That switching car thing is very common. Police cars in Smokey & The
Bandit change from Dodge to Pontiac to older and much larger Dodge back and
forth. One scene cuts to a close-up where one sherrif car backs into
another and in just that bit of a scene the car being hit becomes a 65
Mustang. Sherrif Justace's car loses and gains body panels, in the second
one it transforms from '79 to '71 Pontiac back and forth too. You could
probably start a whole thread on all the instances of cars changing back and
forth and other movie and TV continuity errors.
The Dukes of Hazzard was famous for this too, although it was less
noticeable with the fleet of '73-'78 Plymouths and Dodges for police cars.
In that show, you can also spot cars that get wrecked in one show and
apparently then fixed to re-use (and re-wreck) in another one.
On a closer to topic note, anyone noticed the new Mercedes commercial
featuring "the world's first 4-door coupe'? They start with a 30's model,
cut to the next generation, then the 59 or so version, then a '70s or 80's
model, then the new one, all parked in the same location with a movie
theatre in the background.
Every car that passes in the background is a Mopar of some sort, correct to
the era of the Mercedes - one is a '61 Dodge, even the minivans and things
in the current day scene are recognizable as Chrysler products. Which
makes sense and all, but what a lot of trouble for such a small detail - its
the exact opposite of the switching cars thing in TV and movies.
Bill K.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Garrett" <TheBulkster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Riding the Bullet
> Judging by how many times my 57 Dodge was called anything BUT a 57 Dodge
by
> various onlookers, I'm willing to bet that MOST of the general public
won't
> notice a difference between a 58, 59, or 60 Plymouth (the big, bold
letters
> spelling out DODGE on the hood and trunk of my car, as well as Coronet on
> the side didn't clue them in either). In fact, they probably could've
> thrown in different makes and years of cars in the movie and, as long as
> they were all painted the same, many people probably wouldn't have noticed
> the difference.
>
> A lot of really stupid probably see Christine and remark how that was a
fine
> lookin' 57 Chevy used in the movie.
>
> On a side note, I was watching an episode of The A-Team Season One on DVD
> the other day (perhaps the best TV show ever) and the Dodge being used to
> chase the A-Team remarkably turned into a 73 (maybe 74) Chevy for a couple
> scenes, and then back to the Dodge (or perhaps a different Dodge) when it
> came time to wreck the car. I found it funny that they made such a
drastic
> switch, especially since the cars were so different looking (early 70s
> Fullsize Chevy vs. mid-late 70s Dodge).
>
> ~Garrett
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Riding the Bullet
>
>
> > They painted it so the top looks more like a '60 and use it for a crash
> > scene only -
> >
> >
> > website buried somewhere in the forums there is a couple pics showing
the
> > cars they used. (forwardlook.net) -
> >
> >
> > Bill K.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Morton" <morton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:20 AM
> > Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Riding the Bullet
> >
> >
> >> OK -- but, where's the '59?! You know that's what I'm interested in...
> > 8^)
> >>
> >> Dan
> >> dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
> >> [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jennifer & Will Weaver
> >> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:49 AM
> >> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Riding the Bullet
> >>
> >>
> >> the question and answer section explains why they could not find a 58
> > but
> >> did find a 60. and they did apologize.
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
> >> [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Larry Ashbaugh
> >> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:32 AM
> >> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [FWDLK] Riding the Bullet
> >>
> >>
> >> I have been seeing the trailers tonight for Steven King's "Riding
the
> >> Bullet", featuring a Fury. The site,
> >> http://www.usanetwork.com/movies/ridingthebullet/, talks about
> > "Christine",
> >> and the car being a '58 Fury, but show the car to be a 1960, while the
> >> "B"
> >> car they use for the crash scene shows it to be a 1959 Plymouth. Are
> >> they
> >> uncaring, unknowing, or do they think that we cannot distinguish the
fact
> >> that they are talking and using three different years of Plymouths?
> >>
> >> I mean, I certainly am glad they feature ForwardLook cars, but get
a
> >> grip here.
> >>
> >> Larry (in cold, snowy Akron, Ohio)
> >>
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