Screenwriter Damon Lindelof believes that in the 1950s and 1960s, during the space race, people were still quite optimistic and optimistic about the future. However, after the 1970s, pessimistic doomsday theory began to spread. Many movies describing the future are either juveniles killing each other (a big wave of lying) or robots killing humans. They are not the future that people really look forward to. The screenwriter very much hopes to reshape people's confidence in the future, so there are many elements in the film that pay tribute to the 1950s and 1960s (good old days~).
2. At Kennedy Space Center in
2012, the scene where the Endeavor spacecraft, which has been working for 20 years, retired in Los Angeles also made the screenwriters feel a little sad. Especially recently, NASA began to cut budgets and stopped some projects. This is also the NASA launch in the film. The source of the plot of the base being demolished.
The film first took place near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The heroine was to prevent the demolition of the Cape Canaveral launch tower, which is the launch site for all NASA manned spacecraft. Because of the establishment of the Space Center in this area, the area code is set to 321 for the countdown to launch. There is also a model of the Little Endeavour in the film.
3. The old Walt Disney
Walt Disney himself was also a source of inspiration. He once proposed a project EPCOT (Experimental Prototype City Of Tomorrow) similar to the world of tomorrow in the 1950s to try and showcase future technologies. These were all found in a box found in the dusty archives. There are many weird but fascinating ideas, models and pictures. After the screenwriter talked with the Disney executives about the initial idea, he got the mysterious box from the executive Sean Bailey.
4. Secret Society Plus Ultra
The fictional background of the film: At the 1889 World Expo, four big cows: Edison, Tesla (the two can get together!), Jules Verne, and Eiffel gathered together to form the secret society Plus Ultra ( The logo is a plus sign and a U. This pattern appeared in the random code of the Eiffel Tower cryptex). They hope to build a future city. This city is not owned by any country, there are no commercial interests, and it must be hidden, and most people cannot find it unless it is invited by an insider in the world of tomorrow. There are many modern technologies in future cities, such as mobile phones and rockets, but they were invented a hundred years ago. In 1952, Walt Disney joined the club and began to build the Tomorrowland Park in Disneyland. The original code name of the film is also "1952".
Disney in Paris has Discoveryland, an attraction similar to Tomorrowland, which was inspired by Jules Verne, one of the four big cows.
5.
Many scenes in the Disney theme park film come from Disneyland. The train is also reminiscent of the "monorail" in Disneyland, where visitors can travel around the entire Disneyland. There are also space mountains, simulated spaceships, mini cars that imitate car testing, small worlds, and the "Carousel of Progress" (Carousel of Progress). And these ideas are the ideas that the old Walt Disney thought up and even practiced in the 1950s and 1960s.
6. The
male protagonist in the 1964 New York World Expo film was invited to the world of Tomorrow at the 1964 New York World Expo when he was a child. This Expo is of great significance. The small world, the carousel of the evolution of civilization, these attractions were all commissioned by companies such as General Electric at the 1964 New York World Expo in reality. After the Expo, they all moved to Disneyland.
The robot in the film is called AA (Audio Animatronics, electric puppet), which was also first shown by Disney at the 1964 New York World Expo. The exaggerated mouth-shaped assassin robot in the film and the four big cows in the Eiffel Tower all use electric puppet technology.
In the Expo scene in the movie, you can also see Mr. White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland walking with the Big Bad Wolf in the Three Little Pigs. They all hinted at the theme of the film: Mr. White Rabbit, like Alice, came to mystery and uncharted territory to explore, while Big Bad Wolf representatives were lured and deceived like Three Little Pigs and ended up in a bad end.
7. In the sci-fi shop of
the black brothers, there are many familiar figures on the shelves in the sci-fi store "Blast from the Past" opened by the black brothers, including several animations in the "Iron Giant" directed by director Brad Bird The Iron Giant, Mr. Incredible in "The Incredibles", the mouse Xiaomi in "Ratuitou", "The Simpsons", and "Star Wars", "Rise of the Ape Ball", "Fantastic Gordon", "Forbidden Planet", and "Earth" "The Day of Stopping" and so on.
8.
In addition to "Rattoel" and "The Incredibles", Disney x Pixar also has:
the belt of the heroine is the same as that of the protagonist Woody of "Toy Story", and the weapons in the film are also like those of Buzz Lightyear.
There is a poster about the world of tomorrow in the ending scene of "Monsters Company".
In the film, the robot girl Athena's blinking mode when destroying and restarting is the same as the blinking mode of Wall-E when restarting!
9.
The role of the black brother of the Hugo Award shop owner is named Hugo (Hugo), a tribute to the pioneer of science fiction literature Hugo Gernsback (Hugo Gernsback), the most famous Hugo Award in science fiction literature is named after him. The name of the proprietress is Ursula, and she pays tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin, the famous science fiction novelist and winner of the Hugo Award.
10. The screenwriter, director and Clooney Uncle
Brad Bird was the first choice for the director of the 2015 blockbuster "Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens". He is also a star wars fan, but because of the originality of the film, he feels that the opportunity is indispensable. , So the position of director of Star Wars was removed...
Screenwriter Damon Lindelof was the screenwriter of "Lost" and "Prometheus". He said that the role of the protagonist was originally designed according to George Clooney, and has been looking for an actor like Clooney. Later, he simply crossed his mind and went to find Clooney to star in the Walt Disney box. Clooney agreed after seeing the script (it was written in his image).
11.
The white futuristic building in Tomorrowland was built on the basis of the image of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain. The City of Arts and Sciences was built on the riverbed of the Turia River and was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The construction began in July 1996 and was completed and put into use in 2004. It is very futuristic.
The film was also filmed in British Columbia, Alberta, Florida, Paris, Bahamas, Eleuthera, Los Angeles and Tomorrowland.
In Europe, the title Tomorrowland has been registered by a music festival of the same name, so it can only be renamed "Disney Project T"; and if this music festival wants to perform in the United States, it must also be renamed TomorrowWorld.
12. The
full name of the Newton heroine is Casey Newton. Reverse Casey and say Isaac, Isaac Newton is the full name of physicist Newton.
The full name of the male lead is John Walker, who has the same name as director Brad Bird, a long-term co-producer (Superman Agent, Iron Giant), John Walker.
13.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" on a stone monument in Einstein 's world of tomorrow is Einstein's famous saying.
14.
The exaggerated mouth robot named Dave Clark who used the music group to assassinate Casey is called Dave Clark. They have 5 assassins in total. They are actually a tribute to the famous music group The Dave Clark Five in the 1960s. And the heroine also wears Lennon T-shirt scenes (dense feelings of the 1950s and 1960s~).
15. Official website
Movie official website TakeMeToTomorrowland.com is a panoramic experience website that allows you to view the world of tomorrow in 360 degrees.
16. Countdown device The countdown device of
the male protagonist in the film is in seconds.
17. When the
heroine of Beeman chewing gum was arrested and released by the police, there was a pack of Beeman chewing gum in the returned item. In the 1991 Disney movie "The Rocketeer", the male protagonist Rocketeer liked to carry a pack of Beeman brand chewing gum, which he thought would bring good luck. And the male protagonist of the film is carrying a jet backpack that is very similar to the invention of tomorrow’s male protagonist.
In fact, many pilots bring a bag before boarding the plane. The most famous is Chuck Yeager (92 years old, who was still flying in the first two years) of the US military's ace air combat hero during World War II. He is also a NASA test pilot and the first human to break the sound barrier. . His magic of this kind of chewing gum is almost superstitious (maybe related to the brand name? Beeman).
18. Dolby's
film is the first Dolby Vision film to be shown in Dolby Cinemas around the world. Dolby may challenge IMAX.
19. Uncle
House, the male villain in the movie Uncle House, broke his leg again in this film! This is a tribute to Dr. House's lameness.
20. The moving maze
heroine Britt started her acting career since she was a child and met child stars such as Hilary Duff. Her current boyfriend is the hero of "Moving Labyrinth", and the two met through a collaboration in the 2012 movie "The First Time" (the two were excited to look alike).
Source
IMDB: Tomorrowland
Collider Talk Tomorrowland
The Hollywood News: QA with Damon Lindelof
TakeMeToTomorrowland.com
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