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Cars which should/should not appear in an action sequence
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Oct 24, 2015 12:57AM
Tractor trucks? When disconnected from their trailers, they are fast, powerful and BIG! Their frame can take a lot of punishment and any shooter in it enjoys a hefty height advantage on other vehicles, short of other trucks. Remember the old movie DUEL, in which an unlucky motorist was being pursued by a maniacal truck driver.
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Michel wrote: "Tractor trucks? When disconnected from their trailers, they are fast, powerful and BIG! Their frame can take a lot of punishment and any shooter in it enjoys a hefty height advantage on other vehic..."Hmmm. They are like Tanks to some degree, and their size would make it child's play to run pursuers off the road. Handling would be problematic however, and I'm not sure that their ramming abilities would be like an actual tank. Risk of getting stuck or killed if the obstruction is too big or strong
All Lexus saloons except the ISF, which has designed to be a proper sports saloon that actually could be used in a high speed action sequence.
Perhaps the BMW I8. Easy to track....
Skoda Superb. It's not superb, joining the Camry category. More fit for a surveillance car rather than in a fast paced, life or death action sequence.
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'The Spy Who Loved Me' saved the James Bond franchise. It's not all that great a movie, but that is how dire things were. Roger Moore (the Saint) just couldn't find his groove. He's a pantywaist. He is still pretending like he's in with Tony Curtis in 'The Persuaders'. Upper class twit. What a disaster. But this flick is where he finally turned in a competent performance. Near write-offs: LALD, TMWTGG.
Anyway just look at that wallpaper. Kickass! For my money it's one of the single-best Bond story concepts ever. Three nuclear submarines stolen! Hidden in a Greek tanker! Outlandish! Best ever, graphic design.
The moment where Bond frees the sub crews and they swarm out of the hold to take over the ship. They come boiling out of that hatch. Dang. Just can't beat it. If only Connery could have starred!
Another car that should not appear in an action scene.........or at the very least must be destroyed in an action scene is the vulgar, hideous, Mercedes G Wagen. Sure it's big and got powerful engines but it is the height of vulgarity and a poorly designed SUV. Too top heavy and goes the "whole hog" so to speak unlike a Land Rover discovery (5)
