Hehe, I thought your joke was funny. I hadnt seen the movie, but my family
history is in truck driving. I would love to see my dad and his mighty volvo
crush a few ricers and knock a few of the road. I will wait and rent it on
dvd. I want to see a Bullitt remake, with a new bullitt ed. mustang, that'd
be cool, then have a new charger in the hallmark chase scene. Those are just
my thoughts. Later.
AR
George S Willhite wrote:
> I had to get up leave the theatre on this one. The
> movie was way to *power ranger* with all the neon
> nippons whining and moving in unison. The American
> muscle sound was almost non-existant and every car
> was a rice commerical. Its a Great force fed marketing
> strategy tho.
>
> GS -
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Marty Galyean <mgalyean@acm.org>wrote:
>
> Went and saw 'The Fast and The Furious' at a matinee today.
>
> The dialog alone makes it worth walking out on.
>
> I was going insane listening to all those whiny 4 bangers.
>
> I almost walked out when they would show the scenes of them pirating the
> big rigs. Like mosquitoes buzzing around a, well, around a Kenworth.
> Cripes any trucker would know right off that he didn't have to put up
> with that shit. A big rig could swat each one of those puny toys from
> the rode with a jerk of the big wheel and every trucker would know this.
>
> The part where they shoot the cable through the windshield and then the
> guy climbs across: Let's see, guy is halfway across the cable, trucker
> slams on brakes. No more cable as 18 wheels dig in, and as a bonus, no
> more guy on cable (where'd he go?). That would be in real life.
>
> I definately learned a new respect for neon lights though. I didn't
> realize how fast they could make a car go.
>
> The Charger/Challenger was nice (sorry, couldn't place it exactly. I'm
> an idiot). They had to kiss some real muscle butt I suppose.
>
> I hope there are no cops like the one in the movie on my local force.
> Lives could be in grave danger and there would definately be a tax hike
> to pay his bills.
>
> I don't know why I sat through the whole thing. When I was a teenager
> I'd get laughs by joking that "when you go to hell, you have to sit and
> finish all the t.v. shows and movies you didn't finish because you
> thought they were too stupid". Maybe I just didn't want to have to sit
> through the movie in hell all over again. I watched to the bitter end.
> But hell should be more pleasant now.
>
> Here is a joke I just thought of:
>
> Q: How can the average ricer lose .1 second?
> A: Remove the 150 lbs in stickers, things that glow, and exhaust tips.
>
> Apologies if it's not that funny.
>
> Marty
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