Comments on: Dude, Where’s Your Car? http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/07/30/dude-wheres-your-car/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 15:52:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Philipp Angermeyer http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/07/30/dude-wheres-your-car/#comment-16160 Philipp Angermeyer Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:10:44 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1607#comment-16160 Not really about carlessness, but watching the Wizard of Oz with my daughter, I had to wonder how Miss Gulch influenced Hollywood's take on bike-riding... Great article! Not really about carlessness, but watching the Wizard of Oz with my daughter, I had to wonder how Miss Gulch influenced Hollywood’s take on bike-riding…
Great article!

]]> By: Michael Prager http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/07/30/dude-wheres-your-car/#comment-15860 Michael Prager Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:16:26 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1607#comment-15860 Great Slate piece. If movies helped making smoking cool and sell cigarettes, then maybe movies can help promote car sharing, walking, biking and public transit. Movies don't show that much driving (who wants to watch people drive) and when they do it looks like happy driving on short trips with little traffic. Like car commercials, there are scenic things to look at or intersting conversations in the car, not one person driving alone in traffic for an hour down an ugly street. Great Slate piece. If movies helped making smoking cool and sell cigarettes, then maybe movies can help promote car sharing, walking, biking and public transit. Movies don’t show that much driving (who wants to watch people drive) and when they do it looks like happy driving on short trips with little traffic. Like car commercials, there are scenic things to look at or intersting conversations in the car, not one person driving alone in traffic for an hour down an ugly street.

]]> By: Nate Briggs http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/07/30/dude-wheres-your-car/#comment-15829 Nate Briggs Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:56:48 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1607#comment-15829 Tom: Really impressed by the SLATE article. And I absolutely think that the time you spent discussing THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN was valuable. Steve Carell's bicycle commute near the beginning of the film expresses everything, everything, EVERYTHING about how the bicycle was viewed at the time of the movie - and how many motorists look at it, now. I believe that biologists refer to "display behavior" when talking about males trying to attract mates. Carell's ride was exactly the opposite of display behavior. Keep up the good work. - Nate (SLC) Tom:

Really impressed by the SLATE article. And I absolutely think that the time you spent discussing THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN was valuable. Steve Carell’s bicycle commute near the beginning of the film expresses everything, everything, EVERYTHING about how the bicycle was viewed at the time of the movie - and how many motorists look at it, now.

I believe that biologists refer to “display behavior” when talking about males trying to attract mates. Carell’s ride was exactly the opposite of display behavior.

Keep up the good work.

- Nate (SLC)

]]> By: Noah http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/07/30/dude-wheres-your-car/#comment-15730 Noah Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:12:25 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1607#comment-15730 I forgot to respond to your cars in movies post, but there's on that's coming out that looks promising. It's a bike messenger action movie called "Premium Rush." They're still filming, but there are some photos from on-set out there. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547234/ I forgot to respond to your cars in movies post, but there’s on that’s coming out that looks promising. It’s a bike messenger action movie called “Premium Rush.” They’re still filming, but there are some photos from on-set out there.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547234/

]]> By: David Moulton http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/07/30/dude-wheres-your-car/#comment-15717 David Moulton Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:09:39 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1607#comment-15717 Have a nice vacation! I enjoyed your "Trooper Down" piece. Have a nice vacation! I enjoyed your “Trooper Down” piece.

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