September 28th 2003 - The Big Ride DVD news
Sneak preview of the Big Ride DVD! The main menu and the extras menu.

Does this mean we'll soon start selling The Big Ride DVDs? It could... Stay tuned.

  August 16th 2003 - Download Sword of 'Nur
Sword of 'Nur is a 3 minutes long 'Thief-influenced' CGI animation that has absolutely nothing to do with The Big Ride except the makers.

You can see some images of 'Nur and read more about it here.

Format: DivX 5.05
Length: 2:59
Resolution: 720x576
Size: 42MB

Download it!

  July 24th 2003 - Making of The Big Ride!
You can now download The Making of The Big Ride. It is a bit under 10 minutes, 43MB and uses DivX 5.05.

  May 21st 2003 - Spread the word!

Advertising The Big Ride is actually harder than one would think, so I'm trying a new tactic: Asking for your help. If you liked TBR and think it was worth seeing, please take the time to tell your friends about it and possible post something on your favourite message boards.

If you know some site that reviews indie movie like TBR, please let me know. Thanks.

Over 500 downloads but we need more! Let's spread the joy of The Big Ride!

On other news, script for TBR2 is in the works.

  April 23rd 2003 - Some reviews and comments about The Big Ride!

Arvostelu Findiessä:
"The Big Ride on paras amatöörielokuva mitä olen koskaan nähnyt. Se on itse asiassa niin hyvä, että sen kutsuminen amatöörielokuvaksi on jo loukkaus tekijöitä kohtaan, se ei nimittäin ole lainkaan amatööritasoa. Enemmäkin pitäisi puhua teknisesti täydellisestä lyhytelokuvasta."
Lue koko arvostelu

Muutamia poimittuja kommentteja ympäri verkkoa:
"Hämmästyttävää todellakin. Tästä elokuvasta en löytänyt mitään negatiivista."

Todella uskomatonta työtä, Onnittelut kaikille tekijöille!"

"Tehosteet toimivat kyllä täydellisesti, aivan ammattitasoa."

"...elokuvan päättyessä olin äärimmäisen positiivisesti yllättynyt. Juoni toimi, leikkaukset toimivat, ja mikä parasta: erikoisefektit olivat todella hyviä."

"Lyhyesti ja ytimekkäästi PARAS findie-leffa minkä olen nähnyt."

"Tuli tosta pläjäyksestä ihan nuoruus mieleen kun näin ekan kerran x-filesin."

"Ainoat yhtä laadukkaat amatöörielokuvat jotka olen nähnyt ovat olleet SW fanien tekemia joissa on ollut suuri määrä tekijöitä sekä ammattilaiskalusto."

"Tunnelman luonti onnistui varsin hyvin, lienee eka independent leffa joka on onnistunut aiheuttamaan kylmiä väreitä."

"Elokuva rokkaa monella tavalla. Onnittelut sen saamisesta lopultakin valmiiksi ja niin laadukkaaseen lopputulokseen..."

Ja viimeisenä kommentti henkilöltä joka hakee kaupallisia elokuvia internetistä:
"wow ilmaiseksi elokuvaksi todella hyvä"

A review at Findie talks about TBR:
"The Big Ride is the best amateur movie I've ever seen. It is actually so good that even calling it an amateur movie is an insult for its makers as it is far from amateur-quality. Rather one should talk about a technicly perfect short movie."

Few other comments around the 'net:
"Amazing really. I couldn't find anything negative about this movie."

"Absolutely stunning job, congratulations to all involved!"

"Special FX work perfectly, totally professional quality."

"...after the movie had ended, I was very positively surprised. The plot worked, editing worked and the best of all: Special FX were really good."

"In short: The best findie-movie I've ever seen."

"It brought back memories of when I was young and saw X-Files for the first time."

"The only amateur films I've seen that are as quality as this one are some of the SW fan movies that had huge staffs and professional equipment."

"The feel of the movie was well created, probably the first time an independent movie has managed to give me goose bumps."

"The movie kicks booty in so many ways. Congratulations on getting it done at last in such a pro final form..."

And finally a comment from someone who downloads real movies over the 'net:
"wow for a free movie it was really good"

  April 2nd 2003 - New mirrors, HQ version available for download!

The Big Ride's High Quality version is now available for public download thanks to Suihkari and Sebastian.

  March 15th 2003 - The grand opening of TheBigRide.net!

After years of struggling in the old address, Big Ride finally migrated to its own domain. These pages are still somewhat lacking, but the main thing is - you can now download the movie! Sadly due to limited bandwidth, we can not offer High Quality version of TBR for public download. (However, if you are interested in aquiring the HQ version, drop us a mail)

Hope you'll enjoy TBR as much as we did making it!

Feedback and such can be thrown to feedback@thebigride.net.