Sheepie Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Sorry, my bad. I mistook ride announcements, for ride announcements ! Perhaps one of our ever so friendly mods, could re-locate this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepie Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastermaniac94 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 ^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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 ^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.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastermaniac94 Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 ^of course I know that I am just saying that I dont want there to be a theme of aliens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javs Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 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...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 But its not being based on a film...... But it is based on a apocalyptic theme, which is a sci-fi based theme... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonW Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 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? Ryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daboywunda Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 That's the standard "Biological hazard sign" everyone knows that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daboywunda Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 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*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) 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, 2011 by holtjammy16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 there's an old fire engine that has appeared round at the engineering bit near the staff car park.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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