Favorite Wonder Movie

Hendrik the Great · February 15, 2000, 12:08

I don't know if anyone ever asked this before though here I go.

I just discovered my original Civ2 CD and just for the fun of it I decided to check out the wonder movies because with my German FW version I cannot see them.
I never realised how much I actually missed those wonder movies. Several of them I really enjoyed seeing again after possibly years of neglect.

So I started wondering what other people might think of the movies.

Here are my favorites in no particular order:

The Lighthouse
The Great Library
Magellans
Adam Smith Comp.
Michellangelos
Isaac Newtons Uni.
Darwins Voyage
Hoover Dam
and
The SETI Project

So what are your favorites?

klesh · February 15, 2000, 12:20

Aw, c'mon, you don't like Shakes?
j/k
I like Magellan's, Great Wall, and Pyramids. Not in any order

John-SJ · February 15, 2000, 16:02

Hologram Theatre! Oops!

Actually, I like J.S. Bach for the music if nothing else.

John-SJ

February 15, 2000, 16:27

I forgot all about those. I always liked the Hoover Dam, because I live near it and have admired it. I do like the music to Bach's Cathedral.

In fact I think I'll play my next game with the original cd. It's been a while.

Mao · February 15, 2000, 17:49

Where is the directory for it? And can I get to it with MPGE?

St Leo · February 15, 2000, 22:18

I am not sure how long it has been since I last saw the movies, but my favourites are probably:

Adam Smith's
Leo's
Hanging Gardens

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SandMonkey · February 15, 2000, 23:30

I have always loved hoover dam... i get hyped everytime that music starts....

I also like Leo's.

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Smash · February 16, 2000, 00:36

1.Apollo-magnificent crowning achievement

2.Boulder..er..Hoover Dam-project of historic porportion

3.Manhattan Project-theres' gonna be trouble

Scouse Gits · February 16, 2000, 05:32

What does the Manhatten Project look like? - I guess I shall just have to build the sucker just to find out...
Hanging Gardens - it means I've won! (just have a tiny bit of sleazing to do first...)

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DaveV · February 16, 2000, 08:37

Mao and SG1 - you can just use Windows Explorer to look at the civ2/video directory on your CD (MPG too!). Double-click on any of the movies to view them. Numbering is as in rules.txt (00=pyramids, 01=hanging gardens, etc.).

Hendrik the Great · February 16, 2000, 12:10

Actually I like many of them more becaue of their music. Especially the Hoover Dam and Magellans.

WhiteKnight · February 17, 2000, 15:47

Yeah, the music was the best part. I always liked the Pyramids and Leo's.

February 17, 2000, 20:21

I should check them all out. I think there are some wonders I have never built. I finally built a Lighthouse for the first time ever last game. But I still haven't built Hanging gardens or Marco Polo's.

C Chulainn · February 17, 2000, 21:08

I think I've only ever built the Lighthouse once, and I can hardly remember what it looks like. I'm stuck between the Hanging Gardens and the Oracle for a favourite, followed by Darwin's Voyage and the United Nations (which always reminds me of M*A*S*H* ...) I don't like the Hoover Dam much and King Richard's is a bit boring.

War4ever · February 17, 2000, 21:35

i am a sucker for the colossus...... something about a great big statue .......

Glohithia · February 18, 2000, 01:15

This is a bit off-topic, but I love the music to King Richards Crusade and Issac's College. Can anybody tell me the names of these pieces and the composers?

BTW, JS Bach's is also cool, but I already know that music's composer.

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Hendrik the Great · February 18, 2000, 06:13

I've been trying to find out about who composed the music for some of the wonders for a while now. I know it was some one well known but I just can't think of the name.

Mustly the music is the best about the wonder movies although I do like the movies itself, as well.

Scouse Gits · February 18, 2000, 08:33

A technical question...

The movies look great at 200% in windows Media player - is there any way they can be played at 200% (or even full screen) in the game itself?

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War4ever · February 18, 2000, 16:46

i have no clue

Scouse Gits · February 18, 2000, 17:08

Thanks a lot, War - Many Congratulations

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Empress · February 19, 2000, 02:52

My favorite wonder movie is Leo's. I like it for the music

I think they took it from "cantaloop" by US3.

Carolus Rex · February 20, 2000, 18:25

For the music: Colossus, HG, Hoover (powerful) and Leo's ( I always wondered about that music, thanks!).

My favourite is WS, though. Great movie with those angry and proud women fighting for their rights. The music ain't bad either...

Carolus