Guardians of the Galaxy

[Dalty]

Sounds groovy!

[omicron]

yeah seeing the good reviews is making me more likely to see the movie. Damn you Disney, do you want ALL my money??

[Dalty]

So Disney owns Marvel...... yet all the Marvel characters and themed rides are are at Universal Studios. Is there a commercial agreement stopping us seeing what Disney theme park magic they could weave together??

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

That deal was in place before Disney bought Marvel. Iger has said Disney will honor any licensing agreements that were in place before the acquisition. This doesn't mean they haven't done underhanded things--like not allowing tie-in toys for Days of Future Past. This also doesn't mean they will allow renewals of licensing agreements once the original agreements have run their courses. Marvel characters may start disappearing from Universal theme parks and showing up at Disney theme parks in the years to come. Universal will probably take a huge hit once this happens.

I think Marvel characters may have already begun showing up at Disney theme parks located in countries where Universal had no prior deals in place.

[Dalty]

From memory of my last trip which was way back in 2007 - Islands of Adventure:

Spider-Man the ride - of which Transformers the ride is the next evolution of the same tech and actually much better
Hulk coaster - just theming of the queue area and general stuff so no great loss to have to change.
Dr Dooms Terror Tower - just a drop ride, again queue and general theming.
Some themed (Storm / X-Men I think) tea cup ride.

Other than that there is a model of the Fantastic 4 car, a few characters in unconvincing costumes, a comics store and a themed food outlet.

So it probably would not kill them. They re-themed Duelling-Dragons to make it completely Harry Potter-centric in pretty short order.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

The rides aren't where they'll take the hit. It's the merchandise.

[Jubbers]

"Where the REAL money from the movie is made."

[Dalty]

Meh. Spidey merchandise just gets replaced by Transformers merchandise or whatever. An exit through the gift shop is an exit through the gift shop.

[Dalty]

I presume Disney are going to go MASSIVE on Star Wars? That whole Indiana Jones area adjacent to Star Tours at MGM studios is up for replacement soon.

[Corporal_Hicks]

I'm going to MGM (Hollywood) Studios in about a month and I can't wait. I have not been on Star Tours since it has been updated, and it will be a blast to ride with my daughter.

[Dalty]

I am so freakin' jealous. I love those places!!

I am theme parking this weekend too. Alton Towers.

[Jubbers]

My mother's invited me along to a 3-day Disney World trip in February with my sisters. The stipulation is that I have to participate in the Princess 5K thing AND (the kicker) I have to walk it with them at my mother's pace.

I also have to deal with my sisters. I've been invited this year because last time they went (two years ago), my sisters fought and bitched and everything else, despite the kindness of my mom in paying for them to do one of their stupid 5ks AT DISNEY WORLD. Ingrates. So mom wants me there for calmness.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

[Dalty]

If they don't want to be there, I will come and do a 5K, I will keep to your mothers pace and I will damn well enjoy it!!

[Mango]

Saw this last night; it was a lot of fun. I admitted apathy towards the movie, but in the end it made me pretty happy.

I truly enjoyed most of the heroes, each getting a few moments to shine. Other than Gamora really, she left me a bit cold. I was really sad about this as both Green women and Zoe Saldana are on my list.

[omicron]

I am off next Tuesday. Going to try and catch a matinee of this.

[Dalty]

I can't find anyone to go with me. "It looks dumb, it's got a raccoon and a tree in it!"

Heathens!!!

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I hate to keep dropping the needle on this skippy spot in the record, Dalty, but Guardians of the Galaxy is one of those many, many movies what don't require their patrons to bring along a plus-one.

[Dalty]

And I still maintain that there is something vaguely wrong with going to the cinema on your own. It just feels icky!!

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

In that case, enjoy consciously limiting your moviegoing opportunities for no good reason.

If you think it would help, I could always e-mail some of your friends, family, and coworkers and tell them you're going to see it by yourself because you're a lonelyloserperv and a neomaxizoomdweebie. Once I've forced you to hop this incredibly low humiliation hurdle, maybe you'll see the error of your ways, realize you have nothing to lose, and go see the movie.

I'm sure bystanders will point and laugh at you the entire way there, and it's quite possible that all the hot women you meet along the way will lift their noses and turn away from you the second they get a whiff of your evening plans, but at least you'll get to see some of Guardians of the Galaxy. Maybe you'll even get to see most of it. If you're lucky. There's no guaranteeing, after all, that the tweens and parents in the audience won't assume you are a rapist and report you to the authorities.

[omicron]

And I still maintain that there is something vaguely wrong with going to the cinema on your own. It just feels icky!!

bah as an anti-social loser, I can't remember the last time I went to a movie with someone. I just wait until I have a day off, and catch a matinee for half-price and enjoy the movie with about 3 other people in the theater. Well, except for a couple of weeks ago when I went to see How to Train Your Dragon 2. Middle of the day+summer vacation+100+ degree heat outside= tons of kids and parents looking for a cool distraction for a couple of hours.

[Corporal_Hicks]

Somewhere along the way, people like Goiter's frat brothers deemed it uncool for one to go to the movies by themselves. I think a big part of that comes from the teenage years, when going to the movies is more a social act than it is one of pure entertaining. The movies (like the mall) are one of the few places where teens can hang and be somewhat insulated from their parents.

The people that make the rules, like Goiter's frat brothers, for the most part have not grown out of that phase

[Dalty]

Hicks is right, and now I worry that I have not grown up.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Hicks is usually right.

[Dalty]

Issue solved. I have a date for Saturday night with a lovely girl who is also a bit of a geek and wants to see the movie. Followed by taking the new restaurant in town out for a spin!

Also, amazing tits!