Today TEAM BETAMOUSE talks about the Living Character Initiative, which is on everyone’s mind once again with the Talking Mickey “playtest” hitting the parks. Questions? Comments? Email show@betamouse.net!
Jeff finds it creepy! Jeff’s full thoughts here. Katie finds it a bit creepy, being that Mickey hasn’t talked for years. Nate likes it. Word.
Panel agrees we need an old-fashioned car sound whenever WedwayRadio.com is mentioned
Nate / Henry spar over introducing (or bracing) kids to non-talking characters at the parks. OK–sparring is a bit of an exaggeration.
Scott’s kids want to see Talking Mickey! They were floored.
Henry brings up that Disney may have not been ready for popularity of these videos — the “playtest” may disappoint people who are now expecting it. Katie, Scott and Jeff all chime in: hard to remove expectation. Remember the old adage, folks: set low expectations and vastly them.
Henry cites some old Jim Hill Media LCI originals, and we talk about the voice acting part of this thing.
Nate thinks the line for Talking Mickey would be, and I quote, “hellacious”. New word. Scott agrees. Panel muses over bringing these things into the Parks.
Lotso the next LCI character? There’s Lots O’ Lotso in the Parks of late.
Henry asks: what’s your favorite Living Character Initiative?
Nate: Turtle Talk. Jeff: Remy, and then explains how he stalked Remy in December of ’09. Scott: Turtle Talk and then Roz at Monsters Inc: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue. Henry talks about his Roz experience. Nate brings up E.T. Which we struggle to finish, because it’s not Disney-related. Katie likes Turtle Talk, but wishes it could be a bit more different show-to-show. Henry doesn’t like Monsters, Inc Comedy Club.
We talk Monsters, Inc, and how the audience can submit jokes (Jeff will get one in one day!).
We talk about the “hit or miss” quality of these shows. Some epic, some not.
Scott brings up the “mobile” characters. We like PUSH. And talk about the cool-ness of the other experiments.
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Today the Panel wants to help you with your dreams of starting your own Disney blog! Learn about how and where to start and find out some tips and tricks from the Betamouse crew! Questions? Email show@betamouse.net!
This week the Betamouse team discusses the how to’s of asking Disney trip planning questions. Where do you go for this source? Message boards? Twitter? Email: show@betamouse.net with ideas!
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Henry asks the Panel what they do when they have a Disney trip planning question.
The Panel has various outlets:
Twitter
Facebook
Message Boards
Google
The Panel discusses the pros and cons of each of these options including what is easiest and most comfortable to do and what will generate the fastest response.
The Panel also touches base on how to jump into the realm of Twitter Disney questions if you are a first time users.
Henry and the Panel then touch base on start up Q&A websites that could be useful in Disney questions including:
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Jeff hosts and asks the Panel what tech they would update in the last scene of the Carousel of Progress.
Henry wants to update the voice activation bits and the video game.
Scott wants to see an update to the television in the scene.
Nate and Katie talk about the importance of the kitchen in today’s modern family and touch base on how that needs to be updated.
Nate and Jeff also mention updating the tree lighting segment.
Jeff now wonders what the Panel would add to the last scene of the ride.
Jeff wants video conferencing or live streaming video to added to the final scene and Scott and Katie agree.
Henry wants to see the family involved in their own interests and sharing them with each other through technology and Katie agrees with the idea.
Nate mentions how, ironically, technologies that Team Betamouse has mentioned could be found in older ride attractions like Horizons and Spaceship Earth.
Henry demands robots in the updated Carousel of Progress.
Nate talks about the idea of “automation” that is present in the current Carousel of Progress and how it shows the lack of connection to the current times.
Jeff mentions not updating the last scene of the Carousel of Progress to the future but leaving it in its original state of the 60′s.
Do you have an idea on updates for the last scene of Carousel of Progress? Does it need updating at all? Let Betamouse know on Twitter, Facebook or FriendFeed!
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