Disney Goes Goth

[Morrigan_Dubh]

Goth Donald Duck, "crazy" Mickey Mouse and other re-imaginings of classic Walt Disney characters will hit high-end stores and couture shops this year. Hot House, a six-person team under Disney's consumer product unit, has tapped underground artists to create fashionable toys and apparel for adult fans of the Mouse House. "Our job is to keep the brand innovative, fresh and on the forefront of fashion," said Nikos Constant, a creative consultant for the unit.

The first project to launch this year, called Runaway Brain, includes a licensing program with an experimental "crazy" Mickey Mouse design for apparel items. Products will appear at places like Colette in Paris next month. This fall, the unit will release a toy based on what can best be described as a Goth Donald Duck named Magica Despell. She is the first character from the division's Yensid ("Disney" spelled backwards) project.

brandweek.com

Face it, we're just another marketing demographic.

[BlackDahlia]

I wonder who the 'underground artists' are? Think they got Banksy? *snicker*

[Godslayer Jillian]

Let's not say "Disney Goes Goth" so much as "Disney Commercializes Goth"
Disney has been gothic all along.
Just think of it:
The forest of thorns in The Beauty and the Beast.
Skeleton Dance.
Fantasia.
Nightmare Before Christmas.
The climax in Snow White.
Mary Poppins.

[asta_tintora]

I don't know, the It's a Small World Ride was always far scarier to me...

And hey, if it is exceptionally, cheesy you can glue them together in a totally new way or wire them to a car or something.

Ah, the joys of modification and blow torches. Neat.

[ashleyxnicole]

Sweet. Pictures?

[HumanePain]

I always did like the Haunted Mansion. And Disney has a history of doing evil, sinister things behind the scenes, like paying hush money to families of victims killed on rides and so on. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english...ent_305505.htm

and

http://www.rotten.com/library/travel/disneyland/

[Renatus]

Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian

Let's not say "Disney Goes Goth" so much as "Disney Commercializes Goth"
Disney has been gothic all along.
Just think of it:
The forest of thorns in The Beauty and the Beast.
Skeleton Dance.
Fantasia.
Nightmare Before Christmas.
The climax in Snow White.
Mary Poppins.

But they are the ones who have caused the most problems being behind almost everything hollywood. Britney spears- Mickey mouse club(club for spoiled kids). Then there is Disney land, Disney world, Disney world international(amusment parks where they sell $3 pencils for more spoiled little kids). ABC and their kids shows that show things like kids who live in 5 star hotels (more spoiled little kids). The Santa Claus series (spoiled little kids like my damn little brother who still believe in santa and expect tons of stuff because of how good they think they were). Heh I don't like my little brother especialy when he throws my cds which i buy with money from my job in the worst possible places. Then he has terrible disgusting table manners with the food that he forces my parents to get him because he has a list of food i can count on fingers and toes.

Sorry for that little outburst. I will be more civilized in the future.

[Crying_Crimson_Tears]

They were Goth to begin with. And this, this is just different.

[BlackDahlia]

Originally Posted by HumanePain

I always did like the Haunted Mansion. And Disney has a history of doing evil, sinister things behind the scenes, like paying hush money to families of victims killed on rides and so on. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english...ent_305505.htm

and

http://www.rotten.com/library/travel/disneyland/

Lesson today: stay the hell away from 'Big Thunder Mountain Railroad'. ..yikes. O_o;

[Clockwork]

Hmph. My first instinct was to laugh upon reading "Goth Donald Duck," but now I'm thinking those might make interesting pieces to own, just for the hell of it. I have a cousin that I know is going to have the whole collection before it hits the market XP

Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian

Disney has been gothic all along.
Just think of it:
The forest of thorns in The Beauty and the Beast.
Skeleton Dance.
Fantasia.
Nightmare Before Christmas.
The climax in Snow White.
Mary Poppins.

I knew there was a reason I love Disney so much...

[cradle]

Originally Posted by BlackDahlia

I wonder who the 'underground artists' are? Think they got Banksy? *snicker*

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


Banksy's the shit. So is Borf.

[Temptation]

lol This isn't really news. Hasen't anyone every seen Duck Tales? Magica De Spell was a witch in that show, who, like all witches, wears black. I'm surprised they didn't create a doll long ago.

[Puppet Master]

So there revamping that old worn out, and badly designed and named charecter.

While at the same time releasing a whole new load of products which increases there allready huge amount of gothic themed imagergy, while naming after the sorcerrer from the wizards apprentice, because backward names sound cool.

Works for me.