https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1694465205/the-41st-day
I pledged to this about 2 years ago, and was super pumped for this to come out. Nothing has happened. The last update was in August 2013. Did anybody else get excited about this? Anybody have updates on this?
wow this guy trolled you all so hard. he probably just kept all your money... 75k for olympic footage... lol what a bunch of bs.
I'm in the same boat. I remember thinking when I donated "Damn, summer 2013 is a long time to wait". This is a bit ridiculous.
This just in: he quit.
I truly thought it was for a good cause, they even asked for my address a long time ago (I was hesitant at first) when they started the program to send me a t-shirt or something-can't remember and recently Kickstarter got hacked. I immediately closed my account. Never received anything and wished I never gave them my info!
I should probably close my account now too. I'm just surprised that they don't give us updates more often. Their efforts are dismal, and I don't think they care too much at all.
Yep, I'm in for $25. Would they have taken bitcoins?
Screwed!
Not that I am making light of anyone who contributed, but pissing on the good will and generosity of others is not cool.
I'm out $75.
Does anyone know anything about the Tim Jeffreys guy who was making the movie? He apparently went off the air last fall.
Keep this bumped up - the need for accountability is widespread in the running world.
it's Ryan Hall. The guy hasn't finished a marathon in over two years and he's supposedly a professional marathoner.
adhdhsdf wrote:
it's Ryan Hall. The guy hasn't finished a marathon in over two years and he's supposedly a professional marathoner.
Obviously Hall didn't provide this Jeffreys guy with the inspirational story he was hoping for, but Hall didn't intend to be injured, so it's not fair to blame Hall.
People paid Jeffreys to make a movie and at some point he needs to make a movie based on what really happened/happens. Maybe the story will be a complete bummer instead of being inspirational, but it's a documentary and the facts are the facts. He at least needs to say what the status is - i.e., he will complete the movie when Hall completes a marathon, he'll cut if off in 2013, 2014, etc.
Skip tracing? wrote:
adhdhsdf wrote:it's Ryan Hall. The guy hasn't finished a marathon in over two years and he's supposedly a professional marathoner.
Obviously Hall didn't provide this Jeffreys guy with the inspirational story he was hoping for, but Hall didn't intend to be injured, so it's not fair to blame Hall.
People paid Jeffreys to make a movie and at some point he needs to make a movie based on what really happened/happens. Maybe the story will be a complete bummer instead of being inspirational, but it's a documentary and the facts are the facts. He at least needs to say what the status is - i.e., he will complete the movie when Hall completes a marathon, he'll cut if off in 2013, 2014, etc.
true point
Missed this update which was released just before Boston...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1694465205/the-41st-day/posts
I feel like a fool for putting money towards this. Will never do another kickstarter again lol
I was one of the people who donated $5,000 for a chance to spend a full day with Ryan.
According to the Kickstarter, it was "You and one guest get to spend one full day with Ryan Hall - go for a run, spend time together during the day and have dinner at night."
My plan was to take Ryan to the trails and spend the day running. Yes, all day. See what he was made of. See if he could hack it in ultrarunning. See at what point he gets tired. See if knows enough about nutrition and pacing to make it all day and night. I figure we could probably do 120 miles (my 24 hour PR is 132)...see if he holds up.
It meets the criteria of the Kickstarter. We are going for a run, which means spending time together and we will have dinner at night (on the trails) as long as he doesn't mind granola bars, gels, and some pb&js.
My plan was to go out with Ryan Hall and make sweet sweet man boy love to him. Me being the man and him being the boy. We all know he secretly loves that stuff.
With Ryan dropping out of LA, what are the prospects for this movie ever getting made? Clearly they want to wait til he has a good performance but that will probably never happen at this point. Do they want to wait to see if he makes the 2016 Olympic team for Rio?
rando729 wrote:
With Ryan dropping out of LA, what are the prospects for this movie ever getting made? Clearly they want to wait til he has a good performance but that will probably never happen at this point. Do they want to wait to see if he makes the 2016 Olympic team for Rio?
Even if he makes 2016... They could have and should have filmed and edited the film form a perspective of "the process," rather than the result.
A Duck wrote:
rando729 wrote:With Ryan dropping out of LA, what are the prospects for this movie ever getting made? Clearly they want to wait til he has a good performance but that will probably never happen at this point. Do they want to wait to see if he makes the 2016 Olympic team for Rio?
Even if he makes 2016... They could have and should have filmed and edited the film form a perspective of "the process," rather than the result.
If he doesn't make it in 2016, could the movie just end up being about how difficult the life of a professional marathoner can be?