 [ShadowsOfEurope] Paris Underground, Real Lifepredates Seattle Underground |
  |
 Sep 9 2004, 08:58 AM
Post
#1
|
|
|
Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,756 Joined: 11-December 02 From: France Member No.: 3,723  |
[BBC] An odd story I wanted to share, they found a cinema installed in Paris underground . I always thought the idea of Seattle Underground had to be stored with the fantasy elements but, hey, you never know...
EDIT: Oh, I didn't see it was already brought up in the Shadownews thread. |
 |
 
|
|
Sep 9 2004, 11:48 AM
Post
#2
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Paris, France Member No.: 639 |
Well, I asked a cataphile's friend of mine if he knew about that, and in fact he "more than knew about that"...
He should show me some pics next time we have a drink together. |
|
|
|
|
Sep 9 2004, 10:53 PM
Post
#3
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Vigo (Spanish Kingdom) Member No.: 1,446 |
I always thought you french were strange... now I know for sure! :D :P
|
|
|
|
|
Sep 10 2004, 02:58 AM
Post
#4
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bangkok (sometimes Paris) Member No.: 332 |
It seems this cinema is not the only of its kind. About less than a dozen allegedly exist in the endless tunels under the capital city.
|
|
|
|
|
Sep 10 2004, 08:16 AM
Post
#5
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 439 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .se Member No.: 625 |
How cool is that? Awesome.
|
|
|
|
|
Sep 10 2004, 07:39 PM
Post
#6
|
|
|
Knight Templar Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 212 Joined: 20-June 04 From: Ipswich, UK Just South of the Stinkfens Member No.: 6,424 |
I'd like to hear more about the Paris underground.
By the way, the Seattle Underground isn't all fiction. I've been there IRL. |
|
|
|
|
Sep 11 2004, 10:19 PM
Post
#7
|
|
|
Target Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 15-August 04 From: Columbia, PA Member No.: 6,562 |
So you mean that one level in Deus Ex is for real?
In case you don't know what I'm talking about, there's a level in which the catacombs under Paris are home to MJ-12 operations and some rebels, too. |
|
|
|
|
Sep 12 2004, 06:36 AM
Post
#8
|
|
|
Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
Run Paris Catacombs through Google and check out some of the sites...
|
|
|
|
|
Sep 12 2004, 11:27 AM
Post
#9
|
|
|
Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
From what I've heard there are tours through there but mainly unofficial and the Paris PD regularly have to rescue people who get lost down there, occassionally finding the remains of people who died there.
|
|
|
|
|
Sep 13 2004, 09:55 AM
Post
#10
|
|
|
Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sep 13 2004, 04:45 PM
Post
#11
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 24-February 03 From: The Containment Zone Member No.: 4,151 |
Bah. That's just their cover story. It's obvious they are a front for some sort of strange Mythos cult of Cthulhu-worshipping, noir-watching crazies!
|
|
|
|
|
Sep 14 2004, 03:51 PM
Post
#12
|
|||
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Paris, France Member No.: 639 |
Officially, only 1 casualty has ever been reported. Most people that go under have maps, or are guided by poeple with maps. the main real danger is that the underground roofs are not so stable in some areas. That's also the reason why the underground is closed to the public. About tours, the term is maybe a bit over, but indeed some cataphiles occasionally "initiate" rookies (like me :D ) to the beauty of the Underground. In some districts, circulation is difficult for unprepared people: water up to butt, small holes in walls to go from area A to area B (chatières), low roofs in corridors, and accesses through forbidden areas (like a tunnel in a former train network called the 'PC', near "Alesia" neighborhood). In other districts, the travel underground is far more comfortable, with large and dry corridors, huge and astonishing rooms. But often also these areas are accessed through wells that can be as "high" as 50 meters. Going under can seem easy (if not subject of giddiness (sp?)), but going out is quite qa long and harassing rise, not even speaking of raising the plate once at the street level (my friend used to do it by kicking it with his legs, head down, only harnessed by a cable...). |
||
|
|
|
||
|
Sep 14 2004, 03:54 PM
Post
#13
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Paris, France Member No.: 639 |
Some photos: http://www.catacombes.info/photos/index.php
A tract from my friend, Stout: http://www.catacombes.info/tracts/detail.p...numeric_id=1300 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 24th April 2024 - 06:32 AM |
Topps, Inc has sole ownership of the names, logo, artwork, marks, photographs, sounds, audio, video and/or any proprietary material used in connection with the game Shadowrun. Topps, Inc has granted permission to the Dumpshock Forums to use such names, logos, artwork, marks and/or any proprietary materials for promotional and informational purposes on its website but does not endorse, and is not affiliated with the Dumpshock Forums in any official capacity whatsoever.