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Offline Torque

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« Reply #105 on: June 17, 2007, 10:21:19 AM »
Review-

Intro to ze review: I'm sure the second you scroll down the forums and see a new topic in the ATS section you are practically ready to piss your pants.  (As you are for other crew vids  ) So you anxiously wait and wait for your download to be done until Firefox gives you a little pop-up tell you that the latest ATS vid is done DLing. In a constant rush you hurry to open up the file, to watch it in VLC, Winamp or WMP; you can't choose since your all giddy giddy with joy.  


Stunts:(I picked out my favorites and the ones I just seemed to like a lot)
3:40 (Docta Luv): Great stunt man, from the starting I noticed several old stunts and thought that this stunt was going to be a golden oldie also, but that grind proved me wrong. Awesome stunt dude it was really clean looking.
3:53 (Dannye): When I saw this my mouth made an expression that was sort of like "  " the stunt was absolutely great man, it must've been really hard since the rail didn't have a arc to it who cares if you didn't land it on your wheels, the stunt is really one of the best ones out there.
4:18 (Dannye): I could never do those kinds of bumps off poles, maybe because I never tried them.  Another instant classic from you Dannye.
4:30 (Dannye): This one was the biggest standout for me in the entire video. It shows that someone is pushing the limits of stunting to see how far it can go. For me this stunt shows the evolution of stunting overall, from the great push off airgrabs from 04 to this fantastic stunt; jumping onto a bike couldn't have looked any better. Although this type of stunt is very limited to the area it is performed on I'm hoping to see more of it.
4:55 (Daffy): Really nice and unexpected stunt d00d. I liked the cool landing at the end.
5:12 (Kaneda): Fantatstic stunt man, the bump, the spin, the landing - it couldn't have been any better (well, unless you did a backflip   )
5:29 (Samurai): I've was looking for a way to land there and I've had several ideas, nice job on landing on that billboard thing bro.
5:36 (Neo): Great stunt man, I loved it but there was something that made it hard for me to appreciate the stunt.
6:00 (Dannye): So many people have landed on top of the construction site in LC, way to mix up it man. Really nice spin and landing.
6:12 (Kaneda): When you showed me your failed attempt at the stunt I was in awe, when I got to see this; I was amazed. Spectacular stunt.
6:17 (Nagual): Sick stunt, reminded me of GTAF.
6:30 (Dannye): After seeing all your stunts I needed to call a doctor to reattach my jaw, for some reason I thought you were going to do a airgrab back into the taxi.
6:49 (Dannye): First time I've seen Dannye on a black PCJ, my heart is filled with joy  Probably the best PCJ wallride combo ever.
7:18 (Samurai): Awesome spin man, I liked your version of it so much more. I have a thing for PCJ grinds where the tail of the PCJ is in a area it shouldn't be (Like water, fire, the back edge of a roof and in other places  )
7:24 (Kid A): Great job man, I've been trying to land on that and grind the rail connecting to the lower portion of the roof using that bump. Cool little bonk at the end.
7:30 (Madmax): Going for another one of those stoppie airgrabs again man...not this time.  Loved seeing a double variation of that stunt, it was great the first time around but even better the second.

Intro / Outro:  My favorite part were the big red letters at the dam, the music and everything just made it fit for me. I didn't see that skull logo anywhere in the vid.   I liked it too when you guys beat teh shit out of Daffy too. The only part I didn't like was the goat thing.

Editing: You've probably heard this before but it's really good.  I liked the use of the black and white mod in the first 20 seconds of the main part, didn't expect the entire vid to use it. I'm guessing you edited the timecyc to make VC and LC grayscale. The credits were top notch, and I don't say that about all the credits.

What to expect if you haven't seen it: This is definitely a twist from what others might call "the old ATS." There isn't anything thats old, it's just how you were accustomed to it at a different time frame. This video offers change, and change is something that is inevitable. You might not like it but it's going to happen. For me ATS has always been about the stunting but this video made it look like that you guys had started to care about the style of your videos. Feron offered some valid points in his little post de jourve (yes I just made that word up  ) but ultimately it's up to the crew or the stunter to decide on what the video he / she / it creates. You guys make videos because of the way you want to, not because your making it better for others to watch. These guys aren't making this video just to impress you guys or whatever, and their probably not even making these videos to impress me either (Yea I know  ) But whatever you guys do, before you start jumping to conclusions. Ask yourself this, do you make videos to impress yourself, others or just for fun.


Conclusion: *stretches* Ugh, I'm like the bible but a bajillion times more inspirational and crap.

Oh yea I just remembered;

Quote from: FerÃή
Maybe you guys need to realize that some stunts do require RADS method.

9/10ths of the stunts people do with RADs can be done without it. It depends on their dedication.
« Last Edit: June 17, 2007, 10:23:40 AM by Torque »

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« Reply #106 on: June 17, 2007, 10:22:20 AM »
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Oh, I thought of a question. Where was...
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I have landed the best faggio stoppie in the world and you will see it in my next video  Yours is nice, but not very creative.
...that one?

It was way too long to include in the video Tack. I might just consider frapsing it and posting a topic, since theres no room for it anywhere

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« Reply #107 on: June 17, 2007, 10:24:00 AM »
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Wasn't Nitz' LC rock bank bump 2 diner sign stunt from an old ATS vid done by Kaneda?
Bingo.

Since you dont know the back story to this Ill just mention it, I was trying something else along that road, and everytime what I was trying didnt come out right I would try kan's stunt for fun. I managed to land it, but I wasn't trying that stunt for this vid....hell I wasnt trying ANY stunts for this vid... at risk of not being in this vid I sent that stunt in and the bonk I did, which is also a result of another stunt I was trying  ...

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« Reply #108 on: June 17, 2007, 10:24:14 AM »
Weird vid, I liked it.

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« Reply #109 on: June 17, 2007, 10:31:49 AM »
Quote from: FerÃή
Maybe you guys need to realize that some stunts do require RADS method.


Ok. I feel that RADs is a Meh method. The reason for this is that its to a point where theres no techical or anything anymore. Doing a bump at 30000mph means that you have absolutly no control on spins and landing and most it it is left to luck at that point. Without using Rads I feel like I have more control over my bike in the air and when I land. i would use it if i had a small runup but I don't think it is nessesary when you have a long runup. A 600 distance and 400 feet high jump doesn't impress me. its just more of the same. I am more into the techical side of stunting. Those little stunts that are eye candy and are a bitch to work because of perfect timing in all areas. This is my personal opinion on the matter though. It does not reflect what ATS thinks.

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« Reply #110 on: June 17, 2007, 10:51:41 AM »
I agree with Max, though I like watching high bumps and packerbumps, nothing does it for me like a sexy grind combo or a Kaneda specially creative stunt.

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« Reply #111 on: June 17, 2007, 10:58:36 AM »
Amen to both Max and Aries...there's nothing at all wrong with the huge ass stunts, but eventually they do all start to look the same

This was an amazing project to work on guys.  I'd always wanted to be in an ATS vid...but due to life I had to bow out of Awakening.  Now I got the chance to, and I gotta say that it was a blast and an honor.

And once again, thanks for the comments thus far.

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« Reply #112 on: June 17, 2007, 11:05:53 AM »
3rd time DLing this vid  .... filefront gave me a corrupt wmv, then megaupload timed out on me, so im trying FF again :'(

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« Reply #113 on: June 17, 2007, 11:22:41 AM »
Nice video! intro was nice!

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« Reply #114 on: June 17, 2007, 11:30:50 AM »
Quote from: Madmax
I am more into the techical side of stunting. Those little stunts that are eye candy and are a bitch to work because of perfect timing in all areas.
Wow, thats the truest thing I have ever read on these forums  .  Short runups for life .

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« Reply #115 on: June 17, 2007, 11:54:37 AM »
Holy shit that movie was EPIC.

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« Reply #116 on: June 17, 2007, 12:11:51 PM »


The intro was weird, and the beginning of the main video it reminded me of Twisted Metal
For the stunts...A lot of them were recently done by other people in recent videos, even the some of the music were old and used  which was unexpected. I also lost a stunt that was done better than the original, without a packer

It was about what I was expecting, great video all around.

9/10 Good job everyone
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« Reply #117 on: June 17, 2007, 12:16:32 PM »
Awesome vid, I like the intro and stunts and editing   10/10
« Last Edit: June 17, 2007, 12:17:09 PM by Wozzie »

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« Reply #118 on: June 17, 2007, 12:23:29 PM »
The more I watch this the more I like it. It's so dam stylish!

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« Reply #119 on: June 17, 2007, 12:58:08 PM »
Wow!! (not world of warcraft -.-). Amazing work guys! I shall remember this vid for a long time!!  
« Last Edit: June 17, 2007, 12:58:23 PM by Shifty »

 

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