（2）环球传奇失落的传奇之王
New, Now, Next
In 1999, Universal made its first real push to take on Disney in an astounding all-at-once growth spurt that transformed the single park packed with PG-13 disaster rides into a multi-day, multi-park resort for families. Their second gate would prove once and for all that Universal could operate more than soundstage-packed studio parks; they could meet and even exceed Disney’s standards for storytelling and detail.
新的，现在，下一个
1999年，环球公司首次真正推动迪士尼以惊人的一次性增长突破，将装有PG-13灾难的单一公园变成了一个多天，多公园的家庭度假胜地。 他们的第二道门将一劳永逸地证明环球公司的运营能力超过了声场丰富的工作室公园; 他们可以达到甚至超过迪士尼的讲故事和细节标准。
The problem is, Universal’s first attempt to market their new resort fell flat. Given that no one else had expanded a single park into a resort in such a way, Universal was a student of the school of hard knocks. So suddenly, Universal Studios Florida was joined by Universal Studios Islands of Adventure and Universal StudiosCityWalk at the new Universal Studios Escape. You can imagine how audiences barely familiar with Universal at all had no idea what was going on. Did Universal Studios Escape join Universal Studios, or did Universal Studios become Universal Studios Escape? Universal Studios Islands of Adventure at Universal Studios Escape? What exactly were these "Islands?" A ride? A show? A new "land?"
Put simply, Universal’s relaunch had been flubbed, and they would have a lot of ground to make up if they wanted their parks to rival Disney.
Beginning in 2002, Universal kicked off a wild reimagining of its original Floridian park, Universal Studios. Desperate and determined to convince audiences to visit, they set out to systematically redefine the park as a place where guests could ride the biggest blockbusters of today. They wanted their Studios park to be home to the hottest brands, the most popular stories, and the biggest box office hits.
问题是，环球公司首次尝试营销他们的新度假村的情况持平。鉴于没有其他人以这种方式将一个公园扩展到一个度假胜地，环球公司是一个学校的学生。突然之间，环球影城佛罗里达加入了环球影城冒险岛和环球影城CityWalk的新环球影城逃生。您可以想象，几乎不熟悉环球影业的观众根本不知道发生了什么。环球影城逃脱加入环球影城，环球影城是否成为环球影城逃生？环球影城逃生环球影城冒险岛？这些“群岛”究竟是什么？载一程？一场表演？一个新的“土地？”
简而言之，环球公司的重新启动已经不堪重负，如果他们希望自己的公园能够与迪士尼竞争，那么他们将有很多理由可以弥补。
从2002年开始，环球影业开始对其原始的佛罗里达州公园环球影城进行疯狂的重新构想。他们绝望并决心说服观众参观，他们开始系统地重新定义公园，让客人可以乘坐当今最大的大片。他们希望他们的工作室公园成为最热门品牌，最受欢迎的故事和最大的票房热播的家园。
And seemingly every single year beginning in 2002, one of Universal’s classic attractions based on famed films of yesteryear shuttered to make way for whatever was “now,” often, admittedly, with little care for longevity or nostalgia.
Put another way, Universal seemed content leaving “timelessness” to Disney. If you come to Universal, however, expect to see the characters, stories, and stars you care about now, even if that means rides’ lifetimes and popularities are measured in seasons, not decades.
And by 2002, Universal had a new hit on its hands.
从2002年开始，看似每一年，环球影业的经典景点之一，以昔日着名的电影为基础，为“现在”，通常情况下的任何东西让路，不用担心长寿或怀旧。
换句话说，环球似乎满足于让迪士尼“永恒”。 但是，如果你来到环球影城，期待看到你现在关心的角色，故事和明星，即使这意味着游乐设施的生命周期和流行度是按照季节而不是几十年衡量的。
到2002年，环球公司手中有了新的打击。
Buried
隐藏
1999’s The Mummy directed by Stephen Sommers had been, by all accounts, a loose reimagining of Boris Karloff’s iconic performance in the 1932 Universal classic (interestingly, having been released one year before King Kong). Even if critics wrote the film off as a brainless action film, $416 million in box office receipts said folks were enamored with the Egyptian exploits of Rick and Evie O’Connell.
The 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns, bested the original with $433 million. And it was then and there that Universal decided that The Mummy would be their first foray into the modernization of their parks.
1999年由斯蒂芬·索默斯执导的“木乃伊”，对于鲍里斯·卡洛夫在1932年的环球经典中的标志性表演（有趣的是，在金刚前一年发行），已经松散地重新想象。 即使评论家把这部电影写成一部没有脑子的动作电影，但是有4.16亿美元的票房收据表明，人们对埃及的利克和艾维奥康奈尔的迷恋深恶痛绝。
2001年的续集“The Mummy Returns”以4.33亿美元的价格击败了原版。 当时和那时，环球公司决定将木乃伊成为他们进入公园现代化的第一次尝试。
Kongfrontation closed on September 8, 2002, with insiders chalking the decision up to the high staffing and operation cost of the ride, plus its complex and high-maintenance ride system and animatronics. More than likely, the enormous six-story, 62,000 square foot showbuilding Kong inhabited was simply a canvas too large to pass up.
Believe it or not, Kong was the first of Universal’s storied sentinel attractions to crumble to the company’s push for popular properties, and that closure would set a new precedent. If Kong could close, then nothing was sacred.
Kongfrontation于2002年9月8日关闭，内部人员对该车的高人员配置和运营成本以及其复杂且高维护的乘坐系统和电子动力学做出决定。 更有可能的是，这座巨大的六层楼，62,000平方英尺的展览空间居住的只是一块太大而不能放弃的画布。
信不信由你，孔是环球公司的第一个传奇哨兵景点，因为该公司推动了受欢迎的房产，并且关闭将开创一个新的先例。 如果孔可以关闭，那么没有什么是神圣的。
Revenge of the Mummy
复仇的木乃伊
Kong was vacated and after two years of construction and $40 million, Revenge of the Mummy opened in the park’s New York streets. The New York Penn Station exterior was recast as the Museum of Antiquities, currently showcasing a collection of Egyptian artifacts.
The plot of the ride? It's hard to explain. The Museum of Antiquities is a ruse that quickly gives way to a "behind the scenes" look at the making of an imaginary next installment in The Mummy franchise, Revenge of the Mummy. Costumes, props, and video interviews indicate that odd things have been happening on set, perhaps related to a real curse that followed the authentic set pieces from Imhotep's real tomb. One-two-skip-a-few and we're in a real tomb (or is it a set?) where we board 1930s mine carts (so, it's not a set?) and journey deeper into the tomb where a member of the crew named Reggie (okay, it's definitely a movie set, then?) awakens the real Imhotep (so it's not a set) and his ancient army.
空置了，经过两年的建设和4000万美元，这个木乃伊的复仇在公园的纽约街道上开放。 纽约宾州车站的外观改建为古物博物馆，目前展示了一系列埃及文物。
骑的情节？ 很难解释。 古物博物馆是一个诡计，很快就让位于“幕后”看看在木乃伊系列，木乃伊的复仇中制作想象中的下一部分。 服装，道具和视频采访表明奇怪的事情一直在发生，可能与真实的诅咒有关，这些诅咒跟随着Imhotep真正的坟墓中的真实装置。 我们在一个真正的坟墓中（或者它是一套吗？），我们在20世纪30年代登上矿车（所以，它不是一套？）并且深入坟墓中的一个成员 工作人员名为Reggie（好吧，这绝对是一部电影，然后？）唤醒真正的Imhotep（所以它不是一套）和他的古代军队。
Okay, so it’s as contrived as Universal’s best. But see, the "studio" theme lets us ignore such anachronisms. We're not supposed to think about it that hard. After all, there's no logical or sensical way to bring us from New York to the haunted depths of an Egyptian tomb, so we simply excuse it, shrug, and have fun.
To be clear, Revenge of the Mummy is one of the most outright fun rides on Earth. Genuinely surprising, brilliantly themed, and wildly exciting, the coaster’s unassuming stats are more than made up for with Disney-level details and shocking twists throughout, including a figure we rank high on our must-read countdown of the best animatronics on Earth. We enjoy the ride so much, it earned its own in-depth feature in our brand new series, Modern Marvels: Revenge of the Mummy. Make the jump if you're interested in seeing what surprises this cutting-edge ride hides...
好的，所以它就像环球影业那样做得最好。 但是，看看，“工作室”主题让我们忽略了这样的时代错误。 我们不应该考虑那么难。 毕竟，从纽约到埃及坟墓的闹鬼深处，没有合乎逻辑的或合理的方式，所以我们只是原谅它，耸耸肩，玩得开心。
要清楚，木乃伊的复仇是地球上最彻底有趣的游乐设施之一。 真正令人惊讶，精彩主题，令人兴奋的是，过山车的不张扬的统计数据不仅弥补了迪士尼级别的细节和令人震惊的曲折，包括我们在地球上最好的电子动画的必读读数上排名靠前的数字。 我们非常喜欢这种骑行，它在我们的全新系列“现代奇迹：木乃伊的复仇”中获得了自己的深度特色。 如果你有兴趣看看这款尖端骑行隐藏的惊喜，那就跳起来......
And those with a keen eye for detail will note that Universal did pay loving tribute to the building’s former resident in a few places. Graffiti from Kong’s New York queue remains in Mummy’s, and a golden statue of the great ape himself resides in Imhotep’s glistening treasure room. But most surprisingly, a lights-on tour of the ride’s twisted coaster section would reveal remains of Kong’s suspended tracks dotted across the ceiling. Many of the track sections were built into the ride’s structure, making their removal impossible.
Believe it or not, Revenge of the Mummy has now been inhabiting the Penn Station showbuilding longer than Kongfrontation did... Of course, looking again at Universal's track record for replacing fan favorites with what's new, fans might feel just a little unease about that 2017 reboot of The Mummy starring Tom Cruise... While its box office returns fared far worse than the "old" 1999 movie's did, the new reboot of The Mummy is planned as only the first entry in the expanded Dark Universe (uniting Universal's classic horror movie monsters), which may make the Studios' ride a tempting tie-in...
As for Kong, it seemed for a while that he and his immortal legacy would live on physically as nothing more than mere cameos and asides in Revenge of the Mummy.But an unexpected innovation back in Hollywood would change everything...
那些对细节敏锐的人会注意到环球公司确实向这座建筑的前居民致敬。来自Kong's New York队列的涂鸦依然存在于Mummy's中，而这只巨猿的金色雕像本身就位于Imhotep闪闪发光的宝藏室。但最令人惊讶的是，乘坐蜿蜒过山车部分的灯光巡视将揭示出悬浮在天花板上的悬空轨道的遗迹。许多赛道部分都内置在骑行结构中，无法将其拆除。
信不信由你，木乃伊的复仇现在已经比宾夕法尼亚大学更多地居住在宾州车站的展览中......当然，再看看环球公司用新的东西取代粉丝的最佳记录，粉丝们可能会对此感到有点不安2017年重拍的The Mummy由汤姆克鲁斯主演......虽然它的票房回报远比1999年的“旧”电影更糟糕，但新推出的木乃伊计划只是扩展的黑暗宇宙的第一个入口（统一环球的经典之作）恐怖电影怪物），这可能使工作室的骑行成为诱人的搭档......
至于Kong，似乎有一段时间他和他不朽的遗产只会在身体上生活，只不过仅仅是木乃伊的复仇。但好莱坞的一项意外创新将改变一切......
灰烬中的猿
Even as Kongfrontation closed in 2002, the ride that inspired it – the original King Kong Encounter on Universal Studios Hollywood’s Studio Tour – remained. For 32 years, the original 1986 figure shook tram after tram of Universal guests (though in later years, the admittedly aging animatronic left them more literally shook than emotionally. At Christmas, he even began donning a Santa suit and hat, merrily “ho-ho-ho-ing” as snow fell in the streets of the soundstage).
It seemed that, even if Orlando’s Kong had fallen to progress, Hollywood’s would remain. Until June 1, 2008 when a massive fire broke out on the Studio backlot. For 12 hours, the raging fire burned, destroying the Courthouse Square set from Back to the Future, a streetscape used in Spider-Man 2 and Transformers, and… the showbuilding containing King Kong Encounter.
Just two days later, Universal announced their decision to not rebuild the attraction.
即使Kongfrontation在2002年关闭，启发它的旅程 - 好莱坞环球影城的工作室之旅的原始金刚邂逅 - 仍然存在。 32年来，1986年的原始人物在世界各地的客人乘坐电车后震惊了电车（虽然在后来的几年里，无可否认的老化的电子动画让他们在情感上更加震撼。在圣诞节，他甚至开始戴上圣诞老人的衣服和帽子，欢快地“ “当雪在声场的街道上落下时”。
看起来，即使奥兰多的Kong已经取得进展，好莱坞仍然存在。 直到2008年6月1日，当工作室背景爆发大规模火灾时。 12个小时之后，肆虐的大火烧毁了法院广场，从“回到未来”，“蜘蛛侠2”和“变形金刚”中使用的街景，以及包含金刚邂逅的展览。
仅仅两天后，环球公司宣布决定不重建这个景点。
However, what they had planned in its place was impressive in its own right. Just two years later on July 1, 2010, a brand new portion of the Studio Tour opened. King Kong: 360 3-D is stylistically based on Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake of King Kong – the second remake after the 1976 version.
For better or worse, this new 360-degree 3-D experience would be all digital, with the tram pulling into a soundstage where enormous curving, wrapped tunnel screens would surround the tram completely. Parked on a motion platform between the two screens, the world of Skull Island could come to life, simulating bursts of speed, falling, and rising with action happening on all sides (and above) the tram.
然而，他们原本计划的东西本身就令人印象深刻。 仅仅两年后的2010年7月1日，Studio Tour的一个全新部分开启了。 金刚：360 3-D风格基于彼得杰克逊2005年翻拍的金刚 - 1976年版本之后的第二次重拍。
无论好坏，这种全新的360度3-D体验都是数字化的，随着电车进入一个声场，巨大的弯曲，包裹的隧道屏幕完全围绕着电车。 停在两个屏幕之间的运动平台上，骷髅岛的世界可以复活，模拟速度，下降和上升的爆发，在电车的所有侧面（和上方）发生动作。
King Kong: 360 3-D is impressive and technologically marvelous. Perhaps you can write it off as a 21st century “Kong Encounter” in its own right. Still, we argue that the gravitas of seeing a character face-to-face is unbeatable, even with the best digital effects.
But consider this: in 1990, Universal Studios Florida innovated and expanded upon Hollywood's Kong Encounter from the Studio Tour. Now, more than two decades later, Universal Studios Florida would innovate and expand upon Hollywood King Kong: 360 3D from the Studio Tour, and just like the good ole days, that would mean expanding it into a full standalone attraction.
On the last page, we'll dissect the spiritual sequel to Kongfrontation and see if the return of the King is all it was cracked up to be... Read on...
金刚：360 3-D令人印象深刻，技术上非常了不起。 也许你可以把它作为21世纪的“Kong Encounter”自己写下来。 尽管如此，我们仍然认为即使拥有最佳的数字效果，看到角色面对面的庄严也是无与伦比的。
但考虑到这一点：1990年，佛罗里达环球影城通过Studio Tour对好莱坞的Kong Encounter进行了创新和扩展。 现在，二十多年后，佛罗里达环球影城将创新并扩展好莱坞金刚：Studio 3D中的3D 3D，就像好日子一样，这意味着将其扩展为完全独立的吸引力。
在最后一页，我们将剖析Kongfrontation的精神续集，看看国王的回归是否已被破解为......阅读......
Reign of Kong
In April 2016 – more than 13 years after the closure of Kongfrontation – Universal made an ambitious and unimaginable announcement. The King would return.
香港的统治
2016年4月 - 在Kongfrontation关闭超过13年后 - 环球公司做出了雄心勃勃且难以想象的宣布。 国王会回来。
In Kongfrontation, guests had traveled through the park’s New York streets and boarded a Roosevelt Island tram to view the devastation caused by a lost and angry creature trapped in our world. But now, the roles would swap. Reign of Kong would instead leave us stranded in the otherworldly, prehistoric jungles of Skull Island to face the unthinkable dangers of the unknown.
And for us to step into that story, Universal would construct an eighth island at Universal’s Islands of Adventure.
在Kongfrontation，客人们穿过公园的纽约街道，登上了一辆罗斯福岛电车，观看被困在我们世界的失落和愤怒的生物所造成的破坏。 但现在，角色会互换。 香港的统治将让我们陷入骷髅岛的史前丛林丛林中，以面对未知的不可想象的危险。
为了让我们介入这个故事，环球公司将在环球冒险岛建造第八个岛屿。
On July 13, 2016, Islands of Adventure became home to Skull Island, located between Toon Lagoon and Jurassic Park. The small-but-mighty new island is a dense, misty jungle of alien rock formations, churning torches, and distant drumbeats, all reigned over by an ancient stone wall built to keep us out... or is it, to keep something else in?2016年7月13日，冒险岛成为骷髅岛的所在地，位于Toon Lagoon和Jurassic Park之间。 这个小而强大的新岛是一个密集的，有雾的丛林，外星人的岩层，翻腾的火把和遥远的鼓声，都是由一块古老的石墙组成的，这座石墙的建造是为了让我们不在......或者是为了保留别的东西 在？
Reign of Kong is unique even among Universal's more "mature" ride lineup for the direction it takes Kong's tale. Its atmosphere is gritty, grisly, and downright scary.
In line, guests can pick up hints of an elaborate backstory placing us in the 1930s with the earliest explorers from the Eighth Wonder Expedition Co. as they hunt for the king of all cryptids. But this isn't your typical queue. The line alternates between dark, daunting, massive chambers with stunning animatronics and narrow passageways populated by live "scareactors" who jump out to frighten queuing guests. You can watch a walkthrough of the ride's queue here.
香港的统治是独一无二的，即使是环球公司更为“成熟”的乘车阵容，也是香港故事的发展方向。 它的气氛坚韧不拔，可怕，而且非常可怕。
在线，客人可以获得精心设计的背景故事的暗示，让我们在20世纪30年代与第八奇迹远征公司的最早探险家一起寻找所有密码之王。 但这不是典型的队列。 这条线路在黑暗，令人生畏，巨大的房间与令人惊叹的电子动画和狭窄的通道之间交替，这些通道由现场的“scareactors”组成，他们跳出来吓唬排队的客人。 你可以在这里观看骑行队列的演练。
Indeed, the ride's line was designed by the masterminds behind Universal's Halloween Horror Nights, and despite the ride's 36" height requirement, families may think twice about riding just because of the queue.
Though Universal explicitly explained that Reign of Kong isn't based on any specific King Kong movie, the ride reeks of Peter Jackson's dark 2005 epic (and indeed, Jackson did collaborate with Universal to design "the look and feel of the environment"). In so doing, they exaggerated the film's already-grim take on the tale and essentially decided to turn Reign of Kong's queue into a startling horror experience. It's, admittedly, an odd aspect of the character to choose to highlight, especially given the more light-hearted fun that people loved so much about Kongfrontation.
事实上，骑行的线路是由环球影业万圣节恐怖之夜背后的主谋设计的，尽管骑行需要36英寸高度，但家庭可能会因为排队而三思而后行。
尽管环球公司明确解释说，孔子的统治不是基于任何特定的金刚电影，但彼得杰克逊的黑暗2005年史诗的表演（事实上，杰克逊确实与环球公司合作设计了“环境的外观和感觉”）。 在这样做的过程中，他们夸大了电影对这个故事已经非常严峻的看法，并且基本上决定将孔子的统治变成一个惊人的恐怖经历。 不可否认，这是一个奇怪的角色选择突出，特别是考虑到人们更喜欢Kongfrontation的轻松乐趣。
Ultimately, the queue leads to one of the most technologically-advanced vehicles Universal's ever designed (even given their penchant for groundbreaking technologies)... massive 40-foot-long off-roading expedition vehicles. What makes them so unique is that they're entirely trackless, appearing to navigate the uneven terrain of the island under the total control of the driver – a member of the Eighth Wonder Expedition Co. physically present on-board as an animatronic! One of five guides leads you through the valley, each with a unique backstory and narration. 最终，排队导致环球公司设计的技术最先进的车辆之一（即使他们喜欢突破性的技术）......大型40英尺长的越野探险车。 使它们如此独特的原因在于它们完全没有轨迹，似乎在驾驶员的完全控制下驾驶岛屿的不平坦地形 - 第八奇迹远征公司的成员身体上呈现为电子动画！ 五个导游中的一个引导您穿过山谷，每个都有独特的背景故事和叙述。
The oversized dark ride travels indoors and out as it breaches the 80-foot wall via swinging wooden doors, entering a network of caverns and valleys that blend physical sets, animatronics, tactile effects, and digital video (though, yes, at it’s core, it’s the same screen-based, Spider-Man follow-up we’ve grown a little too accustomed to by Universal) as you navigate the darkness and despair of this alien world.超大的黑暗骑行在室内和室外穿行，因为它通过摆动的木门突破80英尺的墙壁，进入融合了物理集，电子动画，触觉效果和数字视频的洞穴和山谷网络（尽管如此，在它的核心， 当你在这个外星世界的黑暗和绝望中航行时，这是基于屏幕的，蜘蛛侠的后续行动，我们已经变得有点太习惯了。
The heart of the experience – and its one colorful moment – is just what you'd expect: a retooled 360-degree projection tunnel based on the one that debuted in Hollywood in 2010, now a single segment in a larger experience. And while Universal probably planned on the projection tunnel being the ride's star (and in many ways, it is), the thing fans clammored to learn more about is what follows the tunnel: a face-to-face encounter with an animatronic Kong. 体验的核心 - 以及其丰富多彩的时刻 - 正是您所期待的：基于2010年在好莱坞首次亮相的360度投影隧道，现在是更大体验的单一细分市场。 虽然环球公司可能计划在投影隧道上成为骑行的明星（并且在许多方面都是如此），但是粉丝们想要了解更多关于隧道的事情是：与电子动画片孔面对面的相遇。
Our Thoughts
Fans rejoiced at the premise of Kong's return. Even if the mosty-virtual experience assured another round of debates on whether Universal's finally taken this whole "screen" thing a little too far, at least fans had been promised a long-overdue animatronic encounter. That said, reviews on Reign of Kong (including in our own Park Guides) have been decidedly mixed. Here's our four reason takeaway on why:
1) It's a little too grisly, gothic, and grey. As we mentioned, Universal might've left the ride intentionally disconnected from any specific incarnation of the character, but it's clear that Peter Jackson's 2005 reboot – a gritty, dark, epic telling of the tale – factored in visually and atmospherically. Reign of Kong is dark. And yes, since 1933 King Kong has fit into the "horror" category in a unique way. But to choose the "horror" aspect to emphasize is an odd choice... One might argue that the undersaturated, grey look might not be the best fit for a theme park, where a more fun, humorous, colorful romp might be more appropriate.
我们的想法
在悟空回归的前提下，粉丝们欢欣鼓舞。即使这个清真的虚拟体验也确保了另一轮关于环球影业是否最终将这整个“屏幕”的东西放得太过分的辩论，至少粉丝们已经承诺了一个早就应该进行的电子动画遭遇。也就是说，对于Reign of Kong（包括我们自己的公园指南）的评论显然是混合的。以下是我们解释原因的四个理由：
1）它有点太可怕，哥特式和灰色。正如我们所提到的，环球公司可能会故意将车辆与角色的任何特定化身分开，但很明显，彼得杰克逊的2005年重新启动 - 一个坚韧，黑暗，史诗般的故事讲述 - 在视觉和氛围上考虑。香港的统治是黑暗的。是的，自1933年以来，金刚以独特的方式融入了“恐怖”类别。但是选择“恐怖”方面来强调是一个奇怪的选择...有人可能会说，不饱和的灰色外观可能不适合主题公园，在那里更有趣，幽默，色彩缤纷的嬉戏可能更合适。
Especially given that, just one year after the ride's debut, yet another Kong reboot debuted (barely a decade after Peter Jackson's version, mind you) that recast the character and atmosphere into an explosive, vibrant, saturated, colorful comic book style that feels closer to the character's core. That 2017 film, Kong: Skull Island, populates the island with must-see stunning, unusual, fantastic creatures (bad and good) that look straight from Miyazaki's fantasy realm (which is to say, they're beautiful and classic and creative).
Only time will tell if the new, rebooted Kong film is actually a hit, but it does have a pleasant, playful visual style that hits at the fun of the character, and that's something Jackson's King Kong (and thus, Universal's new ride) seem to lack. It's probably the kind of colorful, adventurous look a Universal ride needs.
特别是考虑到这一点，仅仅在骑行首次亮相的一年后，又一次Kong重新启动（在Peter Jackson的版本之后不到十年，请注意）将角色和氛围重新塑造成一种爆炸性，充满活力，饱和，色彩缤纷的漫画风格，让人感觉更接近 角色的核心。 那部2017年的电影“孔：骷髅岛”在岛上居住着必看的惊人，不寻常，奇妙的生物（坏和好），直接从宫崎骏的幻想境界（也就是说，它们是美丽的，经典的和创造性的）。
只有时间会判断新的，重新启动的香港电影是否真的很受欢迎，但它确实有一种令人愉悦，俏皮的视觉风格，可以满足角色的乐趣，这就是杰克逊的金刚（因此，环球的新车型）似乎 缺乏。 这可能是环球骑行所需要的那种色彩缤纷，富有冒险精神的外观。
2) Universal's uneven storytelling hits hard. "Story" has never really been Universal's strength. We often find ourself half-explaining convoluted plots before simply settling for "It's complicated." See our discussion a page ago about Revenge of the Mummy (when do we go from a New York museum to a movie set to an actual tomb?), or Jaws (we're going on boat tours of the real Amity to view the real spots in town where, years ago, a real shark attacked, inspiring Steven Spielberg to make the Jaws movie, and on our tour, we're attacked by a different shark?), or even Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (which quickly descends into a mad dash past every bad guy from the series with almost no sense of time or place or plot or space... something Gringotts thankfully corrected).
Put another way, Universal's rides often play best when you simply believe what you're told in the pre-show video, let go, and let it happen, letting inconsistances, weak premises, and loose details roll off your back. And as with Jaws, Revenge of the Mummy, and Forbidden Journey, we're willing and content to do that!
2）环球影业的讲故事很难见到。 “故事”从未真正成为环球影业的实力。我们经常发现自己半解释复杂的情节，然后才解决“这很复杂”。请参阅我们前一页关于木乃伊复仇的讨论（我们什么时候从纽约博物馆到电影院到真正的坟墓？），或者大白鲨（我们要乘船游览真正的Amity来观看真实的几年前，一个真正的鲨鱼袭击城镇的地方，激励史蒂文斯皮尔伯格制作大白鲨电影，在我们的巡演中，我们遭到了另一条鲨鱼袭击？），甚至是哈利波特和禁忌之旅（很快就会下降）疯狂冲过这个系列中的每一个坏人，几乎没有任何时间或地点或情节或空间感...... Gringotts感谢纠正的事情。
换句话说，当你只是相信你在演出前视频中被告知的内容时，环球影业的游乐设施通常会发挥最佳效果，放手让它发生，让不一致，虚弱的前提和松散的细节从你的背上消失。和大白鲨，木乃伊的复仇，以及禁止的旅程一样，我们愿意并满足于此！
But on Skull Island, Universal Creative seemed absolutely determined to hammer home a plot... a plot that they then never resolve. Instead, scene-by-scene, we jump unceremoniously from day to night to day to night, apparently in search of Expedition leader Kate who, scene-by-scene, is dragged off stage left, necessitating our continued journey. Only, on her third appearance, she's dragged off and never returns. An afterthought radio transmission as you pull into the unload dock announces she's alright, but at that point, who cares? After all the trouble of introducing a cast of characters, a time period, an elaborate viral backstory, and a detailed setting, nothing ever seems to coalesce into a worthwhile motivation or plot.
In a way, it seems that Reign of Kong is like the "evil twin" of Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye, setting up the same sort of world-building without any follow-through.
3) The animatronic Kong encounter isn't what you're picturing. Don't misunderstand... this new Kong ranked high on our countdown of the most amazing animatronics on Earth. It's one of the most lifelike and hypnotic figures we've ever seen, clearly benefitting from the three decades of innovation since the original Kong. However, Skull Island's animatronic Kong (or more appropriately, torso-of-Kong) is a very different Kong from the enraged ape of old. Here, Kong is our guardian. He's just saved us from certain doom, and the calm, sniffing, protective ape is now basking in our praise and thanks.
但是在骷髅岛上，环球创意似乎绝对决定将一块情节锤回家......这是他们从未解决的情节。相反，逐个场景，我们毫不客气地从白天到夜晚跳到白天到黑夜，显然是为了寻找探险队的领导人凯特，他一个接一个地被拖离舞台，需要我们继续旅行。只是，在她的第三次出场时，她被拖走了，永远不会回来。当你进入卸货码头时，事后的无线电传输宣布她没事，但那时，谁在乎呢？在介绍角色演员，时间段，精心设计的病毒背景故事和详细设置之后，似乎没有任何东西可以合并成一个有价值的动机或情节。
在某种程度上，似乎香港的统治就像迪斯尼乐园的印第安纳琼斯冒险的“邪恶双胞胎”：禁忌之殿，建立了同样的世界建筑而没有任何后续行动。
3）animatronic Kong遭遇不是你想象的。不要误解......这个新的香港在我们对地球上最惊人的电子动画的倒计时中排名很高。它是我们见过的最逼真，最催眠的人物之一，显然受益于自最初的Kong以来三十年的创新。然而，骷髅岛的电子动画片孔（或者说更合适的是，躯干的躯干）与愤怒的猿猴是一个非常不同的洞。在这里，孔是我们的守护者。他只是让我们摆脱了某种厄运，而平静，嗅探，保护性的猿现在正在我们的赞美和感谢之中。
If Kongfrontation taught us anything, it's that the enraged, wild, panicked ape is the preferred, brochure-ready way to encounter him. On Kongfrontation, the weight of your Kong encounter came from the unpredictability of the massive, frightened, cornered creature. As the director of 2008's Cloverfield said, "there's nothing scarier than something huge that's spooked." In comparison, the subdued and almost "sweet" encounter Reign of Kong offers carries a little less gravitas and feels somehow anticlimactic.
4) Reign of Kong a C-Ticket dressed in an E-Ticket's clothes. Is Reign of Kong a worthy follow-up to Kongfrontation? That probably depends who you ask. As an "extended" take on Hollywood's 360 3-D? A home run. As a "sequel" meant to give Kong a place in the parks again? Success. But as a full, fresh, headlining E-Ticket on its own merits, Reign of Kong feels like it’s over before it’s begun (even technically being the longest ride Universal's ever created – a fact they eagerly marketed) with a tissue-paper thin plot that’s left unresolved and an unfortunately-expected overreliance on screens.
如果Kongfrontation教给我们任何东西，那就是愤怒，狂野，惊慌失措的猿是首选的，小册子准备好的方式来接触他。在Kongfrontation上，你的Kong遭遇的重量来自于巨大的，受惊的，走投无路的生物的不可预测性。正如2008年Cloverfield的董事所说，“没有什么比那些被吓到的巨大东西更可怕了。”相比之下，柔和和几乎“甜蜜”的遭遇，对于孔子的提供带来了一点点的庄严，并感到某种虎头蛇尾。
4）香港的一张C-Ticket穿着电子票的衣服。香港的统治是值得对Kongfrontation采取的后续行动吗？这可能取决于你问的是谁。作为好莱坞360 3D影片的“延伸”拍摄？本垒打。作为一部“续集”意味着让孔再次在公园中占有一席之地？成功。但作为一个完整，新鲜，引人注目的E-Ticket凭借其自身的优点，Reign of Kong在它开始之前就感觉它已经结束了（甚至技术上是环球有史以来创造的最长的骑行 - 他们热切推销的事实）用薄纸薄的情节这仍然没有得到解决，不幸的是，他们过度依赖屏幕。
And Reign of Kong being a healthy C-Ticket in a park of headliners would be absolutely fine! But it really, really feels like Universal wanted this ride to be their next "big" thing and expected E-Ticket returns, and in that regard, we can't help but feel it doesn't hold up. While an impressive experience in its own right, it seems that few would place it in their top three rides at Universal Orlando, or even at Islands of Adventure. As a fun aside, it's a major win. But marketed as a must-ride thrill adventure? Maybe not...在一个顶级公园的公园里，悟空是一个健康的C票，绝对没问题！ 但真的，感觉就像环球公司希望这次骑行成为他们的下一个“大”事，并期待E-Ticket回归，在这方面，我们不禁感到它没有成功。 虽然它本身就是一次令人印象深刻的体验，但似乎很少有人会把它放在奥兰多环球影城的三大游乐设施中，甚至是冒险岛。 除此之外，这是一个重大胜利。 但作为一个必须乘坐的刺激冒险营销？ 也许不吧...
If Kong has proven anything in his 85-year lifetime, it's that he is immortal; his story is evergreen; it crosses generations, presentations, and styles. From humble 1933 stop-motion beginnings, then the frenzied fun of 1976's new classic, then the gritty, dark, grimy Peter Jackson epic adventure. And just a decade later, 2017's KONG: Skull Island reintroduces the story in a bright, vibrant, comic book world of oversized monsters, setting Kong up for an extended cinematic universe meet-up with Godzilla and other kaiju monsters that may redefine the ape once more.如果悟空在他85年的生命中证明了什么，那就是他是不朽的; 他的故事是常青树; 它跨越了几代人，演示文稿和风格。 从简陋的1933年停止运动开始，然后是1976年新经典的疯狂乐趣，然后是坚韧不拔，黑暗，肮脏的彼得杰克逊史诗般的冒险。 仅仅十年之后，2017年的KONG：Skull Island在一个超大怪物的明亮，充满活力的漫画世界中重新引入了这个故事，为一个扩展的电影宇宙与哥斯拉和其他可能重新定义猿类的怪物聚会。
There is truly no limit to the adaptability of the character. And given Universal's penchant for catching up on what's new and next, their representation of Kong may change just as often.
King Kong is a legend. Kongfrontation was the perfect theme park personification of the revered character and his cross-generational story. Skull Island: Reign of Kong succeeds at keeping the character alive within the parks, but may have missed the mark in keeping him adaptable and – most importantly – fun!
角色的适应性确实没有限制。 鉴于环球公司倾向于追赶新的和未来的新事物，他们对孔的代表可能会经常变化。
金刚是一个传奇。 Kongfrontation是受人尊敬的角色及其跨代故事的完美主题公园化身。 骷髅岛：孔子的统治成功地保持了公园内人物的活力，但可能已经错过了让他保持适应性的标志 - 最重要的是 - 有趣！
Now that you've faced the King, don't forget to relive the cinematic excitement of Universal Studios Florida's co-starring Lost Legends: JAWSand Back to the Future: The Ride, or visit our In-Depth Collection Library to choose from dozens and dozens of features.
Then, we want to hear from you. Use the comments below to tell us about your encounters on Kongfrontation. Were you one of the millions of millennials who lost sleep over your horrifying near-death ordeal? What memories did you make on this outstanding disaster ride? Is Skull Island: Reign of Kong a worthy follow-up? Or did Universal once again rely too heavily on screens and, in the process, lose what makes Kong the king?
现在您已经面对国王，不要忘记重温佛罗里达环球影城共同主演的“失落的传说”：JAWS和回归未来：骑行，或者访问我们的深度收藏图书馆，从数十种中选择 和许多功能。
然后，我们希望收到你的来信。 使用下面的评论告诉我们您在Kongfrontation上的遭遇。 你是数百万千禧一代中的一员，在你可怕的近乎死亡的磨难中失眠了吗？ 你对这次出色的灾难记忆有什么回忆？ 骷髅岛：香港的统治是值得追踪的吗？ 或者环球影业再一次过度依赖屏幕，在这个过程中，失去了什么让悟空成为王者？