Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/News-ID509830.asp" target="_blank">11/17/05 Matt Means Business</a>
Originally Posted By Ursus J Bear Great report, Jamie. Let's hope that Mr. Ouimet continues to practice what he preaches.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Pressler quote - >> How much more could you do with digital sets? If you can create something digitally, you can change it more often and make the attraction more repeatable if you can make it new every time? Pirates of the Caribbean, he suggested, might be a place to try such technologies. << I'm not sure I like the sound of that. "Digital sets" sounds like projections. While not 'technically' film-based, the result may be much the same. This might be an interesting (and cost effective) technology in a new attraction, but why 'pirates'? Pirates is the epitome of a disney e-ticket dark ride, with elaborate sets, costumes, lighting, effects, and AAs. It is the antithesis of the now typical film-based attraction. I'm not one of those people who feel that 'pirates' (or any attraction) should remain forever frozen in time, but I also think DLs 'pirates' is one of the most important acheivements in theme park attractions, and it's overall tone and feel should not be significantly altered. Keep the 'digital sets' for other, lesser attractions.
Originally Posted By JBStew I posted this in another area, but I want to be clear that he didn't state it would be done with POTC, only that it was an interesting idea for a ride like POTC.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I like a lot of what he said, especially the updated golden rule. Mr. Ouimet really is on the ball and has done a great job with the 50th, which looked mighty grim fairly late in the game before he took charge. So I trust him. However... I, too, am skeptical about the idea of a digital set "that can be updated and changed often." Disneyland has an abysmal record of "updating" film-based attractions. All the ones in DCA are exactly the same as opening day (except for some minor editing of Golden dreams for too scary content). Muppets 3-D, HISTA, even Circlevision wasn't updated often. And let's not talk about how ancient Star Tours is getting. Sure, they CAN update these things, that's always the big selling point. But WILL they, is the real question.
Originally Posted By crapshoot For the most part, Finding Nemo will feature digital images and analog sets working in unison. It will be a fairly good test bed to see if the digital technology used in this manner has promise for future attractions.
Originally Posted By JBStew 2oony, He did address the updates of the films specifically and said that the next generation would be digital and so easier to change and update that what is currently there.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>And let's not talk about how ancient Star Tours is getting.<< To be fair, it is set a long time ago.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Well, I just want thank hunk of a Matt Ouimet to know THIS witch means business, too!! One of these days he's going to be mine--ALL mine!!! (Unless, of course, I can manage to snare Tarzan, first.)
Originally Posted By Daannzzz ""(Unless, of course, I can manage to snare Tarzan, first.)"" Think big. How about both?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: And just exactly what have YOU been up to lately, Mr. Toon? Have any Thanksgiving plans that might include a witch? My sisters and I will be swooping down into Knotts Berry Farm, Universal Studios AND Disneyland throughout the entire Thanksgiving week--starting this coming Saturday. Maybe we can cast a spell together...
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: What's that, Daannzz, duckling? Try and have TWO hunks at the same time? Why, that just wouldn't be at all proper, you know. Not for a lady like ME, at least. I believe it's best to have just ONE man at a time. Two might work for consecutive evenings, of course.
Originally Posted By idleHands "One of these days he's going to be mine--ALL mine!!!" Something tells me Matt should hurry up with that restraining order... and SOON!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Digital sets reminds me of MuppetVision, where the theater is blown up on a regualr basis, only to instantly be fixed.
Originally Posted By kmsandrbs I think that digital backdrops/projections could be much more readily changed and a nice feature to compliment the rest of the ride. With technology now, they could easily add hundreds of elements to a background that change on a relatively random basis to provide a slightly different version of the ride all the time (are they doing this on Indy already?). For example, the storm background behind the skeleton captain at the steering wheel, fighting shadows at teh fort, or flames and fire in the jail area.
Originally Posted By gadzuux I just don't want to be floating past a series of jumbotrons with pictures of pirates. There's an old woody allen joke about progress and improvements in the circus world - "they replaced the eight foot man with a ten foot pole".
Originally Posted By Captainess Thank you JBStew for posting a summary of Matt's talk! I was really hoping to attend, but I had class all the way on the other side of campus and couldn't make it in time...
