Tim Delaney Viré

par **TheForceCode** » 26 Oct 2009, 12:53

La nouvelle est tombée dans la nuit, le célèbre Imagineers Tim Delaney (alias Mr. Discoveryland, et Space Mountain de la Terre à la Lune) a été viré par notre bon ami Jay Rasulo :evil:

Triste journée donc pour Imagineering, qui perd l'un de ses meilleurs éléments :cry:

par **Captain Nemo** » 26 Oct 2009, 13:16

Des raisons particulières ?

La crise

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par **TheForceCode** » 26 Oct 2009, 13:22

Captain Nemo a écrit:Des raisons particulières ?

La crise ?

Apparemment, une mésentente entre les 2 bonshommes sur le projet de Dark Ride "La Petite Sirène".

par **TheForceCode** » 26 Oct 2009, 20:29

Voici un article en anglais qui éclairci un peu tout ça:

Rainy days and Mondays

Two of WDI's senior Imagineers just were given their walking papers, leaving a tsunami of questions in their wake.

Tim Delaney had been with Imagineering since 1976. As Executive Designer, Vice President, his high points were easily Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris, the centerpeice of which is the incredible re-imagining of Space Mountain, and The Living Seas at Epcot.

On the low end Tim brought us California Adventure's inaugural entryway and Paradise Pier. Just two days before California Adventure opened, Tim defended the park with a ferocious tenacity not seen since the Queen Mother Alien fought off Ellen Ripley.

Doobie Moseley - Laughing Place: Have you been confident this whole time that this park (California Adventure) would be able to please Disney guests?

Tim Delaney: Absolutely, no question in my mind. Absolutely. The reason is because of the combination of the way it's laid out and the art direction, everything about it...They're going to love it and this is how I felt about this entire California project from the very beginning.

Dubious taste aside, Tim was still an old school champion of quality at Imagineering and always fought for the better show. It could easily be argued that getting even the most basic elements of quality green-lit for an Eisner-era project whose very manifesto was about cheaper than cheap meant a fight to the finish, something Tim hinted at in the same interview.

Tim: I like Paradise Pier. I knew it would be challenging but I knew we could do it. I knew that there was something there so I had to fight. It's a fight.

It was that very spirit of holding firm to ones ideals that very well may have been Tim's undoing. Infact, most recently Tim fought hard for a truly first class version of Pirates of the Caribbean for Hong Kong Disneyland, but Jay Rasulo squashed the idea and sent him back to his room without supper.

Perhaps even more bewildering is the dismissal of Valerie Edwards, WDI's head sculpter, who had been with the company for 21 years and was a featured guest artist on the D23 webzine as recently as this August. She oversaw the creation of character sculptures for Disney parks throughout the world and just recently finished the sculpt of Barack Obama for The Magic Kingdom's Hall of Presidents.

As with Tim Delaney, she was known as a fearless champion of quality at Disney, something her mentors, master sculpter Blaine Gibson, Imagineering legend John Hench and animation artist and father George Edwards would have been proud of.

Judging by the emotional fallout over at WDI these past few days, her colleagues were equally proud.

Unfortunately current management saw her tenure a bit differently. Where previous mangement saw her value, today's leadership saw her as 'difficult'. Seems Valerie read John Lasseter's "Quality is a great business plan" memo too literally.

For the creative professionals who remain at WDI the message is both clear and ominous. Along with their feelings of loss and sadness comes a creeping fear that the company will continue to jettison those who fight for quality in order to promote those who just say, 'yes'.

Comme le disait Nairolf sur DCP, Disney mériterait d'Universal reprenne Tim, et lui confie un projet ambitieux pour contrer la souris.

par **Capitaine** » 27 Oct 2009, 15:44

C'est vraiment déconcertant de voir un grand homme tel que le créateur de Space Mountaine de la terre à la lune se faire renvoyer pour une prise de bec au sujet de la petite sirène :-(

, en tous cas Tim Delaney restera dans mon esprit comme l'un des plus grands immagineurs de son temps... Je lui souhaite une bonne retraite

mais bon il doit faire des cauchemards après mission 2... :roll:

par **carter** » 27 Oct 2009, 19:46

Hé bé... on continue dans la lignée du moment... on vire ce qu'il y a de mieux pour se contenter de rien et du superflu... bien, très bien...

par **TheForceCode** » 27 Oct 2009, 19:59

Ce qui est vraiment effrayant, c'est les 2 derniers paragraphes de l'article :shock:

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Unfortunately current management saw her tenure a bit differently. Where previous mangement saw her value, today's leadership saw her as 'difficult'. Seems Valerie read John Lasseter's "Quality is a great business plan" memo too literally.

For the creative professionals who remain at WDI the message is both clear and ominous. Along with their feelings of loss and sadness comes a creeping fear that the company will continue to jettison those who fight for quality in order to promote those who just say, 'yes'.

par **Maggie Simpson** » 28 Oct 2009, 17:47

Bienvenue dans le monde réel. :shock:

par **carter** » 28 Oct 2009, 20:07

Maggie Simpson a écrit:Bienvenue dans le monde réel.

La belle histoire disneyienne du moment... Pitié, reviens Walt, redore ton blason!

par **Martin** » 31 Oct 2009, 10:19

C'est dingue ça, il s'agissait d'un des imaginieurs le plus emblématique du département.

La valse des têtes continue à TWDC.

par **letitia** » 05 Nov 2009, 11:24

Bonjour à tous,
Je suis en terminale et je réalise un travail de fin d'étude sur le thème : " Le monde de disney".
Si quelqu'un s'y connait sur ce sujet n'hesitez pas à me laisser des informations, cela m'aiderait beaucoup !
Merci à tous.

par **Martin** » 05 Nov 2009, 15:16

letitia a écrit:Bonjour à tous,
Je suis en terminale et je réalise un travail de fin d'étude sur le thème : " Le monde de disney".
Si quelqu'un s'y connait sur ce sujet n'hesitez pas à me laisser des informations, cela m'aiderait beaucoup !
Merci à tous.

Pas forcement le bon sujet pour parler de ça. Le mieux à mon humble avis, c'est que tu poses des questions précises car le monde de Disney est tellement vaste qu'il y a de quoi écrire des millions de choses.

par **deloro** » 08 Nov 2009, 17:02

pourriez vous traduire le texte car tout le monde ne comprend pas l'anglais c 'est mon cas hélas !!

par **Captain Nemo** » 08 Nov 2009, 17:24

http://translate.google.com/?hl=fr# ;-)

par **tb06** » 08 Nov 2009, 19:40

Captain Nemo a écrit:http://translate.google.com/?hl=fr#

Euh, tu as essayé ? Je ne suis pas persuadé que Deloro comprenne mieux l'article après une traduction Google :mrgreen:

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