This week the Betamouse crew takes a look at the last scene of the Carousel of Progress and talks about tech that Disney could add and update.
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- Henry introduces the Panel.
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- Jeff hosts and asks the Panel what tech they would update in the last scene of the Carousel of Progress.
- Henry wants to update the voice activation bits and the video game.
- Scott wants to see an update to the television in the scene.
- Nate and Katie talk about the importance of the kitchen in today’s modern family and touch base on how that needs to be updated.
- Nate and Jeff also mention updating the tree lighting segment.
- Jeff now wonders what the Panel would add to the last scene of the ride.
- Jeff wants video conferencing or live streaming video to added to the final scene and Scott and Katie agree.
- Henry wants to see the family involved in their own interests and sharing them with each other through technology and Katie agrees with the idea.
- Nate mentions how, ironically, technologies that Team Betamouse has mentioned could be found in older ride attractions like Horizons and Spaceship Earth.
- Henry demands robots in the updated Carousel of Progress.
- Nate talks about the idea of “automation” that is present in the current Carousel of Progress and how it shows the lack of connection to the current times.
- Jeff mentions not updating the last scene of the Carousel of Progress to the future but leaving it in its original state of the 60′s.
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I like the idea of going back to the orginal Carosel. I would change the ending to refer people over to inoventions to see what the future may hold for us and link back at inoventions to see where we came from. Try to make the two shows work with each other’s strengths.
I also like the idea of going back to the original. In my view, I think the older scenes were left alone because of a desire not to screw around too much with something that has Walt’s fingerprints on it, rather than because it would have cost too much. And keeping the final scene up to date is a poor choice both because it’s an unending exercise in futility, and because the disconnect between the last and penultimate scenes would grow increasingly jarring. The only options would be to update every scene on a regular basis, or restore it to its original glory and maintain it that way.
Katie said something on Episode 14 (I’ve been listening for a couple of months – started at Episode 1 and this is where I am so far) that caught my attention. She mentioned that the final scene would be better if everyone, though gathered together as a family, was on their own individual mobile devices (phone, laptop, whatever), because that is a more realistic portrayal of how things are today.
At the risk of sounding like a “grumpy old man” (I’m older than you guys, but I’m not that old, and I’m no Luddite – I’m a professional developer and an absolute geek), is tapping away on your phone or laptop, while gathered as a family as portrayed in the final scene, not still considered rude? We’ve all seen this behavior, but I (and I though everyone else) view it as a foible of the young that they will (hopefully) outgrow, while secretly harboring scorn for the parents that ought to know better than to let them do it. Or at least that’s the prevailing opinion among my generation.
But you guys aren’t teenagers – and Katie’s comment left me with the impression that this is considered normal behavior, and that will eventually be universal – and that that’s OK.
Not even sure if this is the appropriate forum, but I thought it an interesting topic.