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Pinball in movies or TV shows? Name a game you have seen in the background?

By Jackontherocks

11 years ago


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#1434 5 years ago
 
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Diospinball

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Quoted from Pablito350:

Watching Carnival of Souls(1962), the Rifftrax version, noticed this in the background. It shows up halfway to the end of movie. This is the only picture I could find. In the colorized version I watched it was mostly green. You only see this end of the machine. Trippy flick.
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That is a great film. Only seen it once or twice. But, its worth the watch. I just want to rewatch the classics with a girlfriend... Sadly the last few I had hated horror movies. That's almost as big of a no no for me as if they hated pinball.

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#1440 5 years ago
 
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Diospinball

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Quoted from Pablito350:

I'm no fan of gore filled horror (unless it's over the top and so bad/it's funny type). I really appreciate the atmospheric suspense type movies, which this definitely is. I love Hitchcock's work and you can certainly see this movie's influence on other films like Suspiria. I go out of my way around Halloween time to find movies like this. They certainly stick with you. In this case, I've been binge watching MST & Rifftrax and it came on.

I hate goreno. I hate it. Its morally reprehensible. And a good horror movie at its core is still a morality tale. Friday the 13th, Halloween. Can make the case that they're showing what teen sex and drug use does. Gets ya killed by a maniac with a huge knife... Also the Freddy movies are a bit old testament sins of the father. I'm just lightly touching on the subject here... But, there is more to it.
But, I find films like saw and hostel to lack morals and suspense. And just exist to shock. I love gore. Big fan of Tom Savini. In my youth I wanted to be a horror fx artist... But, the medium is dying and basically dead. So I love monster and horror effects and to a certain extent GORE! But, it has to have its context. And just butchery for the sake of it. No thank you.

If you like those films great. More power to you. You can watch them all you want. I will not.
I love the classic Hammer films as peter cushing and mr Lee(a man who loved heavy metal btw) are two of my favorite actors of all time. I own most of their work. And all of Hammer's classics. I'm excited that Quartermass and the Pit is coming to bluray. Can't wait. As I only got a bad bootleg dvd of it.

Might want to check out Horror Hotel if you never saw it. Just great atmosphere in that film. But, truth be told one of my all time favorite horror movies with horror in the title is Horror Express. Film is a gonzo horror film that feels like a hammer film on steroids. Just a great film.

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#1518 4 years ago
 
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Diospinball

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Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but in the video game Days Gone, there is a pinball machine that you can find in a few of the houses. You can't do anything to it, and its not based on a real machine. You can't even break it, its an indestructible element. Man, I would totally buy a pinball machine that is impossible to break or damage... Anyway I just thought it was cool to see a pinball machine in the game, nice touch.

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#1535 4 years ago
 
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I love cheesy action movies. Seen almost all the good ones, and most of the bad. Big fan of Roddy Piper and his movies(he's done more than just They Live... Not much more, but more). At the beggining of his Jungleground movie in a pizza shot there is a Road Show. Also another scene at a conveince store they have an NBA Jam and Darkstalkers.
Just a shame that it use to be you'd always find a pin and/or arcade game at restaurants, bars, laundry mats, hotels... And now nothing.... Well, mostly nothing.

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#1546 4 years ago
 
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Diospinball

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Quoted from xsvtoys:

They Live is one of the greatest movies ever made, and hardly anyone even knows what it is.

I love They Live and I love John Carpenter movies. When I lived in LA I was fortunate enough to attend a Big Trouble In Little China screening where he attended. That's another one of my favorite movies ever. Top 10 for me.
But, what is great about They Live is that it proves that you can be a low budget b action movie and still have a plot and story just as deep as any movie.
Nice fun and a bit cheeky message about capitalism.
And also one of the all time great movie lines.
The one about bubblegum and kicking butt...
Alost as good as Blade's MotherF---- ice skating uphill.

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#1812 4 years ago
 
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Diospinball

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Quoted from allsportdvd:

Here’s one. It’s set in the 1980’s as it’s about the Green River Killer but I couldn’t help noticing that there is a 2003 Roller Coaster Tycoon in the background. Attention to detail people [quoted image]

They probably just think... Hey its a pinball it must be OLD!

Sad thing though even if they knew nothing about pinball. Roller Coaster Tycoon was a popular video game and had tv commercials. So to me its a double fail.

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