tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post114839358200738484..comments2023-11-05T00:52:41.562-07:00Comments on EPCOT Central: Visual ClutterEpcot82http://www.blogger.com/profile/14763893513279437902noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1151627795673321492006-06-29T17:36:00.000-07:002006-06-29T17:36:00.000-07:00Not to mention that the entry to Epcot now looks l...Not to mention that the entry to Epcot now looks like a military graveyard!Epcot82https://www.blogger.com/profile/14763893513279437902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1151622108427563772006-06-29T16:01:00.000-07:002006-06-29T16:01:00.000-07:00I'd just like to comment that I HATE the whole ide...I'd just like to comment that I HATE the whole idea of "Leave a Legacy"...for a good amount of money you too can get your own thumbnail size black and white picture/etching thing on a wall with thousands of other people you can't recognize because the "pictures" look so cheap!<BR/><BR/>brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148610004338821902006-05-25T19:20:00.000-07:002006-05-25T19:20:00.000-07:00you're welcome, bud.you're welcome, bud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148536256642524172006-05-24T22:50:00.000-07:002006-05-24T22:50:00.000-07:00Thanks, bud!Feel free to scroll down and read my p...Thanks, bud!<BR/><BR/>Feel free to scroll down and read my post on what I think is good about Epcot.<BR/><BR/>I love the place, it has inspired me, it has entertained me -- and just as I push for people to be the best, I would like to see Epcot achieve the potential it once had.<BR/><BR/>You don't have to read the blog, you know.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I have no aspirations to be an Imagineer, by the way. Never have, actually.Epcot82https://www.blogger.com/profile/14763893513279437902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148530311881122142006-05-24T21:11:00.000-07:002006-05-24T21:11:00.000-07:00why do you talk so much about a place you hate mor...why do you talk so much about a place you hate more everyday? im sure you would argue that you love it deep down, but good god please quit complaining about it. maybe if you worked this hard on your imagineering application you could actually do something about all this "visual clutter." and do you honestly want to stand by these photographs as evidence? seriously? come on man. i challenge you to either find something you love about the place (that it is now, not that it was in 1984), or get a new hobby. things changeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148482626547094692006-05-24T07:57:00.000-07:002006-05-24T07:57:00.000-07:00Well, you are absolutely right, Matt. Thank you f...Well, you are absolutely right, Matt. Thank you for a lovely, evocative message. Makes me want to go to Epcot!Epcot82https://www.blogger.com/profile/14763893513279437902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148481956174027202006-05-24T07:45:00.000-07:002006-05-24T07:45:00.000-07:00Beauty often depends the meaning a scene has in an...Beauty often depends the meaning a scene has in an emotional context.<BR/><BR/>My grandfather is with me. I step out of the darkness of a virtual reality lab-- back when nobody even knew what VR stood for-- having just experienced one of the first consumer playtests. At that moment I realize this medium will fuse all of my most passionate childhood interests (animation, theme park rides, puppetry, games, computers) into a single art form. My imagination is primed.<BR/><BR/>The entire wall opens up, and we emerge, squinting, into the bright sunshine of the most beautiful place in the world: the central plaza of Epcot Center between Communicore East and West. The architecture evokes being a gnome in the toy chest of a colossal demigod of dreams. Geospheres and languid curls have been painted and lit in brave but carefully-measured color combinations. We shade our eyes under fronds of plants imported from all over the planet. A gigantic concentric-staged fountain dances its 10,000 spouts in computer synchronization to the theme from The Rocketeer. Colorful metal banners spin their screw-driven spiral shape in the wind, as if they were submarine propellers somehow made of ice cream. Flocks of light whirl and bank on the tips of fiber optics in the pastel concrete, bursting their emergent complexity and dying in fractal singularities. A group of dancers dressed like a red version of Blue Man Group form some kind of contortionist version of a cheerleading pyramid. The Monorail approaches and is reflected in the lagoon. It glides silently overhead.<BR/><BR/>It was, at that time, the most beautiful day of my life.Matt Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09277781162895848668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148451991357789952006-05-23T23:26:00.000-07:002006-05-23T23:26:00.000-07:00That continues Disney's truly sad legacy of sellin...That continues Disney's truly sad legacy of selling its history to the highest bidder. Short-sighted, to say the least.<BR/><BR/>**sigh**<BR/><BR/>There's so much about Epcot that's just sad, isn't there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148445916925430922006-05-23T21:45:00.000-07:002006-05-23T21:45:00.000-07:00I don't know if the canopies are necessary or not;...I don't know if the canopies are necessary or not; I just wanted to show them from a different perspective.<BR/><BR/>The biggest problem I have with the Leave a Legacy monoliths is that they took down the three prism structure with the EPCOT logo on each piece. There was just something about that sculpture and the enormity of Spaceship Earth behind it that really spoke volumes. Unfortunately, I witnessed the three prism pieces being sold (as a set) on eBay about a year ago.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385975959669303926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148427903126835122006-05-23T16:45:00.000-07:002006-05-23T16:45:00.000-07:00You've got a valid point, SilentSpectre, but ... a...You've got a valid point, SilentSpectre, but ... are the canopies even necessary? They don't really provide shade, they look like a confusing jumble when you're near them, and ... well, did the Spaceship Earth geosphere really need complementing in the first place? (Apparently someone thought so, hence the lovely hand and wand combo.)Epcot82https://www.blogger.com/profile/14763893513279437902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148427475166554052006-05-23T16:37:00.000-07:002006-05-23T16:37:00.000-07:00Update:Here's the picture.Update:<BR/><A HREF="http://main-street-usa.blogspot.com/2006/05/visual-clutter-other-side.html" REL="nofollow">Here's the picture.</A>Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385975959669303926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148426996292118992006-05-23T16:29:00.000-07:002006-05-23T16:29:00.000-07:00I don't completely agree with your assessment of t...I don't completely agree with your assessment of the Innoventions Plaza. On my last trip to EPCOT I took a picture of Spaceship Earth a good distance away from the Fountain of Nations. In this picture, I find the canopies compliment the geosphere that rises above it. From the angle of your picture, the canopies clearly clutter the view. But, from the picture I have (which I may post to my blog), I think it's visually attractive.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385975959669303926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148418434127380932006-05-23T14:07:00.000-07:002006-05-23T14:07:00.000-07:00So true. Thanks for bringing this up.So true. Thanks for bringing this up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com