News Round Up 2018

[umichigan10]

oh, at the bar - I thought you meant like a vending machine

I was thinking something like soft serve ice cream myself

 

[Q-man]

Must admit that I don’t get this analogy at all...?

EA is stale, old, corporate, and has a hard time with anything that isn't a sports simulation game. It is the smaller game studios that are delivering advancements and exciting games.

 

[umichigan10]

EA is stale, old, corporate, and has a hard time with anything that isn't a sports simulation game. It is the smaller game studios that are delivering advancements.

I wouldn’t give them even sports simulations. Madden has been a stale franchise for almost a decade

 

[hertamaniac]

I wouldn’t give them even sports simulations. Madden has been a stale franchise for almost a decade

I'll leave it at Madden/EA knew that ESPN's NFL2K5 was not only a superior product, but ~1/2 the price. Hence, EA purchased the NFL exclusive rights and essentially ended the competition.

 

[Tigger's ally]

That would be cool too.

Have vending machines selling beer and wine and hard liquor all over Japan.

 

[circus4u]

This tiny town is the site of Disney's 'lost' park
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/marceline-missouri-lost-disney-park/index.html

 

[Q-man]

I wouldn’t give them even sports simulations. Madden has been a stale franchise for almost a decade

Dang. I meant to put formulaic in my description.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

EA is stale, old, corporate, and has a hard time with anything that isn't a sports simulation game. It is the smaller game studios that are delivering advancements and exciting games.

I agree with that — just didn’t get the analogy to gap vs. h&m, I guess — I view them pretty similarly!

 

[FoxC63]

Have vending machines selling beer and wine and hard liquor all over Japan.

Yes they do! Pretty crazy isn't it! The only thing that bothered me was all the smoking still allowed in restaurants. Nothing like returning back to your hotel room smelling like an ash tray

 

[FoxC63]

This tiny town is the site of Disney's 'lost' park
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/marceline-missouri-lost-disney-park/index.html

What a nice read. Thanks for posting, I never knew.

 

[umichigan10]

I'll leave it at Madden/EA knew that ESPN's NFL2K5 was not only a superior product, but ~1/2 the price. Hence, EA purchased the NFL exclusive rights and essentially ended the competition.

Yeah most definitely. I see it in modern terms at how their nba game regularly gets lambasted by 2k, because 2k puts in the effort for what people want (customization to the max, lots of in game details). It just shows what happens when you try vs when you coast which they can do with the exclusive football rights

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

News

Dumbo Official Teaser Trailer released! The movie will be released in March 2019.

 

[beer dave]

What I don't understand is why they state "Finalists must be available to participate in a phone/Skype interview", why not just "interview" the winner when they're there. Disney has the capacity to make their own "faux-mercial".

Because what you are sending is an audition video, not a contest entry-- Then after they review the entries, they give "call backs".... like a first cut.... and then from the call backs they cast the role.....

Just funny that they are calling a casting call a contest... maybe they are circumventing SAG rules by having the role not actually paying....having the shoot itself be the reward. Genius.....

The only caveat is not having the plus one in the video-- I think they only want the principle... maybe that will happen in the skype....

 

[mikebb]

Because what you are sending is an audition video, not a contest entry-- Then after they review the entries, they give "call backs".... like a first cut.... and then from the call backs they cast the role.....

Just funny that they are calling a casting call a contest... maybe they are circumventing SAG rules by having the role not actually paying....having the shoot itself be the reward. Genius.....

The only caveat is not having the plus one in the video-- I think they only want the principle... maybe that will happen in the skype....

Wow, pretty disingenuous of Disney. While I expect carefully curated items from corporations by now - Disney Parks Mom's Panel is a prime example, pay people in free vacations to gush about your products - this is a new low. At first glance this does appear to be a "contest" but read into it a little and clearly an audition for "cheap" talent.

 

[Tigger's ally]

News

Dumbo Official Teaser Trailer released! The movie will be released in March 2019.

Haven't been to a movie in years. This here will end that drought. Always was a sucker for Dumbo.

 

[rteetz]

News

Toy Story Land CM costumes

http://blogmickey.com/2018/06/first-look-toy-story-land-cast-member-costumes/

 

[unbanshee]

News

Toy Story Land CM costumes

http://blogmickey.com/2018/06/first-look-toy-story-land-cast-member-costumes/

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Haven't been to a movie in years. This here will end that drought. Always was a sucker for Dumbo.

I'll be honest...I have never been a fan of movies Tim Burton has created. I don't think I have seen one of them. I only say I haven't been a fan, because the trailers have always kept me away since I usually don't like the "style" of film he has created. However, this will be the first Tim Burton movie I will go see. I was waiting to see a trailer for this movie, and I think I have watched it at least 20 times now.

 

[a4matte]

I'll be honest...I have never been a fan of movies Tim Burton has created. I don't think I have seen one of them. I only say I haven't been a fan, because the trailers have always kept me away since I usually don't like the "style" of film he has created. However, this will be the first Tim Burton movie I will go see. I was waiting to see a trailer for this movie, and I think I have watched it at least 20 times now.

Try watching Big Eyes. It's got some of his touches but he doesn't overdo it like he does on everything else he does. I love his older works like Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and Nightmare (he didn't direct Nightmare, but it was based on his style, ideas, artwork, etc) but since then I feel like he's rested so hard on that style and the novelty of being weird. And now everything he does has so much CGI that it completely kills it for me. Big Eyes was the first movie I've seen of his in a long time that I really liked.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I'll be honest...I have never been a fan of movies Tim Burton has created. I don't think I have seen one of them. I only say I haven't been a fan, because the trailers have always kept me away since I usually don't like the "style" of film he has created. However, this will be the first Tim Burton movie I will go see. I was waiting to see a trailer for this movie, and I think I have watched it at least 20 times now.

I love the classic Tim Burton films: Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman, Beetljuice, Edward Sissorhands, PeeWee's Big Adventure, etc. - but haven't been as big a fan of the latest films (Big Fish was pretty good, but even that is going back a few years), but this has promise I think (though am fearful he focuses too much on the over the top elements in the circus, etc.)