Actually there is a marvel based theme park already. It has rides from the hulk, dr doom, Spider-Man and a couple other I think. It's isle of adventure.
John Buttimer > On Dec 11, 2013, at 10:03 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > > And the incredible rash of comic book movies in recent years. Some great, > some mediocre. > > It will be interesting to see what Disney does with Marvel as well as Star > Wars. I still hear rumors about them building a fourth theme park at WDW > based on Marvel characters but don't see it happening. They are supposedly > moving forward with Avatarland at Disney Animal Kingdom but we shall see... > Also supposedly going to add Carsland at Disney Hollywood Studios too. > >> On Dec 11, 2013 8:27 PM, "Raymond Feist/New ATT" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> On Dec 11, 2013, at 10:50 AM, Keith Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > This is interesting to see. I think a lot of it has to do with Lord of the >> > Rings movies and the Harry Potter movies doing so well the last several >> > years. This has definitely made fantasy a lot more main stream then it >> > used to be - further helping grow the size of the fantasy book market as >> > well. And I think it's helped fantasy book sales quite a bit. >> > >> > However, science fiction really has not had the same type of dynamic going >> > on lately. Although you do have some big things coming in the future that >> > may change that: New Star Wars movies, etc. Plus, quite a few of the best >> > science fiction writers have been dieing off in the last couple years and >> > you have not been seeing a lot of new talent bringing out new good >> > material. >> > >> > I remember reading another author LE Modesitt's science fiction 3-book >> > series back in the late eighties. A really good series, it introduced me >> > to his books. But since that time he's written well over 20 fantasy novels >> > and mostly 8-10 SF books maybe (These are rough numbers). His first >> > fantasy series is what really broke him into the market even though that >> > first SF series did well. All of his fantasy sells better then his SF, in >> > general. All of his fantasy books are in different multibook series as >> > well, whereas the SF books he has more standalone books and a lot less >> > series, only a couple 2-3 book series. >> > >> > I think the biggest thing SF really needs is new good writers, writing >> > quality stories. But if people don't buy the books then that may not help >> > either... >> > >> > Keith >> > >> >> Actually, Science Fiction in films is doing gangbusters. Besides the more >> obvious, Star Wars and the reimagined Star Trek (which I think is brilliant, >> btw), you've had the remake of Total Recall, Prometheus, After Earth, >> Elysium, etc. all recent. This goes back to Stargate, Independence Day, and >> a host of lower budgeted but profitable SF films. But that doesn't seem to >> spill over into books. >> >> I think the specific film based on a given book, might help that book sell >> more copies. Maybe. And maybe a few people will buy more books by that >> given author. But there seems to be little or no ripple effect. >> >> Best, R.E.F.
