A Few Haunted Mansion Pics - Page 2

flippyshark · 01-28-2008, 02:45 AM

When I visit (3 weeks to go), Tokyo's Mansion will have just com eback up from HMH. I'll be curious to see if they've received any of the enhancements that we've got Stateside. (I'd actually be thrilled if they still had the classic bride.) Also, I'm hoping their POTC will be Depp-Free. (Anyone know?)

innerSpaceman · 01-28-2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

Also, I'm hoping their POTC will be Depp-Free.

Is that the same as Depp-rived??

figment1986 · 01-28-2008, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

When I visit (3 weeks to go), Tokyo's Mansion will have just com eback up from HMH. I'll be curious to see if they've received any of the enhancements that we've got Stateside. (I'd actually be thrilled if they still had the classic bride.) Also, I'm hoping their POTC will be Depp-Free. (Anyone know?)

As far as I know they got johnny as well.

Kevy Baby · 01-28-2008, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by figment1986

is the ghost host moving seamlessly between speakers rather than jumping from wall to wall in the stretching room? or is that still WDW only?

That is something that has annoyed the bejeebus out of me for years. To fix that (from jumping to seamless) would be SO easy.

innerSpaceman · 01-28-2008, 11:45 AM

And what's bugged me for years in the room is the addition of the "hmmmm" from the WDW version (albeit, yes, in the original Frees recordings). But it's not original to original Haunted Mansion, and the addition drives me crazy.

(Those of you who have Disneyland 50 or Happy Holidays CD sets will note the recreated absence of the hmmmm, and restoration to original stretch room spiel.)

Chernabog · 01-28-2008, 12:03 PM

Ok someone 'splain, cuz I'm curious about this (from a conversation on another board). How do they do the pictures in the attic, with the husband's heads popping on and off? And did the lighting always change from bright to dim each time on the pictures when it did that, cuz I don't remember that at all either.

Gemini Cricket · 01-28-2008, 12:28 PM

I can explain. The attic is haunted. Just like the rest of the mansion. Booooo... haunted oil painting.... booooo!

Chernabog · 01-28-2008, 12:40 PM

HAHAH thanks GC. That's what I thought. Damn that ghostly illumination.

Actually someone explained it elsewhere -- it's the scrim effect basically, where there are two pictures sandwiched close to each other. The top picture has the heads, and the bottom picture does not. So there are LED lights embedded in each portrait (to illuminate the back portrait). As the LEDs get brighter, the spotlight shining on the portrait grows equally dimmer, giving the illusion that the head disappears.

However, if the lighting isn't correct, it does what it's doing now, which is to say, each time the picture changes it goes from DIM (when the LEDs are on) to BRIGHT (when the spotlight is illuminating the front picture).

So like when one takes a picture with flash, the head will always be there since the front part of the picture is being illuminated.

Pretty cool. But they still need to fix the lighting.

Gemini Cricket · 01-28-2008, 12:54 PM

It's a wonderful effect. It's my favorite addition to the Mansion. (But I hate it when the portraits are covered in spitballs... gross.)

Nephythys · 01-28-2008, 01:46 PM

Frankly I think we notice things others don't because we are trying to see them-

01-28-2008, 02:45 AM	#11
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	When I visit (3 weeks to go), Tokyo's Mansion will have just com eback up from HMH. I'll be curious to see if they've received any of the enhancements that we've got Stateside. (I'd actually be thrilled if they still had the classic bride.) Also, I'm hoping their POTC will be Depp-Free. (Anyone know?)
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01-28-2008, 11:45 AM	#15
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	And what's bugged me for years in the room is the addition of the "hmmmm" from the WDW version (albeit, yes, in the original Frees recordings). But it's not original to original Haunted Mansion, and the addition drives me crazy. (Those of you who have Disneyland 50 or Happy Holidays CD sets will note the recreated absence of the hmmmm, and restoration to original stretch room spiel.)
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01-28-2008, 12:03 PM	#16
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Ok someone 'splain, cuz I'm curious about this (from a conversation on another board). How do they do the pictures in the attic, with the husband's heads popping on and off? And did the lighting always change from bright to dim each time on the pictures when it did that, cuz I don't remember that at all either. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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01-28-2008, 12:28 PM	#17
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I can explain. The attic is haunted. Just like the rest of the mansion. Booooo... haunted oil painting.... booooo!
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01-28-2008, 12:40 PM	#18
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	HAHAH thanks GC. That's what I thought. Damn that ghostly illumination. Actually someone explained it elsewhere -- it's the scrim effect basically, where there are two pictures sandwiched close to each other. The top picture has the heads, and the bottom picture does not. So there are LED lights embedded in each portrait (to illuminate the back portrait). As the LEDs get brighter, the spotlight shining on the portrait grows equally dimmer, giving the illusion that the head disappears. However, if the lighting isn't correct, it does what it's doing now, which is to say, each time the picture changes it goes from DIM (when the LEDs are on) to BRIGHT (when the spotlight is illuminating the front picture). So like when one takes a picture with flash, the head will always be there since the front part of the picture is being illuminated. Pretty cool. But they still need to fix the lighting. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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01-28-2008, 12:54 PM	#19
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	It's a wonderful effect. It's my favorite addition to the Mansion. (But I hate it when the portraits are covered in spitballs... gross.)
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01-28-2008, 01:46 PM	#20
Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	Frankly I think we notice things others don't because we are trying to see them-
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