I too would be interested in hearing about it. It’s just pretty bizarre and ironic that when Zach brings up circular design, he shows the single existing building that they’re keeping, while not explaining how any of the new additions will follow this, never mind how they will follow it better than what was demolished. His post therefore makes little sense and gives me even less faith that he knows what he’s doing.
But isn't that the whole point that he's going through all the additions post by post?
Exactly this. Could end up being a total flop-and-a-half if he actually does continue to dredge up old documents without explaining why they're deciding to unmake some of the original infrastructure, but he clearly stated in his last post that he was going to be sharing a series of connected tidbits over the course of the next several weeks. Must we jump down his throat every time he speaks?
He specifically invokes parti. It’s not something that should have be explained, it is something that should be clearly understood as it is the foundational idea. Evolving Epcot is deliberately removing the parti of Future World and there is no discernible parti for the new neighborhoods that are largely remnants of what has been destroyed. This is a crack in the facade of Walt Disney Imagineering being this small group where everyone works on everything. Whomever was working the remained of CommuniCore might well have been very interested in its original design but that is not a view shared by the rest of the project team.
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It’s almost like you joined this forum just yesterday to defend him? It’s almost like you were summoned.
And yet many people immediately seized upon the opportunity to mention symmetry and/or insult his understanding of geometry. Again, I'm not even saying the ultimate result in World Celebration will be a good one or that the geometric justification he presents in later posts will be sound, just that it's perhaps extreme that every single time he posts, more than a full page in each thread gets dedicated to ripping into him. I feel like we should at least consider that Instagram posts are by their nature bite-sized and that this post in particular will likely be given the context we're prematurely complaining that it lacks by future posts in the series.
Long time lurker, first time poster. Your sarcasm notwithstanding, I do look forward to the discussion.
So, it’s the Anakin Skywalker of Epcot?
No, it wasn’t sarcasm.
No, the welcome was genuine. Welcome.I'm not sure whether you mean that the welcome wasn't sarcastic or that the implication that I was summoned specifically to defend Riddley wasn't sarcastic.
If the latter, I have tons of things I can complain about, like the garbage cardboard cutout in the Ratatouille area or the heinous undisguised Guardians show building, but those have also been beaten to death.
If the former, I do genuinely appreciate it.
That's basically what he's doing. What more do you want? To know what kind of sod they're gonna put over Innoventions Southwest?
My negativity is mostly with the emptiness of his posts, and this one is actually particularly bad. Even if this is just the first in a series of posts, explaining how they’re putting lights in a circular pattern on a circular building isn’t exactly a strong start. Did we expect them to put the lights in a straight line?
I would be leaning more towards a St. Augustine or Bermuda they seem more climate appropriate for Florida... but Kentucky Blue is always a nice choice.YES! And it BETTER be Kentucky Bluegrass!!
So was my responseIt was a joke. I don't really care about grass.
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Well, his Instagram talked about circles. I believe they'er symmetric. The posts are full of hyperbole and misappropriation to EPCoT history. So, I think the criticisms are warranted.
