Keeping the Joker safe is no laughing matter.
Six Flags Great Adventure shut down its much-hyped new roller coaster after two riders became stuck for about 15 minutes on the day it opened for previews.
The Joker — billed as a “4-D, free-fly coaster” — lacks traditional tracks below or above, enabling the trains to perform “head-over-heels free-fly flips” as they race along in the Jackson, N.J., theme park.
Around 12:30 p.m., about an hour after an unveiling ceremony, one of the trains on the “Batman”-villain-inspired ride was swaying a bit too much and did not return to the station in an upright position, according to park spokesperson Kristin Siebeneicher.
“During our press preview yesterday afternoon, one of the trains was rocking a bit too much and came into the station in a reclined position. We’re making a minor adjustment to reduce the rocking,” Siebeneicher wrote in an email to Yahoo News Friday morning.
>>83231470
WJRZ radio host Bob O’Brien, left, and Marie Daley, the radio station’s promotions director, were among the first riders of the Joker, the latest roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure, Thursday, May 26, in Jackson, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Two men were stuck in their seats until park workers could release the shoulder harnesses and perform the necessary maintenance.
Siebeneicher said no riders were injured during the incident and that the ride had been running flawlessly all morning with camera equipment onboard to shoot promotional material.
“We had planned to do a season pass preview late yesterday, and some fans had gathered,” she continued. “So we issued any guests waiting for the preview an exit pass so they could return another day and not wait in line, or enjoy a different ride yesterday without waiting.”
One of the men who was stuck, Joe Bracco of Toms River, told NJ.com he was not trying to flip the car, but that it “swings back and forth so much maybe our momentum just got it stuck there.” He said he and the other rider were “definitely not where we should be,” despite not being flipped over entirely.
Despite the hiccup, Siebeneicher says Six Flags would open the ride to its season pass holders Friday for previews and planned to open it to the public on Saturday as originally planned.
So it free flies huh? What if a really fat guy gets on?
Why would you have a really dangerous heavy machinery themed around a psychopatic serial killer?
ITT: Our deepest, darkest, most secretships.Kamala and Hellboy.
>>83230995
Shrek and Corey Baxter
>>83230995Carol Danvers and Rogue.
GokuXCatwoman
> I... I was nice today.
Ren is fucked up, man.
It hasn't been obvious from the start?
>>83230831
Ren had a hard life, anon. Not many people could withstand everything he experienced and come out sane and rational. Ren, unfortunately, was not one of those people.
DON'T! WHIZZ! ON!
The Electric Fence!
ITT: characters that are literally you
CAPE KINO VERSUS CAP KINO
>>83230678
none, because i'm not fictional but if i was fictional i'd probably be grant morrison
>grew up abandoned by my parents
>raised by the aunt Faye
>total nerd who got picked on in school
>befriend most of my bullies after highschool
>always super fucking poor
>have some of the worst luck in the world
http://www.qubo.com/schedule
Reminder that there's a network still airing Stickin' Around and Denver the Dinosaur (from 1988). The kicker is that it's a non-cable station in a lot of areas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Qubo
According to this, they also had Filmation Ghostbusters, the original He-man, and the live-action Animorphs a few years back.
Let's all take a moment to appreciate what a clusterfuck of random shows this is.
>Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series
Welp, thats it. Nick and CN might as well retire. No competing with that.
Not that anyone cares, but it's also still airing "Sitting Ducks" and "Pecola"
I remember where Qubo had show, where you get to finish a episode of show online with inactive comic book type shit about a boy, a girl and they're talking cat. I forgot what's it's call though.
why doesn't xavier use wolverine's power to fix his legs
Xavier is dead. Working legs are the least of his problems.
>>83230059
He did. Then he died.
>inject sniktbub cells into yourself
>you become a sniktbub without the snikt
Imagine if he donated blood.
Post Simpsons jokes that make you laugh every time
It's like I'm wearing nothing at all!
Nothing at-
Well you know.
La cumbancha volante
THE JAPANESE!?
AAAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASEBBENYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
It's "nants ingonyama"
WHAAAAAAAAAAAT'S FOR DINNEEEEEEEEEEER
>>83229864
LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CIGUENNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The flickering light of Glory
>Community challenge, come up with elaborate backstories for all the characters in this image
>That gorgon looking lady in the bottom left of the first panel
>>83229776
>The woman with a ship on her head
I love the extras in this comic
>>83229918
The group shots in this comic are always fucking fantastic.
In honor of the new movie.
X-MEN (2000)
>In 1989, Carolco Pictures approached Kathryn Bigelow to direct the movie, with James Cameron as executive producer, a script by Andrew Kevin Walker and Bob Hoskin in advanced talks to play Wolverine, but the project was scrapped when Carolco went bankrupt, and the rights were eventually acquired by 20th Century Fox in 1992.
>Walker's script was scrapped, and 28 drafts were submitted by multiple writers between 1992 and 1996, among them Joss Whedon and Michael Chabon. The final script was written by Ed Solomon based on a story by Bryan Singer and producer Tom DeSanto, with uncredited revisions by Christopher McQuarrie and David Hayter.
>Richard Donner was Fox's original choice to direct the movie, but he declined. Robert Rodriguez and Tim Burton were also approached, and Brett Ratner, John McTiernan, Irvin Kershner, Stephen Hopkins, Danny Boyle and Joel Schumacher were also considered before Bryan Singer was hired.
>Early drafts included Beast as a member of the X-Men and Pyro and Blob as members of the Brotherhood of Mutants, in addition to the Danger Room, but all of these elements had to be scrapped due to budget conflicts.
>In early drafts, Cyclops' and Storm's backstories are revealed: Cyclops' mutation manifested during his high school prom, when he destroyed the bathroom with his optic blasts, while Storm's manifested when she was surrounded and pelted with rocks by other children in her village in Kenya, accidentally summoning a blizzard that nearly swept the villagers.
>In early drafts, Magneto was indeed after Wolverine, as Adamantium was needed to power the machine that turned humans into mutants. Singer later decided to have Magneto be targeting Rogue instead.
>Russell Crowe was Singer's first choice to play Wolverine, but declined due to salary issues. The studio's top choices were Keannu Reeves and Gary Sinise. Edward Norton, Kiefer Sutherland, Aaron Eckhart and Viggo Mortensen were also considered before Dougray Scott was cast. However, he was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with last-minute additional photography for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II and was replaced by Hugh Jackman at Crowe's behest. Jackman was cast three weeks into filming.
>Thomas Jane was Singer's first choice to play Cyclops, but declined. Edward Burns and D.B. Sweeney auditioned for the role before James Caviezel was cast, but he also had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with FREQUENCY and was replaced by James Marsden.
>Maria Bello, Peta Wilson and Lucy Lawless auditoned for the role of Jean Grey before Famke Janssen was cast.
>Angela Bassett and Jada Pinkett-Smith were approached to play Storm before Halle Berry was cast.
>Natalie Portman, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci were approached to play Rogue, but declined. Rachael Leigh Cook and Katherine Isabelle auditioned for the role before Anna Paquin was cast.
>Terence Stamp and Christopher Lee were considered for the role of Magneto before Ian McKellen was cast.
>Jeri Ryan auditioned for the role of Mystique before Rebecca Romjin was cast.
>Triple H auditioned for the role of Sabretooth before Tyler Mane was cast.
>At one point, the studio considered giving the X-Men their classic colorful uniforms from the comics, but Singer and studio both believed that black leather uniforms would be easier to producer, and more realistic and aesthetically pleasing.
>Production was fraught with issues including script rewrites, unexpected delays and budget issues. Fox notoriously postponed the movie from Christmas 1999 to July 2000 and the rescheduled shooting caused several actors and crew members to drop out due to conflicts with other commitments.
>Fox was skeptical of the movie's potential and enforced several last-minute cuts to shorten the running time, almost completely deleting a subplot about Storm.
>Fox didn't account for the possibility of sequels, but Singer believed something should be set up to explore in potential future installments and instructed Famke Janssen to react to being exposed to Magneto's machine. Singer pinpoints that moment as the awakening of the Phoenix.
X2: X-MEN UNITED (2003)
>David Hayter and Zak Penn wrote two different scripts, both centered on the Legacy Virus, which were later combined and revised by Singer, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. Singer decided to not use the Legacy Virus in favor of an adaptation of "God Loves, Man Kills".
>In early drafts, William Stryker had several brainwashed mutant enforcers, including Sabretooth, Toad and Archangel, who would have Adamantium wings. Sabretooth and Archangel were removed due to budget issues, but Toad remained part of the script during multiple rewrites. Ray Park was even approached to reprise the role, and plans had already been made for a fight between him and Nightcrawler before the character was scrapped as well.
>In early drafts, Stryker's enforcer is Anne Reynolds, a human loyal to his cause. When the other enforcers were removed, she was made into Lady Deathstrike to inject more action in the third act of the movie.
>In early drafts, Wolverine would have a training session in the Danger Room. The sets were already being built and it was even included in the first teaser trailer before it was cut due to budget issues.
>In early drafts, Stryker would have a Sentinel at his disposal to target the X-Men at Alkali Lake, but the idea was scrapped both due to budget issues and because producer Tom Rothman thought giant robots were "stupid".
>In early drafts, Stryker's attack on the X-Mansion was longer and would've feature several students fighting back, including Colossus helping Wolverine throughout the fight, but this was scrapped due to budger issues.
>In early drafts, Kitty Pryde would escape the X-Mansion alongside Wolverine, Rogue, Iceman and Pyro, but was deleted for feeling superfluous to the narrative.
Was she a well-written villain?
Nope.
>well written
>Knock off anime
Nope.
>>83229280
She was interesting but bryke stopped short of fully realizing her character.
So what do you think about the reveal that Wonder Woman has a twin brother /co/?
I assume Rucka will get into it since his first arc is about secrets and lies from Diana's past
Do you think Jason will be a hero or a villain? Will he be a cool guy or super serious? What do you want him to be? How do you want Diana to react to this info?
>>83229106
Jason is going to be a full on villain. Also gay because progressive.
>>83229106
that baby looks pretty dame black
>>8322913
That was a thing in the 90's though. unless he's not a villain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OeUEWjX170
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxMiZxN-F0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLpb4XivEgk
>>83228596
I didn't know those Periwinkle shorts were pilots. I thought they were just meant to be short cartoons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2KBF3iw3is
Obligatory
>>83228886
Thanks Zone
>Brevoort: I think another good parallel to what's going on right now is pretty clearly "Superior Spider-Man" -- particularly at the outset, where there were plenty of readers who were aghast at the idea that we would kill Peter Parker and Doc Ock would take over his body and be Spider-Man. And then in similar games of telephone, and people not looking at the comics but looking at the reporting on the comics, or what have you, it turns into "Spider-Man is raping Mary Jane, because Mary Jane doesn't know he's Doc Ock, this is terrible, Marvel is promoting non-consensual sex." The story wasn't any of that, and what drove a lot of that was just, people felt so strongly for Peter Parker, and were just afraid that he was going to be gone and ruined forever, and they'd never see him again. Once the storyline was closing, and once it was over, suddenly all these people materialized -- some of them the same people -- who were like, "Wow, that was the greatest thing ever, what a roller coaster ride." Part of it was, they could now feel comfortable to approach the story on its own level, because they didn't have to be worried about the ending -- they knew it would be OK. In essence, this is the argument of, "People want to have spoilers. They want to know how the movie ends." I don't really believe that; I think that's just a facile argument used by people who want to make a buck by spoiling things for other people. But there's some truth to the underlying idea that people can get so emotionally worked up about a story that they're experiencing that they can't actually enjoy it until they know everything turns out OK in the end.
He makes a good point. Why the retards always jump to false conclusions over a single page or cover?
>>83228260
because people like to feel triggered and oppressed which allows them to go on a soap box to make themselves feel better
>>83228260
It better not drag on for 30 fucking issues like Superior did, the fun wore off like half way through
>don't worry, obviously this isn't all there is on the matter, just pay $3.99 every month for the next year to find out why this panel isn't representative of the status quo of Captain America
Obviously a lot of the detractors are fucking idiots, let's not have any disagreement on that OP. Like burning copies of the issue, or making stupid arguents at the creators on twitter. Like, calm down and get a life.
But it's disenguous story-telling to present something serially, but disavow serial reactions to it.
Give me 1 (ONE) good reason why this wouldn't have worked. Both story-wise and for the characters.
It's too logical and wouldn't pander to SJW's for those precious shekels
Because they needed to shoehorn in a lesbian thing to be progressive, it retroactively saved the show by making two girls hold hands.
It would have worked just fine, but Bryke thought everyone hated Kataang for no reason and loved Zutara for no reason, so they tried to make Zutara this time instead.
