Originally Posted By WorldDisney LOL, someone actually put up a side-by-side video comparison between Monsters Inc and SSL and they are both played out from beginning to end at the same time (but the audio is only from SSL for some reason). So you can watch them both again and THEN decide: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEiFnKeXwmo&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =MEiFnKeXwmo&feature=related</a> Did I tell you how much I love Youtube .
Originally Posted By k_peek_2000 Ha thats my video The reason I put SSL audio was because its the ride that isnt there anymore.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "So you can watch them both again and THEN decide" I just looked at the side by side video and all I can say is eh. The Monsters ride seems to have more 3D sets and animation, but SSL was a lot more colorful and had some interesting black light effects. Really, the two attractions aren't that different.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's actually really cool to see. I don't know if I've ever seen a vide of SSL, but it doesn't look quite as bad as people say. The voice-over is a bit over the top, but I guess that's what they were going for. It's kind of sad that it didn't quite gel with guests, but not a huge loss. Anybody else find it funny that Malibu got turned into a bathroom?? : )
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt It really was not as bad as some people made it out to be. The video pretty much shows that the two rides really aren't all that different. At least to the extent that some people contend.
Originally Posted By whistler If limo was crap (probably), then so is monsters, and I really never argue on here about anything else. Why is it better, because you ride thru a cartoon sushi place and some cartoon toilet stalls? I assure you, I'm not arguing just to argue. I really believe this, and I know it's an idiot thing to be worked up about.... but it was idiotic on the part of all those who basically equated the original ride with hitler when the park first opened, lol....
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I think most people here prefer Monsters because the subject matter is more *Disney* than SSL.
Originally Posted By knoxvelour There was nothing wrong with the ride system of SSL. It was the content that was the problem. Jackie Chan, Drew Carrey, Regis Philbin and other B-List celebrities just came across as incredibly cheesy and not in the good way. It was poor execution, plain and simple.
Originally Posted By Socrates I always treated SSL as "Mr. Toad Goes to Hollywood", a fun C-ticket. Somehow it always had the longest lines everytime I was in DCA. Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I really think it was the B-level celebs that made everyone think SSL was so bad. Except for Cher, I think all of them were Touchstone stars or stars on then-current ABC sitcoms, and everybody "got" why they were chosen, which seems cheesy to begin with. Then most of the caricatures weren't very good. Then you had a cheesy Joan Rivers puppet setting the tone right from the top. Much of the rest of the ride was actually pretty clever. The mudslides, the satiric take on various LA landmarks, even the surreal stuff like the pigs... it wasn't perfect, but much of it was kinda cool, and a neat "take" on the whole Hollywood ethos, which itself is kind of surreal. Unfortunately, too much of the good stuff was subtle and in the background, while in the foreground were these cheesy celebs, which made the whole ride seem cheesy by association. If they had dropped them, it would have been addition by subtraction, and I think the ride would have been much better received. "Mr. Toad goes to Hollywood," or "Alice in Hollywood," as it were.
Originally Posted By StitchDude After watching the video, my opinion that Monsters is 100% better was confirmed. As somebody else mentioned, it was a bunch of Disney semi-celebrities who, only 7 years later, are not even semi-celebrities any more. The last time I heard the name Jackie Chan was when he was drunk at some concert and went on stage and tried singing then cussed out the audience. And we all know that Disney would not have spent the money to update the attraction with new stars. Monsters Inc. is by far a better attraction.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney ^^^I think its safe to say Jackie Chan still does plenty of films and still just as popular as 2001 if not more, but I'm a fan .
Originally Posted By jonvn "I really think it was the B-level celebs that made everyone think SSL was so bad" I think that might have been it, too. I thought it was actually pretty funny and interesting a ride for Disney to have made. Monsters Inc. is not that much better of a ride. It is actually almost the same ride.
Originally Posted By jonvn What IS Celebrity Apprentice? I haven't actually seen any of it. Or even an ad. Or maybe I have and it like didn't even stick in my head...
Originally Posted By Mr X It's the Apprentice, season 7 (still going on, I think...maybe?). The most impressive member of the cast to me was Gene Simmons from KISS (and HE was big when? Back in 1972?). Also Elaine from "Taxi", she was kinda well known. And some British tabloid editor of some sort. And the Baldwin brother noone has ever heard of. And the guy who played "Big Pussy" on the Sopranos. And so on...a motley assortment of "c" list "celebrities". Rather comical, honestly. Trump is losing it.
Originally Posted By jonvn I thought apprentice was cancelled like 3 years ago or something. Is this on NBC? With a line up like that, no wonder I haven't bothered with it. Although I always thought Elaine from Taxi was cute.
Originally Posted By Mr X Rounding out the cast were also Lenox Lewis the boxer, a guy named Tito who I guess was a kick-boxer or something?, a "has been" supermodel, and a playboy bunny.... Seriously...it was a funny lineup of "stars".
Originally Posted By Mr X Elaine and Gene Simmons were the only ones I thought were real "stars", though I guess Lenox Lewis fits the bill too. And yes, Elaine was hot!
