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Damien Taylor
Master Film Handler

Posts: 493
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2007

posted 09-11-2011 05:32 AM

quote: John Wilson
He's interviewing a man who has had his testicles accidentally removed.

This bit of vintage internet is classic case of misattribution.

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 09-11-2011 02:06 PM

Wow, I've got a few questions to answer.

quote: Joe Redifer
How much does Pepsi comp you for those GIANT signs?

Nothing, we give them the space and they give us the signs.

quote: Bobby Henderson
That Pepsi sign doesn't look all that big. Probably around 4' X 6'. Looks like a flat banner or some other kind of non-lighted panel (Econolite, DiBond, etc.). The sign also needs to be updated with Pepsi's new logo.

It's painted directly on the brick wall. I would guess that the logos are each about 5' x 9'. Updating is actually in progress -- I've been trying to get them to do it for about 3 years now. This version of the sign has been there since 1997. The repainting is supposed to be done sometime this fall.

Interesting thing about that sign -- when they were first getting ready to paint it, they wanted to put the two logos side-by-side. Apparently Pepsi had an agreement with the 7-Up people that the two logos would be equal in placement. While I understood their point, I pointed out that the logos could be about twice as big if they were placed vertically. Thankfully they listened -- the original design looked like ass with a ton of blank space. Supposedly this is the only place in Montana where the logos are arranged this way -- everywhere else, they're side by side.

quote: John Hegel
I wonder how many small towns have Main Street web cams.

I don't know but I'm not all that fond of this one...I wish it was on the opposite side of the street. The view would be far more interesting as you could see a couple blocks of businesses rather than the bank and the side of the theatre.

quote: Joe Redifer
Mike, go outside and wave at the camera right now. I'm watching.

Unfortunately I can't sell tickets and look at Film-Tech at the same time or I would have done it!

quote: Joe Redifer
Looks like someone just opened for business. A door swung open, was propped open by some guy in a white shirt (it's after Labor Day, btw) and half a dozen people flocked in.

It was Wednesday and we were showing Planet of the Apes, so half-a-dozen is about right.

quote: Joe Redifer
EDIT 2: Looks like a guy with a wheelchair had a few issues because he couldn't get around the door.

Yeah, I had to help pull him in. The contractors left about a 6" drop outside the front door, just for that one night. All fixed now.

quote: Joe Redifer
EDIT 3: Guy in a red shirt just jaywalked. He's going to hell.

I don't think we have a no-jaywalking law. Good thing, I'd have multiple daily violations.

quote: Joe Redifer
EDIT 4: Some people walked by but didn't go into the theater. Therefore your business is doomed to fail.

They were probably headed for the bar next door. (Possibly we are better off without them, depending on who they were!)

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EDIT 5: Damn, people (and their dogs) just run willy-nilly across the street regardless of any oncoming traffic!

Yeah, welcome to small-town USA. Even though jaywalking is allowed, we DO have a leash law but there's currently no budget to install an animal-control officer.

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John Wilson
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From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 09-11-2011 06:35 PM

quote: Damien Taylor
This bit of vintage internet is classic case of misattribution.

What a pity. It's nowhere near as funny now.

[Eek!]

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Frank Cox
Film God

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From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada
Registered: Apr 2011

posted 09-13-2011 02:04 AM

Air Swimmers

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 09-13-2011 07:15 PM

Creepy blacksmith in Velveeta Skillets commercial.

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Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
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posted 09-15-2011 11:23 AM

Bang goes one bus driver's no-claims bonus.

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
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posted 09-15-2011 05:53 PM

Don't they have the little levers that drop down to impede traffic whenever a train crosses?

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

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From: Lawton, OK, USA
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posted 09-15-2011 10:27 PM

The second video angle of the crash is a trip to watch. You can see the rails being dislodged as the trains jump the tracks.

The bus driver was a complete tool. If anyone bought it in that accident I hope it was him and not any passengers.

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Joe Redifer
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From: Denver, Colorado
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posted 09-15-2011 11:08 PM

It looks like bus driver slows and then stops before he is hit. He probably could have made it if he maintained his previous speed of "way too fast".

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Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
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posted 09-16-2011 02:43 AM

According to this story, a garbage truck broke through the barrier, then the vehicles queuing behind followed it until eventually the one that was hit by the train. My first thought on seeing the video was a suicide attempt by the bus driver, given that it appears to drive out onto the crossing and then slow down a bit. The other thing that struck me was how quickly passengers started to climb out after the impact at 0'21" (unless a few seconds of footage was cut out before the video was uploaded to YT). From the amount of smoke and the fact that the carriage nearest the camera appears to lift right off the rails to absorb the impact, I think if I'd been on it I would have needed a few seconds to get over the shock before being in a fit state to do anything, let alone climb out of a window.

As can be seen here, these barriers are only really designed to act as warning notices - even a small car like that one can smash straight through them if its driver is trying to nominate himself for a Darwin award.

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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 09-20-2011 12:34 AM

The location is more marvelous than the invention

and...

The Empire Strikes Back (how people USED to watch movies at home).

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
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posted 09-20-2011 02:02 AM

I think there might be a scene or sixty missing, probably because it is film and those scenes had to be cut out because the film broke, just like at the theaters. That's why film sucks so much.

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 09-20-2011 12:00 PM

Regarding that super-toilet video of Brad's.....I never quite understood bidets. They can't possibly get all the "stuff" off, can they, unless they use some kind of higher pressure? So how do they clean you without spraying water all over the place? And you still have to wipe and dry yourself, right? So...what's the advantage?

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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 09-20-2011 03:36 PM

The toilet, itself, is a novel adaptation of the Japanese design but, what the fuck? I could never imagine taking a crap in the middle of the Stahl house!

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 09-20-2011 07:56 PM

Just caught up with the train crash video posted a few days ago. That's interesting to watch because it really points out how "overdone" movie train crashes are. If that happened in the movies, it would have lasted three minutes, and all the train cars would have flown through the air and crashed outside the station, and the bus and both locomotives would have exploded in balls of fire. (But any dogs in the area would have survived.)

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