News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[flynnibus]

So people in the '80s looking at a glass pyramid somehow intuited that it symbolised imagination?

Somethings are just more abstract.... verse trying to draw lines to Egyptian pyramids... bangshead..

 

[DanielBB8]

So you’d prefer boxes over mind bending ideas like sse and horizons??

No wonder Disney gets away with the crap they let by these days... no one has any ambition

So you don’t know what traditional theme park theming is? This means SSE will be more closely designed as an actual Earth. Horizons will be like a fantasy spaceship. Etc. What’s going on now is symbolized theming. It’s one step away from geometric shapes and the crying about a cube as not being themed enough.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I wish there was a way to only receive a notification on this thread if the post was NOT about the great debate over the appearance of the giant box... ... some sort of "smart notification system"... ...

 

[LittleBuford]

Somethings are just more abstract.... verse trying to draw lines to Egyptian pyramids... bangshead..

The Egyptian pyramids connote many things to me, but imagination certainly isn’t top of the list. YMMV, as they say.

 

[flynnibus]

So you don’t know what traditional theme park theming is? This means SSE will be more closely designed as an actual Earth. Horizons will be like a fantasy spaceship. Etc. What’s going on now is symbolized theming. It’s one step away from geometric shapes and the crying about a cube as not being themed enough.

No, the problem is you think “theming” is literal decoration and mimicking things... instead of understanding that theming is about supporting a concept/idea you are trying to convey - to avoid conflict or distraction.

Decorating is not theming. Theme is not limited to replicating a literal thing.

It’s why sleeping beauty castle is nothing like an actual castle and works just fine.

 

[flynnibus]

The Egyptian pyramids connote many things to me, but imagination certainly isn’t top of the list. YMMV, as they say.

I always thought kaleidoscope after seeing the attraction. But I also didn’t get hung up on why the land was a round climbing shape instead of a box...

The bold architecture of Epcot futureworld was one of its more striking and amazing features. It was out of this world...

 

[LittleBuford]

The bold architecture of Epcot futureworld was one of its more striking and amazing features. It was out of this world...

I never said otherwise, On the contrary, I wrote that the Imagination pavilion is attractive and well conceived. My only objection was to the claim that we modern-day dunces are blind to the design’s supposedly obvious imagination symbolism.

 

[flynnibus]

I never said otherwise, On the contrary, I wrote that the Imagination pavilion is attractive and well conceived. My only objection was to the claim that we modern-day dunces are blind to the design’s supposedly obvious imagination symbolism.

Well ... clearly some are

 

[LittleBuford]

Well ... clearly some are

So speaks another WDW know-it-all.

 

[DanielBB8]

No, the problem is you think “theming” is literal decoration and mimicking things... instead of understanding that theming is about supporting a concept/idea you are trying to convey - to avoid conflict or distraction.

Decorating is not theming. Theme is not limited to replicating a literal thing.

It’s why sleeping beauty castle is nothing like an actual castle and works just fine.

But this debate is about decorating a box when it should stand on its own. Maybe you shouldn’t expect an indoor roller coaster to be more than what it is. It isn’t much more.

 

[DanielBB8]

Well ... clearly some are

Please tell us what it is.

 

[flynnibus]

Maybe you shouldn’t expect an indoor roller coaster to be more than what it is. It isn’t much more.

This brand was built by people that thought the polar opposite of that. Maybe they knew something...

 

[flynnibus]

So speaks another WDW know-it-all.

You shouldn’t fear knowledge ....

 

[DanielBB8]

This brand was built by people that thought the polar opposite of that. Maybe they knew something...

They knew a lot that didn’t last. On the bright side, this is the first indoor roller coaster in Epcot that has the cube design all for itself.

 

[flynnibus]

They knew a lot that didn’t last

Yeah, the two generations of people who literally built and defined an entire new entertainment genre that attracted millions of people a year... that spawned an entire industry of copycats. You're right.. total lack of credibility...

Let's go with your opposite model. Way more credible..

 

[marni1971]

But this debate is about decorating a box when it should stand on its own. Maybe you shouldn’t expect an indoor roller coaster to be more than what it is. It isn’t much more.

No, maybe you shouldn’t.

Oh wait...

 

[marni1971]

modern-day dunces

Made me chuckle

 

[flynnibus]

No, maybe you shouldn’t.

Oh wait...

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I didn't want to rub it in..

Maybe you could show him how the rollercoaster isn't actually trapezoid shaped either so the building didn't HAVE to be that shape

 

[DanielBB8]

No, maybe you shouldn’t.

Oh wait...

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That’s in a theme park, you know. The box is in Epcot.

 

[DanielBB8]

Yeah, the two generations of people who literally built and defined an entire new entertainment genre that attracted millions of people a year... that spawned an entire industry of copycats. You're right.. total lack of credibility...

Let's go with your opposite model. Way more credible..

Who tried to copy Epcot? It’s moving away from it’s own concept in slow motion.