Cool technology, unfortunately ironic and bizarre movie
by Kris on 1/7/25Sphere - Las VegasRating: 3 out of 5Going to the sphere mixes a whole lot of experiences into one...wall-e, cow herding, Disneyland. You are informed to arrive 45 min early for the technological experience...which meant come to see a couple robots (I'm pretty sure they're just animatronics reading script?) and holograms (cool) and ultimately just get merch and refreshments. It was a tricky way to force us to hang in the lobby for an unnecessary amount of time.
Then the show starts in the sphere...a feat of technology, yes. A visually engaging experience that brings in all the senses, yes. But if you've taken the Soarin' around the World ride at Disney, you've done a more enjoyable albeit shorter version of 'Postcard'. The weird scifi story about how humanity had a beautiful earth and then they wrecked it is so utterly ironic while you're sitting in a mega building of consumption amongst a bunch of other mega buildings of consumption in the middle of Las Vegas. Had to chuckle. I could have skipped this altogether and been happier, and saved to see an actual live concert in here with the visual effects- that, yes, would be very cool.