Jaws 50th Anniversary at USF

[belloq87]

Are they still offering the special cup at Chez Alcatraz?

(I'm not holding out hope it will still be available in January, but if they've already stopped now, it certainly won't be!)

 

[Brian G.]

Are they still offering the special cup at Chez Alcatraz?

(I'm not holding out hope it will still be available in January, but if they've already stopped now, it certainly won't be!)

Oh, those went so quick.

 

[GA-MBIT]

Unfortunate that this couldn't last through more of the Summer. I love Halloween, but I feel like we rarely get solid Summer offerings like this.

 

[Rhian]

Unfortunate that this couldn't last through more of the Summer. I love Halloween, but I feel like we rarely get solid Summer offerings like this.

It probably could have if HHN didn’t start as early as it does now. Hopefully we’ll see more of these offerings next year and it’ll be something they keep going.

 

[April]

Oh, those went so quick.

My friend got one yesterday before he met us for dinner!

 

[Brian G.]

My friend got one yesterday before he met us for dinner!

I stand corrected @belloq87 !

 

[Frank Drackman]

Unfortunate that this couldn't last through more of the Summer. I love Halloween, but I feel like we rarely get solid Summer offerings like this.

but it was themed to the 4th of July in a beach town

 

[GA-MBIT]

but it was themed to the 4th of July in a beach town

And a lot of the Halloween offerings are themed to October 31st! July 4th can last however long they want it to, and we're barely halfway through July before this was taken down. It's not even August yet.

For such a summer-y state as Florida, it just feels like this season often gets the short end compared to Halloween and Christmas.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Orange County needs to put a law that prevents any form of Halloween decor being displayed or merchandise sold before August 20th

Same with putting Christmas decor before Halloween (looking at IOA's decor)

 

[Brian G.]

Fwiw - only the booths are gone. The rest of the decor is still there. It’s on borrowed time, though.

 

[Brian G.]

 

[Mad Dog]

The Jaws anniversary release movie did better than Universal expected , over 8 million, and second place nationally. A good sign encouraging Universal
to continue to use Jaw mentions throughout the parks.

 

[KonataUniversal]

Alot of folks consider Jaws a "horror movie," and Six Flags Great Adventure even played the theme during Fright Fest. I don't really consider Jaws a horror movie, and it's not associated with Halloween for me, more of Shark Week. Like compared to Poltergeist (also by Spielberg), it's more of an... "action movie."

 

[LPCaptainDeath]

One side of the coin suggests:
It's a 'creature-feature,' which is a popular subcategory of horror in general - and for that reason alone, it is under the Umbrella of Horror as one of the greatest of all time.

The other side of the coin would say:
The Speilberg-ian side of it leans more into "thriller with action/adventure elements" than outright VISCERAL horror. Like Jurassic Park, we have elements of high-stakes presented in an often terrifying life-or-death scenario, but you can say the same thing about Die Hard, so what differentiates it?

Well, we all know horror is a super subjective genre BUT my basic rule-of-thumb is:
"(A) If the plot is meant to evoke emotions like shock and fear,
(B) And its characters involved in interacting with the thing that drives the narrative like a person/creature/device are also filled with emotions like shock and fear,
(C) And the imagery is specifically crafted to have a response of emotions like shock and fear, whether literal or psychological... then you're most likely watching a horror movie."
Jaws fits that bill in all 3 regards.
A - Shark attacks
B - Characters are afraid of shark attacks
C - The depiction of those shark attacks
= Horror