Zero56 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Horror Nights @HorrorNights10h But what to do about the surrounding architecture? Mel's Diner and The Palace store are Art Deco style...why not start in a movie theatre... I know that, i'm just wondering where the theatre facade is going to be. If it starts by Mel's (wow that facade is going up late) it could create serious bottle necking in the Universal Plaza entrance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferox Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Murdy said that the queue is going to in Universal Plaza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillValentine Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 But that mindset is just going to kill their own enjoyment, so that's alright. ^That. Personally, I really appreciate that Murdy & Co. are pulling lore from other cultures besides Anglo-European for the originals. I grew up here in CA, my bestie was Latina, but I'd never heard of El Cucuy prior to researching Pumpkin. I'd love to see something next year based on Asian lore like Ridesandstuff suggested! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero56 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Murdy said that the queue is going to in Universal Plaza. Yes and how do you suppose people get into Universal plaza? Through that pretty white archway! Serious bottlenecking issues can happen there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridesandstuff Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I found the Japanese equivalent of the boogyman yesterday...maybe we'll see that http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namahage I'd really love to see an Egyptian or Greek mythological maze at some time. It's taught in most high schools and even some in Jr high. I would assume there's some classes in college as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenagerFromMars Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) Egyptian would be awesome. Mummies and all the different gods they have could make for some scary characters. Edited August 22, 2013 by TeenagerFromMars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 All tv shows and movie center around white people nothing new its always been that way. They come from the most powerful and striving countries around the globe. So as a movie studio or producer your obviously gonna target people with the $ that's why batman isn't played by a Hispanic or Indian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridesandstuff Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'd love to see this as a scene in an egyptian mythology maze "When Ra wanted to punish mankind for ignoring the Gods, he sent the Lioness-headed Goddess (a variation says that she was created by the fire of Ra as a weapon of vengeance against humans), becoming the "Eye of Ra". Once in land, the Goddess started a slaughter, killing men, women, and kids alike. Her blood thirst had no limits, and she almost extincted humankind. To stop her, the Gods tricked her. They flooded a field with Khakadi (a mix of beer and red color that looked like blood). The Goddess gorged herslef into it to drink, getting drunk and passing out." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Which brings up why the Fast and furious franchise is still a juggernaut even after the 6th film because of all the nationalities that are played in those films. Maybe that's why it isn't a bad idea that murdy and universal begins to tap into other cultures for horror ideas for mazes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenagerFromMars Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'd love to see this as a scene in an egyptian mythology maze "When Ra wanted to punish mankind for ignoring the Gods, he sent the Lioness-headed Goddess (a variation says that she was created by the fire of Ra as a weapon of vengeance against humans), becoming the "Eye of Ra". Once in land, the Goddess started a slaughter, killing men, women, and kids alike. Her blood thirst had no limits, and she almost extincted humankind. To stop her, the Gods tricked her. They flooded a field with Khakadi (a mix of beer and red color that looked like blood). The Goddess gorged herslef into it to drink, getting drunk and passing out." This is now on my top 5 wanted mazes haha. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevler Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) An event in LA county, which has a 47% Hispanic population, does a mazes based on Hispanic folklore and then another since the first was very popular and it's pandering. Yet the weird thing is...I've never heard that any of the mazes that featured literally all white casts were pandering. Vampire and werewolves are part of European folklore, and HHN even brought in Figure (a white guy) to give the maze a soundtrack. I haven't seen Insidious 2, but there's probably not going to be anybody that isn't white (dead or alive) in that maze. Black Sabbath are all white English dudes and there's scenes based in Europe. TCM didn't have any non-white characters. Neither did Silent Hill. Neither did Alice Cooper Goes to Hell. Neither did Wolfman. Neither did HOTC. Neither did My Bloody Valentine. Neither did The Thing. Neither did Halloween. Neither did The Strangers. Neither did Chucky's Funhouse. I'm not sure of Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street did, but it doesn't look like it. Bill and Ted, which parodies mostly white majority TV shows and movies. Most of the characters that weren't white had their race be the center of the joke. Toyz was set in London. The Klownz go go dancers were white with long blonde hair. Witchez was set in a European village. Freakz was set in Paris. Zombieville was set in an English village. Hell, most scarezones are supposedly based in some European town. But two mazes and a scarezone based on Mexican folklore and that's pandering. That seems weird to me, when the entire event has centered around IPs with all or mostly white characters and European or American folklore/settings since pretty much day one. I don't entirely disagree with you. However, consider this- those "white" IPs are mainstream movies that appeal to and are watched by a variety of races. White, Black, Hispanic, or Asian, if you're in to horror, you PROBABLY know who Freddy Kruger is. Its different when you chose a cultural thing. The majority of people not part of that culture are probably not familiar with it. Thats not a bad thing, of course. I personally love to be exposed to new cultural things, but to say that doing mazes based on mainstream horror ips and iconography is pandering to whites is a bit disingenuous. (also, just to throw it out there, La Llorona didn't have any more of a hispanic cast than any other maze.) Edited August 22, 2013 by Trevler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillValentine Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Everyone is bringing some valid points to the current discussion - well done gentlemen! *group hugglez!* Now, back to speculatin'!.... Q: VIP experience - what is it? What do you think it will be this year? Ready? Begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightEdge Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Speculations pretty much over lol I mean we just need like 2 more scare zones or 1 more show and that's itImagine if trickster was predator and Danny trejo made a cameo appearance for one night in the predator maze to reenact his death scene in "Predators" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillValentine Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I found the Japanese equivalent of the boogyman yesterday...maybe we'll see thathttp://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namahage I'd really love to see an Egyptian or Greek mythological maze at some time. It's taught in most high schools and even some in Jr high. I would assume there's some classes in college as well. Omg! Those poor Japanese kids! "Happy New Year!" *cheers and all around merriment* BAM! BAM! BAM! *opens door to see three scary monsters on the front step brandishing swords* "WE'VE COME FOR THE CHILDREN!! Are there any naughty ones around? heh heh heh" "AAAAaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!! " I can't help it if I don't want this to be over. So..... VIP experience. I'm serious, I don't know what it is. Someone want to enlighten me? Bah, nvm. I'll Google it. =p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridesandstuff Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Quick question...how much is FOL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindhousehero13 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 they have not released that yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridesandstuff Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 how much were they last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I'm gonna guess the VIP experience will be based around TWD. Everything else already is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniversalStudiosGeek Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 FOL was about 89-119$ depending on the day. VIP was 179-199$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridesandstuff Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillValentine Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Quick question...how much is FOL? I believe I paid $90 a pop last year and that was for a Sunday night, and VIPs were like 100 more? Someone plz confirm or correct, thx! EDIT: I REALLY need to not take so long composing my posts sometimes. Lol So, show speculation.... I thought I read a while back that Rocky Horror was coming back. Anyone remember hearing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsik_22 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 We better get at least 2 shows this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 No Rocky Horror.... there's nowhere to put it haha The only available show area is Animal Actors Stage and maybe the Shrek theater. They could possibly set up a small stage on the backlot for a small magic show or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsik_22 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) No Rocky Horror.... there's nowhere to put it haha The only available show area is Animal Actors Stage and maybe the Shrek theater. They could possibly set up a small stage on the backlot for a small magic show or something. Couldn't they use the shrek theatre for RHPS if they were to bring back that show? Doubt they will though... Wasn't it not very popular for the GP here? Edited August 23, 2013 by shark23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horror lover Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 It split the vote down the middle according to Murdy..... RHPS fans loved it, others were all "Huh??" too bad they went with the "others" opinion -____________- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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