Saw Alive: Thorpe Park Horror Maze for 2010

[Ollie]

They're not **** movies though. Have you even seen them all? Yes 4 & 5 weren't as good as they could of been but the others are awesome. And it's obviously popular or they wouldn't do it on this franchise and people wouldn't flock to the park in their thousands just to go on Saw the Ride and Saw Alive.

 

[Novas]

They're not <img> movies though. Have you even seen them all? Yes 4 & 5 weren't as good as they could of been but the others are awesome. And it's obviously popular or they wouldn't do it on this franchise and people wouldn't flock to the park in their thousands just to go on Saw the Ride and Saw Alive.

Not a huge horror fan really, the first wasn't bad, two was terrible - turned it off after an hour, didn't like three, and hence not bothered watching the others.

By all means it's personal opinion, and mine is that the more SAW rides they stick at thorpe the less eager i am to hurry back.

And just because something is popular does not mean its any good.

 

[herbinator]

They could be really good but they are not for everyone, i've not seen any of the films but I've seen a couple of traps and thought it was so messed up and distured. It was rank. The reason I flock to the park wanting to ride saw the ride is not because of the themeing but because it looks like a good coaster. I don't think I will go through saw alive!

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[marc]

Ollie you can bet the fact it was themed after Saw had nothing to do with the number of people that went. It probably had little effect on the gate numbers and the same number of people would have gone. It was a new coaster and that is the reason why people went, not due to the franchise. Yes it made it very easy to advertise that was about it.

The same thing happens all the time with new coasters. As the year went on the queues for Saw got less and less does that not say it all?

Anyway the paint job at the front looks cheap and something you would see at a park with no budget. Poor job there.

As for Saw Alive it does not look as good as the plains did, yet again the stupid metal queues And the painted on name

Cannot wait to see what they do in 3 years time when the franchise is dead.

My views on it anyway.

 

[Jake]

Yay, another cattlepen.

 

[Ollie]

Marc I've had thousands of people comment on my videos on Youtube talking about Saw the Ride when it opened last year. It got people excited and people were really interested in it. Not just Youtube, but a load of people in my college had heard about it as well and I kept hearing other people discussing it or mentioning it.
Gate numbers soared last year. All you had to do was look at the opening day when the queue for Saw: The Ride was going all the way back past Rush and towards the dome.

People may not like it but it's great for the park as it's already something the public know and can refer the themeing to. Saw is the most famous horror franchise ever and people want to experience a part of that and take it further than just watching the films.


Still... after all that I don't think this maze will be that good. Mainly due to the size and the low number of scenes and also because the Thorpe Entertainments team are the ones in charge. They're in charge of making sure this runs smoothly and that everything works properly.

 

[Martyn B]

Honestly, that us the kind of paint work/colour scheme you'd expect to see in a small family park, like Pleasure Island or Pleasurewood, not Thorpe.

That looks ridiculous. Saw maze looks good though!

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

They're getting rid of the BOSE speakers?!! Maybe the bass will be turned on in Inferno's station and Det's top one fixed...

That colour for the entrance is VILE... Who thought plain sky blue would look great... The red on the ticket booth doesn't look as bad because they're small... But the blue? URGH...

The Belle looks better than the coaster... Seriously... At least, until the corrugated metal at the bottom... The old wood looks much better... Still no depth whatsoever, but at least because of the windows (that were already there granted) make it look better...

The shark... Is an improvement... Which for Thorpe is a big thing... But more of that needs to be done across the park, repainting rides (i.e Colossus) and improving atmosphere should be a much higher priority... Thorpe will get the guests in regardless of what they do, any park would, improving the park all over would get me back there... I could even enjoy it...

That aside Thorpe isn't doing anything to force me back to go there over Easter...

Yes Ollie, of course the Thorpe Ents staff would be in charge... Who else would be? The cleaners? Admissions? What a silly point that is, since the Ents people will (especially this year) have been hired with Saw Alive in the back of the minds of the managers...

Did I also see Ollie defending people on Youtube? Grammar died a horrible death on there... And a good proportion of people on there are full blown idiots...

In conclusion, BRING BACK THE CREAM!

 

[furie]

They're not **** movies though. Have you even seen them all? Yes 4 & 5 weren't as good as they could of been but the others are awesome. And it's obviously popular or they wouldn't do it on this franchise and people wouldn't flock to the park in their thousands just to go on Saw the Ride and Saw Alive.

They're a popular franchise, but they're NOT good movies. 1 was good. 2 was alright, but pushing things a bit. Every one from that point was farther from the premise and "brilliance" of the first. Like James Bond films became less and less about the spy intrigue and more about exotic locations; Saw became less and less about being a police thriller and more about excuses to rip people apart.

I like films where people get ripped apart, but that's all they are - shock horrors - not good films.

Popularity also doesn't make something good. Millions a day watch Eastenders. How popular would "Peggy Mitchell: The Show" be? I'll bet more popular at Thorpe than Saw

Ollie you can bet the fact it was themed after Saw had nothing to do with the number of people that went. It probably had little effect on the gate numbers and the same number of people would have gone. It was a new coaster and that is the reason why people went, not due to the franchise. Yes it made it very easy to advertise that was about it.

The same thing happens all the time with new coasters. As the year went on the queues for Saw got less and less does that not say it all?

Marc is right. It's the fact it's a COASTER which is important. Now, you're seeing a set of people Ollie looking for anything Saw. As I say, it's a popular franchise - however - more people like a new coaster than they like Saw. It's an intersection of people. Say 1,000,000 people like a new coaster and 25,000 people like Saw. You'll find that probably 24,000 of the people who like saw also fit into the like a new coaster category. So Saw isn't attracting 1,025,000 people, but 1,001,000. You merge the figures, not add them.

Point? The Saw franchise is an easy one. It's popular, and it means that the Merlin teams don't have to be too creative. They have a massive stock of "ready to use" props, ideas, imagery, etc, etc.

I'm not saying it's a bad move by Thorpe - I'm just saying that it's not an "inspired" move either. It's a bit of an easy cop out.

 

[Martyn B]

They're a popular franchise, but they're NOT good movies. 1 was good. 2 was alright, but pushing things a bit. Every one from that point was farther from the premise and "brilliance" of the first.

SPOT ON. In fact I'd go one further and say the first Saw movie was actually brilliant. I watched it knowing nothing about it, and the twist at the end was fab. I really enojyed it.

The second was good too, but from then on it just goes down hill, and gets very confusing. The thing that ****s me off the most about them is they keep going back to the first film, and revealing some stupid twist, which they didn't need to do, as it would bare no relevance to the film at all.

 

[Ollie]

The Saw films did seem to begin loosing their awesomeness after the third film. But the latest one Saw VI was really good and is the best Saw film since Saw II.
Anyway this topic is about the maze not the films. :lol:

 

[Martyn B]

I've heard alot of people praise Saw 5. I personally thought it was tripe, but oh well....

 

[A-Kid]

I personally think that looks fine. It's missing the strip lights, but it will do.

Film wise I think:

Saw 1 - Awesome and well executed film.
Saw 2 - OK. Total change in style compared to the first which bugged me.
Saw 3 - Starting to become balls.
Saw 4 - WAS balls.
Saw 5 - Reasonable for the shock factor. Serves no real purpose other than ripping the hell out of people.

Yet to see 6.

 

[Ollie]

^Where did you get that image from? It looks amazing.

*Waits for a joke about how all Thorpe toilets look like that anyway*

 

[Screaming Coasters]

They're getting rid of the BOSE speakers?!!

About time really, BOSE are shockingly sh*t speakers compared to other brands. They sound so tinny and condensed like you're speaking through a traffic cone. Horrible speakers, utter crap, even their home systems.

Even JBL are better.. Well they would be because they are made by Harman Kardon.

I say Kef all the way <3 although they are about three times the prices of BOSE.

 

[herbinator]

I don't really get whats going to happen to make this good. You walk into a room that looks like one from the film and watch actors pretend their in pain but can't actually see why they would be in pain as thorpe can't really trap them? so if you have not seen the films you will have no Idea whats going on?
What makes this good?
edit:Or have I got the wrong idea of whats going to happen?

 

[Darren]

They're getting rid of the BOSE speakers?!!

No one every said they were getting rid of the Bose speakers, just replacing them with brand new Bose speakers. :wink:

Apparently areas that had little/no audio, now have speakers placed ready for audio.

 

[Ollie]

Also rides like Tidal Wave, Loggers and Rapids etc have brand new TV screens as well.

 

[A-Kid]

I wish they would use another company for speakers. Bose ones don't deal with bass very well and basically fart instead. And they are broken within 5 mins. They only seem to be any good in an indoor enviroment.

Ohh I wish they would run the audio through the wave cannons again though on Inferno

That pic was off Thorpe's Facebook, Ollie.

 

[Novas]

Also rides like Tidal Wave, Loggers and Rapids etc have brand new TV screens as well.

Excellent, I'll be able to view those sugar puff adverts in the fine detail they deserve.