72 réponses à ce sujet

[Addictress]

I've lived in Los Angeles for several years but I discover great new things every day. It's like every great city that way.

I would argue it is better than other big cities

[Killroy]

I would argue it is better than other big cities

And I would agree. It's the perfect city for me.

[GoldenGail3]

Spoken like every Los Angeles hater who has never actually spent any time in Los Angeles.

I've spent time in California, but never in San Deigo. Alas, I never even got to Disney land...

[o Ventus]

I've spent time in California, but never in San Deigo. Alas, I never even got to Disney land...

That's fine, Disney World in Orlando is better anyway.

[GoldenGail3]

That's fine, Disney World in Orlando is better anyway.

My brother went to Disney World...

[Addictress]

It should open this week oh maker

Right?!?! Some guy on instagram said an usher at the venue told him it would probably open at the end of April.

Ushers know everything!!!

I'm gonna freak out!

[themikefest]

That's fine, Disney World in Orlando is better anyway.

I haven't been there since epcot opened in 1982.

 

For me, I live on the East Coast. I don't see myself visiting California anytime soon.

[MsKlaussen]

LA is worst big city in America not named Detroit. The city layout sucks, the traffic is worse, downtown is filthy, and most of the people you'll meet live up to vapid Hollywood stereotypes.

 

Anyone who visits CA should go to San Diego or San Francisco and avoid LA like the plague. 

 

Living here right now and completely agreeing. Want to move back to NY.

[legbamel]

Like I hope this is a testing venture. If the 4D ride does well, and generates enough interest... perhaps they will consider the Hollywood film. Maybe that is their strategy with all this.

This was my home turf, back in the old days.  Usually, the movie comes before the ride, though.  For instance, they got a Top Gun coaster in 1993 (and it kicked butt flying face-first at everything with your feet dangling free)  Unless the ride becomes as iconic as Pirates of the Caribbean, I don't see it leading to a movie.  It is, however, making me nostalgic and has revived my interest in showing the kids where I grew up...

[Silvos]

Living here right now and completely agreeing. Want to move back to NY.

Why? For the low rent, clean and well-maintained subway system, and wide open spaces?

[NKnight7]

If Los Angeles is too crowded for you then big cities just aren't for you. You would hate places like New York and Hong Kong. Hell, you would probably just die in Tokyo.
As far as big cities go, Los Angeles is not that crowded. There's a ton of traffic, sure, but it's wide open and spacious by big city standards. What many would consider a small starter condo in LA is a forever-home in NYC.

 

It just didn't impress me all that much, maybe if I go back there again I'll like it more. Oddly enough I've always wanted to go to New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. I think I've just seen them a lot in TV and movies so I just want to see them with my own eyes now.

[MsKlaussen]

Why? For the low rent, clean and well-maintained subway system, and wide open spaces?

 

No. Because it's my home. I grew up there. Everything it is is what makes me feel comfortable. I don't want squeaky clean subways. I want NY subways. I want the culture. I want the eateries. I want Sleepy Hollow 20 minutes from Harlem, and the home of my youth less than a quarter mile from 112 Ocean Avenue, and river frontage in my backyard, and I want the people too. Because I feel more comfortable and have a greater sense of well being at 4:00am on the F train on a Sunday morning than I do during broad daylight here in L.A. I want to walk down 5th avenue with a hot pretzel in the rain and smell exactly those two aromas mixed with the smell of the subway coming up through the grates.

 

I want to ice skate at RFC every winter and to remember going Christmas shopping at Gimbels growing up. I want to drive down streets I know in Long Island and look over and still see TSS and Corvettes as if they are still standing and waiting for me to come in. I want to eat White Castle on Atlantic Ave not courtesy of FedEx Next Day Air and I want to be closer to my Yankees and Islanders than DirecTV can get me.

 

That's what home is. If I were born and raised here it might be the reverse.

[MrFob]

Dam, if I could see the 3D with the glasses, I would totally go. The images from that little documentary video already look amazing.

[Shinobu]

Apparently it's opening May 18th.

 

http://www.techtimes...nes-excited.htm

[meganbytez]

im excited! I'm likely going to go. going to ask a friend if she would like to go with me. 

[Darkwing Duck]

Heard about this opening this month.  Totally flying down to California just for this ride.

[aoibhealfae]

Always find it adorable that Rana love to cosplay as Samara. Sigh... why I live across the pacific again?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9frO00Gj51A

 

Seems like it was something to be experienced rather than watched.

[Vella]

I would love to see this, but since I don't live in the USA...

[Felps Cross]

So, any1 actually went to this ride? Can tell anything about it?

[Shinobu]

I can tell you in about 3 weeks...

[Miserybot]

Well, you went there.

 

Apparently you were the first. I dunno.

[Shinobu]

Ok, so I got to experience the ride twice today. I'm glad I went and it's worth checking out if you're in the area. I wouldn't go so far as to recommend traveling more than 200 miles just to see it, though.

If you have been on Star Tours at Disney, the concept is very much the same. You are a tourist flying on vacation to Terra Nova, a luxury colony, in a repurposed alliance cruiser. The timeline appears to be just before the start of ME 3. The captain is a live action performer who introduces himself as "Conrad Verner" (ours had brown curly hair and a full mustache and beard). On the way from Earth to Terra Nova several emergencies occur that result in lots of chaotic flying around, shooting and explosions. The auditorium holds about 100 people in comfortable chairs that tilt, shake, poke you and blow air, smells and water at different times during the ride.

I think the ride was definitely made by fans of the series. Unfortunately, I think they forgot to make it accessible to people who don't know anything about the game, so it sits in a weird spot, kind of like the movie Dune. If you're a fan, you'll be confused by the changes and if you're not a fan you'll be downright confused. Some characters and vehicles make an appearance, but they won't mean anything to non-fans, and the enemies aren 't set up, so they're just "ugly things we shoot at."

Things I liked:
Seeing life sized N7 armor outside the ride
Some of the effects were really well done and made you think the stuff was touching you
Life sized cardboard cutouts of characters were impressively big
Hearing some of the VAs again

Things I liked less:
Live performers in general are not good actors
Script did not take into account that most people are not fans (Conrad says "I heard a rumor that Cdr SHEPARD was seen!" and pauses as though everyone should be impressed by that, when only 3 of us knew who Shepard was.) There were some shots of iconic vehicles that lingered too long (fan service) but the audience didn't know they were supposed to be in awe.
Too much contrived chaos (Star Tours suffers from this as well)
The poky parts of the chairs were too small, so they often felt like fingers rather than ship impacts

I can give spoilers if people would like, but didn't want to give too much away for those like me who would rather go in not knowing.

Also, the gift shop had Kaidan hoodies, N7 t shirts, Tali Tshirts and Tali patterned tank tops.

[Addictress]

Ok, so I got to experience the ride twice today. I'm glad I went and it's worth checking out if you're in the area. I wouldn't go so far as to recommend traveling more than 200 miles just to see it, though.

If you have been on Star Tours at Disney, the concept is very much the same. You are a tourist flying on vacation to Terra Nova, a luxury colony, in a repurposed alliance cruiser. The timeline appears to be just before the start of ME 3. The captain is a live action performer who introduces himself as "Conrad Verner" (ours had brown curly hair and a full mustache and beard). On the way from Earth to Terra Nova several emergencies occur that result in lots of chaotic flying around, shooting and explosions. The auditorium holds about 100 people in comfortable chairs that tilt, shake, poke you and blow air, smells and water at different times during the ride.

I think the ride was definitely made by fans of the series. Unfortunately, I think they forgot to make it accessible to people who don't know anything about the game, so it sits in a weird spot, kind of like the movie Dune. If you're a fan, you'll be confused by the changes and if you're not a fan you'll be downright confused. Some characters and vehicles make an appearance, but they won't mean anything to non-fans, and the enemies aren 't set up, so they're just "ugly things we shoot at."

Things I liked:
Seeing life sized N7 armor outside the ride
Some of the effects were really well done and made you think the stuff was touching you
Life sized cardboard cutouts of characters were impressively big
Hearing some of the VAs again

Things I liked less:
Live performers in general are not good actors
Script did not take into account that most people are not fans (Conrad says "I heard a rumor that Cdr SHEPARD was seen!" and pauses as though everyone should be impressed by that, when only 3 of us knew who Shepard was.) There were some shots of iconic vehicles that lingered too long (fan service) but the audience didn't know they were supposed to be in awe.
Too much contrived chaos (Star Tours suffers from this as well)
The poky parts of the chairs were too small, so they often felt like fingers rather than ship impacts

I can give spoilers if people would like, but didn't want to give too much away for those like me who would rather go in not knowing.

Also, the gift shop had Kaidan hoodies, N7 t shirts, Tali Tshirts and Tali patterned tank tops.

Good write-up, thanks! I agree with everything....

 

The very first actor they had on opening day was excellent. Then the following rides' actors were noticeably worse. It's a quality control issue.