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OH MA GOSHTH!!!!!
FIFTEEEEN 'OOOOOPTH!!!!!
FIFTEEEEN 'OOOOOPTH!!!!!
Thorpe Park |"The Swarm"| B&M Wing Coaster
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AJ said:
However, it 'ACTUALLY' attracted a trollop to post about it.
I just had a horrible thought. What if it's based on that 2012 film, which is in turn based on the 2012
"The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21, 2012"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon
"The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21, 2012"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon
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Oh Ian you have introduced a seed of doubt into my mind now. Please please please, I beg of them, don't do another movie tie-in.
Its quite unlikely that it would be tied directly to the film because that was not a great movie and has left no last impression, well, not a positive one anyways.
However, I do think you are probably on the right lines with the whole 2012 phenomenon thing. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they simple call it 2012 and have their own apocalyptic story. Have any other coasters just been named as numbers before? Oo Oo Oo, change for a worlds first possibly? First coaster to have a number for a name?
(On a side note, Im sure many a straight guy is dying to hear they are doing just that and calling a coaster 7 of 9 with the 'theming' to bust... i mean boot)
I digress,
I do think Ian is probably on the right lines with the 2012 end of the world mythology as the base note for the story. What do I hope, given that Gardaland have had such a brilliant viral marketing campaign for Raptor, is that Thorpe also go down this route. I think one of the things that helped up the anti for Saw (before the movie tie-in was announced I hasten to add) was the monthly additions to the ongoing story of the box and the number 13 (that clearly didn't make the final cut).
If Thorpe were to really plan out the whole backstory and mythology to this new attraction they could have a theme to match some of the best in the UK.
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That is entirely besides the point. The best point here is that when you do use it Hex gets played. Because Hex music rocks! (I do also love the score for Nemesis, Colossus and Inferno, but they arent quite as good as that)
Its quite unlikely that it would be tied directly to the film because that was not a great movie and has left no last impression, well, not a positive one anyways.
However, I do think you are probably on the right lines with the whole 2012 phenomenon thing. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they simple call it 2012 and have their own apocalyptic story. Have any other coasters just been named as numbers before? Oo Oo Oo, change for a worlds first possibly? First coaster to have a number for a name?
(On a side note, Im sure many a straight guy is dying to hear they are doing just that and calling a coaster 7 of 9 with the 'theming' to bust... i mean boot)
I digress,
I do think Ian is probably on the right lines with the 2012 end of the world mythology as the base note for the story. What do I hope, given that Gardaland have had such a brilliant viral marketing campaign for Raptor, is that Thorpe also go down this route. I think one of the things that helped up the anti for Saw (before the movie tie-in was announced I hasten to add) was the monthly additions to the ongoing story of the box and the number 13 (that clearly didn't make the final cut).
If Thorpe were to really plan out the whole backstory and mythology to this new attraction they could have a theme to match some of the best in the UK.
PS
Nic said:
That is entirely besides the point. The best point here is that when you do use it Hex gets played. Because Hex music rocks! (I do also love the score for Nemesis, Colossus and Inferno, but they arent quite as good as that)
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Mark said:
Lol, would certainly be popular amongst the basement dweller within us :lol:
I don't think for one second that coaster would be based on the film, I was using it as a popular culture reference to explain the (bollocks) Maya theory.
All the pieces seem to slot into place with the little info we have and besides, this is the first time that I've been horny for speculation about a new UK coaster for quite some time.
You all have to give me 12p if I'm right.
All the pieces seem to slot into place with the little info we have and besides, this is the first time that I've been horny for speculation about a new UK coaster for quite some time.
You all have to give me 12p if I'm right.
Ian said:
Or 2012p?
I'd hope it's not called 2012, otherwise they'll feel very silly in 2013 when the apocalypse hasn't happened (discounting the London Olympics
).It will undoubtedly be tied to the alleged apocalypse though and riding on the coat-tails of the popular myth. An apocalyptic theme arriving next year is quite savvy I think, especially at a park like Thorpe where the clientèle aren't worried about a happy and jolly day out stroking bunnies and pretending to be butterflies.
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Gone are the days of stroking llamas at Thorpe Park
Argh, perhaps I am not wording it well enough.
I know it's an apocalyptic world theme blah blah, but I've only just realised the possible link between the 2012 devastation that several groups like the New Age and Maya predict, as popularised in the recent film called 2012 (which I've not seen but read about) and the theme of the ride.
Ok, so somebody else may have posted that previously. If so, I missed it and only just figured it out for myself.
I know it's an apocalyptic world theme blah blah, but I've only just realised the possible link between the 2012 devastation that several groups like the New Age and Maya predict, as popularised in the recent film called 2012 (which I've not seen but read about) and the theme of the ride.
Ok, so somebody else may have posted that previously. If so, I missed it and only just figured it out for myself.
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