are they gonna do the ice castle in forced perspective? or just rockword?
There's gonna be audio and video in this thing? I take all of my criticisms back, this is exactly what World Showcase needs.
Thanks to you and all the photo contributors. I find it reassuring that for all the moaning about the "toonification" of this pavilion this seems to mark a further and much needed progression for World Showcase to move away from the pristine and artificial looking facades and closer to the "realism" seen at the Animal Kingdom. Both Norway and Morocco (each later additions) have always stood out to me as far more genuine and, dare I say, adult in execution. Neither seems to push the forced perspective as far as the original pavilions and each has a much more lived in feel- like it has an actual history and isn't trapped in a permenenty brand new look. The techniques that work so well in the Magic Kingdom I think have failed in World Showcase. No offense to past greats like John Hench, but I feel an overhaul in color and patina would work wonders. Perhaps in the long term it would also serve to take on the idea of Westcot and transform the pavilions from specific countries to more vague regions. Arguments about what goes into the pavilions is justified buy tired, but I wonder if I'm alone from thinking that the same techniques that brought us Main Street USA and the Hollywood that Never Was doesn't really work anymore at Epcot.
And lots and lots of graffiti!
Part of the almost unreal aspect of world showcase was that each country was a romanticized version of each. They showcases a specific time peroid that shows the more ideal version of that nation
Quoted for truth.
I'm honored!
Or you could look at it and see that is the most beautiful parts of each country frozen in a time that is beautiful and timeless.
I'm never sure why that point is brought up over and over. Who would want to see the darker side of a country. Why would a country benefit by showing that side. To my knowledge the only country that has done that at all is the United States. The Civil War was hardly a high spot in our history. The positive was they wanted to show that as a nation we could survive some bad stuff and still remain free and independent. However, the actual war was terrible and a thing that none of us should be proud to have in our heritage.
Having traveled a bit and also living in one of America's oldest cities all I can say is that many places (and some people) are beautiful because of their age. I'm not talking about making anything look decrepit or seedy, but places like Scottland and Venice are truly amazing because you just absorb the sense of time worn perseverance of the architecture and culture.
