BrerJon
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You don't need to go through any of that, I've seen enough TV to know that you just point to the section of the picture you're interested in and say 'enhance 200%!'.
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Is the clock ticking on the Sorcerer Mickey Hat icon at the Studios? YES!
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You don't need to go through any of that, I've seen enough TV to know that you just point to the section of the picture you're interested in and say 'enhance 200%!'.
What if it were a "Baseball Hat Hall of Fame?" Did you consider that?
Darth Sidious
Authentically Disney Distinctly Chinese
Through the years MGM has sold many lines of business and partnered with other studios to co-distribute major films. They currently are their own company after filing bankruptcy a few years back. Much of their classic library was sold in bankruptcy to other studios, mainly TimeWarner (who owns movies such as The Wizard of Oz).
Expo_Seeker40
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Mornin' my little hush puppies. SURPRISE! Crew worked last night! More hand and brim removed.
The Rocketeer
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It's beautiful
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Well it's pretty clear from the deconstruction the hat was not just a simple fiberglass structure
Cmdr_Crimson
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It looks like it's having a Steampunk-ish vibe to it...
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NearTheEars
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I think the fiberglass talk was all about the exterior. Something has to hold up the exterior of a structure.
Surprise! Magic didn't make it float there.
lazyboy97o
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Eisner knew there was enough content for a whole park because he saw the plans for Universal Studios Florida when he was at Paramount, who Universal courted as a partner. Eisner took not only the idea of having a park, but also getting a production partner to help better establish Florida as a place to film.Disney may have wanted to compete with Universal when they broke ground for MGM, but they were planning an Epcot pavilion all around classic film before. Michael Eisner and Marty Sklar decided that there was enough ideas there that they should build a theme park, but Eisner was probably thinking lets compete with the theme park that's there to compete with WDW. I get what you're saying. Who cares who owns MGM now, Turner/Warner Bros/TCM owns the rights to the important MGM movies
flynnibus
Premium Member
We have this really cool time machine. In fact you are sitting in it right now!
http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...orcerer-mickey-hat-icon-construction/3415.htm
Previous discussions were about the skin - not the absence of a superstructure or not.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
That was clear from the construction pictures that are posted on this site.
BrerJon
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I didn't realise it was so visibly permanent at the time of building. I really can't fathom how the people back then didn't go ballistic over it, did people really think that it improved the theming? What on earth was going through people's minds that no-one thought to complain?
G00fyDad
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People complained. However, there were no social media sites back then and the goofballs at Disney did not hear any loud vocal complaining until recently. The only complaints they may have heard would have been from word of mouth.
Cesar R M
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HAH!.. KNEW IT!
they worked last weekend as well!
Rob562
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Because a number of slightly-naive fans (like myself) actually believed them that it would be a temporary structure for the 100 Years of Magic celebration, but knew that the darn thing had to withstand hurricane-force winds if needed, thus the mega steel structure.
-Rob
Goofyernmost
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That shows, if all is being done in reverse (and it looks like it is) that the ring and braces will be the last to come down before they get to the foundation.
Seabasealpha1
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Check out how much better the paint on the theatre looked...I'm sure not as good as it did when it opened, but you can see some serious fading in recent photos...sad...
And those spires!
Hoping the make a solid and long-overdue come-back! Looking at the original theatre in CA, it's like...wierd having them gone...it doesn't look complete...