So you made a robot stand up and talk... now what? In this over 4-hour journey, Kevin follows the promise of Disney's Living Character Initiative, a dedicated effort to populate Disney's theme parks with free-roaming, interactive, mechanical beings. It was touted as the future of theme parks, so how'd it go?
This video is the second in a duology. While it can be viewed in isolation, consider watching the first video, Disney's Animatronics: A Living History, here:
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CORRECTION: In Chapter Eight, I incorrectly state that Chewbacca in Star Wars: Launch Bay is operated via chin strap. I was originally told this by a CM, but I have since been told by others that Chewbacca actually has expression controls similar to the First Order Troopers and Darth Vader. I apologize for this error.
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Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
04:35 - Chapter One: Intelligent Design
25:52 - Chapter Two: An R&D Company
44:34 - Chapter Three: Partners
1:05:21 - Chapter Four: Return on Investment
1:24:00 - Chapter Five: Where the Characters Roam
1:45:19 - Intermission: Universal
1:52:45 - Chapter Six: Autonomous
2:14:11 - Chapter Seven: The Big Cheese
2:42:40 - Chapter Eight: The Next Big Thing
3:06:24 - Chapter Nine: Tomorrow Never Arrives
3:31:06 - Chapter Ten: Brave New Walt
3:51:48 - Epilogue: Operation Railroad
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