Post by stintergalactic on Nov 22, 2022 16:40:28 GMT
I'm honestly at a loss as to what to what to do next here. The was you describe this movie, it sounds like a slick Hollywood production. But I looked through darn near every movie released from 1995-2005, and haven't found anything. Could this possibly have been a TV show, or an international movie?
Post by stintergalactic on Nov 19, 2022 20:06:18 GMT
Wow, I was so sure that was it too.
When I saw two women standing in room with a big medical syringe, and one of them had a thing in their hand, and then turned into a monster... I was CONVINCED that had to be the movie
Post by stintergalactic on Nov 17, 2022 19:58:26 GMT
Ok, man, I have spent all day on this, and I swear, the movie you're talking about just HAS to be Proteus from 1995. I know it's a little older than you described but it's SO close to a lot of stuff you mention. The cast description matches...it's on a water base...it's got a girl with a thing in her hand...it's got needles...it's got a woman transforming into a monster...it's got blue lighting and stuff.
Here's a German (I think it's German) dub of it on youtube..
Edited to add.... man, now I'm not so sure. I re-read your description, and the end doesn't quite match up, as well as some other details. Still check it out, though
Post by stintergalactic on Nov 17, 2022 17:47:08 GMT
I've skimmed through this thread and read the documents, so I hope this hasn't been asked yet. But where in Pakistan did you see this, or more specifically, what channels would it most likely have been airing on? If you're pretty sure it aired between 2005-2007, then that's only 104 weeks of TV listings to search through
Post by stintergalactic on Aug 11, 2022 16:54:40 GMT
I hope no one steals this idea since I'm posting it here, but I've been working on an iceburg and video for the lost Del Rubio Triplets commercial for a little while now.
Post by stintergalactic on Jul 29, 2022 14:14:15 GMT
I was pretty surprised when I saw this yesterday, but yeah, I really haven't seen many people talking about it online at all. All the reddit threads about it barely even discuss it.
I would have thought this was big news, but the internet hardly seems impressed.
No, he had robot.txt on there, so nothing got archived.
damn that sucks, I remember reading reviews of films like Super Mario Bros and Cold as Ice on there back in the day. Perhaps you can access them through Google Cache?
Yeah, you can find a few of the old articles cached and saved in a few places. There's just so much that's lost, though, it makes me sad. X-Entertainment was such a huge part of internet and nostalgia culture history.
So at least we now know he wasn't ducking us. Now I'm wondering if he's alive?
I added the sticker for funsies. It's yours now. If it's still sticky.
Last year I called and reached a man named Robert Schwartz who's phone number was associated with that address. I am 93% confident that he was our guy, and that he's alive and well. But for whatever reason, he just did not want to talk about this.
I'll find a great place of honor for my new sticker Thank you!
Post by stintergalactic on Jul 15, 2022 14:48:44 GMT
The one that gets me is all the old X-Entertainment articles that have been lost to time. There was so much classic content on there. You can still pull up the odd article here and there if you poke around the domain, but most of it is just gone, and it's very sad.
Post by stintergalactic on Jul 15, 2022 13:14:02 GMT
I've got a bit of an unexpected update on this. Last year, a few of us from this thread tried reaching out to Robert Schwartz through a PO Box address that we found. Well, guess what showed up in my mailbox today. I'm sure co will remember this.
The letter we sent was Returned To Sender. It says "BOX CLOSED NO ORDER" What I find particularly funny is that it had an expected delivery date of 5/3/21, over a year ago! I know it doesn't really help much, but at least it ties up that loose end.
As for what an individual should do, I think it's just the discussion.
Strange wording there. It sounds like you're reducing individual responsibility to simply discussion, but I don't think that's what you mean. At the very least, not unless there are other people actively searching.
I've seen people come on these boards and post about something they want to find, and not make any indication that they've put much effort towards it themselves. It kind of comes off like they want other people to do the searching for them. If you say all an individual should do is discuss, then it's like we're telling them, "Ok, you've started a discussion, you've done your part."
I also feel like we should emphasize discussion and publicity that's actually productive. Speculating about possible new leads could be useful, but just posting that you wish somebody would find the thing you're looking for probably wouldn't be. It might keep the thread visible, but then other users might start ignoring it, which would actually be counterproductive. Likewise, if you post about a particular search in a lot of threads, even if some of them are relevant, it would become annoying to the other users.
You are right in that I was being overly simplistic. I was speaking more in the cases where there are a lot of other people doing active searching. Sometimes if you're late to the party, the best thing you can do is keep the conversation alive. But yes, it's a lot more helpful if you can contribute something at least partially productive. Theory crafting and speculation can be helpful. Sometimes just saying the right thing at the right time can send someone else down the right track, and just happen to catch the right person at the right time. It's just a matter of seeing the difference between keeping the conversation going, and spamming.
Post by stintergalactic on Jun 28, 2022 14:08:24 GMT
So, it can vary a bit depending on what kind of media is being searched for. But I think there are some features you'll find in most "searches".
I think the biggest that a proper Lost Media Searchâ„¢ needs is multiple people. You can certainly look for things that interest you on your own. But a full and proper Searchâ„¢, I think, needs to be a somewhat coordinated effort inside of a group of people all with the same intent, finding the piece of media.
As for what the actions a search will usually take, again this will vary a little depending on what is being looked for, but there are commonalities. Seeking out and making contacts is one that gets focused on a lot. Just figuring out who was involved in the making or distributing of media, and finding a way to contact them. Another common tactic is just searching the internet, which is more complicated that putting "smashfest" (for example) into a search engine. Depending on the media being looked for, it's sometimes smart just find online communities that would know something about the media being looked for. With any luck, they'll either have the media, or or least hopefully offer some insight.
I think the most important aspect of a search, the one that I think usually leads to stuff getting found, is just the online discussion of it. As popular as making contacts and reaching out to people is, it just doesn't seem like a lot of media is found that way. It seems usually, that the best thing about contacting people, is that they can confirm whether something exists or not. It can be helpful to know something doesn't exist, so that people can stop looking for it (like ADWSS or YYBI). But the thing that actually gets stuff found is either someone who has the media comes across an online discussion of it and decides to share, or someone else happens to come across both the lost media and the discussion looking for it, and links the two. I think that's one reason we need to make sure there's always a lot of discussion here on the forums, and not focus on discord so much. We want these discussions to show up in search engines. If some guy finds the slamfest video on an old hard drive, and he googles it to figure out what it is, we definitely want him to come across LMW thread about it.
As for what an individual should do, I think it's just the discussion. Just talking about something spreads the awareness, and makes it more likely that someone who has the media will find the search. If there are already people doing the active "searching", like contacting people, and scouring the world wide web, then the best thing you can do is just keep posting to threads about it. Brainstorming new avenues, trying to come up with new leads, thinking outside of the box. It almost doesn't matter as long as the conversation is ongoing.