I am sitting down to watch Quicksilver right now
09-11-09, 08:40 PM
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I am sitting down to watch Quicksilver right now
please can we have a best of quicksilver thread, it is amazing
09-11-09, 08:54 PM
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Love it when Merckx and Obree get into Mexican knife fight over the girl.
09-11-09, 09:12 PM
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love how baco's bike randomly changes from fixed, to freewheel, to brakeless, to dual brakes between scenes
love baco's first bike (that he wrecked) with the DT shifters
love "I'M STICKIN WITH IT!!"
love quicksilver dismount
love that everyone working for the messenger service had a story ala russian ballet dancer and TdF dropout
love mexican tuxedo
love everything kevin bacon rules
love baco's first bike (that he wrecked) with the DT shifters
love "I'M STICKIN WITH IT!!"
love quicksilver dismount
love that everyone working for the messenger service had a story ala russian ballet dancer and TdF dropout
love mexican tuxedo
love everything kevin bacon rules
09-11-09, 09:42 PM
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[QUOTE=dsh;9660069]love how baco's bike randomly changes from fixed, to freewheel, to brakeless, to dual brakes between scenes
haha, the FishBacon race, he starts on a fixed with no brakes and is all of a sudden coasting on a freewheel (also with no brakes?) then in the next scene cut he is on a double brake freewheel. I guess the average person would not notice?
haha, the FishBacon race, he starts on a fixed with no brakes and is all of a sudden coasting on a freewheel (also with no brakes?) then in the next scene cut he is on a double brake freewheel. I guess the average person would not notice?
09-11-09, 10:01 PM
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Too bad the plot kinda sucks. First half of the movie is awesome. Second half not so much.
So head of its time. Scene could be just as real in 2009. Stock trader turned messenger, minimalist, living in a loft in NY, and nice track bike.
So head of its time. Scene could be just as real in 2009. Stock trader turned messenger, minimalist, living in a loft in NY, and nice track bike.
09-11-09, 10:06 PM
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I love fixed 'balet'/dance/montages. Good movie over all for the sake of being able to spot things normal viewers wouldn't notice.
09-11-09, 11:21 PM
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I have a copy of this on VHS. I wish I could find and actual VHS player. Does anyone want it? Honestly, PM me. I'll sends it to you on the slow boat but you'll get it.
09-11-09, 11:51 PM
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In the beginning of the movie, the bike messenger who loses his beret is Nelson Vails.
Nelson Vails was a NYC Bike Messenger who won a Silver Medal in the '84 Summer Olympics in the 1000m Sprint (Scratch).
Nelson Vails was a NYC Bike Messenger who won a Silver Medal in the '84 Summer Olympics in the 1000m Sprint (Scratch).
09-12-09, 12:27 AM
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09-12-09, 03:06 AM
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oh wow lol that is SF in NYC! so is this cafe in this one scene where he bought his ex-colleague coffee.
good time killer. thx jaq for the crackle full length link.
good time killer. thx jaq for the crackle full length link.
09-12-09, 03:14 AM
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My gf just got me a sealed copy on dvd for $3 at Big Lots last week.
I've had the song from the trick section in the alley stuck in my head for 3 days.
I've had the song from the trick section in the alley stuck in my head for 3 days.
09-12-09, 04:01 PM
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I actually watched it just now at the link I posted and man... that was an awesomely bad movie. Gotta love that ballet scene though hahaha.
I do wish the second half had more biking :-/ and the switches between fixed/SS definitely made it really confusing.
I do wish the second half had more biking :-/ and the switches between fixed/SS definitely made it really confusing.
09-12-09, 07:12 PM
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It is kind of a buzkill how the three main characters wind up abandoning their bike's for other careers.
Man I would kill for Quicksilver 2: Back on the Bike
Man I would kill for Quicksilver 2: Back on the Bike
09-12-09, 07:34 PM
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I'm gonna go learn to do handstands on my bars. It looks pretty easy.