Death Race

[ScaleIron]

(POSSIBLE SPOILERS)

Didn't see a thread for this, so I started one.

Saw it last night. I admit that I can be easily amused, however if I go into a movie expecting something awesome I'll be extremely critical.

However, I did not go to this movie with insane expectations. As I'm more of a guy then I need to be (<--- girl, and normally I would have worded this differently) I went for the guns, the cars, the guns on cars, and the hot chicks in cars.

Blood, gore, violence, and language were just the bonuses.

I gotta say the layout of the track reminded me of some of those Nintendo racing games you see. Where you have to drive your car over something to get whatever it's offering (speed, weapon, protection, trap for trailing racer). So when those elements appeared in the movie, part of me grimaced while the gamer in me did a little dance.

Overall, I liked the movie. I watched it the entire time (unlike Dragon Wars) I had several instances of mental squeals of delight (eeee!!) and the car buff/mechanic in me had a wonderful time deciding what cars where what under all the paint, added armor/details, and guns.

Go see it if you like the cars, guns, and women. If you're looking for something that's got a bit more in the way of plot/character development/acting, you might want to look for something else or you'll walk away slightly disappointed.

(Note: I do have one serious complaint, but it's really not related to the movie. When and where I went, there ended up being more CHILDREN in this r-rated movie than there were adults. One couple brought in five kids, and some dude brought in his infant. Not only was the movie violent and bloody, and language was a bit of an issue (hello, prison), but there was a trailer for an upcoming zombie movie called Quarantine, shot in the fashion of Cloverfield/Blaire Witch. I hope they have to deal with nightmares for the next week.)

[LaughingOtter]

I'm so torn on seeing this movie. I've been playing Car Wars since I bought the original Microgames version, but I love 'Death Race 2000'. I really want to see the car combat eye candy; I just wish they had named it something else.

[ScaleIron]

Now that you've mentioned it, "Death Race 2000" is something I'll have to hunt down. I'm kinda curious about how the original was.

But if it helps, there's quite a bit of that eye candy in there, IMO.

[Deth]

There are a couple of nods towards the original. Such as Frankenstein and Machinegun Tony. Overall I liked it as well as my friends. it is a good summer action movie I felt.

[RuneDragoon]

it reminds me of an old game I had for my computer... except it doesn't work on anything higher than win 95 so I can't play it. I don't even remember the name of it, just know its knacking round my dad's disks somewhere.

Cars with guns and you had to not only finish the race in first, but kill all the enemies too. Could never get past 3rd level since the guys were hard to kill... hmm.

[Takora Drakan]

Rune, was it maybe called 2Fast4You? Or something like that, I played that game and was extremly funny I am sure I have that box still rollong around at home, hmm have to dig in my closet or such.

[LaughingOtter]

The geeky things we do...

I used to have a '73 Mustang, and one day it occurred to me that all that open space around the engine must be good for something. I did a bit of measuring and as it turns out, there's just enough room to mount a pair of Browning .50 machine guns.

Now, I didn't HAVE the machine guns, or any intention to try to obtain them; this was just a hypothetical exercise. However, once I found out it might be workable, I decided to find out what the various government agencies concerned might say about the idea. The ATF and the FBI were both pretty boring in their responses - it boiled down to, "as long as you have the permits, we don't care what you do with your weapons, provided that you discharge them in a legal manner". Bleh.

The Denver Police were much more entertaining. The detective I talked to felt the guns should be mounted on the outside of the car so as to avoid a concealed weapons issue, but not right on the hood because that could lead to an obstructed view citation. He also thought that the Division of Wildlife might be concerned enough to act, since machine guns aren't legal for use during any state hunting season.

I had to call the Division of Wildlife after that, of course. As it turned out, I didn't need to worry. As long as I only discharged the machine guns at people and collected my brass (pack out your trash!), they wouldn't need to get involved.

Besides, deer aren't worth any points.

[ScaleIron]

Ahahahah, you just made my day. Kudos and points to you.

[Veruliyam]

[velveeta]

you so so SO totally rule da skewl, lo!!
kewl like katz, you is!

[Veruliyam]

I want a '73 Mustang!

I had a '77, which was just an expensive Pinto, and I have a '06, *drools* prettyyyyyy....

I don't think there's room for a pair of Brownings, though.

[ScaleIron]

Actually, now that we're on this subject...

I'm horribly tempted to try to design a truck that Machine Gun Joe drove. I feel sick to my stomach when I think about how much fuel money that would suck down, because those Rams use up enough fuel as it is, but that had to be my favorite ride in the whole movie.

(And as much as I dislike Ford, I admit that the pony was nice.)