I give this show a D-
The only thing that kept it from being an F, was, the guy who played "The Situation." He was talented, full of energy and was holding up the show, other than Bill and Ted, who are always great. I feel bad for the cast, because they are great performers...not great...AMAZING performers and they are left with this crap show to celebrate the 20th anniversary? Aiello is the man and has been for years by providing a great product, but I'm hoping this is just a fluke and not his "well it's my last show before I hand it off to someone else," show. The actors and the audience deserve alot better.
First off, the whole thing with the theater, or universal blowing up for that matter, is really old. How about a virus, or erasing all of the best movies from the past 20 years from existence. Even a reunion show would have been better. Since there is such a great divide over who likes and dislikes LOST, an entire show themed after it would have been amazing...especially with TIME TRAVEL? I mean come on, it's like the pins were set up but they threw a gutterball. I love LOST but there are so many opportunities to make fun of it, with the pirate ship wheel and the bad acting when the island is warping through time.
Secondly, there are so many movies and pop culture that could have been ripped. Harry Potter anyone? We have the license, not sure if it's for just the park, but I'm sure we can parody something. Book of Eli, Alice In Wonderland, SHREK?????, Clash of the Titans, Legion and The Tooth Fairy mixed, The Wolfman?, Cop Out, Repo Men, Robin Hood, Get Him To The Greek, SALT, Step Up 3D (could have made fun of the 3D craze in general), Expendables...and finally INCEPTION. WHERE WERE THE CHARACTERS / STORY / REFERENCES OF INCEPTION? That's just film too.
Thirdly, if they were attempting to parody the B and T show, make that clear from the start. Although I don't think that's the direction they need to go, it's better to explain that then just let it ride. The audience was not into it and looked really confused as to what was going on.
I trust in the creative team to make proper adjustments, because this event is just too good to have this be the sore spot.