I actually when and browsed the attract mode forums to see what they were doing. The common trend seems to be re-creating hyperspin like themes in attract mode. 
To some degree I suppose. It's one helluva lot easier to build a theme with AM than Hyperspin, for me. And in my experience after an hour or so Hyperspin would sputter and smoke from the disaster known as flash, or more likely it'd stutter through the videos as you scrolled the wheel. And my video card is an R9 290x - there's no justification for the stutter, especially as it only happens in Hyperspin. And the biggest item for me - no widescreen.
I've tried just about every frontend because I too like to set this sort of thing up, configure it, then try to do better. The best analogy I can give is that with Hyperspin you're driving in a nice car, fully loaded. With a 400lb PMS'ing feminist sitting next to you. Attract-Mode has been more than capable in delivering the nice car as well, fully loaded... and there's a 20-pack of condoms just sitting there looking at you in the driver's seat.