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ITS ALMOST TIME FOR MASS HYSTERIA! I GOT LESS THAN A WEEK TO...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:43:15 -0400

ITS ALMOST TIME FOR MASS HYSTERIA! I GOT LESS THAN A WEEK TO FINISH MY SLIMEBLOWER REBULID.

masterpenfold: Did you know that Six Flags had plans to feature...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:34 -0400

Did you know that Six Flags had plans to feature a Ghostbusters ride? Roger Hector, one of the creative minds behind the project was recently interviewed by the 2600Connection.com. Hector goes into great detail on what fans could have expected out of it, including several images of concept art and even some of the real mock-ups.

Here’s a quick recap of the interview:

The Hauntington Hotel was a complete design for a Ghostbusters-themed dark ride that was produced for Six Flags (another division of Bally). It was another “first” of its kind as it was the first interactive theme park game/ride, giving its riders a ghost busting gun mounted in front of them, and a variety of sophisticated “ghost” targets to shoot at, and receive a score and prizes. In this way, it was a huge game that required many plays to learn and master. The target ghosts were a combination of physical animated props with CG displays that were combined through mirrors, and they reacted/exploded when hit. The guns were a combination of laser pointer and IR emitter that kept track of hits and displayed the player’s score. The whole thing was created, designed, engineered, and prototyped at Sente, and the ride system was in the hands of a prominent roller coaster engineering company, Intamin. But before it could be rolled out in the Six Flags parks (1st one was slated for Texas), Bally sold the Six Flags division in 1987, and the project fell into a corporate black hole, never to be seen again, which is too bad, as it was really pretty cool, even by today’s standards. I hadn’t seen anything like it until 20 years later when Disney installed the Toy Story Midway Mania ride at Disneyland in 2008. I don’t think any of it has ever been seen before outside the company. We had a very strong concept & storyboard artist named Don Carson, and below is some of his work, along with some of my sketches. This is far from complete, but it’s all I could find. The photos below only show some of the many scenes & features. Howie and his team prototyped the technology, and the layouts and sets were all there. At least you can get an idea for it.

ghostofcheney: We came, we saw, WE KICKED ITS ASS!

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:02:12 -0400

ghostofcheney:

We came, we saw, WE KICKED ITS ASS!

cavetocanvas: George Catlin, Prairie Meadows Burning, 1832 From...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:03:38 -0400

cavetocanvas:

George Catlin, Prairie Meadows Burning, 1832

From the Smithsonian American Art Museum:

George Catlin painted ominous, swirling clouds of black smoke that loom out of the distance and drive the Indians before them. The artist was an eyewitness to such terrifying events, and described the fire’s “thunder rumbling as it goes.” But he also wrote that prairie fires made for “some of the most beautiful scenes that are to be witnessed in this country, and also some of the most sublime.”

River: Hi TARDIS did The Doctor behave while I was gone?

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:40:46 -0400

River: Hi TARDIS did The Doctor behave while I was gone?
TARDIS: GIRL LET ME TELL YOU

myeightcents: biberoni: heartoffire: mylittleferret: manndyy:...

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:38:43 -0400

myeightcents:

biberoni:

heartoffire:

mylittleferret:

manndyy:

erasemeezy:

I’ve honestly never laughed at anything this hard in my entire life. I’m crying.

OH DEAR GOD WHAT WHAT SHIT

I need this on my blog again.

This is gold!

i've been having the craziest dreams lately.

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:09:40 -0400

like all my current and past friends, a gigantic video game store that converted into disney’s haunted mansion that was a crazy haunted house including all great movie villains, including the new cybermen from the doctor who episode i watched last night. craziness.

fuckyeahfatcosplay: This is my She-Ra cosplay that I finished...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:08:35 -0400

fuckyeahfatcosplay:

This is my She-Ra cosplay that I finished constructing a few days ago.

I take my cosplaying very seriously. I put a lot of heart and work into making all my things from scratch, into the details, and into having a very well constructed outfit. But nothing really grinds my gears as much as not being taken seriously as a cosplayer due to my size 20 hips. Like, wow, the size of my waist does not detract how flippin’ stellar the paint job on my armor is.

My point is, make the best costume you possibly can. Everyone else can shut their mouths as they gawk at your bodacious cosplaying self.

firelordsarah: HOLY SHIT TAKE MY MONEY

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:07:27 -0400

firelordsarah:

HOLY SHIT TAKE MY MONEY

Laid back with a beverage.

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:46:54 -0400

Laid back with a beverage.

muggleland: the ceo of abercrombie and fitch has a lot of nerve saying that ugly people shouldn’t...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:37:56 -0400

muggleland:

the ceo of abercrombie and fitch has a lot of nerve saying that ugly people shouldn’t wear his clothes when he looks like a caucasian orc from the lord of the rings

aflawedfashion: I love how he mimics her and touches his hair...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:20:49 -0400

aflawedfashion:

I love how he mimics her and touches his hair in confusion.

WE GOT INTO THE SMALL FLYBALL TOURNAMENT IN JUNE!

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:10:00 -0400

that means Huck gets his warm up spot!

inourcircles: wat

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:36:41 -0400

inourcircles:

wat

andrew-jason: Oh my gosh! That is an Expedition Everest wedding...

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:36:28 -0400

andrew-jason:

Oh my gosh! That is an Expedition Everest wedding cake!! :O

starting working on my slimeblower rebuild, cooking steaks and gonna watch a movie. aww yeaaahh.

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:48:11 -0400

ravenelreid: runaeveena: waiting-for-the-spark: The latest...

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:58:50 -0400

ravenelreid:

runaeveena:

waiting-for-the-spark:

The latest addition to the Disney Princess lineup (complete with compulsory sparkles)
I may have gone a bit too far this time…

hands down, you won the internet

this is everything I ever wanted

mattfractionblog: thumbcramps: hi guys! this is a comic i made...

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:50:09 -0400

mattfractionblog:

thumbcramps:

hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women.

also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it.

anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!!

Fantastic.

thedisneyhipster: To me, it might as well be its own planet.

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:49:21 -0400

thedisneyhipster:

To me, it might as well be its own planet.

Photo

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:37:23 -0400