Psycho Set Going Away

[Alex]

Yeah, we can disagree. I never though it was all that exciting to see any particular movie set on the Universal tour. The interesting thing about the Universal tour is to see a working backlot and a permanent set installation is the antithesis of that. And considering the quality of construction likely used for the initial construction (when it was assumed the set would be struck within the year), even if they did physically pick up and move the version of the house that existed at the time I doubt there is much original in those two walls.

It's only the most famous movie set in history because it has been left there for 40 years. Tear it down and leave the rest unchanged for 30 years and Whoville will be the most famous movie set in the world.

For the first 30 years of its existence, the house continued to be used as a working set. For the last decade it has hardl been used at all and when it is, it is self-referential. It no longer serves any purpose other than as something for people on trams to look at. While I'm not saying that means it should be removed I think it makes it a good candidate for removal.

But since they've apparently said they are going to move it, our disagreement seems academic. And if they're not, I'm sure you'll see some group trying to force some kind of "historic landmark" designation on it to force Universal's hand.