Avatar flim clip from Brainstorm

"Bill B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Really cool Ryan site with photos of the Avatar's. The
film clip of the Avatar in the movie"Brainstorm" was cool
even though it took awhile for my dial up to load the
clip. One thing about the clip is the loud chain rub.Maybe
the actor did not know how to adjust the gears or?? Hard
to believe the movie was made in 1983. Check it out at
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Thanks Bill B for the very enjoyable reprise of that brief
scene from the movie "Brainstorm". The Avatar reminds me
very much of the first recumbent I ever got which was the
Infinity. I have always liked the look of the Avatar and of
my Infinity over any other recumbent I have ever owned. It
was the Avatar that got me into recumbents in the first
place, but not from the movie however. It was from the book
The High-Tech Bicycle by Edward P. Stevenson (Harper and Row
- 1982) in which there appears a beautiful picture of the
bike on page 154. It was love at first sight. Then I saw a
picture of the Infinity in a Bike Nashbar catalog and, as
they say, the rest is history. I never test rode it or
anything. I just went ahead and bought it and I knew I was
going to like it.

--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota

"Bicycle" magazine's test of the Avatar 2000 from May 1982 may be found
here:

<URL: legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.ukBMMayOpen ↗
82_01.htm>

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Someone was just mentioning this movie and that there was a
rcumbent in it. Great clip but where is Natalie? My all
time love.

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Really cool Ryan site with photos of the Avatar's. The
film clip of the Avatar in the movie"Brainstorm" was cool
even though it took awhile for my dial up to load the
clip. One thing about the clip is the loud chain rub.Maybe
the actor did not know how to adjust the gears or?? Hard
to believe the movie was made in 1983. Check it out at
ryanownersclub.combrainstormOpen ↗

[email hidden] (Bill B) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Really cool Ryan site with photos of the Avatar's. The
film clip of the Avatar in the movie"Brainstorm" was cool
even though it took awhile for my dial up to load the
clip. One thing about the clip is the loud chain rub.Maybe
the actor did not know how to adjust the gears or?? Hard
to believe the movie was made in 1983. Check it out at
ryanownersclub.combrainstormOpen ↗

Sounds to me like freewheel click.

This movie did seem _way_ ahead of its time. What, almost 20
years before "The Matrix".

[email hidden] (Bill B) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Really cool Ryan site with photos of the Avatar's. The
film clip of the Avatar in the movie"Brainstorm" was cool
even though it took awhile for my dial up to load the
clip. One thing about the clip is the loud chain rub.Maybe
the actor did not know how to adjust the gears or?? Hard
to believe the movie was made in 1983. Check it out at
ryanownersclub.combrainstormOpen ↗

Hey Bill-

As the guy who put the clip online, I'm glad you found it!

Don't worry about the chain rub--I'm sure the Avatar doesn't
sound like that. Almost all sound effects in every hollywood
film are produced after the effect by the Foley artists. The
sound effects are called "foley". There is no doubt in my
mind that they ran a tin can across a hand rail or something
to make that sound.

If you are an arcade video game fan you will notice that the
sound effects almost never match the game being played.

-Paul Webmaster, Ryan Owners Club web site

PS: Great Bicycling article re-creation, legslarry!

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Almost all sound effects in every hollywood film are
produced after the effect by the Foley artists.

I meant to say "after the fact"

PB

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Someone was just mentioning this movie and that there was
a rcumbent in it. Great clip but where is Natalie? My all
time love.

You can see the back of Natalie's head on the lower left
photo on the page with the clip on it. Go nuts.

There is a DVD available so you can see her entire mediocre
performance!

amazon.comamazon.comOpen ↗
/B00004VVN9/qid=1086197536/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-2840996-
2543264?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

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Really cool Ryan site with photos of the Avatar's. The
film clip of the Avatar in the movie"Brainstorm" was
cool even though it took awhile for my dial up to load
the clip. One thing about the clip is the loud chain
rub.Maybe the actor did not know how to adjust the gears
or?? Hard to believe the movie was made in 1983. Check
it out at
ryanownersclub.combrainstormOpen ↗

Sounds to me like freewheel click.

This movie did seem _way_ ahead of its time. What, almost
20 years before "The Matrix".

Apparently it flopped at the box office

BTW The first recumbent trike I ever saw was during the
beginning of the movie 2010

"Dave Larrington" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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"Bicycle" magazine's test of the Avatar 2000 from May 1982
may be found here:

<URL: legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.ukBMMay8Open ↗
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Well done Dave. I clicked on your address and read every one
of the Bicycle Magazine HPV articles that you saved. Thanks.
Bill Britton

As a rider of a direct descendent of the Avatar (Longbikes
Slipstream) all I can say is that the review at the link
below perfectly describes my bike - and is exactly why I
ride it. Most comfortable bike I've ever had the chance to
ride. Thanks to all those who have worked on the wonderful
design and made it even better through the years!

Mark Gregory 2000 Longbikes Slipstream - HEY! That review is
of an Avatar 2000! I like that!

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"Bicycle" magazine's test of the Avatar 2000 from May 1982
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Dave. Thanks for sharing some great articles on
recumbents. Thanks.

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"Bicycle" magazine's test of the Avatar 2000 from May 1982
may be found here:

<URL: legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.ukBMMay8Open ↗
2_01.htm