Originally Posted By Admin This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=2197" target="_blank">Latest: Epcot Canada Pavilion and American Adventu</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Sounds like the old 'Canada, You're a Lifetime Journey' song will be staying around. That's good news. Martin Short narrates. He's terrific, he's Canadian. But, like using Ellen DeGeneres in the 'Energy' pavilion, this will just cause the movie to become dated faster than you can say 'That's Totally Awesome!' Maybe it'll just be voice over...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^In Cinemagique at DSP!!! My biggest concern is once again they've shortened an attraction. 14 minutes. The current version is about 20-21 minutes if I'm no mistaken. Has Canada shrunk? Disney can claim the attention spans have, but I wonder if its that so much versus it's just less expensive to film, edit and produce a shorter film. Still, look forward to it. Even if Canada is a bit behind the times, they aren't stuck in 1982!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Martin Short just finished a run on Broadway in his one man show 'Fame Becomes Me' <a href="http://www.martinshortthemusical.com/" target="_blank">http://www.martinshortthemusic al.com/</a>
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Is Pat Sajak also available for a cameo ? Although he's not Canadian ( he grew up 3 blocks from my childhood home ) - --
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Maybe Disney just wants to give Martin Short a chance. He was very funny in his time.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I hope he's just narrating because it would take away from the panoramic scenes of Canada if he's on screen. Plus, since the film is shorter than the last version, they should cram as much travelogue in as possible and leave him narrating.
Originally Posted By twirlnhurl "My biggest concern is once again they've shortened an attraction. 14 minutes. The current version is about 20-21 minutes if I'm no mistaken." According to the CM last week, Oh Canada is currently 17 minutes. The wait clock in the queue ends at 20 minutes because of the three minutes between shows. It could have been longer in the past, but I doubt it. Granted, it is shorter, but not by as much as you think.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Martin Short is the narrator I think - not appearing in the film.>> Martin Short is in about a half dozen scenes. The rest is all narration. And yes...the theme song has been preserved.
Originally Posted By ChiMike No kidding. First, It's amazing how quickly something goes from being a 'hangover' to being preserved. All the same, it was not one of the original EPCOT songs that stood out for me. So I am pretty apathetic towards the whole thing. Second, what I am not ambivalent towards is the idea that WDI has, and is capable of, producing such superior stuff that we all should just mock the what the Sherman Bros. brought to Disney parks. Sure the respective composers brought in to do Soarin' and Space Mountain did a great job, but outside of that it just seems like more typical disdain for creations that had a far greater longevity and appeal than anything created recently will have.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<it was not one of the original EPCOT songs that stood out for me.>> I'd think you're in the minority on this count. And where do you get the idea there is some sort of disdain for what the Sherman Brothers have done?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Good point, ChiMike. I've never understood the disdain for 'It's a Small World' -- it's a great catchy song, perfect for the attraction. I always forget that The Sherman Brothers wrote all the music for the 'Imagination' pavilion. 'Makin' Memories' -- the old pre-show song for the 3-D 'Magic Journeys' -- which they also wrote - and then 'One Little Spark' which was the big song in the 'Journey Into Imagination' attraction. Also 'Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow' and 'Miracle of Molecules' and of course, 'The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Room.' Back at EPCOT Center, I thought The Sherman Brothers wrote a lot more of the tunes. Not so. 'Fun to be Free' [from World of Motion] was written by X. Atencio and Buddy Baker, 'New Horizons' [from Horizons] was written by George Wilkins, 'Listen to the Land' [from The Land], and 'Energy, You Make the World Go Round' were both written by Robert Moline, and 'Tomorrow's Child' [from Spaceship Earth] was written by Ron Ovadia and Peter Stougaard. So, there were a lot of writers involved in the EPCOT Center music process.
