Bizarro's Super-Duper Themeing is Mostly Superfluous

Six Flags New England "re-skinned" its Superman: Ride of Steel coaster with a Bizarro theme and reopened the ride over the weekend. Turning to the Superman comic book canon that originally inspired the ride, the backstory has something to do with Supe's archrival Lex Luthor, the Daily Planet's Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane, and the lesser-known character, Bizarro. Emanating from the planet Htrae (that's Earth backwards) in a mysterious alternative universe, Bizarro is similar to, but a weird opposite of, Superman. Hence, he sports a reverse "S" on his purple-caped uniform and is bent more on destruction than truth, justice, and the American way. What does all of this have to do with the coaster? Not much, really. While the new touches are fun, the Bizarro add-ons are mostly window-dressing for what was already an incredible coaster. Read my review of the re-themed Bizarro coaster.

• Bizarro Photo Gallery- See the newish coaster--in all its purple glory.
• Six Flags New England Overview

Photo: The trains and track of Six Flags New England's premier coaster are now purple. Arthur Levine, 2009. Licensed to About.com.