April 22, 201114 yr comment_114007 I am still confused as to why this in the ride safety announcements topic and not the lovely, ride dedicated topic we have...Still, I'm loving this. Great bit of creativity and originality from Thorpe. Whoever came up with this idea needs a raise and a promotion. As long as they keep all of this up and don't let it die out like they did with the Saw viral videos.It's perfect. On park promotion- leading to thousands of people paying attention and being made aware of that website. This is how it should be done.
April 22, 201114 yr comment_114015 Sorry, my bad. I mistook ride announcements, for ride announcements ! Perhaps one of our ever so friendly mods, could re-locate this?
April 22, 201114 yr comment_114017 Sorry, my bad. I mistook ride announcements, for ride announcements ! Perhaps one of our ever so friendly mods, could re-locate this?It's an easy mistake to make! You'll be waiting a good few months for it to be moved...
April 22, 201114 yr comment_114028 My mind feels much tidier now this is in the correct topic! My sister is going in a few days, I'll be interested to see what she makes of it!Edit: This is dedication from Thorpe! The LC12 twitter just tweeted and it's 22:25 on a bank holiday!
April 22, 201114 yr comment_114090 I'm going on Sunday so I'll have a snoop around for my sandwich signs! I'm really hoping it's still not going to be like a War of the World's theme with Aliens, ugh. A monster, I don't care but sci-fi doesn't do it for me!
April 22, 201114 yr comment_114094 ^Like my previous comment I 100% agree with you. Sci-fi just seems amateur although luckily I think after seeing the plans there appears to be no sci fi theming which is good
April 23, 201114 yr comment_114107 ^Like my previous comment I 100% agree with you. Sci-fi just seems amateur although luckily I think after seeing the plans there appears to be no sci fi theming which is good You do know most films with aliens in are sci-fi right, even things like Jurassic Park and Terminator..
April 23, 201114 yr comment_114120 ^of course I know that I am just saying that I dont want there to be a theme of aliens
April 23, 201114 yr comment_114132 Last time I looked there were no aliens or space ships on the plans so I would not worry. The only element likely to be alien/sci fi tech based will be the ride itself. I love the look of Raptor trains, so if we get something like that it would be amazing.
April 23, 201114 yr comment_114135 Even 2012 was a Sci-Fi Film, as is The Day After Tomorrow, so the chances of it being Sci-fi related is extremely high...
April 23, 201114 yr comment_114138 Even 2012 was a Sci-Fi Film, as is The Day After Tomorrow, so the chances of it being Sci-fi related is extremely high...But its not being based on a film......
April 23, 201114 yr comment_114141 But its not being based on a film...... But it is based on a apocalyptic theme, which is a sci-fi based theme...
April 23, 201114 yr comment_114143 Sci-fi = science fiction.Therefore, anything 'sciencey' that is not true would be a 'sci-fi' theme. So, an end of the world, apocalypse is sci-fi.And when I say alien theme, I mean some sort of story behind the ride. A bit like how Nemesis is themed to the alien monster and that.
April 23, 201114 yr comment_114160 You do know most films with aliens in are sci-fi right, even things like Jurassic Park and Terminator.. Even 2012 was a Sci-Fi Film, as is The Day After Tomorrow, so the chances of it being Sci-fi related is extremely high...Sorry I've been most unclear in my declaratives. I meant I don't like films with Aliens in I just think it's tacky. I like Jurassic Park, and I liked 2012, anything like that I don't mind. I was being ignorant to that Sci-Fi was science fiction, I just immediately thought (why I did) it was just aliens. Sci-fi theme is A-OKAY, just no aliens ugh.
April 24, 201114 yr comment_114189 Long time viewer of these forums, first time poster!!!LC12 - Long Count 2012? Long Count is the name of the Mayan calender that predicts the apocalypse on 21st December 2012.The Mayans theory suggest a solar maximum, Earth colliding with a black hole, or Earth's meeting with an alien planet 'Nibiru', will cause the end of the world.Could be an alien theme linked in there? Personally I don't think aliens will be the theme, looking at the plans, no alien structures and large theming being Fire Engines, Helicopters and a Aeroplane.It looks to me like a scene from a hurricane / tornado hit town, some maybe the end of the world, based on natural disaster?
April 24, 201114 yr comment_114209 Errrm... Having a look at the marketing material to date (which I must say is very much on a par with Oblivion's pre-building marketing)... Do you think it's relevant that they have used the universal sign for "virus" in their campaign?I'm a dance music producer and was looking through some new software and sound banks & found this... Look familiar?Original Source Credit: http://www.camelaudio.com/ViralOutbreak-Sound-Sample-Library.phpJust a thoughtEDIT: Lol, I've just realised just how apt this pack-shot is!
April 24, 201114 yr comment_114213 lol, yeh, that's my point. Do you think that has any relevance in the theme before we talk about sci-fi and aliens.... A little 28 days later-esque...
April 24, 201114 yr comment_114232 This honestly looks like someone with a few missing brain cells painted on the word "the" twice, then painted over it and left it.Loving the viral tweets and the mini-site. YES THORPE WELL DONE YOU CAN DO PROPER PROMO. *applauds*.
April 24, 201114 yr comment_114233 This honestly looks like someone with a few missing brain cells painted on the word "the" twice, then painted over it and left it.The more I look at it, the more I have been thinking that!
April 24, 201114 yr comment_114236 LC12net Think about it. There are more galaxies than grains of sands. How can there NOT be life out there? The attack is surely imminent #LC12 21-12-2012 will be the most important date for Humanity Ancient Mayans created the Long Count calendar http://bit.ly/dfzvR4 Is Obama a genetically engineered Alien/Human Hybrid ??? (22 flags) http://dlvr.it/PLndK The destruction will come from beneath. The power will fail23 Apr All from The Lc12 twitter page!Oooh, after recently watching war of the worlds, skyline and the day after tomorrow, I'm totally hyped for the 1st august... Looks like Thorpe park's themeing and storylines are getting better! Edited April 24, 201114 yr by holtjammy16
April 24, 201114 yr comment_114237 Looks like Thorpe park's themeing and storylines are getting better!But... That's not hard :)Interesting angle though... I don't think there's THAT many rides which have a story focusing on alien devestation... Of course, atm I imagine it'll all be diversions and what-not to keep us all guessing...Good times...
April 24, 201114 yr comment_114244 Long time viewer of these forums, first time poster!!!LC12 - Long Count 2012? Long Count is the name of the Mayan calender that predicts the apocalypse on 21st December 2012.The Mayans theory suggest a solar maximum, Earth colliding with a black hole, or Earth's meeting with an alien planet 'Nibiru', will cause the end of the world.Could be an alien theme linked in there? Personally I don't think aliens will be the theme, looking at the plans, no alien structures and large theming being Fire Engines, Helicopters and a Aeroplane.It looks to me like a scene from a hurricane / tornado hit town, some maybe the end of the world, based on natural disaster?Praying it's this.
April 24, 201114 yr comment_114247 there's an old fire engine that has appeared round at the engineering bit near the staff car park....
April 24, 201114 yr comment_114248 I caught a glimpse of that a while ago, shortly after the Saw Alive fire. Just passed it off as something related to that.Interesting, though...
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