Originally Posted By mawnck >>Those were some pretty incredible 3D effects!<< Sounds to me like they're all exactly the same effect. It's not like there's a whole lot of creative stuff you can do with 3D. Closer, further away, closer, further away ... big whoop.
Originally Posted By danyoung 3D can give you 2 things - depth and extrusion out into the audience. I think EO did a nice job with both. The recent movie Monsters vs. Aliens did very little extrusions, but the depth in their 3D was pretty impressive. It can be difficult to get the 3D effect to work really well with extrusions, but when they're done slowly, allowing the time for your eyes to select an image and then track it as it comes out over the audience, it can be a very effective element of the show.
Originally Posted By believe Here's another suggestion to "plus it" for Halloween thing, they should make it a SING A LONG (and talk a long) kind of like Rocky Horror Picture Show. The sing-a-longs were highly popular with Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, HSM, etc. DVDs come with sing-a-longs now (ie Mamma Mia!) Talk-a-long would be great - everyone quoting the movie "We're going in!" "Let's go, Hooter!" "My loyal companions and I accept your punishment..." "Hooooooter !!!!!" "Who ate the map?" "You think me... beautiful?!?!?!" "Where is this.... Gift ??!" So what if everyone laughed at MJs lousy acting and the campiness, that would the point of it and the fun.
Originally Posted By danyoung I don't mean to put down your idea, believe, but that sounds totally horrible to me. I want people to shut up, gasp at the right time, cheer when MJ is victorious at converting the Supreme Leader, and just generally be a good audience. The idea of doing a Rocky Horror thing is not at all for me . . .
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Dan, my twin separated at birth... ;-) As MJ would say... You are not alone. I haven't been to Disneyland during October in many years, but I would make the trip for Cap't EO. Toss in the Halloween makeover for Space Mountain... Makes it a must-do extra trip for Me and the Mr. (And since my 33-year wild ride at work comes to an end on September 25, it's a "can-do-easy" - as one of my early bosses used to say.
Originally Posted By gadzuux There's a practical side to this idea too. That theater is hugely efficient at moving large numbers of guests through. I have no idea about the actual capacity of the attraction, but I'd guess around 2400 pph, figuring three shows per hour with a max capacity of around 800 each. And it does it with a very small overall footprint in the park. Considering that 'space mountain' holiday makeover(max capacity maybe 1100 pph?) will likely be more popular than ever, having Eo running could be very useful in helping to absorb a lot of the overflow. I'd like to see them do it - just for fun. I won't be visiting the park for the next several months either way, so I don't have any personal stake in it. But I don't think it would be all that difficult or expensive. As mentioned, they'd need to strike a few new prints of the film - not difficult, not expensive. The starfield effect at the beginning can be duplicated with standard issue theatrical gear - it rolls out on netting - not difficult, not expensive. Laser beams? fog machines? Ubiquitous. Flash lights? Can do. As an added bonus, it would also hasten the end of HISTA, already long overdue. At it's core, Disney is a FILM STUDIO - they could certainly come up with a twelve minute 'something' to put in a movie theater and call it a brand new attraction. If they wanted to ... but obviously they don't. So they'll just re-install HISTA and watch the guest count drop back into the low hundreds per day.
Originally Posted By Hista98 have no idea about the actual capacity of the attraction, but I'd guess around 2400 pph, figuring three shows per hour with a max capacity of around 800 each. Actually the total number of seats is 575. per show, but 40 of the seats have to remain empty every show. We do about 4-5 shows an hour. An article in the oc register actually confirmed disney is already bringing it back for halloweeen time. it dosen't metion weather it will be permanent or not. Although I have to wonder if Hista will come back after this. It would be a good excuse to get rid of the ride permantly
Originally Posted By Hista98 My prediction is that there'd be a rush of APers to see the thing the first few months after it opened and then there'd be nothing but crickets after that. Months?? It's only coming back for halloween time i think. Which would mean it would be there for only about a month. So I don't see the line dying down at all.
Originally Posted By mawnck >> An article in the oc register actually confirmed disney is already bringing it back for halloween time. << Link por favor? The only thing I can find on their website is a blog relaying the Al Lutz report - and he says they're only considering it.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Months?? It's only coming back for halloween time i think." Right, but its success would imply that it would return each and every Halloween. Sorry, I just don't like the idea of Eo coming back to DL. I'm tired of Disney recycling everything, especially at DL. The park seriously needs more new and original offerings. Captain Eo? Starring Michael Jackson? In Tomorrowland? How positively 80's. Yawn. "Link por favor?" <a href="http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/theme-park-news-retu-5022/" target="_blank">http://travel.latimes.com/dail...tu-5022/</a> It looks like it's nothing more than a report on the current rumors in the theme park business. Nothing regarding Eo appears to have been confirmed.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>At it's core, Disney is a FILM STUDIO - they could certainly come up with a twelve minute 'something' to put in a movie theater and call it a brand new attraction. << You'd think. All the more reason not to go back to the 80's. Let's see the NEXT thing, not more nostalgia.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Maybe so much nostalgia is around because I am not the only person who has lost faith in Disney?
Originally Posted By Yookeroo A slowly rotating boulder and MJ's feet? Please bring that back! Seriously, you're not helping your argument here.
Originally Posted By danyoung I'm not trying to convince you, Yook - you've already got your mind made up. I'm simply saying that the 3D effect was remarkable, and very effective in the examples I listed. And yes, that rotating boulder was incredibly cool in its day - I can remember the crowd gasping as this big rock came off of the screen and moved to within inches of your face. Many people reached out to try to touch it - the illusion was just that real.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo The boulder and the flying character were very cool, as well as Anjelica Houston's claws. But the script and stop action animation makes me feel it had it's day (even though I do love it)
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 With the 3D Michael Jackson movie being released Oct 30, Disney would be flat out stupid to not re-release Captain EO for the same time period, the investment would not be much, but the return would be great as they can sell Captain EO merchandise, and get the few stragglers who go to DL just to check out what the fuss is about...
Originally Posted By mawnck <-------predicting that the 3D Michael Jackson movie will be a turkey, critically and financially. Who wants to watch a sick old man staggering around a stage trying to lipsync to old recordings in between oxygen treatments? Oh, right, it's in 3D.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 The Hannah Montana concert movie made a ton.... I predict Michael Jackson to make just as much. Nobody ever claimed Americans had good taste....
Originally Posted By Nobody "Nobody ever claimed Americans had good taste...." I'm not sure if you quoted me correctly.
