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What could conceivably be every car guy's ultimate fantasy? http://www.milesspeed.com/ She's apparently good enough to draw the attention of Hot Rod Magazine to do a feature article on her [12/06]: *She loves hot rods *She drag races AND road races her Camaro *She also works on her hot rods *She can do body work and weld, too! and.....her mom is RICH! *passes out, drooling*

Literally stumbled upon the link for this one while surfing. For an independent film "Clutch." Appears to be pretty low-budget fare, but if it finally makes it to video, I might give it a shot. From the w'site: http://www.clutchthemovie.com/ "Inspired by classic car movies like the orignal GONE in 60 SECONDS, TWO LANE BLACKTOP, GRAND PRIX, BULLITT and LeMANS, actor/ racer turned independent filmmaker Jay Rowlands set out to bring gearheads more of what they really want to see in the movies- real cars, real drivers and real action." Hmm, a racing movie, BY a car-guy, FOR car guys--not since the late, great McQueen himself have we seen such an attempt. From the little trailer on the site, it looks like this movie will at least have REAL race cars, not gussied-up turds with tacked-on accessories and shi**y paint jobs that are just meant to "look cool." Surely it couldn't be much worse than what Hollywood stereotypes and spoon-feeds to the masses? http://www.clutchthemovie.com/video/storyelements5meg.wmv Okay. Actually it could be worse, potentially. But it may be worth the $9.99 to see real race cars thrashed properly on film...

Wait a minute--the Knight Rider Movie thread reminded me. Where the heck was KITT for this C&D comparo article? Oh, the injustice to deluded auto geeks everywhere!

Yup, I bet even now, the PR honchos at GM are deliberating which vehicles will be in the lineup for this commer--oh, I mean movie...

What? Can't play Devon you say? Pish Posh! Since when have previous chapters or already established storylines ever stopped the Hollywood hacks? There's no such thing as "canon" when there's money to be made!

Too old? Nonsense! Why, that's the new trend in Hollywood, don't ya know: the 40+ crowd is refusing to "go quietly into the night," and turn over the reigns to younger generations of leading men and ladies. Lots of them seem to be stuck on this silly notion of trying to "live vigorously" like someone 15 or 20 years younger would be expected to. If Willis can still Live Free or Die Hard, if Stallone can still take on whole armies as John Rambo, if Reynolds can still don his pads and jersey to rush for The Longest Yard then by God, the Hoffster ought to be able to take the wheel with KITT again! Maybe they could throw Hasselhoff a bone, let him have the role of Devon Miles and mentor the "new" Michael Knight. In fact, considering Hollywood's penchant for token nods to the original stories & characters they so blatantly hack for their new movies, I'd bet on that very outcome, if this flick ever does make it to the big screen...

Hell, why don't they just set it at Camp Crystal Lake, throw in Jason, Michael Myers and Pinhead for good measure. Sheesh! When does the hurting stop?

LOL, if the Hoffster ain't in it, I don't wanna see no parts of it!

Gawd, I hope they NEVER remake Mad Max--it will assuredly SUCK SWEATY DONKEY'S BALLS. Leave the classics alone, damnit! Oh wait a minute, I'm too late. They already DID remake Mad Max--The Punisher's already come out...

LOL, I realize even as I typed it, that a "Macross Theme Park" would be a rather silly and fanciful wish. I dunno--there's all sorts of reasons, logic and reason notwithstanding, for why such an idea would never be feasible. But heck, if left up to me, I'd say give the "Macross Theme Park" a military-base-tour theme to it. Don't they do that sort of thing at bases like Oceana in Norfolk? Aren't there some bases in Japan slated for closure or return to the Japanese gov't? Use one of those bases; model it after a small section of Ataria Island and the airbase adjascent to the Macross. [ref: Macross Mecha Manual] --Use tour vehicles modeled after the M-299 Utility or GN-XM-3002 --Have a "tarmac" section for tour trolleys to ride through, past/through an open hanger with static display vehicles: 1.) VF-1 2.) Sea Sergeant [converted Sikorski S-61 or S-62 Sea King?] 3.) LVT Avenger II 4.) that "blue" plane at the airbase in ep. 1 "Boobytrap" ??? don't think it's a QF-3000 Ghost 5.) Fan Racer 6.) Cat's Eye or VC-33 Mom's Kitchen? 7.) some support vehicles that might be seen on deck of Prometheus? --Outside the hanger, maybe at perimeter points a few hundred meters apart, 1/1 scale statues of some of the more prominent vehicles from the series, like the Destroids: Defender, arms aimed skyward, poised and "scanning" for inbound bogeys; Spartan; Tomahawk--heck how can you not have the Tomahawk? And maybe a 1/1 scale Quadrono Armor; a "crashed" Gnerl. They may prove too massive to build replicas of, but ideally: Nousjadeul-Ger; Reguld; Glaug; and maybe even a Queadluun-Rau? Okay, start off modest, work your way up to it, give it a couple of seasons. Let ticket revenues start paying some of the massive construction costs off. --Have a section replicating a street or even section of a city block of "Macross City," with key locations like Minmay's family restaurant; a U.N. Spacy recruiting office; and of course, Max and Milia's favorite arcade. Heck, the crown jewel would have to be a working version of the 3D VF combat game! --Obviously, building a macross is impossible--just plain nuts! But a "Macross bridge," to take short walking tours through? Or at least, part of the bridge. The command section behind the glass. We're talking a 3-4 story structure, right? Okay, maybe this does belong in a separate thread. This is so off topic. And I have spent way too much time thinking about this...

Ah yes, a much-visited wish by posters here on the MW boards. But in all sincerity, one must eventually ask themselves: is that really what you'd want to see? could it ever live up to your expectations of what Macross should be on the big screen? I used to think that would be cool--but in retrospect, I say no. The truth is often no match for the legend... But in that same vein though, I say to hell with CG! I'd love to see a "squadron" of 3-4 1/1 scale static-display fighters staged on a tarmac...the choice of squadron colors? well, that's a no-brainer. Heck, you could charge people admission to take photos in/around the planes--give 'em "flight suits" to put on for pics...LOL, Macross World: the theme park!

LOL, that part got me too. I was thinking: "if these guys are bada$$ enough to jump clear over a goal post--and one in a wheelchair no less--then, they don' need no stinkin' robots!"

"...1970's Camaros are awesome! what are you talking about?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Can't. Stop. Laughing. Well, everybody's entitled to their own opinion.... Okay mac, I'll meet you halfway--the early '70's 'maros were cool, like the '70 1/2. But after that? Fuhgedabadit!

LOL, if this ain't good for sh*ts and giggles, I don't know what is. An' I'm not even a big fan of T-buckets and such... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=33...h&plindex=9

As for the performance of the DeLorean? "Yeah, it's a cool shot. I was in back most of the time so I was afraid I wouldn't be up front but the Back to the Future guy was scared to get too close to other cars because it took him two hours to stop with all the weight he had on his car. So they changed the positioning and got the shot." I was going to pick up that issue of C&D, but changed my mind when I skimmed the article over. My impression of the guys at C&D? Bunch of douchebags. The article reads as if the writers think the cars' owners are a bunch of kooks or something. I have it on good authority that the C&D guys gave quite a different impression to the owners when they met them for the shoot. But what actually went to press for the article takes on a very different, much more "elitist" tone, as though the owners are a bunch of childish fanatics. "They really didn't like the Torino and knocked the Delorean pretty good too. My car and the General were kind of neutral, and the Batmobile got the most praise. It did have a lot of awesome details and gadgets on it, I have to admit. Almost made me want to add a rocket engine to the Interceptor, or at least turn the zoomies into flame throwers. Funny thing, the writers were guys in their forties. Also, they were excited as hell to drive the cars so I found it a bit surprising they had a tone of "look at these nutcase's cars". Hell, we pulled into a 7-11 and a crowd instantly gathered and loved the cars and they were amazed. Obviously, they didn't print that part. Still, it's fun to see the movie cars together. Driving in formation was a ball. And I took the Interceptor down the dragstrip a couple of times and absolutely loved it. Can't wait to do it again someday. Paul" To quote my cousin, a born-and-bred New Yorker: Meh, fu*k them they don't know what they're talkin' about... Paul's car is still pretty much in-progress, hence the low HP numbers compared to the others. I'd say the definitive BoB replica would still be Jim Martino's, for detail accuracy to the movie car, or maybe Mark Scarcelli's: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1489045673985799758. 600 driveshaft-twistin' HP, and a sticky-sweet, big-balls exhaust note that rivals the Ferrari V12 for absolute audio-orgasmic pleasure.

Actually, we should all start writing and submitting crappy video game and/or comic book movie scripts. Then a bunch of us here at the MW forums would be sure to become millionaires. Intelligence? Who needs it! Experience? Pshuh! Writing skills? Why bother! So many in Hollywood have shown us the way. Talent? We don't need no stinking talent!

Ah yes, the vampire mythos is one that has become rather convoluted and changed--apparently just on the whim of the particular storyteller--with each succeeding generation. I don't know about minions and "converted" vampires, but the "original" vampire Dracula, walked about in the daytime and mingled with Londoners--but he was as weak and "mortal" as any other man when he did so. IIRC, it wasn't a proverbial wooden stake that did him in, either; it was in fact Jonathan Harker plunging a big ol' [bowie?] knife into his chest--he just did it while still in the waning daylight hours, and sunlight was still on them, thus turning Dracula to dust. Yup, the vampire myth has been twisted, changed and just plain warped by Hollywood so that I'm surprised young moviegoers even have a clue as to what the "rules" for vampires, werewolves and such even are any more...don't know where the whole "bursting into flames" stuff originated from...

Ah, okay. Many thanks. Once again, this is definitely the place to bring any questions about all things Macross!

Was browsing on IMDB w'site and just did a search on "Macross" to see what'd come up. Wow, can't believe it's been nearly 5 years since MZero premiered. But anyways; there were some listings I've never even heard of before: Macross: Dangerous Divisions (May 2006) Macross: Eve of Destruction (Oct 2006) Macross: Fallen Angels (July 2006) Macross: When Worlds Collide (Sep 2006) Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Hell's Fury (Dec 2006) What gives? Are these just English translations of the original series? There are credited casts in addition to the rel. dates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mshmYNmfc0...ted&search= Ah, pretty sad to think that nearly all the planes in this movie are now all but lost to history. AFAIK, the once mighty Tomcats are now being shredded into dust by the gov't , due to security concerns over components and Iran's "mothball fleet." Can't help but wonder what may have become of all the cool sqdns of planes seen in this film--long since gone to a boneyard? destroyed?. Still, as sci-fi movies go--and "aviation" movies too for that matter--this one's an alltime favorite. Those glorious Jolly Rogers colors are ingrained from childhood, and every time they come on-screen, I automatically begin visualizing: "what if they were VF-1S's instead?" Like the "stars" of the film, almost. Considering when this was made, it no doubt could have been how Kawamori-san would have been first exposed to the visually striking sqdn colors? I also loved the fact that it's a movie showing real planes in "combat." Well, 'cept maybe for the toy Zeroes they blew up and put into the drink. No CGI constructs here, baby! Pity, you'd think the "desktop heroes" would at least look at resources like this kind of aerial footage to get something of a reference for all the forces that come into play, like yaw, pitch, roll, lift & drag, inertia and gravity--the things that make planes move and behave the way they do in flight, not just like a bunch of algorithms running in a simulator program. Yes, we know the 20mm woulda shredded that hapless Zero instead of damaging it--but we'll give 'em that one, since it was a plot device... Ooh yeah, almost forgot a new ep. of Dogfights is supposed to premiere tonight. May have to stick around the hse and catch it...a show that has some CG aerial dogfighting that actually ain't too shabby.

Looks like they've added a few new pics to that parasite w'page. OMG, but the deduction, speculation and just plain idiocy that's sprung up on related blog pages everywhere has been hilarious! From the searches for "hidden clues," to the "in depth analysis" of the photos uploaded on the official w'site, it's just plain silly. Fox Mulder would be proud. These guys must have no lives, families or friends whatsoever to sit around analyzing and breaking this crap down in search of clues, just so they can be the first on Pub-Access TV with their movie news scoops.

LOL, that was great! Who says stop-motion animation is dead? Mad props to stop motion animators everywhere--the amts of sheer time, patience and dedication to ply their trade is worthy of respect. Those alternators actually make Transformers cool again, much the way they were to me as a child of the 80's. and oh yeah, the new TF themes SUCKS ASS compared to the original '86 ver. Yeah, that's right--I went there, I'm actually choosing the 80's hair-rock crapola music....

Okay, in light of recent posts/threads, it seems that this mysterious trailer is for "Voltron"? WTF? Okay, just wikipedia'd "GoLion" to get some background info, since I'm only familiar with the Americanized ver. And guess what? Surprise, surprise---neither f'ing show has any f'ing thing to do with f'ing post-apocolyptic NYC! or Earth at all--directly--for that matter. I realize the subject matter--Voltron, vintage 80's cartoon cheesyness at its best--ain't exactly poet-lauriate material to use as your source matter. I also realize Hollywood is really all about the recycling business; given enough time, you'll inevitably see revamped versions of the same old movies/plots over and over every dozen or so years--it's cyclical. But dayum, it seems that it's not even about recycling any more. You can't even call this plagiarism. It's just degenerated to a bunch of hacks, "standing on the shoulders of giants." They take already established works/properties, and pimp them to peddle their own [usually] totally unrelated crap.

Hmm, seems like people are having to do an awful lot of explaining to other posters in the thread in an effort to clarify or "explain" what seem to be plot holes/complaints people are coming away from the movie with.... I think this point's been hinted at in previous posts, and I must say I will concur: if they'd bothered to write a script that told a good story, if they'd done a good job telling the tale in the first place, then viewers wouldn't have to try to "explain" or justify to the other viewers the gaping holes that were in the plot/story to begin with. From the reviews/comments I've seen so far, it could arguably be said this flick doesn't even pass as "bubble-gum for the mind." It'd more accurately be called "cotton candy." Not even offering any [mental] sustainance whatsoever. Figuratively speaking, it hardly makes it past the teeth; just touches the tongue, and dissolves into nothing, barely leaving an aftertaste. Nah, I think I'll just wait-for-cable on this one...

okay, I took the bait, went to the link, and the only way I could sum up my response to the site it took me to would go like: what the f!@#$% h^#@ was that $#@?! are you ^&*(^% kidding me? ^%$#, @#$! s@#$!%^& j#$!@ c^&*% m^&*%$#@!*&^ this is the best !@#$%! g&*^% you %^&*@ movie making #$%!@&*^ can come up with? and who the f@#$ is this $%#$^in "Ethan Haas" a#$%^&* and why the f@#$ should i give a *&^#@ f#@! what he f*&^%$ says? annoying, and pointless. seriously though. is there any particular reason the average movie-goer should give a crap that the apparently cryptic rantings of some sci-fi writer is being made into some jumbled home-movie Blair Witch style flick, only shi**ier? LOL, wasn't this Cthulhu a Metallica song, or something?