Stoo
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Agreed. It's a cash-grab. (Hey, Rocket, what did you think of my money-bag-holdin'-Indy & Herbie picture?)Rocket Surgeon said:Disney was always silly/educational/childlike fun. No one could beat Disney at this so competitors upped the ante. "Childrens Fare" became more adult...all of a sudden you couldn't "make money" if a movie was rated G. Sprinkle in some poop and swear words, maybe some violence and PG will get you over the hump of advertising...get those teens with their lax spending habits in to increase the bottom line.
For better of worse Disney threw it's hat in with the Don King mentality and changed for money instead of sticking to their "guns" ( ) and producing for children.
I think your attempts are working, Pale Horse. It's an interestng topic and one I've been meaning to get off my chest for YEARS...in fact, ever since joining The Raven. Back then it was flabbergasting to discover how many members ate up the Disney-Indy toys. (That said, I really LOVE the "Forbidden Eye" poster!)Pale Horse said:I'm tryin' to stoke this fire Stoo, from either side. It's not working.
I'd hate to see this go the way of the dodo.
Witchcraft & sorcery have been prominent in Disney product since the early days so there's not really any point (though I'm sure you'd love to and it would be interesting).Pale Horse said:Tron and Dragonslayer were my best bets. Unless you want to get into the occult.
How about curse words in pre-'89 Disney? Indy is not proliferated with much swearing but there are some sprinkled here & there. ("Son of a b_tch", "Holy sh_t", "Bullsh_t", etc.) Do you know of any examples where characters swear?
A failed trump, Smiff. The Star Tours ride is not a Disney FILM. Anyway, as I've been stating all along, "Star Wars" is in the same bag as Indy. It doesn't belong in the Magic Kingdom. (Technically, one could argue that Star Tours wouldn't even belong in a Disney Hollywood Studios park but that's a whole other can of worms.) Re: Top Trumps - Ha ha. Funny!Montana Smiffy said:Star Tours was my Trump card (now that Stoo knows how to play Top Trumps!) Star Wars trumps Indiana Jones at Disney by two years, so he was entering broken ground, and not breaking it.