Yeah that is Universal's sad attempt to try to keep up with Disney parks. But it is still nothing like what WDW would do. Not enough detail, etc. It does bring up the interesting question of licensing though, if the rights to use the name, etc. are locked in and separate from the Marvel sale. On Dec 12, 2013 5:38 AM, "John Buttimer" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. >> >>
