Dukes of Hazzard

**Zed** · 28th September 2005, 16:23

Originally Posted by vifferman

It's right up there on my list of movies to avoid at all costs.

Exactly, at all costs. Watching it would somehow tarnish the good reputation of the original because we all know *it was for real* and this is just a comedy! I think I'll even avoid the DVD upon release too.

**Zed** · 28th September 2005, 16:29

Originally Posted by Charlie

Really, Boss Hogg is a stick in the new one?
What was his dogs name? Rascole-Pecole-Train (excuse spelling) or was that his side kick?
Its been a while and the old age is messing with my memory!

Dogs name was *Flash*, but that was Rosco's mut! Remember Rosco's side-kick "Enos"...lol, the way Rosco used to pronounce it was hillarious!

**Charlie** · 28th September 2005, 16:34

Originally Posted by Zed

Dogs name was *Flash*, but that was Rosco's mut! Remember Rosco's side-kick "Enos"...lol, the way Rosco used to pronounce it was hillarious!

Oh I remember now. Hahaha I was way off - but I was just a youngin!
Yeah the way he mumbles under his breath when he cursing the boys!

Oh and there was all the big truckies that helped them out so they could avoid the law...

Ahhh them was the days!

**inlinefour** · 28th September 2005, 20:24

Had the blonde dude that played as one of the brothers. He said he was very disappointed that it was not suitable for the younger viewers like the old show...

**SPORK** · 28th September 2005, 22:55

I thought it was teh LOL/shizzle nip tizzle.

I loved teh fight, and when he goes drifting through the city.

**sAsLEX** · 28th September 2005, 23:22

Originally Posted by vifferman

It's right up there on my list of movies to avoid at all costs.

Good.
That's $15 or whatever I've saved.
That'll buy me a half a tank of petrol for the bike....

say after me "bit torrent"

well done now back to your room

**scumdog** · 29th September 2005, 00:16

Originally Posted by Charlie

Really, Boss Hogg is a stick in the new one?
What was his dogs name? Rascole-Pecole-Train (excuse spelling) or was that his side kick?
Its been a while and the old age is messing with my memory!

I think it is actually Rosco P. Coltrain and Police Dawg Flash, coo coo geddim Flash!

**Charlie** · 29th September 2005, 08:18

Originally Posted by scumdog

I think it is actually Rosco P. Coltrain and Police Dawg Flash, coo coo geddim Flash!

Ok show off - so your either a fan or just a smidgen older than me!
I was just a wee nipper when it was on TV and dont recal a lot in detail - oh except that the car was called The General Lee! (I think?)

**Zed** · 29th September 2005, 09:21

Originally Posted by Charlie

Ok show off - so your either a fan or just a smidgen older than me!
I was just a wee nipper when it was on TV and dont recal a lot in detail - oh except that the car was called The General Lee! (I think?)

Yeah their 1969 orange Dodge Charger! I'm not sure on the statistics but it was said that when filming the hit television series that ran from 1979-85 (I was 9 when it started!), they went through 10's of Charger's because the jumps "the stuntmen" performed were killing them!

**Holy Roller** · 29th September 2005, 09:31

Just been looking at the "Just Cars" mag from OZ there is an original "General Lee with Uncle Jess' Pickup for sale. Way out of my budget but if you are into that sort of thing

**bugjuice** · 29th September 2005, 09:36

how many cars must they have written off for the original show? those jumps were mental.. wonder what the record is for just one show?

**Zed** · 29th September 2005, 09:42

Originally Posted by Holy Roller

Way out of my budget but if you are into that sort of thing

Not my thing bro! Spend my money on bikes any day!!

**scumdog** · 29th September 2005, 09:46

Originally Posted by bugjuice

how many cars must they have written off for the original show? those jumps were mental.. wonder what the record is for just one show?

Dunno but when I went past the movie set in '82 there were eight of them parked side by side, all identical.
I understand they used plain-jane "Belmont" models (excuse my link with Holden models) for the jump scenes 'cos the return to earth impact rooted them, the "Premier" big-block model was used for all the fancy drifting and high speed stuff but not trashed, if you ever saw the series you would notice in a jump scene that as the car went past in slo-mo you could see quite a bit of oil smoke coming out of the exhaust as these were tired old dungers tarted up.

**vifferman** · 29th September 2005, 09:56

Originally Posted by Zed

Yeah their 1969 orange Dodge Charger! I'm not sure on the statistics but it was said that when filming the hit television series that ran from 1979-85 (I was 9 when it started!), they went through 10's of Charger's because the jumps "the stuntmen" performed were killing them!

I remember reading they had summat like 14 they used when filming the series - this allowed for ones that were being repaired when suspension collapsed and that sort of thing.

**bugjuice** · 29th September 2005, 10:00

Originally Posted by scumdog

Dunno but when I went past the movie set in '82 there were eight of them parked side by side, all identical.
I understand they used plain-jane "Belmont" models (excuse my link with Holden models) for the jump scenes 'cos the return to earth impact rooted them, the "Premier" big-block model was used for all the fancy drifting and high speed stuff but not trashed, if you ever saw the series you would notice in a jump scene that as the car went past in slo-mo you could see quite a bit of oil smoke coming out of the exhaust as these were tired old dungers tarted up.

yeah, I wouldn't have thought they'd root perfectly good cars. Now adays, they'd probably strip everything out of them and just fire them from pressure rockets.. just not the same..
Anyway, I do know that the engines in those could sometimes upset the flight of those things too, so lots of prep went into that..
It's like Knight Rider too, I remember seeing a photo of about 12 cars parked side by side for filmin an a rootin

Hell, root 'em all!!!!!! yeeeeeehaaaaaaa

See the outtakes of new Starsky and Hutch movie? They rooted a few of those cars (can't remember what the red one was now.. Charger..?) in the movie