Transporter 2 Meet - Monday 9/5 5:10 Downtown

[MattR]

So I was doing a little research on the Audi A8-W12 which is featured in the movie...wow, just wow.

Audi A8 W12

[Dean]

For no apparent reason, I was thinking about how to get a bomb off the bottom of a car.

It occurs to me that a barrel role jump toward a hanging crane block & tackle is not a good bet. Sure, you can pull it off nine out of ten times, but it is that tenth time that bothers me, so here are some alternatives.

The boring options are driving up/down a curb, 4'x4', speed bump, railroad track, concrete block, etc.

More interesting.

Slide sideways over the correct height forks of one of the many boat forklifts in the yard. The only issue with this is that the bomb is still next to the car, and you are now stuck on top of the forks. No good.

Drive down a boat ramp and skip the car across the harbor to a ramp on the other side relying on the hydraulic pressure to scour the bomb fro the bottom of the car. The only problem with this is the affects of the salt water on the aluminum parts of the undercarriage, but that is unacceptable. No Good

Jump over an upside down and running outboard motor outside the marina "shop" and have the propeller slice/slap the bomb off with appropriate sparks, etc. While this would appear to be an obvious option, but the proliferation of Manatee save propeller cages, and jet drives as well as the improved reliability and reduced emissions of the modern 4 stroke outboard vs. the smoking 2 strokes of days gone by greatly reduce the odds of there being a outboard at the "shop". No Good.

Well, I'm out of options, I guess he took the only interesting course of action he could.

[MikeK]

Originally Posted by Dean

Well, I'm out of options, I guess he took the only interesting course of action he could.

And in the process used up the entire special effects budget for that one scene

[Nick Koan]

Yeah, VAG really dropped the ball on the special effects for the plane.

[tysonK]

The plane was sooo bad.

[sperry]

Dean, I for some ungodly reason, was thinking about the same thing in the shower this morning. Here's my best solution:


Driver bolts from the Marina at high speed, fully knowing that the bomb on the undercarriage could explode at any moment.

Bad guy on the boat fingers the radio detonator, almost thoughfully, as he counts to himself.

Driver darts down the crowded marina access road, heading for a small guard house that's at the enterance to a private yacht club. The car is near the limit, fishtailing widely, as the driver cuts through some small decorative shrubbery in the road's median which blows impressively over the front of the car lending to the feeling of speed and being on the edge of control. The driver darts the car towards the exit side of the guard house, the "CAUTION: SEVER TIRE DAMAGE" sign is plainly visible.

The guard in the guardhouse sees this massive black sedan barreling down on him, and jumps up in the guardhouse as if to say "hey, you can't come in here!", but only gets out "hey..." before realizing he doesn't care enough about his dead-end job to risk sitting getting run over by an out of control car, and bolts out the back door in a cloud of donut crumbs.

The Audi actually *drifts* through the yacht club exit, the tires deflating on impact with the spikes embedded in the ground. The spikes also catch the bomb, stripping it off of the underside of the car. The momentum of the car's power slide carries it well clear of the guardhouse.

At just that moment, the bad guy triggers the detonator with a smug smile of satisfaction.

The guardhouse erupts in an explosion of fire, splinters, and donuts. The guard, of course, had just run clear enough of the guardhouse to get blown into the air, but lands unharmed.

The Audi has slid to a stop on the lawn of the yacht club, where there's a snooty party that has come to a stop to watch the comotion. Everyone's stunned, holding their chapagne and cigars w/ jaws dropped. The driver puts down his window to give the crowd a quick look, and glances back at the smoldering guardhouse. After a quick sigh of relief, the driver taps a button in the cockpit and his tires immediately re-inflate, and he prodeced to tear-ass, spinning a half-brody on the lawn in the process of leaving the yacht club.

He drives out the entrance side of the smoldering guardhouse, snapping the gate, which is the only thing still standing after the bomb's destruction.


I figure it's got just as much cheese, without the complete incredulity of the barrel-roll jump into a crane. Alas, I think the re-inflating tires gimick has been done in a Bond film already.

[Nick Koan]

Until I got to the part of reinflating tires, all I could think was "please, of course he'd have sumitomo tires and they gotta be run flats"

[MikeSTI]

so I take it, its a must see!!!!

[Nick Koan]

Originally Posted by MikeSTI

so I take it, its a must see!!!!

It was a great movie for all the wrong reasons.

Lets just say, I was laughing at it, not with it.

[tysonK]

It's a good action film, fun.

I would like to have seen something with a harpoon catching on part of the bomb then the car drifting sidewyas until it cought something that snapped the bomb off. The bomb would then continue to swing off the pier into the water.

The explosion would cause the water to rain over the W12(now at a stop after drifting tyre slightly burnt) with really nice beeding of the water. Zoom in on the bead of water to cut to another scene. end

[Dean]

Originally Posted by tysonK

It's a good action film, fun.

I would like to have seen something with a harpoon catching on part of the bomb then the car drifting sidewyas until it cought something that snapped the bomb off. The bomb would then continue to swing off the pier into the water.

The explosion would cause the water to rain over the W12(now at a stop after drifting tyre slightly burnt) with really nice beeding of the water. Zoom in on the bead of water to cut to another scene. end

Great idea, I had not even considered the possibility of a dive shack with teathered harpoons. Although, now I'm thining flying airtank to knock it off, but alas, we used one of those in the doctor's office.

Scott, I'm sorry, while driving through concrete walls of parking structures causes no damage to the car, I think those bushes could be a problem as they might contain dirt particles which would be unacceptable. Also, no James Bond type devices are permitted, and no self respecing performance driver would use run flats. And can you imagine the uproar from the donut special interest groups?

[Dean]

Originally Posted by MikeSTI

so I take it, its a must see!!!!

Absolutely.The movie is Jackie Chan meets Fast & Furious in high end european cars.

[MikeSTI]

well I did see the first..... so I'm must see the second!!! will wait for DvD thou

[qksubi]

Originally Posted by MikeSTI

well I did see the first..... so I'm must see the second!!! will wait for DvD thou

Yeah Mike that is a wise choice the movies is a rental and no more