Strange World

[singerguy04]

Bros might not have been the best example, because I agree that I think it was mostly marketed poorly. It was a film marketed to be for mass audiences, but in the end had a more niche appeal. I think a larger audience could enjoy it, but I felt more connected because I am that guy it was made for. I was more trying to point out that it did for the most part receive good reviews, yet still didn't do well in the theaters. I'm looking forwards to seeing what it's streaming number will look like to see if it still doesn't do well.

I think Disney is playing the fact that there is going to be a major LGBT+ character well so far though. They aren't pointing it out and making a spectacle of it, and I hope they don't at all. They're so far treating it as a normal fact. He's a part of the movie, and that's just going to be a part of his character. That's how it should be handled. I've even find myself forgetting that this is a part of the movie.

I think Disney knows there will be some backlash, but I still think it's a very vocal minority that gets upset by these things now and Disney seems committed to staying the coarse. We've seen it through a lesbian kiss in Lightyear, a black Ariel, She-Hulk, Hocus Pocus 2, Live Action Beauty and the Beast, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3, and so many more at this point. Obviously it's not hurting their pocket books too badly at the end of the day to be inclusive.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

Bros might not have been the best example, because I agree that I think it was mostly marketed poorly. It was a film marketed to be for mass audiences, but in the end had a more niche appeal. I think a larger audience could enjoy it, but I felt more connected because I am that guy it was made for. I was more trying to point out that it did for the most part receive good reviews, yet still didn't do well in the theaters. I'm looking forwards to seeing what it's streaming number will look like to see if it still doesn't do well.

I think Disney is playing the fact that there is going to be a major LGBT+ character well so far though. They aren't pointing it out and making a spectacle of it, and I hope they don't at all. They're so far treating it as a normal fact. He's a part of the movie, and that's just going to be a part of his character. That's how it should be handled. I've even find myself forgetting that this is a part of the movie.

I think Disney knows there will be some backlash, but I still think it's a very vocal minority that gets upset by these things now and Disney seems committed to staying the coarse. We've seen it through a lesbian kiss in Lightyear, a black Ariel, She-Hulk, Hocus Pocus 2, Live Action Beauty and the Beast, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3, and so many more at this point. Obviously it's not hurting their pocket books too badly at the end of the day to be inclusive.

Well said, SingerGuy. Well said, indeed.

[Disney's Divinity]

Hard to believe the film's only a little over a month a way. Only a month until Disenchanted and then a week or two later I'll be seeing this in theaters. I guess because I hadn't really had much anticipation for this one is why it feels like less wait than with Encanto.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

Now all Disney/Chapek needs to do is give Strange World an IMAX release alongside Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (along with promoting it’s IMAX release by showing an IMAX exclusive clip of the movie in front of showings of Wakanda Forever, my ideal suggestion of a clip would be the one I saw at D23 of the Clades, Callisto Mal, and Splat escaping those shell-armored, tentacle monsters on the path of floating, color-changing cells), and they have a chance of making this movie a hit in America to make Disney the #1 studio in America again.

They have to. My hope is that with DisEnchanted now moved up by 6 days to premiere on Disney+ on November 18, Disney will see the importance of the film that “Strange World” is for them, since it will be the first film to use Disney’s new logo celebrating its 100th Anniversary to ring in the occasion.

[D82]

New poster and TV spot.

It's interesting that they chose to feature just Searcher, Ethan and Jaeger again on the poster (plus Splat).

Regarding there being little interest in the film, if I remember correctly, I think the same was commented here about Encanto last year and that film turned out to be a big success. At least on streaming; it's difficult to know how it would've performed in theaters if not for the pandemic. So, I think Strange World could still do well. In my opinion, it'll depend a lot on the quality of the film. I don't think there was that much interest in Zootopia either before its release, but the excellent reviews and the fact that people liked it helped making it a billion-dollar movie. Personally, I don't expect them to be that good on this occasion, but we'll see. A moderate success like Wreck-It Ralph or Big Hero 6 seems more likely to me if it's a hit. But maybe the film's not too good or it is true people really don't like sci-fi movies from Disney.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

New poster and TV spot.

It's interesting that they chose to feature just Searcher, Ethan and Jaeger again on the poster (plus Splat).

Regarding there being little interest in the film, if I remember correctly, I think the same was commented here about Encanto last year and that film turned out to be a big success. At least on streaming; it's difficult to know how it would've performed in theaters if not for the pandemic. So, I think Strange World could still do well. In my opinion, it'll depend a lot on the quality of the film. I don't think there was that much interest in Zootopia either before its release, but the excellent reviews and the fact that people liked it helped making it a billion-dollar movie. Personally, I don't expect them to be that good on this occasion, but we'll see. A moderate success like Wreck-It Ralph or Big Hero 6 seems more likely to me if it's a hit. But maybe the film's not too good or it is true people really don't like sci-fi movies from Disney.

I believe it will be. Recent Disney Animated Original Films like Zootopia, Moana, Raya, and Encanto all scored in the 90-100 range on Rotten Tomatoes. I think Strange World has a chance to do the same.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

New special look/final trailer at Disney's Strange World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP3Ea3sMiUE.

Looks like Disney's now realizing how important Strange World is to them, to the box office, and to kicking off their 100th Anniversary.

Now all they need is to give it an IMAX release.

[singerguy04]

A random thought just occurred to me. Disney announced a few years ago that as part of Epcot's renovations that the Wonders of Life Pavilion was going to be transformed into a newer Play Pavilion, more themed around interactive games and such. The project, like much of Epcot, has seen little progress made due to Covid, and is now rumored to be killed by Disney half way through installment (which is kinda weird). Disney has also been weirdly quiet about the project in general. One of our theories about the story here has to do with it taking place inside a living organism, which sounds a lot like Adventures Through Inner Space, a ride that used to be inside of WoL. I assume a lot has been dismanteled inside the pavilion, but maybe Disney is just holding off on the project to see how this movie does.

The theme parks have been addressing lately how they want to be faster on integrating newer IP's into the parks so at least in my eyes this makes sense.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

A random thought just occurred to me. Disney announced a few years ago that as part of Epcot's renovations that the Wonders of Life Pavilion was going to be transformed into a newer Play Pavilion, more themed around interactive games and such. The project, like much of Epcot, has seen little progress made due to Covid, and is now rumored to be killed by Disney half way through installment (which is kinda weird). Disney has also been weirdly quiet about the project in general. One of our theories about the story here has to do with it taking place inside a living organism, which sounds a lot like Adventures Through Inner Space, a ride that used to be inside of WoL. I assume a lot has been dismanteled inside the pavilion, but maybe Disney is just holding off on the project to see how this movie does.

The theme parks have been addressing lately how they want to be faster on integrating newer IP's into the parks so at least in my eyes this makes sense.

Yeah. Maybe.

[carolinakid]

Adventure Thru Inner Space was an attraction in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland that ran from 1967-1985. It was replaced by Star Tours.

Body Wars was an attraction in Epcot’s Future World Wonders of Life pavilion that ran from 1989-2007.

[Sotiris]

New special look/final trailer at Disney's Strange World.

They also released another poster that again only features the three Clades. The final trailer was more of the same. No new element or plot point was included. Just the same uninteresting and uninspired narrative, with every attempt at humor falling flat. Watching footage from this movie feels really surreal at times. It looks so un-Disney, in the worst possible way. I'm not just talking about the character design, but the animation as well. The movements and expressions are very caricatured and exaggerated, especially when it comes to the male characters. It feels like I'm watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs or something. Knowing this is Disney, even though it lacks the basic visual characteristics Disney is known for, elicits a sort of uncanny feeling in me.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

New special look/final trailer at Disney's Strange World.

They also released another poster that again only features the three Clades. The final trailer was more of the same. No new element or plot point was included. Just the same uninteresting and uninspired narrative, with every attempt at humor falling flat. Watching footage from this movie feels really surreal at times. It looks so un-Disney, in the worst possible way. I'm not just talking about the character design, but the animation as well. The movement and expressions are very caricatured and exaggerated, especially with the male characters. It feels like I'm watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs or something. Knowing this is Disney, even though it lacks the basic visual characteristics Disney is known for, elicits a sort of uncanny feeling in me.

I still think this movie will defy all odds against it, get surprising good reviews, and be a hit, proving the marketing for the movie was muddled to hide the quality of the movie. AKA the opposite of Lightyear.

[D82]

They also released another poster that again only features the three Clades.

This one was better than the last two, in my opinion, but not as good as the teaser poster, which is still my favorite, thanks mainly to its retro feel. I'm a bit surprised they didn't feature any female characters in the last three posters.

The final trailer was more of the same. No new element or plot point was included.

Yeah, we had seen most of the footage already. I wonder if the big twist happens quite early in the movie and that's why they can only show images from the first act.

I believe it will be. Recent Disney Animated Original Films like Zootopia, Moana, Raya, and Encanto all scored in the 90-100 range on Rotten Tomatoes. I think Strange World has a chance to do the same.

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. What I meant is that I don't see it being as well reviewed as Zootopia or being such a big box-office hit/strong awards contender as that film was, but I agree it could have good reviews. Yeah, all the revival movies except Frozen II have a score above 80 on Rotten Tomatoes, so a good score seems actually more likely than a bad one.

[singerguy04]

Adventure Thru Inner Space was an attraction in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland that ran from 1967-1985. It was replaced by Star Tours.

Body Wars was an attraction in Epcot’s Future World Wonders of Life pavilion that ran from 1989-2007.

Yep you're right, I got my names mixed up!

I think I would prefer something like an updated Wonders of Life Pavilion though, over the Play concept. Maybe if we're right about the twist in this movie that can happen. It is in kind of a weird spot being between two Space themed attractions now, but Epcot's issues are a thread of their own.

[carolinakid]

I loved Adventure Thru Inner Space although I was in 2nd grade the one and only time I experienced it.

Body Wars was a one and done for me as although I didn’t get nauseous, it gave me a wicked headache that lasted for a couple hours. I don’t miss it.

[blackcauldron85]

I looked up the song that played at the end of that new trailer and it's "Family Ties" by Bastille.

I laughed when Searcher asked how Ethan's doing and Splat answered and Searcher said "I meant my son!". Happy to see more Legend the dog in this new trailer. So
excited for this!

Regarding Body Wars: "the ride vehicles themselves have long since been removed, as other trespassers into this area have confirmed. The most likely scenario is they were dismantled so their parts could be used into other Disney simulator attractions like Star Tours or Hong Kong Disneyland’s Iron Man Experience." (https://www.themeparktribune.com/11-yea ... nd-remain/) but I think it's a neat idea to repurpose it for SW.

[DisneyFan09]

New poster

It was a nice poster! I liked the colors and the overall mood of it.

[carolinakid]

I’m glad someone called them out on their grammar! It should be Clades, not Clade’s! Why the possessive? I asked myself... the Clade’s WHAT is in a bit of a situation??

[D82]

New promo and poster:


Source: https://twitter.com/strangeworld/status ... 2WufgrAAAA


This article contains some new footage description:

Event Recap: Animation is Film Festival Gives Attendees a Work-In-Progress Look at Disney’s “Strange World”
https://www.laughingplace.com/w/article ... roy-conli/


And in this other article from Empire UK the directors talk a bit about the gay relationship in the film, among other things. I also found it curious that the article mentions the characters are in another planet, but I don't know if it's Disney confirming it or the journalist who wrote it just assumed that.

[D82]

Japanese trailer and poster:


Source: https://twitter.com/DisneyStudioJ_A/sta ... 7214215168


Here's also a textless version of the poster from Disney Japan's official site:


Source: https://www.disney.co.jp/movie.html