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Two questions:
1. Why has Disney not advanced more with audio-animatronics?
Go on the Tiki Room and marvel at what was done so well over 50 years ago. Mr. Lincoln also blew people away in 1964, and Universal's dinosaurs on Jurassic Park are huge and, in some cases, fast moving. When the J. Park dinosaurs (rarely, it seems to me) break down, Universal fixes them very quickly. Universal's Transformers has some complex tech that I've seen work perfectly on numerous occasions, and in Innoventions Honda's Asimo amazes crowds, even if they no longer have him "running."
Now look at Disney in recent years. Murphy the dragon at Fantasmic. The Yeti--star of Everest. And now the different major elements in the Radiator Springs Racers that frequently fail to work. I don't remember broken AAs at WDW in the 70s & 80s, or at Disneyland in the early 80s, and, again, Universal's Transformers seems highly reliable, despite being complex and new. So why does Disney seem to have become so inept in planning and operating high-tech elements in their attractions?
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2, this not closely related: the holographic Blue Fairy appeared and disappeared impressively from Pinocchio's attraction at Disneyland, and Randall seems to do the same in DCA's Monsters, Inc. But the Blue Fairy debuted about 29 years ago--why hasn't Disney been pushing the holographic technology envelope in its attractions? [NOTE: a few posts have pointed out that the Blue Fairy is not a hologram. My bad.]
Despite Lasseter and some impressive imagineers, is Disney still too much of an Iger/Rasulo/Staggs extension of Pressler/post-Wells Eisner?
OK, Iger got Pixar, and The Avengers have made some big bucks, but couldn't Disney also entice some nearby Cal Tech/JPL folks to work on making millions of people happy? I know the Curiosity landing & complex rover boldly went where no person has yet set foot, but I want some of that Apple-level design dancing before millions of inspired, international tourists in Anaheim & Lake Buena Vista.
1. Why has Disney not advanced more with audio-animatronics?
Go on the Tiki Room and marvel at what was done so well over 50 years ago. Mr. Lincoln also blew people away in 1964, and Universal's dinosaurs on Jurassic Park are huge and, in some cases, fast moving. When the J. Park dinosaurs (rarely, it seems to me) break down, Universal fixes them very quickly. Universal's Transformers has some complex tech that I've seen work perfectly on numerous occasions, and in Innoventions Honda's Asimo amazes crowds, even if they no longer have him "running."
Now look at Disney in recent years. Murphy the dragon at Fantasmic. The Yeti--star of Everest. And now the different major elements in the Radiator Springs Racers that frequently fail to work. I don't remember broken AAs at WDW in the 70s & 80s, or at Disneyland in the early 80s, and, again, Universal's Transformers seems highly reliable, despite being complex and new. So why does Disney seem to have become so inept in planning and operating high-tech elements in their attractions?
And
2, this not closely related: the holographic Blue Fairy appeared and disappeared impressively from Pinocchio's attraction at Disneyland, and Randall seems to do the same in DCA's Monsters, Inc. But the Blue Fairy debuted about 29 years ago--why hasn't Disney been pushing the holographic technology envelope in its attractions? [NOTE: a few posts have pointed out that the Blue Fairy is not a hologram. My bad.]
Despite Lasseter and some impressive imagineers, is Disney still too much of an Iger/Rasulo/Staggs extension of Pressler/post-Wells Eisner?
OK, Iger got Pixar, and The Avengers have made some big bucks, but couldn't Disney also entice some nearby Cal Tech/JPL folks to work on making millions of people happy? I know the Curiosity landing & complex rover boldly went where no person has yet set foot, but I want some of that Apple-level design dancing before millions of inspired, international tourists in Anaheim & Lake Buena Vista.
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