Flynn Rider, the doll edition ...
Short post: I rambled around the first floor of the hat building today, pausing at different doors to talk to staffers. The lighting crew for Tangled is now immersed in the picture. (They are turning and burning to get a trailer out in short order.)
I had a chance to look at different Tangled images up on different computer screens, and trust me here, the picture is going to be great looking ....
The challenge for the crew is that there's a lot of work compressed into a short amount of time. Everyone is working at maximum capacity. Some are fretting about hitting the deadlines. One person said to me:
"I wish the studio was releasing this farther away from Harry Potter ..."
... And Mr. Rider's grandfather ... with the padre of the Skipper ("Gilligan's Island") there on the left ...
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"I wish the studio was releasing this farther away from Harry Potter ..."
Good--Then they're recognizing it ahead of time:
The last time Disney said, "So we're opening a week after Harry Potter, what could happen?--It'll offer more viewing options for the audience!" things didn't work out so well.
(Pixar had to go up against the first one, and at least showed good sportsmanship, with that Monsters Inc. trailer.)
Oh cmon Steve, why you gotta post that picture of the barbie doll....sheesh :)
Flynn looks way better than that...
Yeah...they sure are 'butching' up Rapunzel....
Good--Then they're recognizing it ahead of time:
Sadly, it's just a random employee saying that, not the head of Disney Distribution.
I HATE it when Dreamworks always puts that stupid "crooked smile" on ALL their characters!!
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oh wait ... nevermind.
Thank Mattel for that one, not Disney.
Yeah, Disney had nothing to do with that girl's doll based on their new film....8P
You ever sitting in your house and you hear a car suddenly slam on the brakes and hear the long skid and know the next sound will be the impact of metal on metal as it hits? Well right now, I'm hearing 'Tangled' slam on the brakes now soon to be followed by the long skid....
Although we're going to get more "Who cares WHAT the audience thinks, they're dopes!", the fact is, the Goofy Title has gotten a lot more play in the headlines than what the heck the movie's about. (Only a handful of the core-fans had heard of "Rapunzel", but a lot more mainstream folk have now heard of "Tangled", know only that Disney's publicly embarrassed about it for...some reason, and make the immediate Eisner-era assumption that it must be about the quality.)
If Disney's "turning and burning" to make a Fateful Decision they can't unmake, it's going to be the Elephant in the Room wherever the movie plays for the rest of its theatrical run. And a movie that looks as good as this deserves better.
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