Compilation of memorable movie windscreen shots is great for trivia night

This might be the coolest video you'll see all day. From Supercut's YouTube channel comes this two-minute clip of nothing but movie scenes that take place in cars. Using Hollywood's time-honored through-the-windshield shot, it's interesting to see how so many movies stick to the same formula when showing scenes that take place behind the wheel (or should we say, in front of the wheel).

The sheer number of movies that use this view, rather than some B-roll of the car moving down the road, show how important scenes in cars can be. Give the vid a watch below and try to identify which scenes are from which movies. Afterwards, you can can head over to Supercut's YouTube page for the full rundown of which films are shown.

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Compilation of memorable movie windscreen shots is great for trivia night

This might be the coolest video you'll see all day. From Supercut's YouTube channel comes this two-minute clip of nothing but movie scenes that take place in cars. Using Hollywood's time-honored through-the-windshield shot, it's interesting to see how so many movies stick to the same formula when showing scenes that take place behind the wheel (or should we say, in front of the wheel).

The sheer number of movies that use this view, rather than some B-roll of the car moving down the road, show how important scenes in cars can be. Give the vid a watch below and try to identify which scenes are from which movies. Afterwards, you can can head over to Supercut's YouTube page for the full rundown of which films are shown.

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ThinkGeek Movie Night: Star Trek!

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ByLily ThinkGeek Movie Night: Star Trek! Captain Kirk & Spock want to know: are you ready?

Are you ready for May 17?!

Friday, May 17, is the release of Star Trek: Into Darkness. We're kind of really excited. So excited that we want to host a movie night and invite 30 local-to-us geeks to our HQ to watch the 2009 Star Trek movie together!

Please join us on Thursday, April 25 in watching Star Trek and preparing ourselves for the premiere of Star Trek: Into Darkness. We know what you must be thinking, "This sounds too good to be true! How many goats do I have to sacrifice to attend?" Answer: NONE! You only need to be willing to have a good time, consume pizza, and take home the freebies we may or may not be handing out. CAN YOU DO THAT?!

If yes, then please sign up via the form below by 5pm ET Wednesday, April 17 to let us know you would like to attend. RandomBot will then select 30 crew members to climb aboard the ThinkGeek ship. Good luck!

Mission Details:Movie night will be held at ThinkGeek HQ in Fairfax, VA.The sign up form will close on Wednesday, April 17 at 5pm, where we will then randomly choose 30 attendees and notify them via email that evening. Please be sure to bring your email confirmation on the day of the event! If you find out later that you cannot make it, please notify us ASAP, so we can select a replacement.There can only be 30 people. If you would like to bring a fellow human being or other life form, then you must indicate that on the form.Geeklings are welcome! We'd prefer it if they were 10 or up, though. Geeklings also count as your +1.Doors open at 6:30pm. You can check-in, get yer raffle ticket, mingle with your fellow geeks, and get a tour of ThinkGeek HQ as well. The movie will begin at 7:00 with pizza and fizzy bevvies to accompany it. We'll hold the raffle around 9:00, and the festivities will end around 9:30.

If there's anything we haven't covered, or if you have any questions, please let us know in the comments!

See (some of) you on the 25th!

Loading... [ post a comment ] Comments I live in California so, even though this sounds wicked awesome, I won't even be trying to attend this event but I wanted to let people know, that if they aren't one of the lucky 30 crew members chosen, there's always this other Star Trek related event which can be attended all over the country =) ...http://www.fathomevents.com/#!star-trek-best-of-both-worlds duckterpeppersaid this a day and 8 hours ago. Holding an event like this makes me want to quit my job and get a job at thinkGeek! BuddaVSZeussaid this a day and 6 hours ago. Ummm.... TODAY is April 15th... Wednesday is April 17th. Which one is it?!?!? EpicElfsaid this a day and 5 hours ago. Main article: please sign up via the form below by 5pm ET Wednesday, April 17Your mission details: The sign up form will close on Wednesday, April 15 at 5pmI am hoping it's the 17th. Squire Joesaid this 16 hours ago. @EpicElf & @Squire Joe -- Sorry for the confusion, guys! It's the 17th. Should be fixed now. :) KnivesC(ThinkGeek Staff)said this 15 hours ago. @KnivesC Thanks! You guys are great to hold these events! Squire Joesaid this 12 hours ago. You should throw in a nights hotel stay... we've heard about how the festivities can go. :-) ckblackmsaid this 11 hours ago. I live rather close to you guys, but just far enough away that I've never made the trek in. 2.5 hrs plus traffic is just outside my tolerable range for an after work commute. Good luck to those who enter and Have fun to those who make the cut! Wulfesaid this 11 hours ago. The same night as ST:TNG "the Best of Both Worlds" in theatres? :( I HATE TO HAVE TO CHOOSE!http://www.fandango.com/startrek:thenextgenerationthebestofbothworlds_162301/movieoverview VAXHeadroomsaid this 11 hours ago. Can I enter the contest more than once? SocksOnTheRunsaid this 9 hours ago. I've always wanted to stop by. Not only do I work in Fairfax, but about four years ago I was interning at another Waples Mill Rd business, so I know right where you guys are. Denmarxsaid this 7 hours ago. Post a Comment in Reply To ThinkGeek Movie Night: Star Trek!Please log in to post. PRODUCTST-Shirts & ApparelGeek ToysGadgetsHome & OfficeComputer StuffCaffeine & CandyElectronicsGeek KidsBooksClearanceTG ExclusivesGift CertificatesGIFTS & INTERESTSGifts Under $10Gifts Under $20Gifts Under $50Dads & MomsZombiesGifts for HimGifts for HerTechiesRetroGamersSee AllABOUT THINKGEEKAbout UsContact UsJobs @ TGOur BlogWebcamsVolume PurchasesAffiliatesPress InquiriesPrivacy StatementCookies/Opt-OutSitemapLatest DealsIdea FactoryABOUT YOUAccountOrder ManagementGeek PointsForgot PasswordWish ListsReturn RequestsAddress BookSubmit Action ShotSubmit T-Shirt IdeaCUSTOMER SERVICEReturns & ExchangesShippingAccountsOrderingProduct InformationSize ChartsGift OptionsGeek PointsNewsletter & CatalogPrivacy & SecurityCookies/Opt-OutWe Has a FunTake our 46.4 second survey or check our Fortunes FileThinkGeek Tweets:
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Baghdad Journal: For a Night at Least, Soccer Unites Iraqis and Syrians

The fans roared when the Syrian team emerged from its dressing room, and roared again after it scored a goal in the second half.

“Syria, Syria remains in our heart!” was one chant.

“Bashar, Bashar remains in our heart!” was another.

Up high in a glass-enclosed suite, where ministers, members of Parliament and their well-connected hangers-on took in the game, two Syrian men in the front row had draped themselves in the flag of their embattled country and were holding placards of their president, Bashar al-Assad.

“Iraq was also subject to terrorism,” said one of the men, Yasir Dandah, 19, referring to the Syrian government’s portrayal of the uprising against Mr. Assad as a wave of terrorism. “That is why they are sympathetic to us.”

Left unsaid was that many of the insurgents who flooded into Iraq during its own civil war came from Syria. But now that Syria finds itself in the middle of its own bloody civil war, many of Iraq’s Shiites, a majority here, have sided with the Syrian government as it fights a Sunni-led rebellion.

That sentiment found its expression on Tuesday night in the chants of the fans, who seemed as intent on welcoming the visitors as on cheering for the home team. It seemed almost incidental that Iraq beat Syria, 2-1.

Down in the cheap seats, vendors worked the crowd, selling cigarettes and nuts and ice cream bars from plastic foam coolers. “Syrians are our brothers,” said one fan, Ali Hadi, 23, as the teams warmed up.

Days earlier, FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, lifted the ban on international competition in Baghdad — but only for friendly matches for now. The restriction had been in place because of fears of violence and worries that Iraq’s shaky electrical grid would not keep the field illuminated long enough to complete a game.

Neither problem materialized on Tuesday night. The crowd was kept safe by a heavy security presence that included heavily armed soldiers patrolling the crowd, armored vehicles ringing the stadium and helicopters buzzing overhead.

A brief failure of one of the lighting towers during the second half — not unlike what happened at the Superdome in New Orleans during the Super Bowl last month — was explained by officials as an act of sabotage and not a problem with the electrical system, and the teams played on.

For everyone, it seemed, the game meant more than just the action on the field.

“It means everything,” Abdul Kadar Shamki, an official with the Iraq Football Association, said of the game’s importance. “Football for Iraq means everything.”

Gesturing toward the sea of people and the thousands of fluttering black, red and white Iraqi flags, Mr. Shamki said: “You don’t know who is Sunni or Shia or Christian. They are just chanting for Iraq.”

The fans also cheered for something more, at one point breaking into the chant, “Sunnis and Shiites, we are all brothers!”

Here, as elsewhere, sports links generations and soothes the vicissitudes of life. So on a pleasant spring evening, a week after nearly 20 car bombs struck around the city, killing dozens, almost 50,000 people came to dilapidated Shaab Stadium, which was built in the 1960s as a gift from a Portuguese foundation and more recently served as a base for American soldiers.

Hours before the game, fans began showing up to buy tickets. Those that could not get in jammed cafes around the city to watch, or listened on the radio, stuck in traffic.

Some said that the cheers of support for the Syrians were as much an expression of Arab hospitality toward a visitor as taking sides in a civil war.

“Iraqis have a sports soul,” said Samer Edaan, 56, who manages a soccer team for police officers in a local league, as he sat in the V.I.P. suite before the game.

“We have to cheer up our guests,” he said. “If Syria scores they will cheer because they are our guests.”

As a boy, Mr. Edaan went to the opening of the stadium in 1966 for a match between Iraq and a club from Lisbon that was attended, he said, by Iraq’s president at the time.

“I cried because of my happiness when I walked in to the stadium today,” Mr. Edaan said.

In the suite, a man wearing a dishdasha, the traditional gown, and an Arab headdress walked among the high-powered fans pouring sips of bitter coffee from a golden spout into tiny porcelain cups. Standing amid the crowd was Mehdi Jassim, well known in Iraq for leading cheers during games. In the 1960s, he used to sell nuts at games with his uncle and also recalled being at the opening of the stadium, when the Iraqis lost to the Portuguese.

For years, amid the violence that engulfed the country, Iraq’s national team played mostly abroad, with one exception being a friendly match against the Palestinians in 2009.

“It’s like a lover has returned,” Mr. Jassim said. “It brings my soul back again, to see the people and the cheering and the energy and the flag of one Iraq.”

Yasir Ghazi contributed reporting.

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