Disney Journal for 8/21/11

Disney Journal

7:37 AM - Disney Trip Report: After yesterday's debacle, I'm here much earlier and confident I'll make the Marvel session. #D23Expo

8:24 AM - Disney Trip Report: Getting up early paid off. I'm gonna sit on the main floor for the Marvel session.

9:07 AM - Disney Trip Report: John Lassiter just walk by me. #D23Expo

9:29 AM - Disney Trip Report: Nice and close. #D23Expo http://t.co/fZzhU23

9:31 AM - Disney Trip Report: Still lots of seats available for the Marvel sessions. http://t.co/4lJISwC

9:45 AM - Disney Trip Report: Still a lot of seats available to see Joe Quesada at #D23Expo

9:47 AM - Disney Trip Report: Apparently this is this sessions to come to if you're looking to dive into @Marvel comics. #D23Expo

10:16 AM - Disney Trip Report: MiFi does not work in the arena. Teething from iPhone this morning.

10:19 AM - Disney Trip Report: Stan Lee is broadcasting from an underground bunker.

10:20 AM - Disney Trip Report: Cup of Joe has begun. #D23Expo

10:21 AM - Disney Trip Report: Majority of the crowd has never been to a Cup of Joe panel. Vast majority. #D23Expo

10:25 AM - Disney Trip Report: What makes Marvel, Marvel? Is the topic? #D23Expo

10:26 AM - Disney Trip Report: When Disney was purchasing Marvel they had 7000 characters, 2000 more than what Marvel stated at the time.

10:27 AM - Disney Trip Report: As always Storytelling is the biggest part of Marvel and Disney.

10:28 AM - Disney Trip Report: They wanted to be the World's Storyteller. #D23Expo

10:30 AM - Disney Trip Report: Marvel stresses accessibility and community. Fans are important. See Stan's soup box.

10:32 AM - Disney Trip Report: Marvel started as Timely Comics, Inc. Stressed capitalizing on curtly fads. Cap america was the first of the revolution.

10:36 AM - Disney Trip Report: Stan felt that Super heroes should have problems. Inspired to create the Fantastic Four.

10:59 AM - Disney Trip Report: Marvel studios started with Spider-Man

11:13 AM - Disney Trip Report: Watching Ultimate Spider Man clip

11:27 AM - Disney Trip Report: The have been talks about a themepark presence but just talks.

11:29 AM - Disney Trip Report: We are approaching the 25th anniversary of Howard the Duck movie. #D23Expo

11:41 AM - Disney Trip Report: Great session with Joe. It was more of an overview of Marvel. No discussion current lines. #D23Expo

12:28 PM - Disney Trip Report: Pooh Animator - Eric Goldberg http://t.co/kIiyFmB

12:29 PM - Disney Trip Report: Watching animation demonstration. Now I know how helpful an exposure sheet is.

12:51 PM - Disney Trip Report: 3d seems to have the best quality at home as opposed to theaters. Disney gaming. #D23Expo

3:31 PM - Disney Trip Report: At the making of Star Tours session. #D23Expo

3:32 PM - Disney Trip Report: Star Tours was created when Lucas observed flight simulator tests at Disney Imagineering. He wanted to get involved. #D23Expo

3:33 PM - Disney Trip Report: Work on the new Star Tours began in 1998. Lucas showed the pod race sequence. #D23Expo

3:34 PM - Disney Trip Report: Original concept was based on pod race and in 3D. #D23Expo

3:41 PM - Disney Trip Report: They sat on it until the trilogies were completed. By then digital technology advanced allowing the current idea. #D23Expo

3:42 PM - Disney Trip Report: 2005 story matrix is approved close to it is today. #D23Expo

3:43 PM - Disney Trip Report: 2007 story boards created. Lucas didn't want to see storyboards. 2008 comes back with animatics. #D23Expo

3:48 PM - Disney Trip Report: We are watching an animatics sent to Lucus. #D23Expo

3:51 PM - Disney Trip Report: Originally the spy was the plans given Leia. They decided to take an image of a traveller and make it a part of the show. #D23Expo

3:53 PM - Disney Trip Report: 2008 Lucas approves and ILM Gets involved. #D23Expo

3:53 PM - Disney Trip Report: Wookie planet was the hardest because it's was not fully developed in the movie. #D23Expo

3:55 PM - Disney Trip Report: Alaska was a reference for Hoth. Wookie on window was a practical effect. #D23Expo

3:57 PM - Disney Trip Report: Preshow is 20 minutes long. Stood room too. #D23Expo

3:58 PM - Disney Trip Report: Rex did not exist at the story line between ep 3 & 4. #D23Expo

3:59 PM - Disney Trip Report: Ace was created to replace Rex. Patrick Warburton was the voice. #D23Expo

4:02 PM - Disney Trip Report: Lucas did not like Ace, because he was too cocky. C3PO was perfect from a story and practical standpoint. #D23Expo

4:04 PM - Disney Trip Report: They looked for the original prw-show safety actress. They could not find her. They used a robot voiced by Allison Janney. #D23Expo

4:05 PM - Disney Trip Report: Droids in droid room were the goose in America Sings. #D23Expo

4:06 PM - Disney Trip Report: Star Tours is basically Star Wars and LAX. #D23Expo

4:09 PM - Disney Trip Report: Madame Leota is in the luggage scanner. #D23Expo Patrick Warburton is the Scanning droid.

4:12 PM - Disney Trip Report: John Williams supervised ride music. Michael Giachhino did the preshow music. #D23Expo

4:21 PM - Disney Trip Report: Fans were responsible for Rex being in the Droid Room. #D23Expo

4:25 PM - Disney Trip Report: Pixar News: since no one saw the original Dinosaur movie, Pixar will release it as if they had made it. No one will know. #D23Expo

4:31 PM - Disney Trip Report: Olszewski Main Street http://t.co/RJ5Wh74

4:36 PM - Disney Trip Report: Carousel of Projects http://t.co/hnWVQvS