RE: Bullitt: The Remake (Scalextric-Style)
Wednesday 16th February 2011
Bullitt: The Remake (Scalextric-Style)
A 32nd of the size, but is it only one 32nd as good...?
The world of movies is saturated with remakes at the moment, with everything from Star Trek to True Grit getting the treatment. And now it's the turn of Steve McQueen car-chase classic Bullitt.
Except that this is a remake with a twist, because it's being done in stop motion by a chap with more attention to detail than seems healthy. Using 1:32-scale slot cars.
Is it possibly the geekiest thing ever? Yes. Is it so geeky it's actually quite cool? Er, maybe... we're intrigued either way.
In true movie style, only the trailer has been released so far, but its cracking V8 soundtrack, suitably mean bad guys and evocative San Francisco backdrop have got us eager to see the finished product.
We have only one question: What are a Lotus Cortina and a Starsky-and-Hutch Gran Torino doing in 1960s San Francisco...?
Discussion
mattviatura said:
I'm going to ask a question now that I've always wanted to know the answer to.
I realise it's something I probably should know.
Why does the Mustang "revrev" between gear changes?
He's double declutching presumably because the manual gearbox on the Mustang had no synchromesh. So engage clutch, shift to neutral, declutch, rev, engage clutch, shift to next gear, balance revs, declutch.I realise it's something I probably should know.
Why does the Mustang "revrev" between gear changes?
mattviatura said:
I'm going to ask a question now that I've always wanted to know the answer to.
I realise it's something I probably should know.
Why does the Mustang "revrev" between gear changes?
The same happens in Vanishing point as well when Kowalski stops to pick up the newly married "couple" in the desert. As he's taking off, he double-blips the accelerator, presumably as mentioned above to do with double-clutching.I realise it's something I probably should know.
Why does the Mustang "revrev" between gear changes?
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