[2024] Nemesis Reborn: Construction and Speculation

[Morgan Price]

The video seems to have been re uploaded to X, although the quality isn’t great


From: https://x.com/doublearay1/status/1748383414162460844?s=46&t=yO1yBjvLsYAwa_Hl7yMQvA

 

[Euro Theme Park Archive]

Most of the 'original intent' sources (as I call them) line up well with each other, it just became a bit messy in the years since then. I did a deep dive on reddit a while ago:

I did some research with the original design team years ago which was interesting. The designer of the station designed it to look ‘like a dead carcass that could possibly be alive’ which is a contradiction to that 1994 video of the creature reawakening and feeding. The track-legs and eye stalks were then added to this design I guess to match it with the backstory.

The JW memo he reads in those Q&As talks of the track being formed of yellow goo emerging from the ground forming track, which was never referenced in the built ride.

Also the promo images show it looking like a crab alien but this never quite translated to the ride.

A different designer added the Mad Max type scrapyard scenery to the area and there was a cult scrapyard gang roaming the area originally.

Really it was more about how it looked and being a cool ride!

 

[Mykeprime]

I did some research with the original design team years ago which was interesting. The designer of the station designed it to look ‘like a dead carcass that could possibly be alive’ which is a contradiction to that 1994 video of the creature reawakening and feeding. The track-legs and eye stalks were then added to this design I guess to match it with the backstory.

The JW memo he reads in those Q&As talks of the track being formed of yellow goo emerging from the ground forming track, which was never referenced in the built ride.

Also the promo images show it looking like a crab alien but this never quite translated to the ride.

A different designer added the Mad Max type scrapyard scenery to the area and there was a cult scrapyard gang roaming the area originally.

Really it was more about how it looked and being a cool ride!

Got any links? I'd be interested to read the early idea development! I focussed my look at it on what had been settled on by the time the ride first opened.
One of the things I like about Nemesis, is the clear Lovecraftian inspiration; that it can't be properly described or understood. The original did a pretty good job with it I feel

 

[Morgan Price]

BAM! Official testing footage!


Explains why Towers may have wanted that other video taken down…
From: https://youtu.be/_HaSWezrleg?si=eUEZ2moEnRvG4Z9o

 

[Mykeprime]

well, speak of the devil...

 

[Dobba]

Phwoar.

 

[Mykeprime]

Loving the new music so far. Really hope we get a full release

 

[EarthlyKnight27]

Wait, is that water being sprayed onto the coaster or onto the queue?
Or am I seeing things at the loop part?

 

[Mykeprime]

Wait, is that water being sprayed onto the coaster or onto the queue?
Or am I seeing things at the loop part?

probably just flying off the water dummies

 

[Zeock]

BAM! Official testing footage!


Explains why Towers may have wanted that other video taken down…
From: https://youtu.be/_HaSWezrleg?si=eUEZ2moEnRvG4Z9o

Those trains look brilliant on the track! It looks quite slow at this moment in time, but I think that this is expected.

 

[Matt N]

Wait, is that water being sprayed onto the coaster or onto the queue?
Or am I seeing things at the loop part?

I imagine it’s probably water leaking out of one of the test dummies.

 

[Morgan Price]

Wait, is that water being sprayed onto the coaster or onto the queue?
Or am I seeing things at the loop part?

Probably excess water coming off the water dummies

 

[Morgan Price]

Those trains look brilliant on the track! It looks quite slow at this moment in time, but I think that this is expected.

I’m quite surprised at how fast it’s running considering that was probably one of if not the first test run paired with how cold it is at the minute

 

[Dobba]

Another video and confirmation of the Beeb being on site.

From: https://twitter.com/ben_sidwell/status/1748393283951186177

 

[Dave]

This makes me happy, considering it’s very cold at the moment and it’s brand new that’s not a terrible running speed.

By the time we get to March this should be running at good speed.

 

[tayspru]

That’s pretty much confirming that the loop side legs won’t be getting changed to match the new ones …

 

[John_P]

Looks slow

 

[Danscott22]

Good to see testing! Looks like they've taken the roof off of The Edge in the background maybe?

 

[Morgan Price]

Looks slow

There’s always one

 

[John]

I know "looks slow" has become something of a running joke with test runs but I genuinely thought it might stall when going through the loop on the BBC footage