Sunday Ads special Super Bowl 2010: Bridgestone ‘Your Tires or your life’
We thought the Bridgestone commcial for the big game was okay, just not as fun as the fantastic “screaming squirrel” from last year. But it looked oddly familiar : the 80′s sci-fi look, the young couple being stopped by a bunch of thugs at night on a deserted road, the challenge “your… or your girl”… It’s the intro scene of The Wraith! No PPG/Dodge “Turbo Interceptor” MS4 here, but a mashup of parts and pipes that reminds... Read More
Sunday Ads Super Bowl special : Dodge Charger was the most remarkable car ad
Definitely, Dodge had the most remarkable commercial out of all the manufacturers sowing at the 2010 Super Bowl. But that doesn’t mean it was good. It was the easiest one to remember because of its level of testosterone and machism, for a car that is a long shot from the legendary Charger. While we get the idea behind it (‘Hey guys, it’s okay to get the car you want!’, ‘Be a man!, ‘if you drive anything with less than a V8 you’re a wuss!’),... Read More
‘The Wraith’ trailer
Okay so we’ve been trying to get our hands on a copy of The Wraith for a while, and so far, no dice. It’s been on our Netflix queue forever, saved, but unavailable, and we don’t know if that would be worth it to purchase it on eBay. It looks promising as a “so-bad-it’s-good” movie and as a Dodge M4S prototype as main character though… M4S = Mid engine, 4 cylinder, Sport.The original car was built by Dodge and PPG industries to be used... Read More
Feel like buying the General Lee “LEE 1″ today?
That’s what we thought. In that case, it’s still time to get your hands on the original Dodge Charger used during the opening credit of the Dukes of Hazzard, and patiently restored to its original condition by General Lee Enterprises. In 2009, it will be exactly 30 years old and become even more pricey (the price isn’t up, but we assume it’s pretty high). The car is -without a doubt- already a celebrity, but on top of that the ad in the duPont Registry... Read More
Knight Rider is back, what’s next in the revival pipeline? (part I)
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/03/knight-rider-is-back-whats-next-in-the-revival-pipeline-part-i/';Nostalgia and revivals are in full force these days (lack of creativity? lazyness? good idea? need to go back to a more comfy era during our uncertain times?) and KITT is on TV again, so what’s next? Here’s a three-part overview. The A-Team Yep, one of the all-time crowd favorites will be back in 2009, but as a movie, which seems to be the big trend... Read More
Sunday Ads: 2008 Challenger in Vanishing Point
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/03/30/sunday-ads-2008-challenger-in-vanishing-point/'; When the new Challenger came out, an idea immediatly sprung in the gasoline-filled brain of many car guys: what about a new Vanishing Point remake? Something to fear, or something to look forward to? There was the very forgetable TV remake of 1997, with… Viggo Mortensen as Kowalski, and an original white Challenger, but a real attempt hasn’t been done yet. With the... Read More
General Lee vs. Starsky’s Gran Torino
The Brits really have some cool car TV shows. We knew Top Gear, of course, but we recently discovered Fifth Gear and it looks like a fun program. In this video, one of their journalist/pilot, Vicki Butler-Henderson, takes the Dodge Charger from the Dukes of Hazzard and the Gran Torino from Starsky and Hutch on a track to test their abilities and find out which of the two is the fastest. And brings up the classic question “How did they manage to do such stunts in such heavy... Read More
On our watch list: Wanted (2008)
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/05/on-our-watch-list-wanted-2008/\\\\\\\'; “Curb the bullet” It was during the Super Bowl that an upcoming movie caught our attention. Not because of Angelina Jolie, but because it looks promising for car scenes with some unique interaction of the characters vehicles: pay attention to the way Angelina enters the Viper when the latter is spinning. It looks like a sort of a reverse Parkour trick (the character doesn’t... Read More
