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nrc
03-27-05, 10:45 PM
Maggie Peyton (Lohan), the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/701/_1106176915.

Sean O'Gorman
03-27-05, 10:47 PM
:saywhat:

Methanolandbrats
03-27-05, 10:49 PM
As the owner of four VWs the thought of a NAPCAB sticker on Herbie makes me feel like puking.

B3RACER1a
03-27-05, 11:02 PM
If you puke, I'm gonna hurl!!

dando
03-27-05, 11:07 PM
d00d, that's about as right as Miss Congeniality 2, Willy Wonka redux or Flight of the Phoenix redux.... :eek:

Love Herbie...h8 the Mouse House ca$hing in yet again on an old franchise. :mad: WWWD ===> What Would Walt Do :(

(Glad I don't own DIS shares any longer)

-Kevin

Sean O'Gorman
03-27-05, 11:12 PM
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/herbie_fully_loaded/large.html

If you thought you lost massive amounts of brain cells after reading any of Ank's posts, then I warn you not to click on the above link.

I always wondered what it would take to make Driven look like Schindler's List. I guess now I know.

Methanolandbrats
03-27-05, 11:18 PM
:saywhat: I clicked on it.

racer2c
03-28-05, 01:12 AM
The commercial for the latest, damn I forgot his name. The kid from That 70's Show and MTV's Punked, has a movie where his girlfriends dad says to him "what kind of sports do you like?" and he says, "NASCAR". Then they show the two of them driving go karts around the streets. :saywhat:

Wait until that Pixar flick comes out called Cars that Sean linked a few weeks ago. Every single kid under the age of 13 will think of stock cars as the only type of race cars there are. Sad but true.

Sean O'Gorman
03-28-05, 01:19 AM
Wait until that Pixar flick comes out called Cars that Sean linked a few weeks ago. Every single kid under the age of 13 will think of stock cars as the only type of race cars there are. Sad but true.

Well the movie doesn't come out until next June, I'm sure a couple of kids might actually be awake at 3 AM to watch the Bridgestone Grand Prix of Fiji that summer. :laugh:

And you wonder why I push for them to concentrate on the domestic market and especially on building a grassroots base from karting on up. Someone can watch a NASCAR race on TV at a reasonable hour and then go to a stock car race almost anywhere in the country (just like baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, etc.). How long until there are only 6-8 places in North America to see a Champ Car race, and they are all only race tracks that are in operation one weekend a year?

racer2c
03-28-05, 01:36 AM
Well the movie doesn't come out until next June, I'm sure a couple of kids might actually be awake at 3 AM to watch the Bridgestone Grand Prix of Fiji that summer. :laugh:

And you wonder why I push for them to concentrate on the domestic market and especially on building a grassroots base from karting on up. Someone can watch a NASCAR race on TV at a reasonable hour and then go to a stock car race almost anywhere in the country (just like baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, etc.). How long until there are only 6-8 places in North America to see a Champ Car race, and they are all only race tracks that are in operation one weekend a year?

*yoda voice* "Much hate there is in you, yes."

Not hockey and no one goes to soccer games in the US.

Is the CCWS internation or national?

oddlycalm
03-28-05, 01:57 AM
I push for them to concentrate on the domestic market Right, but you're not funding what amounts to a missionary effort. Champ Car, and road racing in general, seems out of step with the current "dumb is cool" culture and 12 second attention spans. When the pendulum swings back to where dumbness is no longer a quality held in high regard, then there may be hope. Cultural fads come and go, then then come back again. This one has a few more years to run yet.

Meenwhile, Lohan needs to get a new agent.

oc

Michaelhatesfans
03-28-05, 03:15 AM
Champ Car, and road racing in general, seems out of step with the current "dumb is cool" culture and 12 second attention spans. When the pendulum swings back to where dumbness is no longer a quality held in high regard...
(MHF crosses his fingers, squints his eyes and whispers, "pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease...")

Jervis Tetch 1
03-28-05, 11:09 AM
The Love Bug is not "fully loaded" that's Lindsey Lohan fully loaded with Bruce Willis. :saywhat:

Methanolandbrats
03-28-05, 11:23 AM
Champ Car, and road racing in general, seems out of step with the current "dumb is cool" culture and 12 second attention spans. When the pendulum swings back to where dumbness is no longer a quality held in high regard, then there may be hope. Cultural fads come and go, then then come back again. This one has a few more years to run yet.

Meenwhile, Lohan needs to get a new agent.

oc Cult of personality, flash in the pan TeeVee marketing and lack of attention span "dumbness" is exactly why Formula One and Soccer will NEVER be popular in the USA. Both require patience, a love of the sport and some pretty heavy thinking to be a fan. Not gonna happen in this country. Champcar is in the same situation and they have to expand internationally while hopefully holding onto some traditional North American Tracks. They goal should be to get back to pre-split attendance at a few venues.

indyfan31
03-28-05, 12:03 PM
... and Soccer will NEVER be popular in the USA. Both require patience, a love of the sport and some pretty heavy thinking to be a fan.

:confused: ... heavy thinking to enjoy soccer???

Sean O'Gorman
03-28-05, 12:12 PM
:confused: ... heavy thinking to enjoy soccer???

Yeah, you have to think long and hard about why you are watching it in the first place. :laugh:

And what heavy thinking does F1 require? "Car go fast now?"

I've never had any deep thoughts while watching a race, from F1 to SCCA.

Methanolandbrats
03-28-05, 12:16 PM
Yeah, you have to think long and hard about why you are watching it in the first place. :laugh:
Soccer is chess with a ball.


I've never had any deep thoughts while watching a race, from F1 to SCCA.

That is obvious in your posts. You are a fine American.

Sean O'Gorman
03-28-05, 12:25 PM
Now I see why you have to work for yourself. If you think I'm dumb, I'd hate to see what you think of the millions of people stupider than me. :D

rosawendel
03-28-05, 12:57 PM
Soccer will NEVER be popular in the USA. Both require patience, a love of the sport and some pretty heavy thinking to be a fan. Not gonna happen in this country.

TV ANNOUNCER: "The Continental Soccer Association is coming to Springfield! It's all here - fast-kicking, low scoring, and ties? You bet! You'll see all your favorite soccer stars. Like Adiaga! Adiaga two! Badiaga! Aruglia! And Pizzoza! This match will determine once and for all which nation is the greatest on earth - Mexico or Portugal!"

(at the game)
LISA: "Hey look! It's Pele!"

PELE: "Pele is king of the soccer field. To be king of your kitchen, use Crestfield wax paper."

(He is handed a bag of money and walks off. The game starts, and the crowd cheers. The Mexican team kicks off, and pass it between them, again and again... and again... The crowd becomes quiet.)

HOMER: "Boring!"

KRUSTY: "Come on, you schnorrers, do something!"

KENT BROCKMAN (in a commentary booth, bored): "Half back passes to the center, back to the wing, back to the center. Center holds it. Holds it. Holds it..."

MEXICAN COMMENTATOR (excitedly): "Half back passes to center, back to wing, back to center! Center holds it! Holds it! Holds it!!"

dando
03-28-05, 01:37 PM
The commercial for the latest, damn I forgot his name. The kid from That 70's Show and MTV's Punked, has a movie where his girlfriends dad says to him "what kind of sports do you like?" and he says, "NASCAR". Then they show the two of them driving go karts around the streets. :saywhat:
Ashton Kutcher. Hollywood is out of ideas.... :shakehead

-Kevin

JT265
03-28-05, 01:46 PM
I've never had any deep thoughts ~snip~

If this isn't a mondo target of opportunity, I'm an earl fan. :rofl: :rofl:

rabbit
03-28-05, 01:47 PM
TV ANNOUNCER: "The Continental Soccer Association is coming to Springfield! ....

http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/information/scripts/5f01.shtml
:laugh: :laugh:

dando
03-28-05, 01:51 PM
If this isn't a mondo target of opportunity, I'm an earl fan. :rofl: :rofl:
Itz almost as easy a target as FTG doing an interview on Wind Tunnel. ;)

-Kevin

Gnam
03-28-05, 02:31 PM
http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/information/scripts/5f01.shtml
:laugh: :laugh:
"Now, now, there's plenty of exits for everyone. -Ned Flanders"

What dozens of IRL fans already know.

Sean O'Gorman
03-28-05, 06:03 PM
If this isn't a mondo target of opportunity, I'm an earl fan. :rofl: :rofl:

:shrug:

If taking quotes out of context makes your day, knock yourself out, I don't care. Its not like they're any worse than the things I say that aren't out of context. ;)

Methanolandbrats
03-28-05, 10:28 PM
Now I see why you have to work for yourself. If you think I'm dumb, I'd hate to see what you think of the millions of people stupider than me. :D Aw I was just funnen....dood you can't lob homerun balls like that. :D

theunions
03-28-05, 10:54 PM
The commercial for the latest, damn I forgot his name. The kid from That 70's Show and MTV's Punked, has a movie where his girlfriends dad says to him "what kind of sports do you like?" and he says, "NASCAR". Then they show the two of them driving go karts around the streets. :saywhat:

It's not "around the streets" (as implied by what's shown in the commercial), but at a NASCAR Speedpark or whatever they're called - you know, those NASCAR-licensed amusement parks where the cars you drive look like anything BUT stock cars (this was featured on "NASCAR Nation" a few weeks back...no way would I subject myself to watching that trash in a movie theater).

Ralph Sheheen, who obviously is desperate for work if CCWS can only find use for him on its CBS-broadcast races, ended the piece by proclaiming the two best movies about racing being "Grand Prix" and "Le Mans." Funny how neither of those are about stock car racing... :gomer:

Racing Truth
03-29-05, 02:58 PM
*yoda voice* "Much hate there is in you, yes."

Not hockey and no one goes to soccer games in the US.

Is the CCWS internation or national?

Hmm, that IS a good question.

I would say they're trying to find out which way to go.

chop456
03-29-05, 03:06 PM
If it's rated NC-17, I'll buy the DVD. ;)

Methanolandbrats
03-29-05, 03:50 PM
If it's rated NC-17, I'll buy the DVD. ;)By then she'll be in and out of rehab and doing porno...you should probably hold off and buy that DVD.

Sean O'Gorman
03-29-05, 04:32 PM
Or just wait for the inevitable surfacing of a sex tape by the end of 2006.

Don Quixote
03-29-05, 07:18 PM
Who's going to be the first to say "I'd hit it"? :thumbup:

chop456
03-31-05, 02:34 AM
By then she'll be in and out of rehab and doing porno.

Dare to dream. :D

Skater_36
03-31-05, 10:54 AM
Champ Car, and road racing in general, seems out of step with the current "dumb is cool" culture and 12 second attention spans. When the pendulum swings back to where dumbness is no longer a quality held in high regard, then there may be hope. Cultural fads come and go, then then come back again. This one has a few more years to run yet.

oc

I've been thinking the same thing and I hope that this fad passes like so many others. The marketplace is saturated with nascar related promotions so the short attention span segment will probably be looking for the next big thing to latch on to.

As a side note, I found it amusing that the dolts at Disney were filming a movie around a sport that their networks don't cover.