Concerning Captain EO's apparent "datedness", has their ever been a press release stating that everything tech related will be using c.1986 equipment? What if the film prints were scanned at 4 or 8k resolution, restored in HD (the films is only 17 minutes and although consits of multiple layers would not take as long as a feature legnth film would to restore) and shown with a digital projector (an investment for future shows)? What if the fog machines, lazers and what not were new and not ones taken out of some guys dusty old closet?
I agee that Captain EO should not run for long, but for a year would it be so terrible? Even if the investment for a high quality restoration was questioned, coud it not be put to DVD/Blu-ray?
I say let EO have it's "plussed-up" return and then let's get something new in the Magic Eye Theater.
And finally, what did any show in that theatre ever have to do with a practical/educational look at the future again?