Opinions Please

[FASTBACK340]

Does NO ONE have an original idea anymore!?!?!?

http://www.ktvu.com/news/entertainment/alcatraz-chase/nLNZg/

[Terror]

ok then,Lets see it...

[Rob McKee]

The show itself has nothing new to offer. I find it hard to follow and don't think it will last to long.

[The70judgeman]

I didn't have an interest for the show at all. So I haven't seen it. As far as recreating that infamous car chase...think they should have left it alone, but I'll have to see it and how they did. Might have to watch that episode, but more than likely...I'll forget to. The whole concept of the show seems kind of hokey to me anyway.

[deja-view]

Yeah...another "Alcatraz" fantasy, and another S.F. hilly car chase. Yawn. I guess it's targeted at the younger crowd who may not have seen all the dozens of other versions...or the new "illegals" who will be thrilled by it all. I think the old "Streets of San Francisco" series covered most of this tripe, let alone all the movies filmed in S.F. for the past 60 years. I love it when they show Lombard St. and then actually chase on another. I guess doing a 15 mph "chase" on Lombard isn't all that exciting after all (you could get out of the car, cut across the flowers, and probably beat any car to the bottom). Any Alcatraz show or movie is just plain boring and depressing anymore. After Clint (aka Dirty Harry) did his thing, it was all downhill from there.

When my dad would fire up his '57 Chrysler 300 (some kind of weird pink) and take us for rides instead of taking the bus, he would really hit it up the hills, challenge the green-to-yellow lights, and then when we got to the tops it would seem like a screaming roller coaster ride.....blind peak and then flying down the other side. Of course, the side streets would bust the frame of any car that didn't slow down enough when crossing, but it was a thrill for sure.

Edited March 11, 2012 by deja-view

[FASTBACK340]

Hmmm... the link was supposed to go to the video trailer for Alcatraz with a re-creation of the Bullitt chase scene. With a black Charger & a Mustang.

[XJ6]

I like Gene Hackman...in the movie French Connection...Now that was a car chase...

[deja-view]

I like Gene Hackman...in the movie French Connection...Now that was a car chase...

YES!

And, "Ronal". Robert DiNiro? Or is that "The Italian Job"? Mad Mini chase. Crazy hot Audi(?). Or was that .....dang fzzy memory.

[Qwit Pushin]

One thing they WON'T be able to recreate is the five, (yes 5) hubcaps that fly off the Charger during the original chase scenes.

[Fabrux]

Hey, I for one actually like the show. I'm going to enjoy seeing this chase scene re-created. I find it interesting that the picture in the article shows a '06-'10 Charger and a '10+ Mustang seeing as how the main character on Alcatraz drives a '68 Bullitt clone. Wouldn't be too much of a stretch for the baddie she's chasing to be driving a vintage Charger...

[Darin Bastedo]

I've always been partial to this one...

http://youtu.be/dCW6PK8L5KQ

Edited March 12, 2012 by Darin Bastedo

[sjordan2]

Last month, the Speed Channel was running a series on great movie car chases. What a hoot.

[Modlbldr]

Darrin-

THAT'S Funny! Loved it. Especially the sling shot.

Later-

[Jantrix]

I don't think its a matter of "we can't think of anything else so lets...."

I think it's a matter of "Wouldn't it be cool if we ..........?"

I don't know about you, but I'd like to be around for the filming of something like that. A sort of modern "hats off" to one of the greatest car chases of all time. I think is pretty darn cool.

[polandmob]

thats pretty good

[Darin Bastedo]

Paraphrased from Tenacious D... "this is not the greatest car chase in the world. It's a tribute."