Montevideo is under attack

boulet · November 11, 2009, 01:28:50 PM

For sure it's a different touristic teaser!

jeff37923 · November 11, 2009, 01:49:14 PM

That was cool.

RPGPundit · November 11, 2009, 03:11:10 PM

That big, modern-looking tower (the one the robots blow up with missiles) is visible from my apartment, its not very far away, in the port area. It is, in fact, the only really modern-looking building in the entire city. After that, the area around 2:28 where they attack, past an interesting looking building that gets blown up in 3:14 (the "palacio salvo", its called; it was designed by a mad architect and is full of cthulhu-esque sea creature reliefs) and the plaza with the statue of the guy on the horse (that's Artigas, and the plaza is called Plaza Independencia) is only one block from my place.

RPGPundit

boulet · November 11, 2009, 04:05:55 PM

Pundit: is this video and/or Federico Alvarez popular in Montevideo?

RPGPundit · November 12, 2009, 03:57:59 PM

Its the first time I ever saw or heard of it.

RPGPundit

JongWK · November 12, 2009, 08:39:48 PM

That's my sister at 1:33, and IIRC I'm the third one in that same shot.

Ronin · November 13, 2009, 04:02:27 PM

Wow that was really cool.

boulet · November 13, 2009, 04:32:47 PM

JongWK is a celebrity now!

JongWK · December 17, 2009, 01:02:16 PM

EPIC WIN! :jaw-dropping:

Quote from: BBC NewsYouTube video leads to Hollywood contract

A producer from Uruguay who uploaded a short film to YouTube in November 2009 has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film.

The movie will be sponsored by director Sam Raimi, whose credits include the Spiderman and Evil Dead films.

Fede Alvarez's short film "Ataque de Panico!" (Panic Attack!) featured giant robots invading and destroying Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.

It is 4 mins 48 seconds long and was made on a budget of $300 (£186).

So far it has had more than 1.5 million views on YouTube.

"I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of e-mails from Hollywood studios," he told the BBC's Latin American service BBC Mundo.

"It was amazing, we were all shocked."

The movie Mr Alvarez has been asked to produce is a sci-fi film to be shot in Uruguay and Argentina. He says he intends to start from scratch and develop a new story for the project.

"If some director from some country can achieve this just uploading a video to YouTube, it obviously means that anyone could do it," he added.

YouTube recently revealed the most watched videos of 2009. Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle topped the chart with more than 120 million views worldwide of her debut on the show.

boulet · December 17, 2009, 05:03:24 PM

Good for him! Sometimes the global village feels cosy

Grimjack · December 18, 2009, 05:00:53 PM

That is cool and I can't believe he pulled it of on that small budget. If they do make the feature length film Pundit maybe you can join Jong and his sister getting blown up next time. If so, send a copy to TBP, they will probably appreciate it.

Not to change subjects but what kind of car is that the woman gets out of towards the beginning? I'm curious as to what kind of cars are popular down there.