Universe of Energy Pre-Show (Original)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2024
- This was hard to record with no way to get the entire wide screen into my little Ricoh lens and people walking right into me because it was dark and why is this dumbass setting up a tripod here in the first place? But it's still the complete film, shot in 1990. If I find a better one later I'll replace this.
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I so love the old Epcot Center. I experienced as a child and I didn't feel the need for a 'lighter' presentation, I was amazed. Nowadays, Epcot has an identity crisis. It doesn't know what it wants to be, save a vehicke for the latest Disney animated film.
I remember going to EPCOT Center for the first time at the age of 9 in October/November 1988 and being blown away by this show. What really amazed me was the sense of wonder and optimism the show seemed to give. The moving theatre, the graphics and music, the dinosaurs - I hadn't imagined anything like it existed.
Some people found the show to be too serious and boring but I found the authoritative voice of the narrator and the serious science stuff to make the whole experience even better.
the song at the end of the original pre show is really beautiful and it gives me chills/gets me emotional every time I hear it. although I personally prefer the current version of this show with ellen and bill nye over the old version, I really wish disney would have found a way to somehow put the song into the new show because it really is a very breathtaking song.
Almost every refurbishment they've done in Epcot has been for the worse. It's a total disgrace. The park doesn't even have a cohesive theme anymore.
What's really for the worse is this whole Frozen in World Showcase malarkey.
JEHMSZ yeah. Epcot was not meant to be "shove Disney characters and brands down everyone's throat" land. That's the magic kingdom.
Kevin M Packard
Epcot's still be my favorite WDW park nonetheless. I hope it's next in line for a large overall refurb. Wonders of Life is now a waste of space sitting abandoned
I agree, but it looks like weve been iger'ed
Ellen has overstayed her welcome. Bring this back!
Agreed. All She Needs to Do is to Find Dory (Again). Pixar Joke, But Seriously We Need this Back for Epcot's 40th Anniversary.
its rumored to close in 2017
Rode it today for the last time :(
LUCKY. Im goin in October. D:
This was one of the most difficult screens to work on. These were chain driven devices that Always had problems. For what it's worth, like so many other Disney shows, when Ellen and Alex appeared in the revised UoE show, WDI simply put a wall up in front of the cube screens. They stayed there, frozen in time, until the entire pavilion was updated for Guardians.
Thank you for sharing this with us. I never got to see it in real life, and it really is breathtaking, even in low grade youtube format. I wish I had gotten to experience this for myself!
Fantastic show. Must have been great when it first opened in 1982.
Energy broke down so often during the first year. Up and down during the day. That said, all of the music scores in 1982 Epcot Center were, and still are phenomenal.
Those opening graphics and music and the lion advancing made my spine tingle when I first saw them in 1988. They must have been even more impressive when the park first opened in 1982, really state-of-the-art stuff.
Thank you so much for documenting and posting this. This installation was a true work of art that represents Disney Imagineering at it's very best.
WOW!! You got the entire Radok Mosaic show! Awesome footage of an incredible pre-show. Good work!
Brings back GREAT memories of the 80's I had forgotten just how cool this was.....THANKS!!!
at least in World Showcase you can get "Berated Around the World" to not sit on the railings in various accents at various 360° shows.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's great to hear from someone who went to EPCOT starting in around 1982. (I guess there aren't many people who actually went in 1982 since it was only open for about 12 weeks in that year). Most people I know who've been to EPCOT didn't start going there until the late 80s, early 90s. Most of the video footage people have only starts in the late 80s. I'd love to see some more footage and photos from the first 5-6 years.
I remember this years ago, I used to see this at EPCOT all the time, it's pretty good, and this is a good video.
Always likde the Radok Pre-Show... unique and compelling. I don't believe there was a wide enough lens, at that time, to actually capture the entire screen. Miss it.
it's so dramatic. i miss dramatic epcot.
Me, too.
As hoaky as it may sound, I got a little choked up after hearing the theme song. I miss it....along with Horizons, World of Motion and the original Journey into Imagination.
I know I have the CD to the original Epcot music somewhere. Now if I can just find it. :x
Awesome! I wouldn't be surprised if it was hard to film, but does anyone have the ride's finale?
I like the shrill berating at 4:40.
Sadly, it seems Universe of energy will be no more, it will be getting a guardians of the galaxy attraction in its place, I just hope the building will not be demolished.
They should do a re-make of this, in the same style but with the latest technology.
I know what you mean, I written an article on Retrojunk on the old epcot. I miss it so much as well.
Million THANKS!
This used to make me want to grow up to work in the petroleum industry.
this is awsome! i was so pissed when i heard that they replaced this screen with several new ones for ellen's energy adventure.
widenyourworld, do you have footage of the the 2d animated portion of the show?
Wow! This version is waaaaaay better than the new one. The whole Ellen comedy bit is really dumb. I like this one much better.
This is awesome. I know it would be hard to see, but any chance you managed to record that part near the end, with the lasers and mirrors?
I was only a kid then, so my memories of it are pretty sparse, but I think I remember lasers tracing the form of a man, and being absolutely amazed at it. I'd love to see it again now :)
+David Lee Try this: th-cam.com/video/Sj9jx7AHelQ/w-d-xo.html
I had good luck with that, for whatever reason. In six years of using the tripod I was only asked to stop filming twice. Who knows?
Excellent! How about the diarama scene, theater two, and best of all the finale.
Those are awesome screens!
The windmills scene is classic.
4:37 thank you CM for enforcing the law... couldn't stand it when people would sit on the floor during the preshow.
Emil Radok's moving screen masterpiece uiverse of energy
Does anyone have an MP3 of the master to the original pre-show?
It doesn't make sense to me that they would get rid of the incredible screens they used here and put in stationary flat screens. Like I understand that these screens wouldnt have fit with Ellen when they changed the ride but these screens are INCREDIBLE. Were they having trouble working? It just doesnt make sense to me. The technology was so advanced, the stationary screens seem like a step backwards.
I think they were too high maintenance. How do you think they lubricated those things?
Yes. I'll put that up too.
@kingdefender18 You need to watch this again -- rotating cube screens, hello? This is the PRE SHOW...you like Ellen in her Apartment dreaming of Jeopardy! better? To each his own....ahem
The Ellen story was always corny. This show, the one before she was added, was much better and is the one presented here. There were a series of square panels, and they moved during the movies. Disney probably got rid of the Universe of Energy because of its focus on fossil fuels, and its relationship to Exxon-Mobil. Sometime ago, Disney wouldn't let you film with your camcorder in the presentation of a show. Now they can't stop you with all the movie capabilities on cell phones.
The show was supposed to feature Tim Allen, but he had revealed a drug problem so they scrapped him. At the opening of the new show with Ellen D., she decided to "come out" - considering the times then, it was an even larger negative impact.
Personally, I'd ditch Ellen and leave Bill Nye. He's always great.
Ellen's version (or whatever you call that thing) simply stinks. Pls bring back the classic and superior version. Pls restore the building the way it looked like. Nowadays it looks like a camp popsicle.
lol
I can see why this ride had problems drawing people in, in the past. This is kinda lame compared to the show now. The new one is much better.
Im sorry what? www.lostepcot.com/images/hp_energyline.jpg