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« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2007, 04:22:05 AM » |
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I'm working to find more info. Anyone have an IMBD pro subscription? http://imdb.com/title/tt0968767/ |
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« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2007, 01:45:31 PM » |
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« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2007, 10:56:04 PM » |
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well firstly, we all know the renegade cop could NEVER be able to catch the trceurs in real life.
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« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2007, 01:27:52 PM » |
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Any news m2?
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« Reply #19 on: May 28, 2007, 10:01:25 AM » |
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what is the name of the movie?
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« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2007, 09:05:20 AM » |
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My opinion is that media can cause a Positive and/or a Negative effect For example: a) The movie "Borat" where you see the main character showing his own people as people who do not even have a car or any other modern stuff. The reaction was negative against the actor but also made the city more famous. http://www.firingsquad.com/news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3617b) Most of the people and the Media in the United States say "America" as if America is a Country Not A Continent...Big Mistake.....Is a Continent Here's a list of all the American Countries (including the U.S.) http://www.countriesandcities.com/continents/america/countries.htmc) Discovery Channel's TV Show "Mythbusters". They show the truth behind what's shown in the movies and what's real. http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.htmlSo as you see, there will be many different kind of reactions when the movie is out. I agree we could sent letters to the movie producers/director/etc to show them they could use "all" the traceurs as good guys to infiltrate the bad guys' joint...but will they listen?....if we don't try we'll never know We already had a traceur as a "bad guy" in 007's, lol (thanks to that I found out about PK, so as you see, is not always bad) |
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« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2007, 12:05:50 PM » |
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alec, I really didn't understand WHAT the hell you just said, except the first line, which is what I agree with.
But seriously, this renagade cop is probably gonna be using parkour too. I mean, I'd think that's kinda obvious, 'cause the movie would be really boring if he didn't, he'd never be able to keep up with the criminals.
I mean, can you imagine him sneaking in, and then throwing off his disguise (this is my imagination, so he's wearing groucho marx glasses for a disguise to sneak in.) and then pulling out his gun and all the traceurs run and jump out the window to the agacent building, and the cop is like "damn" and he goes and jumps in the elevator? No, he's gonna hurl himself right out the window after them. So chances are that Parkour is going to be used in a good way, too.
Compare it to guns, both the good guys AND the bad guys use guns. But people still are like, OH nO! Don't give my kid a gun! And then look at Jackie Chan movies, Jackie Chan uses martial arts, AND so do the bad guys. But people are like, Oh yes, I need to sign my child up for martial arts go he can defend himself brom bullies!
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« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2007, 01:43:46 PM » |
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in my opinion (take it for what its worth)
No matter how glorios or hiddios hollywood makes parkour out to be, the united states is full of people who dont like change, so no matter how many people see the movie the country isnt gonna be overrun with people doing parkour, cause americans are to slow to exept things.......just like when I showed B-13 to some of my friends (it was the best moive ever in my opinion) they said all the running and jumping didnt make since to them (i kicked them out of my house for that), but it just goes to show that people in this country with exeption of us here, arnt gonna understand parkour
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« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2007, 02:35:25 PM » |
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Interesting point. I guess it will be like any other innovative/up-and-coming thing in a movie.... -When those breakdancing etc. movies came out, breakdancing didnt really grow all that much. -When Casino Royale was released, people didnt flock to APK or UF or .net that much. -When the Ocean's (#) movies came out, people didnt go pull a job on their local bank. -Any other example  People are just like, "Oh, that's cool." Then they move on with their lives. Hmm |
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« Reply #24 on: June 29, 2007, 06:02:19 PM » |
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you know one of the most alluring aspects of parkour for me is the fact that i could use it for personal gain or be a pseudo superhero. i find that some of the most admirable paths like martial arts and marksmanship have the same duality. i think exceptional ability is just that whether it be negative of positive. most people who break social norms get a bad rap no matter what, so pk being portrayed as a means to criminal activity wont have any bearing. people will always dislike what they dont understand.
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« Reply #25 on: June 29, 2007, 08:56:24 PM » |
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alec, I really didn't understand WHAT the hell you just said, except the first line, which is what I agree with.
But seriously, this renagade cop is probably gonna be using parkour too. I mean, I'd think that's kinda obvious, 'cause the movie would be really boring if he didn't, he'd never be able to keep up with the criminals.
I mean, can you imagine him sneaking in, and then throwing off his disguise (this is my imagination, so he's wearing groucho marx glasses for a disguise to sneak in.) and then pulling out his gun and all the traceurs run and jump out the window to the agacent building, and the cop is like "damn" and he goes and jumps in the elevator? No, he's gonna hurl himself right out the window after them. So chances are that Parkour is going to be used in a good way, too.
Compare it to guns, both the good guys AND the bad guys use guns. But people still are like, OH nO! Don't give my kid a gun! And then look at Jackie Chan movies, Jackie Chan uses martial arts, AND so do the bad guys. But people are like, Oh yes, I need to sign my child up for martial arts go he can defend himself brom bullies!
I think you have something there Max.. The guy will have to infiltrate the "parkour gang", which will probably give us this whole buildup where he is trying to join their gang... so he will have to train with them and learn the art which will lead to him maybe making friends with some of them because he'll get so into it, then there could be his struggle with the conflict of interest.. which will be all dramatized of course.. I can just see it now.. lol. |
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« Reply #26 on: June 30, 2007, 03:52:05 PM » |
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Or, Muhammad, he could just know Parkour for no reason at all. Like Jackie Chan, he doesn't have to learn martial arts in every movie, he just knows it already to start with. No real reason is ever given for why he can do martial arts, he just can. And in B13 (which is probably more applicable 'cause it's also parkour...), David Belle's character just knows how to do it. Nobody questions it.
Of course, your way would make more sense and be more exciting, probably.....
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« Reply #27 on: July 01, 2007, 05:36:52 PM » |
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unless the movie showed six months or a year go by in the middle for training (maybe more), I seriously doubt the cop could advance enough to be able to keep up with the "bad guys" anyway. There'll probably be some sort of training montage that covers a year, in which the cop befriends all the gang members.
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« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2007, 07:47:53 PM » |
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It will be interesting to see if this is the first movie that actually has the characters speaking about what they are "doing" and referring to it as parkour. Although, parkour has been used in movies before, the characters using it never address it as parkour. Once that happens, then we have movies that are "about parkour" rather than just "show parkour" That is when we have to be very careful about how it is being portrayed. I would hate for this movie to do for parkour what The mighty ducks did for hockey, or the fast and the furious did for streetracing. Although, explaining what parkour is to every passerby who sees you training can get old, i'd rather do that than have them go:
"Oh, you doin' parkour? Yeah, i know all about that because I saw "insert movie title here". Can you do a backflip from 20 feet like that renegade cop did? Man, that's what parkour is ALL ABOUT!"
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« Reply #29 on: July 02, 2007, 01:07:42 PM » |
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thing is, in fast & the furious, they made the characters out to be something like antiheroes, despite the very blatant highway robbery they commit onscreen towards the end. in this case, i'm not doubting it'll be something aesthetically pleasing, but the basic premise (using parkour to rob banks) already seems set to put us all in a negative light. can hope for a positive spin, but... i'm staying skeptic for now.
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