[timmuir]

I finally got the time to install Rick's Bates Motel animated neon sign, which simulates blinking off and on very well. This is so cool! Nice going Rick! :)







Thanks again!

[Noisemaker]

Kept looking at the windows expecting to see Mother...? :)

Looks great Tim! :)

[thegrindre]

I was rather surprised at myself at how well it all turned out for a first time shot at it. :good2:
I'd still like to add a No Vacancy addition to it but I needed a break from doing those letters. :D I'll update it later down the road.

:)

Enjoy!

:)

[Noisemaker]

I showed Rick a music video that was done here in Toronto. Amongst 'Toronto The Good', City Of Churches, and The Big Smoke - us music imbibers also knew it as Motel Row. Some great old motels like Rick's cooking up now, and some great neon and chase lit signs to them too. All a thing of the past now along with Drive Ins, rotary phones, and mood rings.

Would be cool if you could get that no vacancy sign to hold on 'vacancy' for a long time, then go off for a few seconds and back on again Rick. ;)

[captain_bazza]

I've never seen the movie, but I have seen the scene! It's a bit tame by today's unfortunate 'slasher' standards, but it is still a chilling movie classic for all that.

Cheers Bazza

[thegrindre]

Oh, ya, it's a walk in the park compared to today's killing and violence. There's no real comparison.

;)

[Jovet]

But things like that, back in the day, had more impact and shock because they were both rarer and carefully crafted. The point then was to manipulate the viewer's emotions... not overwhelm them with a moronic flood like nowadays.

[Fred]

captain_bazza, on 09 May 2012 - 08:00 PM, said:

I've never seen the movie, but I have seen the scene! It's a bit tame by today's unfortunate 'slasher' standards, but it is still a chilling movie classic for all that.

Cheers Bazza

Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense, not violence. I was at the edge of my seat throughout the entire movie the first time I watched it.

Fred ;)

[Noisemaker]

Exactly. It's the 'build up' to that scene that really put's in the 'intensity and horror' to it all. These new movies are like 'scenes sewn together'. Build up for 5 minutes while Jill goes through the tree's looking for Jack. Cut to the machete blade and the hockey glove in the moonlight. Ramp the music up, and blammo - there goes Jill into a screaming hacked mess. Then innocent Jack 1000ft away suddenly thinks he heard something, and goes into the woods looking for Jill. Like the soundtrack sounds 'dumb-dumb-dumb' ;)

[Bernie]

Oh boy, do I love me some Hitchcock, he was brilliant! I still love his stuff, such classics, especially waiting around to see where the master himself pops into the scene for a cameo! :sweatingbullets: