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SAW themed ride at Thorpe park. WTF?

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porcamiseria · 27/03/2010 21:27

I am a pretty open minded person...BUT, to have a ride based on that lovely kiddy friendly film SAW, at Thorpe Park? I just think its so inappropriate to associate a torture porn horror film with a theme park aimed at children, I am amazed they got away with it. anyway....

vile

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Slartybartfast · 29/03/2010 11:27

is SAW a bit like freddie kruger, or is that a bit tame now?
or that awful one, chainsaw massacre? which i coudlnt watch.

JustMoon · 29/03/2010 11:29

I heard on the radio that they are doing a walk through thing with real people to scare the shit out of you. I can't think of anything I would want to do less and certainly wouldn't want to be bringing my children to!

Tiredmumno1 · 29/03/2010 11:38

Maybe thorpe park just are not doing as well as chessington and alton towers so they are trying to entice more people to go, i hope thats the reason as i would not like to see it shut down, if they are having any difficulties.

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 29/03/2010 11:41

I've had a look on youtube too, and the ride itself looks terrifying - lots of twists and a bit where you go up vertically and back down more than vertically. There was a sort of wheel of rotating saws, but none of the amateur videos show the indoor bits of the ride, which is where, I guess, they do their best to scare you with the Saw references.

From what I've read about the Saw films, what my friend's told me, and the little I've seen, Saw is far more shocking than Freddy Kruger - lots of mutilation and horrific deaths and pain - though Freddy terrified me when I was young because of the whole him getting you in your dreams thing - which made the daily activity of sleep very scary!

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porcamiseria · 29/03/2010 11:51

I think SAW is a step further than the freddie films, which is why its so upsetting. I have not been able to stomach a whole film but its very premise is about a serial killer who devises increasingly gorish, painful and innovative ways to kill people. The torture film genre have worried alot of people, as they are just a step to far, so to associate this with a theme park disturbs me

I would not want any kid younger than 18 to see these films , put it that way

Its way more than scary creatures in the night

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StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 29/03/2010 11:56

Porcamiseria - you are right about the films - I certainly wouldn't allow any of my children to see them!

Kaloki · 29/03/2010 11:58

IMO it sounds great, I went to something similar in Universal Studios and it was fantastic. It wasn't suitable for small children of course, so good thing neither of these rides are marketed at small kids!!

Honestly, I don't see why people are so upset, it's not aimed at kids, kids aren't allowed on it, and the gory/scary bits are out of sight of kids.

I think it's a good film, but then I love horror.

MamaLazarou · 29/03/2010 11:59

Don't quite understand the outrage here. I love horror films and scary rides - the scarier the better on both counts.

MamaLazarou · 29/03/2010 11:59

(or, what kaloki said)

paisleyleaf · 29/03/2010 12:00

fluffles: "to be honest i'm not sure how 'child' friendly thorpe park is anyway".

That's the thing, maybe they just make the park for adults or 16+ so people don't end up there on a family day out.
Because it doesn't matter how old you have to be to ride it, but someone in your party will be saying 'are you going on the Saw ride', 'have you been on the saw ride', 'she went on the Saw ride' etc etc And 'Saw' isn't something I want my 5 year old asking about.
I think it could be fun to have an adult theme park anyway, and there are plenty of other places for families.

mango, I remember that 180' cinema thing too.

Slartybartfast · 29/03/2010 12:04

seems mainly to be teenagers when i've been. had to search around for dd3 to find somethign to go on first time we went, when she was 8, last year, she was 10 and could go on more.
they obivulsy have to have the younger rides but the majority are over 12s.

Kaloki · 29/03/2010 12:05

But paisley why is someone asking if they've been on the Saw ride going to affect your kids? They still can't go on it, and Saw as a word isn't offensive.

If they'd called it Cunt I might understand, but Saw is a non offensive word. What about their other adult aimed rides, is it wrong for your child to hear about Slammer?

paisleyleaf · 29/03/2010 12:08

Kaloki, I can't control what others around me might be saying about the ride's images or the film.

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porcamiseria · 29/03/2010 12:11

Kaloko

its not the ride that bothers me, is the fact that a family friendly company are doing a tie in with a film depicting torture , death and mutilation

I think that these types of films should be discouraged, there is enough violence out there anyway, look at all these teens stabbing each other.

Thorpe park associating themselves with this film makes it "OK", and I dont think it is

Film s and games of this genre should only be targeted at people 18 plus, end of

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paisleyleaf · 29/03/2010 12:16

I just know that chances are children old enough to go on it will discuss it like 'Saw' is the most exciting thing ever.

MayorNaze · 29/03/2010 12:24

i have never heard of saw (or most other films really ) but saw advert for this last night and though WTF? very strange concept indeed and i think rather inappropriate. no way jose would my dcs be going anywhere near that

nannynick · 29/03/2010 12:35

Thorpe Park is aimed at Teenagers. They are not appealing to the family market... Chessington and Legoland are more the family venues.

Having been on the SAW ride, I would say that the theme isn't that appropriate for young teens. Though strangely a 13 year old I went with, who hates anything on TV involving blood, was not bothered about the SAW ride... he went on it fine.

flameproofsuit · 29/03/2010 12:45

To the people on this thread who love the films, own all six (six? etc. In a totally non-judgey way I just wondered if you could explain why you enjoy them so much?

I mean, what's enjoyable about watching torture?

MamaLazarou · 29/03/2010 12:53

It's not torture, though: it's fiction.

flameproofsuit · 29/03/2010 12:54

Yes, fiction about torture.

What's enjoyable about watching simulated torture?

MamaLazarou · 29/03/2010 13:04

Some people just enjoy watching horror films, flameproofsuit. I'm sure there are plenty of films that you enjoy that I don't. We can't all like the same thing.

I don't see the Saw films as 'torture'. I have only seen the first two, but thought they were very creepy, clever and entertaining.

You may as well ask what's so enjoyable about watching people get kicked in the head (Kung Fu movies), eaten by dinosaurs (Jurassic Park) or bitten in the neck (Twilight).

MadreInglese · 29/03/2010 13:07

Eh? A saw themed ride, WTF? Do you have to hack off your own hands at the end or something?

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 29/03/2010 13:15

That might deter repeat business, Madre!

I found what I watched of the Saw films to be utterly OTT - too much blatant gore and pain for me, though the friend who has watched them all, and told me about them, is a far more delicate flower than me, and loves them.

Each to their own, I guess, as far as the films are concerned, but I am still not keen on it as a theme for a rollercoaster.

flameproofsuit · 29/03/2010 13:15

But this is a thread about Saw, so I'm asking about that.

Fair enough if you can't explain why you like it though.

LetThereBeRock · 29/03/2010 13:20

MamaLazarou did explain.

'Some people just enjoy watching horror films, flameproofsuit. I'm sure there are plenty of films that you enjoy that I don't. We can't all like the same thing.'

'I don't see the Saw films as 'torture'. I have only seen the first two, but thought they were very creepy, clever and entertaining.'

It may not be a satisfactory explanation to you but it is an explanation.