Comments on: 8-bit Zardoz http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 04:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Aaron Wells http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1197323 Aaron Wells Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1197323 That is awesome! Although maybe it would have been better to base the music on the Zardoz theme, aka Beethoven's 7th symphony, 2nd movement. That is awesome! Although maybe it would have been better to base the music on the Zardoz theme, aka Beethoven’s 7th symphony, 2nd movement.

]]> By: PurpleWyrm http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1197204 PurpleWyrm Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1197204 I've always wanted to stick the Zardoz head into the Fallout series. Battling Super Mutants on the DC Mall, or on top of Black Mountain would be much more fun with a giant head hovering above yelling about guns and penises. I’ve always wanted to stick the Zardoz head into the Fallout series. Battling Super Mutants on the DC Mall, or on top of Black Mountain would be much more fun with a giant head hovering above yelling about guns and penises.

]]> By: John Wentworth http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196974 John Wentworth Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196974 Streaming alert! Only a few days left to watch Zardoz on Netflix. Get to it. http://instantwatcher.com/titles/95736 Streaming alert! Only a few days left to watch Zardoz on Netflix. Get to it.

http://instantwatcher.com/titles/95736

]]> By: akbar56 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196341 akbar56 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196341 Zardoz has always proved the following for me: "Cocaine, it's a hell of a drug." Zardoz has always proved the following for me:

“Cocaine, it’s a hell of a drug.”

]]> By: bex http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196305 bex Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196305 as a past owner of a C64 I will affirm that the speech is too good in this, much better than the mighty sid is capable of as a past owner of a C64 I will affirm that the speech is too good in this, much better than the mighty sid is capable of

]]> By: Katey Corrigan http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196216 Katey Corrigan Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196216 Is this the Nick Criscoulo I went to college with? Awesome. Is this the Nick Criscoulo I went to college with? Awesome.

]]> By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196161 Mordicai Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196161 I used to play this all the time, but I had to keep it on mute because if my parents heard that eight-bit voice screaming "The penis is evil!  The gun is good!" over & over, they'd freak. I used to play this all the time, but I had to keep it on mute because if my parents heard that eight-bit voice screaming “The penis is evil!  The gun is good!” over & over, they’d freak.

]]> By: Eric Rucker http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196141 Eric Rucker Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196141 Hrm. Pretty sure that the sound is close to what some FM-equipped 8-bit machines could do, although the voiceover would be tricky without an additional PCM channel. Hrm. Pretty sure that the sound is close to what some FM-equipped 8-bit machines could do, although the voiceover would be tricky without an additional PCM channel.

]]> By: haineux http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196121 haineux Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196121 Zardoz inspired countless wonderful youtube chicanery, such as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKRd0MfVmGo and also this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12hxZ77gZus But if you want to see the original trailer, it's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbGVIdA3dx0 Zardoz inspired countless wonderful youtube chicanery, such as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKRd0MfVmGo
and also this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12hxZ77gZus
But if you want to see the original trailer, it’s here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbGVIdA3dx0

]]> By: Wagner James Au http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196105 Wagner James Au Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196105 This post made me think, "I haven't thought about *Zardoz* in awhile, I wonder what the Interwebz says about it." So I Googled, and came up with this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyforswayze/4061883550/ Which is awesome. This post made me think, “I haven’t thought about *Zardoz* in awhile, I wonder what the Interwebz says about it.” So I Googled, and came up with this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyforswayze/4061883550/

Which is awesome.

]]> By: cdh1971 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196098 cdh1971 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196098 Zardoz is a great movie, made better by the Dr. Who style special effects. Minimalist, obvious, special effects _can_ add to a movie the same way similar effects can add to a stage production. About the mankini - I'm tempted to suggest a re-imagining be made starring Sasha Baron-Cohen. But seriously, since everyone is on this re-make kick, Zardoz is worthy of one. Except not starring Sean Connery again - the mankini would be much less flattering on him now. Zardoz is a great movie, made better by the Dr. Who style special effects. Minimalist, obvious, special effects _can_ add to a movie the same way similar effects can add to a stage production.

About the mankini – I’m tempted to suggest a re-imagining be made starring Sasha Baron-Cohen. But seriously, since everyone is on this re-make kick, Zardoz is worthy of one. Except not starring Sean Connery again – the mankini would be much less flattering on him now.

]]> By: Nicky G http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196059 Nicky G Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196059 Awesome.  I love Zardoz, total classic, and way above most people's heads.  That's right. Awesome.  I love Zardoz, total classic, and way above most people’s heads.  That’s right.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196055 Mister44 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196055 How can any movie with Sean Connery dressed as Electra the Assassin be a bad movie? How can any movie with Sean Connery dressed as Electra the Assassin be a bad movie?

]]> By: jordan yerman http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196043 jordan yerman Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196043 It's not only perfect, but also just in time to celebrate the induction of "mankini" into the Concise Oxford English Dictionary. It’s not only perfect, but also just in time to celebrate the induction of “mankini” into the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.

]]> By: baronkarza http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196012 baronkarza Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196012 Funny, I just drew Zardoz last week for a movie flyer! Good to see him up and flying again so soon! Funny, I just drew Zardoz last week for a movie flyer! Good to see him up and flying again so soon!

]]> By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/8-bit-zardoz.html#comment-1196010 Grey Devil Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114902#comment-1196010 Screw Troll 2. Zardoz is the greatest bad movie ever made. Also watching that 8-bit fake game opening makes me wish such a thing really existed. Screw Troll 2. Zardoz is the greatest bad movie ever made. Also watching that 8-bit fake game opening makes me wish such a thing really existed.

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