Originally Posted By tonyanton I remember seeing it at EPCOT Center in the late '80s and thinking it had less 3-D effects than "Magic Journeys," which we had seen on our prior trip. I think it fit in Tomorrowland better, as it had a more sci-fi feel. I do remember several of MJ's lines eliciting laughter from the audience (and not because they were meant to be funny).
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan All I Know Isâ„¢, the next time they have an attraction featuring something named Hooter, I'm marching right down to City Hall.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Let's look at the positive sides of things.... Angelica Houston never looked better.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN The only HIGH thing on that film was Michael's voice. Hee-hee. Notice Landis career went to hell after than one, and so did Michael's.
Originally Posted By DAR Landis did Thriller. Coppola did EO. But in retrospect both careers haven't been too stellar as of late.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I sooo wish I had the oppertunity to see this on a big screen with all the wonderfull effects. I have seen the small version many times and have been known to shoot 'Dancing Rays' at people....
Originally Posted By avromark I don't know but watching the film again I don't find it nearly as appealing as I did as a kid, then again that might be part of the reason, the other is it's just "80's" and i'm not longer very 80ish save my taste in some of my music. My memories seem to be better then the actual show, but maybe it was also better because of the theatre ambiance.
Originally Posted By CMM1 EO was a big deal in it's time - 3 of the biggest names in the entertainment business coming together - quite a coup for Disney from a marketing/star power perspective. Sad to say that two of the shows big three names have fallen on hard times. As for George Lucas, looking at his involvement with Disney in producing spectacular attractions and then looking at how detailed and developed his characters and settings always are for his Star Wars movies, is there not a bit of Walt Disney in the work of Lucas? I for one would love to see Lucas work more with Disney and produce some more attractions - perhaps with Eisner getting out of the picture now that might happen.
Originally Posted By brotherdave The visual effects in the movie were top-notch, but, the acting(?), storyline, and music were, well, 'eh', to me. I saw it at EPCOT Center many times and it got 'old' real fast! One last thing, when visiting Disneyland in Oct of 1990, I was just exiting Space Mountain, and who comes out of the Captain EO theatre exit, with a full entourage pf security surrounding him, but the "Weird One" himself, all dressed up in a black shiek outfit! I guess he liked to watch himself in '3-D' on the big screen!!!
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 My husband went in saw it at DL and we liked it. It was around the summer of "91".
Originally Posted By crazyformickey I remember my first trip to WDW they had signs up for EO and by the time I had my second trip it was long gone. Thanks for the link it was interesting to see it.
Originally Posted By rhodisney All in all,I thought the movie was great! It fit in with the space-age looking Imagination Pavilion well. The special effects were great, the choreography and songs ( You're just another part of Me) were energetic, the costumes were cool at the time. I enjoyed watching Angelica Huston's character, but the rest of the acting sucked.
