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Universal Joint Episode 19: Why Universal is abandoning 3D for 2D in 4K

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Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Dustin Fuhs & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the latest addition to “Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure” at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. They then discuss how the Universal Creative seems to be stepping away from producing rides, shows & attractions for the parks that make use of 3D glasses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Get ready for adventure, islands of it, man.

0:03.3

From the studios to Volcano Bay.

0:05.8

This is the Universal Joint, a podcast devoted to all things Universal,

0:11.0

with your host Jim Hill and Dustin Foods.

0:15.0

Welcome to the Universal Joint Podcast.

0:17.0

I'm Entertainment Writer Jim Hill and my co-host, Dustin Fuse and I

0:21.0

are recording the show on Wednesday May 8th. And this past week, once again, thanks to

0:26.5

Bio Reconstructing, is it a blimp, is it a helicopter, what a Nimbus 2000? What is that, what is he or she fly Dustin? I don't know but it's incredible seeing the the

0:40.3

level of detail that this, I don't, it's a person, but it's not a person.

0:47.0

I don't know, all I know is that the Twitter account brought by a reconstruct is a theme

0:52.4

park fan's like treasure trove.

0:54.8

Oh, absolutely.

0:55.8

And honestly, he or she always seems to be airborne.

1:00.2

So again, Dustin and I are infinitely grateful to the wonderful high quality picks that Bio Reconstruct captures from high in the air as he's flying over Orlando's theme parks and just this past week as he was flying over Hagrid's magical

1:16.0

creatures motor bike adventure with the worksite there he got a picture of a genuinely

1:21.2

magical creature or rather a pair of them.

1:24.3

Did you see the pictures?

1:25.8

I did.

1:26.8

Okay, so we have the supposedly the finale for the soon to open island adventure ride, which supposedly features a pair of

1:36.5

unicorns, a mother and a fool.

1:38.8

And coming from more official channels, Universal Orlando Resort released a little bit of video and a

1:46.6

photo of the Hagrid Animatronic featured in the attraction and it's a beautiful rendering of Robbie Coltrane.

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