What would you do?

[MrHappy]

So there are some very very obvious answers to this and there is nothing wrong with that but....

If you were making a habitat or a zoo area, say 3 habitats and a shopping plaza.... but it all had to be based on films and movies.

Which movie would you choose?

[Firestar]

I think Jurassic Park would work good (with Birds and maybe also Reptiles). Planet of the Apes could also work

[jcp011c2]

It's a really old obscure movie from the late 70s/early 80.s but Day of the Animals. The animals go crazy due to some kind of radio signal or something like that (it's not radiation and they turn back to acting normal by movie's end).

Let's see...3 habitats. There's a big mountain area with a grizzly bear. Then there's the downtown "shopping area" that's part of the wolf exhibit (in the movie it's dogs but we'll exchange wolves). I don't think any of the other animals from the movie are in the film, so we'll get with angry hippos just because angry hippos. if we had cougars that would be a suitable choice for a third habitat, though I guess you could substitute lions for that.

Shopping area would be a small town feel, American Northwest, full of mountain and forest scenery. Definitely not southwest and deserts.

Yeah, I have weird taste in movies, and this going to going to go to sandbox.

[MrHappy]

It's the first time I've heard One Night At The Museum. Good answer. All good answers to be fair.

I'm going for The Grey and Happy Feet lol.

[DarthQuell]

How about Madagascar? Make artificial exhibits for the "New York" section, with tons of concrete; then do "white sandy beaches with fake rocks that look real". Lemurs will be in artificial/real habitat

[MrHappy]

That's an excellent idea as well. You could even make it look more cartoon style instead of realistic looking.

[Just Kevin]

There are DLCs for Planet Coaster that add stuff like that, a shame they cannot be ported across.

[MrHappy]

Originally posted by kevlms:

There are DLCs for Planet Coaster that add stuff like that, a shame they cannot be ported across.

I like Planet Coaster as well and considering the games are so similar in style a really great job has been done of making them completely different. It definitely would be nice to have a couple of cross-overs though for sure.

[Firestar]

Had 2 other Ideas. You could do a Enclosure for Gorillas that is inspired by the Area where the grey Gorillas live, that can be seen at the End of the Movie Congo (Maybe also including the Entrance of the City if you want it a bit greener).

The other Idea I've had, would be a Enclosure that is inspired by the Movie I am Legend (remembered the Scene where the Main Character is hunting Deer in the City and then his Kill get's stolen by Lions that most likely escaped from a Zoo)

Will you post Pictures of the finished Enclosures somewhere?

[MissedHurry]

I was thinking of doing a sort of reverse Noah's Ark in a Waterworld setting. A giant crater filled with water and islands, only it's the only water left in the world, so it's the last refuge for whatever animals you can manage to maintain on the islands.

[MissedHurry]

Was one of the obvious ideas, "Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!" ? Would you do Emerald City for the plaza, or Munchkinland?

[MIGHTYANDYMAN]

"gorillas in the mist"

[Dominian]

Best movie plaza is Nakatomi Plaza :)

Seriously though, I'd go with the plaza in front of the court house (city hall?) from Back to the Future in the 1950s or 80s.

The Lion King has already been done in the workshop and I don't know how well your warthog would fare in the same enclosure (RIP PUMBA).

King Kong Island or a city with gorillas is another idea, but it's pretty close to the planet of the apes, which has already been mentioned and fits the normal sized apes/monkeys much better.

Life of Pi would be pretty cruel to just keep a tiger on a boat with a single guest.

You could build a colosseum and let animals fight, as depicted in many movies ofc.

The mines of Moria from the LOTR New Line Cinema Pictures version, with lemurs or monkeys instead of goblins could work. So could Hobbiton with Bonobos. Bonobo Baggins!

You could also go down a VERY DARK path with Schindler's List or Django Unchained, to name the movies and not the actual historical crimes behind them.

Speaking of darkness, have you ever seen "The Ghost and the Darkness" ? Built a train track through a lion habitat and see what happens. They even use a Mandrill to lure one of them in the movie and they are in the game, also.

You could build a circus tent, like in Dumbo.

You could build a large Airplane and put snake exhibits inside.

The Jungle book would also be interesting in terms of co-habitation.

And of course Honey, we bought a zoo.

[MrHappy]

You guys are being very creative !!

Strange isn't it. Some are really obvious but then the mind plays tricks and all the obscure variances come out :)

At this point I will add a Starship Troopers Underground Cave exhibits.

[SotiCoto]

Given I have almost zero concern for aesthetics in my zoos, which are just genetic breeding grounds now, I'm not sure if my opinions here would be of any relevance...

... but you could try making a Predator themed jungle zoo in South America.
Or perhaps you could try recreating the alien jungles of Avatar (as well as the military base).


Honestly, if I was going to bother with aesthetics, I'd probably try to recreate the floating crystal islands of Cephiro from Magic Knight Rayearth. It has nothing to do with zoos, but I can totally make floating islands, so it'd be worth a try maybe.