"Atlanta University"... lol

[Strawberry Wine]

Just saw the movie (unrated version) a few days ago. I have never seen the dukes of hazzard before, so I thought i'd give it a chance. Anyway, it made me want to see what the real dukes was like, so I'm watching a marathon on CMT right now.

I think I like the series better. The few eps I've seen have the characters portrayed a lot different than on the movie, i think.

Anyway, the one thing about the movie i thought was cool was seeing my university on the big screen (LSU). They only showed the nicer parts of campus (thank God), but it was weird seeing all the LSU logos blocked out.

Just some things I thought were funny and no one else might:

Incidentally, I thought the campus police (which at lsu are even more ticket-happy) were stopping the dukes b/c of the flag on the car and because they were driving in a closed street. That parking spot is ok to park in by non-students, but where they were driving in that scene is closed during the day for thru traffic.

I was laughin too that the boys drove thru campus without pedestrians jumpin in front. our campus is hell to drive thru like that. people have gotten run over too (resulting in some deaths, sadly)

oh yeah, that "geology lab" does not exist in the Life Science bulding. I thought that was funny as heck, b/c that place where all the career people looked more like the Cotillion ball room in our school union. The real geology building is across from where the boys got stopped by the campus police. Our school union is that ugly building where they parked first.

i was surprised they letthe car on campus, b/c there's been such an uproar on this campus against that flag. there's an unlicensed version off the battle flag in our school colors that minority groups want to ban from campus (they can't of course, but they are sure tryin!)

and yeah, there would be guys makin passes at other guys like that on our campus

anyway, back to watchin the dukes on tv.

[Scott]

That was kinda cool seeing all the familiar sites throughout the movie. The best was the chase through "Atlanta". My mom watched it for the first time yesterday and we had to explain the chase scene.

"That's Atlanta".

"Now THAT's New Orleans."

"Downtown Baton Rouge"

"Back to New Orleans"

Of course she recognized the interstate scene as Baton Rouge.

Being a super mom, we watched the chase scene 2 more times. The movie may not have been all that, but like I said even before the movie came out...the stunts alone will be worth the admission price!

As far as LSU pedestrians...I've come close too many times to just plowing over them myself. LSU is a "walking" campus so they think they have the right of way. Okay, so they do...but my car weighs more than them, so therefore I win. Except the ones in short-shorts...or skirts...or halter tops...THEY always win the crosswalk battle.

[Strawberry Wine]

I thought the downtown "Atlanta" looked familiar. But there were so many parts there I was like "Where the heck is that??" Haha, thanks for clearing that up

[Scott]

Hazzard Productions did do a really good job in mixing up the locations. The "something bounced up into my undercarriage" scene was actually Laurel Street here downtown, on Third Street, but in went right into the New Orleans chases seconds after. I thought it flowed rather seamlessly.

The sheriff's department was actually a buddy of mine's place on Choctaw @ Scenic. DMI was closed for several days for all that. Drive by and have a look on the weekend. During the week there's too many trucks on the lot to see the building. And, uh, lock your doors!

And although the Interstate traffic scene wasn't done here, it brings back memories of our Refugee Traffic. Woohooo

Oh, and to all you non-LSU peoples out there, not all men make passes at other men. That's usually in one or two spots on campus. I generally stay away from those places. I'm not one for the leather ass-less chaps crowd.