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GPS the MOVIE and the website

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aka Monkey

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I guess if they really wanted to make an accurate movie about Geocaching, the star would be a balding, overweight guy in his late 30s. He'd have a bit of facial hair (not bold enough for a full beard), and he'd drag his dog around with him to caches in his Jeep®. The movie would be about a girl whose life hung in the balance and the clues to save her were in the cache, but sadly the cache got muggled, so the girl's as good as dead. Luckily they are able to make her gravesite into a Waymark, so it's not a total loss. Not nearly as much of a loss as the time spent making (and watching) the movie.

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JohnnyVegas

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I guess if they really wanted to make an accurate movie about Geocaching, the star would be a balding, overweight guy in his late 30s. He'd have a bit of facial hair (not bold enough for a full beard), and he'd drag his dog around with him to caches in his Jeep®. The movie would be about a girl whose life hung in the balance and the clues to save her were in the cache, but sadly the cache got muggled, so the girl's as good as dead. Luckily they are able to make her gravesite into a Waymark, so it's not a total loss. Not nearly as much of a loss as the time spent making (and watching) the movie.

You forgot about the part were he bends over show his plumbers butt :ph34r:

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GeoJunkie

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Well..since I have a domain and can add and delete emails...I've got a new email address subscribed to the list. I wouldn't mind seeing the movie, but I'm too cheap to see movies in the theater!

 

I wouldn't mind getting in on that ultimate GPS contest, though! Especially if it's that guy's $2 million! :mad::D:mad:

 

Goin' on a GPS hunt! Me and Andrew! :D Now it's stuck in your head again!

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Wendigo7

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I just got an email from someone named Phil Harris with a Yahoo account. Has anyone else heard of this? It may be a hoax because it doesn't sound legit to me. Unless it pans out people might want to be cautious before joining the mailing list which is what it seems that they are after.

 

Here is the text of the message:

 

There is a film being made about GPS scavenger hunts. They are also having a real GPS scavenger hunt that will be worth $50k. It's a friend of mine doing it. I told him I would try to get some feedback from us GPS gaming geeks. So if you have thoughts on it, let me know. Anyhow, it should be cool. The website is:

http://www.gpsthemovie.com

GPS the Movie is legit.

 

If you check out their website, they have a trailer for the movie. If you watch the trailer and read the story page, it sounds like it could be fairly cool.

 

The only bad thing is "no-name actors". They look like a bunch of yuppies headed for Crystal Lake to meet Jason.

 

Personally, I feel it will go straight to video. Which is a lot like going to jail in Monopoly. Do Not Pass Go. Do Not collect Two Hundred Dollars.

 

I hope I'm wrong, I'd like to see this movie give geocachers a big boost in the sport.

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V-I-cacher

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I got the following feedback, when inquiring about that "based on a true story" claim:

 

That is a little confusing on the website, which we are

working on changing.  It's actually inspired by true events.  There have

been a few news articles/incidents written on how strange unexpected

things were found while going on a gps hunt, including a dead body or two.

You'll have to see the movie, but the fact that some strange things have

been found got us thinking as writers and so the actual movie was inspired

by true events.  The game should be the one that talks of the "based on

true story" aspect.  This is all part of the cool integrated game that is

going to be very slick.  It has not officially been announced yet.  I think

you'll really like what we are putting into the game/contest.  It should

be fun.

 

I hope you like the movie and the game!

 

...inspired, eh? ;)

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geognerd

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I got the following feedback, when inquiring about that "based on a true story" claim:

 

That is a little confusing on the website, which we are

working on changing.  It's actually inspired by true events.  There have

been a few news articles/incidents written on how strange unexpected

things were found while going on a gps hunt, including a dead body or two.

You'll have to see the movie, but the fact that some strange things have

been found got us thinking as writers and so the actual movie was inspired

by true events.  The game should be the one that talks of the "based on

true story" aspect.  This is all part of the cool integrated game that is

going to be very slick.  It has not officially been announced yet.  I think

you'll really like what we are putting into the game/contest.  It should

be fun.

 

I hope you like the movie and the game!

 

...inspired, eh? :(

I find it interesting that the film's producers still don't use the word "geocaching," instead using "GPS hunt." Maybe geocaching sounds too French. :( But maybe it's good that they don't use the word "geocaching," since it sounds like the film is focusing more on dead bodies than the nice family-friendly game of geocaching. We don't want folks thinking we routinely find bodies when caching.

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CYBret

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From the website. "The Story" section:

SUMMARY: A group of adventure seeking college kids embark on a GPS treasure hunt in the Northwest wilderness. They are led to believe they will find two million dollars in cash. When they arrive at the treasure location they find what appears to be a grave. They dig up the grave to find a small coffin. What they find inside is shocking. Are the contents of the coffin real or is it all part of the game?

 

Great...more digging. Will more people see this than saw Law & Order?

 

Eh....probably not.

 

At the very least, this movie will do for Geocaching what Space Balls did for NASA.

 

Bret

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Jeremy

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Looks like it would make a nice mystery cache - watch the movie to get the clues, although there may be commercialism involved in it somewhere.

Too bad we can't make locationlesses anymore, It wouldve made a good one :laughing:

Huh? He said a mystery cache.

 

I'm curious - How could it be a locationless cache anyway?

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Jeonlyep

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Looks like it would make a nice mystery cache - watch the movie to get the clues, although there may be commercialism involved in it somewhere.

Too bad we can't make locationlesses anymore, It wouldve made a good one :laughing:

Huh? He said a mystery cache.

 

I'm curious - How could it be a locationless cache anyway?

More of a virtual cache, I'd think. See the movie, answer a question about it, get to claim the find.

 

Either way, both types of caches can't be set up anymore.

 

But the mystery cache might be able to be done. See the movie, get the clues to fill in the final location of a cache.

 

EDIT: I should have heeded the warnings of the others on here. But I went ahead and watched the trailer..........

Now I can't get "Going on a GPS Hunt" out of my head...........

 

.02

 

DAryl

Cimarron, KS

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Thrak

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The whole "Based on True Events" thing ought to get them sued big time. I know they said they are "working on it" but they had best take that garbage out of their movie since it is a blatant lie. It isn't just "misleading".

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pdop121212

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The whole "Based on True Events" thing ought to get them sued big time. I know they said they are "working on it" but they had best take that garbage out of their movie since it is a blatant lie. It isn't just "misleading".

 

Edited by moderator. Basically he disagrees.

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pdop121212

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The whole "Based on True Events" thing ought to get them sued big time. I know they said they are "working on it" but they had best take that garbage out of their movie since it is a blatant lie. It isn't just "misleading".

 

Edited by moderator. Basically he disagrees.

 

 

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Jhwk

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The whole "Based on True Events" thing ought to get them sued big time. I know they said they are "working on it" but they had best take that garbage out of their movie since it is a blatant lie. It isn't just "misleading".

 

Edited by moderator. Basically he disagrees.

 

 

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BWAHAHAHA - lock down! :unsure:

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Pinster56

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I just looked at the trailer...don't see the word "Geocaching" mentioned....maybe they needed permission and didn't get it?

 

That reminds me, has anyone heard if the geocaching family that was taped for Wife Swap--is it ever going to make it to TV or did it end up on the cutting room floor...

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Sparrowhawk

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I am surprised the photoshop contest that made fun of this thing was not mentioned in the forums. It happened Tue, 20 Sep 2005. It was posted on the "Website That Is Not To Be Named" i.e. it rhymes with "park" and starts with a letter F. They have Photoshop contests.

 

Some highlights of that contest:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/dkb...ollsmall383.jpg

 

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a27/drinpsmith/lava.jpg

 

http://www.redlinespoilers.com/Fark/catfish.jpg

 

http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/3124/coldsoup6by.jpg

 

http://tinypic.com/dwc1ea.jpg

 

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9430/headlights4pp.jpg

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lostinjersey

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So...

WHAT is the FINAL status?? :laughing:

 

Movie released? :(:D

 

Anyone See it? :D:unsure::blink:

 

Fianl reviews??? :(:D:(:D

 

Lemme know............. :D

 

it says 2006 release...

 

BUT it's not listed in the Yahoo movies section for upcoming movies, which incidently contains films that are as far out as 2008, not to mention tons of movies that has been bounced around forever but aren't actually going anywhere like JP IV, Indy IV, T4 (whats with all the fours?) True Lies 2 and so on....

 

nor is it listed on netflix either. so I think that it may go right to VDD or they're still working out a release date.

 

Note that the movie Cache is not about geocaching. It's a french flick about a reporter who getting voyeuristic videotapes of his family that are creepy and threatening because it's someone is watching them. BUT WHY? Looks cool for a foreign film.

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GeoJunkie

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Has anyone got any updates from them? I signed up, I think twice, for the mailing list, and to get information on the game, but haven't received a single email. I'm wondering if this isn't something that got started, then shut down during post-production and they just never got around to updating the site.

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