Nov 25 2008Basketball, Plus There's Fighting: The Movie
Though it's been a decade-and-a-half since video games Arch Rivals and Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball swept us off our feet and into a paradise filled with equal parts punching and slam dunking, Thailand just got the memo that shooting hoops and breaking a dude's jaw is a great combination. They'll never catch up, the fools! But that doesn't mean they won't try. Here's the trailer for Fireball, their first attempt (that I know of) at fusing fightin' and b-ballin':
(from Twitch!)
The guy putting a basketball hoop around another guy's neck and swinging him around has almost sold me on this.
Reader Comments
1. Zyclonis - November 25, 2008 6:10 PM
Cant wait for this! it's going to be great! /sarcasm
2. Blistered Fingers - November 25, 2008 6:21 PM
I'm not a fan of basketball, fighting, or the Thai, but for some reason I want to see this movie.
3. Matt - November 25, 2008 7:11 PM
worst punch sound effects EVER
4. Elmo - November 25, 2008 7:47 PM
HAHAHAHA
oh my god- this looks like a Saturday Night Live Digital Short
5. CaptainMorgan - November 25, 2008 7:51 PM
I LOVE how they use the exact same punch sound effect each time. Awesome B movie potential. It's like Martial Arts Mondays on the Drive-in Classics channel!!!
6. jim - November 25, 2008 7:52 PM
can you say travelling. i think i saw them actually bounce the ball once. if there gonna make a fighting/basketball movie they need to stick to the rules of the genre/sport.
7. Blopit - November 25, 2008 8:08 PM
i agree with jim, but fighting is important, and 1:07- roundhoused in the crotch. lol. Yea.. some parts looked cheesy, and some characters hardly showed emotion. I used to hate basketball, but this makes it look fun
8. Skeps - November 25, 2008 8:59 PM
I think I'll stick to Kung Fu Dunk thank you very much
9. George - November 25, 2008 9:59 PM
Really love the plot description provided..?
Yeah the same sound effect for every hit got really annoying in there.
10. J - November 25, 2008 11:14 PM
@9: The plot description is all there, man: people that play basketball whilst fighting each other. I don't think it really goes any deeper than that.
11. weaselspeed - November 26, 2008 2:40 AM
Wow.... PwiSH pwich PWISH!!!!
NEVER SOUNDED MORE EXCITING!!!!
12. che-che - November 26, 2008 10:27 AM
its kinda like base-ketball but funny.
13. Matt - November 26, 2008 10:52 AM
@ 4
totally agreeing with you ahahahah
14. TheRyno665 - November 28, 2008 7:23 PM
Holy crap, there's so many traveling violations in that trailer it's not funny.
15. FromThegrave - November 29, 2008 8:27 AM
Looks nice!! Would have been cool if they had used more than just two sound effects for the kicks and punches, though... :P
16. Basket_santa - December 1, 2008 9:38 AM
Like mixing violence with christmas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HR3Dwxsueg
17. Uwvie - December 2, 2008 12:29 AM
What was with the fight club music rip off in the beginning.