[Disney] AHHHH
ASJlkddg Comic-Con why do you announce awesome things every now and then!? Especially yesterday!
Here's the short article. I spotted this on Facebook when I actually skimmed through 300+ news feeds of junk. And you know what I felt?
I felt...weird. A good weird! It was excitement contained inside my usual flat expression.
Okay - so everyone more or less had seen or knew about the first Haunted Mansion movie Disney came out with a couple of years back, right? The one starring Eddie Murphy? Yes? Well, if not, then you didn't really miss anything. Although it contains great scenery, costumes, and special effects, it keeps to a very basic and predictable plotline. It also was suppose to be more on the comedic side. I don't even remember if the soundtrack was good, either. But yeah, this is what it is - the old one, anyway.
The new movie is being directed by Guillermo Del Toro (as it is said in the article), so that's instantly going in a totally different direction with story and...direction. Redundancy aside, I am very interested in how it will go. They are going to focus on the Haunted Mansion's mythology, and it is seriously a lot of stuff to go through. This is probably why the Haunted Mansion has no real storyline involved in the ride when so many story threads came together in the first place.
...Yes, I read up on them. A long time ago.
With the California Disneyland ride, it was difficult to keep one strong plot going throughout the ride. There was just so much to do and so many things to tell during the concept process. And Walt Disney also passed away before its original debut in 1966, leading to a four-year delay in the planning. So instead of scrapping things, it built up within the mansion, creating the whimsical paranormal world with a catchy tune. Each park since then took on the same layout. The one in Paris, however, came up with a solid plot involving the Frontierland section of that particular park. Hong Kong...I don't even think they have that sort of deal up yet but it was in the works.
Total sidetrack right there - so if they're going to tackle most of the backgrounds and characters available in the original ride, then that's just going to be insane. I'm sure I also saw something mentioning the infamous Hatbox Ghost somewhere. HATBOX GHOST. His head's suppose to disappear and reappear from his body to the hat box with each beat of the attic bride's heart, but it was either too scary or not that noticeable in cramped space. He may not be existing all of the time, but he's there. And apparently they are going to let him narrate things? Maybe? I can't picture it, I need the Paul Frees voice.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
...ANYWAY.
Another movie about the Haunted Mansion. Some say 'don't do it,' others say 'YEEEEEEAH!' I'm leaning toward the latter because this ride needs to have something to kind of redeem itself. I say 'kind of' because it doesn't really need it; people have been going on this ride since 1969 and it's a classic. I didn't go on it until I was fourteen (I was scared, okay?) and I cried after I exited the darn mansion. And then shortly afterward it became one of my favorite rides forever. FOREVER.
My final and shortened thoughts on this: I should be unnecessarily stoked for the different interpretation Del Toro has in mind, but it would only make sense to wait and see how this movie deals with the attraction. Until then, I will be continuing my mansion visitations.
Here's the short article. I spotted this on Facebook when I actually skimmed through 300+ news feeds of junk. And you know what I felt?
I felt...weird. A good weird! It was excitement contained inside my usual flat expression.
Okay - so everyone more or less had seen or knew about the first Haunted Mansion movie Disney came out with a couple of years back, right? The one starring Eddie Murphy? Yes? Well, if not, then you didn't really miss anything. Although it contains great scenery, costumes, and special effects, it keeps to a very basic and predictable plotline. It also was suppose to be more on the comedic side. I don't even remember if the soundtrack was good, either. But yeah, this is what it is - the old one, anyway.
The new movie is being directed by Guillermo Del Toro (as it is said in the article), so that's instantly going in a totally different direction with story and...direction. Redundancy aside, I am very interested in how it will go. They are going to focus on the Haunted Mansion's mythology, and it is seriously a lot of stuff to go through. This is probably why the Haunted Mansion has no real storyline involved in the ride when so many story threads came together in the first place.
...Yes, I read up on them. A long time ago.
With the California Disneyland ride, it was difficult to keep one strong plot going throughout the ride. There was just so much to do and so many things to tell during the concept process. And Walt Disney also passed away before its original debut in 1966, leading to a four-year delay in the planning. So instead of scrapping things, it built up within the mansion, creating the whimsical paranormal world with a catchy tune. Each park since then took on the same layout. The one in Paris, however, came up with a solid plot involving the Frontierland section of that particular park. Hong Kong...I don't even think they have that sort of deal up yet but it was in the works.
Total sidetrack right there - so if they're going to tackle most of the backgrounds and characters available in the original ride, then that's just going to be insane. I'm sure I also saw something mentioning the infamous Hatbox Ghost somewhere. HATBOX GHOST. His head's suppose to disappear and reappear from his body to the hat box with each beat of the attic bride's heart, but it was either too scary or not that noticeable in cramped space. He may not be existing all of the time, but he's there. And apparently they are going to let him narrate things? Maybe? I can't picture it, I need the Paul Frees voice.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
...ANYWAY.
Another movie about the Haunted Mansion. Some say 'don't do it,' others say 'YEEEEEEAH!' I'm leaning toward the latter because this ride needs to have something to kind of redeem itself. I say 'kind of' because it doesn't really need it; people have been going on this ride since 1969 and it's a classic. I didn't go on it until I was fourteen (I was scared, okay?) and I cried after I exited the darn mansion. And then shortly afterward it became one of my favorite rides forever. FOREVER.
My final and shortened thoughts on this: I should be unnecessarily stoked for the different interpretation Del Toro has in mind, but it would only make sense to wait and see how this movie deals with the attraction. Until then, I will be continuing my mansion visitations.