cauldron, but while The Great Mouse Detective was indeed a great movie who could be called a classic, it was still a movie that was darker than what Disney usually went for. However, one thing that pushed for the creation for such a series was the great push made by fans. But not only Basil's fans.

These were Sherlock Holmes fans.

Fans of Sherlock Holmes may not be as attention grabbing as the fans fro Star Wars and Star Trek, but they were there, and have existed ever since the great detective made it's first publication, and have kept themselves in the lookout for any and all new media and production of Sherlock Holmes, either by book, movie, and in this case animation.

Young Sherlock Holmes (or Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear in the United Kingdom) which had premiered the year before had been a dissapointment when it was shown. Discarding the mystery, the dark atmosphere and the keen intellect of the great detective in exchange for adventure and heroism, while trying to shoehorn the characters in a time period before their original meeting and linking them in a more personal and familiar way. To many purists this was not Sherlock Holmes, nor should it be.

But Basil, Profesor Ratigan, and Major Dr. David Q. Dawson were adaptations which still managed to get the core of their personalities and the pure essence of the characters themselves. Many a Sherlock Holmes fan went to see the movies and felt satisfied with what they had seen, and clamored for more of this new bold mouse detective. More of the mysteries and adventures that could be adapted and shown once more in the screen.

For a while there was talk of a sequel for the big screen, however the potential of seeing and developing more adventures for Tv (as well as the cost for it) made it more palatable to putting Basil's Adventures in the Disney Channel, and the tone to remain. The cartoon was the first in Disney to be more dark and mysterious, which set the foundations for future cartoons to push the envelope as it well when it came to mature themes.

Basil's Adventures won it's first award for it's second season finale "Ratigan's Return" for it's mature way of handling what it clearly had been the most traumatic day in Basil's life.

A.N: I figured that as we are giving more help for the Great Mouse Detective then perhaps this time it could be enough to get Sherlock Holmes fans to actually love the movie. Furthermore, I feel that having a cartoon about a detective mice that can clearly be seen as an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes would open the gates for more mature cartoons in the future (which can only be good. We need to keep up with the times).

Also, Who doesn't want more Vincent Price!!! Ratigan must return once more!!!
 
@Slynnwen can we combine some of these and still get a meeting with Steven?
Write-Ins will be reviewed on an individual basis, but you're unlikely to have a chance to speak with Steven unless you're looking to utilize Indiana Jones in some capacity.

EDIT: Or one of his other works, I suppose.
Omake: The Mouse of Baker Street
Expect to see an option for the Disney Channel based on this after the movie comes out, with a slight boost to the dice it provides.
Seeing as how that film is an homage to movies, why not have the central piece a ride be with Roger.
You're just figuring out what type of thing is going in there at the moment, not the specifics. A Roger Rabbit ride is possible if you just pick the ride option.
What's the real difference between Hollywood Backlot and the Behind-the-Scenes, because while I want something like that, giving it two zones seems like overkill.
The backlot is soundstages and live sets. Behind-the-scenes is costuming, prop making, a boneyard (props from old movies), foley effects, generally things that you might not even consider going into a movie.
 
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-[] Classic Noir: An area based on the gritty old pulp detective novels, full of mobsters and dames.
-[] Mystery Town: An area based on the classic small-town mystery, like those most frequently seen in Scooby-Doo
I like both of these options. We could premiere escape rooms in these set ups.
 
[] Plan: A Day at the Movies
-[] A Walk-In Theater: A full sized theater showing classic movies, where guests can enter and exit freely.

What's a park dedicated to movies without easy access to those movies? Not sure if I should remove this bit from the plan, so for now, it stays.

-[] Hollywood Backlot: An area designed to look like the studio backlots of Hollywood. Would make for a convincing entrance to the park.

Maybe we could use these for soundstages like Nickolodeon Studios did when they had a deal with Universal?

-[] Toontown: An area based off the Toontown of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, full of animated characters.

Yes, especially with a Noir land. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is a gem among noir films, or at least that's my opinion.

-[] Muppetland: An area that has the Muppets trying (and failing) to emulate Hollywood classics.

Muppet anarchy? In my Disney? Closer than you think.

-[] Metropolis: An area based off the bustling cities of the world, but primarily New York, this is Superman's home.

Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! The amazing stranger from Krypton, the Man of Steel, Superman!

...Sue me, I love Superman.

-[] Cyberpunk Dystopia: An area based off the new genre that films like Alien have hinted at and films like Blade Runner have shown in detail, a dreary and dingy cityscape of a bleak future.

Because I want a dark mirror to Tomorrowland and EPCOT. A look at what might be if we are not careful in looking after our planet in the name of progress.

-[] Classic Noir: An area based on the gritty old pulp detective novels, full of mobsters and dames.

Lastly, it gives Cast Members an excuse to don what I consider very classy: the old-school trenchcoat and fedora combo. Also synergizes well with Toontown.
 
[] Plan Fun!, Action!, Excitement!
-[] Hollywood Backlot: An area designed to look like the studio backlots of Hollywood. Would make for a convincing entrance to the park,
-[] Toontown: An area based off the Toontown of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, full of animated characters.
-[] Muppetland: An area that has the Muppets trying (and failing) to emulate Hollywood classics.

-[] Metropolis: An area based off the bustling cities of the world, but primarily New York, this is Superman's home.
-[] Horror: An area based on the old horror genre, with Dracula and Frankenstein being prime examples.
-[] Indiana Jones Action (will require a meeting with Steven and George): A couple of sets in an area based off the wildly popular Indiana Jones films.


Hollywood backlot is perfect as an entrance to the park. Toontown and Muppetland are our IPs supported by two hot commodities. Metropolis is (hopefully) going to be supported by a great superman movie and also is where we want to put the coaster we got by helping out in Superman IV. Horror is Universal's IP and is a classic of film.

I was thinking the Indiana Jones Action could be used to feature the various adventure films such as Tarzan and Flight of the Phoenix. And Indiana himself. But, a large reason I chose this is it continues our connection with George Lucas and also starts a dialogue with Steven Spieldberg. Which we want to further with more rides in our park and (perhaps) a distribution deal with them for some of their other movies. Maybe Amblin could work with Disney rather than with the WB? We don't know- but we won't find out or have a shot unless we make the groundwork now.
 
[] Plan: A Genre Plan for the Park
-[] A Ride: Tim has the idea for a ride through the movies that could go in the theater, although of course you could always look into a different ride.
-[] Hollywood Backlot: An area designed to look like the studio backlots of Hollywood. Would make for a convincing entrance to the park,
-[] Toontown: An area based off the Toontown of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, full of animated characters.
-[] Metropolis: An area based off the bustling cities of the world, but primarily New York, this is Superman's home.
-[] Indiana Jones Action (will require a meeting with Steven and George): A couple of sets in an area based off the wildly popular Indiana Jones films.
--[] Set the theming to Barnett College (Indy's school), a New England style college town, and work with George and Steven to fill out Indy's as yet unseen adventures.
-[] Cyberpunk Dystopia: An area based off the new genre that films like Alien have hinted at and films like Blade Runner have shown in detail, a dreary and dingy cityscape of a bleak future.
-[] Write-In: Pre-War Los Angeles: A Fusion of Noir and Horror
--[] Set the period to a time when Universal's movie monsters are hitting the big screen. When you can have Gangsters shootout appear with Wolfman and Mummy movie tricks.

Seeing the options laid out I have adjusted, instead of merging Barnett College and Horror, I really liked the idea of noir land... given when a lot of Universals classic movie monsters were made it seemed to be a match made in heaven. Leave the 1940s streets and enter back alleys where the line queue begins for the classic monster rides and what not. If we can constrain the line of sight we can insert a lot of references like how only from Noirland you can see the LAND part of the Hollywood Land Sign or stuff like that.

I do think we can get more mileage out of Muppet Meet and Greets and their goal is to "get" a land, but they can never quite get there. It's an ongoing gimmick where they are trying to get signatures or something to petition "the Studio Heads" to give us a land.

Also a ride idea... In Noirland... we use the Samus Aran lightgun tech to make a "Mobland Car Chase"

In terms of shop ideas... We need to have a shop in Backlot where you can buy copies of any movie on DVD VHS that WB, Disney, or Universal has, and deliver it to your house, mail order video delivery... nah it will never catch on. No... I'm not thinking of netflix, I'm thinking of an earlier version of things like the Warner archive program. In effect we are making this Backlot store the 'Mecca' of VHS collectors.

What can I say I'm a sucker from the Great Movie Ride...
 
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Seeing the options laid out I have adjusted, instead of merging Barnett College and Horror, I really liked the idea of noir land... given when a lot of Universals classic movie monsters were made it seemed to be a match made in heaven. Leave the 1940s streets and enter back alleys where the line queue begins for the classic monster rides and what not. If we can constrain the line of sight we can insert a lot of references like how only from Noirland you can see the LAND part of the Hollywood Land Sign or stuff like that.

What can I say I'm a sucker from the Great Movie Ride...
Well, I originally wanted to have Noir and Horror separated, but this actually has everything I wanted for the park (Dystopia and Metropolis are a must) so I'll vote for this when the chance comes.
 
Plan: Hollywood History
-[] A Walk-In Theater: A full sized theater showing classic movies, where guests can enter and exit freely.
-[] Toontown: An area based off the Toontown of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, full of animated characters.
-[] Hollywood Backlot: An area designed to look like the studio backlots of Hollywood. Would make for a convincing entrance to the park,
-[] Metropolis: An area based off the bustling cities of the world, but primarily New York, this is Superman's home.
-[] Horror: An area based on the old horror genre, with Dracula and Frankenstein being prime examples.
-[] Muppetland: An area that has the Muppets trying (and failing) to emulate Hollywood classics.
-[] Write-In: Town of the Times: An area with a focus on capturing the history of Hollywood (and a sideline in the real history which inspired the fiction) using a gradually transforming town with appropriate buildings, starting out with an old Wild West town, complete with frequent shootouts, then gradually transitions to the town's more modern incarnation, where mystery is afoot.

That's my plan! What does everyone think?
Edit: The plan has been edited to take into account feedback from Slynnwen.
 
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I do think we can get more mileage out of Muppet Meet and Greets and their goal is to "get" a land, but they can never quite get there. It's an ongoing gimmick where they are trying to get signatures or something to petition "the Studio Heads" to give us a land.
Another Muppet idea that could work in tandem with above: have a show where they try to recreate famous movie. Key word being try.
 
Another Muppet idea that could work in tandem with above: have a show where they try to recreate famous movie. Key word being try.
Then after the show they could start asking for signatures in order to"get their own land" only for security to arrive and ask if they have a license or permission to do their show, leading to probably Gonzo scream "Run for it!" and all muppets try to escape.
 
My gut says Backlot, Toontown, Horror (we have the Universal monsters), Noir, Indiana Jones (or rather, Action Adventure in general but featuring Indy as the key centerpiece), and either Metropolis or one of the Sci Fis. We can integrate Muppets into Toon Town, general mystery stuff into Noir, and the more grounded film properties that don't fit elsewhere into Metropolis.

I'm a little leery of doing something with Star Wars or general cyberpunk and needing to deal with the Tomorrowland Problem Mk.II as the years pass by and they become less and less convincing images of future tech. Star Wars in particular strikes me as something we could build into later, since we'll probably develop a working relationship with Lucas through our Indiana Jones properties.

Cyberpunk is a little bit iffy because Noir Mystery and Horror are both more distinct and historically relevant genres, and also pretty dark in tone. I'm not sure I want half of the areas in the park themed around gloomy, somewhat dangerous things. Noir can have the edges blunted off a bit by including some comfy mystery iconography and ideas, but we can't really do the same with Cyberpunk. We might still do something with cyberpunk somewhere in the park, but I don't think it's a great idea for a whole distinct section.
 
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