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◊ 2006-06-21 19:57 |
And a Beautifull red 1982 Citroën BX16TRS type 1, which I think deserves to be listed aswell! If you are going to use this picture twice, then mention at least the most interesting car. Which is in my opinion the BX..... |
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◊ 2006-06-21 20:47 |
It is even less visible than the two others  By the way, both pictures are not exactly the same, but their use is strange: the Megane is more visible on the R19 pic, and the R19 is more visible on the Megane pic  |
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◊ 2006-06-26 16:27 |
A car does not always have to be more visible to be more interesting, does it? |
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◊ 2006-06-26 18:13 |
They made more than 2 million of BX, so it is not very rare in French movies of the 90s... You can probably find at least one in all the movies that are set in French cities. |
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◊ 2006-06-28 19:48 |
Same goes for the R19 and Megane.... The BX is more interesting because it the has the unique hydraulic suspension system, which offered a superbly smooth ride, which non other traditionally suspensioned cars could ever approach... That is really something in a midclass sized car..... |
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◊ 2006-06-28 20:30 |
That's why I always say to Coopey that he lists too many background cars  |
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◊ 2006-06-30 20:24 |
Antoine, I do not mean to critise you, but I have some minor considerations due to listing the background cars... I can see why you do not want to list many background cars, they're too common, or they are not visible enough on the pictures and the pictures take too much space.... I am sorry to say I do not feel the same. I agree to a certain extent. But in a few years time, cars we do not list right now might have become rare and are worthy to list. Unfortunately they're is little chance that they are going to be listed then after all, since the movie is already up and people will assume all the cars are already listed... Also I feel that if you list one background car, you should actually list all the ones that are seen for about the same time or the same as much in a movie. Even if it is not very seldom right now.... Because the model might not be very seldom, but the specific type might be and we cannot always judge that right from looking at the image, sometimes more people have to look so that it can berecognized as a limited type... And further for the earlier argument, it may not be rare right now, but it will be in a few years time. To illustrate this, think about the last time you have seen for example an R14 of a Citroën GS on the road. They used to be very common, but they have become extinct right now, the occasion one can see one has become very rare...I think therefor we should list as much as we can right now, if the car is visible enough in the image... I would go further to say that if the car is very rare, we should list it always, even if it is very little visible... |
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◊ 2006-06-30 20:44 |
"All" the cars of a movie cannot be listed. We can list all the cars that have some role in a movie, but we cannot list all the background cars. In most of the movies that are hundreds of background cars. Here you see a BX because there is a photo posted, but it could be possible to find a BX in all french movies. The Megane (and the R19) are closer, and a little more visible than the BX, so they have a little more reason to be listed (though I would only have listed one of the two, and only if they are visible for some time, which is maybe even not the case here). About your last point, that's what we do : a rare car will be listed in all cases. A BX is not a rare car, except in a US movie or in a movie that will be made in 20 years Another reason for not listing so many background cars: the non-background cars are "lost" among all the background ones. -- Last edit: 2006-06-30 20:45:40 |
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◊ 2006-06-30 23:04 |
True ... but: listing all those cars that just happen to be there when the film crew shouted 'Action!' is probably not that important. If they are background but deliberately placed there it is okay. Again it would be okay to list a rare car, and that means rare in a film. Even though the cars disappear in real life, they will stay on film forever. If it is an exceptionally good shot or something else is special that again is a reason to list it. A good example is the film Metropolis. Quite a few of us were enthusiastic to see more Rumpler cars in the film than actually survived in museums. The same is true for all the Fords and Dodges in US films, the Golfs in German films, the Fiats in Italien, etc. And: there are more Ferrari 250 listed than Citroën BX! Don't even ask for RR Silver Cloud or Silver Shadow. Any alien judging the earth's car production by checking this web page must think Rolls-Royce is a mass production car! That is true. A solution would be if it became possible to only list vehicles with a user defined amount of stars. Additionally a possibility to only list those with images would be nice. I personally am not looking for cars with lost of stars, but for special cars, like rare makes, and, of course, Land-Rovers. .gif ";)") -- Last edit: 2006-06-30 23:05:44 |
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◊ 2006-06-30 23:14 |
That's on my to-do list since some time Could be done, but it may be a little heavier for the server. |
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◊ 2006-07-04 19:12 |
Exactly, good point made here Alexander.... How can we judge if a car is special, we can only do that in a certain amount. Because we all live in different countries, with different cars in it, it is difficult to classify a car as rare or less rare......there is only one way to be sure we give all cars equal attention on this site and that is listing them if one is seen and that for as many cars as we see by in movies.... I couldn't agree more (expect read Citroën where you write Land-Rover...) |
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