{"id":7252,"date":"2017-03-22T16:05:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=7252"},"modified":"2017-03-22T16:11:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:11:29","slug":"paramount-theme-park-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/03\/22\/paramount-theme-park-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Which movies will get their own rides at the UK&#8217;s new Paramount theme park?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For today\u2019s post, I thought we\u2019d do something (to quote <em>Monty Python<\/em>) completely different.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about theme parks, particularly movie-themed ones. We all know them, right? Disneyland, Universal Orlando, Disney-MGM and, if you want to be obscure, that Warner Bros theme park in Australia, with 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Fox scheduled to open a theme park in Malaysia this year.<\/p>\n<p>Well in 2021, Paramount will be getting in on the act by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentlive.news\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-london-paramount\/story-29868506-detail\/story.html\">opening a theme park on the Swanscombe Peninsula<\/a>. According to news sources and various pieces of concept artwork, among the films and TV shows to be included as rides and attractions are <em>Star Trek<\/em>, <em>Titanic<\/em>, <em>The Godfather<\/em> and the likes of the stuff on Nickelodeon, <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, <em>Sherlock<\/em> and <em>Top Gear<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, here are some ideas of my own for what could be included. Some are realistically possible, others just wishful thinking, so keep an open mind. Anyway, on with the list\u201d\u00a6<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Top Gun<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qAfbp3YX9F0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For this, my idea for a theme park attraction based on <em>Top Gun<\/em> would have to be a rollercoaster styled on the dogfight sequences displayed in the film.<\/p>\n<p>With the cars in the shape of fighter jets, to give you the experience of actually fighting alongside Maverick and Iceman in the movie, and as an added bonus, the joy of listening to Kenny Loggins\u2019 <em>Danger Zone<\/em> while waiting in the queue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/?keyword=top%20gun\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Top Gun\u00a0<\/em>on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunset Boulevard, Rosemary&#8217;s Baby, Friday The 13th, Fatal Attraction and the Paranormal Activity franchise<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y3P0Zpe-2og\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What better idea than to incorporate all of the most notable horror and thriller movies Paramount has produced over the years and place them into that classic of fairground rides, a haunted house (or a ride reminiscent of Disneyland\u2019s Haunted Mansion), with each room styled on one of the movies listed above?<\/p>\n<p><em>Sunset Bouelvard<\/em> for the living room, <em>Fatal Attraction<\/em> for the kitchen and the bathroom, <em>Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/em> and <em>Paranormal Activity <\/em>for the bedrooms and <em>Friday the 13<sup>th<\/sup> <\/em>for the garden, with perhaps the added bonus of a basement\/laboratory modelled on two pre-Code Paramount horror movies <em>Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde <\/em>(with Frederic March) and <em>The Island of Lost Souls<\/em> and <em>The Addams Family<\/em> for the main entrance, just to lighten the mood up a bit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/?keyword=sunset%20boulevard\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Sunset Boulevard\u00a0<\/em>on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Nashville, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Flashdance, Footloose, Hustle and Flow, Dreamgirls<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lX2FffaLdks\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Paramount has produced a fair number of music based features over the years, these five features listed above being their most prominent.<\/p>\n<p>So what better way of celebrating them in attraction-form, by creating a discotheque\/karaoke area allowing you to dance and sing along to your favourite ditties, including <em>Stayin\u2019 Alive<\/em>, <em>It\u2019s Hard Out Here Being a Pimp<\/em> and <em>I\u2019m Easy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/?keyword=saturday%20night%20fever\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Saturday Night Fever\u00a0<\/em>on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Interstellar<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zSWdZVtXT7E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It may have seemed divisive to numerous folk upon release, but there is the possibility that Chris Nolan\u2019s <em>Interstellar<\/em> has the potential to make a good ride. A rollercoaster, to be exact.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who\u2019s seen the film will know that there are numerous set pieces and depictions of interstellar travel littered throughout the film. So my proposition is, an indoor rollercoaster (similar to Alton Towers\u2019 now defunct <em>Black Hole<\/em>) modelled on the final sequence of the film involving Endurance\u2019s entry into Gargantua and the Tesseract.<\/p>\n<p>It would also allow for some technical wizardry to simulate the effects used in the film (maybe lightshows or onscreen projections placed around the coaster). Just add Hans Zimmer\u2019s score for the entrance and appropriate points on the rollercoaster, and you got yourself an attraction worth paying for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/?keyword=interstellar\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Interstellar\u00a0<\/em>on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Airplane! and The Naked Gun<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/07pPmCfKi3U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Again, I know what you\u2019re thinking. How do we create a ride based on the two most notable comedy features from comedy trio Jim Abrahams and the Zucker Bros?\u00a0Well, to quote Greg Proops, follow along and you\u2019ll find rich rewards.<\/p>\n<p>This one\u2019s an easy one, a motion simulator recreating the opening sequence of the trilogy. Stock footage and random stuff shot with a GoPro camera would create the film used in the simulator. With <em>Airplane!<\/em>, perhaps a balloon stand selling replicas of Otto the autopilot (in balloon form of course).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/airplane\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Airplane\u00a0<\/em>on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Untouchables and Collateral<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YbzkK06MJjE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now, how to do a ride\/attraction based on Brian De Palma\u2019s 1987 adaptation of the TV series <em>The Untouchables<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>I know, a Laser Quest-esque attraction centred on the shoot-out in Grand Central Station. Just for added difficulty, a replica of the baby carriage moving up and down the stairs (on a track), points will be lost if its hit. That will be enough to make any customer feel like Elliot Ness. Plus, an animatronic recreation of the baseball scene for those waiting in line.<\/p>\n<p>Same applies for Michael Mann\u2019s 2004 feature <em>Collateral<\/em>. Specifically, one based on either of the shootouts at the nightclub or on the train.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/?keyword=the%20untouchables\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>The Untouchables\u00a0<\/em>on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Serpico and Chinatown<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nBJQ1pK372Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all familiar with the Sherlock Holmes Tour of London, are we not? Well, Paramount London could do something similar based on their neo-noir classic <em>Chinatown<\/em> and gritty crime drama <em>Serpico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It would consist of following tour guides (as Frank Serpico and Jake Gittes), finding clues, solving puzzles and catching bad guys along the way. Too obscure for you? Well forget it Jake, it\u2019s Chinatown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/?keyword=serpico\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Serpico\u00a0<\/em>on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Crocodile Dundee<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rijQ5oBFlO0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s only one type of ride that could draw influence from <em>Crocodile Dundee<\/em>. A log flume (or some other flume ride) around recreations of the Australian outback in crocodile-shaped ride vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Message to Alton Towers: that\u2019s not a log flume. *Unveils log flume ride* That\u2019s a log flume.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/film-and-tv\/?keyword=crocodile%20dundee\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Crocodile Dundee<\/em> on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cloverfield<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1XEriXzNik\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This could take the form of a drop tower ride similar to Alton Towers\u2019 <em>Nemesis: Sub-Terra<\/em>, with direct inspiration taken from <em>Cloverfield<\/em> (2008), including recreations of the Clover monster\u2019s arrival and the scene in the subway.<\/p>\n<p>Then onward to the second part, modelled after its spiritual sequel <em>10 Cloverfield Lane<\/em> (2016) and centred on the ventilation shafts of the shelter.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/film-and-tv\/?keyword=cloverfield\">Buy\u00a0<\/a><em>Cloverfield\u00a0<\/em>on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D6gABQFR94U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What better way to salute John Hughes\u2019s time at Paramount than to create an attraction based on his two high-points post-<em>Breakfast Club<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>For this one, maybe some sort of car ride modelled on scenes from both those pictures (such as the car jump or parade sequence from <em>Ferris Bueller<\/em>). It would make for a relaxing pseudo-road trip after all that adrenaline rush<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/film-and-tv\/?keyword=ferris%20bueller\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off\u00a0<\/em>on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Ten Commandments<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EiLmKxiTT3g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Of course, no Paramount theme park should be without Cecil B. DeMille\u2019s blustery masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Some form of water ride would suffice, with influence being drawn from the scene where Moses parts the Red Sea. Maybe a boat ride, with the boats in the form of miniature replicas of Egyptian Khufu ships, and one final dash for the exit, so you can feel a part of the Exodus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/film-and-tv\/?keyword=the%20ten%20commandments\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>The Ten Commandments<\/em> on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Breakfast at Tiffany&#8217;s, Meatballs, Wayne&#8217;s World and There Will Be Blood<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eJJvjGKhscA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the food court, a restaurant modelled on <em>Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s<\/em>, a meatball stand named after the Bill Murray movie of the same name, all kinds of restaurants and shops selling all the food and drinks shown in the product placement gag from <em>Wayne\u2019s World<\/em> and a <em>There Will Be Blood<\/em>-themed milkshake bar (\u201cI drink your milkshake! I DRINK IT UP!\u201d\u009d).<\/p>\n<p>And, just to branch out into TV, a recreation of the bar from <em>Cheers<\/em> and a <em>Frasier<\/em>-themed scrambled egg stand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/film-and-tv\/?keyword=breakfast%20at%20tiffany%27s\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Breakfast on Tiffany&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>on DVD and Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Other attractions<\/h4>\n<p><em>Cleopatra<\/em> (Cecil B. DeMille, 1934) \u201d\u201c spa facility (milk bath included).<\/p>\n<p><em>Roman Holiday<\/em> (William Wyler, 1953) \u201d\u201c scooter hire.<\/p>\n<p><em>Seconds<\/em> (John Frankenheimer, 1966) \u201d\u201c a rollercoaster of the surrealist kind.<\/p>\n<p><em>Trading Places<\/em> (John Landis, 1983) \u201d\u201c cash points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ghost <\/em>(Jerry Zucker, 1990) \u201d\u201c pottery classes.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Truman Show <\/em>(Peter Weir, 1998) \u201d\u201c model village.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Looking forward to the Paramount theme park? Then check out all of the movies in this post on the musicMagpie Store! 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