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Cattivo
Joined: Apr 14 2006
Location: Lake Michigan
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I never realized this before because I haven't seen this since I was a kid in Disney World, but after viewing this video, it's apparent that the concept of the Borg and the Borg Queen herself were ripped off from Captain Eo:
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
Location: Robot Boombox HQ
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What the fuck is Captain Eo?
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
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| Char Aznable wrote: |
| What the fuck is Captain Eo? |
Geez, dude, you're making me feel old. Here you go.
And Cattivo, that's awesome. 
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Cattivo
Joined: Apr 14 2006
Location: Lake Michigan
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Captain Eo was one of the best things about Disney World/Epcot Center in the 80s. Michael Jackson was great back then, when his insanity was simple eccentricity instead of just pure insanity.
I edited the subject title to include Eo.
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Rycona
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Title: The Maestro
Joined: Nov 01 2005
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Wow. They have quite the production crew on this. Coppola, Lucas, Horner... and I've never heard of this? I'm going to have to download this because my interest is piqued.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
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| DarkMaze wrote: |
| Geez, dude, you're making me feel old. |
I am familiar with Captain Eo, but I had never seen it before the click. I wasn't lucky enough to visit Disney World until 1999. I missed out on all sorts of cool shit: Captain Eo, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea...
I'm pissed. However I did get to experience the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter attraction before they turned into some corny Lilo & Stitch bullshit.
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
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Also, Captain EO should not be confused with Captain OE, one of the visual designers of the X-Men arcade game.
No, really.
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Tebor
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Title: Master of the Universe
Joined: Aug 22 2005
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| I wasn't lucky enough to visit Disney World until 1999. I missed out on all sorts of cool shit: Captain Eo, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea... |
That's so sad... Actually, Leagues sucked hard. You can still experience the ride on one of the Vault Disney Treasures Collection DVDs... it still sucks though 
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TheDave
Joined: Dec 18 2006
Location: Burrito Heaven
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I, too, experience the ExtraTerror thing before it was turned into a lame Stitch ride. I remember riding it a couple times. The first time was scary but around the fifth time, my friends and I started screaming along with all the pre-recorded stuff. We even took ice-cubes in and chucked them at people yelling they were body parts. It was a blast. I went back a couple years later only to find it had been soften. Very disappointing, and Syd 20,000 Leagues wasn't fun even when I was 6 I don't imagine it'd be much better on DVD.
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