HardCache Posted October 23, 2002 Share Posted October 23, 2002 So I sit down to watch a movie with my wife tonight and we select Cliffhanger because she thinks Sly is hot and I think Janine Turner is hot. About 30 minutes into the film, it suddenly occurs to me that I'm watching Ridiculously Extreme Geocaching...sort of: People are wandering around in the mountains looking for hidden containers with a tracking device that is kind of like a combination ham radio fox-hunt receiver and a gps. Sly performs amazing physical feats to get to these hidden containers before the bad guys and, as usual, kills them all. Of course, after mentioning this, my wife asks me if I would strip down to a tank top and climb a frozen waterfall to get to a cache to which I replied, "If someone puts 30 million dollars in a cache I'll give it a try." Cache report: Took 30 million dollars, left Burger King keyring, Rogaine pen and the keys to my beat up truck which I'll no longer need because now I can afford a Hummer. At any rate, after regaling you with my rambling, can you suggest other films, television shows or literature that feature geocaching or something at least vaguely like it? Stretching, grasping at straws and blatant manipulation of plot, theme and character arc are acceptable.A Quote Link to comment
tatoeba Posted October 23, 2002 Share Posted October 23, 2002 "The Fugitive" where Harrison Ford is the geocache! Legendeo game is still in Beta! Quote Link to comment
+15Tango Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Let's see--just a partial list, mind you--"Rat Race", "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", "Raider's of the Lost Ark", or any of the three Indiana Jones movies, and as long as I'm on Steven Spielberg, in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", didn't they determine that the aliens were sending lat. and lon. coordinates, that pointed to the Devil's Tower? Think Globally, Act Locally Quote Link to comment
azog Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" is probably closer to a letterbox, huh? All we know is that it is under the big W. ---------- Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you be also be like him. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 "The" Geocaching Movie? Movies/Books in the Geocaching Spirit films that are geocacheish Old threads never really die, do they? I'll still vote for Shawshank (for the fourth time). Markwell Chicago Geocaching Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Midnight Madness The Goonies Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 quote:Originally posted by tatoeba:"The Fugitive" where Harrison Ford is the geocache! http://www.Legendeo.org game is still in Beta! Correction: Harrison Ford was the Travel bug. Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
Cracker. Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Escape from NY Kurt Russell has to find the Pres. Art www.yankeetoys.org www.BudBuilt.com http://www.ttora-ne.mainpage.net/ Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Look under the rock that doesn't belong there! This is one of my favorite movies. I loved the scene where he plays the record so much I watched it three times so I could read the name of "the Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart on the record cover, and downloaded it from Napster. It's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. We have a cache around here that says look under the rock that doesn't belong there. And it doesn't! Cache you later, Planet Quote Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Sandlot - and their search for a way to retrieve their baseball. Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Aliens. They strap a transponder to the kid. Quote Link to comment
RHJensen Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 quote:Originally posted by HardCache:At any rate, after regaling you with my rambling, can you suggest other films, television shows or literature that feature geocaching or something at least vaguely like it? Stretching, grasping at straws and blatant manipulation of plot, theme and character arc are acceptable.A "They Might Be Giants" -- One of my brother-in-law's favorite movies could be said to have a multi-stage puzzle cache. :-) Richard. Quote Link to comment
+Borgt Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Stand By Me... the cache is the dead girl's body. Quote Link to comment
tatoeba Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 quote:Originally posted by CYBret: quote:Originally posted by tatoeba:"The Fugitive" where Harrison Ford is the geocache! Correction: Harrison Ford was the Travel bug. Bret You're right!! and Tommy Lee Jones wants to log him Legendeo game is still in Beta! Quote Link to comment
+opey one Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 How about "the game" starring Michael Douglas? He in a sense was a travel bug, too. Poor guy, he had a rough way to go. Excellent movie!! Quote Link to comment
Cracker. Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 How about Star Wars? At least one example is Artoo is a travelling cache, and Darth Vader wants to log him..... And Grand Moff Tarkin wants to log Yavin base with the Death Star as his pen... Art www.yankeetoys.org www.BudBuilt.com http://www.ttora-ne.mainpage.net/ Quote Link to comment
Cape Cod Cacher Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 I'll second "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World" I even have a cache called 'The Big W' "We need a plan" ... Jonathan Winters Quote Link to comment
+bitbrain Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 What? Deliverance? Of course. The Cahulawassee River is the cache. Four geocachers go into the wilderness looking for something, only they don't realize they're looking for anything. Along the way they lose a member of their group, meet some locals & try not to be seen. Finally, they stumble out of the forest, grungy & exhausted. Signed the log: Left Drew & a Local Took Many Secrets and a New Outlook on Life - "This river don?t go to Aintry. You done taken a wrong turn." - Quote Link to comment
+MountainMudbug Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 Monty Python and the Holy Grail - a Locationless. Two exist, but the French have one and won't let you see it.....[edit] gets a 5 star difficulty for killer rabbits.... Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - you don't know what a cache is or why you're here to find one, and you could never possibly understand all the buttons on you GPS, but if only you could get two hours of sleep it would all be clear.... _________________________________________________________________ I'm afraid I have no choice but to sell you all for medical experiments. Quote Link to comment
Couch_Potato Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 Originally posted by MountainMudbug:_Monty Python and the Holy Grail _ - a Locationless. Two exist, but the French have one and won't let you see it.....[edit] gets a 5 star difficulty for killer rabbits.... That's a multi-cache. Don't forget about the shrubbery and mackeral. Plus it requires special knowledge of the migratory patterns of the various swallow species and general info about coconuts. I'm not lost! I just don't know where I am. Quote Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 Daphne lost her engangement ring and couldn't find it and was reduced to wearing a chicken on her hand. Frazier found it when it stuck to his *** when he sat down in the Jacuzzi. Quote Link to comment
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