For me, the goosebumps started right as Jeremy Irons said, "On this our Spaceship Earth". The timing for the reveal was perfect as was the music. This can all be fixed, even with the current narration and crappy video screens.
I love that idea. While we're at it, why not have the video screens on the vehicles also show some important moments in history as well, make it ever changing, add a musical backdrop and call it a day.
Yes, it's fun - it would be a great thing for the post show.
What they really should have done was gotten Tom Fitzgerald ( who wrote both the Cronkite and Irons version) to write the script for the 07 version. Though Fitzgerald has had a lackluster tenure as a Creative Executive (He was the main force in advocating video screens in lieu of AAs ) he is a pretty good writer, at least with the Spaceship Earth scripts.
My only response when I read that, .
I don't believe that Tom was (At least not directly) involved with the Imagination debacle, Producer on JIYI was Orin Shivley, Producer on JIIwF was Kathy Mangum. He was involved in HISTA, however. Oh and he also wrote Horizons. Don't think I am a Tom apologist, far from it actually, I believe the worst Creative Executive in WDI now.
Nope the Hasbro deal will overule the Lucas deal at SSE.
Yep, and Siemens wanted everything that represented AT&T out of there. I much preferred the old decent but that was all about communications concepts and the kind of things AT&T was doing. Even Irons spiel had to go because it described the original theme of the ride. It's what happens when a new sponsor takes over and good ideas change because the new sponsor wants them out.
No, SSE 07 was penned by Pam Fisher who later actually did a pretty good job on the 09 Hall of Presidents but I think that was more because of Doris Kearns Goodwin assisting her.
That's absurd, Spaceship Earth 1994 could have been sponsored by virtually any major communications company, It was by no means a glorified AT&T commercial. I highly doubt AT&T had as much input into it's versions of SSE that Siemens apparently had on the 07 version. If Siemens indeed dictated the descent and dialouge it just shows how little they understand about the attraction.
Current topic is to discuss strange additions to a lacklustre, budget starved finale.
But the video ties the ride in with the postshow, which in turn ties it in with our everyday life, as you set about communicating the SSE experience you just had with your personal global network. So very EPCOT-y!
SSE's final scenes consists of looking at yourself as a video projection plays tricks with a mugshot of you.
