Comments on: General Motors Goes Hollywood http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Boogiedown http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-33457 Boogiedown Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:27:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/#comment-33457 Check out the new advertising campaign out now for GM, a tie-in to the movie: "Transform your ride!" You can find it as a banner ad at many sites. Check out the new advertising campaign out now for GM, a tie-in to the movie: “Transform your ride!” You can find it as a banner ad at many sites.

]]> By: lee http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-33455 lee Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:11:06 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/#comment-33455 when bumblebee first appears he slams his door into a VW bug that was being considered for purchase instead. when bumblebee first appears he slams his door into a VW bug that was being considered for purchase instead.

]]> By: Omega Supreme http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-33453 Omega Supreme Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:14:20 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/#comment-33453 If Bubble Bee couldn't be a VW Bug, he should have been a Prius. If Bubble Bee couldn’t be a VW Bug, he should have been a Prius.

]]> By: Eric http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-33447 Eric Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:38:02 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/#comment-33447 Is it any wonder that GM is dying a slow, painful and public death? And Cesar, "just a movie?" Like Leni Reifenstahl's films were just movies? We know movies don't affect behavior, right? Is it any wonder that GM is dying a slow, painful and public death?

And Cesar, “just a movie?” Like Leni Reifenstahl’s films were just movies? We know movies don’t affect behavior, right?

]]> By: Cesar http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-33445 Cesar Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:44:47 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/#comment-33445 ok... I guess we are forgetting something... 80% of the movies made by Hollywood are some kind of pro-American-propaganda. It has been like that for ever!!! so don't be so hard on this one. Plus IT IS JUST A MOVIE! I am actually quite happy about the vehicles chosen for this film. Great cars, great machines! what would like to see instead of the Camaro? a poor boring Camry? instead of a Hummer a nice little Pilot? and OK... I am not even going to talk about that awesome Solstice (too bad that the hardtop is not in the market). The cars are incredible!! and about the military... WHO ELSE CAN FIGHT A MENACE LIKE THAT? SPIDERMAN? ok... just buy a clean air pass, buy the vehicle you want and enjoy, and don't hate the military, and the most important thing... enjoy the movie! ok… I guess we are forgetting something… 80% of the movies made by Hollywood are some kind of pro-American-propaganda. It has been like that for ever!!! so don’t be so hard on this one. Plus IT IS JUST A MOVIE! I am actually quite happy about the vehicles chosen for this film. Great cars, great machines! what would like to see instead of the Camaro? a poor boring Camry? instead of a Hummer a nice little Pilot? and OK… I am not even going to talk about that awesome Solstice (too bad that the hardtop is not in the market). The cars are incredible!! and about the military… WHO ELSE CAN FIGHT A MENACE LIKE THAT? SPIDERMAN? ok… just buy a clean air pass, buy the vehicle you want and enjoy, and don’t hate the military, and the most important thing… enjoy the movie!

]]> By: Super G http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-33443 Super G Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:57:21 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/#comment-33443 In the original Transformers TV show, the Transformers' ongoing wars had depleted their home planet's main energy resource and they came to Earth in search of more energy. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transformers_%28TV_series%29#Plot" rel="nofollow">This link</a> provides a plot summary and endless nostalgia.) The movie could have made a powerful statement about energy depletion and resource wars, but instead we have a glorification of the car culture. Quite a missed opportunity! In the original Transformers TV show, the Transformers’ ongoing wars had depleted their home planet’s main energy resource and they came to Earth in search of more energy. (This link provides a plot summary and endless nostalgia.)

The movie could have made a powerful statement about energy depletion and resource wars, but instead we have a glorification of the car culture. Quite a missed opportunity!

]]> By: Efficiency Nut http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-33440 Efficiency Nut Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:59:11 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/#comment-33440 yeah, Clarence, that shouldn't be hard. Just be sure to buy some carbon offsets for all those terabytes of energy you'll use: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/15-07/trans_movie "Bumblebee's transformation from 1974 Chevrolet Camaro to towering Autobot was just one part of a 14-month-long f/x process that required more than 60,000 virtual parts and 34,000 texture maps. The project pushed Industrial Light & Magic's 5,500 rendering processors and 280 terabytes of disk storage to max capacity." — Erik Malinowski yeah, Clarence, that shouldn’t be hard. Just be sure to buy some carbon offsets for all those terabytes of energy you’ll use:

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/15-07/trans_movie

“Bumblebee’s transformation from 1974 Chevrolet Camaro to towering Autobot was just one part of a 14-month-long f/x process that required more than 60,000 virtual parts and 34,000 texture maps. The project pushed Industrial Light & Magic’s 5,500 rendering processors and 280 terabytes of disk storage to max capacity.”
— Erik Malinowski

]]> By: Steve http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-33438 Steve Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:15:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/#comment-33438 Love that idea. That shouldn't be too hard, should it, Clarence? Love that idea. That shouldn’t be too hard, should it, Clarence?

]]> By: Astute Blancoponte http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-33434 Astute Blancoponte Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:49:13 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/03/general-motors-goes-hollywood/#comment-33434 Shame on Steven Spielberg, our chief storyteller, for stooping so low and shilling for the auto-oil-military industrial complex. i wonder how much DreamWorks will reap on product placement alone. maybe StreetFilms can make its own Transformer movie where the good robots morph into bicycles, trams and buses. Shame on Steven Spielberg, our chief storyteller, for stooping so low and shilling for the auto-oil-military industrial complex. i wonder how much DreamWorks will reap on product placement alone. maybe StreetFilms can make its own Transformer movie where the good robots morph into bicycles, trams and buses.

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