Comments on: And A Little Snail Shall Lead Them

By: scott

scott — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:37:32 +0000

Exposure to the name of Indy is not exposure to Indy.

Indycar had better be ready to retain new viewers. A new viewer that doesn’t like what he or she sees is a viewer you lose forever.

By: billytheskink

billytheskink — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:34:51 +0000

Driven deserves it’s role as a punching bag for race fans and movie critics alike, but there are much, much worse movies out there.

For a far worse movie that involves racing, try Tim Conway’s “Dorf Goes Auto Racing”. Conway, wearing a Hitler mustache and walking on his knees to portray a German little person, enters the Indianapolis 500 where he races a stock car against Darrell Waltrip, Ken Schrader, and Richard Petty.
Many things can be said about Driven, but they never got something so egregiously wrong as portraying the Indy 500 as a stock car race.

I am looking forward to this Dreamworks project, even though the snail has an airbox…

By: james t suel

james t suel — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:31:37 +0000

If its done well and helps Indycar, iam all for it.!!

By: Ron Ford

Ron Ford — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:18:30 +0000

Thanks for the information Brian. I had heard that Ron Howard was making a movie called “Rush” and I was hoping it was not about that other Rush with the bulbous sidepod.

By: Roger T

Roger T — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:05:11 +0000

When I first saw the post title, I thought it would be about Lotus. *ducks!*

By: Scott Simmons

Scott Simmons — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:43:09 +0000

Dreamworks has had a much spottier track record with their animation than Pixar but they have had some good ones so hopefully all the story elements come together as that’s what will make it work, a good story. That makes all movies work and unfortunately most movies don’t have the story down. That’s first with Pixar and that’s why their stuff works better than anyone else.

The Ron Howard “Rush” F1 film can be a net positive as well, hopefully removing the foul taste of “Driven” from years ago. His Twitter account is putting out a lot of great behind the scenes shots from the Rush shoot: https://twitter.com/#!/realronhoward

Looking forward to both films.

By: Wichita Indy Fan

Wichita Indy Fan — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:42:40 +0000

I am really excited about this. I have a toddler now. There are a lot of baby/toddler products with Cars characters slapped on them. There will be a lot of exposure to go with this film.

By: The Lapper

The Lapper — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:30:29 +0000

I have loved almost everything that Dreamworks has produced so I am pretty excited about this. The Shrek series of films were awesome and these folks don’t get behind half-baked projects. Besides their animation division, Dreamworks has also produced some very excellent films, such as “Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator and Meet The Parents.

By: JPindycar

JPindycar — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:22:57 +0000

I suspect there’s another IndyCar movie in the offing. I just hope it is done well, with taste and respect.

By: redcar

redcar — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:13:38 +0000

A snail would have too much downforce.