New hot rod movie coming in 2011!

[old-hermit]

i've also heard of the Deuce of Spades movie and i'm still waiting to hear some more about that one too.

http://www.deuceofspadesmovie.com/

[Chuck Most]

I really liked the casting or Robert Prosky as Darnell, though. Terrific character actor, and he really looked the part of a businessman involved in extra-legal activity! :-)

Yep, he's one of my favorites, as well. I don't think anyone at that time could've been a better choice as Will Darnell!

[Chuck Most]

That's true! "The Car" was pure '70's B-Movie chintz. Since I wasn't yet born, I can appreciate it for what it is without bias, but when I see a movie like that, I'm glad to be a product of the '80's! Then again, I was born the same year 'Tron' came out...

Christine took place in 1979 (even though there's a character in it who drives a Reliant!?), and was published first in 1983- I'd guess that 'The Car' might have had some bearing on Christine, but I've never seen anything to confirm or deny that- King has said he had the 'killer car' plot in his mind years before he began writing Christine. He did explore the subject a bit in the short story "Trucks", which I believe came out in the "Night Shift" compilation.

[Chuck Most]

kind of like watching whoever it was that played Al Bundy trying to do the more serious roles he did after Married with Children.

You mean Ed O'Neil?

[Rob Hall]

That's true! "The Car" was pure '70's B-Movie chintz. Since I wasn't yet born, I can appreciate it for what it is without bias, but when I see a movie like that, I'm glad to be a product of the '80's! Then again, I was born the same year 'Tron' came out...

Christine took place in 1979 (even though there's a character in it who drives a Reliant!?), and was published first in 1983- I'd guess that 'The Car' might have had some bearing on Christine, but I've never seen anything to confirm or deny that- King has said he had the 'killer car' plot in his mind years before he began writing Christine. He did explore the subject a bit in the short story "Trucks", which I believe came out in the "Night Shift" compilation.

And don't forget the killer truck movie, 'Maximum Overdrive'..wasn't that based on a King story also?

Probably my favorite evil truck movie (well, evil truck driver movie) was 'Duel'..the 'Joy Ride' movies had a bit of the Duel flavor/theme, esp. the first one.

[Chuck Most]

Except for the part about not being a Christina Applegate fan, I totally concur! And yeah, Katy Segal does get better looking with age.

[Chuck Most]

Killdozer... I'll have to try and find that one!

[lordairgtar]

So it's a comedy from what i saw. Awful, just awful.

[KingSix]

Not to mock the work of others, I don't think I'd be willing to give up that much of my life to watch that movie, let alone pay for it.

That being said there are several movies out there I'd rather see again ... this movie http://www.shiftfilm.com/ looks very promising...

a lot better than that trailer I just watched. Seriously, I'm gonna need the jaws of life to get that image out of my head ....