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« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2009, 11:26 PM »
I cant remember ever seeing Mickey in anything apart from 5 second clips of that steamboat film you always see when a show is discussing the history of cartoons and adverts for Disneyworld. I assumed he was put out to pasture long before I was born and was just still around because he is Disney's symbol dude.
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« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2009, 12:20 AM »
The cover story for this month's Game Informer was Epic Mickey.  It looks pretty, well, awesome actually.
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« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2009, 12:42 AM »
A novel interpretation of established intellectual property? Quick, let's bitch about change in this thread and then complain about the lack of artistic creativity and adventurousness in corporate media in a different thread!
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« Reply #23 on: November 07, 2009, 12:44 AM »
Or we could just stick to the rational discussion that was already going on in here. That could also work.
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« Reply #24 on: November 07, 2009, 12:58 AM »
Fine, if you REALLY want to-


So, is this Disney's response to Square dropping the ball on "Kingdom Hearts" in order to focus on their fan-beloved quirky miniboss squad? It seems like the series pretty quickly went from "Dudes adventuring through Disney films!" to "Douchebags in trenchcoats and also there's Mickey in the background".
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« Reply #25 on: November 07, 2009, 01:14 AM »
This looks pretty gritty, but I was hoping for a bit more grit (no internal rhyme intended).


I guess there's still hope for a film version.
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« Reply #26 on: November 07, 2009, 03:38 AM »
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This looks pretty gritty, but I was hoping for a bit more grit (no internal rhyme intended).


I guess there's still hope for a film version.

As soon as I saw that I just hear the stereotypical Mickey mouse voice yelling "ENGLISH MOTHER FUCKER! DO YOU SPEAK IT!"

and it made my day.
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« Reply #27 on: November 08, 2009, 05:59 PM »
Oh geez this is just too funny. What next EXTREME Smurfs? Mickey as a Grimdark? I'm sorry but that is just plain comical. I mean really are they trying to spoof comics from the 90s or something?? I see what you guys did there.
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« Reply #28 on: November 09, 2009, 05:32 AM »
I can't wait for the movie.

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« Reply #29 on: November 09, 2009, 09:24 AM »
Huh, dunno about the screencaps but the concept art really reminds me of The Neverhood, which can only be a good thing. Seems a bit of a shame about it being on the Wii, though- nothing against the console itself but this seems so perfect for PC.
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« Reply #30 on: November 09, 2009, 10:39 AM »
We'll probably see a PC port at some point, but the Wii exclusivity was chosen because they wanted to include an Okami-like paintbrush mechanism, which I though worked really well on the Wii port.
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« Reply #31 on: November 09, 2009, 01:34 PM »
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I cant remember ever seeing Mickey in anything apart from 5 second clips of that steamboat film you always see when a show is discussing the history of cartoons and adverts for Disneyworld. I assumed he was put out to pasture long before I was born and was just still around because he is Disney's symbol dude.

This is what me and a friend of mine were discussing.

Disney is giving Mickey the makeover because they're afraid he's becoming irrelevant.  Well, maybe the reason he's becoming irrelevant is because Disney doesn't use him anymore.

His current, and I believe only use aside from video games, is on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, a show for toddlers.  Once you get past that stage, he doesn't show up again unless your parents have all the old cartoons.  Disney Channel doesn't show any of the old cartoon shorts.  You have to buy them on DVD.  And they don't make any new ones.  A whole generation pretty much leaves him behind with Barney and the Teletubbies.

If you want to be relevant, you have to be seen.  There's a reason why Miley Cyrus is the face of Disney right now, and it's not because she's edgy.
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« Reply #32 on: November 09, 2009, 02:27 PM »
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Quote from: Mr Gale on November 06, 2009, 11:26 PM
I cant remember ever seeing Mickey in anything apart from 5 second clips of that steamboat film you always see when a show is discussing the history of cartoons and adverts for Disneyworld. I assumed he was put out to pasture long before I was born and was just still around because he is Disney's symbol dude.

This is what me and a friend of mine were discussing.

Disney is giving Mickey the makeover because they're afraid he's becoming irrelevant.  Well, maybe the reason he's becoming irrelevant is because Disney doesn't use him anymore.

His current, and I believe only use aside from video games, is on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, a show for toddlers.  Once you get past that stage, he doesn't show up again unless your parents have all the old cartoons.  Disney Channel doesn't show any of the old cartoon shorts.  You have to buy them on DVD.  And they don't make any new ones.  A whole generation pretty much leaves him behind with Barney and the Teletubbies.

If you want to be relevant, you have to be seen.  There's a reason why Miley Cyrus is the face of Disney right now, and it's not because she's edgy.




Looks like the tactics working to some degree. When was the last time you had a conversation about Mickey Mouse? It's got people talking.
On kind of a side note, does anyone else find themselves singing the mickey mous club song in their head everytime they type out M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E? or is it just me?
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« Reply #33 on: November 09, 2009, 03:12 PM »
Nah, me too sometimes, if only because Full Metal Jacket is one of my favourite movies.
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« Reply #34 on: November 10, 2009, 04:16 PM »
I have just one requirement for this Mickey overhaul: baggy drawers or no, it needs to have an option so Mickey can hold his gun sideways.  Sure, it gives -5 dexterity, but just think of the +10 charisma.

Also, I wish I could come up with something funny to say about a "twisted, broken, dangerous" version of "It's a Small World," but I really don't think it needs it.  That's about as funny as it gets.  At least until they get Insane Clown Posse to record it. "Fuck piggy piggy IT'S A WORLD OF TEEEEEAAAAAARRRRS"
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« Reply #35 on: November 13, 2009, 06:53 AM »
I don't think they need to remix "It's a small world" to get a twisted version. That song haunts my nightmares. It just never stops.
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« Reply #36 on: November 13, 2009, 10:13 AM »
I only ever saw Mikey in that Fantasia movie (Err, that's the one with all the music, right?). The one where he screws up and makes all the brooms. Anyway, apart from that I've always assumed he was just their mascot, or the voice of the artist drawing the episode. So it'd made sense that he'd be perfect.

I think what bugs me about this isn't that they've decided that he specifically needs to be "gritty and dark." Since this is the mascot of (I think) the largest media company in the world (or at least children's' media), it either they're way out of touch or that says something kind of depressing about the next generation. Look at me, not even old but already bitching about kids these days.
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« Reply #37 on: November 13, 2009, 10:35 AM »
Younger adults bitching about kids these days these days.   *shakes head*
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« Reply #38 on: November 13, 2009, 05:32 PM »
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Younger adults bitching about kids these days these days.   *shakes head*

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« Reply #39 on: November 13, 2009, 05:54 PM »
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The effort to re-engineer Mickey is still in its early stages, but it involves the top creative and marketing minds in the company, all the way up to Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive.

'Cause the best way to be creative is to involve two gillion marketing people and a CEO.

I say just give Mickey his own "24" clone.  I'd love to see him nailing Minnie Mouse and fighting terrorists.
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