The War on CarsA signal boost from Judd Apatow, director of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and other hit comedies? We love it.
Allan Chow@TheWarOnCars didn't what's his face get doored in this is 40
Andres@TheWarOnCars Also, it's a very clear trend in modern cinema, *especially* when it comes to biking for transportation. There are plenty of movies that show successful people biking for exercise, but the characters portrayed as biking to get places are generally downtrodden (with a few exceptions in mostly indie movies).
🚲@Andres4NY @TheWarOnCars I’ve long felt that the cinematographic opportunities of bicycles have been overlooked. Cars can basically only do the side by side conversation, but two characters on bicycles are dynamic and could change their relative position throughout the conversation to represent what is happening in their conversation
@dx @TheWarOnCars And car chases in movies are really stupid, especially when they're in urban centers. Yeah, sure buddy, you're driving around some 500 year old city in Europe, knocking over outdoor seating and vendor carts and stuff without miraculously murdering someone or getting your car stuck on a curb? Have you seen how easily people flip their cars or go up on a jersey barrier and are just stuck there?
garland@Andres4NY @TheWarOnCars Not exactly a counter example, but I really liked the biking scene at the beginning of the 2018 Tomb Raider movie. Lara Croft is working as a bike delivery/messenger, and competing in an unsanctioned street race. I kinda just wanted a whole movie of that, instead of her going off on a treasure hunting expedition. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tomb-raider-best-scene-2018-movie-isnt-games-1094797/
Virtue signal 💉💉💉🇺🇸 🇺🇦@TheWarOnCars You could say Hollywood also hates renewable energy (on screen).
malena@TheWarOnCars but then look at the Danish political drama Borgen 🤩 https://cyclingnelly.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/borgen-bike-culture/
Compusomnia@TheWarOnCars I'm almost curious if he could provide any counterexamples.
Alex Barredo 📉@TheWarOnCars does he search his own name on Twitter?
@Barredo We tagged him in the original tweet! He must have seen his notifications light up a little.
Ari Ofsevit@TheWarOnCars in LA, if you ride a bike, you have failed because you aren’t sitting in a traffic jam like a real person.
Waterluvian@TheWarOnCars Five minutes ago I read this lament about writers losing their jobs in favour of ChatGPT. But ChatGPT could never write about how everyone in Hollywood hates bikes. Judd’s just jealous.
tvaughan@TheWarOnCars Quicksilver?
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