Originally Posted By capteoyes Hi all. Went to see Eo today, Wednesday, day after it premiered. Absolutely single show waits all day today for Eo, in fact, second showing (and most showings during the day) were not sold out. I expect Friday to be pretty busy. Eo was similar to what I saw last week with the cast members, though, one thing added: the HISTA moving floor. And, I must EXCLAIM right now to Imagineers who may be reading this, PLEASE, delete the floor THUMP NOW. The floor works well for opening shots of the spaceship in flight/battle (in fact, I wish it was used more here). HOWEVER, imagineers made a really bad decision by adding the moving (THUMPING?) floor to THUMP to the "beat" (really not to the beat, it was very off) of MJ's main song. This was a major distraction to me and my friend who never saw Eo. We saw zero rationale to the purpose of this THUMPING. Was it supposed to be a SUBWOOFER beating? Just didn't get it. What it did was distract from Mr. MJ himself. We just wanted to see him sing and dance, and, this annoying THUMP that was so off the main beat was pounding all of us in the butts, and it was annoying and distracting. Simply put, I feel strongly that this needs to be dropped. Imagineers, if you can delete this THUMPING programming overnight (yet keep the spaceship movements), do this pronto before word virally spreads about how annoying this is. If it's easier to simply turn off the floor entirely, DO IT. All this being said, Eo was fine, boring beginning, fun dancing/singing in the middle and an OK ending. I have no desire to ever see it again, and, my guess is that it will not be as popular as one may perceive. Then it will be time to add, say, Philharmagic into this (I know, doesn't fit into Tomorrowland) Please tell us what you think of the THUMPING if you saw EO.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I'm not an imagineer .. and I can figure out the appropriate points to make the floor move, and no more: Pitch/Sway: Outer space sequence Roll: the crash landing Minimal rise to Stomp:: troops marching on to EO Vibrate: Hooter's first hit of his keyboard Vibrate: EO transforming beam to troops Minimal rise to Stomp: Whip Warriors release Minimal rise to Stomp: Lowered Gate Vibrate: EO transforming beam to whip warriors Mixture vibration/pitch/sway: Transformation Wicked Queen There you go! Any more than that .. then it becomes as if they are thinking it's Star Tours. I do hope they do some fine tuning .. as Captain EO will be playing out the whole year. Just get in there guys .. .after hours .. set up your equipment .. make those adjustments. Make the effect an enhancement .. not a distraction - please.
Originally Posted By capteoyes Great choices! This is what I would like to se more of. Please, remove the thumping to the beat of the music. I, and most everybody I have spoke to, simply do not get it and it is annoying.
Originally Posted By SB2DL I saw it today, with great anticipation... hoping for the best, expecting the worst! I was enthralled re-living the whole experience again, this time with my two young daughters. However, I have to say I agree with you, Capteoyes... the bumping ground felt like an extra add-on, meant to show off some expen$ive capabilities--and didn't feel like it was in sync with most of what was happening on screen (basically detracted, rather than added to the action). I was also disappointed to see MJ blurry most of the time (especially during close-ups; many wide shots look GREAT). I also agree that many people are going to rip the "Tribute" pretty hard over this if Imagineers don't hop on it soon! I was honestly wondering how people behind the scenes felt good about releasing this product to the public without REALLY making it amazing. With all that said, I do feel the film is strong enough to stand on it's own, and I'm really thankful to have EO back... it was an incredible experience back in the day, and I hope people are able to enjoy it on some different level (uplifting theme, vintage throw-back, cool dancing, cheesy special effects, etc), and not dwell too much on the negative! My 4 year old daughter LOVED it... [Sorry to write a mini-thesis... but it's fun to geek out over!]
Originally Posted By Manfried Floor thumps? That's the big special effect they added? What about the fiber optic star field? The lasers? Did they cop out on them? Frankly the show wasn't that good back in the day either.
Originally Posted By disneygrammie I was in first audience on tuesday...and it wasn't full. The thumping was a distraction. I agree it wasn't the right beat - it was just a little off. I never liked the original and I really don't like this EO. I never saw a line waiting to get in. I will never waste my time to see it. It was a fluke that I was there in the first audience.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I was there Tuesday AM, and only noted the floor hydraulic twice: when EO's ship sails through the trench (as the sail retracts), and when the spear carriers are menacing EO. Perhaps I didn't feel any "thumping" during the song because I was seated on the extreme right hand side.
Originally Posted By capteoyes No fiber Optics. No smoke. Dug, I hear that the floor has not been working well at times. Maybe the THUMP floor for me was shoddy programming? I truly have no desire to see the movie again. It really is dated and boring, though fun for a final tribute to a great man, great lover of children!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: I was thinking the same thing, crazycroc, duckling. But it might have been intentional to make a point.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The floor isn't thumping. That's the sound of Walt rolling over in his grave.
Originally Posted By capteoyes tocks? Yes, it was intentional. MJ like children. Just like most of us do. They are cute and innocent.
Originally Posted By xrayvision @capteoyes - There are few ongoing LP jokes that have been been around for awhile. Here are just a few of those jokes (not necessarily hilarious, just ongoing): 1) An LPer wrote "tocks" when they meant to say "rocks!" So, sometimes in jest, an LPer will intentionally write the word "tocks" instead of "rocks." 2) After Superstar Limo (SSL) was closed and Pooh was being built, there were ongoing LP rumors as well as jokes about Disney testing Pooh vehicles in the vacant SSL building (Note - there were posted online photos of new DLR Pooh vehicles sitting behind SSL). Then, the joke was extended to include that every new attraction vehicle or ride update was being tested in the SSL building (eg - reconfigured Splash logs, Space Mountain loop, ODV carts, Capt. EO's thumping floor, ect). 3) When Space Mountain was being re-imagineered for DLR's 50th Anniversary, LPers joked that Disney was going to install a launch and loop (a la Paris Disneyland's Space Mountain). And, the loop feature was being tested in SSL. 4) Typing in "Dalmatians" as the 101st post in a thread. OK, now back to the discussion on EO's moving floor element.
Originally Posted By xrayvision FYI (just in case you're not familiar) - The SSL building is now home to Monsters Inc. And, the EO moving floor was not tested in the SSL building (but the new Star Tours II and HISTA elements may be testing in there as we speak).
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I still think the best thing ever was when there were rumors that they were testing the Monsters Inc ride in the SSL building. Talk about nonsense! : ) Some other favored testing locations after MI moved in include the submarine lagoon (which didn't get to test too many things), the Hollywood and Dine building, and the Millionaire building in DCA. I heard they were testing the new turnstyles for the DCA entrance in the Millionaire building... : )
Originally Posted By capteoyes Familiar with all this. Except Tocks. Thought the poster mistyped. THUMP! THUMP!
