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Once you read this thing, I'd like to hear your take on Joe Rohde and his ongoing prattle about every last bit of who-gives-a-crap that went into Expedition EVEREST. Don't get me wrong, I have a tremendous amount of respect for anyone who gets way beyond the nitty-gritty to create an attraction with heart. But if you are doing this in the name of STORY, well, how about first you make sure you have a story that makes sense.
What do I mean? Well, I am not talking about the obvious misdirection involved with the Everest angle...it makes no sense but, well--yeah it really doesn't make sense, does it?
No, I am talking about this bit of nonsensicalness:
- You climb up this mountain on a train. The train is on tracks.
- Suddenly, you discover the road ahead is blocked: the tracks are ripped up (presumably by a monkey-man)
- Somehow you, in the train, go flying backward. As you are on a route you didn't come up on and there is no indication in the story that there is a switch, it appears that our storytellers are suggesting that the train is now off the tracks.
- You, in the train, then see the shadow of the monkey-man. He is RIPPING UP TRACKS and now, somehow, you are back on the rails.
I know this sounds like quibbling, and it is. But it makes no sense.
It is also basic. This kind of flimsiness is apparent to more guests than the authenticity of some natural mineral-stain that could only be found in Tibet. If Disney can afford to spend millions on research trips/corporate vacations, why can't they spend a couple extra grand concocting a story that holds water?
2 comments:
Always a big fan of the Disney Mountain Range, I was very disappointed in the Everest attraction... particularly the meager appearance by our antagonist... who could have had several wonderful peak-a-boos throughout the attraction, or at least more remnants of his bad temper prior to coming face to face for 1/2 a second.
Yeah...you know one thing Universal does right is a BIG FINALE. Everest could have used that approach...the final encounter with the Yeti is little more than a whimper.
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