Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/blogs/marshal-knight/2014/09/15/an-ode-to-ellens-energy-adventure/" target="_blank"><b>9/15/14 Marshal Knight's Blog: An Ode to Ellen's Energy Adventure</b></a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree that this attraction is a lot of fun, and tends to get overlooked. I rode it a few months after it (re)opened and have always enjoyed it. The technology and creativity behind the ride system itself is incredible, and the show manages to take a rather dry subject and make it a lot of fun It's also become a post-marathon tradition for my group of running friends. Where else can you sit down (and rest your oh-so-weary legs) and be entertained for so long, without a real wait? It's a classic! >>Now, because it is my favorite attraction, I am the first to admit…the thing is dated. Super dated. Cell phone with an antenna dated<< You're lucky that there are even cell phones in the film at all! Considering that it opened in 1996, they were still pretty rare amongst 'normal' folks, and didn't really become household items until a couple years later. To further prove how dated it is, it opened when Ellen (and her sitcom character) was still "straight"; so much water has passed under the bridge since then!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: VERY gay--in fact, one of the happiest people I've ever known!
Originally Posted By plpeters70 As much as I love this ride, and really love the interaction between Bill Nye and Ellen, I think it's long past time they updated it. The information they give out in the film is pretty old, and it would really be nice - now that it's no longer sponsored by an oil company - to really see a theme more focused on a CLEAN energy future. The theater and dinosaur areas are still great - especially that opening reveal when the theater first rotates and the wall opens to reveal the primeval world is still amazing to this day. But the movie and ending need updating - badly! Of course, I'd personally LOVE to see them bring back the old Universe of Energy song - but I'm sure that's never gonna happen.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros In general I'm fine with (and encourage) the return of the old songs, but the UoE ones were so painfully 80's that I'm not sure how they could work today. Even with a different arrangement and new recording, the tunes themselves just sound dated And it seems like the Ellen version of the ride just got a little more current: last night on Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek showed up with a mustache again. It's been missing since the early 00's and was one of the biggest red flags that dated the attraction to me
Originally Posted By 9oldmen Don't worry about the attraction being dated. I'm sure there's a plan to re-theme it to "The Good Dinosaur", if that proves to be a hit. Funny how the attraction itself is starting to seem kind of "dinosaur-like".
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "The information they give out in the film is pretty old, and it would really be nice - now that it's no longer sponsored by an oil company - to really see a theme more focused on a CLEAN energy future." Yeah. Except.....the heart of the ride, the dinosaurs, is all about fossil fuels. I guess you could write a script to reflect that fossil fuels should be on there way out, but it would be kind of kludgy. The whole dinosaur part of the ride is really kind of dated given the trend towards clean energy. A good update would probably mean gutting it.
