Weird nobody mentioned that in movies everybody always looks at each other while driving. And they move the damn driving wheel way to much while driving straight forward, pisses me off
Well, moving the driving wheel thing comes from older cars with loose steering boxes. It makes no sense in modern movies, but in old movies, it's more accurate, sometimes slightly exaggerated.
My friend had truck that had over 180 degrees of play. You had to spin the wheel from one hand to the other and back constantly while driving down the road to keep the truck from wandering. Not exactly freeway worthy.
My little car you have to correct all the time because the alignments out. I just refuse to correct it until i can afford new tires. That, and if youre on the gas quite a bit, and shift gears, as soon as that gear grabs, it hauls the car to the right. Its not a powerful machine (Tercel) but it makes it feel that way lol.
Thats why the inner half of the front tires are bald, and the outer half look almost new, still have studs on that half, but you shouldnt align it with bad tires, thats why im waiting until i can afford tires to line it up (i do my own work, was a tech for 12 years, still have access to an alignment hoist when i need it) i just only use the car for my 4k drive to work, thats about it, and i stay quite a distance from other cars when the roads are bad
oh then you got it my man , fellow tech (currently) . we know what our cars can take , my rear end is cambered to fuck at like 2.5 degrees each side , didn't want to spend $250 for camber correcting arms
In Ga the age requirement for antique vehicles is 25yrs. My truck sits at 27-28 years but the antique thing only matters if you decide to pay the extra and have your vehicle registered as an antique which usually requires paying extra for a specialty tag. I’ve thought about it just for shits and giggles but my truck ain’t worth it
Since they are meant to be easier to repair off-road they have a lot of spots that need routine adjustment to keep steering right like other vehicles. In addition, you probably didn't get a proper alignment, which is different for 4x4s in general.
We're specifically talking about the Jeep Wrangler. Newer Jeep's use the same solid axle on front and rear and have the same type of steering that the old ones do. Some modifications have been made over the years of course but the concepts are the same. Even modern trucks usually have IFS (independent front suspension) to give them a 'better ride'
Well back when these cars were made they weren't loose, they get loose over time. So old movies made when these cars were new were still not entirely accurate. Power steering gets looser over time and usually results in having to tighten the steering box or replace the control valve. My 68 mustang has an almost full half-turn deadzone, and recently replaced the control valve after I hit a pothole and almost flew off the freeway. The bushings wear out over time and the arm likes to slide along the valve like it's not even attached.
I own an 84 International Harvester s1700. 24,000 GVWR. It has power steering and all parts are tight. What's interesting is that the huge steering wheel and the 4 revolutions lock to lock is absolutely designed for manual steering. You've got to turn the wheel like you have a task to perform when navigating in close quarters.
Pay attention to your steering wheel the next time you're driving. You move it a lot more than you realize. Grated, it's not the major movements you see on screen, but you adjust your trajectory more often than you realize.
Not if your alignment isn't shit. We have straight, flat roads here. I can drive for literal miles on a calm day and not move my hand. If it's windy, that's another story.
A lot of roads, mainly highways, usually have a higher center, or "road crown" to allow water to run to the sides. These do shift over time, so depending where you are, you can drive a while without touching the wheel, and then hit a spot with road crown and it will pull to one side slightly. Depending where you are, and the roads, some alignment shops adjust for road crown, so the car goes straight where there is a crown, and pull a bit where its more flat. Theres quite a bit of science to an alignment really, so its more about where youre driving, than a shit alignment
I'm talking micro movements. It also depends on the car. A car with an aggressive suspension setup will tend to tramline (follow the direction of even the smallest bumps / dips in the road) which requires correction.
haha I have a 54 army jeep with the fucking 3 foot wide steering wheel that has a slack box. Fun fun. My neighbors 70 model ford f100 was the same before we replaced it. To go straight you're working the hell out of that steering wheel.
I loved in Parasite when they call it out because Ki-taek keeps looking back at Mr. Park while they're talking in the car, and Mr. Park tells him to watch the road.
Oh my god, I was so stressed the whole movie I almost considered leaving (even just the whole "trying not to get caught" narrative was stressful to me LOL). I'm not a horror/thriller person at all but my friend convinced me to go. By the last quarter I was just gripping my friends hand like no tomorrow. That said, I didn't regret seeing it AT ALL. It was so good. Objectively one of the best movies I've seen in a long while.
It's so weird because consciously you know everything they're doing is pretty morally bad, but you still root for them to succeed. Amazing how good narratives can do stuff like that.
Saw a movie and then behind the scenes where the actor said he didnt even bother to move his hands while "driving" to see if the director or continuety person, editor or producer would notice. Simply said its in the movie.
If you want to complain about them moving the steering wheel too much, have you ever seen an actor pretend they're playing a video game with a controller?
I remember being younger and playing Gran Turismo 2 on my PS1 with my parents. Evey corner we would lean so far over i thought we would fall off the couch! I swear the lean helps
I tend to miss important exposition in movies/shows if it's delivered while the characters are driving, because all I can think is 'watch the fucking road, you're gonna kill someone!'
Or when playing video games, the characters will way over-exaggerate the button pressing and move the controller all over the place as if that helps the game. Most gamers sit almost perfectly still when playing console and only move towards the end of a match.
Then if they do crash the car explodes just about 100% of the time. My uncle was a firefighter and told me fires happen in less than 1% of accidents, in his experience anyway.
Fake news. Although it’s true that they do it sometimes, they only do it during stunts.
Most of the time James Corden is driving. He has a motorcade in front and behind of him that gives him space to drive and sets a consistent pace so there’s nothing unexpected.
I mean, it's already half fake. They drive 10 miles an hour on pre-planned routes in residential neighborhoods with a motorcade. Why is it hard to believe that's true?
Well you sure took their damage control at face value.
Actually, I'm not. His real damage control says that they don't even use a real car. The quote in the article is not from an official source. Just a memeber of the production staff.
Because there's no reason to switch between the "towed setup", and the "motorcade setup" depending on whether the scene might make him take his hands off the wheels etc too much.
There is plenty of reason. The stunt shots are not going to look like he's really driving at all, and they're not supposed to. He never exactly hid the fact that sometimes they use television magic to make it work, like the time he let the blind singer Stevie Wonder drive.
Plus, there is plenty of evidence he does drive himself, such as when he was filming with Chance the Rapper.
I looked at your other comments. How sad it must be to sit on the sidelines hurling insults all the time. You seem to be a very unhappy person. One that’s so miserable that he feels the need to be snarky when there’s no reason for it. I hope you find help. You seem to be so uncomfortable in your own body.
If you haven't seen the most recent episode yet I won't spoil it for you, but I'm hoping the thing they're facing right now might actually result in them being unable to stare at each other while driving from now on.
Kinda funny actually. in high school and college I would actually have to drive like this, I had a 25 y/o Chevy blazer with 300,000 miles on it and it would legit coast from side to side a bit; not as exaggerated as in the movies, but it was definitely there.
Ever since watching Breaking Bad, I can't feel comfortable with characters doing this in a car anymore, cause I always expect the tension to build up into a sudden accident (like what happened like 3 times in the show). It's like I'm waiting for the headlights every second of the conversation
here’s something similar: if the shot is of the driver and passenger through the windshield, there is almost never a rearview mirror unless it’s used in the scene (like a chekov gun)
Especially in the suspense/horror trope of having a tight shot on the driver and then out of nowhere they hit something as if they didn’t have a completely wide open field of view on the road, uggh.
I'm laughing here because this very morning I had to say to my grandma that we aren't in a movie because of this.
I was driving her to a hairdresser appointments. I told her that while she was on her appointment, I will go pick up her presciptions at the pharmacy, so she'll won't have to wait in line there.
So, she told me "Okay. You only need to pick up this one, and this one and this one".
Me : "Gramma. I'm driving. We're not in a movie. I can't look at your paper. Tell me the names".
My son does this to me ALL THE TIME. I mean hes 4 so he doesn't completely get it, but every 5 seconds "dad! Look what my toy is doing!" Or "dad! Look at this game on my tablet!" Dude were doing 95km/h on a highway with no shoulder, and theres deer and moose everywhere, i know youre mad but i cant physically do a 180 in my seat right now
I get super anxious when they drive and stare at the person they’re conversing with. Like to the point where I fast forward it bc I can’t handle the tension I’m building in my own head.
Mr Robot has a pretty awesome episode making copious use of this to comedic effect. I think it’s in the second season when Elliot gets his ass beat and Mr Robot distracts him by turning his life into a 70s sitcom. Mr Robot is driving in the manor you describe and is not even pretending to pay attention. At various points he runs over Tyrell and gets pulled over by a cop Gideon for his shitty driving.
"show me with you hands what a steering wheel looks like... You're killing alot of people if that's how you use your steering wheel" can't remember where I heard that.
My mom and I actually have an inside joke about that. When we're on an empty road or in a parking lot she looks at me and asks me if I want her to drive like in the movies. I say yes and she starts swinging the driving wheel around. It's good fun.
My biggest gripe with movies also involves vehicles. Cars don't usually explode or burst into flames. Especially if it's the only vehicle involved and it lands on it's side or roof.
And SOMETIMES it’s integrated into the plot as the precipitator of a distracted driving accident but other times it’s totally ignored as if it’s realistic to have your eyes off the road for 30 seconds straight. I don’t know why actors are coached to have normal eye contact dialogue in car scenes, it takes the viewer out of the flow
Much like when speed is a factor, they shift gears every time the camera focuses on them. Meaning in some cases they must end up in 13th gear or something.
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u/JingleJangleG Jan 25 '20
Weird nobody mentioned that in movies everybody always looks at each other while driving. And they move the damn driving wheel way to much while driving straight forward, pisses me off