Why not us?

NotHisRealName · Post by **NotHisRealName** » 18 May 2005 02:25

I was checking out some previews at Apple - Trailers, and I saw this:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/rize/

And it got me thinking... Why the hell not footbag?

Is it because it's not *new*? Is it because it's not aggressive?
I dunno, but I think we would all make a beautiful story... the Footbag scene.

Guest_2 · Post by **Guest_2** » 18 May 2005 08:45

What the hell? All they're doing is spazzing out

crazydwarf · Post by **crazydwarf** » 18 May 2005 14:25

Yeh, I saw that preview in before I saw crash (a really really good movie). I was most impressed with that guy who did like half a flip and landed on his back. That was so cool! He just smacked that floor.[/quote]

Seath · Post by **Seath** » 18 May 2005 14:55

Yo man it's part of the hiphop culture yo. Waaaaay more people would see that than a movie about footbag

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 18 May 2005 17:38

i hope i never see any thing like that again.

SandWraith · Post by **SandWraith** » 18 May 2005 20:12

I like how their names are all gangsta like Lil C, Tight Eyez, Lil Mama, and Dragon... and then there's Tommy the Clown. If people dressed up like clowns and played footbag I probably would disavow my affiliation with this sport.

Addendum: I ain't 'scriminatin' 'gainst no clowns, yo. My brudda was a clown back in the day, an' we got down funky style, G. But ain't no room fo' clowns in da Club Dancin'. Word.

fidottio · Post by **fidottio** » 18 May 2005 20:32

^^ ahahahaha.. if someone dressed up as a clown everytime they shredded I would kill myself laughing. My only wish would be that they win worlds and pictures of them are plastered all over the internet. Go footbag!

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 18 May 2005 20:50

To answer Gareth's question - "Why not footbag" - and maybe to make a point about all the people dissing this trailer - look at the size of the crowds watching. When footbag can get crowds like that there will be hollywood movies being made about it.

edit: I find it pretty amazing that people can play footbag and dis another new and uncommon sport or past time.

SandWraith · Post by **SandWraith** » 19 May 2005 05:28

I'm not dissing it cause it's new-- I'm dissing it cause it looks stupid. I think skateboarding, breakdancing, and poi all look cool. In fact, I might even try to learn some poi this summer. But gyrating like a mo'fo just doesn't seem very appealing. Man, I even think RIVERDANCING looks pretty sweet. Club dancing just looks pretty... dumb. (If you're into it, though, Jeremy, don't let me stop you

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Seath · Post by **Seath** » 19 May 2005 08:49

screw you all that shit is COOL
Man the athletic ability needed to do that.. MAAAn that shit is sick flare for break dancing too. Screw the haters...

mc · Post by mc » 19 May 2005 12:09

yeah, I was gonna say (before I read seaths)

don't any of you think that was awesome? I thought that looked incredible, and I bet if those guys looked at footbag, they could appreciate it. I look forward to seeing this film. The view of the culture looks fascinating, and the dance is bound to be unreal

Bander87 · Post by **Bander87** » 19 May 2005 14:16

I aprechiate almost any skill now, dancing and footbag. Practicing day after day is the same thing we do.

NotHisRealName · Post by **NotHisRealName** » 19 May 2005 14:42

the point of the post was not to diss this other culture... it was merely to point out that there's a film about this and not about footbag. In my opinion footbag is a much more beautiful sport... a dance with the bag and gravity. There's so little anger and anamosity in the sport and *should* be more appealing to so many more people.

Oh well. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before one of us makes a film like that.

Bander87 · Post by **Bander87** » 19 May 2005 15:01

Ah, whats that skatebording movie coming out? When I saw the previews for that I said they should make a footbag video like that. I got all excited and then my friens like "Ben, thats based on a true story" and I'm like "same thing with footbag (duh)"

crazydwarf · Post by **crazydwarf** » 19 May 2005 17:08

The skateboarding movie is called lords of dog town.

don't any of you think that was awesome?

To quote myself, "I was most impressed with that guy who did like half a flip and landed on his back. That was so cool!" I wasn't being sarcastic, that really was awsome

Slippur · Post by **Slippur** » 19 May 2005 17:09

Wow, it's like Matt Cross or Sunil without a footbag!

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 19 May 2005 17:10

i bet a lot of them ARE on drugs. i mean...it certainly could help.

i have actually done that half flip thing. it looks kinda crazy...and kinda funny, but its fun.

BainbridgeShred · Post by **BainbridgeShred** » 19 May 2005 18:52

I really didn't think it was that cool.

junkyardjew · Post by **junkyardjew** » 19 May 2005 19:13

Hey, Tommy the Clown is the godfather of krumpin. I love that shit. I wish I could gyrate my pelvis like that.

JoshMan01 · Post by **JoshMan01** » 20 May 2005 11:58

I don't think you see nearly enough to really judge what they're doing. The clips are way too short to really see what is going on. After getting into footbag I've been very open minded about these sorts of things. I haven't seen enough to say if it's cool or not but even if iI don't like I still have respect for it.

As for it not being us on that video... It definitely has a lot to do with the crowds and from the preview I get the feeling that it took over the community where they live. I still think footbag would make a much cooler movie. Footbag looks a lot cooler in my opinion, but i don't think any of us have some dramatic true story for the movie to be based on.