Tomorrowland: 2015

[Gn2Dlnd]

40 years ago I was 10, and Tomorrowland was perfect!

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

40 years ago I was 10, and Tomorrowland was perfect!

There's the problem: you should have stopped growing up!

[RStar]

I don't want to grow up, I'm a Tomorrowland Kid!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Tomorrowland has lost its way, and not, as Imagineers love to lay the blame, because it's hard to keep up with the future, but because every shred of science and education has been removed. Whether it was shrinking to the smallness of an atom (and thereby learning that atoms are the building blocks of everything we see and touch), or flying to the moon (and learning about reduced gravity and the vacuum of space) (oh, and comets - COMETS!!!), Tomorrowland was the Great Hall of Science from the county fair, but on steroids. Now, it's "Spaceland," and suffers in comparison to its far more noble younger self. Give me back my Tomorrowland of Science, and "Optimistic Futurism".

Yes! That would be fantastic! Bits of education, fun facts, and an optimistic, better future. Idealized, I'm sure, but that's ok- an idealized future could be a lot of fun. Give us something to shoot for in the real world. Like Jules Verne did. Came up with implausible, impossible, wonderful things, and then we started working on how to make it happen for real.