tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post3546949064411786699..comments2024-03-07T09:25:09.142-08:00Comments on Long-Forgotten: The Flying DutchmanHBG2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-64335492170385060742015-12-22T16:42:32.343-08:002015-12-22T16:42:32.343-08:00The Flying Dutchman painting is one of my favorite...The Flying Dutchman painting is one of my favorite elements within the Haunted Mansion. I never knew about the additional plates Davis had imagined and drawn until reading this post and really wish they had made it to the actual attraction (but understand why they cut it back to only two panels). Wonder if there's any chance Disneyland will ever sell lenticular post cards of the famous "changing" hallway paintings? Would LOVE to have them.<br />-SoCalUWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-27905917388219287692014-09-28T23:03:58.872-07:002014-09-28T23:03:58.872-07:00Really interesting stuff. I managed to luck into ...Really interesting stuff. I managed to luck into one of the ghost ship lenticulars from the 1999 30th anniversary event, and was searching for some background information (data on that particular event is surprisingly scarce). Happened upon this posting, and WOW--it really fills in some holes. It appears that they used several of those stages in the ghost ship lenticular, changed others, and added in some extras (there are around 18 stages of movement). The lightning is oddly missing, and it seems to use the blue--rather than the white--version of the last stage (with fully-formed ghosts).<br /><br />I know Marc Davis passed away in 2000, and I have to wonder if he had any input with regards to the creation of that particular lenticular. The work is so obviously his--otherwise I'd have to say some other artists did a fantastic job copying his original concept artwork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-34366866604389375992013-06-02T18:15:03.650-07:002013-06-02T18:15:03.650-07:00Thank you for mentioning the old lightning flash e...Thank you for mentioning the old lightning flash effect. It's an effect I very much enjoyed and still prefer to the gentle transformations, because its brevity made you question yourself, "Did I really see that?..." and you never really got a gooood look at the detail of the haunted versions. Catching only a glimpse of fear tends to incite deeper panic (fear of the unknown). Plus, the unexpected suddenness of the effect, conjoined with the lightning flash, served up a kind of "pop-up ghost" foreshadowing. I'd love to see the effect returned. Perhaps with today's tech, there's some way to achieve similar results without endangering epileptics. <br /><br />By the way, I happened upon your fantastic blog via http://boingboing.net/2013/06/01/coloring-the-haunted-mansion.html -- so thanks: I've now been perusing the LF blog from its inception. It's not like I have any actual work to do or anything. Ahem. <br /><br />- FanOfWaltAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-7389381961501143212011-02-05T21:53:42.915-08:002011-02-05T21:53:42.915-08:00One easy way is to join the Micechat boards and th...One easy way is to join the Micechat boards and then leave a private message for fellow board member "HBG2."HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-81701270620465452122011-02-05T17:36:20.636-08:002011-02-05T17:36:20.636-08:00Is there a way to contact the site owner about the...Is there a way to contact the site owner about these pics? There'e great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-25365946280556328942010-11-16T05:34:50.868-08:002010-11-16T05:34:50.868-08:00No, it has always been either/or, the lightning or...No, it has always been either/or, the lightning or the gradual fade, never a mix.HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-28971361368228642802010-11-15T23:42:00.363-08:002010-11-15T23:42:00.363-08:00Oh, thank you for finally solving the mystery of t...Oh, thank you for finally solving the mystery of the flipped paintings for me. I've got some photos from the mid 90s that I could never figure out why they were reversed from all the other photos I've seen...<br /><br />Were the paintings ever configured to where they would change instantly with the lightning, and then slowly fade back to their original look? Sort of like a reverse fade?pursuit agenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04820233499092529852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-91411001203014415432010-06-18T00:13:44.461-07:002010-06-18T00:13:44.461-07:00I imagine that Davis would have felt the presence ...I imagine that Davis would have felt the presence of too many (other) cooks with particular sensitivity in the case of the HM, since the recent experience of the POTC was undoubtedly fresh in his mind, and that project seems to have been closer to the kind of one-man show he preferred (so long as he was that one man, of course). POTC strikes me as a Marc Davis show from start to finish. It certainly did not have the long, checkered history and the competition between various master concepts that the HM had.HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-16334367324079543162010-06-17T21:29:44.829-07:002010-06-17T21:29:44.829-07:00Wow - great research! That is true - that Marc was...Wow - great research! That is true - that Marc was very unhappy with the final speed that the projections were shown at. He told me that when they were projected as originally conceived, very slowly, that they were much more effective. Of course, Marc was not happy with the final version of the Mansion, even though most of us tend to think of it as a classic. When I asked him why he felt this way, he replied, " It was a case of too many cooks!" I don't agree - but he did prefer to do all the design himself - and there are many, many other WED pioneers that deserve commensurate credit (Coats, Crump, Wathel, Joerger, Anderson, Atencio, Gibson, Gracey, etc...).Chris Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759410855891198273noreply@blogger.com