What happened to Super8 Man???

Post by **T-Scan** » Sun May 01, 2005 5:53 am

Did we piss him off on that whole cartridge notch thing? What happened?? Or has he been detained somehow under the patriot act? He's usually a good sport and seems like a stand up guy. I wonder who or what caused him to bail like that.

Website · Post by **BigBeaner** » Sun May 01, 2005 6:15 am

He exists only in spirit form from now on...
Sorry. Too tempting not to say something.

Post by **leadlike** » Sun May 01, 2005 4:36 pm

Yeah, I was just looking back over all of his last posts-all deleted, and I imagine (although my laziness prohibits me from checking) that the 'notcho' page on his website is also gone. I really don't know what happened-were some harsh words exchanged somewhere, only now to be replaced by a 'deleted'?

If he has left, then this is truly a sad state of affairs. I stumbled upon his webpage way back when it changed your mouse pointer into that crazy logo-it was his info and that on the metadirectory that really got me into super 8. I liked being able to type 'super8mm' into google to know who my daddy was-now, its like my daddy doesn't love me anymore.

Say it isn't so, Super8man.

Wade

Post by **Uppsala BildTeknik** » Sun May 01, 2005 4:43 pm

According to his profile he is a "deleted member please".

Very sad if he really has left this forum...

CÃ‚Â´mon, come back, we need you!

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I didnÃ‚Â´t follow the notch thing at all, so I have missed whatever it was that made him leave.

Post by **super8man** » Sun May 01, 2005 4:57 pm

I have simply decided to change my tack (as in sailing) for a while.

I am spending more time on this hobby:

Getting back to my roots as it were.

Thanks guys...no, my filmshooting account is still intact. Email me through my website if you want to learn about by new "old" hobby!

I will also continue to entertain all super 8 questions through email directly...it works better that way. And I think I may fire up the Zeiss GS8 today...sorry about my profile, I'll fix it.

Cheers,
mike

Post by **Uppsala BildTeknik** » Sun May 01, 2005 5:24 pm

super8man is "Super 8 Man!" again!

Nice to know you are OK. :biggrin:

Nice cars!

Post by **super8man** » Sun May 01, 2005 5:24 pm

Post by **chachi** » Sun May 01, 2005 6:48 pm

I hope to see you back here with some beautiful slot car race footage!!!

You will be missed here, though I'm sure most here have your site bookmarked..

Godspeed!

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Mon May 02, 2005 4:38 am

Super-8 Man turning into Speed Racer?

Perhaps Super-8 Man was slipped a cart of Kryptonite. 8O

Post by **Petteri** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:05 pm

wow...thats cool to find out that some other 8mm lover has the same intrest as i do

http://puisto.org/temp/SpeedyRaceway_teaser.wmv

That's shot with videocam thought...maybe some day i will try to get enought light for the track to catch them with a film ;-)

and one more ;-) from FinCup race

http://www.autorata.net/videot/FinCup.wmv

Petteri

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:16 pm

Is it obvious to all that Super-8 man's photo is of minatures? I didn't notice that they were until a second viewing. 8O

Post by **Uppsala BildTeknik** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:21 pm

Alex wrote:

Is it obvious to all that Super-8 man's photo is of minatures? I didn't notice that they were until a second viewing. icon_eek.gif

I actually knew he was into slotcars, and I must say the background looks really realistic. Cool.

Post by **sooper8fan** » Tue May 03, 2005 12:00 am

I asked Super 8 Man about lubrication for my camera a few weeks ago and he suggested slot car oil. That was my first impression that he was into this hobby.
I knew they were minitaures when I noticed the metal slot strip down the center of each lane. The miniature set is so nice...maybe Super 8 Man should freelance as a designer for some stop-animation films!! Who's with me?

Post by **reflex** » Tue May 03, 2005 12:27 am

sooper8fan wrote:...maybe Super 8 Man should freelance as a designer for some stop-animation films!! Who's with me?

I was about to respond that everything is CG these days, but I saw Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on the weekend, and they had a hilarious stop-action sequence in which everyone is turned into animated wool puppets.

Post by **Cranium** » Tue May 03, 2005 12:33 am

Hmmm...
Super8man's slot cars mixed with Alex's high-speed camera and a macro lens could make for some cool-ass race footage!