What car would you choose to do a modern 'Christine' movie?

[Bucky]

How about a Diamond Black Durango SRT Hellcat? 

[JollySipper]

3 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

That’s like trying to substitute some pile of modern plastic for the Bandit T/A or the Bullet Mustang.

I would be all about a modern version of Smokey and the Bandit if the hero car was one like in my OP! Those cars can outperform the original T/A in every way, acceleration, handling and top end! But, then again so could your S2000! LoL.............

[iamsuperdan]

23 hours ago, JollySipper said:

The guy who ran the shop Arnie worked at had a yellow Tucker in the book, if I remember right........... I really enjoyed the book! Read it in my mid-teens......

1966 Chrysler Imperial, actually.

 

[Chuckyg1]

I got a couple.

[StevenGuthmiller]

19 hours ago, JollySipper said:

I would be all about a modern version of Smokey and the Bandit if the hero car was one like in my OP! Those cars can outperform the original T/A in every way, acceleration, handling and top end! But, then again so could your S2000! LoL.............

Possibly, but just like trying to substitute anything other than a ‘58 Plymouth for Christine, I think a LOT would be lost in the translation.

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

2 hours ago, Chuckyg1 said:

I got a couple.

How would you know that they can repair themselves. 😂

 

 

Steve

[webestang]

You make a good point about a 2000 Eleanor but I'll still take the 71 over the 67 but that just me. 

 

Then again why not the Cobra R..........

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

How about something like this? It eats everything it encounters, and if you don't like it, it goes on social media and tries to ruin your reputation by calling you out as 'fat phobic'.

[StevenGuthmiller]

24 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

How about something like this? It eats everything it encounters, and if you don't like it, it goes on social media and tries to ruin your reputation by calling you out as 'fat phobic'.

Too easily destroyed with Ozempic. ☺️

 

 

Steve

[johnyrotten]

23 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

1974 Eleanor:

I actually like this movie better. The other one I view as it's "own" movie. Like many remakes.

[johnyrotten]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

How about something like this? It eats everything it encounters, and if you don't like it, it goes on social media and tries to ruin your reputation by calling you out as 'fat phobic'.

So a live action version of "cars" with an "adult" theme?

[StevenGuthmiller]

21 minutes ago, johnyrotten said:

I actually like this movie better. The other one I view as it's "own" movie. Like many remakes.

I hear that often.

In all honesty, I wasn’t a huge fan of either one, but I respect their appeal.

I enjoyed the story line and seeing the cars in Christine, but it was rife with bad acting.

Not in my top 100 favorite movies list.

Just my opinion.

 

 

 

Steve

Edited Thursday at 01:36 AM by StevenGuthmiller

[Brian Austin]

There have been original movie ideas.  Sometimes they're brilliant, sometimes they flop.

[rattle can man]

I actually enjoyed the book and hated the movie. Anything newer than early-70'swould lack a soul, therefore it could not be evil.

[Bugatti Fan]

Christine.     A production line car of that era !   

Best left in the era to which it belongs.

If a film with a new iteration of the car were to be made, to Christine fans it would just not hold up, but if anything  newer could be deemed spritually close it would have to be the Chrysler 300.

Edited Saturday at 07:43 PM by Bugatti Fan

[Big John]

as mentioned before.... Tesla Truck, they are just plain EVIL.

Edited Saturday at 07:49 PM by Big John

[Goose1957]

As a huge fan of the book and the movie, I think they were both good in their storyline. But I agree that the movie is a classic and should never be remade. That's not to think I haven't thought about it before. My opinion is that a "new" Christine shouldn't be a hot rod, more sinister looking or decked out in black. Remember, Arnie finally found something that was uglier than him. A plain sedan, even if it was a Fury. A 20 year old car that a high school student could afford isn't going to be a Charger or a cyber truck. It's going to be that Pontiac Aztek or a bagged out Honda Accord. Something that looks simple, until it's evil reveals itself. Just my idea.

Jeff

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 minute ago, Goose1957 said:

 ...Arnie finally found something that was uglier than him...

OK. My revised suggestion. It's uglier than everything and everyone, and is mad about it.

 

[Trainwreck]

28 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

OK. My revised suggestion. It's uglier than everything and everyone, and is mad about it.

 

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

On 12/6/2025 at 1:41 PM, Bugatti Fan said:

Christine.     A production line car of that era !   

Best left in the era to which it belongs.

If a film with a new iteration of the car were to be made, to Christine fans it would just not hold up, but if anything  newer could be deemed spritually close it would have to be the Chrysler 300.

Possibly, but the modern Chrysler 300 has very little character or style.

It’s just a big, boring box.

Just my opinion of course.

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

On 12/6/2025 at 1:46 PM, Big John said:

as mentioned before.... Tesla Truck, they are just plain EVIL.

I have another, less interesting word for it. 😉

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

3 hours ago, Goose1957 said:

As a huge fan of the book and the movie, I think they were both good in their storyline. But I agree that the movie is a classic and should never be remade. That's not to think I haven't thought about it before. My opinion is that a "new" Christine shouldn't be a hot rod, more sinister looking or decked out in black. Remember, Arnie finally found something that was uglier than him. A plain sedan, even if it was a Fury. A 20 year old car that a high school student could afford isn't going to be a Charger or a cyber truck. It's going to be that Pontiac Aztek or a bagged out Honda Accord. Something that looks simple, until it's evil reveals itself. Just my idea.

Jeff

Just my opinion, but a remake might work with a better lineup of actors, and better directing, but I still wouldn’t change the car itself.

 

 

Steve

[Bugatti Fan]

If it ain't broke, why try to fix it ?     That is my own personal take.

No need for a remake with a 'better' line up of actors. Big names will not necessarily make for a better film. Nor will another director or more up to date CGI for that matter. The original film is of an era and captures the brooding sinister  atmosphere around the car and its nerdy owner very well.

The modern Chrysler 300 is a bit of a brick on wheels, but if a modern version of Christine (heaven forbid) was ever made it would epitomize a big American mass produced car as was the original Christine. I don't think that cars like Mustangs of Corvettes would quite fit the bill somehow.

 

Edited yesterday at 08:33 AM by Bugatti Fan

[peter31a]

Slightly off topic note. When the "modern" Chrysler 300 was introduced the first thing I thought upon seeing pictures of it was "They copied the car from the movie 'The Car'".

[iamsuperdan]

18 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Possibly, but the modern Chrysler 300 has very little character or style.

It’s just a big, boring box.

Just my opinion of course.

Steve

And back in the 70s, when the book was set, a late 50s Plymouth was just like all the other late-50s family cars. It would have been seen as boring or dull too, because it was just like all the other cars of the era. 

Of course, we see them differently now, but back then, it was just an old used car. Much like buying a 2004 Chrysler 300 would be tody.