Yeah I don’t think any of those are theme park IPs.
Which goes back to box office/ratings success does not equal great theme park attraction/IP.
Yeah I don’t think any of those are theme park IPs.
I dreamed up a concept for an Office dark ride one time and then wrote a treatment for it...back when the show was on TV, and I was young(er) and stupid(er)If Universal wants to capitalize on their actual popular tv show IPs, the Office Dark ride and a Schurverse World would get added (The Good Place, Parks and Rec, Brooklyn 99). However, outside the Good Place and maybe The Office, I doubt UC would actually be able to come up with an epic attractions to fit all of those IPs.
So they give an IP that not a lot of people have heard of an attraction (Bourne) and there's currently rides based on old comics in the parks (who's heard of Dudley? Cause I haven't), but they won't build an attraction based on one of the biggest TV shows to come out in recent memory? One that allows for plenty of call backs to old attractions and movies (BTTF, Jurassic Park, etc)?
That makes no sense to me. I love Universal, but they criminally underuse a lot of IP's that they have at their disposal (Marvel, Fast and Furious, Universal Classics, even Jurassic Park to an extent).
So they give an IP that not a lot of people have heard of an attraction (Bourne) and there's currently rides based on old comics in the parks (who's heard of Dudley? Cause I haven't), but they won't build an attraction based on one of the biggest TV shows to come out in recent memory? One that allows for plenty of call backs to old attractions and movies (BTTF, Jurassic Park, etc)?
That makes no sense to me. I love Universal, but they criminally underuse a lot of IP's that they have at their disposal (Marvel, Fast and Furious, Universal Classics, even Jurassic Park to an extent).
As for Stranger Things I do not believe that it should have a permanent attraction (and not just because I thought the one episode I did see was pretty bad) I highly doubt it will have much staying power. In fact I kind of doubt any streaming shows will have much in the way of attractions, except for those that tie back to tradition media like something like She-Ra, because the way we interact with them is so different. By dropping whole seasons at once the cultural conversation doesn't stick around beyond the first few days, and we are more likely to watch them alone on our own devices instead of with groups of family or friends like we do with regular TV shows and movies. So while these shows may pull huge viewers though it's impossible to know as Netflix rarely releases raw numbers they feel like much less a lasting part of the culture and thus are less suited for something like a theme park ride that takes years to design and build and are intended to be a draw for millions for 10-20 years.
So is the "Hub" going to act like a CityWalk
having restaurants and shops throughout, which also has entry to every "World" and the Fantastic Worlds.
That way the Hub is a 2nd CityWalk while also being used as the Park Entrance if that makes sense.
Not sure what meets the criteria of lasting attraction... but the following have all been attractions at Disney/Universal, and I'm sure I'm missing some (not including Nickelodeon, Hanna Barbera, Popeye, or Dudley Do-Right):It's very hard to make a lasting attraction out of a TV show
Fear Factor and Fallon are the only two I can think of, and Fear Factor wouldn't be standing if the deal with the new park didn't go through
These but they were side attractions at bestMurder She Wrote (90 - 96)
Hercules and Xena (97 - 2000)
Star Trek is a pop culture icon, the atrraction was trashStar Trek (88 - 94 at USH and 91 - 96 at USF)
Fear Factor Live, but with questions and no eating worms, again - one and done experienceWho Wants To Be A Millionaire (2001 - 06 at DHS and 2001 - 04 at DCA)
That show was miserable and forgottenAmerican Idol (2009 - 2014)
It's fun, but it's a walkthrough, not a rideWalking Dead (2016 - present)
The fact that Barney is still around is a miracleBarney (95 - present)
This show left a huge impact on pop culture, it was also a film has multiple video games, and significant iconography to host a land/rideSimpsons (2008 - present for both)
I said it was hard, not impossible to make an attraction out of a TV show...They simply just don't hold up the same way that films or cinematic universes do. Fantastic World of HB is a combination of a bunch of different IPs merged into one, Nickelodeon was as well.Sure these might be $100 million dollar attractions, but they shouldn't be disregarded
Not sure why Fantastic Beasts might be getting it's own area in the new park, I would think that having Hogsmaede and Diagon Alley is more than enough, they can always just add to those two areas, no? I don't know, I love HP but it's a bit much...
I mean, you say attraction but then switch it to "ride" so it doesn't count. And you say a couple we side attractions so those don't count? It's hard for me to agree that Fear Factor counts but Murder She Wrote doesn't.These but they were side attractions at best
Star Trek is a pop culture icon, the atrraction was trash
Fear Factor Live, but with questions and no eating worms, again - one and done experience
That show was miserable and forgotten
It's fun, but it's a walkthrough, not a ride
The fact that Barney is still around is a miracle
This show left a huge impact on pop culture, it was also a film has multiple video games, and significant iconography to host a land/ride
I said it was hard, not impossible to make an attraction out of a TV show...They simply just don't hold up the same way that films or cinematic universes do. Fantastic World of HB is a combination of a bunch of different IPs merged into one, Nickelodeon was as well.
Granted, I could see a Nick area with Spongebob as he is a viable IP in the same vein as the Simpsons
A side attraction is not a ride, it's a side attraction, aka filler, one and done, whatever you want to call it. I just simply call it not good. Side attractions count if they are good, MSW was not, no matter what the Universal purists say.I mean, you say attraction but then switch it to "ride" so it doesn't count. And you say a couple we side attractions so those don't count? It's hard for me to agree that Fear Factor counts but Murder She Wrote doesn't.
If you were UC, what's a TV show that you would base a lasting attraction on right now?But, I'm not really convinced that just because an IP came from tv that it automatically sets it back compared to an IP which came from movies or elsewhere.
Not sure why Fantastic Beasts might be getting it's own area in the new park, I would think that having Hogsmaede and Diagon Alley is more than enough, they can always just add to those two areas, no? I don't know, I love HP but it's a bit much...