Maybe they shouldn't have waited to start the project until 7 1/2 years after they acquired the rights or 2 1/2 years after the first Guardians came out in the theaters.
It fits because the ride literally has you driving down the streets of Los Angeles. Does anyone else think RnRC doesn't belong at DHS, or am I missing something?
Many have because they think of DHS as strictly movie related and forgetting the Hollywood of old theme that was the original thought. But, in fairness, when it opened it was pretty much nothing but movie stuff with the exception of the TV one (name escapes me at the moment), however, even that was more an exercise in how green screens were generally used in TV and Movies. The addition of Twilight Zone put a wider brush stroke on the park and allowed for RnRC to join in with recording studios.
Sure Sunset Blvd didn't open until later, but Hollywood Blvd and Echo Lake were there from the start. To quote Michael Eisner's dedication speech from 1989, "We welcome you to a Hollywood that never was—and always will be". It was never just movie stuff.
I thought that was what I said, but, most of it was movies. I'd say 95% of it.
I know, I'm arguing that it was much more than 5% of the park at opening.
What do you have in mind. I can't seem to think of many things. Maybe I'm forgetting something.
Well, I'm just saying that both Hollywood Blvd and Echo Lake were heavily themed to Hollywood in its golden age on opening day. I'd say that was much more than 5% of the park in 1989, even though the studio tour, GMR, and Indiana Jones were focused "the movies."
I don't understand. The focus on Hollywood was the Theme on the park, but, all the basic attractions were always assumed to be connected to the film industry. That was my point TV had one combination attractions with the TV green screen show (SuperStar Television) and other then the sound stages filming TV shows Movies were the central theme until ToT and RnRC. It doesn't really matter what percentage was there anyway. But, I do remember people complaining about RnRC when it first opened because it didn't have anything to do with movies, and my point was it was about "The Hollywood that never was and always will be".
I suppose I get what you're saying, but I stand by my point that if the theme and setting of the park is Hollywood, Hollywood based attractions fit seamlessly. So I guess I agree with your argument from when RnRC opened.
That's why I'm confused, that is what I have been saying as well. I was explaining that it started out heavily directed toward movies, which was probably expected, but then they added at least two things that people questioned as being out of theme. That was ToT and RnRC. I always felt that it fit in without having to force the opinion.
I agree, and this is why I always felt RnRC never fit in well with the rest of the area. Hollywood & Sunset Boulevards have decidedly not been themed to feel like you're in modern L.A.
