kf

On a quest for my own personal demise.

[starbuckers]

he had to sneeze

[frequenseas]

I didn’t get over it, but I got used to it.

Story of my life. (via bl-ossomed)

[helltai]

[prettyboyshyflizzy]

your girl ever been so mad at u she start talking to you like one of the homies?

“aiight fam”

“say no more bruh”

“you good son”

[arabwife]

what you allow……. will continue

[lastminutedreams]

[hotvampireadjacent]

[oddorch]

[robertdeniro]

Here’s to the ones who dream, foolish as they may seem.

[hellanne]

by Masashi Wakui

[mysterious-being]

[just-shower-thoughts]

The difference between revolution and treason is success or failure

[sahltiest]

[queeranne]

me

[heliosxme-deactivated20211122]

[humpug]

[materializingthedisembodied]

Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle For The Sunken Treasure at Shanghai Disneyland, full attraction in HD.

This is what I have been waiting for - the use of giant screens a sticking point for me (see Ratatouille in Paris, or Iron Reef for negative examples), but this seems like there is no way to achieve the desired effect without them in the large scenes and if lighting done correctly and lower edges hidden by water, it could be very successful indeed in person. Count me impressed. The other uses are of course reminiscent of the Harry Potter attractions, minus the physical sets the filmed characters are in.

However, the real show-stopper effect for me may well be a call-back to a decades old Marc Davis gag that never got used in Florida: the transformation of a static skeleton figure into a flesh and blood pirate via lighting effects that would start the ride. This is par for the course from the movies as well naturally, but the staging of the effect of the skeleton in what is plainly an homage to the ‘shipwreck cove’ scene in Anaheim’s attraction settles it firmly in being a historic nod as well, and the moment when the bony corpse slumped over the wheel turns into Jack Sparrow with a crack of lightning is a thrilling one both techwise and on a story level, subverting expectations of what you are seeing based on the previous skeletal vignettes. The ‘pirate court’ scene with the skeletons also calls to mind Davis sketches, to me, though doubtless the clothes of the individual characters are straight from the films -

All in all, this attraction looks superlative for what it is and I hope the rest of elements to be revealed from Shanghai Disneyland’s Pirates Cove and the giant crocodile monster water ride match this in quality of design and detail.

[noirestardust]