Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Visual aids... ain't this fun? ;-)" LOL. To be honest your Jetsons example looks more like what we have now: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_4716.jpg">http://www.laughingplace.com/w...4716.jpg</a> To me it resembles an aging shopping center that someone tried to update by using a "modern" color palette more than "the world of tomorrow", which is what it's supposed to be, I guess. Actually, does anyone know what TL is actually meant to represent these days?
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I think it looks pretty, then again I think that red and orange look beautiful in a sunset..
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Seems like I remember the old Tomorrowland Terrace costumes were red and orange - back in 1970.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Well, the Google found red and white costumes and red and blue ones, but no red and orange. I would guess the red and white ones were from the 70's or early 80's... the cash register shown in the photo was an old fashioned non-digital one. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c4OIkT0wtlE/SRxn7-335aI/AAAAAAAAAxI/xF5k3Vd77kU/s400/Tomorrowland+terrace+crew+-+tirwin.jpg">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c4OI...rwin.jpg</a> Tomorrowland really seemed into using the red and blue scheme over the past 20 years.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>It would be like painted the Space Needle, The Gateway Arch, or LAX's Theme Building red and orange.<< Ummm...the Space Needle originally was red and orange. It only got the all-white paint job after the World's Fair was over. Given that WDW's TL is heavily influenced by the Googie architecture of the Fair, I think it's only fitting that a similar color scheme be used on it. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rowlanddesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2375831283_ed064e6f9c.jpg">http://www.rowlanddesign.com/w...6f9c.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance When we went to Seattle a couple years ago, it was during the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Space Needle, and they had it orange to commemorate the original color scheme. When we went back last year when we were leaving out of Seattle on our cruise to Alaska, it was back to white again and all was right with the world.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip BORING! That's the trouble with Future World at Epcot... all the white buildings. The reflective blue glass of the Imagination pavilion is a refreshing change. I generally like the architecture there, but not all the white.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf Tomorrowland continues to be the 50s/60s vision of the future and this color scheme illustrates that very well. It inspires nostalgia of decades past (at least for some), not any vision or hope for the future. I think it's tacky and irrelevant, but that's just my opinion.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>BORING! That's the trouble with Future World at Epcot... all the white buildings.<< Have you seen photos of the new paint job on the Innoventions buildings? It leaves a lot to be desired IMO, but it's certainly not boring! <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://m.wdwmagic.com/attractions/future-world/galleryindex/03jul2014-new-future-world-paint-scheme.htm">http://m.wdwmagic.com/attracti...heme.htm</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip For better or worse, it is probably more predictive of the future than the original Tomorrowland was. As far as I know, Brasilia is the only major city that has been developed in a style and color palette reminiscent of the original Tommorowland. Sure, there are landmark buildings here and there using similar styles, but not entire cities. I think people would find it lacking in warmth and humanity over the long term.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Have you seen photos of the new paint job on the Innoventions buildings? It leaves a lot to be desired IMO, but it's certainly not boring!>> I actually kind of like it, though would find it somewhat jarring being so different from everything else in Future World. Thanks for posting the link.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I think it's tacky and irrelevant, but that's just my opinion." Agreed. Shouldn't TL look forward instead of backward?
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf <<Shouldn't TL look forward instead of backward?>> I certainly think so. But we're caught in this weird place where avid Disney fans are nostalgic about the past, even when it comes to "tomorrow". As if the 60s version of tomorrow is the best we can come up with. I think we (they) can do better....
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Apparantly, Tomorrowland of past years missed the mark big time, especially Carrousel of Progress. They totally missed that every man, woman, and child would be nose-smashed with their smartphones and tablets everywhere they went. It's nice to consider optional fantasy
Originally Posted By Yookeroo I think smartphones and tablets are far better than anything the CoP predicted.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>Apparantly, Tomorrowland of past years missed the mark big time, especially Carrousel of Progress. They totally missed that every man, woman, and child would be nose-smashed with their smartphones and tablets everywhere they went. It's nice to consider optional fantasy<<< When you take into consideration that when CoP was first developed the only electronics that existed were Black & White TV's sprinkled in with a few Color sets that were mostly the color of green and handheld transistor radios that sounded like scraping your fingernails across a chalkboard. Over time things changed and technological advancements happened faster then the speed of sound. What started out as an attempt to predict the future became impossible. They tried, but, failed to be able to "guess" what the future would bring. I-pads certainly were in no ones vision no matter how good their vision might have been. Everyone should just stop wishing, wanting and hoping that a place like Tomorrowland or Epcot can no longer achieve that lofty goal.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker < I-pads certainly were in no ones vision no matter how good their vision might have been. > They use something very like iPads on Star Trek.
