How does Ellen's Energy Adventure work?

[flynnibus]

people crapping on a 30 year old show because they grew up in the 2000s and expect the world in their pocket.. so much fun.

 

[ShoalFox]

Because the show isn't worth a 45 minute time investment in a theme park where a one day ticket costs $94.00.

But Epcot is open for 12 hours! You could spend more time waiting in the stand-by for Test Track or Soarin'! It's not like 3/4 of an hour will make much difference in your day, you'll still have plenty of time to do things.

 

[WondersOfLife]

people crapping on a 30 year old show because they grew up in the 2000s and expect the world in their pocket.. so much fun.

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

Theres so much they can do with that show. I was thinking... with todays projections like the ones on the castle or ones they used in the last 2 winter opening ceremonies they could have an awesome show. I have a feeling the next time they upgrade thats if they keep the attraction it's going to be a good one.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I've said it before... The films are a waste of the pavilion.

The original had content issues but had the wow factor. The way the storm followed you from theatre one into the diorama. The reveals. The finale using the mirrored walls. The music.

This version doesn't even have a finale.

Let alone the Radok preshow, the anticipation, the lighting, the multiple effects that no longer work...

Yes. UoE had a unity of form and content. Jeopardy is meant to be watched on a $50 kitchen tv screen. Whereas the sheer vastness of the Energy pavilion is made for large, epic productions. There is a similarity between the experience of entering the pavilion, through that forebidding hidden entrance, in that massive bulky monolith, with those sharp edges and uninviting mirrors, and the in-show (or did the show start the minute you walked up to the pavilion?) entry into the hostile primeval world.

Energy didn't do charm. Nor humour. Nor fun. It did epicness, grandness, even sheer intimidation.

Ellen is like taking a modern Imax cinema with a uber sound system and then playing daytime tv quizzes in a corner of it, the audience - quelle surprise - thinking it a boring experience.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Yes. UoE had a unity of form and content. Jeopardy is meant to be watched on a $50 kitchen tv screen. Whereas the sheer vastness of the Energy pavilion is made for large, epic productions. There is a similarity between the experience of entering the pavilion, through that forebidding hidden entrance, in that massive bulky monolith, with those sharp edges and uninviting mirrors, and the in-show (or did the show start the minute you walked up to the pavilion?) entry into the hostile primeval world.

Energy didn't do charm. Nor humour. Nor fun. It did epicness, grandness, even sheer intimidation.

Ellen is like taking a modern Imax cinema with a uber sound system and then playing daytime tv quizzes in a corner of it, the audience - quelle surprise - thinking it a boring experience.

Don't hold back, you don't like the current show do you?

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Don't hold back, you don't like the current show do you?

Does it show?

The old show had its flaws. I remember the first movie before the dinosaurs being longwinded and, dare I say it, a bit boring. But the final product was awesome. Impressive to the point of overwhelming. Two rousing songs for the price of one, genuine artistry, an entirely new medium at every stage, and simply plain show. Dinos and lasers and Space Shuttles on a massive scale? Yes please!

You are also right that it was a shameless plug for Exxon and fossil fuels. But promoting American enterprise is the stated goal of EPCOT, always has been. It is not a park for communists, as they would've said back then. Ellen too is no different in this regard though. What a load of sly spin at times.

Energy also was followed up by the Energy Exchange in CommuniCore. Back when there was unity in EPCOT. But who would want their kids nowadays to see and touch actual oil shale? That is not a relevant current isue..wait...it is. Even worse then, kids might actually learn something instead of doing celeb spotting in preparation of their adult lives consisting of watching celeb news.

 

[WondersOfLife]

...I still prefer this attraction over the old, AND it's theme song.

 

[marni1971]

I don't.

 

[WondersOfLife]

I don't.

I respect your opinion.

 

[Bairstow]

...I still prefer this attraction over the old, AND it's theme song.

Yeah, one thing you can say for Ellen's Energy Adventure is that it has really good music.
Bruce Broughton really knocked it out of the park, so to speak, both for that show and also Timekeeper.
His Spaceship Earth music isn't bad either, but wasn't an improvement from the previous version.