The Distracting Background Cars in Media Thread

[Cano]

Mission Impossible 2, in the bike chase scene, 1970 (I think) Holden Ute stake bed at 0:20, and abandoned Holden Ute at 1:11:



The bike chase is incredibly cheesy lol

EDIT: And of course, the chase in Bullit, because practically every car that appears troughout the ten minutes and a half is a freaking classic today.

 

[BongRipz]

Honda CRX in Falling down, One of my favorite cars, i know its popular in USA, but over here not so much. Only seen 1 in the last few years.

Just watched that movie again last night 👍 Michael Douglas's best imo.

Heres some good ones from Dazed and Confused

 

[Cano]

Superbird! Awesome!

 

[MedigoFlame]

Been watching through the Walking Dead again... And still can't take my eyes off of this Honda Civic wagon. Being a "JNCer" and considering how uncommon the 80s Civic wagons are (to me at least), I found it very distracting.

Also, Japanese Nostalgic Car posted this up! Apparently on Adventure Time (Heard of it, never watched it...) had a Hakosuka Skyline in it!

http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/2013/04/11/video-hakosuka-spotted-in-adventure-time/

 

[Thatman]

^that was a good episode.

 

[Ridox2JZGTE]

A Devil Z in Cars 2 ....

 

[MedigoFlame]

I'm sure plenty of people have seen the trailer for Rush. And this Celica...

Hoping to see the 2-door Kujira Crown somewhere in the film.

 

[-Fred-]

Superbird! Awesome!

If you haven't seen that movie, I suggest you do. You'll probably explode at the sight of all that 70's car-gasm. The movie itself is fairly funny, too.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Was trying to refresh myself on Breaking Bad before the second part of season 5 started. And couldn't help but notice the Pantera and 911 Turbo in the background.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

I can't find a pic or vid but I swear Cassandra in Only Fools and Horses had an early BMW E30 323i

She did. Rodney walked her to it when they first met. Walked about 3 feet to it.

 

[Cano]

If you haven't seen that movie, I suggest you do. You'll probably explode at the sight of all that 70's car-gasm. The movie itself is fairly funny, too.

Ok, I'll take the word. Hopefully it isn't hard to find.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Started getting into watching Dexter. Couldn't help but notice this Evo VIII

As well as this Firebird

And...Galaxie.

 

[ilikewaffles11]

So I don't have pics, however in the Italian Job remake, during the traffic jam scene, there's a LOT of first gen RX7s caught up in traffic. I think I saw three or four different ones. Let me see if I can find some pictures.

Edit: Here's a decent shot, actually I was mistaken, on the bottom left there is an FC making a left turn and just above it a first gen. I swore I saw more.

 

[Sage Ages]

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_390649-Plymouth-Barracuda-1971.html

Plymouth Barracuda - Gone in 60 seconds

 

[Wiegert]

Adding to the previous Cars 2 posts, I expected the Tatra 87 to be a Czech diplomat of some sort. But much like the movie itself, I was left disappointed.

Also, Japanese Nostalgic Car posted this up! Apparently on Adventure Time (Heard of it, never watched it...) had a Hakosuka Skyline in it!

http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/2013/04/11/video-hakosuka-spotted-in-adventure-time/

I thought my mind was playing tricks on me when I came across that scene last night.

 

[Tornado]

Everyone inexplicably drove late model AMC's in The Man With the Golden Gun; despite the film taking place largely in Thailand. That was quite distracting.

 

[DK]

In Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0, in one shot showing a skyscraper tumbling down into the Geofront below, you can make out a blue Skyline GT-R R34.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Any scene with cars in it in Evangelion is enough to make me feel giddy. Probably Sadamoto's doing.

Obviously there was Misato's Alpine A310 right from the start of episode 1, which single handedly sold me into thinking that series is awesome (and boy, did the rest of the series back that good first impression up!). However, the manga also has some interesting background vehicles at times as well, such as Kaji's Lotus Elan.

The thing I'll always question is why Misato complains about the cost of paying off the loan for her Alpine when she could just sell her Mondial... Probably just Anno messing with me.

And, while Gainax were burning up all the money they had made from Evangelion on FLCL, they had to pop eyebrows and the woman who gets a nosebleed into this:

And this gorgeous piece of French metal:

And of course the ill fated Volkswagens of Junko Miyaji:

And who could forget a certain Vespa, belonging to a certain Vespa woman...

 

[MedigoFlame]

Just love how the Japanese actually feature real cars in their Anime/Manga! Especially watching Detective Conan. Always pointing out cars that are real in the background of a series that isn't about cars.

XK120 AND 2000GT!

 

[McLaren]

There was a great article about this regarding all the cars depicted in Archer.
http://jalopnik.com/the-cars-of-archer-why-a-cartoon-spy-has-the-best-cars-197285485

 

[Sage Ages]

And who could forget a certain Vespa, belonging to a certain Vespa woman...

Where is that from? I think I remember seeing that somewhere.

 

[Roger the Horse]

If I remember correctly Cartoon Network said that FLCL was the best show that they ever aired.

 

[Sage Ages]

Yep. That's it. Damn, that was a while ago.

 

[ilTricolore]

In the first two series of BBC1's Sherlock (which if you haven't watched, do), there was a red V35 Skyline Coupé parked on Baker Street. While this is probably nothing special for the Asian and American members of , it's something of a rarity in Europe, as it was never officially sold here. It seems to have disappeared in Season 3.

Screenshot in comments section here: http://www.imcdb.org/movie_1475582-Sherlock.html

 

[Cano]

If I remember correctly Cartoon Network said that FLCL was the best show that they ever aired.

word 👍

 

[Thatman]

Ah yes, this thread....

 

[ND4SPD]

Ha, I was the only one to yell out RX-7! When I watched this with my friends.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Started watching Dexter... And couldn't help but notice this red 240SX hatch with kouki tails. Guess that happens a lot when you hang out with a bunch of 240SX guys.

Also...saw this on my news feed. Used to watch The Big Bang Theory, but haven't in a while.

 

[Bopop4]

Also...saw this on my news feed. Used to watch The Big Bang Theory, but haven't in a while.

@Azure Flare

 

[niky]

Everyone inexplicably drove late model AMC's in The Man With the Golden Gun; despite the film taking place largely in Thailand. That was quite distracting.

So I don't have pics, however in the Italian Job remake, during the traffic jam scene, there's a LOT of first gen RX7s caught up in traffic. I think I saw three or four different ones. Let me see if I can find some pictures.

Edit: Here's a decent shot, actually I was mistaken, on the bottom left there is an FC making a left turn and just above it a first gen. I swore I saw more.

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Worst background car mix I've ever seen? War of the Worlds, 2005. Most of the movie is pretty good at hiding its car sponsor (Ford)... apart from the completely useless scene of Tom hooning around in his Mustang... and the Ford-branded parts and items around his house... and that they used a Ford van later in the... well... anyway, most of the background cars are simply background, and they picked a good mix. But in this scene:

I remember sitting in the theater and having my sense of disbelief shattered as Tom Cruise and other bystanders walked up to the pod surrounded completely by mid-90's to 00's Mazdas. In the action sequence that follows, it's mixed up again... but that gaffe ruined the suspenseful build-up to the first tripod attack for me.