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About LinkBacksWith Muppet mania hitting this November, do you think now is a good time to dust off the old Jim Henson ideas for the Muppet Studios area at Disney's Hollywood Studios?
With Muppet mania hitting this November, do you think now is a good time to dust off the old Jim Henson ideas for the Muppet Studios area at Disney's Hollywood Studios?
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I'd LOVE to see a Muppets area in Hollywood Studios!
Same here. I remeber seeing the old Muppet Studios logo back in 1990. I want say back in production central near the tour.
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Goodbye, Me Bizarro is not Monkey Joe. Me Bizarro hates Disney parks so much.
I don't think they'll consider it unless the movie's successful enough to warrant it. But I want them to at least update/cleanup the Muppet 3D show.
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I would love to see them do this, but I think for it to be considered, the movie would have to massively successful... Let's watch the box office receipts in November.
Have you been since the refurb? They switched the project to digital and it looks beautiful now!Originally Posted by toonaspie
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Anytime is a good time to dust off the plans for Muppet Studios.
That's what worries me about the film - considering that Disney considers both Tron's $400,000,000 gross and Princess and the Frog's $267,000,000 to both be "flops" (in what world are those figures considered flops!?), I'm worried that anything less than Pirates-sized figures might cause them to leave the Muppets behind. But we'll see.
And yes, the new digital projection is outstanding.
Last edited by MarkTwain; 08-24-2011 at 12:24 AM.
awwww that video makes me sad... I love Who Framed Roger Rabbit so much...
I would love to see the "mini studios" idea actually come to fruition with
Pixar Studio
Muppet Studio
Lucas Film
A boy can hope...
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Fantastic Dateline Walt Disney World video!
Yes, yes, yes. It's high time the Muppet Studios came to be. Move Pizza Planet over to Pixar Place and make the whole land devoted to Muppets! I've been talking about this for years. The Muppets are beloved whether or not the new movie is a raging success.
At this very moment they're talking about the new Muppet album on National Public Radio...must be a sign!
They're "flops" because they haven't spawned marketable francheses of their own. There ain't gonna be a Tron III, and if there's a Princess and The Frog 2, it's going direct to home video...
POTC, on the other hand, is the franchise which keeps on giving. Nowadays, that's what they consider a success...
Actually, a sequel to TRON: Legacy is apparently being considered. The int'l box office was deemed successful, as was the merchandising in the U.S. We'll see what happens...
I knew if this business was ever to get anywhere, if this business was ever to grow, it could never do it by having to answer to someone unsympathetic to its possibilities, by having to answer to someone with only one thought or interest, namely profits. For my idea of how to make profits has differed greatly from those who generally control businesses such as ours. I have blind faith in the policy that quality, tempered with good judgment and showmanship, will win against all odds.
-Walt Disney
I've been a Muppets fan for as long as I can remember. I still have my original soundtrack for The Muppet Movie on vinyl (had that record since 1979 I think). Same with The Great Muppet Caper (which is still my favorite Muppet movie). I just love the borderline insanity of the Muppets. It matches my own zany-ness and sense of humor. I really need to get my paws on seasons 2 & 3 of The Muppet Show on DVD (have season 1). And I can't WAIT for the new movie to come out. It really looks like it could bring the Muppets back to, well not their former glory, but close to it. I hated most of the Muppet movies & specials that came out after Jim Henson died (Treasure Island was pretty amusing though and I liked the Christmas special that was done like "It's a Wonderful Life").
So yeah, I would LOVE to see a proper Muppet Studios section of the park.
I've been thinking over this idea and am liking it more and more. What Hollywood Studios is missing are real distinct lands. I love the original idea of different Studios as lands within the park, from Muppets to Acme. Now that any thought of Toontown is gone from the Magic Kingdom, how about bringing both ideas to life? It would be amazing to walk through Acme Studios from Roger Rabbit and of course I have always wished for a full Muppet Studios.
It's time to get things started!
As much as I would love to Roger Rabbit at Hollywood studios, I just don't know for sure if touchstone will give up the rights because Disney was only an unaccredited producer on the movie and then there are the looney tunes characters that were involved in the movie who's theme park rights belong to six flags, its just a big ugly legal mess that I think will prevent any roger rabbit development at Disney.
Muppet's however should definitively be the next project at Hollywood Studios period. With the new movie release there could be another update to the 3D movie, the Great Muppet Movie Ride (which will officially become my favorite ride ever) in the old hunchback theater building, change Pizza Planet into a new Rizzo Rat's Muppet restaurant and maybe add a little variety act dinner theater setting to it run by bunny, bring back the "beaker mobile" we used to see around the parks, there's sooooo many possibilities for them at Disney I'm getting over excited already.
Except Touchstone is entirely owned by Disney. And looking at Mickey's Toontown, you don't necessarily need the Warner properties to do a Roger Rabbit area.
I have to say that anytime is a good time to dust off the plans for Muppet Studios! There is so much that they could do! I think a ride based on the Rodger Rabbit Cartoon Spin ride system (spinning vehicles only) would be really cool! OH and the Swedish Chef deserves his own restaurant! Man, how much fun would that be!!???
ON a side note: I recently pruchased Muppets: The Green Album. It is highly recommended to any Muppet fan out there!
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