I don't see what the big fuzz is about. If they keep the elevator feel and thrill with some retheme or whatever, who cares? From Disney's perspective they will stop paying royalty to CBS and promote one of their franchises. The only question is once GoTG become avengers, then what? They gotta retheme it again? lol
I have no ties to twilight zone. Never watched it. Not sure what the show was about. Don't care about its theme. So to me, personally, it's more about if they will keep the drop, and I'm pretty sure they will.
You obviously do not understand what makes the ride what it is. There are over one-hundred pages on discussion at this point, so there is plenty of material to read through and understand why it is wrong, but I am going to give the sparknotes version to save a little time.
1) If you simply think the ride is good because of the thrill factor or the elevator feel then you need to look into more of what makes the ride what it truly is. It is more then just a drop ride in a elevator..in fact the experience starts before you even enter the park. The ride beckons guest from the parking lot to enter and explore. As they turn on to Sunset Blvd they see the huge chilling presence of the tower looming in the distance. The theme is an old hotel in the 1930's and you can easily see why it matches the theming of the entire street (A point I shall make in a moment). Guest enter into the old lobby of this eerie hotel and are surprised when an old television springs to life and the famous Rod Serling comes on. The Twilight Zone theme is brought in and guest, whether they are familiar with the show or night, get excited. there is something truly creepy about the Twilight Zone and it adds an element to the ride that would be a total loss if they just removed that part. the echoing voices in the elevator as you make the climb in the dark chills the skin and makes goose bumps emerge. The elevator breaks from the shaft and guest watch as the gate to the fifth dimension opens and they are moved inside.
2) The theme of Twilight Zone is very important to the overall feel of the story. Listen when you are in the pre-show and hear the more common guest to echo "The Twilight Zone" at the end of the show. They may not watch the show, but they do not have to because like the Hollywood Tower Hotel itself, the theme and Rod Serling are stars of the show business.
3) If you remove the Twilight Zone theme, you are left with an old abandoned hotel in Hollywood with wacked elevator. The ride would be less of a story without the Twilight Zone but it can be done. Disney could easily come up with a convincing way to retell the tale of the tower without messing up the theme.
4) The biggest problem is Guardians of the Galaxy does not fit into the theme of 1930's Hollywood yesterday, today or tomorrow. A futuristic, modern, franchise can not be twisted to fit inside that hotel. Even if they did retheme that tower, then how will they explain the tower in the middle of old Hollywood? Sure they could retheme it to the Collector's Mansion or whatnot...may even say they went back in time, but that just seems like a real lazy way to fit something on the ride.
5) Why have we settled for the lowest common denominator with Disney? This is a company that created a mega resort in a swamp, made mountains, AA's, displayed marvelous technology in Epcot Center, made a working studio concept and sooooo much more. It is sad that we can even allow Disney to think they could do something like this. Guardians of the Galaxy is a great movie and it alone deserves so so much better than what Disney plans to give it. I mean not only do they want to ruin arguably one of the last crowning achievements of WDI, but they want to take a good movie and not create a quality attraction. It a shame on two different points.
