The Hollywood craft of the stuntman should never go unnoticed. These men and women shed blood and tears to convey a sense of luminous danger on screen. If the particular movie needs a race car that meets its end in the final laps of the race, a stuntman is called on set. He proceeds to enter the specially made “stunt vehicle” with bars and safety harnesses embedded in the car. When the director yells action, he along with the pyrotechnics crew create the magic on screen.
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My official Hobbit name is:
Fastolph Loamsdown of Deephallow
.. and my Elvish name is:
Lólindir Carnesîr
I can pronounce the first one, but the second - well, I’m sure I’m messing up the “correct” pronunciation. In my mind it’s something like “Lo-lyn-deer Carney-sir”. Sounds more like a freak show name.
What about yours?
April 25th, 2003 with 2 comments.
My nickname in high school was “Wonder Bread”. It was given to me much like an Indian boy becomes a man in his tribe. Instead of “Running-in-the-Wind-with-Ducks”, I was named Wonder Bread and carried the nick throughout the next few years. The name, while extremely prejudice, became a running joke in my family and at times I’ll admit it was irritating.
April 24th, 2003 with 0 comments.
Remember the Hologram Time Traveler arcade that made it’s appearance in arcades in the early 90s? Well, I do. I can remember searching through my pockets for tokens to operate this machine. For its time, it was pretty amazing. It utilized early techniques of the psuedo-hologram, wherein the image of the Cowboy is projected onto the viewing area via mirrors. It was a literal smoke and mirror effect.
The premise of the arcade was to control the Time Traveler and try to get him out of tight spots. It was from the creators of the Dragons Lair arcade so in a similar fashion it used timed sequences where the player had to tap the button at the right time in order to perform the action.
