So What do you think Disney should do with Mickey?

[The Cartoon]

I would love to see new shorts as long as they stay true to the old ones. The Mickey Mouse Works shorts were great. Something like that would be fine with me.

 

[Baby Naruto]

Personally, I'm ok with only getting to see him in Mickey's Club House since I watch the show anyways .

Not that I'm saying that I wouldn't love to see more of him, just stating my overall opinion of the current situation at hand.

 

[David Gerstein]

Hm. Disney doesn't object to Mickey acting a little wild in our comic books. Excerpt from a reprint in last week's issue (Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 698). Mickey sees a tall rodent in a motorist's cap from behind, holding a photo of Minnie and sighing. Doesn't look quite like Mortimer but must be a relative—right? Only one thing for it...

So there we have Mickey the naif, but he's naive only insofar as his adventurous spirit causes him to jump to conclusions. That's a little different from Mickey in the otherwise great RUNAWAY BRAIN, who was quite clearly portrayed as frightened in a tough situation ("I hate adventure!").
But all of this is sort of water under the bridge; even if Disney is fine with a feisty Mickey in the comics, it seems very hard to get a project through in TV where he's actually got some oomph. The MouseWorks cartoons were pretty much on target, but from the marketing surrounding Clubhouse, it seems obvious that a lot of Disney really has some visceral belief that preschool is a more appropriate venue. How to get around that?

 

[Spideyzilla]

I think they could've made a Mickey Mouse movie for this year just to celebrate his 80th B-day, making it the family event of this Winter season, though I've no idea what it'd be about. Mickey is one of Disney's most well-known properties, so they could've used him as a vehicle to attempt reviving the Disney Feature Animation studio, which was responsible for churning out smash hits such as The Lion King, Lilo & Stitch and Aladdin, while they've also indeed churned out box office bombs such as Home on the Range, Treasure Planet and Atlantis.

One of? He's their biggest, bar none.

 

[Pomegranate]

One of? He's their biggest, bar none.

Nowadays, Mickey does play 2nd fiddle to the likes of Hannah Montana, HSM, Disney's other live-action kidvid properties, Pirates, Power Rangers, Winnie the Pooh, Pixar's properties, the Princesses and Pixies franchises.

 

[Baby Naruto]

I have a question. Is there a thread for the show Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse on Toon Zone Forums at all, and if so, will someone please link me there?

 

[Silverstar]

I have a question. Is there a thread for the show Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse on Toon Zone Forums at all, and if so, will someone please link me there?

As far as I know, there isn't a separate thread for Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse, but of course you can make one if you so desire. I can't say how active such a thread would be, though, given that it's a show for pre-schoolers, and therefore I couldn't say how many people here watch the show (or would admit to it).

 

[Baby Naruto]

As far as I know, there isn't a separate thread for Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse, but of course you can make one if you so desire. I can't say how active such a thread would be, though, given that it's a show for pre-schoolers, and therefore I couldn't say how many people here watch the show (or would admit to it).

Hey at least there's one person here who admits that he watches it every day all of the time. (Me ^_^)

I guess I'll do a search of the forums first and see if such a thread already exists.

 

[Darking]

Well, apparently Disney's answer to "What should we do with Mickey Mouse" may be "Let Warren 'Deus Ex' Spector have a crack at 'im..."

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21537

Could Warren Spector's Junction Point Studios be at work on a title about Disney's seminal Mickey Mouse?

Gamasutra has seen concept art and information that indicates a title codenamed "Epic Mickey" may be in development at the Austin-based, Disney-owned developer.

Concept art from early versions of the game that we viewed showed mockups of the potential game's environment, including pencil sketches of cities assembled from junk.

Another sketch included a surreal seashore invasion scene, in which machines wearing the faces of the Seven Dwarfs deposit old-fashioned renditions of Disney characters onto the beach with mechanical hands.

Though the kooky environmental concepts, with visible large cogs, gears and even a large fork that serves as a building's awning, are somewhat reminiscent of Disney's Toontown Online MMO, the images -- particularly the cloud-stained seaside painting -- have a distinctly shadowed, steampunk vibe.

This information ties up with an early 2008 report from EGM Magazine columnist Quartermann that noted: "Word is that Spector's new Disney project will be a platformer looking to compete with a certain pesky plumber. And who's big enough to take on Nintendo's star? Only the mouse himself!"

Providing more background, this summer, Spector mentioned on his own Junction Point weblog: "My team and I have been working hard on our own and (get ready for the cool factor to go way up) in collaboration with folks from Disney Feature Animation and Pixar."

Junction Point itself is wholly owned by Disney since its acquisition in 2007, giving it the potential to use leading in-house IP in its games, including that of Mickey Mouse.

Deus Ex co-creator Spector has never provided further information on his current project. But around the same time as the summer's weblog comments, Spector noted at the Game Education Summit that "one hundred hour games are on the way out", and that he was "so tired of making games about guys in black leather carrying guns."

However, it's unclear whether the style of the concept art or the game's working title will fully carry through to this Junction Point project's conclusion -- or, indeed, exactly how far into development it is. Gamasutra will update with more information as it becomes available.

 

[Old School Toon]

Well, apparently Disney's answer to "What should we do with Mickey Mouse" may be "Let Warren 'Deus Ex' Spector have a crack at 'im..."

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21537

I think Disney should make a new movie along with that game with beautiful Disney classic hand drawn animation and hype it up as an event for the decade. With a good story and some crazy marketing it would be a huge success for Disney.

 

[Kazuya Prower]

Well, apparently Disney's answer to "What should we do with Mickey Mouse" may be "Let Warren 'Deus Ex' Spector have a crack at 'im..."

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21537

Please don't let us down, Warren Spector. Let the world know that Mickey and his friends aren't just for toddlers.