RE: PH Blog: Ken Block's Gymkhana ... snooze
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thetapeworm said:
I'm not sure but you are definitely one of the people who replied without reading any of the other responses first.
BTW do you have any videos of you at work on Youtube I can watch?
As you say, you're not sure that I read the previous answers. I did, and yes, I answered that I got bored watching the vid.BTW do you have any videos of you at work on Youtube I can watch?
As for videos of my work: well, if you want to see how I design/configure storage solutions, then I'll happily make a video of it and throw it on YouTube, but I'm sure you'll be pretty bored watching it soon.
And for the record, there are some videos out there of me driving (my) car(s) on YouTube. With one small difference, I don't get sponsored by a /several multimillion dollar company to hoon my cars in, without having to think about the consequenses if anything goes wrong, and do it all over again, for the amusement of the "plebs"... I drive my cars for what they are, and to have fun.
PascalBuyens said:
And for the record, there are some videos out there of me driving (my) car(s) on YouTube. With one small difference, I don't get sponsored by a /several multimillion dollar company to hoon my cars in, without having to think about the consequenses if anything goes wrong, and do it all over again, for the amusement of the "plebs"... I drive my cars for what they are, and to have fun.
I think you'll find that Mr Block does do it for fun.Same reason as you, only he does it the way a millionaire would do it. Hate him for having money if you like, but don't hate him for sharing your passion for driving cars, that's silly.
He wears a Baseball Cap like a pro.
I used to think I looked and drove like that in my Student days in Bristol, I had a 1.6L Diamond White MKIII Capr, and drove mostly with the windows down and the system up(Beastie boys Ill Comunication / odd bit of Happy Hardcore). Got told off a bit by the Police, but as I was less trouble than my neigbourhood dealers it was all ok really.
I can see why so many people love his work.
I used to think I looked and drove like that in my Student days in Bristol, I had a 1.6L Diamond White MKIII Capr, and drove mostly with the windows down and the system up(Beastie boys Ill Comunication / odd bit of Happy Hardcore). Got told off a bit by the Police, but as I was less trouble than my neigbourhood dealers it was all ok really.
I can see why so many people love his work.
Captain Muppet said:
I think you'll find that Mr Block does do it for fun.
Same reason as you, only he does it the way a millionaire would do it. Hate him for having money if you like, but don't hate him for sharing your passion for driving cars, that's silly.
Oh but I don't hate him for sharing the same passion as me... I'm just agreeing with Dan that it gets a bit too "stretched" after the previous Gymkhana movies.Same reason as you, only he does it the way a millionaire would do it. Hate him for having money if you like, but don't hate him for sharing your passion for driving cars, that's silly.
If that was Richard Burns or Colin McRae in a late 90s Impreza nobody would be critical.
It's fun, it's for a chav brand and it's well produced and he's a nice chap. 3 - 1, final score.
To the moaners, go wind forward 20 years when this activity will be banned. See how you like it then.
It's fun, it's for a chav brand and it's well produced and he's a nice chap. 3 - 1, final score.
To the moaners, go wind forward 20 years when this activity will be banned. See how you like it then.
Edited by Ved on Tuesday 24th July 16:00
PascalBuyens said:
Captain Muppet said:
I think you'll find that Mr Block does do it for fun.
Same reason as you, only he does it the way a millionaire would do it. Hate him for having money if you like, but don't hate him for sharing your passion for driving cars, that's silly.
Oh but I don't hate him for sharing the same passion as me... I'm just agreeing with Dan that it gets a bit too "stretched" after the previous Gymkhana movies.Same reason as you, only he does it the way a millionaire would do it. Hate him for having money if you like, but don't hate him for sharing your passion for driving cars, that's silly.
I don't expect Eastenders to morph into a show about beach volleyball set on Mars with lots of AR15s in it just because I'm bored with the current show. I just watch beach volley ball wearing rose tinted glasses while holding an AR15 and fantasising about them suffocating. Or something less creepy.
YouTube is full of things to watch for free, do you watch anything else on there that bores you?
Being bored with something you choose to watch is your problem, not the problem of the thing you're watching.
I find his stuff dull as hell, repetitive, unoriginal and well...pointless.
Pete Hardman in a priceless DBR1 going sideways in a perfect drift in the middle of a hard race around Woodcote is cool. Block on a deserted street, after lots of practice runs going round a traffic cone is not cool.
The edge of meaningful competition is what makes something cool. Otherwise its just for show.
And finally a Fiesta is *never* cool, 650 ponies or not.
Pete Hardman in a priceless DBR1 going sideways in a perfect drift in the middle of a hard race around Woodcote is cool. Block on a deserted street, after lots of practice runs going round a traffic cone is not cool.
The edge of meaningful competition is what makes something cool. Otherwise its just for show.
And finally a Fiesta is *never* cool, 650 ponies or not.
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