They totaled my Jeep in The Happening and frankly, it was due for something like that.
They totaled my Jeep in The Happening and frankly, it was due for something like that.
zombie thread...ignore!!!
Aeromoto wrote: Meh..., I used to get upset by this, but nowadays, IMO, they're just old hunks of metal, I could care less how many classics Hollywood destroys. My opinion has changed mostly because every Tom, Dick, and Harry has gotten into the old car hobby over the last decade or so, and ruined it for those of us that were in love with old junk long before it was "hip".
Don't worry, bud, you're still cool.
zombie thread!!! no need to reply!!!
I think we should lock it.
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Why is no one crying over the number of police cars crashed during the filming of Blues Brothers? OMG the carnage!
AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!
Woody wrote: They totaled my Jeep in *The Happening* and frankly, it was due for something like that.
lol I recall seeing that and the best part about the movie was that I knew the guy who used to own the jeep...
You guys are doing this just to spite me.
Lol!
JoeyM wrote: You guys are doing this just to spite me.
Isnt' It better to search and respond to existing threads on the subject than create all new threads on teh same old subject? Most forums prefer a search and reply rather than starting yet another new thread on the same subject.
And ON the subject, I do prefer it when studios destroy CGI models or, like in the latest Bond film, create scale models and destroy those. I really thought they damaged a real Aston until I researched what they actually used (a 3d printed resin model that was flawless)
In reply to Chris_V:
Yes it would be better, but seeing that the search function has worked for the forum for several years now, it's not that easy anymore.
Generally when a thread pops up from 2 years ago, its because of a canoe that doesn't have anything better to do than search for a certain key word through a 1000 pages.
PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Automobiles.
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: In reply to Chris_V: Generally when a thread pops up from 2 years ago, its because of a canoe that doesn't have anything better to do than search for a certain key word through a 1000 pages.
That was still pretty specific for a canoe that isn't trying to sell us something (or have links in the post). I'm a moderator on two other automotive forums and getting rid of spammers is a full time job on there, but, you can usually tell when it's a spammer vs just a newb. And this response looks too much like a newb to call canoe just yet...
Chris_V wrote:SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: In reply to Chris_V: Generally when a thread pops up from 2 years ago, its because of a canoe that doesn't have anything better to do than search for a certain key word through a 1000 pages.That was still pretty specific for a canoe that isn't trying to sell us something (or have links in the post). I'm a moderator on two other automotive forums and getting rid of spammers is a full time job on there, but, you can usually tell when it's a spammer vs just a newb. And this response looks too much like a newb to call canoe just yet...
haha, I had to actually go back and read it. Joey and I have been going back and forth so much, that I forgot that a newb responed.
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:oldtin wrote: Just watch the original italian job if you want to see a tragedy - although the cars were pretty new at the time.Oh yeah I forgot about that. I cringe everytime I see them destroy those two XKEs and Aston Martin, but you have to think that those were new when that movie came out. I think they destroyed a Lambo Miura in the beginning too.
"The production team couldn't really justify the expense to buy a new Miura. Lamborghini helped out by selling the crew a full shell, which was promptly painted bright Orange and placed on an accident damaged Miura chassis that the production had also been lucky to get their hands on."
"It's often said that the Aston blew up early in the filming, so it wasn't actually the DB4 that you see go over the mountainside. This is half-true, in actual fact the DB4 was pushed over the side of the mountain, but the crew weren't happy with the scene as they wanted it to burst into flames. But the special effects crew member (Pat Moore) with the 'explode' button had to run for his life as the Aston was heading for him, so they employed the services of an excellent body building firm in Turin, who dressed up a Lancia Flaminia 3c Cabriolet. (Not a Lancia Appia Cabriolet nor an Alfa Romeo which many have noted). You can tell when the car flips down the gorge, because the bonnet opens with the hinge at the windscreen end, whereas the real DB4 bonnet hinges at the headlight end - as seen when Charlie recovers his money from the engine bay after getting out of the nick."
"No-one really knows what happened to the fleet of surviving Minis that were used on the set. As far as figures go, the production crew bought 6 Coopers and an extra 25 Mini's from Switzerland, but it's unsure how many of these were Coopers or regular Mini's. Approximately sixteen Cooper S's were used during filming. The Cooper's that were thrown out of the coach were in fact regular Mini's dressed up like Coopers. Ken Morris, one of the last of the production crew members to leave after filming in Turin stated that there were six surviving Mini's and 30 sets of mag wheels in the lock up garage that they were using. He said that he locked up and headed for the UK, and as far as he was aware neither Paramount or production company Oakhurst returned to collect them!"
From here.
Edit: Damn it, didn't read the date on SBF's post.
Haha, still good to read either way.
In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid:
Funnily enough, the F&F cars are usually fiberglass. They did trash a previously-trashed Dukes Charger for the first film. The Yenko in the 2nd was actually a fiberglass shell. When the Charger came back it was one of the original bodies with a fiberglass and semi-tube-frame nose. The Daytona in 6 is one of the original cars that's been through all of the movies.
In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid: Pretty easy when you google F&F wrecks. But I'll start a new one next time as to not upset anybody. My apologies. I'll go back in my cave.
No issues. I just assumed that you were a canoe (spammer) since that's usually why threads resurrect. Sorry for the assumption.
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