EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

The absolute irony here is that the Oxford dictionary proves their mindset/chart wrong. ;

Right there; “not present to the senses”. Their ride is about perception & stimuli rather than the actual creative process; forming & combining various ideas or thoughts to create new ones or create a new result in how those ideas are combined together

 

[retr0gate]

What was the first time?

Can't seem to find the original source but a while back Disney released a WDW 50th themed collectors pin set for D23 members and I recall somebody pointing out that the design was stolen from somewhere online.

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

He was joking, he was making fun of people assuming figment was a real thing. He was a last minute casting decision, can't really blame him for that

Nobody genuinely believes he’s real. Anyone with a form of common sense & rationality and anyone that understands the creative process (lol! Oh, how ironic) would realize this. Being a comedian and someone in entertainment, you’d understand the difference of people taking part & enjoying/appreciating the creative aspects of it ‘sincerely’ rather than insincerely. Sincere appreciation is not the same as believing he’s a real person, it’s respecting the process & qualities involved in crafting those characters and works the way they were/are. If they can’t understand or wrap their minds around that, they are in the wrong, period. (Eric included, I could care less about his supposed stature as a comedian or actor)

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

Can't seem to find the original source but a while back Disney released a WDW 50th themed collectors pin set for D23 members and I recall somebody pointing out that the design was stolen from somewhere online.
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Indeed it was. A Deviantart post: https://images.app.goo.gl/F6k4wXgwYMQddxVj7

 

[retr0gate]

Indeed it was. A Deviantart post: https://images.app.goo.gl/F6k4wXgwYMQddxVj7

Yes! This was it. Thank you for linking the original post.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

No, no no… we do ‘not’ need the association with Eric Idle anymore after 2 ‘terrible’ versions with him involved. Bad enough he’s associated with the character he is, the one along with his “Imagination” institute that ruined the pavilion. It’d only feel like a troll/slap in the face to fans of the original version. I like Eric as an actor, but in regards to the Imagination pavilion, he needs to be as far away from that pavilion as possible going forward.

I find it ironic he voiced a dragon for Warner Bros that looks quite suspiciously close to another dragon...

 

[Haymarket2008]

I wouldn't put too much emphasis on that concept art they released, especially that Figment statue. While I have no doubt the structure itself will look as pictured, I can't imagine (ha) we'll necessarily be seeing those particular artifacts. Disney even said in their blog post this is an example of what a Festival of the Arts exhibit could look like.

I can't imagine the Figment installation would be permanent, and even if it was, it probably won't look like that seeing as it appears to be stolen from somebody else. Weird that this is the second time this has happened with Figment specifically but alas
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I don’t think that Figment statue is 100% coming. I think that was probably just a rendering of the type of things one might see in that space.

 

[Tha Realest]

No, no no… we do ‘not’ need the association with Eric Idle anymore after 2 ‘terrible’ versions with him involved. Bad enough he’s associated with the character he is, the one along with his “Imagination” institute that ruined the pavilion. It’d only feel like a troll/slap in the face to fans of the original version. I like Eric as an actor, but in regards to the Imagination pavilion, he needs to be as far away from that pavilion as possible going forward.

Once Seth Rogen does his take on this character we’ll be pining for the Eric Idle days

 

[WondersOfLife]

And yet, they're still mentioning Dreamfinder (briefly)... Literally all they talk about is the original ride.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/03/40-years-of-imaginative-delight-with-figment/

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

And yet, they're still mentioning Dreamfinder (briefly)... Literally all they talk about is the original ride.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/03/40-years-of-imaginative-delight-with-figment/

Keeps him relevant yet recluse so his eventual return is all the more rousing for the fandom. à la Hat Box Ghost.

 

[zipadee999]

Keeps him relevant yet recluse so his eventual return is all the more rousing for the fandom. à la Hat Box Ghost.

And we can’t forget they used him for the imagination projection show on SSE. I hadn’t considered this before but I think you’re onto something here. Between articles, light shows, and merch, they’re trying to keep him peripherally relevant. All of the truly extinct characters barely get a mention in extinct attraction pages on the disney blog, not even close to everything dreamfinder’s been getting lately.

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

Once Seth Rogen does his take on this character we’ll be pining for the Eric Idle days

My understanding is he’s simply producing it and not necessarily close in the creative aspect of it. My hope is they keep it all true to how the message & characters are presented in the original ride rather than not.
Another hope is that ‘maybe’ they might have the ride restored back to it’s former glory ‘before’ the movie is released, just to prove a point to upper management about park original IP being successful in it’s own right and how ‘that’ is a valid medium for true creativity without film IP having to be tied into it.

 

[WondersOfLife]

My understanding is he’s simply producing it and not necessarily close in the creative aspect of it. My hope is they keep it all true to how the message & characters are presented in the original ride rather than not.
Another hope is that ‘maybe’ they might have the ride restored back to it’s former glory ‘before’ the movie is released, just to prove a point to upper management about park original IP being successful in it’s own right and how ‘that’ is a valid medium for true creativity without film IP having to be tied into it.

As I have said before... I expect it to be like every other single live-action movie with a CGI sidekick ever.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Sharing again because my movie poster deserves more attention lol

 

[Dragonman]

Touch and Taste Lab Figment seems to be moving more again

 

[Rodj]

Touch and Taste Lab Figment seems to be moving more again

While yes, the animatronic is fixed now(albeit the left arm motion is busted again), you should never take the release date of a video as the date it was recorded, only trust live streams or videos where they mention when it was recorded. The video you posted was when Figment still had the sweater on.

I will be glad the day more Figment/JII news is released, so I will no longer have to see "that kid" plague the search results for the ride on YouTube with unrelated kid content.

 

[Touchdown]

As I have said before... I expect it to be like every other single live-action movie with a CGI sidekick ever.
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Umm those movies have vastly, vastly, different quality. You have 2 very well done films (Sonic, Paddington,) one good movie (Detective Pikachu) one cult classic (Space Jam) and the rest are trash.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Umm those movies have vastly, vastly, different quality. You have 2 very well done films (Sonic, Paddington,) one good movie (Detective Pikachu) one cult classic (Space Jam) and the rest are trash.

I don't like any of them.

 

[Rodj]

Even though it is Epcot, I find it interesting that Figment is the centerpiece of this display, while other characters like Remy and Rocket are harder to spot at first glance as they take up less space and are partially "grayed out".

 

[Eric Graham]

Figment is so wonderful! "One Little Spark"