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Entries from February 2008

KITT beware: The Sopranos cars to be sold at Barret-Jackson too.

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Image from The Sopranos
ad campaign.

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Not only will two of the new KITTs be up for sale at the next Barrett-Jackson auction in March, but they will face a tough competition: the
cars and SUVs from The Sopranos will be sold at [...]

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Tags: From screens to roads · Movie car · News · TV show

The GT500KR KITTs to be auctioned off at Barret-Jackson. Already?

February 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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In less than a month, the legendary Barrett-Jackson auction event will be held in Palm Beach, Florida. From March 27 to March 30, hundreds of car aficionados and investors will gather in the coastal city to see and maybe buy [...]

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Tags: From screens to roads · Knight Rider · Mustang · News · Shelby · TV show

Wanted (2008) 2nd trailer

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments

As we told you before,
Wanted is on our
watch list for 2008. And that’s not really for Angelina, but more for the promising car chases and some unique stunts. There’s a bit of
The Matrix in it (controlling reality through mind power, [...]

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Tags: News

Rinspeed sQuba: The Spy Who Still Loves Me

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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What would you do if you were a devoted fan of
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), had plenty of money and a car convertion/fabrication company to promote? Well, you would come up with [...]

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Tags: James Bond · Movie car · News · Transforming vehicles

80th Oscars automotive wrap-up

February 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Here’s a little sum-up of what can be remembered that was interesting for our subject matter (which is cars and movies for those who were not paying attention).
The winners
No Country for Old Men was definitely the big winner last [...]

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Tags: News

Sunday Ads: 1980’s Atari’s Pole Position

February 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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In 1982, Namco released Pole Position, it’s famous racing simulation (yes, it was considered a simulation at that time…). The game was available on all Atari game systems and the brand was taking care of the promotion. They came up with [...]

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Tags: TV ad · video games

If you missed the new Knight Rider…

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

…there will be a re-broadcast of the two-hour Knight Rider movie/backdoor pilot tomorrow Saturday February 23 on NBC 8/9 central. Maybe without all the annoying commercials?
It’s unusual to get a re-broadcast in prime-time… NBC must be on to something.

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Tags: Knight Rider · Movie car · Mustang · TV show

Batman’s new ride: the Bat-Pod

February 20th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ll have a complete presentation of the upcoming Dark Knight here soon, but we’ve found this video of NBC’s Today Show introducing the Bat-Pod and it gives a pretty good idea of the new beasty motorcycle. Bruce Wayne has some extreme ideas when [...]

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Tags: Movie car

‘08 Knight Rider intro

February 19th, 2008 · No Comments

The intro of the new Knight Rider pilot was one of the best part of the whole two hours, so here it is, complete with a good hint of the original theme!
02/23/2008 update:
The first video we put up was removed:”This video is no [...]

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Tags: Knight Rider · Mustang · News · Shelby · TV show · Transforming vehicles

Knight Rider last night

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

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NBC aired its two-hour movie “event” last night and of course we were in front of the TV.
While we were pleasantly surprised by the show -which was better than we expected- it could have been much better.
There’s been tons of reactions [...]

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Tags: Knight Rider · Movie review · Mustang · News · Product placement · Shelby · TV show · Transforming vehicles