Capsule Review of TdF Film -- "Wired to Win"



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Just got back from a sneak preview of the new Omnimax feature "Wired to
Win: Surviving the Tour de France". It's a ~ 50 minute big-screen
feature combining brain science with stories of two riders in the 2003
tour. There was too much brain science for my taste, but the large
wrap-around screen action shots from the tour were spectacular.

The film features Francaise Des Jeux riders Baden Cook and Jimmy Casper.
There's a rumour that it had originally been shot to feature Tyler
Hamilton but that he was mostly cut from the film after his positive
drug tests, but there's no way I could tell whether this was true or
not. There was one shot of Hamilton labouring away, jersey open, with
the bandage for his fractured collarbone showing, but his name was never
mentioned. Lance haters will be delighted that Armstrong gets scant
mention in the film.

I saw it at Vancouver's Science World, and I'm sure it will be showing
in other large-screen Imax and Omnimax theaters around the world. It
opens in Vancouver on December 17. I thought it was worth seeing for
the panoramic tour shots alone.

Rick
 
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 04:53:22 GMT, Java Man
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Win: Surviving the Tour de France

>
> There appears to be a website up to promote the film -->
> http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/
>
> George Bush is in it too -->
> http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/profile_georgebush.html
>

I don't think that particular George Bush appeared in the movie. The
other ones certainly didn't.

I see the website also has a panel on "John Tomlinson". Is that "our"
John?

Rick
 
I'd like to see the Directors Cut dvd, that includes the original
version: "Wired to Win with My Invisible Twin." I heard they had a
lot of raw footage with Hamiliton and CSC, shame to waste it.
 
"Hunter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'd like to see the Directors Cut dvd, that includes the original
> version: "Wired to Win with My Invisible Twin." I heard they had a
> lot of raw footage with Hamiliton and CSC, shame to waste it.
>


Interesting too, is that Cyclingnews referred to the testing protocols on
Hamilton's case as "Wire in the Blood".
 
Java Man wrote:

> I see the website also has a panel on "John Tomlinson". Is that "our"
> John?


Is your finger too sore to click it and find out?
 
On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:28:28 GMT, Java Man
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] says...
>> On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 04:53:22 GMT, Java Man
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >Win: Surviving the Tour de France

>>
>> There appears to be a website up to promote the film -->
>> http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/
>>
>> George Bush is in it too -->
>> http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/profile_georgebush.html
>>

>I don't think that particular George Bush appeared in the movie. The
>other ones certainly didn't.
>
>I see the website also has a panel on "John Tomlinson". Is that "our"
>John?


Yes.

JT

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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> Java Man wrote:
>
> > I see the website also has a panel on "John Tomlinson". Is that "our"
> > John?

>
> Is your finger too sore to click it and find out?
>

No, but apparently unlike you, I don't know his history well enough to
be sure from writeup at the website. I'm sure you know the old saying
about assuming . . .

Rick
 
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:28:28 GMT, Java Man
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >In article <[email protected]>,
> >[email protected] says...
> >> On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 04:53:22 GMT, Java Man
> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Win: Surviving the Tour de France
> >>
> >> There appears to be a website up to promote the film -->
> >> http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/
> >>
> >> George Bush is in it too -->
> >> http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/profile_georgebush.html
> >>

> >I don't think that particular George Bush appeared in the movie. The
> >other ones certainly didn't.
> >
> >I see the website also has a panel on "John Tomlinson". Is that "our"
> >John?

>
> Yes.
>

My compliments! Watching it was a thrill.

Rick
 
In article <[email protected]>, John Forrest
Tomlinson <[email protected]> wrote:

> >I see the website also has a panel on "John Tomlinson". Is that "our"
> >John?

>
> Yes.
>
> JT


JT, since you were involved in the production, 'Wired to Win' - a study
of brain science using elite level racers, will you please confirm the
rumour that its producers are embarking upon a similar project
investigating the role of the brain, and pain derived thereof, of that
other elite assembly, rbr?

Thank you
Luke
 
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:38:05 -0500, Luke <[email protected]>
wrote:
>JT, since you were involved in the production, 'Wired to Win' - a study
>of brain science using elite level racers, will you please confirm the
>rumour that its producers are embarking upon a similar project
>investigating the role of the brain, and pain derived thereof, of that
>other elite assembly, rbr?


Yeah, it's planned for public access cable.

JT

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In article <101220051838050489%[email protected]>,
Luke <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, John Forrest
> Tomlinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >I see the website also has a panel on "John Tomlinson". Is that "our"
> > >John?

> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > JT

>
> JT, since you were involved in the production, 'Wired to Win' - a study
> of brain science using elite level racers, will you please confirm the
> rumour that its producers are embarking upon a similar project
> investigating the role of the brain, and pain derived thereof, of that
> other elite assembly, rbr?


Brain function in rbr? Pull the other one.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos
 
In article <101220051838050489%[email protected]>,
Luke <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, John Forrest
> Tomlinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >I see the website also has a panel on "John Tomlinson". Is that "our"
> > >John?

> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > JT

>
> JT, since you were involved in the production, 'Wired to Win' - a study
> of brain science using elite level racers, will you please confirm the
> rumour that its producers are embarking upon a similar project
> investigating the role of the brain, and pain derived thereof, of that
> other elite assembly, rbr?
>
> Thank you
> Luke


BTW, since JT's all-too-revealing bio is up here, we can now understand
why he is so hard on RAAM participants...

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/msg/284979ed15a1bbaa

....because it took JT 59 days to ride across the country when he tried!

http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/profile_johntomlinson.html

59 days, JT! Even I could beat that! Even that spinning instructor from
this year could have beat that.

JT, we gotta get you a trainer, maybe some kenacort.

Livedrunk,

--
Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos
 
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:22:29 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <[email protected]>
wrote:


>BTW, since JT's all-too-revealing bio is up here, we can now understand
>why he is so hard on RAAM participants...
>
>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/msg/284979ed15a1bbaa
>
>...because it took JT 59 days to ride across the country when he tried!
>
>http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/profile_johntomlinson.html
>
>59 days, JT! Even I could beat that! Even that spinning instructor from
>this year could have beat that.
>
>JT, we gotta get you a trainer, maybe some kenacort.


The problem was I didn't have a crew to rig up a strap to hold up my
head. Without a crew strapping your head up, you're nowhere.

JT

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