Warren Miller in SFO - How was the Cougar Hunting Alkasquawlik? (Rock-Star Related)

[Lane Meyer]

So? Whose hotel room did you end up in, I know it wasn't your own!

[Superstar Punani]

Damn I forgot all about this! How was it?

[Alkasquawlik]

Good show, but I imported my own. (Non-Cougar) And don't worry about forgetting Pu, I didn't even go to the second show, as I was otherwise occupied.

[watersnowdirt]

I went on Tuesday night. Actually thought Cody's segment was one of the best - the straightlining brought one of the biggest collective audience gasps in the entire flick. Nice job Alka!

Overall, didn't love the movie.Too many different locales in the movie, too much of the same stuff. I think that ski movies are going to need to branch out from linking segments together with loud music. Where is there to go from here? We've all seen the gnarly cliff drops, the big air, the heli skiing. Maybe it's just me and my slight ADD, but it's starting to all blend together.

Time for more Maggotwood type films .

I went on Tuesday night with a friend who was in it (the Vail sequence) and he had to tap me on the shoulder to wake me up when his sequence was on. I'd fallen sound asleep. I woke up long enough for that scene and then fall back asleep. For real. That can't be a good sign.

[skier666]

Sorry to hear that, nice that Alka's segment was THE crowd pleaser.

Ever since the last greatest movie, Time Waits for Snowman, nothing has ever came close.http://www.vidbusters.com/forums/htm...cons/johnb.gif

I heard a 2000 movie called THE SWARM was pretty good, but I heard the guy who made it doesn't really make movies anymore

[PNWbrit]

Actually thought Cody's segment was one of the best - the straightlining brought one of the biggest collective audience gasps in the entire flick. Nice job Alka!

Same thing in Seattle

[Kellie]

Hmm, I went last night and can't say I was impressed. I thought the movie was pretty boring - too much slow-mo and non-steep skiing . . . deep pow is cool, but even that gets boring after awhile, unless coupled with some rowdy terrain and/or skiing that us mere mortals can't pull off . . .

Having said that, however, I thought it was cool that he included so much b/c and "adventure" skiing - Wrangell St. Elias isn't exactly someplace you'd think to see in a mainstream ski-movie, nor is horse-packing in MT . . . I was impressed with the amount of hike-for-your-turns that went on.

I was also impressed with the female representation in the movie and stoked to see a lot of women rippers I had only heard of.

Warren Miller certainly has a place in the ski movie market, as evidenced by the overwhelmingly diverse and large crowd present at the movie - I suppose he appeals to a large base of mainstream skiers and likely precipitates many a vacation plan. But I would have been downright angry if I actually spent $17 on the movie . . .

And Alka got the best response in Berkeley as well . . . Yeah you!!!

[Telenater]

Something tells me that Alka is going to get invited back for next year's WM.

[Agent 00X]

I passed, umm passed out so I did not have to decide if I wanted to spend the $17 and missed the berkeley show. I'd kind of rather spend the $ on gas and go ski something. Good to hear Alkasquawlik's segment stokes people out/blows minds. There is always something interesting in the WM films and would have liked to have seen Alkasquawlik's segment and crowd response. Years ago during the winter the Lodge in Yosemite Valley would play the year's WM film one nite a week for free, open to all regardless if you were staying at the Lodge or not, maybe I'll catch it there.

[FollowMe]

Sorry to hear that, nice that Alka's segment was THE crowd pleaser.

Ever since the last greatest movie, Time Waits for Snowman, nothing has ever came close.http://www.vidbusters.com/forums/htm...cons/johnb.gif

I heard a 2000 movie called THE SWARM was pretty good, but I heard the guy who made it doesn't really make movies anymore

I've heard the same thing about THE SWARM. How does one get a copy of this movie? .

[hardrider]

I heard a 2000 movie called THE SWARM was pretty good, but I heard the guy who made it doesn't really make movies anymore

Ive also heard that he touches little boys. But thats all hearsay and speculation.

[Superstar Punani]

Warren Miller certainly has a place in the ski movie market, as evidenced by the overwhelmingly diverse and large crowd present at the movie - I suppose he appeals to a large base of mainstream skiers

Read: Gapers

I suppose he appeals to a large base of mainstream skiers

Hey! What about us 'stream skiers?

[shirk]

Actually thought Cody's segment was one of the best - the straightlining brought one of the biggest collective audience gasps in the entire flick. Nice job Alka!

Same thing in Seatle

Same deal here in Toronto

[Tap]

all's i can say is that i was stoked to see Cody's part and glad that his segment was over before intermission

[Alkasquawlik]

all's i can say is that i was stoked to see Cody's part and glad that his segment was over before intermission

Thanks for the props peoples. It's a cool feeling to have a couple hundred people (even if they are gapers) cheer and get stoked on your skiing.


[whisper]..... I still haven't seen the second half of the movie. Mainly the athletes are getting drunk by that point [/whisper]

[schuss]

bunch of good skiing in the movie, your part was great (and hilarious) cody. "I just like to straight"
Biggest letdown was the crowd. Just a bunch of obnoxious people. It was worth the 18 for me, as I got 2 lift tix to give to my friends.

[Vinman]

Same reactions in Burlington. good first half. Again Alka got one of the biggest reactions of the movie. As a whole it was a bit too long just like everyone else said but still some pretty good segments like Warren's Angels, the Nobis section and Mica Blacks section all good. WTF was that Plake waterskiing segment in there for, not good IMHO.

[lph]

Sorry to hear that, nice that Alka's segment was THE crowd pleaser.

Ever since the last greatest movie, Time Waits for Snowman, nothing has ever came close.

I heard a 2000 movie called THE SWARM was pretty good, but I heard the guy who made it doesn't really make movies anymore

congrats cody. keep hearing about your segment, looking forward to seeing it.

I was lucky enough to get to borrow a copy of Time Waits for Snowman last year, and I gotta say it has been a downhill slide for ski movies ever since. I mean the soul, the skiing, the music, the watches and MY GOD THE SKI CLOTHES.......well, lets just say it was the pinnacle of ski movie making.

The Swarm one of the few 'bright lights' in ski movies since Time Waits for Snowman.

[Ubersheist]

I saw it last night in Sacto, and agree with quite a lot of what Kellie said:

Hmm, I went last night and can't say I was impressed. I thought the movie was pretty boring - too much slow-mo and non-steep skiing . . . deep pow is cool, but even that gets boring after awhile, unless coupled with some rowdy terrain and/or skiing that us mere mortals can't pull off . . .

I was also impressed with the female representation in the movie and stoked to see a lot of women rippers I had only heard of.

That's true, but I'm always amazed at how poorly Warren Miller's films has used thier talents in the last few years. There was little that the women did to wow anyone, even though they can rip the crap out of the terrain and conditions shown in the movie. The best moment was an exremely breif glimpse of Ingrid Backstrom's backflip off of a cliff. I couldn't make out how big it was due to the strange editing that they employed. It seems like they didn't want Ms. Backstrom's feat overshadowing the other's skiing, so they downplayed it like crazy and edited it in such a way that 95% of the people watching (gapers) wouldn't notice it. Very strange...

Warren Miller certainly has a place in the ski movie market, as evidenced by the overwhelmingly diverse and large crowd present at the movie - I suppose he appeals to a large base of mainstream skiers and likely precipitates many a vacation plan. But I would have been downright angry if I actually spent $17 on the movie . . .

I felt jipped. Especially after the WM people wouldn't replace my baggie with my Heavenly ticket and crappy little beanie after someone hoarked it from me.

And Alka got the best response in Berkeley as well . . . Yeah you!!!

Ditto.

WM needs less pretty powder shots and more people ripping it up. I was just itching to see a Seth Morrison-style big-ass backflip or Micah Black rip a double stager, but nothing like that was to be seen. Oh well...