As is my custom, I started watching the show that everybody was raving about several months ago this week, to see if the hype machine was on my wavelength. In the case of HBO’s ‘Westworld,’ it totally was, making for an engrossing, thoughtful and only slightly gross experience. (I have serious grossness issues with ‘A Game Of Thrones’ because the story being told doesn’t really fit what feels like an overtly titillating use of gore, cruelty and the naked female form, but usually don’t mention it because of a flood of people trying to correct me.) It also got me thinking about the theme park experience of the narrative and what historical era would be the most fun for a similar attraction: Ancient Rome? Feudal Japan? Even Long Island in the ‘Great Gatsby’ inspired 1920s has it’s draws, leading to today’s epochal query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) reminds Faithful Spoilerites that what happens in the magical Gongqing Forest STAYS in the magical Gongqing Forest, so let’s not go full TV-MA here, asking: What historical era would be most compelling to you as a theme park type experience?
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I’ll go with Feudal Japan. Probably warring states era, to be more specific but Heian period with traditional Kyoto before centuries of war changed it could be cool too.
I had a similar idea, but with different areas dedicated to specific eras in the history to show how things changed over the course of the time period.
Say it with me: the 31st century! There’s a reason Space Mountain is a classic. And, of course, Legion of Super-Heroes flight rings FTW!
Golden Age of Piracy. Imagine getting to live the pirate life with no consequences!