Saturday, April 9, 2016

List of movies that do and don't promote car and suv culture

Here is my updated list of movies for those of you looking for movies that don't feature cars or that don't feature suvs.  Now granted this is obviously not an very extensive list.   I'll add more as I see more and feel free to comment about other movies you have seen or if you feel some of this information is incorrect.  I'll try to create updated lists as I see more movies. 



Movies without cars
All Creatures Big and Small
Colette
Eragon
Ex-Machina
Macbeth (2015)
Maya the Bee (2015)
Noah
Solomon Kane
The Illusinist

Movies without SUVs
All Creatures Big and Small
Astro Boy (A little hard to tell though as it is a cartoon with cars that fly, but I don’t think they look like SUVS)
Bad News Bears
Blue Chips
Colette
Eragon
Ex-Machina
Gattaca
I’ll See You in My Dreams
Macbeth
Margin Call
Maya the Bee (2015)
Noah
Project Almanac (possibly none-hard to tell)
Reservoir Dogs
School Ties
Solomon Kane
The Illusionist
The Score

Movies with low use of cars
Annie
Dr. Zhivago (newer version)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (maybe none?)

Movies with low use of Suvs (or other gas guzzlers)
Da Vinci Code
Ghost Busters
Men in Black
Project Almanac (possibly none-hard to tell)
Wild Card
Wolf of Wall Street

Movies excessively promoting car culture/ car centric or aggressive driving
Amy
Anchorman 2
Da Vinci Code
Everything Must Go
Ghost Busters
Instellar
Men in Black
Mocking Jay Part II (note this movie gets knocked down not because of what is directly in the movie, but because of using the movie and its actors to do commercials for gas guzzling pick-up trucks)
Mortdecai
Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief
The Captive
The Voices
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Wild Card
Wolf of Wall Street

Movies excessively promoting SUV culture (or other gas guzzlers) or aggressive driving of gas guzzlers
Anchorman 2
Instellar
Mocking Jay Part II (note this movie gets knocked down not because of what is directly in the movie, but because of using the movie and its actors to do commercials for gas guzzling pick-up trucks)
Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief
The Captive
The Voices
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Friday, April 1, 2016

I66, 495 and many major roads to possibly be shut down for six months

There is a new standard in DC.  If one person dies in over a year it must be shut down.  So safety officials have now announced that "166, 495 and any road where a pedestrian, cyclist or driver is killed will be shut down entirely until they are made safe".

Not only that said the safety official "We will have to shut down all the car dealerships".

When asked about this Don Beyer Congressman from Virginia  commented "This is not fair.  I don't like this.  I own the car dealerships.   Now I'm okay with metro shutting down and forcing more people to drive, after all it serves my interests.  But don't mess with my car dealerships".

When one driver was asked they said "Yes shut the road down.  I don't even care that nothing has improved in years of weekend work.  We will have world class roads six months from now".

Meanwhile other politicians said "We will tolerate it.  After all we have private jets, helicopters and limo drivers who don't obey the traffic laws including driving and parking on the sidewalks".

Other officials could not be reached for comment as they were busy dining and partying at the Mayflower Hotel.  But one did comment "I want a bigger bonus for all of this.  If the people can't get to work and have no money to shop at the grocery store, let them take a helicopter to the Mayflower and dine here too!"

Pumpkin Pie-Air fryer and microwave only edition (vegan and wheat free)

  I'm not much of one to write long stories before writing a recipe.   Suffice it to say I've spent the last 10 days without a stove...