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Is there going to be a Tom Cruise photo op?
Re-designs look more like a Castlevania sequel bosses than the UCM.
Re-designs look more like a Castlevania sequel bosses than the UCM.
I have no doubt there are gigantic fans working on the land. What was their mandate, though? If their directive was to modernize the characters, that's what they had to do regardless of what they might personally have preferred to do.Maybe so - But I can ultimately say with confidence that you aren't as big a fan as some of the people working on the land.
Rather than get into a semantic or definitional argument, I'll just say I disagree.And it is.
I think if you got rid of the star trek vibe shoulder pads everything else would be fine. At first I thought it looked fine in the video, then the still picture I could study it was just the shoulder pads. I don't agree you don't know who he is. The teeth and bats give it away.I can totally understand the outfit complaint but otherwise - I think we're grasping at straws here.
Victoria Frankenstein right? The dress and hairstyle brings to mind Bloody Mary’s human form as Dr. Mary Agana.There she is...
The goal was to modernize, yes. For several, very logical reasons including not having the ability to use some of UCM actors' likenesses.I have no doubt there are gigantic fans working on the land. What was their mandate, though? If their directive was to modernize the characters, that's what they had to do regardless of what they might personally have preferred to do.
Rather than get into a semantic or definitional argument, I'll just say I disagree.
I have seen nothing from the land (so far; we have yet to see what environments are in the ride) that looks like it came directly out of any of the movies. It's a reinterpretation/reinvention.
And it's totally fair to think that's a great creative choice. It's not the route I wanted to see them take, personally.
I mean, it's obviously a vampire, of course.I don't agree you don't know who he is. The teeth and bats give it away.
I don't love his hair, either. Reminds me of the Dracula from VAN HELSING!Truthfully the issue is mainly the jacket for dracula....switch that up and it will be much better.
And I would counter the GP doesn't care about Universal specific monsters. They want Dracula and really don't care about which form. I bet you 80% who walk thru that land will have never seen the original movies.I mean, it's obviously a vampire, of course.
But without any context, I maintain very few people would look at that and think "That's specifically Universal's Dracula."
I don't love his hair, either. Reminds me of the Dracula from VAN HELSING!
See, I was not aware this was a fact. If it is, then things are somewhat more understandable.For several, very logical reasons including not having the ability to use some of UCM actors' likenesses.
We just have a different definition of fidelity, then. I'm not using it to mean "care." Obviously there's a level of care being taken by the design team."I don't like the route they took" is not the same as "They are treating the IP with the same level of fidelity as the others" - especially when this comment comes from a complaint about 1 character's design.
Maybe so, but through cultural ubiquity, they're familiar -- whether they realize it or not -- with the classic and iconic looks of the Universal-specific versions of those characters.I bet you 80% who walk thru that land will have never seen the original movies.
See, I was not aware this was a fact. If it is, then things are somewhat more understandable.
I still wish they would have paid what the estates wanted, because Lugosi and Karloff are the iconic versions of those characters, and Universal continues to make money from them.
We just have a different definition of fidelity, then. I'm not using it to mean "care." Obviously there's a level of care being taken by the design team.
I'm using fidelity in the context of directly translating the aesthetics of the source material. The Ministry of Magic is going to look like the Ministry of Magic from the movies. Berk is going to look like Berk (as much as possible in a theme park with definite space). Nintendo looks like the modern games and the SUPER MARIO movie. Monsters is the only one getting a full-on "reimagining."
And again, everybody else may think that's great! I’m not saying any of this to claim that I’m “right” about something. I’m trying to explain why I’m disappointed in the general direction they’ve gone. I’m not saying anybody else should be.
Maybe so, but through cultural ubiquity, they're familiar -- whether they realize it or not -- with the classic and iconic looks of the Universal-specific versions of those characters.
Maybe I am the oddball out, but I really am not. That picture you put earlier means nothing to me. I am just looking for a drac like figure which they did. I do wish they didn't have those shoulder pads, that is the only thing that throws it a little off for me.Maybe so, but through cultural ubiquity, they're familiar -- whether they realize it or not -- with the classic and iconic looks of the Universal-specific versions of those characters.
That's a bit of a bold claim lolAnd look, nobody here is as big a fan of the Classic Monsters as me, and I say that with confidence.
Yes, it is!That's a bit of a bold claim lol
True, but I think the Monsters walkaround characters in Universal Studios Hollywood look terrific.You're not going to find someone that looks like Lugosi for a M&G lol