If 'Rocky Horror' & Other Cult Films Became Theme Park Rides
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Bah .... Universal Studios has missed a chance for awesomeness. Variety reports that for the theme park's Halloween Horror Nights this October, they will be producing Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute. Described as a "mini-musical," one can assume that means a quick tribute to the freakier pieces of the film and its classic songs. But having clicked through because of the title "Rocky rolls Universal Halloween," my hopeful brain was thinking about a Rocky ride.
Can you imagine it? You get clicked into wheelchairs with a metal piece that looks like a blanket, get time-warped through the craziness, and in the end, a magic mirror makes it look like you've got fishnets and stilettos underneath those "blanket" safety bars. (Yes, I'm imagining it as a Rocky Horror spoof of the Haunted Mansion.) Imagining something like that, a simple ol' stage tribute just isn't the same.
Unfortunately, that's the luck of movie-themed attractions. They're not going to go for the alternative, cult, and left-of-dial fare when they can zoom people Back to the Future or travel to Jurassic Park. Blockbuster films will obviously make better mainstream attractions. But that can't stop a girl from dreaming, or thinking about the alternative possibilities.
What other rides could a movie-led theme park have? Imagine a Body Wars-type ride in Watchmen's Archie as the heroes try to save the day during dangerous riots. An aquatic adventure led by Steve Zissou. A post-apocalyptic journey with Tank Girl. Or, better yet, a creepy, eerie ride through the unique and chilling world of David Lynch.
If you grab any niche movie and make it into a ride, what movie would it be and what would it look like?
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8-12-2009 @ 11:40PM
Dawn said...
Ever since I was a kid I've had a fantasy about there being a ride associated with the Casper the Ghost movie from the 90's. The one with Christina Rciia and Devon Sawa and Bill Pullman? There's this one part in the movie where Christina Ricci's character is in a chair of smoe kind, and goes through the mansion, into Casper's father's laboratory. I always thought it would be awesome to go through that experience, and remember being surprised when no ride manifested.
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8-13-2009 @ 3:38PM
the sexy armpit said...
I liked your Watchmen ride idea, but I really picture it being more similar to the Spider man ride moreso than the Body Wars ride. How do you feel about that? There are so many missed opportunities for great rides. The problem is we keep going back. We should all revolt until theme parks create some amazing new rides based on films and comic books.
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