So basically the video sets up the metal crabs. There’s no addressing anywhere in the experience the “why” of it all. Just that it is without any idea of why. To me it could’ve been a great opportunity to set the story up in this space. Because I’m still scratching my head on the why of having to save the park from this bizarre mechanical army of beasties that want to eat fun things. Instead you’re basically all “Robot crabs eating metal… okay.” No idea of the why… park was fine yesterday… now metal crabs. Gotcha.
But this too is where things go completely wonky for me. So in the video (which looks like a cut scene from a video game) the fisherman/captain/dude is talking about this metal crab “the size of a cow” and how it tore up the metal ON HIS WOODEN F*****G BOAT. C’mon. COME. ON. It’s a wooden boat… I thought they loved metal. But now they want wood? Why is he not mentioning this? Did someone not get the memo? I’m confused. Who are you? Who am I? Where are we?
This is a metaphor for the entire experience. Baffling disjointedness. Not that I expected a “Indiana Jones and The Temple of The Forbidden Eye” out of this… but I didn’t expect dialogue about metal as a crab eats a wooden boat.
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Knott's News: I completely agree with you Jim...except for one thing: The pre-show video looks WAY worse than a cutscene from a video game (at least one made within the last decade that wasn't a tie-in). It's also interesting that you say this looks like an experience you'd get at a Mall, only set on a track, considering TrioTech makes 4D mall experiences that look just like this.
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