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I think there's probably more money for her in porn--this is probably just the end result of her efforts at making a career in "legitimate" film.

Please do not misunderstand. Was I inferring that Carpenter's The Thing rivals a Shakespearean masterpiece? NO. My focus was solely on the use of the special effects, which I think were pretty shocking for its time. It may not impress today's audiences, but you know back in '82 there had to be bunches of people in the theaters going: "oh, sh*t! did you SEE that?!" Perhaps I should have said "cult-classic"? I was still a kid when this film was new, so I had to basically sneak bits and pieces while the grownups watched it on HBO back in the day. But this, and other movies like The Howling, Silver Bullet, Basket Case and the like were the kind of flicks that caused a whole generation of kids to hear those proverbial marching orders from parents: "go to your room! you don't need to see stuff like this!"

I've heard that F1 cars can--in theory--produce enough downforce to run upside down on a surface, at high enough speeds. But I'd imagine that engineering and building building a test track sturdy enough, smooth enough, and long enough to incorporate a corkscrew with a gentle enough transition to allow for such a stunt would be just too huge a project to even think of funding. Oh wait--Ferrari would probably have deep enough pockets, if they hadn't just sprung for that theme park in Dubai...

Truth is stranger than fiction, eh? Seriously, this is the stuff great action movies are made of. You can't MAKE this kind of sh*t up. As for swords in modern combat? Maybe not. But edged weapons, i.e. bayonets, are still integral skills that soldiers are trained to have/use.

Proof positive that: you can make damn near anything look good, when you put a pretty girl next to it.

Exacta-mundo!

but .4 litres of displacement wouldn't have that much impact on overall fuel consumption though, would it? They likely consider the brand identity strong enough to overrule any concerns about economy amongst Mustang fans.

You gotta be fu*k-ing kidding me...

LOLOLOL! "You're gonna need a bigger boat."

Ug, which is precisely why I stopped watching the new BSG. Is there still such a thing as the Actors/Writers Guild in Hollywood? Seriously, these guys need to have their membership cards taken and cut up. "Shooting runs from March till June in Toronto." Which means it'll all be done in-studio--or worse yet, all green-screen. What a load of crap. Godda**it, at least Kurt Russel, Keith David et al put in work to give us a great sci-fi/horror flick. They froze thier a$$es off in the wilds of British Columbia, shooting on-location. While Antarctica it ain't, there's still just something altogether more satisfying/immersive about movies that are filmed on a real location rather than a closed studio set. Apparently, the burned up camp has sat unmolested all these years, save for some determined fans who trekked out to it to get souvenirs. One of them has a piece of the blown up Bell 'copter. Gawd, I just love all the inane trivia on imdb dot com...

Meh, it's still a story that doesn't need to be told. We need only watch the first 15-or-so minutes of Carpenter's movie to get that much. What's the fun of that? We already know how it's gonna end. Oh wait, what am I thinking? The bastards will probably change everything; the Norwegians probably won't all die, there'll be gunfights grenades and flamethrowers, 2 or 3 Things--and in the end another spacecraft will land, with Alien eggs on board, followed by Predators, to make for a new series tie-in and 3 or 4 more shi**y spin-offs...

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! I should have known. F'ing. HACKS. Bunch of godda*ned pretenders, standing on the shoulders of giants... While the SFX might look dated by today's standards. Carpenter's The Thing is STILL a f'ing classic. It's arguably a film that elevated special effects in the horror film genre to high art. Who could forget the blood test, or heart attack scenes? It was something of a "perfect storm," as films go; the cast, the story, the creepy film score--everything just came together to make for a memorable and damned good film. After having re-watched it not too long ago, I was able to look past the kick-ass-cool factor of the gore and mayhem, and appreciate the story and interaction between characters all the more. And so many great lines... --I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FU*KING COUCH!

Fantastic job, eh? P. Jackson's first installment of LoTR is a nearly scene-for-scene remake of Ralph Bakshi's animated movie.

Apparently, GM sent out letters to dealers in early Dec' urging them to have "fire sales" on all remaining stock of Pontiac and SAAB models. If I get the gist of it, the dealers will "buy" the remaining stock, giving them pre-owned status and allowing deep discounts, "up to 46% off sticker price" in some cases. Damn, now if only that meant that somewhere, there were a G8 on some lot about to be sticker-slashed by nearly 1/2...I'd haul a$$ down to the dealership then...

Tee hee, that one sounds like it should have been fun...

Just watched new ep... OMFG!!! 21 fought Brock! And LIVED!!!!! This has got to be unprecedented or something. [that should go in the "greatest fights ever" thread too, I guess] 21 is actually turning out to be an ass-kicker?! Up is down. The spiral comes undone. The world has truly gone topsy-turvy.

Meh, I'm just not feeling that boy-racer tack-on on the rear decklid. LOL, is that molded plastic, or wood? It only draws attention to itself in that it looks so un-like a real spoiler; appears to have the profile of an inverted doorstop rather than an aerofoil. Form should follow function, I say. If it doesn't actually reduce drag or add downforce, just leave it alone. But yes, that shade is pretty eye-catching...

ahhahahahahaha!!

lolol

Lingenfelter T/A concept from SEMA show. Bit of a useless exercise though, considering the Poncho's getting axed. Interesting that they chose 2nd-gen body style as their inspiration [for the nose]. And good God, what a nose that is! Looks like it was grafted off one of their GMC industrial trucks or something! Wonder what the coefficient of drag is on that baby?

Ya gotta admit, Chevy did good on the new Camaro. Despite having the frontal area of an industrial truck--observe one parked next to a previous-gen F-body, and you'll see what I mean--it still just looks, "right." One mean lookin mutha... BUUUUUT. If the interior ergonomics and design quality is on par with Chevrolet's other offerings [i have relatives that own an HHR and Malibu respectively], then I'd still have to say: PASS. I just don't like their cars.

I know using that race car probably wasn't the best example; that sanctioning body restricts wheel/tire sizes to 18" max, IIRC. I think 18" is still considered the "industry standard" as representative of what's most available/identifiable on high-performance cars. But yes, it will be interesting to see how the wheel and tire industries cope with balancing [no pun intended] the need for increased sizes in rolling stock to satisfy auto designers against the goal of reducing overall weight.

While the stripe design may be closer to "historically correct," I'm surprised they didn't go with something running the full length of the body. Would help to break up the slab-sided appearance of the rear quarters, visually. Front end looks busy, while the rear looks like blank billboards. I guess consumers have been taken in by the automotive equivalent of a designing "slight of hand," so to speak; moreso with the Challenger and Camaro than the Mustang. In order to keep a sense of proportion, they have to have huge gaping wheelwells--which have to be filled out with some huge-normous rolling stock, upwards of 20" or more--in order to not to betray their portly dimensions. This Camaro is on 18" x 10" and 18" x 10.5" wheels/tires, which ain't exactly small. But it still looks kinda silly.

The Airplane movies are friggin classics. Still funny, even today. Just saw the first one it on TV recently; the "Rocky XXXVIII" poster in the gift shop scene cracked me up. Bit of a tragic reflection on our society as a whole though; i.e. what was considered outrageous or absurd 20+ years ago is pretty tame by today's standards.

I imagine folks said the same thing about Mustangs back in 1966 as well. After all, they were built in numbers approaching millions. And look what prices they fetch nowadays. Ain't irony a bi*ch? But I see your point. Them horses were made to be "ridden hard and put up wet," NOT hermetically sealed away by rich di*kheads who are scared to even drive them--and probably can't even drive them properly anyway--and speculate on how much other rich di*kheads will overpay for them in 5, 10, 20+ years...