Nine years ago today, the movie #Tomorrowland was released. It flopped at the box office, mostly because of Disney indifference. The suits dropped all marketing just before the film came out because they convinced themselves it was going to be a flop. And so it was.
Nonetheless, "Tomorrowland" blew my mind. In a toxic world, someone was preaching optimism! (1/x)
The Disney suits edited the director's version to add George Clooney wrap-arounds explaining the story. But ...
A Disneyphile befriended the producers, obtained the original script, and edited it back to the original vision, restoring the deleted scenes where he could.
It's out there for HD download, if you know where to look. 😉
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The movie strongly implies that the secret society is at #KSC building a better tomorrow. It inspired some of us to start our own little chapter with a #NASA version of the "T" pin, which you'll see in our recruitment film.
(This was before Elon turned evil ... Which the antagonist does in the movie ...)
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#Tomorrowland Times has posted on YouTube an interview with Clint Schultz, who designed the iconic T-pin for the movie. Lots of behind the scenes stories about the film's production.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the #Tomorrowland movie release ... The film ends at #KSC, implying +U has restarted here. That scene inspired us to create a secret chapter at #KSCVC. You wore the #NASA variant T-pin (second pin below) as a wink.
We said nothing unless a guest spotted it and asked what it was. If you knew, you knew.
The movie's fans got it. Children thought it was real! I had children point and gasp. For the right "dreamer" I'd hand them the pin and say, "You're recruited."
@SECRET_ASIAN_MAN I'm going to DM you something "helpful." Give me a minute.