tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post3549984472900617310..comments2024-03-29T04:48:01.038-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Two From Fifty Six!Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-38490900832187108132015-02-18T08:56:55.298-08:002015-02-18T08:56:55.298-08:00Patrick, as a painter I am familiar with aerial pe...Patrick, as a painter I am familiar with aerial perspective; but I think "forced perspective" still works in this case, since the castle was painted to force the illusion of distance. Semantics, I guess!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-59249992716537089232015-02-18T00:08:54.031-08:002015-02-18T00:08:54.031-08:00Actually the current colors brilliance loses what ...Actually the current colors brilliance loses what is called <i>aerial perspective</i>. Another cheat from movies along with forced perspective (that is, by size) the air itself fades and gives a bluish cast to colors in the distance. This is noticeable in a number of landscapes where distant mountains or terrain are of a pale blue color. In real life it doesn't take that much distance to cast the distant objects paler and bluer. But with the short distance over Main Street the intent to increase the perceived distance was intentional.<br /><br />At any rate, I want a pale pink and blue castle, and want some ivy, darnit!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819318798840978404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-70696926599962593812015-02-17T18:40:08.662-08:002015-02-17T18:40:08.662-08:00I meant busy with decor, etc. but that's okay....I meant busy with decor, etc. but that's okay. Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-37776258026909261952015-02-17T13:48:52.164-08:002015-02-17T13:48:52.164-08:00Nanook, it's true, those Imagineers did an ama...Nanook, it's true, those Imagineers did an amazing job when they built Main Street. Thank you for the info about the tail lights… Bob Gurr would be the one to know for sure!<br /><br />Nancy, I can only assume that turn of the century buildings might have sported such filagree. Or it just looked cute! I've never seen the Autopia when it wasn't busy, so I might actually enjoy a wide open miniature freeway.<br /><br />Anonymous, I think you are totally correct; John Hench knew a lot about color, and I'm sure the theory is that faded colors would make it look far away (and therefore, larger). Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-63076742940946221572015-02-17T07:18:38.118-08:002015-02-17T07:18:38.118-08:00I'm thinking the original faded blue and pink ...I'm thinking the original faded blue and pink of the castle was part of the forced perspective concept so prevalent at the park. Apparently that got lost over the years, which might explain the bold colors that the castle is today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-43879511501632540372015-02-17T06:30:16.954-08:002015-02-17T06:30:16.954-08:00Love Main Street USA. Maybe its the shopping lol!...Love Main Street USA. Maybe its the shopping lol!! I never noticed the little wrought iron roof decor on the left-side building before. I like how it looks like the brim of a bonnet, standing up that way across the front.<br /><br />You crack yourself up, dont you? The Autopia in the early days is so barren here, i admit that I prefer things a little busier. Cool contrast with the super modern lights and highway divider and the toy-looking car design. <br /><br />Two nice ones from Fifty-Six (which btw was a very good year, especially on Dec 12! :-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-52232941047546591622015-02-17T00:47:32.186-08:002015-02-17T00:47:32.186-08:00Major-
If you extracted the castle and the pletho...Major-<br /><br />If you extracted the castle and the plethora of trash cans from the first image, it could easily pass for the time period it was design to depict.<br /><br />And as for those taillights, I have to <i>assume</i> they are merely decorative. There is plenty of documentation referring to the <b>headlights</b> - and how originally they were operating sealed beam headlights powered by little six-volt friction-drive generators. However, according to Bob Gurr: <i>"They were so much trouble they were the first things we took off the cars... The Mark I, II, III & IV cars all had the headlights, but they were just decoration."</i><br /><br />Thanks, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com