PHANTOM review 1/19/08 — Page 3

Since people have mentioned it twice, I'll say something about the pyro. It is worse than it used to be, for reasons that the Phantom company cannot control: first, the type of materials originally used in the Phantom's firestick are no longer manufactured, and they had to switch to something else. Originally the replacement ones made a popping noise that was really lame, and so some experimentation has been going on and it's a bit better than it was at first. This probably happened 1-2 years ago. Then, last spring the fire laws changed, and as I understand the situation, you can no longer use fuse-triggered pyro, meaning they had to redesign all the other effects in the show using techniques that result in a less impressive effect.

It sucks for those who know what it's supposed to look/feel like, but it's not from anyone's lack of caring about the upkeep of the show.

Wow all that pyro history is pretty interesting. I'm surprised to hear that there have been changes to the pyro stuff----It really looks the same to me, but maybe that's because I see it so frequently that I didnt notice.

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I am sure you can, I just wanted to add my opinion !
What does dover mean ? I love learning new expressions ! Hope it's good though LOL

I agree about Howard McGillin staying in the role forever!!!

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Updated On: 2/13/08 at 10:42 AM

I don't care for Tim Martin Gleason's Raoul, but he is an amazing Phantom (much better than Howard, actually).