It's Bill Paxton: The Pinball Game! | Movie News
I'm not sure what kind of obsession is weirder: being obsessed with pinball or being obsessed with Bill Paxton. I do know that being obsessed with pinball AND Bill Paxton is definitely a little weird. Not weird in a serial killer way but in a slightly awesome way. It's that kind of obsession that compelled Ben Heckendorn to spend the past five years building his own custom Bill Paxton pinball machine. Repeat: his own custom Bill Paxton pinball machine.
Aside from stock parts like flippers and bumbers, the machine was created from scratch, which in and of itself is pretty impressive. Movies referenced in the machine include ALIENS, TRUE LIES, TITANIC, NEAR DARK, FRAILTY, A SIMPLE PLAN, CLUB DREAD (?!) and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG. Strangely I couldn't find any reference to WEIRD SCIENCE but maybe Chet is in there somewhere.
Luckily Ben has posted a complete making-of his personal Paxton pinball on his blog. It's probably a little more technical for most non-pinball enthusiasts but that also gives you a greater appreciation for all the work that went into building a personalized Bill Paxton pinball machine. Oh and before you ask, YES, it says "Game over man!" when you lose. Of course...
Source: Ben Heckendorn
Extra Tidbit: Did they ever make a DIE HARD pinball game?
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3:29PM on 03/22/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Also, he better have the sound clips from "Boxing Helena" in there somewhere! Better yet, Bill in the mesh shirt as the center graphic! And when the ball loads into the chute you hear "F#$k you - I'm going out to the clubs!"
Epic.
Also, he better have the sound clips from "Boxing Helena" in there somewhere! Better yet, Bill in the mesh shirt as the center graphic! And when the ball loads into the chute you hear "F#$k you - I'm going out to the clubs!"
Epic.
9:20PM on 03/19/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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I got a little dick, it's pathetic - Paxton (True Lies)
I got a little dick, it's pathetic - Paxton (True Lies)
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he's not obsessed with pinball...
he's not obsessed with pinball machines, but game machines in general
1:31PM on 03/19/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
#2 Paxton was the best part of Club Dread (which i think is definitely better than Beerfest), and the "Coconut Pete" songs are hilarious and perfect for pinball machine use.
#2 Paxton was the best part of Club Dread (which i think is definitely better than Beerfest), and the "Coconut Pete" songs are hilarious and perfect for pinball machine use.
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11:57AM on 03/19/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
However, there is a Weird Science reference. But it's in the audio. One of the first things the machines quotes is Paxton saying "That looks pretty good." This is from Weird Science, right after he steals GAry (or Wyatt's) breakfast, then throws an egg up into the ceiling, catches the egg and the broken bits of...
However, there is a Weird Science reference. But it's in the audio. One of the first things the machines quotes is Paxton saying "That looks pretty good." This is from Weird Science, right after he steals GAry (or Wyatt's) breakfast, then throws an egg up into the ceiling, catches the egg and the broken bits of shell and says, "Now make yourself one."
The only reason I remember this is cause I tried to duplicate the scene when I was a child and got in trouble cause of the dozen yolk stains on the ceiling and egg shells everywhere.
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