The very definition of Irony, Actor Paul Walker (40) dies in car crash

[GoldenRivet]

for a moment i hoped he wasnt showboating... i thought maybe that he wrecked during filming a scene.

but that thought lasted half a second... most of those scenes are driven by stunt drivers in tightly choreographed routines or done almost entirely in CGI now...

not like it used to be

[Stealhead]

@37 I notice a Ford Pinto what a wasted opportunity they could have had it get rear ended faking it explode into flames.

Weren't the chases in old films also fairly highly choreographed and driven by stunt/professional drivers? Rhetorical question. Not saying that I like the Fast and Furious flicks but the only real difference between older films and more modern ones would be the heavy use of CGI.(not just in car chases).

If where to pick a bone with any show/film it would be the one on Discovery "Street Outlaws" where they drag race in and around Oklahoma City.It is a bad influence on so many levels first the illegal racing bit and then just the people on the show some seem to find paying for the racing and car work to more important than paying the bills.

Fast and Furious is pretty stupid but so are all young men from the ages of 15 to 22(some just stay stupid longer) I have no problem admitting that I was a total dipstick in my teens early 20's any man who says other wise is a lying the level of stupidity can vary but it is there inside the heart of every young man.

Also best car movie Vanishing Point(original version).Best short film C'était un rendez-vous

[Betonov]

You don't destroy an engineering marvel like a Porsche to this level in legal speeds. You don't destroy my Suzuki to this level at 45mph.

[Herr-Berbunch]

What do you guys do differently to your car's that makes them burst into flames? Hardly happens here.

[Jimbuna]

Whatever the circumstances, loss of life is always tragic.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

What do you guys do differently to your car's that makes them burst into flames? Hardly happens here.

It is a USA thing. You can see this in all Hollywood movies, where a car gets a small dent and then explodes in a way that a burning 10,000 ton freighter looks like a kindergarten, in comparison.

There is also a strange thing that american tyres will always screech, howl and squeal when driving around a corner, especially when the cars is faster than 2 mph, the street is wet, or it all takes place on sandy ground or rock.


From a physicist's point of view i think the atmosphere in the US is somehow more prone to burn or explode, may also explain the squeal of tyres, or better the transport of certain wavelenths, through the fuel-saturated air. I rest my case.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Catfish

From a physicist's point of view i think the atmosphere in the US is somehow more prone to burn or explode, may also explain the squeal of tyres, or better the transport of certain wavelenths, through the fuel-saturated air. I rest my case.

Nah it is all Hollywood.Still though if you are going fast enough and wrap yourself around a solid object in any part of the world in real life the vehicle has a chance catch fire but not explode.The reason the car looks like it blew up is because in the time it took a first responder to get there the car had already been consumed by the flames.Who knows how long after the accident a call was put in the car my have already been on fire.It would not take long to engulf a car that size.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

i have always hated and flat out despised the fast and the furious movies

Originally Posted by Red October1984

Never saw the movies, but they looked quite ridiculous.

But then none of us have ever seen the original.

No, the real original.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046969/?ref_=nv_sr_3

On the other hand it looks pretty stupid too.

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

What do you guys do differently to your car's that makes them burst into flames? Hardly happens here.

For movies? They put explosives under the gas tank. Real life? You have to rupture the tank badly enough to spread the contents all over the place. Gasoline is actually fairly hard to convince to burn in anything but open air.

[Platapus]

Ya just had to step on my favorite peeve that I like to pet.

Actually, this is the very definition of "coincidence". Two separate events, happening independently that have a commonality.

The fact that the actor stared in car movies did not cause the accident (especially when the actor was not driving). No causality, no irony.

Irony and coincidence are not the same.

Hey, it is my peeve and I will pet it when ever I want to.

I have a car accident; that's happenstance
A racing car driver has a car accident; that's a coincidence
A driving instructor, teaching safe driving techniques, has a car accident; that's irony.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Hey, it is my peeve and I will pet it when ever I want to.

Just don't post the pictures at Subsim.