Disstevefan1
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Agreed!
If someone does not like BttF, there is something wrong with them.... There, I said it!
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If someone does not like BttF, there is something wrong with them.... There, I said it!
999th Happy Haunt
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Jurassic Park and Jaws are probably the most celebrated Universal films IMO with how connected they are to the public’s perception of dinosaurs and sharks alone.
BttF and ET probably close behind. Maybe the Minions too if we’re being completely honest.
Jon81uk
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Also Jurassic Park is a seven film franchise now.
Disstevefan1
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Jaws would be a very cool replacement if done right.
WDWFREAK53
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For those that say, "property "X" shouldn't get an attraction because it isn't timeless"
Does something in this day and age need to be timeless? What kind of shelf life do these attractions need? Aside from ET, are there any other opening day rides at USF?
Jimmy Fallon certainly isn't timeless. Attractions can be based off of current or popular IPs that don't need to be popular 30 years from now.
Does something in this day and age need to be timeless? What kind of shelf life do these attractions need? Aside from ET, are there any other opening day rides at USF?
Jimmy Fallon certainly isn't timeless. Attractions can be based off of current or popular IPs that don't need to be popular 30 years from now.
999th Happy Haunt
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USF became a really not great park by chasing trends
BrianLo
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Fallon isn’t an argument that it is a good idea, it’s an argument against it.
They are so lucky something hasn’t happened to him or the brand within short years of its opening. A really bad idea that they’ve only gotten lucky with, but still a bad idea.
Gusey
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Can we believe that Fallon is actually going to celebrate its 10th anniversary next year
lazyboy97o
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Especially when his excessive drinking isn’t much of a secret and the ride is the result of drunken complaining.
BrianLo
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It’s also incomprehensible to a foreign audience.
The strangest corporate attraction that I can think of.
Moth
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Want something as hilariously corporate? The end of the EU night time show where it blares the Universal theme or the peacocks on the carousel at EU.
BrianLo
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I didn’t stick around for that, but the parade at USO is also quite odd. The blaring Universal logo theme does not mix well.
Jon81uk
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No the ba-da-daaaa-da of the Universal Globe theme at the end of the fountains show is perfect. Would be more strange if it wasn’t used.
WDWFREAK53
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Oh I loathe that attraction so I'm with you there. What I'm saying is that they can build attractions with 15-20 year shelf lives...they don't need to be "timeless."
Toon Lagoon isn't exactly "in its prime" and in the summer those lines are LONG! There is a difference between making a bad attraction based on a "strike while the iron is hot" IP and a good attraction based on that same IP. Fallon is just a bad attraction...a bad simulator in a park that has way too many simulators.
I love Men In Black but it's not timeless. It's still a good attraction and kids still like it even if they don't know anything about them. MIB has done its job and if it ever got replaced or had a different overlay to it, what was the harm in putting it in while it was hot?
The people that grew up on Back to the Future and Ghostbusters are also the same people that feed their kids everything they loved so it creates another 20 year interest. I'm not sure that happened with any other generation as much. There is a reason that IPs from that generation are getting reboots or remakes...because the adults that were kids at those times keep them alive. (Just look at toys alone...movies for Transformers, GI Joe, Jem, Barbie and now Masters of the Universe)
It's probably incomprehensible to his own audience. Strangely I still don't hate the attraction, despite thinking it was a stupid corporate synergy idea and finding Fallon himself terribly unfunny. For what it is, I find it acceptable in the weirdest way. Evidently I'm in the minority.
rd805
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I'm a Jimmy fan, and a fan of his show (mostly the past, not really a "current" viewer"). The walk through the NBC studio feel is really cool, but it's gotta be the next replacement after F&F replacement is done. I still will hit this ride if the people i'm with are also Jimmy fans, and know to expect a minimal wait.
I'm probably a bigger fan of the gift shop at the end -- big SNL fan tbh.
I'm probably a bigger fan of the gift shop at the end -- big SNL fan tbh.
BrianLo
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In spite of what I said, I actually don’t hate it either! It’s so ridiculous that it crosses a threshold to fun and campy.
Strictly objective criticism that will probably one day come to roost.
Tom Morrow
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As been said many times on this forum, Fallon apparently scores pretty well in guest surveys. It's mainly jaded theme park nerds that hate it.
and uh, there are an awful lot of casual theme park nerds that don't form their own opinions and just parrot the popular talking points to fit in.
I think Fallon is an okay ride, it's easily the best of the three theater-based simulators at USF in terms of the quality of the ride experience.
and uh, there are an awful lot of casual theme park nerds that don't form their own opinions and just parrot the popular talking points to fit in.
I think Fallon is an okay ride, it's easily the best of the three theater-based simulators at USF in terms of the quality of the ride experience.
The first is legitimately one of greatest movies ever made, and it has become timeless in the same way King Kong will always be.
Doesn’t need to have new movies to not be truly relevant, I mean, Indiana Jones 5 bombed, but they’re still delivering something new because Indiana Jones is still iconic, beloved, and they know the ride has slam dunk potential. BTTF has so many tie ins, from special events at Hollywood with the actual film set from Hill Valley (where I believe Beach Volleyball will be played next year), to merchandise that still does very well.
Random anecdote but last year I watched Back to the Future with someone I met because it was both our favorite movie. It has tons of staying power even into Gen-Z.
The amount of fans of the property would blow your mind. Is it Jurassic Park level with mainstream-ness and dinosaurs? No, but so much of Stranger Things’ success if basing off of the arsthetic of better properties (ET obviously but BTTF too), I mean there’s even a scene in the movie theater filmed in Georgia. I mean, Endgame had a Back to the Future reference.
Though, for once, I hope a great idea is driving decisions and not just an IP. IP should come secondary, almost always, unless you have a very specific concept like a Door Coaster.
Jules Verne’s influence at Discoveryland in Paris and obviously for Mysterious Island at Tokyo DisneySea really show how if you let creativity run and actually have a good idea and a crazy budget. The right team can make magic happen even if the IP is unfamiliar or it’s an original attraction.
Gusey
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As somebody from the UK, I didn't understand most of the references in Fallon, but knew of him from Youtube clips. Still it was a fun ride when we did it and had some unique tech features (being Universal's first Virtual Queue Ride to test the system before Volcano Bay & Fast & Furios opened) Also, am I right in thinking that Fallon is quite a unique ride system, just in style of simulator being more of a tilting table rather than the standard simulator ride system?