Capt_Redneck

Walking Tall was a huge disappointment to me. I am a huge fan and collector of Sheriff Buford Pusser. I was very excited when I found outthey were remaking the movie, then got deflated when I found out "The Rock" was cast as the main character. The movie had actually nothing to do with Sheriff Buford Pusser, just the title , which in my opinion was the only way to bring in people to the movie. Saying it was inspired by his story is an overstatement. I would loved to have a fresh take on Walking Tall , but I don't think it will come as close to the original. Don't forget Pusser was involved in the movie when it was made in the early 70's. Walking Tall was a bad example of a "fresh take" when talking about redoing movies. I'm gone Darrell

Walking Tall was a huge disappointment to me. I am a huge fan and collector of Sheriff Buford Pusser. I was very excited when I found outthey were remaking the movie, then got deflated when I found out "The Rock" was cast as the main character. The movie had actually nothing to do with Sheriff Buford Pusser, just the title , which in my opinion was the only way to bring in people to the movie. Saying it was inspired by his story is an overstatement. I would loved to have a fresh take on Walking Tall , but I don't think it will come as close to the original. Don't forget Pusser was involved in the movie when it was made in the early 70's. Walking Tall was a bad example of a "fresh take" when talking about redoing movies. I'm gone Darrell

Alright now........On to the "Brickyard" in a couple of weeks. A TRUE Indiana native called the Rushville Rocket should be the favorite to make it first across the yard of bricks. I know it isn't the same as the best race in the world - The Indy 500, but it will come really close in meaning for Smoke. He was quoted in a ninterview as saying he would give up his 02 WINSTON CUP just to win at Indianpolis. He might be a bit out of shape , but he is the best pure racer since AJ Foyt. And that is the ultimate compliment given to any driver period. I guess a few people on here took offense to my ramblings about ol' Gordo...Ah that's life in NASCAR ...Oh well... Let's go "Smoke Johnson" .... #20 - Tony Stewart

Alright now........On to the "Brickyard" in a couple of weeks. A TRUE Indiana native called the Rushville Rocket should be the favorite to make it first across the yard of bricks. I know it isn't the same as the best race in the world - The Indy 500, but it will come really close in meaning for Smoke. He was quoted in a ninterview as saying he would give up his 02 WINSTON CUP just to win at Indianpolis. He might be a bit out of shape , but he is the best pure racer since AJ Foyt. And that is the ultimate compliment given to any driver period. I guess a few people on here took offense to my ramblings about ol' Gordo...Ah that's life in NASCAR ...Oh well... Let's go "Smoke Johnson" .... #20 - Tony Stewart

Brad Nice job on the screen shots..... I love the still of the third one down. The one from street level with General under the street light.. I'm gone Darrell

Brad Nice job on the screen shots..... I love the still of the third one down. The one from street level with General under the street light.. I'm gone Darrell

Like I said , the worst part was that it was on the FRONT page promoting the stupid article along with a pic of JS .... The stupid writer didn't even see the movie yet but has it stereotyped already. I think that is total BS.. Yeah , I am pretty upset that a newspapeer that I like (mainly for the hockey coverage and it's sports section) let an article like that be published....... I'm gone Darrell

Like I said , the worst part was that it was on the FRONT page promoting the stupid article along with a pic of JS .... The stupid writer didn't even see the movie yet but has it stereotyped already. I think that is total BS.. Yeah , I am pretty upset that a newspapeer that I like (mainly for the hockey coverage and it's sports section) let an article like that be published....... I'm gone Darrell

I will take a 7th place finish for Tony.Closer to the points lead now , only 66 behind JJ. Although that don't mean anything for the so-called "Chase"........ I just don't like that the 'Keebler Elf" won the race. I don't like it almost as much as ol' #24. At least he didn't win and finished 13th and still LOST points . Too bad. Boo Hoo........Yeah right.. Just tell WTF was Kurt trying to do with his so-called donuts and burnouts? Even some of crews were wondering the same thing.... All in all not a bad Pocono race. Pretty racy there towards the end. I'm gone Darrell

I will take a 7th place finish for Tony.Closer to the points lead now , only 66 behind JJ. Although that don't mean anything for the so-called "Chase"........ I just don't like that the 'Keebler Elf" won the race. I don't like it almost as much as ol' #24. At least he didn't win and finished 13th and still LOST points . Too bad. Boo Hoo........Yeah right.. Just tell WTF was Kurt trying to do with his so-called donuts and burnouts? Even some of crews were wondering the same thing.... All in all not a bad Pocono race. Pretty racy there towards the end. I'm gone Darrell

I read this article this morning when I went to get. It was on the front cover , almost a small headline with a pic of JS. This is not looking good for the movie as it is compared to "Showgirls" in the article.... http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/331043p-282537c.html New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com Let's talk trash By HENRY CABOT BECK Sunday, July 24th, 2005 Hazzard County, Ga., is a mythical American place where the women are beautiful, the cops are dumb, and there's no creek so wide that a good muscle car can't jump it. "The Dukes of Hazzard," opening Aug. 5, is the big-screen version of the CBS 1979-'85 TV series. Both are a distillation of all those high-octane Li'l Abner movies set in the rural South in the '70s, many of them starring Burt Reynolds, who has a key role alongside Jessica Simpson, Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville in the new movie. These backroad favorites are just a small group in the bold and brazen trash movie category, which has entertained (and appalled) audiences over the years - some because the filmmakers knew their movies were awful, and many others because they obviously didn't. The modern age of the trash movie probably started with the overwrought adaptations of Harold Robbins novels like "The Carpetbaggers" (1964), a fictionalized take on the life of Howard Hughes, and "Where Love Has Gone" (1964), a bodice-ripper that pitted Susan Hayward against Bette Davis, both on and off the screen. There was no clear winner. A couple of years later, Robbins had a new competitor in the trash novel marketplace: Jacqueline Susann, whose "Valley of the Dolls" set book racks afire. The story of a group of women and their struggles with sex, drugs and show business became a film in 1967. Starring Patty Duke and Barbara Parkins, it set a new standard for squalid spectacle. It's fair to say that "Desperate Housewives," not to mention other primetime soaps, like "Dallas" and "Dynasty," owe a huge debt to Robbins and Susann. The '70s was trash's golden decade. Moviegoers could feast on Blaxploitation films, women-in-prison pictures like Jonathan Demme's "Caged Heat" (1974), classic horror films like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) and "Halloween" (1978), and kung-fu flicks popularized by Bruce Lee. But it was movies that pretended to be serious dramas, often with major stars, that provided the most fun at their own expense. "Caligula" (1979), starring distinguished British actors like Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Helen Mirren and Malcolm McDowell, was an unbearably awful exercise in sadism and explicit sex. It was put together by Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione at the end of a decade of rampant self-indulgence. What could screenwriter Gore Vidal have been thinking of? In 1982's "Q," Michael Moriarty played a lowlife junkie and bebop pianist who discovers the secret nest of a lethal Aztec monster while hiding out from bad guys in the top of the Chrysler building. If there were Oscars awarded for great over-the-top acting in cheesy horror movies, Moriarty would have taken one home that year. Speaking of awards, Pia Zadora took home a Golden Globe for her acting in the turgid, incestuous drama "Butterfly" (1982) and then followed it with the showbiz b****fest "The Lonely Lady" (1983). "Mommie Dearest" (1981), Faye Dunaway's infamous attempt to portray legendary movie star Joan Crawford as a sadist, netted six out of a possible 11 Razzies, the awards handed out for the worst movies of the year. That might have been a record were it not for "Showgirls" (1995), the supremely tacky story of a couple of aspiring Las Vegas dancers played by Gina Gershon and Elizabeth Berkley. That movie, which instantly became a bad-taste classic, set an all time Razzie award record with 13 nominations and seven wins. "Exit to Eden" (1994), which must still make Dana Delany blush, was almost as tawdry and not half as funny. "Striptease" (1996), starring Demi Moore at her most braless and Burt Reynolds at his lewdest, was another milestone in vulgarity; If Moore had any qualms about stripping on screen, her record $12 million salary must have eased them. Gleefully trashy movies shouldn't be dismissed as the bottom of cinema's, well, trash heap. Highly regarded directors such as Quentin Tarantino and John Waters have taken inspiration from them. And we bet there's more than a few highbrow critics who've dutifully sat through an art-house snore wishing they could sneak into a "Showgirls" or a "Dukes of Hazzard."

I read this article this morning when I went to get. It was on the front cover , almost a small headline with a pic of JS. This is not looking good for the movie as it is compared to "Showgirls" in the article.... http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/331043p-282537c.html New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com Let's talk trash By HENRY CABOT BECK Sunday, July 24th, 2005 Hazzard County, Ga., is a mythical American place where the women are beautiful, the cops are dumb, and there's no creek so wide that a good muscle car can't jump it. "The Dukes of Hazzard," opening Aug. 5, is the big-screen version of the CBS 1979-'85 TV series. Both are a distillation of all those high-octane Li'l Abner movies set in the rural South in the '70s, many of them starring Burt Reynolds, who has a key role alongside Jessica Simpson, Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville in the new movie. These backroad favorites are just a small group in the bold and brazen trash movie category, which has entertained (and appalled) audiences over the years - some because the filmmakers knew their movies were awful, and many others because they obviously didn't. The modern age of the trash movie probably started with the overwrought adaptations of Harold Robbins novels like "The Carpetbaggers" (1964), a fictionalized take on the life of Howard Hughes, and "Where Love Has Gone" (1964), a bodice-ripper that pitted Susan Hayward against Bette Davis, both on and off the screen. There was no clear winner. A couple of years later, Robbins had a new competitor in the trash novel marketplace: Jacqueline Susann, whose "Valley of the Dolls" set book racks afire. The story of a group of women and their struggles with sex, drugs and show business became a film in 1967. Starring Patty Duke and Barbara Parkins, it set a new standard for squalid spectacle. It's fair to say that "Desperate Housewives," not to mention other primetime soaps, like "Dallas" and "Dynasty," owe a huge debt to Robbins and Susann. The '70s was trash's golden decade. Moviegoers could feast on Blaxploitation films, women-in-prison pictures like Jonathan Demme's "Caged Heat" (1974), classic horror films like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) and "Halloween" (1978), and kung-fu flicks popularized by Bruce Lee. But it was movies that pretended to be serious dramas, often with major stars, that provided the most fun at their own expense. "Caligula" (1979), starring distinguished British actors like Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Helen Mirren and Malcolm McDowell, was an unbearably awful exercise in sadism and explicit sex. It was put together by Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione at the end of a decade of rampant self-indulgence. What could screenwriter Gore Vidal have been thinking of? In 1982's "Q," Michael Moriarty played a lowlife junkie and bebop pianist who discovers the secret nest of a lethal Aztec monster while hiding out from bad guys in the top of the Chrysler building. If there were Oscars awarded for great over-the-top acting in cheesy horror movies, Moriarty would have taken one home that year. Speaking of awards, Pia Zadora took home a Golden Globe for her acting in the turgid, incestuous drama "Butterfly" (1982) and then followed it with the showbiz b****fest "The Lonely Lady" (1983). "Mommie Dearest" (1981), Faye Dunaway's infamous attempt to portray legendary movie star Joan Crawford as a sadist, netted six out of a possible 11 Razzies, the awards handed out for the worst movies of the year. That might have been a record were it not for "Showgirls" (1995), the supremely tacky story of a couple of aspiring Las Vegas dancers played by Gina Gershon and Elizabeth Berkley. That movie, which instantly became a bad-taste classic, set an all time Razzie award record with 13 nominations and seven wins. "Exit to Eden" (1994), which must still make Dana Delany blush, was almost as tawdry and not half as funny. "Striptease" (1996), starring Demi Moore at her most braless and Burt Reynolds at his lewdest, was another milestone in vulgarity; If Moore had any qualms about stripping on screen, her record $12 million salary must have eased them. Gleefully trashy movies shouldn't be dismissed as the bottom of cinema's, well, trash heap. Highly regarded directors such as Quentin Tarantino and John Waters have taken inspiration from them. And we bet there's more than a few highbrow critics who've dutifully sat through an art-house snore wishing they could sneak into a "Showgirls" or a "Dukes of Hazzard."

I think we all saw that you were a bit confused.....I thought it was me at that didn't get your post, but I 'm glad it was you...

I think we all saw that you were a bit confused.....I thought it was me at that didn't get your post, but I 'm glad it was you...

AS far as Jeff Gordon goes, I WILL always have my say about him no matter what. He is fair game to me and other ABG (Anybody But Gordon) fans.. You have your opinion on him and it nowhere matches mine...Can't take any criticsim or some bashing of Jeff Gordon? I can't take HIS whining. Maybe we are even on that. First of all, what gives? You come on here and bash me for bashing Gordon. hey he is your favorite , so be it. Maybe you jumped on the bandwagon when he started winning, so be it. Go to other NASCAR boards and see what other opinions about #24 , they are much worse than mine and much more heated. Second of all. When did I say didn't respect YOUR oipnion of him. Go back to first and second page of this thread and RE-READ what I said. Maybe you forgot that. I do have a spare pair of glasses if you need them... I forgot I am TRYiNG to talk a Jeff Gordon Fan.......So get over it. I have no care in the world if someone says seomething about my drivers, I just throw out facts..... Later Darrell PS....Anyway on to Pocone to see if "Smoke" can make it 4 out 5 and move into the points lead...I want to see himn climb the fence again

AS far as Jeff Gordon goes, I WILL always have my say about him no matter what. He is fair game to me and other ABG (Anybody But Gordon) fans.. You have your opinion on him and it nowhere matches mine...Can't take any criticsim or some bashing of Jeff Gordon? I can't take HIS whining. Maybe we are even on that. First of all, what gives? You come on here and bash me for bashing Gordon. hey he is your favorite , so be it. Maybe you jumped on the bandwagon when he started winning, so be it. Go to other NASCAR boards and see what other opinions about #24 , they are much worse than mine and much more heated. Second of all. When did I say didn't respect YOUR oipnion of him. Go back to first and second page of this thread and RE-READ what I said. Maybe you forgot that. I do have a spare pair of glasses if you need them... I forgot I am TRYiNG to talk a Jeff Gordon Fan.......So get over it. I have no care in the world if someone says seomething about my drivers, I just throw out facts..... Later Darrell PS....Anyway on to Pocone to see if "Smoke" can make it 4 out 5 and move into the points lead...I want to see himn climb the fence again

Right now with all we know about the movie, Modern Day Robin Hood's avatar looks AWESOME...... Ah what might have been. That is a question we are all asking .. Later Darrell

Right now with all we know about the movie, Modern Day Robin Hood's avatar looks AWESOME...... Ah what might have been. That is a question we are all asking .. Later Darrell

$1000 ? Anyway I had a good laugh out of it....

$1000 ? Anyway I had a good laugh out of it....

Sorry, been posted on another thread already...... Might want to have a lookesee..... http://www.hazzardnet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2067

Sorry, been posted on another thread already...... Might want to have a lookesee..... http://www.hazzardnet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2067

Yeah so?........Because I said so. Got it .....I am not a fan of #24, never have been, never will be. You should know that or did you forget. By the way all the BAD finishes gives him the TV time to whine and make excuses. But that is just ol' Jeffy. Hasn't changed sinced he joined Hendrick and screwed Bill Davis. Sure am damn glad he is having his run of BAD luck as I am eating this up. That is the point . Guess you don't like it, oh well... By the way I do like Gordon, Robby Gordon that is . Ask Jeffy about him and I am sure he will have some good things to say as usual... I still like ya Garrett despite being a #24 fan, I will overlook that.... Later Darrell

Yeah so?........Because I said so. Got it .....I am not a fan of #24, never have been, never will be. You should know that or did you forget. By the way all the BAD finishes gives him the TV time to whine and make excuses. But that is just ol' Jeffy. Hasn't changed sinced he joined Hendrick and screwed Bill Davis. Sure am damn glad he is having his run of BAD luck as I am eating this up. That is the point . Guess you don't like it, oh well... By the way I do like Gordon, Robby Gordon that is . Ask Jeffy about him and I am sure he will have some good things to say as usual... I still like ya Garrett despite being a #24 fan, I will overlook that.... Later Darrell

Dukes & Drugs? In the movie? ........ NOOOOOOOOOO I am greatly disappointed with that. I have read the thread on Confederate General Board about the movie and am in disbelief. Like many others on there , I have planned to take my kids to see the movie. This was planned and marked on the calendar at home a LONG time ago. I am still looking on the bright side with some hopeful thinking. that this was a TEST screening and not the final version to be released. I can only hope and pray for the next 2 1/2 weeks..... Later Darrell