News Tomorrowland love

tirian

tirian

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Mike S said:
Wow they really said Iger did that?
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Rhinocerous said:
I don't remember that as a direct quote, (though it may have been,) but it matches the tone. The first four episodes were reasonably honest in terms of how the various parks came together under Walt and subsequent leadership through Eisner. Certainly not a hit job, but much more warts-and-all than I was expecting. The last two episodes became a love letter to our Lord and Mouse-iah, Bob Iger. The man who had the vision to save Disney by buying Pixar and Marvel and Star Wars and Fox. He brought more of the characters that you love to Disney parks. He signed off on Cars Land and Toy Story Land and Galaxy's Edge. He single-handedly fixed DCA and brought Disney to communist China via the unqualified success that is Shanghai Disneyland. The modern-day Walt Disney.
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Yeah, they fudged the timeline and presented it as a WDI project under Iger. They also gave it as an example of how guests thought they’d hate seeing toon IP in a classic attraction, yet ended up loving the result.

FWIW, it was an Entertainment-led venture and WDI wasn’t involved, and Eisner was CEO.
 
tirian

tirian

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rreading said:
Even still, many would argue that Cronkite's version is better. Again, my recall is not good enough to compare. Martin's videos would probably be able to definitively prove one vs another
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Irons had the best descent. Cronkite’s video screens were cheesy even in the ‘80s, and the “Tomorrow’s Child” vocals haven’t aged well at all.
 
tirian

tirian

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Rhinocerous said:
I don't remember that as a direct quote, (though it may have been,) but it matches the tone. The first four episodes were reasonably honest in terms of how the various parks came together under Walt and subsequent leadership through Eisner. Certainly not a hit job, but much more warts-and-all than I was expecting. The last two episodes became a love letter to our Lord and Mouse-iah, Bob Iger. The man who had the vision to save Disney by buying Pixar and Marvel and Star Wars and Fox. He brought more of the characters that you love to Disney parks. He signed off on Cars Land and Toy Story Land and Galaxy's Edge. He single-handedly fixed DCA and brought Disney to communist China via the unqualified success that is Shanghai Disneyland. The modern-day Walt Disney.
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Oh, he didn’t just sign off on CarsLand. According to the show, WDI was already planning a Route 66 land that they chose to re-theme to Cars after it hit theaters. And they didn’t know what kind of ride system to use until someone visited Epcot and remembered Test Track. Lasseter wasn’t involved very much. It was predominantly another guy’s project.

So they say.

Plus the episode went out of its way to specifically show Iger requesting more trees and shade(!!!) — a common complaint on fan forums.

As soon as the series got to Iger, most of its narrative was either highly twisted or an outright lie. It was disappointing to see the PR dept. kick into high gear.
 
HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

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tirian said:
Irons had the best descent. Cronkite’s video screens were cheesy even in the ‘80s
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Agree on the Irons descent. Was just watching Martin's video of that the other day, and it still is so majestic.

Video screens... probably agree, but I really would need to watch a video of it again to refresh my memory.

tirian said:
and the “Tomorrow’s Child” vocals haven’t aged well at all.
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I... I... I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore. ;)
 
marni1971

marni1971

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HauntedPirate said:
Agree on the Irons descent. Was just watching Martin's video of that the other day, and it still is so majestic.

Video screens... probably agree, but I really would need to watch a video of it again to refresh my memory.



I... I... I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore. ;)
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I’m a Cronkite kid. Loved the trippy projections more than the mannequins (though I was partial to Irons descent too. When the 180 top laser was still active)
 
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tirian

tirian

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HauntedPirate said:
Agree on the Irons descent. Was just watching Martin's video of that the other day, and it still is so majestic.

Video screens... probably agree, but I really would need to watch a video of it again to refresh my memory.



I... I... I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore. ;)
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:D I still love the song and its tune, but that woman is—let’s be polite and say “pitchy.” I’m surprised Disney used that recording.
 
HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

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marni1971 said:
I’m a Cronkite kid. Loved the trippy projections more than the mannequins (though I was partial to Irons descent too. When the 180 top laser was still active)
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Are the pre-historic man projections the ones you're referring to? Sorry, just watching and posting as I see things. :) I liked those better as well, I thought it helped tell the story better.
 
Epcot82Guy

Epcot82Guy

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marni1971 said:
I’m a Cronkite kid. Loved the trippy projections more than the mannequins (though I was partial to Irons descent too. When the 180 top laser was still active)
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Ah my childhood.... I remember those projections well and the infinite light walls. (Which I did appreciate getting the throw back in the current version.)

I will say the Irons score when you turn to face the Earth in the dome had the most impact for me.
 
marni1971

marni1971

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Epcot82Guy said:
Ah my childhood.... I remember those projections well and the infinite light walls. (Which I did appreciate getting the throw back in the current version.)

I will say the Irons score when you turn to face the Earth in the dome had the most impact for me.
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I had two kid moments that stuck with me. Cronkites going into 180 top and hitting the music at the instrumental crescendo with the cymbals crash as we first saw the earth, and also going into the Horizons outer space scene just as it’s music also hit the right moment.
 
Epcot82Guy

Epcot82Guy

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marni1971 said:
I had two kid moments that stuck with me. Cronkites going into 180 top and hitting the music at the instrumental crescendo with the cymbals crash as we first saw the earth, and also going into the Horizons outer space scene just as it’s music also hit the right moment.
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Agreed. I still use "Space" from Horizons as my ringtone from time to time.

The instrumental part of Tomorrow's Child also hits me in the feels from childhood.
 
Goofnut1980

Goofnut1980

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trainplane3 said:
DL's TL is getting little baby spires:
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I can say being there last night... They have added the grass areas where those yellow and blow beds are... no spires.. but the silver walls right behind the AstroOrbiter are there and have white LED lighting on them, that keeps flickering.. It was super annoying. I like how the PeopleMover track is still in this picture. It is never going anywhere.
 
trainplane3

trainplane3

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Goofnut1980 said:
I can say being there last night... They have added the grass areas where those yellow and blow beds are... no spires.. but the silver walls right behind the AstroOrbiter are there and have white LED lighting on them, that keeps flickering.. It was super annoying. I like how the PeopleMover track is still in this picture. It is never going anywhere.
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From what I understand, only focus on the foreground of the art. The background is actually concept art of when they were "overhauling" TL back in the day. The PM track is apparently supposed to be removed at some point.

I do wonder when the work will be complete (spires and flowerbeds).
 

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