JungleSkip
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Wow, twitter was crazy over HHN last night. Parkscope and OU killed me with their reaction gifs. What a hoot!
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Wow, twitter was crazy over HHN last night. Parkscope and OU killed me with their reaction gifs. What a hoot!
Two things to note:
1) The website prominently features IPs, original content is not even on the main page.
2) First time (to my knowledge) they've not designed logos for scarezones.
Not designing logos for the scare zones (or featuring the full art for the houses on the site) were poor moves. There's no reason we couldn't get art (guarantee the conversation was, "well we wouldn't have to print it on a house entrance, so it's expendable!" Cut$).
You're right. Another consideration is not having prominently featured logos for scarezones can make someone think there is less content.
Not sure what marketing was thinking with some of these titles, too - Jack Presents: 25 Years of Monsters and Mayhem? That one really rolls off the tongue
I actually get exactly what Fallow is saying. Stuff like that doesn't make or break the event but it reflects the level of care and effort that's being put into it. When little things like that go away, it shows Universal's declining commitment to the event, which is disappointing for fans who have been going since wayyyy back in the day when HHN was a completely different world in how immersive and well thought-out it was. It's getting really annoying how anyone who has anything the slightest bit critical to say about Universal gets shot down.So the event with more houses than ever, double the scare actors in the streets, and a new show year over year is now being called out for cuts and declining by degrees because they didn't release scare zone logos.
Ok then.
So the event with more houses than ever, double the scare actors in the streets, and a new show year over year is now being called out for cuts and declining by degrees because they didn't release scare zone logos.
Ok then.
Additionally, I would argue that some of the houses aren't as "creative" as people think. AWIL is almost an exact repeat from the last time (Mike did say they tweaked some things). Alice is a cheap 3D that'll reuse prior costumes/designs/cheap sets. FvJ we've seen already in separate form. Insidious was done via Hollywood so they can use some of their execution over here. Purge will use repeated costumes from last year. TWD doesn't take much to recreate since the show lays it out for them. I would even argue some of the zones look poor - Psychoscarepy, in its current form, looks laughably bland - like they went to AC Moore and literally bought $2 decorations.
Marketing was horrendous this year.
A stage show that I'll probably watch one time on YouTube? If people are going they'll want to do a house/zone, not watch a show. Should've taken the show's money and put it elsewhere.
What about RUN's logo not being the same as what is on its facade? Glaring mistake?
RUN's new logo seemed to be more of a "retro" throwback, which I enjoy. They're very clearly not just recreating 2001's house.
Additionally, I would argue that some of the houses aren't as "creative" as people think. AWIL is almost an exact repeat from the last time (Mike did say they tweaked some things). Alice is a cheap 3D that'll reuse prior costumes/designs/cheap sets. FvJ we've seen already in separate form. Insidious was done via Hollywood so they can use some of their execution over here. Purge will use repeated costumes from last year. TWD doesn't take much to recreate since the show lays it out for them. I would even argue some of the zones look poor - Psychoscarepy, in its current form, looks laughably bland - like they went to AC Moore and literally bought $2 decorations.
Marketing was horrendous this year.
A stage show that I'll probably watch one time on YouTube? If people are going they'll want to do a house/zone, not watch a show. Should've taken the show's money and put it elsewhere.
What about RUN's logo not being the same as what is on its facade? Glaring mistake?
The Anniversary house is a major repeat of stuff from their archive. Not much required there.
I'm going to consistently say they aren't as Creative as they think. What they do is hire a great set design team. That's it. Hell, the audio in lots of the houses are getting really bad. The event is rarely innovative, definitely not scary anymore, etc.
Except that's the idea.Additionally, I would argue that some of the houses aren't as "creative" as people think. AWIL is almost an exact repeat from the last time (Mike did say they tweaked some things). Alice is a cheap 3D that'll reuse prior costumes/designs/cheap sets. FvJ we've seen already in separate form. Insidious was done via Hollywood so they can use some of their execution over here. Purge will use repeated costumes from last year. TWD doesn't take much to recreate since the show lays it out for them. I would even argue some of the zones look poor - Psychoscarepy, in its current form, looks laughably bland - like they went to AC Moore and literally bought $2 decorations.
Marketing was horrendous this year.
A stage show that I'll probably watch one time on YouTube? If people are going they'll want to do a house/zone, not watch a show. Should've taken the show's money and put it elsewhere.
What about RUN's logo not being the same as what is on its facade? Glaring mistake?
The Anniversary house is a major repeat of stuff from their archive. Not much required there.
I'm going to consistently say they aren't as Creative as they think. What they do is hire a great set design team. That's it. Hell, the audio in lots of the houses are getting really bad. The event is rarely innovative, definitely not scary anymore, etc.
Except that's the idea.
I've seen decorations from yard haunts that are much better.