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PaperNotes · Nov 14, 2007, 01:57 PM

No Monty Python jokes about the war....not for now at least.

I was browsing the webs at Autobahn speeds when I came across this nice looking game that turns out to be based on a German TV show. I checked out some YouTube vids and want to know if there are any Germans, humans even...and pets, that could really sit and watch this for an hour a week?

YouTube - MEGA CRASHMIX of Alarm fur COBRA 11 - Part 1

Alarm For Cobra 11. Nice title.

The game is called Alarm for Cobra 11 Crash Time. Nice title.

RTL Games

brassplayersrock² · Nov 14, 2007, 02:06 PM

i wanna know what slingshot dude was shooting at the cars to make them explode

PaperNotes · Nov 14, 2007, 02:10 PM

Yeah that had me in tears

C.A.T.S. CEO · Nov 14, 2007, 03:36 PM

What the he*l? Is this real?

turtle777 · Nov 14, 2007, 03:54 PM

Alarm For Cobra 11 is a TV series in Germany. So now they have a related game.

So, you are wondering how German's could watch it ?

Dude, look in your own backyard, all that junk on US TV, and millions are watching it

-t

brassplayersrock² · Nov 14, 2007, 08:28 PM

jeebus turtle. you have been very bitter ever since you realized you cant get your head out of your shell

PaperNotes · Nov 15, 2007, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Alarm For Cobra 11 is a TV series in Germany. So now they have a related game.

So, you are wondering how German's could watch it ?

Dude, look in your own backyard, all that junk on US TV, and millions are watching it

-t

I am now cornered and have been tied to a chair.

"So you zink zat ist funny Yankee? Und vas about your A Team show?"

And then slap me with the leather glove

brassplayersrock² · Nov 15, 2007, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by PaperNotes

And then slap me with the leather glove

please oh please someone get the reference!

BRussell · Nov 15, 2007, 02:35 AM

I've learned that you can never criticize Germany. Even though Americans spend about half their day on the internet bashing America and Americans and American culture and institutions, point out one tiny little insignificant idiosyncrasy of Germany, and Germans will always freak out and tell you that America is worse.

Atomic Rooster · Nov 15, 2007, 02:37 AM

Originally Posted by PaperNotes

I am now cornered and have been tied to a chair.

"So you zink zat ist funny Yankee? Und vas about your A Team show?"

And then slap me with the leather glove

A-HOLE

analogika · Nov 15, 2007, 03:58 AM

Alarm für Cobra 11 is the modern-day German equivalent of CHiPs:

Highway patrol cop show with at least one high-speed chase and pile-up per show.

Is there a problem?

PaperNotes · Nov 15, 2007, 04:15 AM

It's not as good as Starsky and Hutch.

PaperNotes · Nov 15, 2007, 04:16 AM

Originally Posted by BRussell

I've learned that you can never criticize Germany. Even though Americans spend about half their day on the internet bashing America and Americans and American culture and institutions, point out one tiny little insignificant idiosyncrasy of Germany, and Germans will always freak out and tell you that America is worse.

Do it to a French person and you've had it. They'll quit working or go on strike from work just to hang outside your house.

analogika · Nov 15, 2007, 04:42 AM

Originally Posted by PaperNotes

It's not as good as Starsky and Hutch.

No question.

But that was the 70s.

PaperNotes · Nov 15, 2007, 06:54 AM

Exactly. It is now 2008 (according to EA and Konami)

residentEvil · Nov 16, 2007, 07:48 AM

the "new" show i have found on YouTube is Human Tetris game show from Japan. hahaha. good stuff.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

Paco500 · Nov 16, 2007, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by PaperNotes

No Monty Python jokes about the war....not for now at least.

Not that it really matters, but Fawlty Towers != Monty Python.

analogika · Nov 16, 2007, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Paco500

Not that it really matters, but Fawlty Towers != Monty Python.

Oh, it matters!

nonhuman · Nov 16, 2007, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by PaperNotes

I am now cornered and have been tied to a chair.

"So you zink zat ist funny Yankee? Und vas about your A Team show?"

And then slap me with the leather glove

The A Team rocked.

Doofy · Nov 16, 2007, 10:18 AM

Right then. Is this available in English? 'Coz it looks like my kind of show and all that but I don't speak German because we won the war. And stuff.

And if I know my German cop dramas, there's probably boobies in it too. ChiPs with boobies - how does it get any better than that, ever?

StrengthDesign · Nov 16, 2007, 12:02 PM

Wow. These crashes are pretty spectacular. >ads this show to bittorrent<

andreas_g4 · Nov 16, 2007, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by BRussell

I've learned that you can never criticize Germany. Even though Americans spend about half their day on the internet bashing America and Americans and American culture and institutions, point out one tiny little insignificant idiosyncrasy of Germany, and Germans will always freak out and tell you that America is worse.

"The Germans" "The Americans". I'm not "The Germans, you're not "The Americans". I can hardly see differences in many many ways of thinking between Americans and Germans. In the Company I work for, I regularly meet Americans, and I like or dislike them the same way I like or dislike my fellow German colleagues.

And I don't freak out due to this. There's plenty to freak out in my own country. TV for example. My life is so much better after ditching TV three years ago.

analogika · Nov 17, 2007, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by andreas_g4

And I don't freak out due to this. There's plenty to freak out in my own country. TV for example. My life is so much better after ditching TV three years ago.

I agree with the sentiment.

Luckily, it's not all this Cobra 11 crap.

arte and 3sat alone are worth it at times - 3sat, for example, had an *excellent* four-part documentary on Krautrock some months ago (of which I only caught the first part, not knowing that it was actually four!

).

I hardly ever watch TV anymore, though.

PaperNotes · Nov 17, 2007, 05:48 AM

I'm really in the mood for some Alarm for Cobra 11 now. Yesterday I had a double bill of Vanishing Point and Death Proof followed by a few hours of Need for Speed Most Wanted. Crap might not be so crap at the right time.

villalobos · Nov 17, 2007, 06:23 AM

Ah is everybody driving 15+ year old cars in Germany? Or are they cheaper to crash in TV series? ;-)

analogika · Nov 17, 2007, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by PaperNotes

I'm really in the mood for some Alarm for Cobra 11 now. Yesterday I had a double bill of Vanishing Point and Death Proof followed by a few hours of Need for Speed Most Wanted. Crap might not be so crap at the right time.

Vanishing Point, at least, is anything *but* crap.

analogika · Nov 17, 2007, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by villalobos

Ah is everybody driving 15+ year old cars in Germany? Or are they cheaper to crash in TV series? ;-)

Why ask if you already know the answer?

analogika · Nov 17, 2007, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by BRussell

I've learned that you can never criticize Germany. Even though Americans spend about half their day on the internet bashing America and Americans and American culture and institutions, point out one tiny little insignificant idiosyncrasy of Germany, and Germans will always freak out and tell you that America is worse.

That only goes for Americans, though.

I apologize for the political stab, but I believe you can thank Bush for that attitude.

BRussell · Nov 17, 2007, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by analogika

That only goes for Americans, though.

I apologize for the political stab, but I believe you can thank Bush for that attitude.

What only goes for Americans - that we spend a lot of time criticizing our culture and institutions and government? If that's what you meant, it gets a Q.E.D. from me.

I'd say that any culture that doesn't engage in extensive self-criticism, and believes that other cultures do engage in it because they deserve it while their own doesn't, is in big trouble.

analogika · Nov 17, 2007, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by BRussell

What only goes for Americans - that we spend a lot of time criticizing our culture and institutions and government? If that's what you meant, it gets a Q.E.D. from me.

I'd say that any culture that doesn't engage in extensive self-criticism, and believes that other cultures do engage in it because they deserve it while their own doesn't, is in big trouble.

You should know Germany and Germans well enough to know that, if anything, we are *overly* self-critical, to the point where our history-induced complexes are stifling our own economy due to the constant self-deprecation.

No - I was referring to external criticism of Germany.

Criticism coming from jingoistic, murderous-yet-professed-Christian, loud-mouthed, gung-ho Cowboy diplomat voters is politely ignored - at best.

PaperNotes · Nov 17, 2007, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by analogika

Criticism coming from jingoistic, murderous-yet-professed-Christian, loud-mouthed, gung-ho Cowboy diplomat voters is politely ignored - at best.

aka, those of whom are 90% descendants of Germans

and liberated Germany.

Doofy · Nov 17, 2007, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by analogika

You should know Germany and Germans well enough to know that, if anything, we are *overly* self-critical, to the point where our history-induced complexes are stifling our own economy due to the constant self-deprecation.

Yeah, you guys need to get over that - there's nowt for the majority of Germans to be self-critical about. Except maybe allowing one of your companies to employ Chris Bangle. And not making the Microwave any more. And killing the spirit of Lamborghini.

I wouldn't say it's the complexes which are stifling your economy though (see Porsche for details). More like your love affair with the Union of European Socialist Republics which is doing that.

PaperNotes · Nov 17, 2007, 10:26 AM

Please don't politicise my thread about An Alarm For Cobra Action 11. What was it called again?

Faust · Nov 17, 2007, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by analogika

You should know Germany and Germans well enough to know that, if anything, we are *overly* self-critical, to the point where our history-induced complexes are stifling our own economy due to the constant self-deprecation.

No - I was referring to external criticism of Germany.

Criticism coming from jingoistic, murderous-yet-professed-Christian, loud-mouthed, gung-ho Cowboy diplomat voters is politely ignored - at best.

I wonder about BRussel's statement as well, analogika. If anything, most Germans are extremely self-critical, no matter whether it's internally (personal basis) or politically. Anyone who knows Germany well and its history knows this, so I'm not sure where that sentiment is coming from. In fact, it's the first time I've heard such an argument and I have a few American friends who live here who experience exactly the opposite; namely, saying that the self-critical attitude of Germans is too much to be healthy. Maybe I live in a different Germany though.

PS: Yes, Cobra 11 is as crappy a show as it gets.

Faust · Nov 17, 2007, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by BRussell

What only goes for Americans - that we spend a lot of time criticizing our culture and institutions and government? If that's what you meant, it gets a Q.E.D. from me.

I'd say that any culture that doesn't engage in extensive self-criticism, and believes that other cultures do engage in it because they deserve it while their own doesn't, is in big trouble.

Germany engages in extensive self-criticism. If you live here, you should be aware ...unless you don't read newspapers, watch TV and generally don't engage in politica/social discussions with Germans (most of them anyway).