Quick question though, was Shockwave the same as the one in New Jersey, a stand-up roller coaster?

As far as learning from Disney and Universal... hellz yeah... Six Flags usually sucks, is filthy, the waits are too long, and the layout is horrendous. The problem is, they're usually in places where there aren't too many alternatives to get your ride on in the middle of summer. And Disney doesn't need to open more parks, they make enough money concentrating on the few that they have and getting people to come to THEM. I do think Magic Mountain is a pretty nice park, though, much better than some of the other ones I've been to.

Heath Ledger's death will have a positive effect on the box office of this film, I believe. It sounds sick, but out of morbid curiousity, a lot of older people who don't go to the movies much anymore might go see it now, and the people who don't want to be freaked out by it or are sensitive to shit like this will succomb to seeing it in later weeks when the theaters aren't as crowded. I do think it affects their marketing campaign... no matter what they do, it looks like they're insensitive. I'm sure they want to put fuckin' posters of Heath everywhere, but how can they do that now without seeming like dickheads who don't care about his family? In my opinion, they put a lot of money into something, he got paid and maybe made some poor decisions, and they need to make their money back. As sick as it sounds, with a movie like this, Ledger was just a cog in the machine, however great his performance is. Warner Brothers has a serious responsibility to its shareholders, employees, and even the other people involved with the film to honor their hard work and the money spent by trying to make that money back and then some. Then again, with his death, maybe they don't need to do anything? Everyone knows it's a batman movie and that it's coming out... I guess it's just difficult though, because of the character... no way around that one. I imagine you have to just see it as a great performance (if indeed, it is one) and somehow separate it from what happened.

I agree w/ Pennsy-where are the Fucking Giant Robots????????

jimmay, your post is 100% correct. Disney's theme parks are world class.

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