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Does PBP Need To Step up their Game?

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guacashmole
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Ok... Im a pretty big poor boyz fan, but i feel like the stoke of their movies are going down. For instance, Everyone i know was stoked about Every Day Is a Saturday, Revolver, Ski Porn and of course YEAH DUDE!
Its not that the level of skiing is going down because all of those guys kill it. Its just i dont feel the fun behind their movies. They feel kind of fake and broken up, too much thinking about money and not the joy of skiing. In all they should just get back to their fun routes and keep killin it.
Nov 15 2013 10:27PM
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Willard
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I dont think anyone liked Revolver
Nov 15 2013 10:40PM
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Forcillo
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PBP's streak of making sick movies ended with Revolver. The Grand Bizarre simply didn't have the same stoke level of EDIAS or any of its predecessors, and they lost the feel-good vibe in their films. I respect them for what they do, but the last 3 years has been dominated by Sherpa's, L1P, and Stept, and PBP hasn't been able to keep up.
Nov 15 2013 10:43PM
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Forcillo
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I liked Revolver. It was just talked poorly of because it followed EDIAS.
Nov 15 2013 10:44PM
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doGelyst
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mixing skiing to pop music? yea..........I think they need to change things up.
Nov 15 2013 10:46PM
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DGski
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EDIAS is still one of my favorite movies ever.. revolver started a bad streak
Nov 15 2013 11:42PM
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HabitualShred
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Grand Bizarre was sick!
Nov 15 2013 11:56PM
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cheener12
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yes some parts of it sucked, but dane, riley, sammy, powis, durstchi, and dumont all had dope ass parts. I feel like all people remember is the dubstep and clunker parts and not the banger parts above.
Nov 15 2013 11:59PM
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Holte
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I agree, EDIAS was a great movie.
But Revolver, Ski Porn and Yeah Dude? Compared to what?
Nov 16 2013 12:00AM
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@LANTASKI
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Wow
Such Tradition
Many steeze
obsolet skiurs
Nov 16 2013 12:24AM
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sleepyhollow
Posts: 139 - Karma: 188
They lost me after Happy Dayz....
Nov 16 2013 12:35AM
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oil.
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agreed. making a movie to follow up edias appropriately would've been near impossible. revolver was a good flick but compared to eye trip, just felt lacking.
i do agree that poor boyz has declined recently. i am excited for level 1's release every year, but i bought WE. almost a year ago and still haven't watched it. oh well
Nov 16 2013 12:58AM
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ajax
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The Grand Bizzare was ill
Nov 16 2013 1:00AM
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.nasty
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We can all name what movie we think is the best, but it's true they need to step up their game. The movies aren't "bad" but it's going downhill...
Nov 16 2013 1:08AM
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MothaHucker
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I want EDIAS 2.
Nov 16 2013 3:59AM
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LC.
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Not even close. War was that last great Poorboyz film; up until then they were untouchable. Ever since, not bad, not great, just a stale formula. The day Decesare takes full control they will return to form.
Nov 16 2013 4:23AM
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DAPSKI
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basically every person starts skiing gets stoked on pbp movies for a couple years then realize their all the same and move on.
Nov 16 2013 10:35AM
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dopen993
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Why did he hand of the reins? Is he just doing surfing vids now?
Nov 16 2013 10:43AM
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teamdummy
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Johnny D = Greg Stump. For some reason they lost the ski "stoke" and stepped away. I think that why Level 1 movies still rule.........Berman is there working on them still. Those guys all have a vision that is hard to duplicate.
Nov 16 2013 11:01AM
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gotti
Posts: 4269 - Karma: 4,550

this.

in addition i feel like partering up with redbull media suites or whatever its called made them cater to their sponsors too much and now the redbull machines dominate pbp movies too much and style and creativity went to the wayside for popularity based, gopro-wearing jocks. Dont get me wrong some of their riders like karl, leigh, and stack still give me a tingle when i watch their riding, but the rest of it seems dull and overplayed unlike level 1 which is filled with those kinds of riders. I think the superunkown contest is what fuels this kind of creativity. Bringing in young skiers with a new outlook on the sport and the same tricks done a different way is what gives me stoke for level 1 every year, and pbp continues to use the same riders under contract.

just my 2 wons

Nov 16 2013 11:17AM
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MEDSKI.
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Revolver was destroyed with dubstep
Nov 16 2013 12:06PM
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danderson.
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I just think Revolver was executed poorly.
Nov 16 2013 12:45PM
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Goku
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Sunday Fundaze
Nov 16 2013 7:22PM
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Bread.
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EDIAS was the last good full movie. ever since then there have been good segments in their movies, the movie as a whole has been terrible
Nov 16 2013 9:45PM
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mode2n
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Yes PBP were once one of the big film companies a couple of seasons back, however WE and Tracing Skylines were both horrible movies, it'll be hard to stay if they'll ever reach that old level again.
Nov 16 2013 9:53PM
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saskskier
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This is the best answer this thread will see.
Nov 17 2013 12:33AM
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eheath
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Sounds like they are stepping up their game...
Nov 17 2013 12:35AM
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ski0
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PBP movies just have no flow at all. Any type of storytelling they do is so cliche and scripted. They have also lost pretty much all of the talent from the glory days.
Nov 17 2013 2:07PM
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B-runge
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PBP sucks ass now
Nov 17 2013 2:33PM
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UncleGerry
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I think this is actually a brilliant idea. "Everyday is STILL a Saturday"

Get most, if not all, of the original crew on board for it and BAM, call it a comeback.

PBP, listen to us, trust me.
Nov 17 2013 11:25PM
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mski
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Prolly
Nov 18 2013 6:08PM
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GrahamGould
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that would be so dope. someone needs to send this idea to Johnny D, right away
Nov 18 2013 6:12PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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needs to be in charge of making the movies again
Nov 18 2013 6:20PM
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DaffyDaDak
Posts: 864 - Karma: 433
WE and Tracing skylines were absolutely horrible
Nov 18 2013 6:55PM
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rareison
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They went downhill after EDIAS. EDIAS however is my favorite PBP movie ever. Its one of the movies that really got me into skiing.
Nov 18 2013 6:57PM
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Blurst
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I dont even know what the fuck their movie is called this year. That should say something.
Nov 18 2013 7:03PM
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7-11_Slurpee
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PBP is now WME
Nov 18 2013 8:18PM
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Rogge
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You guys will shit your undies when you hear who they're bringing in for this year's film.
Nov 18 2013 8:22PM
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Forcillo
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Fuck you and your cliffhangers, Mike.
Nov 18 2013 8:28PM
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Parks.
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my exact thoughts
Nov 18 2013 8:29PM
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t_rob
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It's Payton going to the Broncos big.
Nov 18 2013 8:43PM
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Parks.
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you would already know if you donated, jus saying.
Nov 18 2013 8:47PM
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annex_
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this so much. everything after EDIAS is has just been meh. Grand Bizarre and Revolver both had good parts but they're not like EDIAS which I watch all the time to get me pumped.
Nov 18 2013 9:52PM
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raull
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their last good movie was ready fire aim and 1242 which came out in the same year i think
Nov 18 2013 9:55PM
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albatross.
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1242 was their last great movie from start to finish in my opinion, and one of the best "newschool" (for lack of a better term) ski movies in history (id put it up there with teddybear crisis, royalty, stereotype).
Since then pbp has put out movies with iconic parts but quite a bit of filler parts as well (anthony boronoski in X, pep in war, dane in EDIAS).

I think I don't give Johnny D enough credit but other people give him too much. In my opinion the reason 1242 was so great wasn't just Johnny's contribution, it was the fact that everyone cared so much about their video parts back then and having the perfect mix of urban, backcountry, trick selection etc. You can tell when people really put a lot of work into a part when you watch it and when you watch 1242 its obvious.

Now with so many webclips, contests, and free video downloads, there are less pros out there that care as much about dedicating their entire season to filming one perfect part as they used to, and its not just skiing. Even skateboarding, which pretty much invented what we consider today to be the standards of a good snowboard/ski movie is going through the same crisis.

I don't think its PBP who is at fault here - it comes down to how the majority of people consume their ski media. We are leaving the ski movie era and entering the itunes movie/webclip/season edit era so its no wonder the movies are gonna suffer for it.
Nov 18 2013 10:49PM
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eheath
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War and Ski Porn were still good, Yeah Dude was the start of the downfall.

This year is gonna be awesome though.
Nov 18 2013 10:50PM
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Billups
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This news makes me very excited. Should definitely help them step their game up.
Nov 18 2013 11:25PM
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coling
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And yeah dude sucked a massive cock
Nov 19 2013 12:03AM
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coling
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Ski porn was sick tho
Nov 19 2013 12:05AM
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will_powder
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Grand Bizarre was pretty decent in my opinion on a strictly banger after banger basis. LJ has a dope urban and park seggy, Bobby hucks his meat, Clayton and Cam have some rad shots, Martini is there. Then BAM cubed pipe. And it has a beauty closing segment with Sammy mixing up da medicine.

WE is the absolute worse thing in history. Didn't bother watching tracing skylines beyond that boring ass trailer.
Nov 19 2013 12:12AM
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Alex_G
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idk man...karl's reverse tranny was some pretty next level shit
Nov 19 2013 12:19AM
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