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LEX LUTHOR TAKES SIX FLAGS FOR A RIDE!ROLLER COASTER REDO EXCITES FANS, BUT CLAWSHUN MOTIVES QUESTIONEDBy Lois LaneMost thrill-seekers can't wait for the upcoming transformation of Six Flags New England's Superman: Ride of Steel and Six Flags Great Adventure's Medusa roller coaster. But some roller coaster fans are raising questions about mega-company LexCorp's involvement in the project. "Superman: Ride of Steel and Medusa are two great coasters," said Jonathan Whitmeyer, president of the Metropolis chapter of the American Association of Thrill-Ride and Roller Coaster Fans (AATRCF). "Fans are excited by the idea of improving two already fantastic rides, but some people are wondering about the secrecy involved."The Superman: Ride of Steel at Six Flags New England (outside of Springfield, Massachusetts) won Amusement Today's Golden Ticket award in 2008 for best steel roller coaster, and Park World Magazine has named Superman: Ride of Steel the "number one coaster on the planet." Medusa is a historic ride which was the first "floorless" roller coaster when it opened in 1999."If anyone can improve Superman: Ride of Steel and Medusa its Lex Luthor," said Everett Pavlick, president of the American Museum of Roller Coaasters. "But why won't LexCorp tell us what they're planning to do?""The renovation project has been under a veil of mystery since it began," said Janice Slivey, a Metropolis resident concerned about the transformation. Initially, Clawshun Industries refused to divulge their plans for the coaster makeover. Protestors were even spotted questioning Clawshun Representatives in the park. When it was later uncovered that LexCorp is the parent company of Clawshun Industries, the mystery deepened. "Keeping Clawshun Industries' actual owner a secret contributes to the feeling that LexCorp has something to hide with its transformation of Superman: Ride of Steel and Medusa," said Slivey.Not all fans share Slivey's curiousity over the secrecy involved in the transformation. "If Lex Luthor is really behind the redo, that's the best news I've heard all year," said 19-year-old Metropolis resident Maxwell Hearnes. "After all, how many times do we get a genius scientist and former President to transform roller coasters?""Fans say they they are acting out of admiration for the ride themselves. "We love Superman: Ride of Steel and Medusa and we are going to make sure the transformations make the best rides in the country even better," said AATRCF's chapter president Whitmeyer.
Six Flags New EnglandandSix Flags Great AdventureThanks to all the Citizens of Metropolis for YourSupport of Clawshun Industries'Transformation of Superman: Ride of Steeland MedusaYou're in for a Thrill!Memorial Day Weekend 2009