Mistakes on rollercoaster shows

On the first new show they said the Ghost Rider had 13 cross overs, and then in the second show on Sunday it said that Ghost Rider had 14 crossovers. That was one mistake i found.

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on the Travel channels " great lake escapes " when they reviewed MF at cedar point , they cut back and forth between magum and the force . they reviewed 1 coaster but showed 2 diffrent coasters.

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You really need to get some more BRAN in your diet

You know what, although some of these mistakes are legitimate... all are honest mistakes and anyone and everyone that gets filmed makes them.

I say that because until you have a camera two feet away from your face and are being asked dozens of questions one after the other, you have no idea how daunting it is.

I was amazed at how my brain would "freeze" when I was asked a question. You loose all basic memory skills because you are too busy worrying about other things and doing what they have asked of you.

For example, on my interview out by the SOB brake run, what the camera did not show was the fact that the humidity was over 100 degress (between takes I had to "dry off"), I was up to my knees in bug infested grass (we spent the day dousing ourselves in bug and tick repellent), we had to wait until the train would pass at stratigic times, and just below my chest I was holding a large silver reflective disc to "light" the underside of my face. The camera, no joke, was no more than two feet away from me. Because of the wide angle lense I look as though I was standing 5 or 6 feet away.

Now, before the camera was started, they would literally say stuff like "wet your lips" or "look in a certian direction." They would ask me a question, I would answer it. Then they would tell me to answer it back while repeating the question. In other words if they asked me "What's your favorite part of Son of Beast" I would have to answer "My favorite part of Son Of Beast is...." If I got my words tangled, or some sound disrupted it, or the coaster wasn't timed right, or the light went in etc etc., then we had to re-shoot. This went on all afternoon.

In that time, you get asked many, many questions and you focus so much on the instructions you have been given, that you loose many common sense skills. Honestly, they could have asked me the color of the sky and I would have had to stop and think a moment before answering.

I have to tell you, I really enjoyed it and am so happy I had the chance to do it. But my hat is off to those who do this type of on-camera work all the time. To look natural and comfortable is NOT easy to do.

Shaggy

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Shaggy
A.K.A. John K.

When I was still doing TV I think that's the thing that alarmed people the most. I put lights and the camera less than two feet away from people and they really freaked out about.

I had to explain to them that's why I made them look so damn good. :)

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B&M-TYCOON said:
Last year they said S:UE was at CP in Sandusky, Ohio.

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Well they do now. Well, a bigger one at that ;)

Also, on Extreme Rides 2002, the host on X (the latino with the accent) said Six Flags Mawgic Mountain.

I have a theory as to why Batwing was reversed on Xtreme rides 02,my theory as that during editing that the producers inadvertantly used the film negative from the camera as apposed to the actual film itself.That's about the only explanation I can think of as to how the POV footage got mirrored.

Actually, if I remember correctly, I think that the Kraken guy got most of the inversions right. Here's a list:

1st vertical loop: Don't remember what he said

Dive loop: Don't remember

Zero-G roll: Don't remember

Cobra roll: He got that one

2nd v loop: Missed that one, called it a "dive loop"

Corkscrew: Called it a "flat spin", but isn't that what single corkscrews are sometimes called on B&M coasters?

So, giving him the benefit of the doubt on the first 3, he did get most of them.

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