Skull Island: Reign of Kong - General Discussion

[Nick]

Is it just me or is this year going by really slow?

Nothing major has opened at any Florida park this year, which is probably why. It's the year of construction watch. 2016 and 2017 are when we get the goods (not just at Uni, but Disney, Sea World and BGT).

 

[tielo]

Nothing major opened?!
Don't tell that to that 8 year old that is going ape about the dino meet and great, he will kick you in the family jewels to prove you wrong.
We also got 2 new shows and 1 rap act that is a great replacement for Disaster.

 

[twebber55]

Here's the end of "I wonder what that will look like."







More of the rest of the site later.

building looks incredible the mural is terrible and cheap looking

 

[Dan_raven]

I think this will look a lot better once the scaffolding is down and you're looking at the whole scene.
its supposed to be subtle and let the rock work stand out

 

[Nick]

I'd be more impressed with that backdrop if they planted physical (fake) trees up there instead of painted ones. As of right now it looks a tad cheesy.

 

[awhen]

building looks incredible the mural is terrible and cheap looking

It actually isn't. That's 185mm DX format (~270mm equivalent) zoom to show the details of the work. That brings the mural closer to the facade. Once the rest of it is done and we get a nice wide shot of all of it you will see something more representative of what it looks like in person.

 

[Jon84]

I'd be more impressed with that backdrop if they planted physical (fake) trees up there instead of painted ones. As of right now it looks a tad cheesy.

My guess is that there will be some kid of foliage up there

 

[Nico]

I don't think the foliage is the problem. Has some depth. I thing the flat blue airbrushed mountains are what make it look bizarre. Maybe they're just doing a test section. I'm hoping the mountains get more detail work.

 

[JungleSkip]

Mural is fine. You're seeing it at a super zoomed in angle you were never meant to see it in.

 

[Clive]

Yeah I don't think the mural's gonna be an issue, though honestly I was fine with the blank "jagged rocks" they already had up there.

Still worried about that blank-side-of-building since it seems very obvious as you approach from the Toon Lagoon side, but I'll have to assess it in person.

 

[twebber55]

It actually isn't. That's 185mm DX format (~270mm equivalent) zoom to show the details of the work. That brings the mural closer to the facade. Once the rest of it is done and we get a nice wide shot of all of it you will see something more representative of what it looks like in person.

yeah i get what your saying it just looks bad to me...very cheap looking
but as always its really hard to say for sure until you see the final product

 

[DragonSlayer]

I was hugely skeptical of this a while ago, but I think it looks ok. It's unobtrusive.

 

[Cole]

It's not done yet so I'll reserve my judgement until then but now, I think it looks fine

 

[tielo]

As I said before, this is like a matte painting like they used to use in movies. It'll faint away in the designated viewing area and hint to an extended jungle and mountain range.

 

[awhen]

One year ago (really August 31st, but I missed the anniversary):

 

[ThreePack Shagur]

I think these complaints about the mural and the building will be redacted when they fog up the place.

 

[Viator]

One year ago (really August 31st, but I missed the anniversary):

Still, feels like it was just yesterday when they started working on it...which feels really damned short.

 

[Teebin]

Everyone remember that they built the new Hogsmeade rune-style stones on this land just prior to beginning the Kong build? Eyes were peeking everywhere.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

Well, this is interesting: King Kong On Move To Warner Bros, Pre-Saging Godzilla Monster Matchup | Deadline

 

[Stitch_101]

Well, this is interesting: King Kong On Move To Warner Bros, Pre-Saging Godzilla Monster Matchup | Deadline

I'm seriously confused by that. A Godzilla/King King mashup using their relative sizes to each other just doesn't add up. Sure there was the Toho King Kong Vs. Godzilla movie, and while a fun movie it suffered from severe continuity issues relating to the monsters constantly changing "sizes" against different scaled models.

If this is indeed true, we may be hearing more "rumors" of Godzilla coming to the parks LoL