Like I said, take everything I said with an absolute grain of salt. I watched the videos full knowing I essentially already lost hope on the event, which means anything I say after that will be (admittedly) bias in nature. And I was totally being tongue in cheek about the Adam West Batmobile, if that wasn't obvious lol. Glad you found a pic with the scarezone going, and I agreed before -- it DOES look cool. I would say A LOT of the things LOOK very cool, and that's part of the problem, is the idea is often better than the execution.
Speaking about the Nun real quick, Fallow hit the nail on the head. Watch ScreenJunkies' latest Box Office video they released on Monday. Regardless, horror will do well, even if critics hate a movie. Even if audiences hate a movie. Horror has such a devoted fan base. And audiences have hated the movie, just check the audience score on RottenTomatoes or user score on Metacritic, IMDB, any film user website. The iconography is why that film is doing well. Sure you can like the movie, you have every right to, just like anyone who goes to this event and loves it. Can't take that away from anybody and I don't think anybody should try to convince them of otherwise, either.
This would be a good point IF they didn't have a price point higher than some HHN nights. Imagine the same analogy of McDonalds. Imagine paying $20 for a burger at McDonalds saying it's a brand new burger with new ingredients and everything, you take a bite, and it's not even a regular Quarter Pounder McDonalds burger, it's like a small, flimsy White Castle burger instead. So yes, if I'm paying the same money as HHN, it absolutely deserves to be compared to HHN. And that's been my issue the whole time -- they shouldn't have that price point unless they can back up the quality.
Just want to say about all the media outlets giving glowing reviews... look at the wording. In general, they can't be super negative anyway, because they'd want to be invited back the next year and if they're too honest, they see it as a risk. But everyone is saying they had a "fun time" or giving very general but vague praise. Ofcourse they had fun, or even enjoyed it, they went for FREE and got to hang out with a ton of their media friends, are getting more exposure to their site, and being treated very well by WB. Most of them live in the area and this barely put a dent in their schedule. I'm sure if I went, I'd say I loved the experience also.
And if in 5 years time, they surpass HHN in quality, attendence, and everything else, I will gladly eat my words. But this is assuming HHN doesn't evolve or grow in the mean time as well, which would be silly. I'll take any trigger scare, or pop out box, or black wall over whatever that Conjuring maze was. How many years they've been around is irrelvent also. If they wanna join the big leagues, they have to be on the same level. It's like the entertainment business, I'm not going to hire you or take a chance on you unless you're just as good or even better than the people I have now already making movies. WB and Universal should both know this, they literally make movies and that's their hiring model.
