Re: Into the Thunderdragon

[johnfoss]

Into the Thunderdragon is a film about two guys traveling through
Bhutan, with unicycles. There is plenty of unicycling, but it's also a
travelogue of Bhutan. In other words, non-unicyclists can watch it. It's
not solid unicycling, or "unicycle porn" as somebody calls videos of
nothing but riding, with no plot or storyline.

Universe II is expected to be completed sometime in September. Don't
bother with a preview, just get ready to order a copy! Plans are to show
the full video at the California MUni Weekend in October. I just have to
figure out how to fit 50+ people into my living room, which is where the
"good" TV is... :)


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[jagur]

johnfoss wrote:
> * I just have to figure out how to fit 50+ people into my living room,
> which is where the "good" TV is... :) *
we could just haul it outside if the weathers nice :D


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[Nathan Hoover]

That will be great to see U2 with a ton of unicyclists - shades of that wild
showing in the bar in China of the first one back in 2000. Nice as it might
be though, John's TV is too big to move! We'll have to squeeze inside. We
could have two showings too (probably will anyway as in China).

---Nathan

[john_childs]

JJuggle wrote:
> *That would appear to be John Childs in this here 'thread'
> (http://tinyurl.com/le1d). Nice one, JC, very clever.
>
> Raphael Lasar
> Matawan, NJ *

I didn't come up with the "porn" designation for action sports videos.
I've heard mountain bikers refer to MTB action videos as bike porn and
I've heard kayakers refer to kayaking videos as kayak porn. The only
requirement for the "porn" designation is that it's an action sports
video with all action and no plot.


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[JJuggle]

john_childs wrote:
> *
> I didn't come up with the "porn" designation for action sports videos.
> I've heard mountain bikers refer to MTB action videos as bike porn
> and I've heard kayakers refer to kayaking videos as kayak porn. The
> only requirement for the "porn" designation is that it's an action
> sports video with all action and no plot. *
Well thank you anyway for bringing it to our world.

Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ


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[tomblackwood]

john_childs wrote:
> *The only requirement for the "porn" designation is that it's an
> action sports video with all action and no plot. *

And driving, action-oriented music, ideally without words....


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[Checkernuts]

sorry to burst your bubble there jjuggle but when Into the thunder
dragon first came out there was much talk of bike porn and yes Uni porn
as well....

http://tinyurl.com/41ud


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[jagur]

paco wrote:
> *, does anyone know if UniVerse II is going to come out on DVD? And
> if so, are there going to be any special features? *
it will be on DVD,and ive been asking for easter eggs for over a year.i
love those eggs.


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[chirokid]

johnfoss wrote:
> * I just have to figure out how to fit 50+ people into my living room,
> which is where the "good" TV is... :) *


John, allow me to help in this time of need. I invite everyone to my
house for this feature showing of UniVerseII. I have a huge game
room/den in my basement, complete with 57" Widescreen TV with DVD
player.

Plane tickets from CA to TN shouldn't be to bad during October, plus,
I'll plan a really nice ride for right after the showing. Plus, I'll
throw in buttered popcorn for free! :D--chirokid--:D


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[GILD]

johnfoss wrote:
> *I just have to figure out how to fit 50+ people into my living room,
> which is where the "good" TV is... :) *


shifts

the best way to ensure EVERYBODY is REAL nice to u till then...

;)


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[jagur]

shifts..?...big squeeze into the livingroom room,i dont care...just dont
spill my beer!


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[johnfoss]

chirokid wrote:
> *I have a huge game room/den in my basement, complete with 57"
> Widescreen TV with DVD player. Plane tickets from CA to TN shouldn't
> be to bad during October, plus, I'll plan a really nice ride for right
> after the showing. *
Hey, don't schedule your MUni Weekend at the same time as mine (Dan's
coming to mine). You'll get a lot more people if it's on a different
weekend. :)


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[johnfoss]

Nathan Hoover wrote:
> *shades of that wild showing in the bar in China of the first one back
> in 2000. *
That was definitely one of the classic moments from UNICON X, and it
would be nice to try an top it. Our crowd won't be as international, but
the floor will definitely be cleaner and the hardware to play it will be
more functional. We can either swing the TV around to face a larger
space, or just cram everyone in. Another possibility is to maybe show it
at the Saturday dinner, if equipment is available at the restauarant.
I'll look into that.

> * We could have two showings too (probably will anyway as in China).
> *
The hard part will probably be keeping it from being shown all night.
The room with the TV in it will also be the main part of the "dorm."


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[ubersquish]

where are these sold?


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[ubersquish]

whoops, i was meaning to post that on the other thunderdragon thread.
was referring to to universe and those other videos


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[johnfoss]

Do you mean other than at unicycle.com?


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[ubersquish]

whoops. the 'movies' link on the left made me think there weren't any
anywhere else on the site


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[johnfoss]

You have a point there. I think there should be a category labeled
Videos, or the word should be added to the existing category in which
they're found.

Currently, Universe and One Tired Guy are found under "Training Center."
That's a little scary in itself! :)


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[tomblackwood]

johnfoss wrote:
> *Currently, Universe and One Tired Guy are found under "Training
> Center." That's a little scary in itself! :) *

Makes perfect sense....for anyone training to ride along the edge of the
Staumus Chief cliff. :D


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