Six Flags Magic Mountain unveiled its new "Green Lantern: First Flight" roller coaster on Thursday, and Geoff Johns was on hand to mark the third DC Comics attraction for the park and the first vertical zig-zag coaster in the country.
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07-01-2011, 02:13 PM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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CBR: "Green Lantern" Rides In At Magic Mountain
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07-01-2011, 07:40 PM #2Elder Member
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Yo, people! There's a separate Green Lantern discussion thread!
http://forums.comicbookresources.com...splay.php?f=74
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07-02-2011, 08:43 AM #3Junior Member
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Boy, they're pretty determined to pretend that movie didn't suck.
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07-02-2011, 10:59 AM #4BANNED
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No ride beats the Spider-Man ride in Universal Studios Orlando Florida. And noe coaster beats Hulks Coaster either!
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07-02-2011, 01:06 PM #5Senior Member
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Those 2 are pretty great and some of the best coasters out there IMO (and fairly limited opinion) but depending on which Six Flags you go on there are better DC rides plus things like Kingda Ka which is amazing.
Originally Posted by Kick-Ass
No ride beats the Spider-Man ride in Universal Studios Orlando Florida. And noe coaster beats Hulks Coaster either!
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07-02-2011, 01:12 PM #6Doesn't Socialize
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Finally rode Hulk two weeks ago, and that is seriously an amazing coaster. That little twist they pull in the beginning where they blast you out before completing the initial climb is awesome. Originally Posted by Kick-Ass
No ride beats the Spider-Man ride in Universal Studios Orlando Florida. And noe coaster beats Hulks Coaster either!"Everyone knows the Spider-Man board pays people to bus mentally I'll homeless people to public libraries so they can log onto the Internet to berate Steve Wacker." - darknessatnoon
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07-02-2011, 07:48 PM #7New Member
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I like the oath written in Interlac. A nice nod for the truly nerdy.
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07-02-2011, 07:50 PM #8Elder Member
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I don't think that's the only reason why they're making this rollar coaster. Flash hasn't had that much of a lead for the outside public in years but Six Flags still has that Flash Pass thing. Originally Posted by Chris McFeely
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07-03-2011, 05:42 AM #9Member
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Given the amount of time it takes to build a ride at a theme/amusement park, the two are not directly related. The fact GL got a movie, and the fact there is a GL ride built are probably both to do with the popularity of the comic right now. Originally Posted by Chris McFeely
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07-03-2011, 09:20 AM #10Senior Member
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The Gl ride was essentially a different 6 flags coaster Chang moved to GA and then repackaged/named the Green Lantern coaster. This was all around 2010 when it was known that the Gl movie was coming out.
In 2008 they opened up "The Dark Knight" a coaster obviously timed to open with the movie.
So whether it was intentional or not it will be seemed to be opening as part of the Gl movie franchise, and even if they had the idea before they knew about the movie their marketing has certainly heavily cross-promoted the idea.
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