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IP's that have never been used before

Ok, if they won't do it, I'll have to do it myself. Going to have a look down the back of my sofa. If I find twelve million quid, I'm doing Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, The Ride.

Preshow - Dark room, skyscape screen over the common, Richard Burton narrating how human affairs are being scrutinised across the timeless void of space as we might study creatures that swarm and a multiply in a drop of water. Green flares erupt from Mars and rain down on the common to the tune of the chances of anything coming from Mars.

Scene 2, Metal cylinder embedded in ground at night on the common. Slowly unscrewing. The parson approaches offering peace in the name of humanity, when suddenly, the lid falls off, the parson bursts into flames, the first victim of this Savage deadly heat ray. Quick glimpse of an awkard, clumsy slavering Martian larger that a bear.

Scene 3 Ride vehicle makes its escape, Screens and projection mapping show tripods and burning cities in distance.

Scene 4 A fanfare of the arrival of the military, but when we enter the street scene, they are utterly defeated, burning tanks, dead soldiers, etc.

Scene 5 Enter a house to escape, it's dark in the basement. Oversize sets to make us feel small. Surround used to indicate something moving around. Jump scare as martian appears.

Scene 6 Physicals sets, screens and projection mapping. The Thunderchild, mankind's last hope of victory, downs one of the tripods and everyone cheering before the martians melt her valiant heart.

Scene 7 Desolate streets, bombed out buildings, dead bodies, everything covered by the red weed.

Scene 8 A few sets featuring well known landmarks, with tripods and martians finally slain by humble microbes after all of mankind efforts have failed.

I love H G Wells original treatment, but Hollywood hasn't been kind to him. The 50's version was ok, the Tom Cruise version was terrible. Jeff Wayne really understood what Wells was trying to do and his musical version is brilliant. It's the only version that would make a great dark ride. The Marian cries of Ulah, are absolutely terrifying and gave me nightmares as a kid. An incredible musical masterpiece and rich pickings for a physical transit dark ride.

Anyway, back to the sofa... I've got 18 pence so far. Don't worry, I'll keep looking.
 
I get the feeling one of them thought of the rimmer song and they needed to make up some context for it :p

Imagine a Doctor Who dark ride! You could even keep it updated through the regenerations with some fancy stuff, or just keep him as Peter Capaldi so everyone gets the best doctor experience
 
Jb85 said:
This every day of the week! :)

A Doctor Who dark ride would make sense. So much potential. I can only assume someone has asked and scoffed at the IP costs
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The "TV's Family Favourites" darkride had a Doctor Who scene through obviously very different to a full darkride and very much a product of its time. Speaking of which though I don't think there has ever been a ride in the UK I'm soo gutted to have missed out on as this. :(

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I am very very surprised Merlin haven't tried to do a Doctor Who dark ride given they have partnered with BBC for CBeebies. Doctor Who would be perfect fit at Alton Towers and there are plenty of dark rides concepts that could work. I assume that as there was some talk with the London Resort about BBC rights they were looking at the concept so Merlin wouldn't be able to.

But I could clearly see a Spider-Man style riding being a good fit for Doctor Who, although it would clearly have to have been built with David Tennant as he was the best recent Doctor.
 
Merlin would not do DW justice, and we all know it.

But the idea itself is obviously great. And Daleks would be very cheap to animate.
Think about it, they have a total of 4 moving parts: arm, gun, head turn, eye tilt. Maybe one could roll forward a foot or two, making FIVE movements and three LEDs at most for a complicated one. They would be dirt cheap animatronics! And given that in a crowd only a couple of them would actually need to be animated at all... you could have whole armies of them for minimal cost!
 
A Dr Who dark ride (or coaster or a combination of the two) would be cool. You could enter the ride via the Tardis with carefully place mirrors on the outside (as in the DBGT) giving the impression that you enter a small police box, but you will be stepping inside the large console room.
 
DiogoJ42 said:
Merlin would not do DW justice, and we all know it.
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I think if it was done instead of Derren Brown then it could have been good, they certainly put a lot of effort into making that look right, even if the experience isn’t great. Also isn’t the Star Wars stuff at MT pretty well done? But now after a few failed ideas and the smaller post-Smiler incident budgets I agree they probably wouldn’t do it justice now.
 
Wasn't Doctor Who a really popular rumour for Thorpe Park's 2016 project originally (before DB's involvement was announced)? Or did I imagine that?

As for an IP I think would work really well in a theme park; I'm very surprised that no theme park has utilised Horrid Henry yet! It's quite a popular children's TV show and book franchise, and I actually think it would lend itself quite well to a dark ride, or perhaps even a funhouse!

Part of me would also quite like to see Friday Night Dinner become a theme park attraction, but I'm not sure if the show would lend itself to a theme park attraction. Then again, I would probably have said the same about the likes of I'm a Celebrity, Angry Birds and Derren Brown, so anything is possible, really!
 
Rob said:
Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit is a massive IP that has always been linked to Universal but never been used. I suspect there has been at least one area themed around Middle Earth planned at a Universal park.
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My forum name kind of gives it away a bit but alongside being a confessed Tolkien geek, I do feel strongly about this issue actually, and I have seen the rumors. After the tragic passing of Christopher Tolkien, I think these companies should remember that much of his life among many things was dedicated to protecting the Lotr image that his father spent decades building up and ensuring that his legacy was not thrown aware for a quick cash grab. He ensured that the Tolkien estate did not capitulate for all the time that he was actively involved. Whatever opinion people have of Lotr/the silmarillion/hobbit etc, I hope they understand how complex Tolkien's works are. He made his own languages, maps, poems, and illustrations all to fit within his epic fantasy world. It's a serious piece of work, both in how it reads and how it should be interpreted.
Some people have a problem with the films. I loved them and think they were outstanding in many aspects which is my opinion. The Lotr series as a THEME PARK IP, however, is absurd. Sitting on rides themed to the series or places inside the series cheapens the brand for the sake of commercialized entertainment and offers very little in showing the detail and depth of Tolkien's world, much of which was deliberately written to not be overt and 'in your face'. It's not feasible for any theme park budget to convey his works, so no matter how it's tried, it won't work. We live in a selfish, greedy, pathetic society though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it happens.

I don't believe there should ever be a Lord of the rings IP used at any theme park.
yours sincerely, sauron , just to get the message across : )
 
@Sauron97 i can kind of see your point about LOTR. I genuinely think it would be a well themed area (or should be if done properly Hogmede style) but I can’t see many individual stories within the story that would make a good ride.

It would feel very Disney / Star Wars to me. I love Star Wars and the rides look epic, but it feels to me that Disney have created a whole trio of films, extra characters and cannon JUST to sell merchandise, and not be true to the actual story. I wouldn’t want the same to happen to LOTR
 
I've always thought a Doctor Who walkthrough maze would be good.

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds would be good, but I'd like a full blown area. You start off with 19th Century London, fully intact, you'd then have lots of indoor attractions showing the battle/red weed etc. Then you go full into the 19th Century destroyed London with outdoor rides and attractions.

I've always thought there is so much potential with a Gerry Anderson area, especially "classic" Thunderbirds. You'd have Tracey Island, all the Thunderbirds could be coasters (maybe Thunderbird 3 would be a shot tower though to get you to Thunderbird 5). Then add in things like Captain Scarlet and Stingray.
 
If Nick Varney is reading this, I here the licence to The Flumps is going cheap x

Better move quick... I hear Disney and Universal want it bad...

If they must have an IP for SW9, I say use The Flumps. Less money on IP, more on ride hardware!

God I'm good!
 
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