Post by Salzmank on Apr 26, 2017 16:06:10 GMT
Oh, Heaven, I shouldn't write this here, but nonetheless...
I'm actually hoping that the movie doesn't do all that well. (I know that sounds cruel--I apologize.)
Not exactly because I don't like it (I haven't seen it, of course), even though it doesn't seem to be up my alley, but rather because the first inspired the Disney corporation to replace one of the greatest examples of themed space ever made, their Tower of Terror ride, with a Guardians of the Galaxy ride in California.
Now, I have no real problem with a Guardians ride at Disneyland, but, as someone who's interested, at an intellectual level, in the connection between themed space and the individual, it's a major error on Disney's part. I'm hoping, however unlikely it seems, that, if the movie doesn't do as well as hoped, it will cause the Disney Company to reconsider undertaking such sweeping and slashing actions in the future.
I know my reason seems trivial, even shallow, but, when one thinks of how even someone like Umberto Eco (favorably) analyzed the concept of themed space at a place like Disneyland (his book was entitled Travels in Hyperreality), one sees that there is a kind of value in it that is quite close to the value in film, in fact.
I'm actually hoping that the movie doesn't do all that well. (I know that sounds cruel--I apologize.)
Not exactly because I don't like it (I haven't seen it, of course), even though it doesn't seem to be up my alley, but rather because the first inspired the Disney corporation to replace one of the greatest examples of themed space ever made, their Tower of Terror ride, with a Guardians of the Galaxy ride in California.
Now, I have no real problem with a Guardians ride at Disneyland, but, as someone who's interested, at an intellectual level, in the connection between themed space and the individual, it's a major error on Disney's part. I'm hoping, however unlikely it seems, that, if the movie doesn't do as well as hoped, it will cause the Disney Company to reconsider undertaking such sweeping and slashing actions in the future.
I know my reason seems trivial, even shallow, but, when one thinks of how even someone like Umberto Eco (favorably) analyzed the concept of themed space at a place like Disneyland (his book was entitled Travels in Hyperreality), one sees that there is a kind of value in it that is quite close to the value in film, in fact.