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Fireworks 2025
Some info about the fireworks theme released. Nothing new I don’t think but more official than the previous release in the FAQs of the website I guess.
It’s all personal opinion of course but to me this theme is just a bit naff. For those of us old enough to remember it’s giving me Webmaster on Ice VIBES, in terms of the theme chosen.
Personally I prefer fantasy, escapism, other-worldly from a Towere firework show, AI just feels very corporate and work like.
From: https://www.instagram.com/p/DP0rvxqCkgs/?igsh=YWxjMXRkbW12aTdt
Looks intresting quite like the Retro Squad style with neon lights
Islander
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Yehhhh I don’t think anyone in this thread has said it’s made by AI…I think the event is just Themed around AI not made by AI itself
Steve74
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GooseOnTheLoose
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Looks
I just don’t see how arguably one of the most technical and complex shows in the country can be made to different each night based on “audience emotions”. Everything is surely programmed and locked in to avoid any technical disasters on the night? I can’t see how there can be different firing sequences, different LX cues and different FX cues happening ad-hoc based on the emotion of the crowd on the night. It’s impossible really if you think about it.
Islander
TS Member
I mean it's far from impossible lol, can think of a number of ways that it would be easily do-able.I just don’t see how arguably one of the most technical and complex shows in the country can be made to different each night based on “audience emotions”. Everything is surely programmed and locked in to avoid any technical disasters on the night? I can’t see how there can be different firing sequences, different LX cues and different FX cues happening ad-hoc based on the emotion of the crowd on the night. It’s impossible really if you think about it.
But that aside, it's unlikely. More likely they'll have three separate shows designed and programmed. And by different, I mean subtly different - different colours etc.
GooseOnTheLoose
TS Member
I believe that "scanning audience emotions", referenced in the promotional video, is probably artistic licence based on the theme... Unless they really have created a massive surveillance tool to work out how an entire crowd is feeling.I just don’t see how arguably one of the most technical and complex shows in the country can be made to different each night based on “audience emotions”. Everything is surely programmed and locked in to avoid any technical disasters on the night? I can’t see how there can be different firing sequences, different LX cues and different FX cues happening ad-hoc based on the emotion of the crowd on the night. It’s impossible really if you think about it.
Artistic performances are often designed to influence, control and lead the emotions of their audience. It's very easy to make your audience feel warm, loving and nostalgic. It's very easy to make them feel disgusted, appalled and cheated (show them an Aramark menu). It's also very easy to repeat this night after night, making your audience feel the same emotions, at the same cues and story beats, and make it all feel like a magic trick.
If all else fails, as @Islander has already pointed out, you can design your show to have subtly variable sections for each evening.
Nerdsticks
TS Member
Last night I spoke to Sheila who works at the Splash Landings shop, she told me that the entire thing was conceptualised from a single ChatGPT prompt. There's going to be innovative tech to actually percieve the average emotional response during the experience. If successful this is going to be used in future returning attractions across Merlin to market the future of AI Technology. These include: Daz Games, Black Mirror, and even There's Something in the Dung Heap.