That moment when you realize ...
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TLARides
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Howie
Donkey in a hat
If anyone is in any doubt as to how bad this film actually is, then feast your eyes upon the theatrical trailer.
Need further proof? Then here, for your viewing pleasure, is the, ahem... 'highlight' sequence. Be warned, many mennequins were harmed during the making of this movie. Poor things.
Need further proof? Then here, for your viewing pleasure, is the, ahem... 'highlight' sequence. Be warned, many mennequins were harmed during the making of this movie. Poor things.
Pink Cadillac
Giga Poster
With 40 years of tree growth, the area Revolution resides has completely transformed!
MestnyiGeroi
Giga Poster
Definitely so.
And Howie, that trailer is awesome!
Heh heh -- my nostalgic love for this film is truly blind.
MestnyiGeroi
Giga Poster
As for tree growth at SFMM, sadly the opposite has happened elsewhere. Goldrusher used to careen through a beautiful, lush forested area, swooping right over the surface of a lake for its biggest dip. Now it looks as if it's chugging through a backlot construction and storage area, which it more or less is.
MestnyiGeroi
Giga Poster
Heh. Might as well throw in Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park then!
davidm
Strata Poster
Going back to the original subject of this thread (rather than just a discussion on how good or bad a film is), I think this kinda raises an interesting point. Its also something that I think we've seen on the Facebook chat-group thing that has led to some interesting debate (or Facebook-slanging matches anyway).
The point is, why does the way that someone else enjoys roller coasters seem to get other roller coaster enthusiasts so upset? Or to put it another way, why does everyone have to enjoy the hobby in exactly the same way that you enjoy it for you to even believe that they enjoy it? Why should the fact that someone else likes or does not like a ride affect my enjoyment of that ride?
Not specifically picking on MG here because the original post is (well I assume it is!) somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but it seems to be that someone can't possibly be a "true" roller coaster enthusiast if;
- they count how many they have ridden
- they don't know how many they have ridden
- they ride kiddie-creds
- they don't ride kiddie-creds
- they only go to their local park(s)
- they travel all around the world in search of a +1 caterpillar ride
- they count go-gators
- they ride go-gators
- they only ride/like wooden coasters
- they do not ride clones
- they have never seen that Rollercoaster movie
We're a weird bunch really then.
Pink Cadillac
Giga Poster
MestnyiGeroi
Giga Poster
Yes, I was pretending to be a nerdo-fascist with insanely strict and ridiculously idiosyncratic standards to judge and separate the GENUINE ENTHUSIAST from the imposter. In reality (and to answer your question), I think 'enthusiast' is just a self-imposed label of passion. It might also convey a certain level of knowledge, but I don't think it has to. And I certainly don't think it's some category that is totally distinct from the non-enthusiast muggles. In fact, 90% of the time, the mere term G.P. makes me cringe -- not because there's something inherently wrong with it, but because of the way I so often see it used (with a tone of nerdy, unearned self-congratulation).Going back to the original subject of this thread (rather than just a discussion on how good or bad a film is), I think this kinda raises an interesting point. Its also something that I think we've seen on the Facebook chat-group thing that has led to some interesting debate (or Facebook-slanging matches anyway).
The point is, why does the way that someone else enjoys roller coasters seem to get other roller coaster enthusiasts so upset? Or to put it another way, why does everyone have to enjoy the hobby in exactly the same way that you enjoy it for you to even believe that they enjoy it? Why should the fact that someone else likes or does not like a ride affect my enjoyment of that ride?
Not specifically picking on MG here because the original post is (well I assume it is!) somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but it seems to be that someone can't possibly be a "true" roller coaster enthusiast if;
or
- they count how many they have ridden
- they don't know how many they have ridden
- they ride kiddie-creds
- they don't ride kiddie-creds
- they only go to their local park(s)
- they travel all around the world in search of a +1 caterpillar ride
- they count go-gators
- they ride go-gators
- they only ride/like wooden coasters
- they do not ride clones
(other reasons for not being "true" are available)
- they have never seen that Rollercoaster movie
We're a weird bunch really then.
I'm going to pick up on the two points this thread has generated.
Firstly, the film is crap. Fab crap, though. One of those cheesy Sunday afternoon films that you can put on the in background, not have to pay attention to and let it wash over you. Like a Roger Moore Bond film, Clue and anything starring Robin Williams. I do think every goon should watch it, not for the value it will bring to your goondom, but because it's about a rller coaster. And that's what we all love, right?
The second point is about goons in general. I reckon theme park/coaster enthusiasts are probably the most judgemental group on the planet. Scoffing at "basics" with low coaster counts who have no desire to widen their goon horizons, rolling our eyes at the "general public" (I also hate that term) when they call a corkscrew a loop-de-loop and getting wound up at journalists doing their job by sensationally writing hyperbolic articles about a cred stopping on a lift hill. SCHTOP!! I might like the colour green but I hate red. That's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. It doesn't mean I'm wrong, have to justify it and I certainly should not be mocked because of it. At the end of the day, I'm happy to see people enjoying theme parks and learning about creds, regardless of their experience. I do wish the judgemental side of goonism would disappear. Ohh, how very judgemental of me...
Firstly, the film is crap. Fab crap, though. One of those cheesy Sunday afternoon films that you can put on the in background, not have to pay attention to and let it wash over you. Like a Roger Moore Bond film, Clue and anything starring Robin Williams. I do think every goon should watch it, not for the value it will bring to your goondom, but because it's about a rller coaster. And that's what we all love, right?
The second point is about goons in general. I reckon theme park/coaster enthusiasts are probably the most judgemental group on the planet. Scoffing at "basics" with low coaster counts who have no desire to widen their goon horizons, rolling our eyes at the "general public" (I also hate that term) when they call a corkscrew a loop-de-loop and getting wound up at journalists doing their job by sensationally writing hyperbolic articles about a cred stopping on a lift hill. SCHTOP!! I might like the colour green but I hate red. That's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. It doesn't mean I'm wrong, have to justify it and I certainly should not be mocked because of it. At the end of the day, I'm happy to see people enjoying theme parks and learning about creds, regardless of their experience. I do wish the judgemental side of goonism would disappear. Ohh, how very judgemental of me...
MestnyiGeroi
Giga Poster
And the world we live in has become a slightly better place ...Major necro-BUMP...
But (in the UK at least), that fantastic "Rollercoaster" movie has recently been re-issued in a BluRay special edition thingy - eg HERE
Just thought you'd like to know.
RestlessRider
Roller Poster
I saw this flick in the theaters when it came out in 1977. I was a huge fan of the disaster movies of the time - Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno, Earthquake, Airport, Airport 1975 - but Rollercoaster was a big disappointment. I remember walking out of the theater and being so angry that I had wasted $2 of my hard-earned lawn-mowing money on this film. I mean, the great disaster movies had great peril and death and destruction and some cool special effects, but Rollercoaster didn't deliver in any of those areas. It was a really boring two-hour ride.
MestnyiGeroi
Giga Poster
Heh heh — The director was actually extremely touchy about people lumping this film in with the disaster movie trend of the day. He insisted that it’s not a disaster film; it’s a suspense film about a killer.
Not that that means your lawn-mowing youthful self was any less correct in your view of the movie.
MestnyiGeroi
Giga Poster
And actually, it was in a way the effects that made me love this film as a kid. Coaster POVs were really rare back then, and I was excited that this movie “let me ride” The Rocket at Ocean View Park, building suspense along the way and even having a scare shot that makes us think we’re flying off the rails.
That POV, the extensive shots of Kings Dominion, and the prominent use of my home park Magic Mountain were all enough to make the future coaster enthusiast in me love this film. Now I love it with a sense of schlocky nostalgia.
That POV, the extensive shots of Kings Dominion, and the prominent use of my home park Magic Mountain were all enough to make the future coaster enthusiast in me love this film. Now I love it with a sense of schlocky nostalgia.
rob666
Hyper Poster
This was the point I realised my fun weekends to the coast was actually an obsession...
Everyone I knew asked if I had seen it yet, with a smirk on their faces.
Saw it about a dozen times in its first release tour, even saw it in Blackpool on holiday.
I was a teenage coaster geek.
Everyone I knew asked if I had seen it yet, with a smirk on their faces.
Saw it about a dozen times in its first release tour, even saw it in Blackpool on holiday.
I was a teenage coaster geek.