All Epcot, All the Time (aka Has Disney given up on SSE?)

Status
Not open for further replies.
EPCOT Explorer

EPCOT Explorer

New Member
tirian said:
Ummm...not quite...when Horizons was built in the 80s, everything in that ride was a very viable concept. As every American industry except the computer sector failed in the 90s, Horizons seemed more and more far-fetched; but it originally wasn't.

People used to be more optimistic before the dot-com bubble burst and 9/11. People were even more positive before the culture wars in the 1960s (even after the Depression!). In spite of our astounding progress, I wonder where we would be now if the solid optimism of the early 20th century had lasted through the tech breakthroughs in the 90s.

The current SSE ending is pure fantasy, and even though my opinion has become more positive since I experienced it with happy friends, a suitcase that packs itself and virtual hologram checker players are a slap in the face after the amazing ascent into the sphere.
Click to expand...
Well put...Having neer lived in the 80's...I would not know.:lol:

tirian said:
All legitimately planned, no timetables. It's not quite time to geek out.
Click to expand...
Sooo....when WOULD it be time to geek out? I have the EPCOT Center shirt ready to go. Heh.

EpcotServo said:
So we'll all NEVER move and watch pepper's ghost videos of cheezy 90's people in a cardboard city with neon lights as our children play CGI-Bee-based-Video-Games suspended in a Dark Abyss somewhere in Space?
:eek:

(HORIZONS FTW...AGAIN.)
Click to expand...

Yes, Horizons is FTW.:lol: I love Horizons...I just felt more inspired by SSE'94. So kill me.:lol:

And if the effect had not been shut of-That classroom was SUPPOSED to be supplemented by lasers and fibers.:(
 
Figments Friend

Figments Friend

Well-Known Member
Expo_Seeker40 said:
If three things happen within the next few years it will be the tripple fanboy transcenter of tranquillity.

1.) SSE gets "finished" with a better use of the touch screens, their purpose, what they show, etc, as well as a Siemens Generation 21/ tommorow's child finish that exists into an already great Project Tomorrow with showspace not seen since the earth station, let alone you have an earth station homage with the images of people displayed on the screens, and sort of 21st century travelport globe in project tomorrow.

2.) Innoventions plaza looses the clutter, gets new and simpler sidewalks, new color schemes on innoventions and the earth station building.

3.) Entrance gets redone with palm trees, rows of welcoming flowers and plants, and a new color scheme.
Click to expand...

( Drools profusely..)

:slurp:

Oh Lord...oh Lord....( breathes) ....oh Lordy LORD!!!!!!!


You have just now re-awakened my EPCOT Center inner-geekdom.

:sohappy:
 
Figments Friend

Figments Friend

Well-Known Member
A relation to 'Horizons' -
tirian said:
That was the only attraction that fully understood Epcot's purpose, and it was gutted for a glorified carnival spinner. :brick:

Before the M:S fans attack me, I'm not saying it's just a carnival ride. It's a glorified one. There's a screen to look at instead of peeled paint.
Click to expand...


I completely agree. 'Horizons', next to SSE, was probably THE 'True EPCOT Spirit Realized Attraction' ever made. It fully understood and showcased 'what could be' in the future.

It was great.....
 
imagineer boy

imagineer boy

Well-Known Member
"Ah, and here is the tomb of the legendary MaElStRoMRoCkS. There is a long standing tradition of those who were tickled by his posts, leave PiEcE PIpeS at the side of his grave."
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom