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Insane Coaster Wars (2012 TV Series)

DDF14

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Insane Coaster Wars

A US TV series from the travel channel taking a look at 4 coasters at a time which then go into a vote to see which the public think is top of its category. Here is a Link to the episodes for anyone who has missed this or yet to see it.

http://www.1channel.ch/tv-2734615-Insane-Coaster-Wars

While it does have that typical US style of program / documentary and some of the narration can be annoying the footage is top notch. I have to say some of the public votes are quite a surprise for a couple of categories.

Worth a watch at 20mins an episode. I prefer to use the putlocker links to stream the episodes but there are plenty of alternate hosts.

Episode 3 was a good one looking at 4 wooden coasters , check out the little boy riding EL TORO his faces are brilliant.. Let us know what you think of some of the vote results too could be a nice discussion topic.

Here are the direct Putlocker links for each episode so you can watch online right now.

For those who have never used it before just wait for the count down to finish then hit the continue as free user button. Close any annoying pop ups normally its just one with no sound. Then use the play triangle button to the right on the main window.

Episode 1 : G-Force Giants (July 14 2012) http://www.putlocker.com/file/2ECEB826BD4B4D9C#

Episode 2 : Hang Em High http://www.putlocker.com/file/71C64142E3E2FEA4
Episode 3 : Splintering Speedsters http://www.putlocker.com/file/77F3968D431B2E53
Episode 4 : Wrong Way Up http://www.putlocker.com/file/CDCEC27242ACD1D6
Episode 5 : Extreme Heights http://www.putlocker.com/file/4C425100252D9758

Episode 6 : Speed Demons http://www.putlocker.com/file/05C5BCE42035E20C

Episode 7 : The Top Ten 40mins (August 14th A lot of repeated footage but interesting ranking) http://www.putlocker.com/file/A884312AA0440C3F

Contains a good mix of old and new US coasters running up to 2012 including Wild Eagle at Dollywood. There are some very strange choices in there and weird categories but the footage is good. Enjoy ..

Any discussion on the results / ranking you might want to hide under spoiler mask so as not to ruin it for people yet to see the show.

Would be an interesting format to bring to the UK / European coaster public.
 
Episode 2:
An off the shelf Vekoma beat three custom and superior B&M's ? :eek:
Shame the end of the show is ruined by Robb Alvey and since when has he been an expert ?. He's no more that an expert than you or me.
Overall good show, would love to see the next season do coasters round the world and show what they have to offer.
 
Yeah that result shocked me too! I could not believe it.. If the the vote was genuine then I have to say that either that coaster must pack one hell of a punch or the general public really do see coasters in totally different way to enthusiasts.

I can understand why they would put him in there as he is very well known in the US from other appearances but like I said the only downfall of the show is its Americaness. The footage is quite nice. Its more a "here is the ride" type show than a techy "how does it work?" detailed production.

Yeah a UK version would be really interesting.. even just to see the public vote between Nemesis and that other thing at Thorpe.. Would be good to throw in a few flat ride battles too.
 
I watched a bit of the first episode and had to turn off, way too americanised and just all round annoying for my liking. Shame they're not able to be downlaoded without paying though, would probably watch the Wooden coaster one (all be it with gritted teeth).
 
Hi Adam

Yes I could not agree more I had to really grit my teeth through the whole Americanised approach to the show and instead focus just on the visual elements. The show has very OTT American reactions and themes but it was made for the travel channel and as such is there to advertise these as holiday destinations for Americans as well as vote the best coasters in the US.

The links I posted are free to view streaming locations for each episode so you should not have to pay a penny to watch the show. I would say of all the episodes that number 3 for wood coasters was quite good.
 
After finishing the series a week ago, I was surprised with the results of some of the winners.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

I was glad Kraken won as that is an almighty coaster, but, as mentioned above, a Vekoma over a B&M? I guess most of the voters didnt even care about the Manufacturer or the experience, they just chose which one looked the coolest! :p

I was also very surprised about the winning of The Voyage. I am not going to lie, The Voyage is one of the best wooden coasters out there. But EL TORO!!! COME ON!!!

---------------SPOILER ALERT OVER--------------------

You can just about count all the Roller Coaster documentry series with your fingers. That's why, when a new series comes out, wherever its from, I will watch it. But this is too Americanised.

It was still worth the awesome shots! ;)
 
Alexsutton said:
Anyone else getting 'stream not found' errors for these?

Hi Alex

I have checked all the putlocker links I posted and every single one still works for me. Are you sure you are using the little triangle button to the right which has click to play written under rather than the big one that sits central which is an advert for some other file sharing site. Easy mistake to make.

If its just that it seems to be happening with putlocker links try the main link I posted at the top of my post and use another host. File Nuke and Gorilla Vid also seem to be good hosts.

??? if not there could be Youtube clips but I have not looked on there.
cool_boy_jon said:
After finishing the series a week ago, I was surprised with the results of some of the winners.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

I was glad Kraken won as that is an almighty coaster, but, as mentioned above, a Vekoma over a B&M? I guess most of the voters didnt even care about the Manufacturer or the experience, they just chose which one looked the coolest! :p

I was also very surprised about the winning of The Voyage. I am not going to lie, The Voyage is one of the best wooden coasters out there. But EL TORO!!! COME ON!!!

---------------SPOILER ALERT OVER--------------------

You can just about count all the Roller Coaster documentry series with your fingers. That's why, when a new series comes out, wherever its from, I will watch it. But this is too Americanised.

It was still worth the awesome shots! ;)

I had the same reaction I thought EL TORO would walk it .. The general public certainly go in a different direction to enthusiasts...
 
DDF14 said:
Alexsutton said:
Anyone else getting 'stream not found' errors for these?

Hi Alex

I have checked all the putlocker links I posted and every single one still works for me. Are you sure you are using the little triangle button to the right which has click to play written under rather than the big one that sits central which is an advert for some other file sharing site. Easy mistake to make.

If its just that it seems to be happening with putlocker links try the main link I posted at the top of my post and use another host. File Nuke and Gorilla Vid also seem to be good hosts.

??? if not there could be Youtube clips but I have not looked on there.
cool_boy_jon said:
After finishing the series a week ago, I was surprised with the results of some of the winners.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

I was glad Kraken won as that is an almighty coaster, but, as mentioned above, a Vekoma over a B&M? I guess most of the voters didnt even care about the Manufacturer or the experience, they just chose which one looked the coolest! :p

I was also very surprised about the winning of The Voyage. I am not going to lie, The Voyage is one of the best wooden coasters out there. But EL TORO!!! COME ON!!!

---------------SPOILER ALERT OVER--------------------

You can just about count all the Roller Coaster documentry series with your fingers. That's why, when a new series comes out, wherever its from, I will watch it. But this is too Americanised.

It was still worth the awesome shots! ;)

I had the same reaction I thought EL TORO would walk it .. The general public certainly go in a different direction to enthusiasts...

watched the first episode on youtube, i didn't see the links
 
What the loops episode needed was Colossus to show the yanks what a looping rollercoaster is! :)
 
alee298 said:
What the loops episode needed was Colossus to show the yanks what a looping rollercoaster is! :)

i agree. also i agree about the verkoma although the third coaster looked the best to me.
 
Don't want to start a new thread so i'll post it here. Watched a documentary called: Megafactories - Extreme Roller Coaster. Quite like other roller coaster doc's it shows how a Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang ( like the one in episode 2 of Insane Coaster Wars) is constructed, programed and how it works. But the first part is unlike most doc's as it attualy goes behind the scenes of Vekoma's china factory and shows you the process behind fabricating the coaster.
(links in 3 parts)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytLiljsxry8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/5C0ZSN4xhBo[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/_GY-lY-rqiU[/youtube]
 
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