Am current on my Doctor Who watching again and enjoyed both specials. Some thoughts follow.
-Both stories separated the Doctor from the TARDIS for some period of time. I like this as many critics like to ask 'When things get bad, why doesn't the Doctor just leave?' These times he couldn't. It's not that every story needs to do this but it's nice to have plotted out at times.
-I really liked the way 'Planet of the Dead' built. There's a mystery and an event, but it seems like a small story. As it progresses, it gets bigger and bigger, until it gets huge.
-It's nice to see a creature vulnerable to bullets and bombs for a change.
-Some great characters in this story, Malcolm especially. I'm not sure what I thought of the fate of the Countess. It makes sense but, at the same time, I'm not sure I liked it.
-'The Waters of Mars' reminded me a lot of the Patrick Troughton story 'Fury from the Deep'. There's a weird force that transforms humans into its servants and uses those servants to infect others. It takes place in a 'base' set aside from the bulk of humanity. 'Fury' just has a happier ending.
-The Doctor separates himself a bit from humanity and quickly (quickly seems like an odd choice of terms because who know how many adventures he had between the two stories) he starts becoming very alien again. He swings heavily towards 'crazy Time Lord' instead of 'fun loving adventurer' and that choice costs him big time. He knows he does something wrong and immediately regrets it.
-I've been referring to 'The Waters of Mars' as 'delightfully depressing'. It's a creepy story and well told but it's very sad for most of the running.
'The End of Time' is not far off...
04 December 2009
03 December 2009
A Few Thoughts on Comics from The Past Few Weeks
Vincent Price Presents The Tinglers #2 (of 2) completes this sequel to an old Vincent Price film. Solid art, an interesting story, some pretty evil stuff, and a good ending make this work for me. Please note that when I use the term 'good ending' I mean 'the sort of ending that this might have if it was a movie from the late 50s/early 60s'. Nice.
Comic Book Comics #4 continues the book's fun view of the history of comics, focusing mostly on the early history of Marvel Comics and the Underground Comix of the 60s/70s. This is fun yet educational stuff with a clever art style. It's got a hint of parody to it, a bit like something from Mad Magazine. It helps keep things from getting too serious. The idea that the Star Wars comic adaptation may have saved Marvel and yet lead to things like Epic Illustrated (Marvel's attempt to compete with Heavy Metal) was a new thought for me. I feel not enough people are reading this book and it is very interesting. I hope they collect it in trade as that would make for an easy recommendation.
Doctor Who #5 continues the story of the Doctor being on the run. I am really enjoying the story now as the idea that the Doctor has 'dismissed' certain races over the years because they were 'bad' has consequences. While the Doctor might have done the right thing at the time, he may not have followed up enough to make everything as right as he could. It's an interesting thought that raises up what might be an otherwise simple story. That said, this thread gets raised often so it could be seen as a bit heavy handed as well. I'm not liking the art. The artist seems to have issues with humanoid faces. Details are rendered in a scraggly way. It's just off a bit. It doesn't flow correctly to me and my eye.
After a few years of miniseries, the Transformers have a new monthly ongoing title. It has been a couple years since the events of 'All Hail Megatron' and the Transformers still on Earth are all in hiding as humans are hunting them. It's an interesting development that makes sense considering the previous events. A early wave Transformer bites the dust and Optimus Prime makes a difficult decision. The art here is clean but a bit too detailed for my tastes. The Generation One Transformers have a 'blockiness' to them that the artist has captured but there's a lot of extra detail as well, as if the movie style Transformer faces were added. It makes familiar characters look weird. I'm not sure I care for that. I'm interested in seeing where this is going.
Last, but definitely not least, Muppet Peter Pan #3. I've said many things about the Muppet comics since they started and, as much as I enjoy them all, this may well be the best of the bunch so far. The art is excellent, with the characters looking like themselves, not stylized versions of themselves, not that I mind stylized so much. Does anyone else have the Muppet Show Book from the late 70s? The art in there looked almost like photographs. It's like that. The character voices sound correct, as I can 'hear' the characters speaking their lines. The only one that may not 'sound' right is Janice but that's only because the character tended to have a smaller role on screen and here, as Wendy, she speaks more than, well, maybe ever. The story takes a couple of twists here, ones that I'm not sure if the final issue will untwist or not. The biggest of these to me was the revelation that Peter Pan/Kermit may not be a fun loving adventurer that never grew up, but a man-child that refuses to do anything but 'play the game'. Captain Hook/Gonzo accuses Peter of seeing him as evil because he's dressed as a pirate, despite the fact that he claims to be a performer that was dressed as a pirate. I really liked this development and may still like it even if Hook turns out to be lying in the end. The issue ends with a moment very much from Peter Pan as Piggytink is left low by some harsh words. One more issue and I hope it doesn't fail me.
Comic Book Comics #4 continues the book's fun view of the history of comics, focusing mostly on the early history of Marvel Comics and the Underground Comix of the 60s/70s. This is fun yet educational stuff with a clever art style. It's got a hint of parody to it, a bit like something from Mad Magazine. It helps keep things from getting too serious. The idea that the Star Wars comic adaptation may have saved Marvel and yet lead to things like Epic Illustrated (Marvel's attempt to compete with Heavy Metal) was a new thought for me. I feel not enough people are reading this book and it is very interesting. I hope they collect it in trade as that would make for an easy recommendation.
Doctor Who #5 continues the story of the Doctor being on the run. I am really enjoying the story now as the idea that the Doctor has 'dismissed' certain races over the years because they were 'bad' has consequences. While the Doctor might have done the right thing at the time, he may not have followed up enough to make everything as right as he could. It's an interesting thought that raises up what might be an otherwise simple story. That said, this thread gets raised often so it could be seen as a bit heavy handed as well. I'm not liking the art. The artist seems to have issues with humanoid faces. Details are rendered in a scraggly way. It's just off a bit. It doesn't flow correctly to me and my eye.
After a few years of miniseries, the Transformers have a new monthly ongoing title. It has been a couple years since the events of 'All Hail Megatron' and the Transformers still on Earth are all in hiding as humans are hunting them. It's an interesting development that makes sense considering the previous events. A early wave Transformer bites the dust and Optimus Prime makes a difficult decision. The art here is clean but a bit too detailed for my tastes. The Generation One Transformers have a 'blockiness' to them that the artist has captured but there's a lot of extra detail as well, as if the movie style Transformer faces were added. It makes familiar characters look weird. I'm not sure I care for that. I'm interested in seeing where this is going.
Last, but definitely not least, Muppet Peter Pan #3. I've said many things about the Muppet comics since they started and, as much as I enjoy them all, this may well be the best of the bunch so far. The art is excellent, with the characters looking like themselves, not stylized versions of themselves, not that I mind stylized so much. Does anyone else have the Muppet Show Book from the late 70s? The art in there looked almost like photographs. It's like that. The character voices sound correct, as I can 'hear' the characters speaking their lines. The only one that may not 'sound' right is Janice but that's only because the character tended to have a smaller role on screen and here, as Wendy, she speaks more than, well, maybe ever. The story takes a couple of twists here, ones that I'm not sure if the final issue will untwist or not. The biggest of these to me was the revelation that Peter Pan/Kermit may not be a fun loving adventurer that never grew up, but a man-child that refuses to do anything but 'play the game'. Captain Hook/Gonzo accuses Peter of seeing him as evil because he's dressed as a pirate, despite the fact that he claims to be a performer that was dressed as a pirate. I really liked this development and may still like it even if Hook turns out to be lying in the end. The issue ends with a moment very much from Peter Pan as Piggytink is left low by some harsh words. One more issue and I hope it doesn't fail me.
02 December 2009
Florida Trip Nov 2009 - Disney's Animal Kingdom
It's Tough to be a Bug! - Once. It's an immersive show that uses 3D, air and water effects, and tricks in the seats (just like William Castle!) to tell a quick story about bugs. Educational and fun. Slightly scary for kids perhaps. The hornet stabbing me in the back was a big weird. Voice of Dave Foley = thumbs up.
Kilimanjaro Safaris - Once. We went on this right away in the morning on an overcast calm day. Lots of animals out and about. Good show.
Expedition Everest - Twice. This ride is like the Big Thunder Railroad ride at the Magic Kingdom except a lot bigger and a bit nastier. Both are very smooth rides and a lot of fun. The big climb should make me nervous about the height but it doesn't. Love it.
Finding Nemo The Musical - I didn't care for Finding Nemo the movie so much because I felt it was too long. This show with live singing and puppetry reduces the length of the story to 30 minutes. The story still makes sense, seemingly proving my point about the movie. This show is highly impressive from every perspective: song, story, execution, everything. The puppeteers made no effort to hide their presence. This allowed for one of my favorite moments, a simple little nothing of a moment that most people probably didn't notice. As Nemo's Dad and Dorry face off with the sharks and are menaced by them, the puppeteer for Nemo's Dad put the puppet behind him as he stood there, as if to protect the character. Outstanding. Sometimes the characters run in the aisles. We were sitting right on the aisle in the upper section and they passed by us a couple times. Awesome. Recommended!
Dinosaur - Once. You are to be sent back in time to see some dinosaurs. A fun day trip, nothing too scary...except the scientist in charge of your vessel has adjusted the settings a bit. Now we're going back to just before the meteors hit that kill off the dinosaurs in an effort to collect an Iguanadon that was tagged earlier on an unsanctioned trip. Once we find the Iguanadon, the scientist chappie will extend the field surrounding our craft around the dinosaur as well and bring us back. Of course nothing goes simply. It's dark. The meteors are crashing back around us. There's also a Carnosaur, a big red dinosaur with horns, that seems interested in eating us. They try to spook you with the Carnosaur near the end when they take the picture. I thought they'd get me but they didn't. I like Dinosaurs. This was fun. I'd ride it again.
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Kilimanjaro Safaris - Once. We went on this right away in the morning on an overcast calm day. Lots of animals out and about. Good show.
Expedition Everest - Twice. This ride is like the Big Thunder Railroad ride at the Magic Kingdom except a lot bigger and a bit nastier. Both are very smooth rides and a lot of fun. The big climb should make me nervous about the height but it doesn't. Love it.
Finding Nemo The Musical - I didn't care for Finding Nemo the movie so much because I felt it was too long. This show with live singing and puppetry reduces the length of the story to 30 minutes. The story still makes sense, seemingly proving my point about the movie. This show is highly impressive from every perspective: song, story, execution, everything. The puppeteers made no effort to hide their presence. This allowed for one of my favorite moments, a simple little nothing of a moment that most people probably didn't notice. As Nemo's Dad and Dorry face off with the sharks and are menaced by them, the puppeteer for Nemo's Dad put the puppet behind him as he stood there, as if to protect the character. Outstanding. Sometimes the characters run in the aisles. We were sitting right on the aisle in the upper section and they passed by us a couple times. Awesome. Recommended!
Dinosaur - Once. You are to be sent back in time to see some dinosaurs. A fun day trip, nothing too scary...except the scientist in charge of your vessel has adjusted the settings a bit. Now we're going back to just before the meteors hit that kill off the dinosaurs in an effort to collect an Iguanadon that was tagged earlier on an unsanctioned trip. Once we find the Iguanadon, the scientist chappie will extend the field surrounding our craft around the dinosaur as well and bring us back. Of course nothing goes simply. It's dark. The meteors are crashing back around us. There's also a Carnosaur, a big red dinosaur with horns, that seems interested in eating us. They try to spook you with the Carnosaur near the end when they take the picture. I thought they'd get me but they didn't. I like Dinosaurs. This was fun. I'd ride it again.
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01 December 2009
A Few Thoughts on Comics from The Past Few Weeks
Mickey Mouse and Friends #297 continues the 'Wizards of Mickey' storyline. One piece of the puzzle is resolved in this issue, much earlier than I expected but, if I know Peg-Leg Pete, he's not done yet. The art is vibrant and energetic. The story in this issue makes it feel like this is the earlier beginnings of an epic story, not unlike finishing the training level of a role-playing game and realizing you have hours and hours left to play. Bother, now I want to start playing Kingdom Hearts again.
Walt Disney's Comics reaches issue #700. It earns its 700 issues despite not being continuously published since its launch in the 1930s. The issue is extra-sized, has no ads, and is still only $2.99. Marvel, I love you, but you're getting the 'see here' dirty look from me at the moment. Humph. More Disney superheros in this issue with Super Goof getting the spotlight. I love Super Goof. A pretty standard storyline at play with a 'super machine that was split into parts to keep it safe but now we have to collect it before the bad guys do' plot. It's a Golden Age era plot. It's being told in a fun manner and it's enjoyable to read. Art's good too. We also get a short story with the ducks that's really weird, told mostly in closeups, but is clever. Very clever. This is good stuff.
Speaking of stories told in a weird manner, both Futurama Comics #46 and Simpsons Comics #160 are weird. Futurama is a 'choose your own adventure' story and the Simpsons issue is an anthology of shorter stories with the framework of the stories being told by Bart and Nelson's great-grandsons. Or something. I don't know what the heck was going on. Amusing tho.
The Assault on New Olympus begins in Incredible Hercules #138! Hera is up to no good working to cause the 'Fourth Extinction' of man and the Avengers must assemble to stop her. Clean art with a gently cartoony style to it. Some good 'oh crap!' moments. Long storylines paying off. I like! And a Agents of ATLAS backup story. Yay!
Giant-Sized Thor Finale is the end of J.M. Straczynski's run on the book, ergo the 'finale' of the title. Evidently JMS didn't want to have to deal with the other crossovers that would be soon happening with the book and left rather than deal with it. Fair enough. Considering Thor is a founding member of the Avengers and it looks like the plan is to 'get the band back together', not wanting to play in that pool seems selfish. But whatever. In this issue, Bad Things happen, Doom moves against Thor and his friends, Don Blake is left crippled again, and we find out why Volstagg is 'the Mighty'. Doom seeks the secret of the Asgardians long lives by dissection and science. Balder finds out. This shall not stand! We also get a preview of the next regular issue and a recolored reprint of the first Thor story in Journey into Mystery #83. Good stuff.
Walt Disney's Comics reaches issue #700. It earns its 700 issues despite not being continuously published since its launch in the 1930s. The issue is extra-sized, has no ads, and is still only $2.99. Marvel, I love you, but you're getting the 'see here' dirty look from me at the moment. Humph. More Disney superheros in this issue with Super Goof getting the spotlight. I love Super Goof. A pretty standard storyline at play with a 'super machine that was split into parts to keep it safe but now we have to collect it before the bad guys do' plot. It's a Golden Age era plot. It's being told in a fun manner and it's enjoyable to read. Art's good too. We also get a short story with the ducks that's really weird, told mostly in closeups, but is clever. Very clever. This is good stuff.
Speaking of stories told in a weird manner, both Futurama Comics #46 and Simpsons Comics #160 are weird. Futurama is a 'choose your own adventure' story and the Simpsons issue is an anthology of shorter stories with the framework of the stories being told by Bart and Nelson's great-grandsons. Or something. I don't know what the heck was going on. Amusing tho.
The Assault on New Olympus begins in Incredible Hercules #138! Hera is up to no good working to cause the 'Fourth Extinction' of man and the Avengers must assemble to stop her. Clean art with a gently cartoony style to it. Some good 'oh crap!' moments. Long storylines paying off. I like! And a Agents of ATLAS backup story. Yay!
Giant-Sized Thor Finale is the end of J.M. Straczynski's run on the book, ergo the 'finale' of the title. Evidently JMS didn't want to have to deal with the other crossovers that would be soon happening with the book and left rather than deal with it. Fair enough. Considering Thor is a founding member of the Avengers and it looks like the plan is to 'get the band back together', not wanting to play in that pool seems selfish. But whatever. In this issue, Bad Things happen, Doom moves against Thor and his friends, Don Blake is left crippled again, and we find out why Volstagg is 'the Mighty'. Doom seeks the secret of the Asgardians long lives by dissection and science. Balder finds out. This shall not stand! We also get a preview of the next regular issue and a recolored reprint of the first Thor story in Journey into Mystery #83. Good stuff.
30 November 2009
Florida Trip Nov 2009 - Universal Islands of Adventure
Huzzah for Adventure!
The Cat in the Hat - Once. Still frenetic fun.
Jurassic Park River Adventure - Once. Still very wet. Still do not like that drop at the end.
Pteranodon Flyers - Once. It's a kid ride that adults can go on with a kid. Niko and I rode. You're in a small 'pterandon' and you fly over Jurassic Park. It takes a minute or two. From the ground it looks very calm and relaxing. The view was great. Then we went around the first turn. I dunno if it always swings that wide or if it was my adult weight affecting it or what but I suddenly felt that I was fifty feet up on a bicycle attached to the track by a rope. Was not comfortable at that point. Fear of heights kicked in and I was suddenly glad that it was a short ride. Yipes!
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls - Twice. You will get wet. Rode this just before the 50th anniversary of the first episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle, which seemed fitting. After walking through a long and silly queue filled with Jay Ward type humor, including critters in the walk that do routines, you get to the lodge. You wedge yourself into a multi-person holding log and ride the water in the 'log fume'. Dastardly villain Snidely Whiplash has kidnapped Nell again and it's up to Dudley and Horse to save her. We see mostly immobile statues of the characters as we float through in various stages of activity, tied up, escaping, about to fight, etc. The characters 'speak' as we go past, all in the correct sounding voices. We climb and fall a bit until we reach the top of the mountain and Dudley accidentally detonates a pile of explosives. Boom! And down we go! There's a fifty foot or so drop, mostly straight down, that has a brief bump up in it about three-quarters of the way down. Three people back, I got very wet. Jason, in the front of the log, got soaked. People can also pay to squirt you with water at the bottom. The best gag is after the drop. Snidely has been captured and is in jail. A dog holds the key to his cell just out of his reach ala Pirates of the Caribbean. Right outside the cell is a dish of food labeled 'crow'. He's eating crow. Ha! Okay, maybe I just liked it but it was a very Jay Ward style joke to me.
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man - Twice. Still a fun show. There's some rumors of refurbing it to change some scenes that don't 'work' anymore. I don't have a big problem with it as it is currently. The 3d is very good and the props help sell the show.
Storm Force Accelatron - Once. Once is enough. Plenty. It's fun but not that fun.
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The Cat in the Hat - Once. Still frenetic fun.
Jurassic Park River Adventure - Once. Still very wet. Still do not like that drop at the end.
Pteranodon Flyers - Once. It's a kid ride that adults can go on with a kid. Niko and I rode. You're in a small 'pterandon' and you fly over Jurassic Park. It takes a minute or two. From the ground it looks very calm and relaxing. The view was great. Then we went around the first turn. I dunno if it always swings that wide or if it was my adult weight affecting it or what but I suddenly felt that I was fifty feet up on a bicycle attached to the track by a rope. Was not comfortable at that point. Fear of heights kicked in and I was suddenly glad that it was a short ride. Yipes!
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls - Twice. You will get wet. Rode this just before the 50th anniversary of the first episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle, which seemed fitting. After walking through a long and silly queue filled with Jay Ward type humor, including critters in the walk that do routines, you get to the lodge. You wedge yourself into a multi-person holding log and ride the water in the 'log fume'. Dastardly villain Snidely Whiplash has kidnapped Nell again and it's up to Dudley and Horse to save her. We see mostly immobile statues of the characters as we float through in various stages of activity, tied up, escaping, about to fight, etc. The characters 'speak' as we go past, all in the correct sounding voices. We climb and fall a bit until we reach the top of the mountain and Dudley accidentally detonates a pile of explosives. Boom! And down we go! There's a fifty foot or so drop, mostly straight down, that has a brief bump up in it about three-quarters of the way down. Three people back, I got very wet. Jason, in the front of the log, got soaked. People can also pay to squirt you with water at the bottom. The best gag is after the drop. Snidely has been captured and is in jail. A dog holds the key to his cell just out of his reach ala Pirates of the Caribbean. Right outside the cell is a dish of food labeled 'crow'. He's eating crow. Ha! Okay, maybe I just liked it but it was a very Jay Ward style joke to me.
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man - Twice. Still a fun show. There's some rumors of refurbing it to change some scenes that don't 'work' anymore. I don't have a big problem with it as it is currently. The 3d is very good and the props help sell the show.
Storm Force Accelatron - Once. Once is enough. Plenty. It's fun but not that fun.
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29 November 2009
Florida Trip Nov 2009 - Universal Studios
Since I covered a lot of this territory back in January/February, I'm not planning to go into detail about every ride I experienced. If it was something I didn't see before or picked up a new detail about, then I'll discuss it.
In general, we didn't spend as much time at Universal than we did last time. As much fun as we had at Disney, it did feel like we ignored Universal a bit.
Twister - Once. My buddy's middle kid, Jason, was freaked out when we went on this earlier in the year. All the same, he went on it this time and seemed to get through it okay. Kid is bold. I like that.
Revenge of the Mummy - Twice. Still a fun time.
JAWS - you get in a Amity boat and take a tour around the area. The boat operator assures you that it'll be a peaceful trip but before you get too far, there's another tour boat sinking. A little further on, a fin splits the water and the boat operator freaks. He get instructions to shoot at it ('This thing's loaded?!?') and does. He slides the boat into a nearby structure with a dock but the shark breaks through. The boat gas station we go past is similarly attacked to the point it explodes and is on fire. We get to another dock but the shark attacks again. It gets hung up on a power cable and the boat operator shoots it again. One big boom later, the shark is burned and dead. The now-confident boat operator returns us to the main dock asking that we not mention the little 'incident'. It's fun and relatively quick. Jason, who did so well on Twister, didn't care for the fire or the shark and spent the ride with his eyes closed and ears plugged. Maybe I shouldn't have said it was a trained shark that rarely eats anyone.
Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster - Once. Fun quick little coaster with some sharp turns.
E.T. Adventure - Twice. Still no Godzilla? Dang.
Men in Black Alien Attack - Once. Shooter game. Niko beat me again.
The Simpsons Ride - Twice. Still stirs up my belly a bit. When they say 'no recording' they are very serious about that. Excellent ride. I find it odd that my friends think that it'll turn back into 'Back to the Future' at some point. I understand my one friend's annoyance in that it's the same mechanics underneath both rides, that it's essentially a 'paint job' over the BttF ride. That's different. While I have nothing against 'Back to the Future', what I've seen of that ride indicates it was ready for a makeover. The Simpsons has 20 years of TV history behind it and loads of fans at various ages. 'Back to the Future' has fans but I wonder how many of them are younger than me. I suspect not many. I don't believe that BttF currently has the fan base that the Simpsons has. I'm not sure that BttF even had the fan base that Simpsons has right now, not even at their peak. I may be wrong but that's my theory.
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In general, we didn't spend as much time at Universal than we did last time. As much fun as we had at Disney, it did feel like we ignored Universal a bit.
Twister - Once. My buddy's middle kid, Jason, was freaked out when we went on this earlier in the year. All the same, he went on it this time and seemed to get through it okay. Kid is bold. I like that.
Revenge of the Mummy - Twice. Still a fun time.
JAWS - you get in a Amity boat and take a tour around the area. The boat operator assures you that it'll be a peaceful trip but before you get too far, there's another tour boat sinking. A little further on, a fin splits the water and the boat operator freaks. He get instructions to shoot at it ('This thing's loaded?!?') and does. He slides the boat into a nearby structure with a dock but the shark breaks through. The boat gas station we go past is similarly attacked to the point it explodes and is on fire. We get to another dock but the shark attacks again. It gets hung up on a power cable and the boat operator shoots it again. One big boom later, the shark is burned and dead. The now-confident boat operator returns us to the main dock asking that we not mention the little 'incident'. It's fun and relatively quick. Jason, who did so well on Twister, didn't care for the fire or the shark and spent the ride with his eyes closed and ears plugged. Maybe I shouldn't have said it was a trained shark that rarely eats anyone.
Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster - Once. Fun quick little coaster with some sharp turns.
E.T. Adventure - Twice. Still no Godzilla? Dang.
Men in Black Alien Attack - Once. Shooter game. Niko beat me again.
The Simpsons Ride - Twice. Still stirs up my belly a bit. When they say 'no recording' they are very serious about that. Excellent ride. I find it odd that my friends think that it'll turn back into 'Back to the Future' at some point. I understand my one friend's annoyance in that it's the same mechanics underneath both rides, that it's essentially a 'paint job' over the BttF ride. That's different. While I have nothing against 'Back to the Future', what I've seen of that ride indicates it was ready for a makeover. The Simpsons has 20 years of TV history behind it and loads of fans at various ages. 'Back to the Future' has fans but I wonder how many of them are younger than me. I suspect not many. I don't believe that BttF currently has the fan base that the Simpsons has. I'm not sure that BttF even had the fan base that Simpsons has right now, not even at their peak. I may be wrong but that's my theory.
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