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innerSpaceman · 05-08-2006, 09:16 AM

Everything iconic that made The Bride as popular a character as to inspire making her the breakout Star of the New Haunted Mansion has been eliminated in translating her character from bit player. This is absurd.

No beating heart? WTF? Worst of all, no menace, no dignity, no eerieness, no spookiness. Gah. She's a goofball with an ax. The transformation of attic from a scary scene to a comedy scene is now compete.

Visually, the new Bride is a travesty. In an attraction replete with projected images, what were they thinking in projecting, not just a head, but an entire figure ... and onto a flat surface?!?!??! It looks horrible. She's a freaking screen!!!!!! Um, could they have bothered to look around the premises at how the effects of Madam Leota, little Leota, and the Singing Busts were successfully achieved? Gaghkk!!! What blithering idiots designed this?

I suppose the decision to video-project her body as well as her face was because of the morphing ax. Feh, the ax might look more convincing if it was a dimensional ax and not a flat video image. What the frell ever happened to audio animatronics? This is an intrusion of Star Tours cheapout story technology onto Pirates of the Caribbean waltdimensional storytelling style.

Further, New Bride's performance is atrocious. She's a ditz! The part of her loop where she speaks her "vows" cross-eyed is painful to watch. This is NOT Captain Gracey's mysterious Bride. Since New Bride is on the other side of the attic, I'm going to assume she killed the Original Bride with her video ax and hid her body under the floor boards.

Lest anyone say I'm a stubborn purist .... I find the new attic portait effects preceding New Bride's appearance to be delightful and creepy and a stunning tribute to the Hatbox Ghost. I think Leota's floating crystal ball is about the best improvement ever made to a Disneyland attraction. Purist my eye! The New Bride simply sucks!!!

Not since TIXE has something so dire invaded the Haunted Mansion. Oh, and she's the thousandth ghost, by the way. The Mansion's done.

05-08-2006, 09:16 AM	#48
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Everything iconic that made The Bride as popular a character as to inspire making her the breakout Star of the New Haunted Mansion has been eliminated in translating her character from bit player. This is absurd. No beating heart? WTF? Worst of all, no menace, no dignity, no eerieness, no spookiness. Gah. She's a goofball with an ax. The transformation of attic from a scary scene to a comedy scene is now compete. Visually, the new Bride is a travesty. In an attraction replete with projected images, what were they thinking in projecting, not just a head, but an entire figure ... and onto a flat surface?!?!??! It looks horrible. She's a freaking screen!!!!!! Um, could they have bothered to look around the premises at how the effects of Madam Leota, little Leota, and the Singing Busts were successfully achieved? Gaghkk!!! What blithering idiots designed this? I suppose the decision to video-project her body as well as her face was because of the morphing ax. Feh, the ax might look more convincing if it was a dimensional ax and not a flat video image. What the frell ever happened to audio animatronics? This is an intrusion of Star Tours cheapout story technology onto Pirates of the Caribbean waltdimensional storytelling style. Further, New Bride's performance is atrocious. She's a ditz! The part of her loop where she speaks her "vows" cross-eyed is painful to watch. This is NOT Captain Gracey's mysterious Bride. Since New Bride is on the other side of the attic, I'm going to assume she killed the Original Bride with her video ax and hid her body under the floor boards. Lest anyone say I'm a stubborn purist .... I find the new attic portait effects preceding New Bride's appearance to be delightful and creepy and a stunning tribute to the Hatbox Ghost. I think Leota's floating crystal ball is about the best improvement ever made to a Disneyland attraction. Purist my eye! The New Bride simply sucks!!! Not since TIXE has something so dire invaded the Haunted Mansion. Oh, and she's the thousandth ghost, by the way. The Mansion's done.
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