Creature from the Black Lagoon

[Jon Fu]

Full performance here: http://insideuniversal.net/2013/05/video-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-the-musical/

 

[William]

It seems like it was an interesting show. Odd, but interesting. I wonder what they ever did with the giant creature animatronic..

 

[Jon Fu]

It's still in the theater.


IMG_2586 by InsideUniversal.net, on Flickr

 

[William]

Holy cow..! Why is it still in there??

Oh, and how did you get that shot???

 

[Jon Fu]

If I recall correctly, it's just located to the left of the stage - behind the screen. It's not that hard to miss if you sneak up.

 

[alexvstorace]

I love how they kept that in there. its very cool to look at it.

 

[William]

I'll keep a lookout for it the next time I go in SES (if I ever plan on seeing SES again!  )

 

[Allen The Actor]

What was the "retooled" version? What was the other ending?

And that wasn't an animatronic at all if my memory is ok, it was a giant puppet.

I'm a huge musical theatre fanatic and have done musical theatre. But boy was that show corny and painful to watch at certain point. It was such a fail. First it was labeled as a musical. Then a rock show. Then something else. A couple songs were actually pretty nice/catchy but the dialogue was absolutely horrible and the jokes were painful. Also, they always advertised families seeing the show in commercials but it had so many inappropriate and bad jokes...

I applauded Universal for doing something original and taking a huge risk. Lots of respect for that. Pity that it wasn't put together as well.

 

[Miss Betty Juice]

It's still in the theater.



IMG_2586 by InsideUniversal.net, on Flickr

Well. Glad I saw this in the morning and not when I was trying to sleep last night. Thanks Jon. O_O

 

[Please Remove]

In the original ending the character "Mark" dipped a spear in a jar of "male enhancement" cream and shot the Creature. That made him grow huge. That got changed in the first couple of weeks. There used to be a really good version of that first version up on YouTube. I think I may have downloaded it.

In the first version of SES the set dressing included the Universal Monsters and the Creature puppet was prominent. When they changed the set to "Sound Stage" and added the front projection side screens they hid the puppet behind the screen.

 

[Allen The Actor]

Oh, then that's the ending I remember which I saw a few times! What was the revised ending then? Haha

And off topix but I miss the creature segment. I wish they'd bring back Fluffy.

 

[Jon Fu]

I thought the whole show is fine up until the end of 'Slay Me'. From there, it drops off pretty rapidly and I can't stand to listen to the dialogue.

Male enhancement cream? What were they thinking? Didn't help that Universal supposedly micromanaged the entire production.

The entire show sounded damn good though, as expected. Haha. You can't fault the sound guys this time.

 

[smoaT]

What if they do a musical that is actually good and no problem since is one of their properties/already licensed... a bit of Les Misérables would be great to have as a show... well to me, since I loved the musical

 

[Allen The Actor]

I personally don't think Les Miserables would be good for a theme park. Too mature of a stage show for the general audience.

The perfect show for USH would be a theme park version of Wicked. They own the rights to the show, it's a huge hit all over the world, the Wicked Wednesdays they did at USH in 2007 were a huge hit and they added many shows! AND it would basically be advertisement for the movie version, which should be entering production soon. It could potentially be our version of DCA's Aladdin. They really need to bring it to USH...it would put the park over the top IMO.

 

[smoaT]

Wicked would be a good idea too

 

[Miss Betty Juice]

If Japan can have a 30 minute version then so can we. I think it should have been in Castle Theater instead of SES.

 

[Miss Betty Juice]

I think SES might be the final production the Castle Theater will ever see, unfortunately.

Wow...the Beetlejuice fan in me is sad about that. Part of me still hoped for a revival. I should know USH better than that by now. =/

 

[Allen The Actor]

Well Bob Dylan, are you saying that cuz the theatre is marked for something new on the Expansion Plan? Can't it being marked pink for something new simply mean that a new show is planned for the building? Or are we guessing that "new" will mean a ride being put in there? I'll be happy with anything new put in there honestly.

Still wish Wicked would go in there. Not as weird of a version as the old USJ production, but still.

 

[Allen The Actor]

Does it actually say it'll be demolished for something new and not just reused? Either way, it'll be interesting to know what goes in there.


Personally, I'm still rooting for a production of Wicked

 

[Allen The Actor]

Oh it shows it expanding its footprint? I guess I didn't notice it was larger in the rendering. I meam? T2 is marked as well but it's building is being reused to an extent, so I thought the same might happen for SES.

Is there enough space for the building to be expanded? It's on an awkward corner of the hill, so it's very tight. I could seem them expanding the building's footprint into the side and front queue areas, but that doesn't seem like much space.

Still, a decent sized family dark ride could probably fit in there as long as the queue isn't long.

My hopes for SES are:

1. Ideally a family dark ride THAT ISN'T A SIMULATOR.

2. Theme park version of Wicked The Musical or another elaborate stage show.

3. An improved version of Special Effects Stage with more audience interactivity and not such a high reliance on the screens.

4. Our own USH version of USS's Lights Camera Action show.