Arkham Asylum: Shock Therapy (Lethal Weapon Retheme)

[Gazza]

^Good pick up...Was wondering why on earth you had pointed out the rides were Marvel themed, scrolled up, saw that I typed DC.

[rappa]

So would you prefer to keep the old trains Witsy? I really don't see the point of your posts continually saying how you don't like the trains, form is one thing but they must function too.

[mba2012]

There are enough rides in the park other then DC themed rides. These rides are just new and well publicised. I think it is fine for them to put all the DC characters into the park. As long as they keep the kids area themed to looney tunes as DC is not really something little kids would like. I also think they would keep wild west falls as that is a good and popular ride. They could re-theme it but it would take ages and lots of $$ to do.

[alex_1]

Would like to see Wild West area extended, then there'd be more variation. You'd have the DC plaza, the Main Street, the Wild West area and the Loony Tunes area. Thats four themed areas.

[mba2012]

Plus scooby

[Gazza]

Plus scooby

I think Scooby counts as being part of Main Street.

[mba2012]

Ok. I get that. It would be cool if scooby had it's own themed land called spooky island.

[alex_1]

That would be cool, though it'd be impossible in the position its in at the moment.

[mba2012]

Yeah. They could move it but the money it would cost!!

[alex_1]

Yeah not worth it.

[GoGoBoy]

In regards to "the inmates are running the asylum"... Harley Quinn says it in the game here:

In regards to the 'tower' Movie World is constructing... I'm assuming it will be the Arkham Asylum clock/bell tower. Search in google images to see what I'm talking about

[whitsy]

By the end of the year we'll have. -Superman -Arkham -Batwing -Green Lantern -September Attraction. 5 Rides. At IOA there are 4 rides in Marvel Super Hero Island (Hulk, Spider Man, Dr Dooms Fearfall, Storm Force Acceleratron) At SFMM there are 4 in DC universe (Green Lantern, Batman, Flash Speed Force, Wonder Womans Lasso of Truth) plus Superman and Riddlers separate to it all. In conlusion, I wouldn't stress too much Whitsy. I can see where you are coming from, but at the same time it's a catch 22. -If we want to have themed super hero area, there has to be a choice of attractions in it (4-5) for it to be worth making. -If we want to have a choice of attractions, it's going to take a little bit of time to actually establish the numbers needed. We're lucky in a way in that from GL to Arkham to the September Ride we've had them all built out in a 10 month period.

But those parks are much larger, much more variation... Movie World being the very small park it is, it needs more variation in it's theming.

[rappa]

And you need more variation in your posts, but you don't see a bunch of us all complaining over and over again about you*... Seriously you have made your point, do you need to keep banging on and on about it? *this post excepted

[mba2012]

Has anything else happened to China Town is it sitting there with lots of scaffolding a sheeting and un painted walls?

[downunder]

I don't get it, does Martin Riggs escape from Arkham Asylum? Does Murtaugh help him get out? Gosh, darn, I was hoping for enhancements to the Lethal Weapon theme, like just before the new LIM launch up the lift hill, Danny Glover goes "I'm getting too old for this sh**" on the audio. In all seriousness, they can theme it to Howard the Duck for all I care, the over the shoulder straps will eliminate all headbanging - that's good enough for me.

Edited March 14, 2012 by downunder

[rac2703]

Last I saw China Town looked much the same as in previous pics, I hope the wet weather is slwoing things down to much in there. One thing I want to see is the "lethal Weapon" Chinese arch replaced with the iconic arch gateway into arkham asylum.

[casey96]

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like just before the new LIM launch up the lift hill,

???????? Have I missed something?

[jjuttp]

Last I saw China Town looked much the same as in previous pics, I hope the wet weather is slwoing things down to much in there. One thing I want to see is the "lethal Weapon" Chinese arch replaced with the iconic arch gateway into arkham asylum.

Better yet- The entrance to the party.

[downunder]

, ???????? Have I missed something?

I was joking around, I think a launch would make the Weapon truly Lethal.

[pin142]

Speaking of entrances and things at them. The Gotham City Cafe will actually be next to a Batman themed attraction and fit in a bit more better than a random Batman themed area away from the main Batman attractions.

[daltma10]

i reckon they should of turned chinatown into diagon alley with harry potter themed stuff and block off the "lethal weapon" area entirely with h.p. facades. movie has way too many DC rides it is time for a change.

[MacPark]

It would be good if they could use the gothan cafe area as the entrance and connect behind it as the walkway through where the smoking area is to the ride. The Facade where the tables are is obviously fake and has a perfect alleyway behind it that connects it all up. If you look on google maps the area behind the gotham city facade leads straight to the china town gates.

Edited March 14, 2012 by MacPark

[rappa]

^Whilst it's a face its not exactly 'fake' and has a fair bit of structure to it, a good part of it also houses stores and infrastructure for the Cafe so don't expect it to be knocked down anytime soon. As for the Alley, it's entirely possible we are all getting ahead of ourselves... we haven't seen anything to suggest the alley will still be connected with the rides theme, sure they were with lethal weapon still but I'd say that's more because it was already there. With the entrance for the coaster now beside superman, they could easily do something totally different with the alley, we also don't know know that construction walls on the alley will come down with the rides opening if they are in fact no longer related. I don't know one way or another, but just speculating.

[mba2012]

That would actually be a good idea. Make the only way to get there through superman escape so it fits into the dc area. then make the old petrol station/viewing platform or whatever it was the entrance to a new ride behind scooby.

[strop]

One of the Facebook fan pages are claiming that the green 'buttons' on the handles are used to unlock the harness. Can anyone confirm whether there is any truth to this? I was actually hoping that they would let you 'shock' the person next to you during the ride.