![]() Having said all that, I'll probably play the game at my friend Blake's, as I have no Wii Console of my own, when it comes out, it does look interesting. The project is supposed to make him somewhat more mischevious, as he was in the old days, but must you bring in these Eldritch Abominations in to do so? Mickey Mouse isn't supposed to be horrifying. Okay, maybe that's a bit much, but seriously, this stuff isn't right. Warren Spector, you are creative and I'm sure you are a nice guy, but somewhere inside you is a shred of evil sent from the bowels of hell with intent to destroy the souls of children everywhere and make them fresh crop for the apocolypse! You think this won't affect any kid who watches Mickey Mouse cartoons? This will destroy them! Oh good god will it destroy them. Disney has a history of Nightmare Fuel and it's not really that bad that someone would integrate something scary into this sort of thing, but not only is the entire game this way, but let me tell you now, there is a big f*cking difference between scary kids, and ruining childhoods. Disney scared the pants off me when I was a little kid. I want to go to Disneyland and see a 10 year old kid crying: "Oh mommy, the clock tower's going to come to life and eat me!" That's my fondest dream. Warren Spector: "I really want to scare kids. Warren Spector, the man behind the project, had this to say. This sort of thing thing that we are seeing here today would more likley be subject to pardoy! But an official piece of Disney? You cannot be serious! Why? Because it is actually intended to be mystical and eerie, in a way that can be enjoyed by everyone, and thus can be twisted into something strange. That's fine, you can do that with classic works of that kind. This isn't some literary classic where you can havce it like this. I like Steampunk and I think Post Apocolyptic stories can work, but this? What have they done? This is psychotic. Oh god, did you see that.thing? It had Goofy's head, and Jafar's face on it's chest.oh good god. No, scratch that, it's f*cking Eldritch! It should not be. It sounds awesome.then I saw the concept art.Oh god did I see the concept art.Īs you can see.this his f*cking demonic. I mean, seriously, I'd love to see a pair of Disney steampunk robots duke it out. A spooky version of Disney's classics with high themes of Steampunk sounds awesome. ![]() And I'll tell you, when I heard about Epic Mickey, it sounded cool. And Kingdom Hearts has showed us a more kickass side to it, turning their mouse mascot into a kickass king.Īnd with films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, you can bet we've come to see them as more than just kids stuff. Mickey is “one of the world’s most recognizable corporate logos,” but he has “long since receded into irrelevance as a cartoon character.” Kudos to Disney for finally realizing this, but “more than two generations have grown up with a Mickey that is flat and boring.” Better luck next time.The beatiful and majestic world of Disney has had it's share of spooks, such as Monstro from Pinnochio, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty and Chernabog from Fantasia. “Mickey Mouse’s ‘naughty’ makeover promises to be disturbing”ĭisney waited too long: It’s too late for the cartoon mouse, says Bruce Watson in Daily Finance. The word “naughty” should really be “off-limits to people whose jobs involve children.” That said, maybe we shouldn’t be surprised: “In retrospect, always did dress a bit like a Chippendale dancer.” have “thrilled kids for years”-they certainly don’t need “an edge” now.Ī ‘naughty’ Mickey is disturbing: Is it just me, or is there a subtle element of “sexual creepiness" here, asks Azaria Jagger in Gawker. ![]() This “scary makeover”-turning the “cute, lovable” classic Mickey into a “maniacal” rodent-is baffling. Has Disney gone insane? Why are the folks at Disney trying to “scare the hell out of young kids,” asks Jonathan Elias at. Though most commentators agree that the “bland” Mickey could use a refresh, does he have to become such a, well, rat? ( Watch the sweet, old-school Mickey attend a picnic in a clip from 1930)ĭisney has no choice-Mickey has no relevance: “There’s a distinct risk of alienating your core consumer when you tweak a sacred character," but it’s a risk have to take, says branding expert Matt Britton, quoted in the New York Times, (which notes that “Epic Mickey” also features a “disemboweled, robotic Donald Duck” and a “twisted, broken, dangerous” version of the Disney ditty, “It’s a Small World"). Though still adventurous, this “cantankerous and cunning” incarnation of the heretofore perky character-created for “Epic Mickey,” a Nintendo Wii video game-will even turn into a rat at one point. has unveiled a nasty new version of Mickey Mouse, the iconic rodent who drives over $5 billion in annual merchandising.
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