Shadow, The
Bally, 1994I bought this and watched it a year ago and recently watched it again.
Not the greatest plot or blockbuster. BUT they spent a ton on the movie and the scenery and setting is awesome.
Best to watch after you have pkayed the game for a while. All the scenes and sounds will make sense once you watch the movie.
Too bad the script could not have been better. It would have been a better movie for all the cash the dumped into it.
But like I said its enjoyable for owners of the Game.
I recently watched it again too. It's best to watch it while doing something else as background noise.
I watched it again recently, and I remembered it being much better. Cheesy is the word that comes to mind. I get that they intended to make it pretty hammy, but I couldn't get halfway through it.
I was actually considering buying a TS a couple months ago, and rewatching the movie helped me decide to pass. That and the fact that the seller was a jerk.
No doubt the movie is bad that is why its cool to own a shadow then watch it.
Sometimes I like movies for the scenerey. The 1930's NY looks cool and the car.
So props for the stage and clothes. Thumbs down no doubt for the plot and acting.
The movie is an abomination. Why the Shadow's evil laugh? Why the anthropomorphic knife? Why are they (or just Khan?) Asian? Who greenlit this movie?
The pin is great, though.
Quoted from kwiKimart:The movie isn't THAT bad, look at JM, Barb Wire and Waterworld.
waterworld is as underated as the pin....................wait....ya I said it 
The movie had some what the...? moments. The face peeling scene for example. I think what downgrades the movie is that it did have potential. It just wasn't as good as it could have been.
Modern superhero meets art deco pulp. Just seemed off.
There are still worse movies out there. Hated JM.
I have played a ton of shadow and it was just neat to hear Tam on the bridge and the thugs. The same sounds from the game. Bally tied in the movie nice.
Quoted from Slate:Best to watch after you have pkayed the game for a while. All the scenes and sounds will make sense once you watch the movie.
My wife started to enjoy Tron a lot more after she watched the film with me.
My oldest girl got a huge kick out of watching the LOTR films with me. Every time she heard a line in that movie that was used in the pin she would point it out.
My brother loves Shadow thats all he plays but never watched the movie. I ask him if he knew what the graphic of the 3 eggs when you get Kahn Multiball.
And the Phurbas? "A Clouded My sees nothing", etc.
Has to be one of the best games for the sayings. All from the movie.
I realize this is an old thread, but finally watched The Shadow after owning the game for 1.5 years. Seems like most of the quotes from the game take place within 15 minutes of start of the movie. Cool to now know what some of the quotes mean including how "The Sun is Shining...but the ice is slippery" is how the Shadow communicated with recruits and agents.
Not a great movie but glad to have watched it since it now helps me understand the move tie ins. Got a Ripley's recently and am discovering the RBION books and some of the old videos are cool. Loved it when the bomb was rolling across the house, that was funny.
Quoted from Cobray:I spoke too soon... Just checked netflix streaming, and The Shadow is available to watch instantly!!
Now when do I have the time to kill 2 hours that I don't care about? hmmm. lol.
I disagree with the BSD movie opinion I thought the movie
was pretty good.Fast forward to the part where Winona is running
down the stairs, in the rain with the sheer nightie on.Her boobs
were always very elusive.Seriously the movie is good and the pin
makes more sense after watching it.
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