Space Mountain Finally Normal Again This Summer

[mickEblu]

Did they ever sell Captain Eo on blu Ray or DVD? I see copies for sale on eBay but they look bootleg.

 

[mickEblu]

These are still maybe my all time favorite souvenirs from DL.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

These are still maybe my all time favorite souvenirs from DL.

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Oh you really are a fan lol.

 

[mickEblu]

Oh you really are a fan lol.

Lol to be fair I didn't get these on Ebay. I bought these at the park when I was a kid. Well I didn't. My mom did.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Lol to be fair I didn't get these on Ebay. I bought these at the park when I was a kid. Well I didn't. My mom did.

That's such a great story. Goes to show how Disneyland means different things to different people.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

There was a generational gap with Captain EO. You had the people who were around for its original run at the height of MJ mania (the replacement of Captain EO with Honey, I Shrunk the Audience at EPCOT '94 was the first time I ever became disenchanted with the Disney company) and you had the next generation who regarded him as a weirdo. There were obviously variations on these types of people, but there was a combination of cheering and laughter during a packed screening of Captain EO. The younger people didn't get it. Most people over 20 did.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

There was a generational gap with Captain EO. You had the people who were around for its original run at the height of MJ mania (the replacement of Captain EO with Honey, I Shrunk the Audience at EPCOT '94 was the first time I ever became disenchanted with the Disney company) and you had the next generation who regarded him as a weirdo. There were obviously variations on these types of people, but there was a combination of cheering and laughter during a packed screening of Captain EO. The younger people didn't get it. Most people over 20 did.

I think you may be giving it too much credit. EO was one of Eisner's first theme park projects after he joined Disney, and part of his long term strategy to modernize DL's offerings to appear hip and cool to locals. It's undeniable that MJ was a polarizing figure, but Captain Eo was a product of the era... a glorified extended format MTV music video in 3D.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

It was a sci-fi "Thriller".

 

[c-one]

Captain EO is the best 3D film Disney ever did by a mile. Great music, fun story and characters, and no gratuitous effects. Replacing that classic with HISTA was the beginning of the end for the standalone 3D attractions at Disney parks, though I suppose the ongoing spread of 3D in regular theaters has hastened that demise too.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

and no gratuitous effects

What??

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Hey, a laser! How come you don't have a laser, Captain EO Tribute?

 

[D.Silentu]

Or that starry effect that opened the show! I was really looking forward to seeing that again.

 

[c-one]

I didn't mean no effects at all -- but they were much less the cheap 3D trick/jump scare kind when compared with HISTA or the godforsaken Bugs Life attraction. Captain EO was more....tasteful.

 

[jocarol]

Captain Eo was a product of the era... a glorified extended format MTV music video in 3D.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Well it isn't, except Disney touted it as much more than that when it opened.

 

[dweezil78]

Captain EO is the best 3D film Disney ever did by a mile. Great music, fun story and characters, and no gratuitous effects. Replacing that classic with HISTA was the beginning of the end for the standalone 3D attractions at Disney parks, though I suppose the ongoing spread of 3D in regular theaters has hastened that demise too.

I'll always be partial to Magic Journeys as I thought it made much better use of the format and had an awesome song from the Sherman Brothers. That may be more of WDW thing as it lived a longer life over there with a second run in the MK.

Captain EO was no doubt a big deal -- especially during it's initial run in the 80s -- but IMO rarely ever took advantage of the 3D in the same way.

 

[truecoat]

Rode Space Mountain on Saturday night and I can't stress this enough, get the front seat. In a day of hitting some great rides, it was probably my favorite experience.

 

[Phroobar]

Space Mountain was a lot better when all the original 2005 projections were working. Now all you get is the swirling galaxy at the top of the lift hill. Why can't they get those effects working again since Ghost Galaxy and Hyperspace Mountain both use those projectors. How hard is it to turn on those projectors during regular Space Mountain with the asteroids and other things flying by? Maybe they could add an alien spaceship?

 

[180º]

Space Mountain was a lot better when all the original 2005 projections were working. Now all you get is the swirling galaxy at the top of the lift hill. Why can't they get those effects working again since Ghost Galaxy and Hyperspace Mountain both use those projectors. How hard is it to turn on those projectors during regular Space Mountain with the asteroids and other things flying by? Maybe they could add an alien spaceship?

I'm not sure those were ever turned on for the public or even fully installed.

 

[Phroobar]

I'm not sure those were ever turned on for the public or even fully installed.

The projections where there for a few years before Ghost Galaxy got put in. Then they disappeared. It wasn't always just disco lights.