Secret Caverns Billboard Detail:
Fan Pandering
Given the frequency of homages to Star Trek and Star Wars, it's hard to tell by billboard alone if the artists are fans, or only attempting to pander to to the fan community.
Once
on the cave tour, their sincerity becomes apparent. In a colorfully lit
winding
passage, a guide grips a large, low boulder and attempts a mind meld. Though
his Spock impersonation is short, the crowd lets out a collective gasp,
recalling,
from the original Trek series, the cavebound Horta in an episode titled "Devil
in the Dark."
On the same tour, the guide nose-hums the opening theme from Star Wars as we pass under an Imperial Battle Cruiser-like slab of rock...
