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On 2/6/2019 at 3:21 PM, nebulaexpress said:
So an email rolled out today:
"Come back and experience new stories and visions from the world’s most notorious creators of horror on select nights Sep 6 – Nov 2. This year, the legend grows and the experience reaches beyond your wildest nightmares."
I'm probably looking into it waaayyyy too much, but thag last sentence is kinda interesting. "The legend grows". Are we getting more lore leading up to year 30?
The Truth is Legendary!!
I’m in full fangirl mode now. Someone talk me down!
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52 minutes ago, sororitysacrifice said:
https://twitter.com/hhnrumors/status/1092821942019780608?s=21
not sure where they got this info and I’m not sure how reliable they are but....10 houses 5 scarezones anyone?
Rumors is usually reliable.
As for where it comes from, the official Universal press release.
But there is also this:
Edit:
Yes, I called them out.
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1 hour ago, Legacy said:
It was Russia.
I’m glad Russia shared a story regarding the passing of Dick Miller. He was such an iconic horror figure.
41 minutes ago, zombieman said:Looks like the work of TwoTonTick to me.
I recognize this name. It creates feelings of dread.
I don’t want to remember why...
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1 hour ago, Kichkinet said:
LT page??
The post has been deleted, but I’m still wondering why someone was signed in to it.
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There was an LT post this morning. It was an obvious mistake, but I’m wondering why someone was signed into the LT page.
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41 minutes ago, zombieman said:
Are they selling the custom HHN shirts even now?
They have the Horror Ink shirts at the MiB store. 2 of them, it seems.
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18 minutes ago, BoSoxFan1022 said:
Does anyone know when the update will come that Sunshine Frights talked about?
Already came and went. The update was:
They are selling HHN shirts in the MiB store.
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22 minutes ago, Legacy said:
Age does weird things.
Did you just call me old?
Indeed age does weird things.
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21 minutes ago, Legacy said:
No, it's based on logistics and logic. The Studios has immediate guests access to climate-controlled facilities that allows for rigging, indoor-weather effects, and can hold up to 9 houses by themselves. They're easier to build in, build for, and operationally control. That's not an artistic argument.
To expect them to support HHN in the new park is to expect Creative (who has nothing to do with the event, remember) to design the park with enough intentionally empty or convertible space to support at least 10 houses. That's over an acre of "empty" space, plus an extra two acres for queue. When the whole purpose of the new park is enclosed, fully immersive lands akin to Diagon, providing that space is not going to be a priority when the Studios already has that space.
Do we "have" to the soundstages? No. We can use restaurants, extended queues, tents, and borrowed storage space. That's what the Islands years mostly were. But, using those spaces means they're not available to the new park itself. Universal, as a company, doesn't want a justification to use that space that way - they could justify it in the early 2000s because tourism was drastically down. As time went on and the parks rebounded, they shifted back to the Studios. Because that's where the space was.
If we want to argue artistic merit though, there are some effects that can only be done in the soundstages, especially "fliers." No other space has the height or rigging certification to support them. Weather effects can't be done in tents (height and drainage). So... Yeah. The event won't move.
^What he said!
@Legacy, we are starting to agree more often...
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3 hours ago, littlegreenghouls said:
I think the real reason behind the tents starting construction early is the hurricane proof tents.
Sure Soundstages are almost weather proof but it's not 100% same with tents.
For all but 2014 and 2015 and even 2016 they put IPs in the tents.
After, 2017 they kind of removed the IPs from the tents; maybe ip voiced concerns ( stranger things was the 1st ip in Hollywood in soundstage legit ) I don't know people under value the tents, especially Tent 2 Dead Expose 2, etc... isn't as a/c for the actors as Slaughter sinema.
It was either Aiello or Tj who stated that the tents begin construction early due to summer temperatures. The two outdoor queues (Jaws and Disaster) were started earlier for the same reason. Hurricane season starts June 1st. Those 4 houses would usually start construction in June.
The sprung tents have been in use since 06. They’ve held true IPs in 14, 15, and 16. 06, 07, and 09 held original takes on IPs (they didn’t follow the movies they were based on).
MiB tent held an IP in 17 & 18. Both were mashups and not true to the movie takes on IPs.
They’ve only done movie replica houses for 3 out of the 12 years.
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34 minutes ago, littlegreenghouls said:
That thought is basically anti tent.
Just because we have 6 soundstages doesn't me that we have to use them?Yes, that thought is anti-tent, but it’s not due to house quality. The tents offer very unique challenges that constrain what they can hold.
The sprung tents always start construction first. Why? Because they aren’t temperature controlled. Florida weather in the summer turns them into ovens. This creates health risks to the construction crew.
The MiB tent doesn’t stay up year round. This “nonpermanent” nature adds cost. The cost of putting it up, then bringing it down. Electrical has to be run to it every year. And it suffers from the same lack of temperature control.
They are, also, limited in the scope, size, and theming of the house due to their size, shape, and nature. There’s a reason why similar/same floor plans, layouts, and scares are used in the tent houses.
Tent houses can be beautiful, but they aren’t as cost effective and creatively available as permanent, fixed structures.
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53 minutes ago, DocNiktMarr said:
Quick question, how the heck did this guy's post end up in this topic and not the speculation topic it's supposed to be in?
More specifically, how can you type a post for one topic with a quote from that topic yet the website puts you in the wrong topic?
The reply box will retain a post you started. If he started the reply, but closed out the website before he finished and posted, the post would have remained in the reply box.
Clicking this thread by accident, he could have finished his post and posted it here.
This is is speculation on my part.
I cant figure out how to move it to the appropriate thread.
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Too many possibilities for each name at this point in time.
Take Pit as an example:
Which definition are they using?
Pit can be a hole in the ground. If it’s a hole in the ground, is it a pitfall trap? That gives two potential interpretations for one definition.
Pit can be a seed. A peach pit. That’s interpretation number 3.
Pit can be a pockmark caused by disease. That’s interpretation number 4.
4 potential interpretations just from the noun definitions. There’s verb definitions as well.
Looking at last year’s codenames, some are straightforward and others are more vague. We will have to wait for more info to really dissect the names.
Sidenote: No one’s offered one of the most obvious potentials for Dog.
"Cry 'Havoc!,' and let slip the dogs of war."
EDIT: One more sidenote!
Cotton could link to Cotton Mather.
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4 hours ago, Legacy said:
I feel like people are missing the obvious one...
https://www.google.com/search?q=Hysteria&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari
4 hours ago, BoSoxFan1022 said:I don’t get it
3 hours ago, OhHaiInternet95 said:Me neither.
No idea if I get or got it either, but read the whole thing. Not just definition to the synonyms. The whole thing.
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16 hours ago, OhHaiInternet95 said:
*Hers
Poster on Inside Universal, says that as of right now there’s 10 houses in the same locations.
The poster in question hasn’t posted since Aiello’s House #7 treatment tweet. At least, hadn’t the last time I was on IU.
13 hours ago, HorrorUnearthed said:Welp guess who just happened to return lol, what could this mean?
The background for the Bone image on the HHNO website is kinda blue and pink. That’s all I got. Have no idea how that would connect, though.
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22 hours ago, sororitysacrifice said:
Fair enough to everyones' responses! Guess I let wishful thinking get the best of me
Just wondering for someone who is relatively new to the HHN world, when do announcements for Orlando start popping up? Late march? April?
Soon
(Had to do it!)
In all seriousness, I wouldn’t be surprised by a February announcement.
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1 hour ago, OhHaiInternet95 said:
Well, given that you and OrlandoVillian are saying two completely different things, who knows? All part of the fun.
Given that Aiello said they’ve just started the treatment for House 7, one must wonder how someone could have 10 codenames. Not saying it’s impossible, but the number of people with access to that type of information is smaller than it would be if all the treatments were complete. It would be much easier to trace a leak.
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11 hours ago, sororitysacrifice said:
I mean, we don’t know it’s FOR SURE not a clue, and I was mostly having fun speculating and with so little to go on and such a long time until the event I’ll take whatever I can get, but I guess I’ll take your word for it. /shrug
Actually, we can know for sure.
A house treatment is like a film treatment. It is a piece of prose that is longer than an outline or synopsis. It is like a short story that describes the events and details of the house. Murdy from Hollywood uses the exact same term when referring to the creation of houses/mazes.
EDIT TO ADD: Hollywood is on Maze 4 per Murdy. Orlando is on House 7 per Aiello. Comparatively, they are in the same place if Orlando house count remains the same. Hollywood only had 7 mazes last year. Each coast needs to create at least 3 more treatments. If Orlando is creating more houses this year, we are a little behind Hollywood.
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Treatment is not a clue. Treatment is entertainment jargon. They are writing/creating the house. That’s what the tweet means.
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Just now, StupidStupidDan said:
I feel that HHNU's track record has been tarnished by their popularity. They may be getting more info from more sources, but they had a lot more misses than hits last year. Take everything on their site with a big 'ol shaker of salt.
(Note: Apart from that, I think Chris seems like a great guy. This isn't meant as a personal attack.)
Fantastic Worlds name may be a miss. As I stated in my above post, the trademark was discovered in June 2018. It was published for opposition in November. WB is opposing the trademark, and has currently been granted an extension on the opposition.
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16 minutes ago, PeoriaBJJ said:
https://hhnunofficial.com/2019/01/17/rumor-hhn-moving/
im sure it’s been discussed here. They move the Monsters Cafe if this ever happens!
That article is interesting considering the primary rumor regarding the 4th gate has always been creating a park that can rival the Magic Kingdom. A more family friendly park.
Also, the trademark for Fantastic Worlds was discovered on 06/13/18 (5 days after it was applied for). Saying that individual leaked the name is ridiculous.
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2 hours ago, DocNiktMarr said:
I thought you were referring to the classic properties they can't use because of Disney and Warner Bros. That it's a bit more devastating than the developers first thought or something.
I believe @TheRobcatwas referring to my direct reply to Legacy’s most recent clue.
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2 hours ago, TheRobcat said:
I don't think we're concrete on anything other than at least one Stranger Things house at this point. And probably AoV.
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I think maybe "Freaks" is Hellraiser after all. Could work for either, but Freaks may be too obvious? Also, Mystique made a comment and it could have been either further clue or herring.
I, rarely, supply herring. The question you should be asking is:
Was I hinting at how to solve the clue or hinting at the house?
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11 hours ago, Legacy said:
Too geeky (or would it be freaky?) for me.
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Just wondering for someone who is relatively new to the HHN world, when do announcements for Orlando start popping up? Late march? April?
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He’s backtracked.