Vision Quest

[Petch]

You must have been there right before the fun police showed up. I missed out on the good stuff. My first year at UP was the year they had the first dry Phi Psi 500.

Yes, I was there before (undergrad) and after (grad school)...although the Phi Psi was still a drinking event in grad school. The town of State College outlawed the outside drinking in the early 80s, but the bars still provided the beer for the runners.

I remember rolling a shopping cart with a half keg down Beaver Ave as an undergrad, and I wasn’t even in the race.

Phi Psi, Briarwood Bash, Regatta, Movin On...I’m probably missing some.

Good times.

 

[KidTwist]

Phi Psi 500 is dry now? Well that is just running then!
My senior year we reenacted President Reagan’s foreign policy of 1986! We ran a skit of Gaddafi enacting a red line (toilet paper) and Indiana Jones Reagan breaking it with a whip while US and Libyan naval vessels ran around. We had a blast and were told by many our group was the best, but we didn’t win since we were a dorm room group and not a fraternity.

LOL! That was funny! Now you would be thrown out of school for sterotypical depiction of Muslims as terrorists. The gave Chi Omega the death sentence a few years ago for doing a Cinco De Mayo party dressed in Sombreros and cheesy mustaches!

That Reagan story reminded me of Halloween 1988. I was living at Penn Towers at the time and I was coming back from Pattee to get ready to go out for the evening. The elevator opens and 5 guys in suits are staning in the elevator. 4 are dressed as Secret Service Agents and one in the middle is dressed as Ronald Reagan with the mask on! The say clear the way, and they all move out the lobby as group and start walking down Beaver Ave, in a tight box formation!!! LOL!

 

[Lion8286]

Vision Quest on again 7-9pm tonight on FS1.

 

[PASLP2]

Yes! Time to win back that askeren money. No way Shute loses this time.

 

[Crunched]

Loved the movie! Came out while I was in in high school. Time for a remake? Need Smalls103 as Director/coach. Definitely would have some better wrestling.

 

[pawrestlersintn]

Vision Quest on again 7-9pm tonight on FS1.

@tikk10 ruined it for me. Never watching that trash again, and I burned my cassette of the soundtrack. 😂

 

[bourbon n blues]

 

[pennstaterincarolina]

Love this Podcast. So many great episodes. I’ve probably listened to the one on Goodfellas at least five times.

 

[Petch]

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Saw that episode awhile back. As a VQ fan, it was a very enjoyable watch.

Can’t believe the Flo guys hated the movie.

 

[bourbon n blues]

Saw that episode awhile back. As a VQ fan, it was a very enjoyable watch.

Can’t believe the Flo guys hated the movie

I think they’re douche bags personally. I like Askren enough but who cares what these guys think? I avoid them.

 

[oldcougar65]

In the mid-80's I was stuck in Oakland, CA on some project I was doing. I was there for 6 dreadful months. And I saw Vision Quest at some mall in Oakland. I'm trying to remember, but I thought I caught some kind of error in the scoring or timing or something like that of the big bout in the end.
The movie was unusual from a sports movie POV, which was a plus. It was a blue-collar story about blue-collar people, some of whom happened to be wrestlers. And the wrestlers didn't just go out and perform. They practiced. They ran. They lost weight and they lost weight. They desired unattainable women. All parts of a wrestling movie which made it more interesting and more realistic - to an extent.

 

[bourbon n blues]

In the mid-80's I was stuck in Oakland, CA on some project I was doing. I was there for 6 dreadful months. And I saw Vision Quest at some mall in Oakland. I'm trying to remember, but I thought I caught some kind of error in the scoring or timing or something like that of the big bout in the end.
The movie was unusual from a sports movie POV, which was a plus. It was a blue-collar story about blue-collar people, some of whom happened to be wrestlers. And the wrestlers didn't just go out and perform. They practiced. They ran. They lost weight and they lost weight. They desired unattainable women. All parts of a wrestling movie which made it more interesting and more realistic - to an extent.

Agreed, I'm still trying to figure out the scoring at the end. I heard Swain would've won without the pin due to some back points but I swear they missed two points by Shute near the end. Oh well.

 

[railbirrd]

Agreed, I'm still trying to figure out the scoring at the end. I heard Swain would've won without the pin due to some back points but I swear they missed two points by Shute near the end. Oh well.

I struggle with this scene: If the ref said no TD in the 1st pd as Swain and Shute went off the mat, why did Swain go bottom? -it was still in 1st pd, right?

 

[voltz99]

I struggle with this scene: If the ref said no TD in the 1st pd as Swain and Shute went off the mat, why did Swain go bottom? -it was still in 1st pd, right?

I am speculating that they have technical people go over everything. As the movie is being made there are some subtle changes, scenes cut and then things don't add up.

 

[mvattivo]

I struggle with this scene: If the ref said no TD in the 1st pd as Swain and Shute went off the mat, why did Swain go bottom? -it was still in 1st pd, right?

Yep, that was the worst part. Shute hits a headlock that is ruled out of bounds. The ref says "no takedown" and gives the still neutral signal. Then, Loudon starts on the bottom and tries to stand up, when Shute chops him back to the mat, the ref says "2 Takedown". It still bothers me to this day. They did a "decent" job with the wrestling, why allow such an obvious mistake?

 

[Petch]

Yep, that was the worst part. Shute hits a headlock that is ruled out of bounds. The ref says "no takedown" and gives the still neutral signal. Then, Loudon starts on the bottom and tries to stand up, when Shute chops him back to the mat, the ref says "2 Takedown". It still bothers me to this day. They did a "decent" job with the wrestling, why allow such an obvious mistake?

Interesting. I also thought the ref said "no takedown", but I figured I misheard it. I think the rest of the scene and scoring was fairly accurate.

 

[AgSurfer]

I am speculating that they have technical people go over everything. As the movie is being made there are some subtle changes, scenes cut and then things don't add up.

The ref in the movie was actually the head coach at Mead HS which is right outside of Spokane. Mead is the same HS where Jordan and Chandler Rogers went before the family moved to OK. If there was any technical error, I'm pretty sure he would have pointed it out.

 

[mvattivo]

The ref in the movie was actually the head coach at Mead HS which is right outside of Spokane. Mead is the same HS where Jordan and Chandler Rogers went before the family moved to OK. If there was any technical error, I'm pretty sure he would have pointed it out.

He must not have been there for the editing, as they screwed up the out of bounds takedown that I described above.

 

[Delcolion915]

My question is, how would you have made the match more realistic? Would you choreograph Gable/Owings and simulation? Would you repeat the DT/Bubba match because it's also an upset? Do you take various classic matches?

 

[AgSurfer]

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My question is, how would you have made the match more realistic? Would you choreograph Gable/Owings and simulation? Would you repeat the DT/Bubba match because it's also an upset? Do you take various classic matches?

Too bad this movie came out later or it would have been a perfect model for the choreography.

 

[Petch]

One of the all time greatest movie soundtracks! Anyone have any other ones?

Foxcatcher?

I’m thinking The Talking Heads - Psycho Killer - would have worked in that movie.