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  • #9812
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭Doge


    Not Arcade but certainly retro....



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    Bought a dvd of the original Gone in 60 Seconds (1974),
    and I bought the DVD on the left mainly for the documentary on H.B. Halicki
    - the Producer, Director, Actor and Stunt Driver of these 3 films.

    If you like car chases and haven't seen the original it's a must,
    it has one of the longest, action packed car chase scenes in history, almost 40 minutes,
    and a lot of it was shot illegally without a permit - the people you see on the street aren't actors! ;)

    Toby Halicki was quite a legend, it was a low budget film, and he spent most of the budget on over 100 cars which included genuine police cars, fire trucks, garbage trucks etc....

    To balance this, he had friends and family acting in the film so the acting is quite poor, but the chase scenes make up for it.

    He's involved in a bad crash in the film, which actually was a genuine accident and when he regained consciousness, the first thing he said was if they got the footage of it!

    After performing another stunt towards the end of the chase which involved a jump in the car, he compacted 10 vertebrae!

    Not one bit of this CGI bull**** that you see in the remake!

    The story behind the film is quite amazing, and knowing the ins and outs, gives you a much larger appreciation of it.


    Definitely worth watching.


  • #9813
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Today I received the following:

    1. Gigawing Generations [NTSC-J, PS2, CIB]
    A title missing from my Gigawing collection and one I've wanted for some time. As I understand it, this is the pick of the PS2 bunch anyway.
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    2. Ken Ishii - Jelly Tones [2008 Remastered Edition, Sealed/New]
    I bought this as it has a cleaner master audio and also (I think) comes with the video for Extra. I photographed it with the 1995 first pressing edition I bought a couple of weeks ago. SteveSI syndrome START!! :eek:
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    3. Mickey Mouse in Castle Of Illusion [NTSC-J, Mega Drive, CIB]
    Not a SHMUP! :eek: Nonetheless it's a game I have desired to own for some time, so, on the rare occasion I make a non-SHMUP purchase, I think this is a worthy enough title to fit in to my small, but super pert :pac: non-SHMUPS collection.
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    Final GET! action for this week includes more Kanji textbooks, an original XBOX (not 360) RGB SCART cable and audio cable, a PS2 v9 lens loop.

    Oh, and a chick from Japan who's going to give me Japanese lessons.*

    *awaiting smutty comments. :(


  • #9814
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 54,058 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    *awaiting smutty comments. :(

    I call sloppy seconds.


  • #9815
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I call sloppy seconds.

    That didn't take long! :P

    Anywho, yeah it's ace. Proper Japanese person teaching me Japanese. It's almost as brilliant as a Jack Burton burger....but not quite....well.....sort of. Yeah alright it's better.

    domo arigatogozaimash!ta!


  • #9816
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 11,304 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    waveform wrote: »
    ...

    Bought a dvd of the original Gone in 60 Seconds (1974),

    Great film that sir, have it myself. The car chase was pretty damn cool from what I remember. The Driver (1978) still has the most entertaining car scenes on film bar none even if they aren't real (imo ofcourse).

    @Pyongyang: Nice stuff. Was Generations not released on DC also? So what kind of Japanese "lessons" is she going to teach you? Does it involve dressing up as robots? :P


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  • #9817
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Speaking of car films of that era, anyone ever see Duel? Its :cool:


  • #9818
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    the most entertaining car scenes on film bar none.

    I disagree. This is the best, recorded in one take, chase ever recorded on film. No contest. You will NEVER be able able to film something like this ever again. A masterpiece, pure and simple:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p0O1QsXfnQ


    Closely followed by this, again, done in one take:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3sbxn8JPvw


    I strongly advise you to watch them both immediately before finishing reading my post. :D
    @Pyongyang: Nice stuff. Was Generations not released on DC also?

    Not that I know of? The two games were released separately though. I have the first one on the Dreamcast, not the second one. Yet.

    As for the Japanese lessons, no we won't be dressing up as our favourite Gundam while learning Kanji! I'm going to sit the JLPT exams in December/July so don't want to waste my money failing them! :)
    EnterNow wrote: »
    Speaking of car films of that era, anyone ever see Duel? Its :cool:

    Yep. 1971. Steven Cheeseburger's first feature film no less!


  • #9819
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭Doge


    Nice one for the link to Rendezvous Pyongy,
    checking out Ken Ishii's album on youtube right now, haven't listened to him before.

    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Great film that sir, have it myself. The car chase was pretty damn cool from what I remember. The Driver (1978) still has the most entertaining car scenes on film bar none even if they aren't real (imo ofcourse).

    @Pyongyang: Nice stuff. Was Generations not released on DC also? So what kind of Japanese "lessons" is she going to teach you? Does it involve dressing up as robots? :P

    I downloaded The Driver the day I purchased Gone in 60 from amazon for £5.39.

    It was mentioned in the review comments along with Vannishing Pointamd a few others.

    I love how the playstation game was inspired by it, and recreated the training mission from this scene:







    What re-kindled my interest in all this again was playing Driver Parallel Lines on the PS2 lately.

    I only played the PC version today, and you know what?

    Despite the higher res graphics, I prefer playing it on my Trinitron on the PS2.

    I've noticed this with GTA VC & SA also.

    Because the PC versions are so sharp, it makes the walls and buildings look very flat and boxy for some reason.

    Whatever it is about playing it on the ps2 with a CRT, the objects just blend in more, and the saturation makes the lighting blend in more also.


  • #9820
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    waveform wrote: »
    Ken Ishii's album, haven't heard his tracks before so youtubing them right now.

    Allow me sir.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st6maVVFs0A


    You're welcome. ;)

    N.B: I'm trying to complete his discography. Starting with Jelly Tones. Easy Filters is next on my shopping list. I've had a resurging interest in collecting techno albums recently. Odd.

    EDIT: Oh, and this, which I have knocking around on vinyl somewhere. Absolutely astonishing record:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY0LDHgbh3o


  • #9821
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 11,304 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    I disagree. This is the best, recorded in one take, chase ever recorded on film. No contest. You will NEVER be able able to film something like this ever again. A masterpiece, pure and simple:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p0O1QsXfnQ


    Cool chase but recorded in one take my arse. Not unless that yellow boat has a miraculous windscreen that breaks and fixes itself when it feels like it! Normal at 4:29, broken at 4:47, then gets shot, back fixed again at 5:24. :pac:

    Anyway, still not as good as The Driver. :D


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  • #9822
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Cool chase but recorded in one take my arse. Not unless that yellow boat has a miraculous windscreen that breaks and fixes itself when it feels like it! Normal at 4:29, broken at 4:47, then gets shot, back fixed again at 5:24. :pac:

    It was so! There's a thing on it somewhere I read in someplace about a thing on it wrote by some bloke. I'll dig it out.

    They did the lot in one take by setting up cameras at every point they needed for the shots. Plus the use of the chopper for the overhead of course.

    I am now determined to find the article about how that was filmed, hopefully it's available online. For 1970, when Puppet On A Chain was filmed, it's a feckin incredible piece of stunt/film making.

    So nerr! :)


  • #9823
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 11,304 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    It was so! There's a thing on it somewhere I read in someplace about a thing on it wrote by some bloke. I'll dig it out.

    They did the lot in one take by setting up cameras at every point they needed for the shots. Plus the use of the chopper for the overhead of course.

    I am now determined to find the article about how that was filmed, hopefully it's available online. For 1970, when Puppet On A Chain was filmed, it's a feckin incredible piece of stunt/film making.

    So nerr! :)

    Absolutely, it's great! Just not filmed in one take unless the laws of physics didn't apply back then. :p


  • #9824
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Absolutely, it's great! Just not filmed in one take unless the laws of physics didn't apply back then. :p

    Anthony Julius Xavier Constantine Plopadopalos Seven Six! It so was shot in one take! Had to be put through post though so maybe something got rejigged in editing? I must find that article now!


  • #9825
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    It could have been shot in one take & edited together in places, perhaps not in the order certain sequences happened?


  • #9826
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    EnterNow wrote: »
    It could have been shot in one take & edited together in places, perhaps not in the order certain sequences happened?

    That's what I was kinda aiming for in my post to Andrew76, just with less shouting and red text and stuff...

    :o


  • #9827
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 11,304 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    EnterNow wrote: »
    It could have been shot in one take & edited together in places, perhaps not in the order certain sequences happened?

    Aye was thinking the same, not so impressive really then. I can sense Pyong's rage levels rising. :D


  • #9828
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 37,285 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    I disagree. This is the best, recorded in one take, chase ever recorded on film. No contest. You will NEVER be able able to film something like this ever again. A masterpiece, pure and simple

    Amazing scene alright. I must watch that film sometime.

    The best? This is the best chase scene ever recorded. Ever. Seeing the truck come down off the overpass is unmatched when it comes to the unstoppable horror of the chaser. (unfortunately youtube wont let me embed it)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUd3rgVJusk

    This is a very very close second (if you'd asked me a few years ago this would have been first.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ8SLAEmyCI


    Also love the chase at the end of Westworld. You really can see where Robert Patrick got a lot of his T-1000 mannerisms.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJHa7nHoBLc


  • #9829
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    I can sense Pyong's rage levels rising.

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  • #9830
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Bahh, just home from London this evening and the neighbour rang me earlier to say she had taken delivery of a box from China. I thought I was going to have some tasty morsels to post here as I have a few nice things one the way.

    Got home, legged it over to collect the box, very small box I though to myself when I got it. It was just a watch I'd ordered :mad:
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    .


  • #9831
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Steve SI wrote: »
    Taken delivery of a box from China. I thought I was going to have some tasty morsels.

    Got home, legged it over to collect the box, very small box I though to myself when I got it. It was just a what I'd ordered.

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    I don't see why you're upset? :pac:


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  • #9832
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    I don't see why you're upset? :pac:

    Not quite as tasty as that :)

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    .


  • #9833
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 37,285 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Nice!

    I'm still in the market for a watch. Had to give up my WW2 watch dream when I discovered how radioactive the things are :(

    Been trying to find a cheap Rolex on ebay for the craic. No luck so far!


  • #9834
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Nice!

    I'm still in the market for a watch. Had to give up my WW2 watch dream when I discovered how radioactive the things are :(

    Been trying to find a cheap Rolex on ebay for the craic. No luck so far!

    I picked up an old classic Cellini Rolex a while back. Not in great shape.
    I'm trying to build up my watch collection again, It used to be fairly nice but its years since I've really collected and most of the watches I had are missing or back home somewhere.

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    .


  • #9835
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Tis a secret hobby of mine, horology. That and collecting vintage and LE fountain pens are some of my favourite things to amass.

    My watch collection is small, but pert. I currently have a Longines Hydroconquest (automatic, blue not black) and a solid gold (inc bracelet) Omega Seamaster with some 'extra stuff' I won't detail here.

    The Omega is kept in a safe deposit box off the premises though so I never wear it. The Longines is my weekender though I keep it in a watch winder throughout the week.

    I almost bought a Tag Heure Carrera (specifically this one) but bought a fountain pen instead. Keen on Visconti limited editions and vintage bulb fill pens. Specifically, my favourite being an Eversharp Skyline fountain pen I have from the 1933 World's Fair.

    One I do have my eye on is the Tag Heure Monaco, with the LE Steve McQueen Porsche Le Mans detailing on it. I think they made super limited quantities of it though. An Officine Panerai would be nice too, but you could get a deposit on a gaf in Dublin for the price of one of those. Tried a couple on though and the faces are too big and heavy, probably something that will go out of style when Premiership footballers ride the next fashion wave.


  • #9836
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


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  • #9837
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,732 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Nice!

    I'm still in the market for a watch. Had to give up my WW2 watch dream when I discovered how radioactive the things are :(

    Been trying to find a cheap Rolex on ebay for the craic. No luck so far!

    Got a silver one of these some time ago, nice and retro although a bit confusing at times (no pun intended)


  • #9838
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    He's talking about you SteveSI! :D

    Here's a nice site on the Eversharp Skyline:

    http://www.leighreyes.com/?p=1782

    That's the 1940's edition that had a lot of changes to it, though the bulb access clip feature stayed the same as earlier editions.

    The World's Fair edition I have is on the rare side but needs a bit of TLC as the clip is a bit flaky and the bulb has a hole near the seal. Beautiful pen though, hopefully I'll be able to get her restored to her former glory. :)

    On the subject of fountain pens, I've a stack of Lamy Safari's of differing nib grades and also a nice Lamy Studio. Biggest extravagance was a Graf Von Faber Castell pencil I bought that was... umm... a bit costly. :o


  • #9839
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    I don't really go for rare watches myself. If I see something and its a bit interesting or I might have a use for it I grab it.
    Lots of weird watches around at the moment I have my eye on. Probably not to everyone's taste though.

    .


  • #9840
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    o1s1n wrote: »
    This is a very very close second (if you'd asked me a few years ago this would have been first.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ8SLAEmyCI

    I listen to that music for the last mile whenever I go running....green lightning comes out of me after that


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  • #9841
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    My Omega is rare, but it's a personal piece so I won't discuss here (in a gaming forum :rolleyes:). I like LE's though, they hold their value and sometimes increase depending on who made it and the complexity of the movement used.

    A Raymond Weil piece I was looking at a while ago, I nearly bought, only to discover the movement inside it was the same common movement used by many other 'fine' watchmakers. Including Breitling. Lesson learned, always enquire about the movement before opening your wallet.

    Staying completely off topic, I just found the photos of my 1933 World's Fair Eversharp Skyline. Just if anyone is in to their pens loike... :)

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    You can see the nib needs to be rebuffed and ground. But it's 14k gold so you have to get a pro to restore it. Same with the bulb filler repair. Not an easy job by any means, but a cool pen that's well worth restoring to it's glory days. :)

    Back OT now, sorry all. :)


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