Ian-S Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Yeah he's from Trek and has a huge following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 A link to the above interview, which was also with Merlin's Creative Director: http://www.t3.com/features/derren-brown-wants-to-take-your-mind-on-a-rollercoaster-ride pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenC Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 A walk down a rainy Monks Walk reveals that the building's walls are now up, and much of the brickwork fascia is there. Looks good, if a little "fake" at this stage. Note also how the nice cream brickwork fades into a yucky brown colour towards the right hand side of this photo... But is any of the ride hardware already contained inside...? More snaps at Total Thorpe Park 400400, Kerfuffle, Matt 236 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Building looks quite nice from the angle, hopefully the themed facade will be used on a lot of the building considering it's central location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 that could just be the base layer of plaster for the exterior. It tends to be that colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 I believe that is the intended colour as the 'brickwork' appears to be a textured vinyl-y layer that can likely be made to any colour, rather than painted. They've already cladded the whole thing and roofed over the tops of it, so it would be impractical if they were then wanting to paint it. A nice homogeneous shade of ugly. Please do better big cool sets inside thanks bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Well at least it doesn't look like Saw's abandoned warehouse. Abandoned warehouse variation. Woah, Thorpe go wild! :-) 400400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Guessing using actual bricks would be too much effort and cost to bother with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Guessing using actual bricks would be too much effort and cost to bother with? Looks impressive but no way will it have the beauty of Baron 1898's station building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Featureless brick (that isn't even bricks) doesn't exactly scream out "world-class dark ride", hopefully there's more theming to come. OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 It doesn't have to be real brick to look good. It just has to have some slight creativity in it so that it looks like an actually characteristic facade, not just wall-fodder or 'theeminnggg''. Inside I'm sure it's better looking at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 At a quick glance, I thought the bricks were real (even despite knowing it wouldn't be, since that's what is mentioned in the plans). Given it's not finished yet, it's hard to judge straight away. The plans seemed to make out that the exterior would be a bit of a darker shade than what's there so far. So who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 One can always exaggerate and overanalyse that it's a terrible exterior, just as much as one can make endless excuses as to why it's good. But forget all the enthusiast logic, familiarity, plans, theme and expectations.. Think for a moment, is a flat wall of grey bricks exciting to anyone? Of course not. Now the building is certainly a work in progress, and the exterior of a dark ride is ultimately pretty irrelevant to whatever is inside. But you can already see how indifferent people will be to the exterior of the ride, because it doesn't look interesting. My main problem with this modern uk idea of theme design is that they don't have the guts or perhaps awareness to build anything genuinely effective, it's always so fiddly and thinly spread. I mean, we're here theorising over the quality of the brick lining and its colour, when there should at least be the foundations of something pretty unexpected and wonderful looking coming together by now. Even if they had just a few thousands to spend on the outside, there's always a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 I don't disagree with anything that you're saying, far from it. But sometimes it feels like people jump the gun a bit too much, a draw conclusions too quickly. For me, I'm not judging it yet when it's not necessarily finished, out of context with the attraction, etc. Of course, I'd love it to already be great without the context or being finished, but there we go. holtjammy16 and SteveJ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javs Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 It's a little early for the critics! They will most probably apply after effects to the outside to age it and theme it! I remember when CATCF when up at Alton Towers. The moaners where out in force as soon as the initial facade went up, but once the imagineers had finished with it, it looked fab and they found the inside to moan about. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Charlie's facade has NEVER looked fab... Bland 2d facades always look dreadful though, even with a magical 3d chimney (which doesn't even emit smoke!)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Now all we need is a yellow pipe and I guess we can call it themed? Seriously though we are still atleast 3 months from it being open I think nows a bit early to judge the exterior. pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I hope it is drastically improved before March (and I'm sure it will be), because at the moment the frontage to Hobs Pit is more impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I honestly think it would be for the best if Thorpe Park built high walls and blew up Monk's Walk because people should never really see a work in progress of any creative project . And then the ride can severely disappoint or pleasantly surprise on the day, having met people's overly optimistic or low expectations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Monk's walk is great. No explanation needed. 400400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretchy Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 If you look at the below pic, they have started the aging process on some of the bricks to the right. That smudgy gray is the first layer of aging. They start with new loking bricks, then coat over with a base layer and then add detail. So we will get the grayness and then probably some other colours washed over like green for mould etc. I am sure I remmeber seeing that they did similar on Saw. jjh123horry and Mightymetra 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 COR look at dat, I mean it's still boring and flat but looks much better. See I said not to judge. *Runs away quickly.* pluk and stretchy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 400400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 if you think thats beautiful wait for my update later 400400 and Matt 236 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 It looks amazing in person! Photos don't give this project justice. Cant wait to see how this turns out... loads of photos at the usual place! http://www.themeparkguide.biz/news/monks-walk-december-2015 Happy Late Christmas Matt 236, Cian, 400400 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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