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↩ replying to trainplane3That brown white blue color palette really did the structure a disservice.
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The original structure was actually quite beautiful...Clean and modern... They needed to uncover all the glass and paint everything white, freshen up the landscape and it would have looked clean and modern and relevant again... Look what is happening in Tomorrowland... moving back to the original design...Beautiful classic John Hench modernism...
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↩ replying to BocabearThey're trying there but it's getting wonky.
Anyways, it's like the original designs were the best and "refreshing" them in the 90s/00s was a bad idea. Looking at the entrance and what will become of East basically confirms that. A lot of work to go back to what once was.
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↩ replying to lazyboy97oNot to mention any subcontracting for MEP or structural work that needed to be done on the design.
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↩ replying to IMDREWI think the person who chose that palette must have hated EPCOT as a kid, especially CommuniCore. They probably never got to build their own roller coaster or couldn’t get out of the microchip maze.
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So this has probably been discussed before, but one of the interesting things to note is that the TV show Cosmos hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson appears on Disney+. I would presume that this means that National Geographic TV (and thus Disney now) owns the rights to the series as opposed to Fox Corp. (It's at least a little ambiguous as the series has been broadcasted on both National Geographic and on the Fox network.) Presumably the recent series Cosmos: Possible Worlds will find its way to Disney+ eventually as well.
So, basically, this is an IP that Disney owns and, well, could exploit. And it's basically a perfect fit for what Epcot could (and for many of us should) be about. I just wonder if there is any ways the powers that be could see that as an opportunity which also happens to help expand this property while appeasing vintage park fans?
Also worth noting that Disney seems to have a decent relationship with Seth MacFarlane (who is a producer for Cosmos and made the big push to make it happen) with The Orville going to be continued to be produced on Hulu.
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↩ replying to doctornickI'm not so sure Disney has a decent relationship with Seth MacFarlane. McFarlane decided to end The Orville after 1 season on Hulu, before it even aired. :(
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↩ replying to mary2013Nothing official. They're still working on Season 3. It's not a good sign about them not getting a budget for season 4 (probably because S3 isn't finished) but there's nothing saying they're officially done.
It'd be a shame since this is the most Star Trek show out there.
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↩ replying to trainplane3I'm glad the cancellation rumor is being walked back.
Agreed. I signed up for Hulu for this show.
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↩ replying to MisterPenguinEeeehh it's more like they put the poop jokes in there to appease that one crowd. Season 2 had a hefty reduction in those jokes luckily. Still more positive then the depressing, screwed up, sad "future" of Disco and Picard.
Not going to derail this thread anymore.
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Is there anyone in the construction industry that knows why they seem to be doing such a careful demolition? I would have thought they could have taken down Innoventions West much faster but they seemed to do it very slowly.