HEADS UP!!!...."Vanishing point "on now......

[Wacky Racer]

(Remake) ITV1....

[the_bovine]

Remakes sucker! Haha, though am listening to "Garage Inc" by metallica... most songs on there are remakes... but good all the same... perhaps just teh vodka though! Having to keep one eyte closed to typee straigght! haha

[combover]

I like the way they have Politically Corrected this film by suggesting that his wife is dying or something and that is why he is speeding instead of merely stating that he did it for no other reason than he was all pupil, no iris...

Combover

[dinkel]

It's better than I thought it would be . . . no classic and a laugh at 2nd sight. The 70s one all day: 440 Magnum over a 426 any day of the week btw!

[Parrot of Doom]

combover said:

I like the way they have Politically Corrected this film by suggesting that his wife is dying or something and that is why he is speeding instead of merely stating that he did it for no other reason than he was all pupil, no iris... Combover

In the original, wasn't he doing it because the car was stolen, or being delivered?

[Wacky Racer]

Parrot of Doom said:

combover said: I like the way they have Politically Corrected this film by suggesting that his wife is dying or something and that is why he is speeding instead of merely stating that he did it for no other reason than he was all pupil, no iris... Combover In the original, wasn't he doing it because the car was stolen, or being delivered?

Being delivered.......

I enjoyed the film, but there was no way it was going to be better than the original 1971 version.......

1970 Dodge Charger.......

[father ted]

i hate to be picky(no,really) but it was a 1970 Dodge Challenger in the original

cheers

FT

OA 55 99 long live the spirit of Kowalski

(all pupil and no iris - class )

>> Edited by father ted on Monday 2nd January 13:58

[gshughes]

the bits I saw looked pretty rubbish compared to the original I liked the line "you need a mopar to ctach a mopar" though

[Wacky Racer]

father ted said:

i hate to be picky(no,really) but it was a 1970 Dodge Challenger in the original

Yes, quite right, you spotted this week's deliberate mistake..........



http://community.webshots.com/photo/104206297/104206

[Pigeon]

combover said:

I like the way they have Politically Corrected this film by suggesting that his wife is dying or something and that is why he is speeding instead of merely stating that he did it for no other reason than he was all pupil, no iris... Combover

Well, in the remake he seems to be toodling along with a dreamy look on his face as if he's just had a good hit of Thai weed and has "Wish You Were Here" on the stereo... he seems unfeasibly relaxed about what's happening to his wife; if it wasn't for the ringing-the-hospital scenes it'd look like some kind of made-up excuse. He doesn't have anything like the compulsion or intensity of the original. In fact all the characters are a bit soggy. The excitement and the atmosphere have gone.

[dinkel]

The music in the original VP is great! Some scenes are legendary and people seem to know 'em without knowing the film.