05-18-2007, 08:38 PM
hock: hock: hock:
I'm not certain what to think about this.
I do admire their ambition and like Demetrius, I do not want to "slam" them on historical grounds as the emphasis is clearly fantasy, and yet...
Vortigern's points are well and fairly taken.
(Japan at the time of the Last Samurai -- no thanks.)
I do hope they have one incredible insurance package, given all that they want to do the chances for mishap or misadventure are extreme.
It would also seem to me that, given the history of Mother Nature, our sunny climate here in California might prove more hospitable year round than would the East Coast, but then again we do have earth quakes out here.
Disney did try this once before, at a Civil War Battlefield Park. Granted it was far more modest than this undertaking and focused on US history, but it failed to win much backing and the Mouse folded the project long before spade touched earth.
It will be interesting to watch this project progress, and I do wish them the best of luck, but I am not convinced of its viability and remain skeptical about it's agenda both stated and not.
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Narukami
I'm not certain what to think about this.
I do admire their ambition and like Demetrius, I do not want to "slam" them on historical grounds as the emphasis is clearly fantasy, and yet...
Vortigern's points are well and fairly taken.
(Japan at the time of the Last Samurai -- no thanks.)
I do hope they have one incredible insurance package, given all that they want to do the chances for mishap or misadventure are extreme.
It would also seem to me that, given the history of Mother Nature, our sunny climate here in California might prove more hospitable year round than would the East Coast, but then again we do have earth quakes out here.
Disney did try this once before, at a Civil War Battlefield Park. Granted it was far more modest than this undertaking and focused on US history, but it failed to win much backing and the Mouse folded the project long before spade touched earth.
It will be interesting to watch this project progress, and I do wish them the best of luck, but I am not convinced of its viability and remain skeptical about it's agenda both stated and not.
:? ? ?
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA