Tower of Terror to Take a Possible Final Plunge

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Rumors have been buzzing of Disney replacing the Tower of Terror with a "Guardians of the Galaxy" overlay. This change would happen in Disneyland California Adventure and Walt Disney World and so far, the Internet is raging like Rocket Raccoon.

The Tower of Terror is an important icon of Hollywood Studios, complete with an immersive dark ride experience. Even the ride’s plot is something that has called out to riders time and time again – of how an unfortunately grave incident many years ago could resurface within an elevator and transport you to the Twilight Zone.

The Guardians of the Galaxy overlay would completely wash out The Twilight Zone memorabilia, haunting music, and unforgettable interior. In its place we would receive a plot revolving around the Collector and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Parks Chairman Bob Chapek, originally thought about this overlay. He was shocked by the fact that despite Disney owning Marvel there are no Marvel rides. Instead, only character meet and greets exist. As much as the meet and greets are cool (seriously, who doesn’t want to get their picture taken with Captain America? #TeamCap), tourists want something more. They want rides featuring Thor and Loki fighting enemies or shoot em up adventures with Black Widow and Hawkeye. They want something more than a photo opportunity. While I do understand and agree with his reasoning, I strongly am against the notion of giving the Tower of Terror a Guardians of the Galaxy overlay.

The Tower of Terror holds many memories for people; for me, it’s a remembrance of embracing something I love dearly (The Twilight Zone), going on my first drop ride, and overcoming the fear I felt for the ride when I was a child. I adore The Twilight Zone because of its strangeness, unique storytelling, in depth plot in such a short televised time, and mild cheesiness. It’s something I grew up with and something I still turn to for entertainment and inspiration.

I’m all for a Marvel ride, but they should eliminate something menial as opposed to something iconic. Or even install a new area solely made for Marvel attractions. They still have enough land to base new attractions. They’re even building a Star Wars section which is still only a fraction of the space they have. They could easily craft a Marvel area and install new rides without removing anything from Hollywood Studios, including Tower of Terror.

However, we must bear in mind that this (for now) is just a rumor. Sometimes rumors come true, while others fall by the way side. For those of us who want to drop into the Twilight Zone, let’s hope the tower still stands without the overlay.

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Take Care, Capaldi!

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Along with Moffat leaving “Doctor Who” this year, Peter Capaldi will resign his role in 2017.

Capaldi believes this decision is for the best because he wants Chibnall (“Doctor Who”’s new showrunner in 2018) to choose a new Doctor. Capaldi’s contract covered him for the 2017 series, ensuring that he would continue to be the Doctor. However, he claims he wants to do other things in life and do more than just be known as the Doctor.

This notion is understandable – Christopher Eccleston was the same way, but after leaving his role as the Doctor he was typecast as such. It became difficult for him to find work without being known as the Doctor and while most people would appreciate this, for him it became a rough challenge. He even claimed that his role in “Thor: The Dark World” was his biggest break that he had received in a long time. Let’s hope Capaldi doesn’t suffer the same fate even though he has been in other pictures so far.

However, it’s terrible to see Capaldi go. I feel as though fans were just starting to enjoy him and now he’s leaving like footsteps on the sand. He was a gritty doctor who never stopped learning about himself, what he can do, and his purpose for existence. He was rough, but caring and dark. It was something we haven’t seen in a while. It was a new who to say the least, but regardless I can only hope that the next Doctor will be just as good if not better.

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Marvel's Shining New Year

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Marvel has spent no expense in starting off 2015 on the right, righteous foot. Marvel has begun this heroic year with “Agent Carter,” a television miniseries about Peggy Carter, who picks up where Captain America left off during WW2 believing him to be dead.  Ms. Carter becomes an agent for S.H.I.E.L.D., working for Howard Stark (Tony Stark’s father) carrying out any mission he needs for her to perform. While this is only a miniseries, audiences were stunned by the mere strength, cleverness, and no-nonsense personality of Ms. Carter.

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During the two hour premiere of this program, we managed to obtain a clip of the new Marvel movie, “Ant Man.” “Ant Man” features Paul Rudd as the famous superhero who is able to shrink to the size of an ant and command ants to do his bidding.  This movie will spearhead Marvel’s Superheroes Phase 3, introducing a new line of movies following “Avengers 2: Age of Ultron”. Apparently, in the comics Ant Man and the Wasp were the original founders of the Avengers. At one point they even fought alongside Iron Man, Thor, and the Hulk. However, I’m not sure what direction Marvel is currently taking for their films. “Ant Man” crawls into theaters on July 17, 2015 a few months after “Avengers 2: Age of Ultron” which premieres on May 1^st, 2015.

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To top it all off, Marvel has also announced a new Daredevil series coming to Netflix on April 10th, 2015. This program will feature Daredevil, a blind superhero fighting crime at night and doling out justice as a lawyer by day. Following the Daredevil series will be another Marvel-Netflix program entitled “A.K.A. Jessica Jones” which focuses on the superheroine, Jessica Jones.  Jessica Jones has powerful strength, the ability to fly, and resist physical injury. Luke Cage, a super hero with nearly indestructible skin and super strength, will have his own series on Netflix as well in 2016. Luke Cage and Jessica Jones will hopefully be teaming up together due to their relationship as featured in previous comics. Luke Cake, Jessica Jones, and Daredevil will make up three of the four counterparts known as The Defenders, a team of crime fighters.  Iron Fist, a hero who masters chi, will be the last remaining piece of The Defenders and receive a Netflix series as well. Each program will be released a year apart and will come together creating a Defenders series.

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Needless to say, Marvel has its head in the game and is going forward to please audiences everywhere through multiple forms of media.  Not only is Marvel tackling the theaters with “Ant Man” and “Avengers 2: Age of Ultron”, but they are now working their way through television and Netflix to bring us closer to their universe.

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