Grimp0nd
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LMAO...arrggghhh, eh, it's an alright pirate accent. Or if you felt the need to get all "street" you could melt the two medals down and have some gold teeth made. Word.
You forgot to add matey to arrggghhh. Every pirate sentence has to end in matey lol. Or is that just British pirates? Hmmm lol.
I had no idea you you were so down wiv da kidz lol. You don't wear your pants half way down your ass too do you lol?
Why have I never had a signature?
I don't know. You can spell you're name can't you lol
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I'd like to add October 26th to my dates please.
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The complete houses in the tents are finished? This quick?
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If they do, I hope they don't stoop over quickly to pick something up and bang themselves in the teeth with it...those things look heavy.
I can tell you, if i won an Olympic medal, you can damn well be certain I'd wear it everywhere. "Oh this, it's just a little something I got for being a kick ass competitor at the Olympics...thanks for noticing."
If you won two you could make matching earrings lol. Might stretch your ears though. How's your pirate accent lol?
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I wonder if anyone ever wears their Olympic medal as a fashion accessory lol?
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There is. And it's very intentional.
I know. I've done my bit lol.
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You are killing me with these comments...LOL
However, I think you are spot on. Carl would make a great magician..."Now you see me, now you don't!"
OMG you are so right! You realise what this means right? He's going to wander right out of The Walking Dead house and find himself in the Penn and Teller house performing his dissapearing act lol.
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We can still get games...
Is there an echo in here lol?
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The parade isn't stopping for HHN time most likely. It's too popular. They have to stop UCS on event nights as they can't show a nighttime show at 5.
Parade? Meh. Zzzzzz wake me up when it's over lol. I can never understand the fascination with parades over there. I think they are dull as hell with the exception of Spectromagic and thats gone now. I mean I don't mind Universal having one as I can just do something else while they are on but I do mind when it screws with HHN scarezones. I would seriously like to get all the department heads at Universal, bang their heads together and say "What the hell guys? Can't you all communicate with each other so that these issues don't happen? It's not rocket science!". It has amazed me this year how unorganized the company seems (remember SS44?), all they needed to do was coordinate their plans with each other (maybe make the floats less wide) and they could have had the parade and proper scarezones.
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Same here. I didn't pull any punches and I said I'm hoping they plan to update the site with games and interactive areas otherwise they should consider the website a total failure lol
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Okay, then I will make my own Zombie Carl doll to bring with. Hey, it worked for Cats N Combs.
Well if you want to make the Zombie Carl doll realistic don't forget to give it the ability to wander off
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Just zombies I believe. We are taking the place of the characters as we're walking in their shoes.
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Found this image online from Welcome 2 My Nightmare in Universal Hollywood last year. If this is the kind of thing we will be seeing, my anticipation for this house just jumped significantly :-)
Looks pretty freaking twisted!
Yeah that's something from Alice's Along Came A Spider album. They got plenty of inspiration to draw from with all the songs Alice has done down the years.
"I see them! Don't you see them? Hmmm, that's odd isn't it? So tired, winding down. You'll have to go now it's bedtime. Stevennnnnnnn."
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If that house includes the option for me to smack Lori, shoot Shane and lock Carl in a room where he can't wander away...I'm completely down with it ;-) LOL
Carl has magical wandering powers. No room can hold him lol.
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For me, with something like The Walking Dead, living part of an episode out is going to be an amazing experience, simply because I absolutely love the show. Putting me in the characters shoes makes me empathize with their situation even moreso. For that particular show, that's just my perspective. Then again, I'd probably be happy with about anything TWD oriented for this year...I'm not hard to please at all.
Ok a house just full of Shane, Lori and Carl it is then lol. Are you sure you don't want to revise that statement lmao?
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For promotional materials (save 2001 which was a result of last minute changes), Universal has never had someone else play one of their original characters. The Jack seen in the videos for XX was the same Jack used in the 2000 commercials. The people who play them in the houses or in a scarezone are just scareactors given a script. The fact that they're decent is simply good fortune.
And I really doubt we will see him return. With all the complaining about "not scary" IPs and potential icons, I think Universal would be cautious in using a character from the humor house. Plus, when you throw in the fact that the character isn't so overtly evil as the previous icons, that he's literally a former employee angry that he's lost his job, it may hit too close to reality to really be "appropriate" from a management standpoint.
May we see him again in another house? God, I personally hope not. I hated him, and really do not understand the adoration for him. But he will likely be relegated to the host of a series of dark-humor houses not because he's a good character, but more because he's only a good device.
(But yet again... cries of "We want originality," are accompanied with, "Bring back former characters.")
In regards to the Tent 2 façade, I reiterate the .gif I posted a few pages back.
Oh come on lol. You're seriously saying that because Universal have used the same actor in the past for characters that the rule is set in stone? Really? If the same actor is available it makes sense to use him but I think you are maybe underestimating the abilities of the casting department to overcome that problem. I will again remind you of the very successful James Bond character, the actor not always as important as the character they portray.
As for not being as evil as past icons or characters I disagree. Although humorous he was quite obviously insane, you only had to watch him torture the station manager in the queue video to see that. That's more than I ever saw the usher do but that didn't mean I didn't enjoy that character too. What HR did have in abundance was charisma and I kinda liken him to the Hannible Lector character. In certain situations he can be quite normal but set him off....well he's not quite so civil. I think there is something quite scary in not knowing when he could turn on you but that's my personal opinion.
Concerning originality vs former characters my view is that there is room for both. Does it have to be one thing or the other? No. Next year we could have a totally new theme (or no theme at all) but that wouldn't stop HR presenting another house. I'm just saying that we should keep an open mind because I don't care how much insider info people think they have nobody knows what is going to happen two or three years down the line. Not even A&D. I think this years changes have proved that.
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Hell I hope so because I love 3D houses. It might be the one thing that creates some enthusiasm for the P&T house for me
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Universal knows a lot of things, but at the same time they dont. There have been many immensely popular characters that have yet to see the light of day since their initial event appearance. Bloodengutz was not that big of a deal. The character was only physically seen in the first scene. The rest of his appearances were segments of the queue video, which were easily missed.
And for the record... Jack was played by the same actor every year, minus 2001 (due to other HHN related commitments that year). The role was shared for the 2007 Carnival of Carnage stage show & it was noticeable which was the real one, since the other sounded like Beetlejuice. 2010's Fear Revealed Jack did a great job, but was no Jack.
The point is... Bloodengutz may have been entertaining in the queue video, but held very little presence within the house. Easily forgettable. Do not expect him to return.
That may all be true but that doesn't mean he won't ever return. I seriously don't see the actor as an issue. Also you are right about other characters being popular but most are not as usable in a general event. Many have very specific back stories and origins and you can't just shove them in anywhere. HR however is a horror host and therefore useable to present any type of horror house. Like I say I'm not expecting him this year but I wouldn't be too quick to write him off in the future lol.
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BloodenGutz will not be the icon, nor will he return. The actor who played him in the queue video does not work for the company anymore.
I wouldn't be too sure about that Wesker. He was an immensely popular character and I'm pretty sure Universal know it. Even if that particular actor no longer works for Universal it doesn't mean the character won't be used, there was more than one guy playing him in the house last year. Besides if it were true that only one actor can play a role then James Bond would have been out of action years ago lol. He's still got his licence to kill and so has HR Bloodengutz
I just wanted to add that I don't expect HR back this year but I wouldn't rule out future years. That is all lol
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Well that new photo of the Vegas sign outside sprung tent is much better. All I could see on the last one was foliage it was like looking at one of those magic 3D pictures. Hmmmm maybe that's where the 3D rumour came from lol. That puts any doubt at rest, the house definitely has something to do with Vegas so if it is indeed P&T I wonder what the connection is. I can't just see it being a link to them being performers at Las Vegas there has to be more to it than that.
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Oh god my eyes, my eyes lol! You need an overnight stay in It's A Small World for that post black mask lol.
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I loved Shane, he was what kept the show good when it got boring in season 2, (yes, sometimes season 2 got boring, only sometimes) when there were no Walkers, there was Shane, lol
about the House, I'm wondering, Are we going to get the same forest from the Wolfman? seems like it would be good, just have zombies instead of the werewolves,
also if the house might end in the barn..
I'm envisioning the swamp room of The Walking Dead to be just like the forest room out of The Wolfman. Looking forward to that because that was awesome!
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Well ive watched the Silent Hill and Slient Hill 2 walk throughs and I have to say the atmosphere, setting and creatures are better than the story they tell. Seeing as its the former we'll be experiencing in a house and not the story I'm still excited for this this one. Should be full of scares and variation can't wait!
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Ask yourself this question...
Will the speculation forums, website, games, teasers, theme and/or back story make you spend more money in the park AFTER you bought the ticket? Maybe you MIGHT but some merchandise.... Sure you might buy some adult beverages... BUT you are in the door folks!!
Oh... No you say...
Well my forum friends... there is the answer.
With this year being in the flux of changes and construction, Corporate doesn't need to spend the $$ on all the things we love to get us in the gate. Ultimately that's what they want... to get us in the door. Right now Uni seems to riding on their reputation to make it through this year. So, we go, we fill out the surveys and hope for the best again next year. I seriously doubt that many of us will NOT GO based purely on speculation this year. Now after the event and the speculation of HHN 23 some may decide not to go... which is understandable.
As JWfearman stated above... We all get it... We all want in depth themes, icons, ect... but this doesn't seem like it's happening this year. But we haven't even been to the event. We can have this discussion the end of September AFTER the event has started.
It's getting VERY difficult to read this thread... People are being rude, petty and snide. We are all passionate about this event but I think it's gotten out of hand. We have opinions and have the right to express them but let's not turn on each other. (Yes you will now start bashing my post... oh well *I tried*).
If you really think this year stinks AFTER you have attended the event then use your words and let UNI know.
PLEASE!!! Can we get back to speculating???
So I am excited about the clues for the haunted mansion... I could see this house being very scary!
Ahhh forever the voice of reason lol. Well said Teach I couldn't agree more. I think it's a fact that no matter what they had planned for this year I'd attend anyway because I believe in giving it a chance. The only true opinion I can give should be based on facts after I have experienced what they have to offer. Im even willing to give P&T a fair shake of the dice and hope my initial reaction to their house was wrong. I'll be TRYING to use the exit poles whether good or bad and ive already started practising my American accent (sorry that's a private joke for those who know me lol).
So far I've been impressed with the houses revealed and I'm eager to see what the others have in store for us. If the Victorian house turns out to be what the rumours say it might be I think you may need therepy after the event Teach lol. I might need it too if the Alice Cooper house has that spider room in it! *Shudders* There has not been much talk about the Gargoyle house in awhile and I think this has great potential. An old gothic and creepy church is a fantastic setting for a house and I can't help but think of elements of last years excellent Winters Night when I imagine this house. I imagine a setting where it's difficult to determine which gargoyles are statues and which ones are scareactors. This should provide great scares. Pretty excited about that one!
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HHN 22 Speculation
in Halloween Horror Nights 22
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Well the second one is a line from Ghostbusters 1 or 2 I believe.