On John Muir and Avatar...
The Upside of Avatar | Parkeology:The reality is that Avatar is a stronger marketing hook than Beastly Kingdomme, even if it's not as pure an idea for Animal Kingdom. It comes with some built in expectations: jaw-dropping visual feasts, exotic adventure, and a strong naturalist theme (John Muir would be proud).
Really? He'd be proud of ripping up how many acres of natural pine and Cyprus forest for the sake of a giant plastic electricty-sucking monument to a half-rate film that itself was rendered off of the electricity partly drawn from the Hetch-Hetchy dam project he so detested?
This is the same John Muir who questioned the building of even a tiny chapel in what he believes was the greatest natural cathedral in the world. Somehow, I disagree with that assessment.
This is not to say that I don't believe Disney's sincerity regarding Animal Kingdom, only that Muir probably would.
Really? He'd be proud of ripping up how many acres of natural pine and Cyprus forest for the sake of a giant plastic electricty-sucking monument to a half-rate film that itself was rendered off of the electricity partly drawn from the Hetch-Hetchy dam project he so detested?
This is the same John Muir who questioned the building of even a tiny chapel in what he believes was the greatest natural cathedral in the world. Somehow, I disagree with that assessment.
This is not to say that I don't believe Disney's sincerity regarding Animal Kingdom, only that Muir probably would.