Sunday ads: Pontiac, Sin City & Renaissance style
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/10/sunday-ads-pontiac-sin-city/'; As you can tell, today is Pontiac day, with two commercials relying on recent movies. The first one was linked to Transformers, with Megan Fox (read our previous article: Megan Fox hearts Pontiac), while the second one, entirely in black and white (except for the Pontiac logo) seems to be inspired by the movies Sin City (2005) and Renaissance (2006). Sin City by Robert Rodriguez & Frank... Read More
Sunday Ads: Megan Fox hearts Pontiac
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-megan-fox-hearts-pontiac/\\\\\\\'; Before Transformers hit the screens last year, GM was already capitalizing on its product placement in the summer blockbuster to boost its sales with several ads. This one was for the Pontiac GXP, a.k.a Jazz in the movie, and was linked to a website , killer3.com, on which viewers could win an actual GXP. Killer 3 because (I’m taking a guess here): killer... Read More
Will Smith hunting deers with his GT 500 in I am Legend
We actually don’t know if those are actually deer, but it sure looks like fun and Will Smith doesn’t shoot any (for one moment we thought he was trying to run them over), so it’s safe to watch, even for animal lovers or PETA members. Way more exciting than driving for two hours in the woods in a beat up Bronco and wait for the prey to show up. You can see all this and hear the wonderful roar of the predator -a.k.a the Shelby Mustang GT 500- in the first... Read More
I Am Legend, Mustang GT500 window crash
digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/15/i-am-legend-mustang-gt500-window-crash/\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\; This video was shot during the filming of a stunt scene from I Am Legend. The red Shelby Mustang GT 500 goes through a window, in the same way Charlton Heston went through one in the Omega Man (1971). Which is pretty normal since the two movies are based on the same book by Richard Matheson (published in 1954)… Video after the jump. Read More Read More
Citroën C4 Transformers commercials
digg_url = \\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/09/citroen-c4-transformers-commercials/\\\\\'\\\; Years before Transformers was released (maybe even before the project started), French car manufacturer Citroën blew people’s mind with a TV commercial showing their new model, the C4, transforming into a robot and break dancing before peacefully returning to it’s parking spot. We have no proof that Michael Bay decided to launch his blockbuster plan after seeing... Read More
Transformers (2007): vehicles from the movie
First published on August 17th, 2007. My buddy Gabriel and I went to see the movie at the Arclight (great cinema complex in LA) and they had some of the vehicles outside. It was too dark to snap some pictures : I had to go back! Bumblebee is now a Camaro concept car. Pretty cool! The paint job is great. I wouldn’t mind driving that… Someone had apparently tried to open the hood. Ironhide is a heavily modified GMC Topkick C4500. A Hummer... Read More
