Movie pins, 1975-2015

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Quoted from Taygeta:
Embryon is based on a movie??

I think so...

#5 8 years ago

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Quoted from TheLaw:
Tommy isn't reallllly a movie pin either.

1975 Bally Captain Fantastic (inspired by Tommy)
1975 Bally Wizard! (inspired by Tommy)

"Inspired" stuff would open a lot of doors to confusion

The way I was looking at it was "would this theme exist if not for a movie?" But I'm OK with taking those out of the list.

Quoted from TheLaw:
2015 Jersey Jack The Hobbit
Nor is STTNG

"Star Trek Generations" came out in 1994, same time as STTNG. But I guess you could argue that it was really based on the TV Show - will remove that one too.

#6 8 years ago

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STNG 93.
Gotta keep it specific or too much stuff gets pulled in. I mean MB are all movie characters, but it's not a movie.
EDIT: Popeye movie came out before Popeye but it isn't aboot the movie etc etc

#7 8 years ago

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I have about 15 movies to watch to complete my list.

#8 8 years ago

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Quoted from Taygeta:
Embryon is based on a movie??

OP
Quoted from swampfire:
I think so...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074475/

Nope. Not even close.

And Indiana Jones is based on the first three Indy movies. Maybe even more of Raiders of the Lost Ark than the second and third movie.

#9 8 years ago

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1979 Stern Meteor

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#10 8 years ago

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Quoted from swampfire:
"Star Trek Generations" came out in 1994, same time as STTNG. But I guess you could argue that it was really based on the TV Show - will remove that one too.

STTNG came out in November 1993. Star Trek Generations came out November 18 1994.

#11 8 years ago

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1981 Bally Flash Gordon

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#12 8 years ago

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(oops)

#13 8 years ago

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You also missed "Sinbad" 5/1978 and "Eye of the Tiger" 6/1978 , the 2 player EM version.

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#14 8 years ago

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Quoted from vid1900:
1981 Bally Flash Gordon

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Points for posting the Alex Ross art!

#15 8 years ago

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Quoted from girloveswaffles:
Nope. Not even close.

OK - will take Embryon out of the list. But I bet someone at Bally watched the 1976 movie Embryo to get that idea.

#16 8 years ago

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Quoted from swampfire:
OK - will take Embryon out of the list. But I bet someone at Bally watched the 1976 movie Embryo to get that idea.

Have you even seen Embryo? It doesn't have much to do with Embryon, or Vise Versa.

#17 8 years ago

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This is your list so you make it how you want to but there are few inconsistencies I thought I would point out. If you're not doing pins inspired by movies then doesn't that disqualify the whole list? What is the list about then? Pins that were released at the same time as movies? Very few pins came out in conjunction with a movie because development of a pin takes a long time. For example, Batman the pin came out two years after the movie. Indiana Jones is based on 3 movies. The first one came out in 1981 and the last one in 1989.

If it was my list, I would make the list pins based on movie properties. That would put Tommy based pins on the list but disqualify Star Trek Next Gen. I made a list in another thread of every movie based where we were studying ratings. The list isn't perfect because I put Black Hole on the list when it's not related to the movie. Also I forgot about Monster Bash, which isn't directly based on a movie but rather movie properties as evidenced by the Universal logo on the apron. If you're unsure if a pin is based on a movie, check the flyer. A lot of times it will mention a movie.

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#18 8 years ago

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I meant to eventually include EMs. Sinbad would have been a nice surprise.

#19 8 years ago

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Can you link to your thread? I looked for one like it before I started mine.

#20 8 years ago

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https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bad-movies-good-pins-the-nerds-data-view

#21 8 years ago

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My collection has an average TomatoMeter rating of 55...

Dirty Harry: 94
Lord of the Rings: 91
Congo: 22
JM: 14

#22 8 years ago

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It's interesting to me the little rules you have to make if you want to make a list. For example, I looked at every game individually to see if it was based on a specific movie or a set of movies. James Bond 007 looked like to me that it was based on The Spy That Loved Me because the artwork included Jaws and came out at similar times.

Backglass.jpg

spy_who_loved_me_ver2_xlg.jpg

Then there was Bally's Star Trek which if you look at the art was based on the 1979 movie.

Backglass (1).jpg

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#23 8 years ago

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2001 Space Odyssey

#24 8 years ago

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I'll go by your list - I'd rather include pins than leave them out.

#25 8 years ago

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Quoted from SealClubber:
2001 Space Odyssey

I did think about including Space Station. The space station in the translite looks just like the one in 2001, and there's a black monolith hidden way up in the top right part of the playfield.

#26 8 years ago

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Quoted from swampfire:
I'll go by your list - I'd rather include pins than leave them out.

lol It's your list do what you want. I just enjoy the discussion.

#27 8 years ago

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Quoted from swampfire:
I did think about including Space Station. The Space Station in the translite looks just like the one in 2001, and there's a black monolith hidden way up in the top right part of the playfield.

Is there a flyer for it? It may tell you if it was officially based on the movie.

#28 8 years ago

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Quoted from swampfire:
I think so...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074475/

Embryon has nothing to do with this awful, awful movie.

(oops, I see this has already been addressed)

#29 8 years ago

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What about Matrix?

#30 8 years ago

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Data East King Kong

#31 8 years ago

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Predit... ...never mind.

#32 8 years ago

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Quoted from SealClubber:
2001 Space Odyssey

Not based on the movie, and the pin is just "2001". Same can be said for Williams "Music Man", and both were made before 1975.

#33 8 years ago

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http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=4513&picno=54811&zoom=1

1987 Sonic Star Wars:

#34 8 years ago

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Cool, adding these. Thanks guys!

#35 8 years ago

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Are we sure that Embryon isn't based on some weird 70's porno movie?

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^^^ i think that's why, of all the ones I've shown her, it's so far the only machine my fiancé has "forbidden" me from getting

#36 8 years ago

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Quoted from nman:
it's so far the only machine my fiancé has "forbidden" me from getting

Is it the giant "brain" or the nude red woman in the middle of the playfield?

#37 8 years ago

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Quoted from pmWolf:
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Not movie based.

Kong is climbing what looks to be the Sears Tower, not Empire State Building.

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#38 8 years ago

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Quoted from swampfire:
I did think about including Space Station. The Space Station in the translite looks just like the one in 2001, and there's a black monolith hidden way up in the top right part of the playfield.

Inspired, maybe, but defiantly not the same.
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And both as well as many "Space Wheels" are usually based on Chesley Bonestell designs from the 1950's and 1960's.

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#39 8 years ago

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Quoted from swampfire:
Is it the giant "brain" or the nude red woman in the middle of the playfield?

That would be the "brain"

Though she's referred to it by a different word.

Edit: ....of course thats probably my fault because I mentioned to her once that someone on a forum described it as such and now neither of us can unsee it

#40 8 years ago

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Quoted from nman:
That would be the "brain"
Though she's referred to it by a different word.
Edit: ....of course thats probably my fault because I mentioned to her once that someone on a forum described it as such and now neither of us can unsee it

lol Now I will never unsee it.

#41 8 years ago

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Wrong thread, comment deleted.

#42 8 years ago

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Comment deleted.

#43 8 years ago

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Quoted from dmbjunky:
It's interesting to me the little rules you have to make if you want to make a list. For example, I looked at every game individually to see if it was based on a specific movie or a set of movies. James Bond 007 looked like to me that it was based on The Spy That Loved Me because the artwork included Jaws and came out at similar times.
Backglass.jpg
spy_who_loved_me_ver2_xlg.jpg
Then there was Bally's Star Trek which if you look at the art was based on the 1979 movie.
Backglass (1).jpg
download (1).jpg

James Bond takes a lot from Moonraker (1979) as well. Jaws floating toward Bond comes right off the Moonraker poster and the pose of Roger Moore also comes from the same poster (except he's wearing a space suit in the poster). But the game is generally tied into all of the Moore films at the time (maybe even For your Eyes Only which came out a few months later).

Star trek. Well, only the back glass and the plastics look like stuff from the movie. The playfield and cabinet are definately rom the series. Also remember the backglass and plastics came late in the design phase. Remember, this is what the backglass was supposed to be:

Star Trek.jpg

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#44 8 years ago

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Quoted from vid1900:
Not movie based.
Kong is climbing what looks to be the Sears Tower, not Empire State Building.

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Also, no jets in the climax of the film. Only three helicopters, and no World Trade Centre, so it's not the 1976 version either.

#45 8 years ago

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Quoted from vid1900:
Not movie based.
Kong is climbing what looks to be the Sears Tower, not Empire State Building.

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Willis Tower

#46 8 years ago

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Quoted from girloveswaffles:
James Bond takes a lot from Moonraker (1979) as well. Jaws floating toward Bond comes right off the Moonraker poster and the pose of Roger Moore also comes from the same poster (except he's wearing a space suit in the poster). But the game is generally tied into all of the Moore films at the time (maybe even For your Eyes Only which came out a few months later).
Star Trek. Well, only the back glass and the plastics look like stuff from the movie. The playfield and cabinet are definately rom the series. Also remember the backglass and plastics came late in the design phase. Remember, this is what the backglass was supposed to be:
Star Trek.jpg

Playfield contains the bald chick, so it's definitely from the movie.

#47 8 years ago

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#48 8 years ago

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Threads like this are only as good as the clarity of the rules stated in the OP to keep order to the responses and minimize "noise".

Is this "inspired by?" "borrowed from?" "licensed?" solid state only? etc...

fun thread either way...

-mof

#49 8 years ago

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Quoted from dirtbag66:
MV5BMTcxNjgyMjg2N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTE3NTYyMQ._V1_SY317_CR40214317_AL_.jpgblack_hole_pinball.jpg

Nope. Not an official license, and other than the theme, nothing to do with the movie "THE Black Hole" (notice, the pin is called "Black Hole" with no the.)

#50 8 years ago

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