Originally Posted By mousermerf And for that matter, Seas with Nemo is usually a walk on. Thus is the life of anything that omni-loads.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^Bingo. And Nemo still has fin attentance. SSE is a walk on for the large majority of the day.
Originally Posted By Manfried Let's face it, Future World just isn't that interesting unless it's a thrill ride to the theme park audience.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>And for that matter, Seas with Nemo is usually a walk on. Thus is the life of anything that omni-loads.<<< I can't wait until they kill that ride.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Five, they were not junior Imagineers in version two or three, just not very imaginative.>> The version 2.0 Imagineers were not part of the old guard, which is why it sucked so hard. Eisner absolutely hated the end result and demanded fixes. And what a surprise (not), most of Version 2.0's Imagineers were kicked to the curb by the end of the decade. I knew several of them had a difficult time finding work after leaving WDI. <<Though version three was overseen by the Tom Fitz crowd, hence the Imagination Institute storyline.>> Version 3.0 was not "overseen" by Fitzgerald, unless you're willing to admit that EVERYTHING out of Creative Development was overseen by Fitzgerald during that time, given that he was promoted to Senior Creative Executive shortly before the rehab began. Version 3.0 was headed up by David Mumford after his return from working in Japan on Mermaid Lagoon in TDS. And as Hokie pointed out, the Institute theme was put in place during the first rehab, three years prior. Mumford and his team wanted to make substantial changes but were forced to keep the theme because of an unrealistic tiny budget.
Originally Posted By mousermerf *pokes skinner* Mermaid Lagoon had some umm.. folks.. work on it who are no longer with the company.. who are responsible for something I've referred to as "ugly" that is going to be torn down shortly, and their little friends responsible for giving them the Mermaid job and the "ugly" monstrosity were pretty publicly booted. The same folks who want to build a park in Hawaii based on their ugly "art."
Originally Posted By mousermerf <<<Mumford and his team wanted to make substantial changes but were forced to keep the theme because of an unrealistic tiny budget.>>> Version 3 was paint, Figments from storage (they had to go get one out of a vitrine in Disney University), and some plywood. It helps that audio is pretty darn cheap to redo.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Yes, or so I was told. Puppet Figments used to make the film sequences ended up in a dumpster, salvaged and later sold on eBay. The animatronics went to storage, and in some cases, displays around WDW backstage area.. and they had to be collected to be reused.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Thanks. I had never gotten a real answer on that. Knew that a few were trashed and sold on ebay. The pics/damage was horrific. I don't know whether to be sad or happy seeing that those AAs used to be in a MUCH better ride. At least the history lives on...a bit...
Originally Posted By skinnerbox All but one Figment are original. Supposedly the Figment with the telephone is not. Or so I've been told.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I don't think they kept his body.. the head is where all his important bits are. Definitely seen Figment heads without bodies during the period he wasn't in Epcot.
Originally Posted By mousermerf It's kinda neat - he has this sort of big silver metal cylinder that sticks down and would presumably mount into this body frame and then provide all the connections needed. It looks like a space piece out of a satellite or high end car. Very polished and fine-tuned looking, not like cheap box metal.. more a custom machined part.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I suspect his head makes a noise like humanoid robots do when they're opened in movies when it's detached, sort of a air pressure and gizmo sound. Maybe like star trek doors even.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Mermaid Lagoon had some umm.. folks.. work on it who are no longer with the company.. who are responsible for something I've referred to as "ugly" that is going to be torn down shortly, and their little friends responsible for giving them the Mermaid job and the "ugly" monstrosity were pretty publicly booted.>> Are you attempting to connect the Kirks to DCA? Go ahead and connect the dots, merf. I'm waiting.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Well, Kathy Kirk was responsible for hiring DCA talent, or so her webpage says.. <a href="http://www.kirkdesigninc.com/w1_frameset_02.html" target="_blank">http://www.kirkdesigninc.com/w..._02.html</a> But that's not who I was refering to - are the Kirks trying to build a park in Hawaii?
