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Offline k7sw

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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #40 on: July 08, 2007, 07:54:48 PM »
yeah but you know what like like to talk crap and say "oh he's or she is doing that because they saw in a movie"..... and that'll put ideas in their into Assumptive brains and think that Parkour is just as bad as BMX or skateboarding....
That was a little confusing... But why do you say BMX and skateboarding are bad?

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In the fast and furious movies there were much more illicit things going on than street racing... the fact that they were hijacking trucks didn't tell the people who saw the movie that all people who street race also steal cars.
It also brought fancy car learnings further into the mainstream culture... for months you'd hear things like "oh daammn that's the [insert car name here] from fast and furious!!"

On another note, if a person see's you doing "parkour" they may very well think you are stealing something or running from someone. If people see a movie with people doing parkour and doing crime... it'll probably make them more likely to jump to conclusions... and if a cop stops you he may be more likely to arrest/throw you out. So... We'll see... they've still got 2 years ...

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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #41 on: July 08, 2008, 06:42:11 AM »
well my thoughts are that one
if they make a parkour movie and its going to be like all the breakdancing movies and just that type of movie then no one is going to see it in theaters.(who doesnt already know what parkour is)  A few people will go see it but it will most likely be out within 2-3 months after airing in theaters and will probably end up on hbo and people might watch it but with all these videos on the internet why pay $9.50 to see extremely dangerous and probably fake parkour that has tons of mats and stunt coordinators.  Also if it is like the breakdancing movies they only thing that they will probably be counting on to make the movie good is the parkour cause the plot just sounds like complete shit and thats usually what they are about.  Movies like this usually have a very bad plot with sweet action scenes and try to make either a big twist in the movie or some really fake drama.  I guarantee one of the traceurs will have some parkour related accident (he might just get shot or something) or he betrays the parkour gang or whatever and the cop has to fill in for him.  THIS OF COURSE IS ALL COMPLETE SPECULATION BECAUSE OF THE VAGUE DETAILS ON IMDB AND JUST PREVIOUS THOUGHTS ABOUT IT BEING LIKE ONE OF THE DANCING MOVIES AND SUCH THIS IS WHAT I THINK WILL TURNOUT


Another thing is that if these Parkour scenes are really that amazing then they will be uploaded on to youtube within a day or two and finally im going to get so PISSED OFF if everyone asks me what im doing if I have to start referencing it to the movie cause in my opinion the movie looks like complete shit and will definitely not get much response at all from the general public but if it does then i dont want to explain parkour by saying "have you seen the movie where people do all these acrobatics and vaults and such to rob banks, Cause that is what i am practicing right now"


Last thing, nothing like bringing a topic back exactly one year after it was left off
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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #42 on: July 08, 2008, 10:32:00 AM »
Wow, Old Thread is ooooold.  Resurrected a full year after it died when there's another thread on the same topic already active.

Why?
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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #43 on: July 08, 2008, 11:22:30 AM »
because people on the recent thread told the people there to go to this thread and people kept on saying we have to wait and see what happened so what better time to resurrect it then a year later and besides people that joined within the last year probably dont know much about it

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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #44 on: July 08, 2008, 04:25:58 PM »
Lol. What if this started a parkour war. :-Sarcasm

You know. Parkour being the force w/ a dark and light side? :-Sarcasm :-Sarcasm

But in all reality. I'm worried how it will influence kids.

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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #45 on: July 18, 2008, 03:52:12 PM »
We can always hope for the best and cross our fingers that it won't be that bad!  Also kudos Max, I like the idea even if it doesn't relate to the movie.
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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #46 on: July 27, 2008, 08:23:49 PM »
This has nothing to really do with this movie but it seemed to fit here better. Someone on a music forum used a term for Parkour Coordination of a movie I find much better and thought kind of funny...

"parkoureography"
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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #47 on: July 29, 2008, 02:04:57 PM »
"parkoureography"

Hmm, reminds me too much of "parkouring" and "parkoury."  ;)
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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #48 on: August 12, 2008, 07:35:58 PM »
Best quote Ive ever seen. Its from IMDB.com about the movie

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how about we get to the main topic of this subject.....Channing Tatum.

Now, c'mon. You think for a growing sport such as Parkour, they'd think of somebody of a higher calibur to do justice to the sport such as Chris Tucker.

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Some people made good points too on there. There are many movies that have bad guys doing martial arts, but no one really sees them as a "bad" thing. The cop will be learning Parkour (probably) to help him catch the criminals.

And we are not anyone to say that there are not people out there that use Parkour for bad things.
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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #49 on: August 17, 2008, 12:45:29 PM »
cops learning parkour? Oh shit... we better start running faster, jk
That 'parkour gang' cracks me up. I can see this scene where there are two rival parkour gangs, running and jumping over roof-tops and shooting at each other with uzis.

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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #50 on: August 18, 2008, 09:08:20 AM »
cops learning parkour? Oh shit... we better start running faster, jk
That 'parkour gang' cracks me up. I can see this scene where there are two rival parkour gangs, running and jumping over roof-tops and shooting at each other with uzis.

I think it would be more like this: *Prepares epic voice*

In the beginning Traceurs and Freerunners co-existed in harmony, but on one fateful day in 2010, that all changed. The great Parkour war erupted, and life as we knew it was changed forever. There were two factions the Traceurs and the Freerunners, the war raged for several months with injuries on both sides massing steadily. The old police were unable to do anything as these warriors ere too quick to be caught. Eventually the Freerunners took over the country with flashy moves and empty promises (All politics, really), and re-trained the police to hunt down those that would dare to stand in their way. With the new improved police forces and the bitterness left behind by the war, the Freerunners coalition soon dispatched all of the 'old ways' Traceurs. However, one small bunch of Traceurs the greatest at their art and survivors of the war and the inquisitions both banded together. However do to laws and the risk of death they are forced to steal to survive, yet they never forget the principles which started them on their path of Parkour, and so they only steal from the rich, and any excess is given to the poor. However, the police eventually find the lcation of their hideout, and send a man in undercover...this is his story...  :-Sarcasm

*Regular voice* I don't mean to bash freerunners at all, so sorry if any of the above offended you, but I bet I'm not to far off on the general plot.
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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #51 on: August 18, 2008, 12:51:29 PM »
lol! very nice.
Cue the cool music and scenes of random people swan diving off buildings.

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Re: Parkour-based movie to come out in 2009...bad for parkour?
« Reply #52 on: August 18, 2008, 05:04:52 PM »
Wouldnt the traceurs just need to do some flashy vaults to be considered "freerunner" and have a disguise???

I like the idea... I could just see a scene of a freerunner doing a backflip and a traceur ramming him down with his head after doing a kong.
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