Originally Posted By RoadTrip I hope Captain EO NEVER returns. It is an abomination. I would rather have Disney bring back Magic Journeys. But as you said... I'm sure there will always be plenty of films to preview. I'd rather sit through a preview of Oz, the Great and Powerful 100 times than see EO one more time.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>It is Tomorrowland:<< Confused me there for a moment. Since this thread is about Innoventions, I thought for a moment ... some sort of "Tomorrowland" film exhibit was going into Innoventions. (Not a bad idea, actually.) But I see it's going into the Magic Eye Theater ... as many of us have been guessing. (Over, the next Avengers film, which I'm glad.) I see Disney has officially dropped the "Magic Eye" Theater name. I guess, since Kodak hasn't been the sponsor for that building for while. Short term ..... seems that theater will continue to be Disney's Marketing's Department domain. That's fine with me. I'm concerned with the Long Term. And I hope it eventually means ... something worthwhile, that would sit there for the next 15, or so, years. If it's another 3D film ... then I hope they go a bit further than just adding new effects to the theater. Terminator II 3D at Universal used live actors, in conjunction with filmed elements. I would think that would be the next thing. And if they drop 3D films altogether .. I'll be even happier. LOL Is it me ... or is it, no matter how much a theme park entity tries to dress up a 3D Movie attraction, it still going to become old, compared to actual rides. They don't seem to hold up, longterm.
Originally Posted By Bellella >"Captain EO" is expected to return in the future, once film previews are complete.< I call major BS and a trained answer. Whoever runs that blog is obviously trained as to what questions to answer, how to answer them, and which comments to post. God forbid anyone says anything negative about anything the park management does.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It seems to me like most of the responses are specific to WDW, which makes me think that perhaps EO will be returning there, but not in DL. It really doesn't fit in either location (and HISTA fits Epcot far better) but it looks like they may still not know what's going on at DL I read an interesting theory for why EO hasn't returned to DL yet: they upgraded the theater to digital projectors, but never made a digital copy of EO. It seems like it would be relatively simple to go back to the film projectors (most real movie theaters use multiple projectors to keep the film going as they switch reels, so why not have a couple in the DL theater?). Additionally, it seems like this would convert Epcot's theater to digital, which means they seem to have some plan to bring the film back, either with a digital print or a film projector. The lack of digital print is an interesting theory, and sounds just dumb enough that it could have some truth to it
Originally Posted By Bellella How's about a "Captain EO" DVD? That would fix it and its fans for life.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "How's about a "Captain EO" DVD? That would fix it and its fans for life." Huh? Whatchu talkin' 'bout sweet honey child? There are only about 53,000 results for a "Captain Eo" search on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONRTzWy26Ko
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt So embarrassing. Here: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/kf6shbl">http://tinyurl.com/kf6shbl</a> God, what an awful film.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Even more embarrassing is that I was at this event: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/lmfqaz6">http://tinyurl.com/lmfqaz6</a>
Originally Posted By oc_dean So ..... About that March 31st closing date ... let me guess ...... The next day, Innoventions was open? "APRIL FOOLS! We're still open! MOOOOO HA HA HA HA HA!!"
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>God, what an awful film.<< Did you think that in 1986? Or just comparing it to 2015 standards?
Originally Posted By phruby >><a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/lmfqaz6">http://tinyurl.com/lmfqaz6</a> That video was pretty cool to see. I had a big crush on Justine Bateman back then. It was great to see the old escalator into Space Mountain again. Isn't Bruce Jenner a woman now? Remember Sarah Percell? Ya, me either. What a nightmare traffic probably was to setup a stage at the entrance to Tomorrowland. Why isn't anyone getting on the Rocket Jets?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I thought it 1986. I did think that the tech behind it was cool and the in theater effects were awesome at the time. Personally I always thought Honey I Shrunk The Audience was more impressive. By the way, did you watch the YouTube video in the second link I posted? I dont think you can find anything more 80s on the internet.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "It was great to see the old escalator into Space Mountain again. Isn't Bruce Jenner a woman now? Remember Sarah Percell? Ya, me either." Crazy right? And dead stars like Nell Carter and John Ritter. Even OJ Simpson was there. Everyone in Hollywood was at the premier except Michael Jackson or any of his famous siblings.
Originally Posted By doombuggy "Everyone in Hollywood was at the premier except Michael Jackson" You don't remember the stories that he was there in disguise? The news<yes the news> was saying he was either a old woman, as a character, a sweeper. I'm the odd man here I still like Eo more so then Honey. What I did think was funny that they bragged it cost 20ml but about 1ml showed up on screen. Eo is filled with sooooooo many mistakes they didn't reshoot because it was so costly.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA 1986 -- let's keep it in perspective The music video was just 4 years old -- Michael Jackson (like him or not) was hugely popular, and to have Disney, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola collaborate on a 3-D music video exclusively for the Disney parks - it was a big deal. And sure, upon multiple viewings it's easy to find some flaws, both in production and the big dance number, (whoops!) it was pretty exciting stuff.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Doombuggy--odd men, I guess, but I thought HISTA was not a good show.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "You don't remember the stories that he was there in disguise?" Of course, but I don't believe it. Why would a lead actor show up to their movie premier/massive media event in disguise? "The music video was just 4 years old" MTV made the format popular, but you can easily find music videos that date back as far back as the 1950s. Because Captain Eo has multiple numbers and a complete narrative it could also be argued that the film isn't technically a music video, but a musical. Not saying Captain So wasn't a breakthrough, but as you can see in the televised special the hype for it far exceeded what the attraction deserved.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Why would a lead actor show up to their movie premier/massive media event in disguise?" Because Michael Jackson was bonkers.
