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Big Thunder Mountain... the TV series?
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:53 am
by Barbossa
I thought Disneyland's Thunder Mountain was getting a big screen movie?
Just read this blurb on Micechat:
This weekend is your last chance to take a spin on Disneyland’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad before it goes down for a major refurbishment and changes which will last through most of the year. The high-speed, Tony Baxter designed, roller coaster will benefit from a full reconstruction of the track, a reconfiguring of the load/unload station, and a rebuilding of the iconic Rainbow Ridge townscape facing the queue. Included in the refurbishment will be key story elements which are part of a new television series based on the attraction.
http://micechat.com/19073-big-thunder-disneyland/
To keep the discussion here, talk about this new TV series, not the ride. This is news to me. When is this show supposed to air?
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:25 am
by RyGuy
Wow. That could be pretty risky to spend that much capital on a ride to synch with an unproven show that could suck and quickly tank.
I guess we'll have to wait to see how it pans out.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:53 am
by jazzflower92
It seems like they are reviving the Western.Back in the 50's and 60's Disney seemed to be in love with Westerns which is why Frontier Land came to be.I think the Western genre needs a little reboot once in a while because I have a feeling the baby boom generation would love something like this.I hate roller coasters myself but a tv series based on a ride might sound fun especially if it has good writers.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:17 pm
by monorail91
Wonder if this will tie in with Lone Ranger at all...? Or just be a throwback to older Westerns.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:08 pm
by Avaitor
That's not too surprising. Networks try to bring back older TV genres every now and then, and westerns are usually the most popular to revive.
We kind of already have another western on TV now as well, with Justified on FX. This looks to be a bit of a 180 of that series though, in the right way, so it may very well attract a different, but still strong, market.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 1:25 am
by milojthatch
Hey, if it's good, I'd love to see a new Disney western. You can't get much more old school Disney then that!
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:14 am
by jazzflower92
Just in my opinion I wish they would have more westerns with African American and Native American main characters because historically there were a lot of cowboys that were Native American and African American actually.In fact the word cowboy came from blacks who would work with cattle they weren't called cowmen because white people back then didn't want to adress black men back then as men.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:54 am
by FigmentJedi
I'm hoping we get references to all the versions of Big Thunder in the TV show. Like the Big Thunder Range being so full of gold that it's supporting multiple boom towns like Rainbow Ridge, Thunder Mesa, Tumbleweed, etcetera.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:37 pm
by Avaitor
jazzflower92 wrote:Just in my opinion I wish they would have more westerns with African American and Native American main characters because historically there were a lot of cowboys that were Native American and African American actually.In fact the word cowboy came from blacks who would work with cattle they weren't called cowmen because white people back then didn't want to adress black men back then as men.
Did you see
Django?
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:42 pm
by Barbossa
Big Thunder a drama?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ain-416634
Interesting, but there's too many comedic elements on the ride, like the announcer, the goat chewing the sticks of dynamite, etc.
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:43 pm
by jazzflower92