t***@aol.com
2008-04-23 15:53:06 UTC
Well I hate to say it but the much anticipated Imagineering DVD
"Secrets of Imagineering" or something like that pretty much flat out
sucks.
I was hoping for a lot, especially after the recent move in the right
direction on some of the Walt Disney Treasures DVD and the excellent
Little Mermaid ride through they did on the Mermaid DVD. However this
Imagineering DVD just sucks.
It is so incredibly simplistic that NO ONE other than the most
uninitiated fan could possibly find anything new or of value here.
And those who know literally NOTHING about the parks are very unlikely
to be purchasing the thing to begin with. Despite having Tony Baxter
and Marty Sklar involved with most of the Discs there is just precious
little information. These guys are incredible wealths on knowledge
and yet they are muted here. Instead we learn such fascinating behind
the scene tidbits such as the center of the park is called the Hub.
About as deep as the DVD gets is that Tiki Room was originally going
to be a restaurant. OK, very basic but still interesting had they
shown us original concept art and discussed what it may have looked
like. Instead they spend maybe 5 seconds on concepts such as this
before breezing on to the next subject.
The concept of a DVD like this is super strong and yet the execution
is just HORRIBLE. Why can they not understand the audience who would
purchase something like this? The free promo DVDs offer a better look
at the parks... and that is sad.
At the very least they could of given us the bonus materials where
they got deep. Maybe unedited interviews with Baxter and Sklar or
something like that... but no. Instead we get incredibly lame little
vignettes promoting DCA and a triva game that is so painful to sit
through you may considering shooting yourself 1/3 of the way into it.
On that trivia game you learn that Walt Disney LIVED in the
firehouse. Really... he and his family LIVED there huh? It's just
crazy.
For God's sake Disney... give the fans a chance to create an official
DVD of this nature for you because the fact is that we could honestly
do a better job and have a better depth of knowledge than whoever is
hobbling this stuff together for you. The fact that you could take
Baxter, Sklar and the rest and throw them together for a DVD and come
up with something this lame is well, shocking.
"Secrets of Imagineering" or something like that pretty much flat out
sucks.
I was hoping for a lot, especially after the recent move in the right
direction on some of the Walt Disney Treasures DVD and the excellent
Little Mermaid ride through they did on the Mermaid DVD. However this
Imagineering DVD just sucks.
It is so incredibly simplistic that NO ONE other than the most
uninitiated fan could possibly find anything new or of value here.
And those who know literally NOTHING about the parks are very unlikely
to be purchasing the thing to begin with. Despite having Tony Baxter
and Marty Sklar involved with most of the Discs there is just precious
little information. These guys are incredible wealths on knowledge
and yet they are muted here. Instead we learn such fascinating behind
the scene tidbits such as the center of the park is called the Hub.
About as deep as the DVD gets is that Tiki Room was originally going
to be a restaurant. OK, very basic but still interesting had they
shown us original concept art and discussed what it may have looked
like. Instead they spend maybe 5 seconds on concepts such as this
before breezing on to the next subject.
The concept of a DVD like this is super strong and yet the execution
is just HORRIBLE. Why can they not understand the audience who would
purchase something like this? The free promo DVDs offer a better look
at the parks... and that is sad.
At the very least they could of given us the bonus materials where
they got deep. Maybe unedited interviews with Baxter and Sklar or
something like that... but no. Instead we get incredibly lame little
vignettes promoting DCA and a triva game that is so painful to sit
through you may considering shooting yourself 1/3 of the way into it.
On that trivia game you learn that Walt Disney LIVED in the
firehouse. Really... he and his family LIVED there huh? It's just
crazy.
For God's sake Disney... give the fans a chance to create an official
DVD of this nature for you because the fact is that we could honestly
do a better job and have a better depth of knowledge than whoever is
hobbling this stuff together for you. The fact that you could take
Baxter, Sklar and the rest and throw them together for a DVD and come
up with something this lame is well, shocking.