in early August. Additionally, a contest was announced with the grand prize winner receiving a classic 1981 DeLorean. A new attraction based on the animated sitcom The Simpsons, known officially as The Simpsons Ride, opened in place of the ride at Universal Studios Florida on May 15, 2008. At Universal Studios Hollywood, the same replacement occurred four days latrer. The previous construction walls of The Simpsons Ride pay homage to the retired ride, which depit the Comic Book Guy wearing Marty's futuristic jacket from Back to the Future Part II. Also, in the line satirical video, an animated Doc Brown (voiced by Christopher Lloyd) attempts to borrow money from a loan office to save the Institute of Future Technology. However, Professor Frink crashes back in time in a DeLorean and crushes the banker, and Doc is upset that he must "sell the Institute of Future Technology to that mercenary clown!". The ride in Japan was closed on May 31, 2016, and was replaced by Despicable Me Minion Mayhem, opening on April 21, 2017. Home media About two years after the ride opened, one of its employees recorded the entire ride projector footage, in-car footage, and pre-ride line footage from the master laserdiscs to a VHS tape and sold bootleg copies of it. Copies can still be found in online auctions, and some footage has been posted on YouTube. As a result, in February 2009, Universal included all of the queue, pre-show and ride footage on the 2009 DVD re-release of Back to the Future as part of a second bonus disc and on Blu-ray releases since 2010. The home release includes some minor edits in the queue video portions. As a result of the editing, the music played during the queue videos has been removed, and a section when Doc asks volunteers if they have seen Biff has also been removed. The pre-time travel systems check section of the pre-flight video has also been removed. In the main ride portion on the DVD release, the DeLorean based vehicle and ride cabin is virtually re-created (not totally accurate to the ride's dashboard). The time travel coordinates bear May 2, 1991 as the starting date in the beginning of the portion, which was the opening of the Florida ride as well as the fictional opening of the Institute within it. Quality issues The ride footage available on the DVD and Blu-ray is