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LOLOL! All this needs now is really funky 70's-styled Japanese intro credits & song; and a motorcycle; ooh, and a giant transforming robot...

Hmm, makes sense. I imagine most of those would run some kind of air cleaner? I know relatively little about turbocharging on small displacement engines--but a random sampling of images of WRC cars shows most either have an airbox or some sort of filter. I take it they want the cleanest possible air charge going into the engine + turbo, considering the additional complexity/parts of such a system? That, plus what you said about all the dust, etc...

Not sure about newer cars, but a lot of race cars I saw/worked with up close usually ran no filter at all (but that was mostly vintage stuff). OR, if a filter was used, it was usually a simple foam type...

I remember that episode. I think Paul Newman rubbed off a bit on Cruise when they worked together back in the day, and Cruise tried his hand at hotshoeing for a while? There's some pics of him dudded up in full racing gear from back in the 80's in the bar at the Glen Motor Inn, up in Watkins Glen. Maybe the Scientologists got him to give those sorts of hazardous passtimes up to ensure a long movie career or something?

I'm of the same school of thought as Detective Hanna, myself. I don't think anyone could sum up a philosophy any better... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s81gWFanDO0&feature=related

That Aaron McGruder is ruthless. Love the Boondocks. --"Damn! Now are you yellin' at me, or shi**in' at me?!" ed: there's an Ozzy Osbourne Brisk story up now. --"And then I wash my hands!" That phrase is gonna go viral, I just know it. It'll be like the second coming of cowbell...

Now Blazing Saddles is a classic, I still love that movie (so many of those cast members are gone now. ). The only shameful thing about that one is that its social commentary is STILL so relevant today, nearly 40 YEARS on. Damned funny movie. I'm just coming back to this thread so's I can click on that little Machete Brisk movie. Only downside is: now I don't feel like I need to see the actual movie all that much. I pretty much got the gist of it with that funny little claymation. --"Never mind that sh*t. Here comes Mongo!"

LOL! "...and then I washed my hands." Fun-ny. I agree with Agent ONE: White Chicks was awful. Couldn't watch more than 5 minutes of it. Damon and Keenon were/are pretty damned funny. (even 20+ years! later, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka is STILL a funny a$$ send-up on blacksploitation films) Marlon and Shawn have to rely on too much vulgarity/potty humor. Not funny. Soul Plane. Now THAT was damned degrading. Makes me ashamed to even remember absorbing any of it before I could change channels...

Oil Change instructions for Women: 1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change. 2) Drink a cup of coffee 3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle. Money spent: Oil Change: $20.00 Coffee: $1.00 Total: $21.00 Oil Change instructions for Men : 1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for $50.00. 2) Stop and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20, drive home. 3) Open a beer and drink it. 4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands. 5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car. 6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it. 7) Place drain pan under engine. Look for 9/16 box end wrench. 9) Give up and use crescent wrench. 10) Unscrew drain plug. 11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Cuss. 12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil. 13) Have another beer while watching oil drain. 14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench. 15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off 16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer. 17) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface. 18) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine. 19) Remember drain plug from step 11. 20) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan. 21) Drink beer. 22) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill. 23) Get drain plug back in with only a minor spill. Drink beer. 24) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame removing any excess skin between knuckles and frame. 25) Begin cussing fit. 26) Throw stupid crescent wrench. 27) Cuss for additional 5 minutes because wrench hit bowling trophy. 28) Beer. 29) Clean up hands and bandage as required to stop blood flow. 30) Beer. 31) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil. 32) Beer. 33) Lower car from jack stands. 34) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during any missed steps. 35) Beer. 36) Test drive car. 37) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence. 38) Car gets impounded. 39) Call loving wife, make bail. 40) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard. Money spent: Parts: $50.00 DUI: $2500.00 Impound fee: $75.00 Bail: $1500.00 Beer: $20.00 Total: $4,145.00 But you know the job was done right!

They need to leave this one alone, too. Familiarity breeds contempt... --anon There's an appeal, an allure to the mysterious origins of both the aliens themselves and the Space Jockey. Ferchrissakes, how about leaving something to the imaginaion? force a little brain work on the part of the masses of gullible, unimaginative, open-mouth-breathing morons flocking to the theaters? They could use a little damned mental exercise, instead of having everything spoonfed to them in cinematic-cliffs-notes, cut-and-spliced, microwaved-speed, movies-for-dummies format.

I guess I fall into the minority when I say I actually enjoyed Cars--and I don't like NASCAR. I figured this one and The Incredibles were the best candidates for sequels; but I also thought that Pixar's unofficial policy was to make all their films one-shot deals? (with the exception of Toy Story) As a father of 2, I've liked most all of their films so far in that I can enjoy watching them with my kids. They usally like them well enough, and there's just enough humor and sophistication in the stories/dialogue that I as an adult won't be bored into a coma while watching it with them. Without Newman, Carlin and Ranft though? Maybe they should just leave this one alone. Hmm--not sure I like this shift in Pixar's priorities, the "Disney-ization" of their thinking, as it were: "sorry folks, there's profit to be had!"

See, wrong thread. This sh*t here needs to be in the "Technology You Hate" thread... Godda*n creepy a$$ muh fuhs...

While it's not likely because of impracticality and expense, part of me thinks: it'd be too much like right if the actors playing characters that are supposed to be such "military bada$$es" in movies had to undergo actual training. Hell, send 'em to boot camp. Like Parris f'ing Island, boot camp--even if it's an abbreviated regimen, like 2-3 wks. Who knows? Might eliminate some of that glaring, cringeworthy Hollywood hip-shooting tomfoolery.

Anybody ever seen this film: Dark Blue World? This looks like it's actually a very good movie (Czechoslovakian?) that's pretty much flown under the radar since 2001 . This is a pretty good scene. Can't help but wonder if it's based on some pilots' recounts of actual events? From what I've seen on youtube, the aerial sequences put Pearl Harbor to shame. But that ain't saying much--Pearl Harbor was damn near disgraceful, with its lame over-the-top unbelievable CGI, and its casual disregard for historical events and the people who lived them. *glares disdainfully in direction of Michael Bay* You call that gung-fu? It isn't worth a sh*t! Who the hell's your teacher? I wouldn't pay 'im to wipe my arse! ed: 0:48 - LOL! the sfx for the train AAA gun is the 9mm pistol sound from DOOM! They should have known: leave the ground work to jockeys in non-Merlin powered mounts!

I like rat rods. Wouldn't be my first choice to build/buy for a personal ride, but I definitely respect the effort and creativity that goes into them. I'm not too keen on the trend of "patina" though, i.e. painting a car to look like it's old and rusted. That's trying to give a car a sense of presence that really can only come from years of use/abuse/love with an owner(s), not from some high-end paint booth. While not really a rat rod, this one's got a unique "Southern-fried at the circle-track" flavor to it. Owned by an older local couple--in their 60's, I think--it was pretty cool to see the guy helping his wife in and out of the car. LOL, it's got A/C too. I love stuff that's race-inspired, pretty much regardless of which discipline. "Form Follows Function" is the dictum that tends to produce the most noteworthy and desirable high-performance cars. With the ultra low CoG, late-model style powerplant, and huge meats all around, it'd be neat to see what kind of performance numbers this little beastie could produce.

Meh, looks like it's developed tumorous growths...

I always liked the conversions like those on the early Corvettes, before pop-ups were eliminated from the design. I used to wonder why no Corvette owners ever seemed to go for the conversion for a street-going car; but apparently, the headlight frames/etc are bloody expensive.

"...Currently, the New Stratos is one of a kind. Whether or not an exclusive, limited run will be manufactured, depends upon demand." Appears this is arguably the ultimate kit-car; a chopped, shortened and otherwise heavily modified custom based on an F430 chassis, built for a father/son duo of wealthy collectors. Who knows? maybe some more enthusiasts with deep pockets will step up, chequebooks in hand?

I can't remember (and I'm too lazy to find the original thread/posts on this movie) though: will J. Carpenter have anything to do with this upcoming movie? Meh, doesn't matter; I still say it's going to SUCK. They need to leave this one alone.

He also played the serial-killer/werewolf that infects Dee Wallace Stone's character, waaay back in the first The Howling movie (the one that didn't suck). "I'm gonna give you a piece of my mind. I trusted you, Karen." That bit was pretty funny. It's always fun, when watching movies I remember and love from way back in the day, to look for today's big-name movie stars in what would have been their first extra or supporting cast roles; "oh, so that's where such-and-such got their start..."

Indeed, they were made up to look like Abrams, but not the real McCoy [budget constraints?]. I think they were in fact m60 Patton tank(s), with very creative "applique" armor [maybe plywood, for all we know? or maybe just sheet steel, so they could tack weld in places to original turret/hull?] to give the silhouette of the M1A1.

"Lifelike" robots: especially female "lifelike" robots. A technology that's particularly useless to the betterment of mankind on the whole. And godda*n creepy, to boot. Makes one wanna just glare at the inventor(s) kinda sideways--you know, like that look you get from your cranky old aunt/uncle/grandparent/relative when you say or do something awkward or stupid at a family gathering--and just ask them: "the FU*K were you thinking?!"

This vid is just too damn short... Hot Dayum! what a sweet effin' sound. "She's meanness put to music, and the bitch is born to run!" You know it's the sound of pure brutality; such intensity that it'd make your head throb after an hour behind the wheel. But it'd be SO worth it! Making the skoot-jockeys piss themselves!

Yup, recipe for disaster. Hmm, deja vu...