Rik Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 The thing is,topics like someone mentioned"looking for jimmy hoffa"is something that will hold the attention of alot more people than looking for atari carts.We in this community hold this in high regard,but to the rest of the world,they couldn't give a rats ass about buried ET carts,and that includes Myth Busters,Not the kind of stuff they do, period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math You Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Perhaps Atari would be interested in 'un-earthing' the mystery. It could be good publicity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroogur Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I still like my EPA angle I mean after all if those carts are down there we can't have them leeching all those nasty toxins into the earth. Better to be safe then sorry right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorgle Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 If everyone chips in something, perhaps we could simply purchase the landfill and dig them up ourselves. We could then recover our costs by selling the ET cartridges and the remains of the Roswell UFO that were probably buried there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroogur Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 If everyone chips in something, perhaps we could simply purchase the landfill and dig them up ourselves. We could then recover our costs by selling the ET cartridges and the remains of the Roswell UFO that were probably buried there as well. :thumbsup: Sounds like a plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 The thing is,topics like someone mentioned"looking for jimmy hoffa"is something that will hold the attention of alot more people than looking for atari carts.We in this community hold this in high regard,but to the rest of the world,they couldn't give a rats ass about buried ET carts,and that includes Myth Busters,Not the kind of stuff they do, period. In this reality TV world, so much more money has been spent for cheap entertainment. I really don't see why some entrepreneurial individual wouldn't follow thorugh on this sooner or later. Really, GenX is now the prime TV demographic and this is a pretty well known touchstone for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 The thing is,topics like someone mentioned"looking for jimmy hoffa"is something that will hold the attention of alot more people than looking for atari carts.We in this community hold this in high regard,but to the rest of the world,they couldn't give a rats ass about buried ET carts,and that includes Myth Busters,Not the kind of stuff they do, period. In this reality TV world, so much more money has been spent for cheap entertainment. I really don't see why some entrepreneurial individual wouldn't follow thorugh on this sooner or later. Really, GenX is now the prime TV demographic and this is a pretty well known touchstone for us. They probably haven't because there's only about 10 people outside of this board that actually care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 They probably haven't because there's only about 10 people outside of this board that actually care. Yeah, and they'd also never make a movie about Nolan Bushnell. Nobody knows who that guy is except for a handful of nerds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 The thing is,topics like someone mentioned"looking for jimmy hoffa"is something that will hold the attention of alot more people than looking for atari carts.We in this community hold this in high regard,but to the rest of the world,they couldn't give a rats ass about buried ET carts,and that includes Myth Busters,Not the kind of stuff they do, period. In this reality TV world, so much more money has been spent for cheap entertainment. I really don't see why some entrepreneurial individual wouldn't follow thorugh on this sooner or later. Really, GenX is now the prime TV demographic and this is a pretty well known touchstone for us. They probably haven't because there's only about 10 people outside of this board that actually care. Yeah,true,better put. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 (edited) They probably haven't because there's only about 10 people outside of this board that actually care. Yeah, and they'd also never make a movie about Nolan Bushnell. Nobody knows who that guy is except for a handful of nerds. Thats true also.Thats why i think the movie will not be made.I cant see it as a theater release especially.How many people will go to see that,theres no money to be made on that.Movies are cancelled at last second all the time.I cant even imagine it as a TV release either for that matter.Movies are made when theres a market that will interest the general population,not just a small community of game nerds. Edited June 19, 2008 by Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 They probably haven't because there's only about 10 people outside of this board that actually care. Yeah, and they'd also never make a movie about Nolan Bushnell. Nobody knows who that guy is except for a handful of nerds. Thats true also.Thats why i think the movie will not be made.I cant see it as a theater release especially.How many people will go to see that,theres no money to be made on that.Movies are cancelled at last second all the time.I cant even imagine it as a TV release either for that matter.Movies are made when theres a market that will interest the general population,not just a small community of game nerds. I was pointing out that they are supposedly making a Nolan Bushnell movie and the E.T. story seems to be bigger than Nolan Bushnell. All kinds of people have heard that E.T. cartridges were buried, even if they don't know who Nolan Bushnell is or what an Atari 2600 looks like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27ace27 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 They probably haven't because there's only about 10 people outside of this board that actually care. Yeah, and they'd also never make a movie about Nolan Bushnell. Nobody knows who that guy is except for a handful of nerds. Thats true also.Thats why i think the movie will not be made.I cant see it as a theater release especially.How many people will go to see that,theres no money to be made on that.Movies are cancelled at last second all the time.I cant even imagine it as a TV release either for that matter.Movies are made when theres a market that will interest the general population,not just a small community of game nerds. I was pointing out that they are supposedly making a Nolan Bushnell movie and the E.T. story seems to be bigger than Nolan Bushnell. All kinds of people have heard that E.T. cartridges were buried, even if they don't know who Nolan Bushnell is or what an Atari 2600 looks like. hmmm.... I thought that everybody knew who Nolan Bushnell was and what an atari 2600 looked like but had no clue what the Atari landfill story was... well, maybe thats just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 (edited) It's called demographic shift. The people who green light projects like this are now our age. The things we remember are the things they remember because 'they' are now 'us', if you know what I mean. That's why the DiCaprio thing is happening, or the Flashback console made money, or all the other emulator projects were successful. It doesn't really matter whether teens, 50 or 60 somethings don't know Atari or E.T. Do you think in the 80s I cared about stuff like The Big Chill? Every generation has its moment in the sun to wax nostalgic. Edited June 21, 2008 by mos6507 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mock Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 It's called demographic shift. The people who green light projects like this are now our age. The things we remember are the things they remember because 'they' are now 'us', if you know what I mean. That's why the DiCaprio thing is happening, or the Flashback console made money, or all the other emulator projects were successful. It doesn't really matter whether teens, 50 or 60 somethings don't know Atari or E.T. Do you think in the 80s I cared about stuff like The Big Chill? Every generation has its moment in the sun to wax nostalgic. this would make a cool Allen & Ginter Relic card....actual scrap from the Atari Dump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I love this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mock Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I guess my question is...what exactly would you do with it if you did find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I love trash Everything dirty or dingy or dusty Everything ragged or rotten or rusty Yes, I love trash I have here a newspaper from '83 It's proof that they land-filled a bunch of E.T. I traded my kid for boxed games I can't see I love them, because they're trash! A porcelain egg with the USA flag A NASCAR poster, all the seasons of JAG A cell phone with every option I can snag I love them, because they're trash! Yes, dammit, I'm going to keep posting this until someone laughs. (I think I'm just proud that I remembered the words to the chorus.) As long as I'm amusing myself by needlessly repeating funny things in a context barely related to the thread: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I guess my question is...what exactly would you do with it if you did find it? Whip it out and start spanking? Take lots of video and photos and invite the media so a 'myth' can be transformed back into truth? Rub the noses of the skeptics into the broken bits of cartridges like your dog's nose into his own poo on your carpet when he's been bad? Make necklaces and other things that contain a piece of long-buried history that you can sell to Atari lovers and retro hipsters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mock Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I guess my question is...what exactly would you do with it if you did find it? Whip it out and start spanking? Take lots of video and photos and invite the media so a 'myth' can be transformed back into truth? Rub the noses of the skeptics into the broken bits of cartridges like your dog's nose into his own poo on your carpet when he's been bad? Make necklaces and other things that contain a piece of long-buried history that you can sell to Atari lovers and retro hipsters? have to come up with something better than that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+Random Terrain Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Looks like a scene from Total Recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mock Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Looks like a scene from Total Recall. more fake than the Lunar Landing... PS: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyBuddies Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I love trashEverything dirty or dingy or dusty Everything ragged or rotten or rusty Yes, I love trash I have here a newspaper from '83 It's proof that they land-filled a bunch of E.T. I traded my kid for boxed games I can't see I love them, because they're trash! A porcelain egg with the USA flag A NASCAR poster, all the seasons of JAG A cell phone with every option I can snag I love them, because they're trash! Yes, dammit, I'm going to keep posting this until someone laughs. (I think I'm just proud that I remembered the words to the chorus.) As long as I'm amusing myself by needlessly repeating funny things in a context barely related to the thread: ROFLMAO ,the Penguin clip is too funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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