dudz, what's the point on trapping the band in a past successful formula? Metropolis (song) is awesome? Hell it is! SFAM is awesome? A CLASSIC! But doesn't it restrain the band when it's about creativity? Look what happened to Geoff Tate, he survives only because of the Operation: Mindcrime stories, repeats the same concept over and over and so on... At some point, it gets banal, becomes uninteresting.
I know 90% or more comments about it here are jokes, but there's always those who desperately wants for a Metropolis sequel... GET OVER IT GUIEZZZ