While most of Epcot's future-filled attractions sought to fill visitors with wonder at the site of what could be just around the corner, this Francis Ford Coppola-directed 3D film (which was replaced at Epcot in 1994 by the Rick Moranis-starring Honey I Blew Up the Audience) played off the same sort of far-future space-trotting sci-fi that forms the basis for Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica. In it, Michael Jackson and his "ragtag band" of alien Muppets travel through the galaxy delivering packages and completing missions for a vaguely defined leader. The real draw: a singing and dancing MJ using the power of music to battle a mutant alien queen (played by Anjelica Huston).
Predictably, Captain EO's liberal use of sci-fi technology makes it tough to nitpick due to the fact that none of it has yet seen the light of day. Some of Captain EO's not-yet-here prognostications: sentient humanoid androids, furry (and very cute) alien life, and the ability to use pop music to transform bad guys into scantily clad dancers.
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