Originally Posted By DAR <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFThn8SK47M&mode=related&search=Captain" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ZFThn8SK47M&mode=related&search=Captain</a>%20EO It was very much a product of its time.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA When it opened in 1987, it was pretty cutting-edge stuff for Disney theme parks. George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Jackson -- pretty impressive for a theme park movie. And it was fairly popular as I recall. At that time, Michael Jackson was a bit odd, but not completely over-the-edge scary like he is now. I always thought it was a lot of fun, and better and more re-watchable than 'Honey, I Shrunk the Audience' or 'Acid...er...uh..Magic Journeys'
Originally Posted By DAR I always enjoyed it too and it was fun to watch that clip. But there were some cringeworthy moments.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I vote for cheesy. I could only watch the first 8-9 minutes or so. Does it ever get any better? Does MJ ever sing?? Personally, I far preferred Acid... er Magic Journeys. Honey was cool about the first 5-6 times I saw it, but it is way overdue for replacement.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss RT, you really have to watch the whole thing. The first 8-9 minutes is the cringe-worthy part. I don't think anyone but the most hardcore MJ fans liked that part of the show. It was the singing and dancing that made Captain EO wotrthwhile. It was, and still is, exciting to watch, especially in the theater when you could see and feel the music.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Thanks for posting the link DAR. Brings me back to my honymoon in WDW! I'm still not convinced that Michael and Janet are two seperate people! But golly, that boy can dance!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Captain EO was awesome. I remember being at the opening at DL and then at DLP. Pure magic. And the witch was scary.
Originally Posted By LVCajun I think it's pretty dated but it was good for it's time. I saw it many more times than I ever have seen HISTA.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Well ... is it really fair to judge this 1986 piece to 2006 standards? At the time ... it was the height of the "MTV" era ... Michael Jackson at the top of his career .. with lots of catchy tunes. By today's standards .... Sure it looks somewhat out of place.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Actually .. by today's standards ... It's better. Where's the catchy dance tunes these days? Music Industry downright sucks these days. I'm waiting for the new "Madonna" or the next "Janet Jackson" to revive catchy dance tunes.
Originally Posted By irishfan >>Where's the catchy dance tunes these days? Music Industry downright sucks these days<< I agree to an extent. >>I'm waiting for the new "Madonna" or the next "Janet Jackson" to revive catchy dance tunes.<< Well the current Madonna just released an album full of catchy dance tunes, which most of the world except the U.S seemed to enjoy.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL ^^^I enjoy it irishfan, very much. Anyone who can sample ABBA into a great dance track gets my money. AND, I am not a huge Madonna fan. The only other song of hers that I HAD to have was 'RAIN'. But for the record, a couple of friends saw her recent show in Boston and hated it. Two hours late starting the show and no air conditioning in the arena is not the way to win over your audience.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL And BTW, 'Capt EGO' was the highest of cheese factor, IMO. For its time it was fun for the 2 songs, in theatre effects and Angelica Houston. (And for me personally, the scene when the whip warriors come out of the pillars of metal scrap. Still love that effect.) But the bad acting by Jackson and the mistakes left in the final film by Coppola and his editors, made this a very weak product.
Originally Posted By Chelledun Captain EO scared the HECK out of me when I was little! It is the only Disney attraction that ever made me cry. I was so excited when they got rid of it a few years later. I think I was only in like 2nd grade the first time I saw it though .
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Where's the catchy dance tunes these days?> You've obviously not heard Jessica Simpson's 'A Party Affair' this summer. Click the bottom of the page on this link. Enjoy! <a href="http://sonybmg.com/musicbox/video/jessicasimpson/" target="_blank">http://sonybmg.com/musicbox/vi deo/jessicasimpson/</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Well the current Madonna just released an album full of catchy dance tunes, which most of the world except the U.S seemed to enjoy.> Well, other parts of the world still love Wacko Jacko too -- nuf sed. Madonna is on my 'I don't get' list.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I remember that that there was Capt. EO but I do not remember where and when it was. My wife tells me I saw it once but I do not recall. Could some nice person fill me in ? I seem to think it was a theme about saving the earth .
Originally Posted By MmmOranges All I have to say is: CAPTAIN EO RULES!!! (love Michael Jackson). *Kristen*
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I remember that that there was Capt. EO but I do not remember where and when it was. My wife tells me I saw it once but I do not recall. Could some nice person fill me in ? >> Captain EO was in the Imagination Building at Epcot where Honey I Shrunk the Audience currently is. It played from 1986 - 1994 when it was replaced by HISTA. We saw it in 1991 and I also remembered nothing about it other than MJ being in it and that I didn't particularily enjoy it. I think it is perhaps a generational thing. I didn’t think Michael Jackson was great even when he WAS great.
