...Tonight we dine in hell! Guess what movie that immortal quote is from? Yup, Frank Miller’s300 and tonight we dine on videos related to that awesome movie. First up is the spectacular trailer embedded below.
Rarely have I seen such an awesome trailer, so it’s no wonder the audio from that version has been used to make adaptations such as the astonishing Simpsons 300 Trailer below…
Next up is 300 World of Warcraft, a WoW adaptation of the same trailer, which is pretty cool too.
The next one is called 300 Trailer- Best Parody EVER, and as the name says, it's a parody of the same trailer. Funny stuff and really well made.
Last but not least is an old favorite, This is SPARTA!!!-techno song, a really funny techno version of the infamous kicking scene. This is SPARTAAAAAA!!!
In hopes of more similar videos, I created a playlist for all these 300 related videos as seen embedded below.
The superhero theme continues with Batman:The Ride, an inverted steel rollercoaster opened in 1993 which resembles the Tornado rollercoaster at Särkänniemi, Finland. Besides the size and form the main difference between the two is that where in Tornado each car has two rows of two seats, Batman accommodates four rides in the only row of each car. Batman: The Ride climbs up 23 feet higher than Tornado up to 105 feet and picks up a top speed of 50 miles per hour being only 4.4 mph faster. Tornado is approximately 400 feet shorter and takes 25 seconds less to complete, but both of them have five inversions. In Batman’s case, two loops, two corkscrews and one zero-g roll.
But since everything is bigger in the US – including rollercoaster’s building budgets – Batman: The Ride’s surrounding and queue area are littered with scenery from the world of Batman and the Batman movie. Music from the film can also be heard in the queue are, so even queuing won’t be boring at all. But the queue area might become a bit too familiar, since Batman: The Ride will probably be one of my favorites because of it’s likeness with Tornado. On the other hand may time bigger rides, like Nitro seen in the background of picture above, will probably steal most of the focus since something like them can’t be experienced in Finland.
Next up is one of the parks many rides that are based on a cartoon or comic character or series. Built in 2003, Superman:UltimateFlight is painted red-blue-yellow, just the colors that the man of steel likes to dress up in. The riding position is designed to imitate flight, so the train travels beneath the track and guests ride in a lay-down position when the restraints are lifted into their horizontal position.
And so begins a climb up to 115 feet, followed by a plunge of 100 feet achieving a top speed of 51 miles per hour, winding through two inversion and several turns a total of 2759 feet for approximately two minutes. One of the inversions is a pretzel loop, which means beginning from the top and doing a downward loop where top speed is achieved while passengers are laying on their backs. The name of the pretzel loops comes from the fact, that it resembles a pretzel from a certain angle. Now that would be a serious challenge: Eating a pretzel while going through a pretzel loop, especially due to the fact that bringing food onto rides is probably forbidden :D!
I’ve been meaning to do this ever since I started this blog. That is to blog sneak peaks of my upcoming videos. Since it’s been so long, I’ve got snapshots from seven projects and info about a total of thirteen. First up is the one which is probably my most anticipated video ever.
Need for Speed Most Wanted: Stupid Cops 2 Project
This is actually two projects or possibly even three, since I’m going to make a trailer and possibly leave out about half of the whole length to make Stupid Cops 3. First a few words about the trailer. It’s going to be a sort of remake of the introduction video from the post-nuclear role playing game called Fallout 2. You might have noticed that already on my Trailershow video, which featured a teaser of Stupid Cops 2. The full length trailer will be full of images made with Adobe Photoshop (like the picture below) to mimic the Fallout 2 intro and of course some video footage from the finished product.
The actual Stupid Cops 2 video takes place in the Challenge Series event number 68, where you have to stay in pursuit for 30 minutes and then evade the police. So its going to be very long (approx. 15 or 30 minutes depending on if I decide to split it into Stupid Cops 3 or not), but I guarantee that if you understand English, comprehend some pop culture references and have a good sense of humor, you won’t be bored at all. Because of the long length it also takes A LOT of time and effort to complete, so it might take as long as until the first Stupid Cops video’s 2 year completion anniversary on November 17th. So far I’ve added a lot of stuff to Stupid Cops 2, including reversed, slowed and sped up music, and sound effects from The Simpson, Star Wars and Loony Tunes. And of course there will be a lot of wacky comments (picture below).
Multiple RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Projects
Since trying a recording program called HyperCam, I’ve had the urge to post videos from videogames that I haven’t been able to record before, such as RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Over the years I’ve spent countless hours, days and weeks playing this wonderful game building massive amusement parks with tons of custom built rollercoasters, and am going to share those creations with the world in the near future. I’m planning to release videos from a total of seven different parks, and at least five of them are going to have their own video(s) because they have so many cool rollercoasters. Each rollercoaster will be accompanied by it’s own song which somewhat matches the name and theme of the ride. For instance a ride called “The Virgin Prostitute” will feature the song “Three Point One Four (Vagina)” by the Bloodhound Gang :D! To accompany the song every rollercoaster will have a title picture related to the ride’s theme (1st and 2nd picture below) and the ride's vital stats listed (3rd picture below). I’ve recorded almost all material for one scenario (Ghost Town), and finished about four ninths of the video, which will have to be divided into two parts since it will be close to 20 minutes long.
OMF 2097: Secret Characters of the Secret Master's Tourney (Part 3) Project
This one was also featured on my Trailershow video. Since then, I’ve managed to record all the material needed and just have to edit them together. But that’s not going to be as easy as on the first and second videos of the series, since this one will have replays, commentary (picture below), reverse angles, zooming in and slow motion. And even one fight where I lose, but am able to get a rematch due to a technicality :o! Stay tuned to find out…
Tomb Raider Matrix Project
The title is just a working title for this project, which will be from the Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary videogame and will feature music from The Matrix. I don’t want to give away too much, but the grand idea is Lara doing all kinds of neat matrix-like stuff (like acrobatics, adrenaline shots etc. – picture below) while music from The Matrix plays in the background. I have tons of raw material recorded, but haven’t started yet since I have plenty of other projects under construction.
Gun Project
For this one I haven’t even figured out a working title, but it's going to be a video about the western videogame called simply “Gun”. Again I have tons of raw video material ready, but haven’t started editing, since I have yet to figure out what the grand idea will be. It’ll probably feature some cool quickdraw kills (picture below) and I have a few western style songs in mind for the music.
Prey Project
From the videogame with the same name (Prey), again no working title yet, but I do have some raw material available. There’s no grand idea yet for this one either and not even any particular song chosen, but the video will probably feature a lot of messing around with gravity, portals and other weird and cool stuff which this very cool game is littered with (picture below).
Prince of Persia – Bad Case of Loving You Project
This one is my newest idea, and as the working title suggests, the music is going to be “Bad Case of Loving You” by Robert Palmer (my newest favorite btw). No video material exists yet, but I’m planning on recording stuff from all three wonderful Prince of Persia Sands of Time series' games. Since I’ve got no material, there’s no snapshot, but instead “Bad Case of Loving You” by Robert Palmer embedded below.
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic and F.E.A.R. Projects
These are two totally separate projects about Dark Messiah of Might & Magic and F.E.A.R., but they are at such similar stages that I decided to list them in one paragraph. For both I have some raw material, no particular music and a vague grand idea. The idea for Dark Messiah is a 300 style video with lots of kicking, since I just love to kick goblins, orcs and such into fires, traps and other stuff :D! But I’m still torn on whether to make it a serious vid or a funny one, but am leaning towards the latter, since then I would be able to use some funny glitch video material I have. The vague idea for F.E.A.R. is also a glitch vid (picture below), but that’s the only idea I’ve got (apart from cool slow-mo shooting and stuff) so that one’s future isn’t looking too bright.
Fahrenheit Boxing Project
This one is going to feature a cutscene from Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy where two of the main characters square off in a friendly boxing match (picture below). The idea is to use the games original music and just add some funny comments. All the material is ready but I haven’t started editing anything yet so this one will have to wait for other projects to be finished. Although I'm not really that sure I can make it funny enough for my own standard of publishing. Time will tell...
Untitled Classic Game Project
This one is about a rare classic strategy game from the 90’s, but I don’t want to give away the name of the game yet. This is another game that I couldn’t record until I discovered HyperCam. The video is probably going to be quite basic by just demonstrating what the game is all about and showcase the various things that can happen each turn when playing single or multiplayer. Even though this game doesn’t require MS-DOS to run, I’m going to post an informative picture about it below :D!
Terminator Project
This is the only Project that isn’t videogame related. I got the idea quite a while ago and have the perfect music in mind, but have no raw material whatsoever, since acquiring that material involves using my digital camera, total darkness and various electronic devices. And the most significant one of those devices (a car actually) was sold some time ago so this project might be doomed. The cool picture below is something that I just googled and am considering as my new desktop background :D!
So there you have it: Lots of info about my upcoming releases and some pics too. I hope this takes some of the waiting anxiety away at least for a while :D! But remember that nothing described here is an absolute promise, except the thing that I said about Stupid Cops 2, and the fact that I will definitely complete the first four projects described in this post, unless I suddenly fall terminally ill or something like that *knocks on wood* :D!
The title is one part o fthe title of my newest self-made video. The whole title is Star Wars Battlefront: Darth Vader Just Got Owned!, so it’s from Star Wars Battlefront (d'uh :D), which I got just a few weeks ago. This vid is more spontaneous than planned, because it's the result of me testing the the Gamecam recording software for the first time.
Like the video’s Star Wars style prelude text says, I was fooling around and not playing too seriously, when suddenly I got into a duel with Darth Vader himself (AI controlled one of course :P). I added some funny comments (so a sense of humor is a must), Star Wars music and prelude text, and tested some cool special effect offered by the Sony Vegas editing software (screenshot above), so the vid wouldn’t be something any jerk with Gamecam, Fraps etc. could do :D! So it’s nothing that special or planned, but a lot of effort did go into it so I hope you enjoy =)!
Hi there! I'm a gamer nerd and IT professional from Finland. I work for Microsoft and live in Espoo right next to the capital of Finland. Besides posting videos on YouTube, my hobbies include computers, playing videogames, watching good TV-shows and movies, and enjoying all of the above with my friends. I also like directing videos and writing movie and game reviews. I love amusement parks, thrill rides and espescially rollercoasters. I also like to travel with family and friends. I lived in the US for two years when I was young, and have visited a lot of different countries, mostly in Europe.
