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Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« on: November 10, 2007, 12:22:50 pm »
Anyone seen this movie yet?

www.chasingghoststhemovie.com

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HrXIu5ibYk&eurl=http://www.chasingghoststhemovie.com/trailer.htm[/youtube]

Tried 2 find a copy on the net.  (GOOD LUCK WITH THAT !)    :banghead:

I have a copy of KING OF KONG - FIST FULL OF QUARTERS.

Couldn't find (High Score - The Movie)  either.

Would love to see these 2 movies !!!


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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2007, 01:45:03 pm »
I guess no one has seen this?

Wish i have !   :D

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2007, 02:00:58 pm »
I haven't seen it but have heard good things.  I know those guys are running the film through the independent film circuit and I think it showed at Sundance.  I would suggest e-mailing Peter Hirschberg who did the computer animation.  Who knows maybe he'll send you a copy.

just google Peter Hirschberg. He is a regular VAPS contributor and has an amazing home arcade.

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2007, 03:50:11 pm »
edit-silly me, my poor memory got the best of me again.
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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2007, 04:29:53 pm »
There is a copy of High Score on ___________ if you're a member there.

That isn't an illegal copy, right ?
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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2007, 06:13:02 pm »
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That isn't an illegal copy, right ?

Uh no? 

That fall's under the borrowing/promotion category right?   ;)
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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2007, 06:34:22 pm »
Hell...I just want to BUY the DVD.
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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2007, 07:26:31 pm »
I would if they had them 4 sale?

I still will when they choose to sell them.

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2007, 07:56:55 pm »
I've seen king of kong

good movie, can't believe what a ****************** billy mitchell is. And he had cronies who were wannabes which was funny.

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2007, 08:10:00 pm »
I think Billy Mitchell was asked to act like that.

To Give the movie a GOOD Vs. EVIL spin.

My Opinion though.

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2007, 08:37:21 pm »
I'm downloading it now.  Will let u torries know how it goes. I so hunted it.

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2007, 09:01:36 pm »
Yeah, editing didn't portray Billy particularly well and there were some interesting facts left out (like the fact that Billy didn't even hold the Donkey Kong record at the time of Steve Wiebe's first submission and that the filmmakers were friends of friends of Steve's, etc.).

The series of articles in GameRoom Magazine tells a more balanced tale.

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2007, 08:18:20 am »
I saw Chasing Ghosts at California Extreme this past Summer.  It does a good job of capturing the excitement and feel of video games when they were new.  It also has footage from 1982 when Walter Day (of Twin Galaxies) brought together a dozen or so of the record holders of the classic arcade games. Then, it shows those players 25 years later.

Very interesting.

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2007, 09:16:49 am »
It's still doing it's rounds at various venues around the US atm, so probably will not be released for a while yet. Also I am sure I read somewhere it was shot in HD so would be nice when (if) it get's released it is available on HD-DVD as well as regular format.

I really enjoyed the king of kong, was very intresting to see footage of then and now and seeing some real expert's at play, at the risk of upsetting someone I am not going to comment on the politics of it as everyone has their own opinion, but suffice to say it did make good viewing and it's a shame there are not more films/documentaries like it about other games. A look at some footage of manufacturer's (like sega/taito etc...) would be well cool, seeing them make the games from start to finish.

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2007, 11:58:24 am »
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I'm downloading it now.  Will let u torries know how it goes. I Iso hunted it.

I don't think that is it?

So far CHASING GHOST'S is like chasing a GHOST!

Nowhere to be found yet !

However i now have HIGH SCORE.

It is a great little documentary   :)

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2007, 09:47:29 pm »
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I'm downloading it now.  Will let u torries know how it goes. I so hunted it.


Yep u got the wrong one !

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #16 on: November 28, 2007, 10:46:16 pm »
Yeah, editing didn't portray Billy particularly well and there were some interesting facts left out (like the fact that Billy didn't even hold the Donkey Kong record at the time of Steve Wiebe's first submission and that the filmmakers were friends of friends of Steve's, etc.).

The series of articles in GameRoom Magazine tells a more balanced tale.

I agree.

Also, when you think of about 300 hours of video you could make anyone look like a jackass. Like any of us would say quite a few stupid things in a few hundred hours of a camera in front of your face. Then take the most ridiculous 20 or so minutes of that...edit to suit the production. The result=, basically whatever you would want it to be.

For example, I'm POSITIVE you could use the original 300 hours of footage, and with some editing make the two characters to look the exact opposite. You surely could reverse the rolls. Then with some really swift (by swift I mean downright genius) editing, you could make Brian Kuh act dang near normal. It's amazing what could be done with 300 hrs of video footage.
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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #17 on: November 29, 2007, 08:52:07 am »
A few weeks ago I asked Peter Hirschberg if the movie will be available on DVD and he said that nothing like that is planned yet. The movie can only be seen at festivals.....and there was ONE festival in Germany, Berlin to be exactly, where it was showed....so I'm afraid I missed it ..... ~600km from me   :'(

There is another movie called "Chasing Ghosts"....don't scramble those two ;)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403933/

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #18 on: November 29, 2007, 09:04:50 am »
Then with some really swift (by swift I mean downright genius) editing, you could make Brian Kuh act dang near normal.

Not sure I would go THAT far ...




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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #19 on: November 30, 2007, 08:40:16 am »
Yeah, editing didn't portray Billy particularly well and there were some interesting facts left out (like the fact that Billy didn't even hold the Donkey Kong record at the time of Steve Wiebe's first submission and that the filmmakers were friends of friends of Steve's, etc.).

The series of articles in GameRoom Magazine tells a more balanced tale.

I agree.

Also, when you think of about 300 hours of video you could make anyone look like a jackass. Like any of us would say quite a few stupid things in a few hundred hours of a camera in front of your face. Then take the most ridiculous 20 or so minutes of that...edit to suit the production. The result=, basically whatever you would want it to be.

For example, I'm POSITIVE you could use the original 300 hours of footage, and with some editing make the two characters to look the exact opposite. You surely could reverse the rolls. Then with some really swift (by swift I mean downright genius) editing, you could make Brian Kuh act dang near normal. It's amazing what could be done with 300 hrs of video footage.

There are good examples of this on YouTube, where people take footage from movies and make trailers for them which look like a totally different type of movie than they really are. There is one that makes "The Shining" look like a "touching" family movie:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmkVWuP_sO0[/youtube]

And one that makes National Lampoon's Vacation look like a horror/thriller:

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sp-RjWMMyR8[/youtube]
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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #20 on: November 30, 2007, 09:16:02 am »
 :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:    those are great, any more???

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #21 on: November 30, 2007, 09:27:43 am »
Yes, I liked those a lot as well ......

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2007, 10:15:27 am »
Yeah, editing didn't portray Billy particularly well and there were some interesting facts left out (like the fact that Billy didn't even hold the Donkey Kong record at the time of Steve Wiebe's first submission and that the filmmakers were friends of friends of Steve's, etc.).

The series of articles in GameRoom Magazine tells a more balanced tale.

I agree.

Also, when you think of about 300 hours of video you could make anyone look like a jackass. Like any of us would say quite a few stupid things in a few hundred hours of a camera in front of your face. Then take the most ridiculous 20 or so minutes of that...edit to suit the production. The result=, basically whatever you would want it to be.

For example, I'm POSITIVE you could use the original 300 hours of footage, and with some editing make the two characters to look the exact opposite. You surely could reverse the rolls. Then with some really swift (by swift I mean downright genius) editing, you could make Brian Kuh act dang near normal. It's amazing what could be done with 300 hrs of video footage.

There are good examples of this on YouTube, where people take footage from movies and make trailers for them which look like a totally different type of movie than they really are. There is one that makes "The Shining" look like a "touching" family movie:

I just have to say I was kidding about Brian. He seems like a decent guy really, (judging from his 15 minutes of fame in the movie) just a bit nerdy. Aren't we all though.
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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #23 on: November 30, 2007, 04:48:47 pm »
I thought it was funny when it was Brian Kuh's turn to play DONKEY KONG

after Steve Weibe got finished.

Brian Kuh walked up to the machine, And kinda gave the old shirt collar a tug up.

Kinda like he was MICHAEL JACKSON or DON JOHNSON !    :laugh2:

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #24 on: November 30, 2007, 06:07:34 pm »
Ooh, I hadn't seen the Vacation one.

There's one about Mary Poppins...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic[/youtube]

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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2007, 02:50:25 pm »
looks like a cool documentary. any more info on it's release???
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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #26 on: December 02, 2007, 09:03:42 am »
It is going thru the independent circuit right now.

Hopefully it will hit DVD sometime?


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Re: Chasing Ghosts - Beyond the Arcade (The Movie)
« Reply #27 on: May 15, 2008, 09:16:48 pm »
Anymore word on this movies release ???
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