Subject: If you were in Fight Club...
29/08/2007 @ 18:49:39: G-MANN: If you were in Fight Club...
Has everyone seen Fight Club? In one scene in the film the two main characters (played by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton) walk alongside parked cars in the streets, hitting some of them with baseball bats (the flashy luxury cars) and sparing the more humble cheaper cars (like Fords and Chevys). This is part of their retaliation against the consumerist society (they also put subversive messages on billboards and feed pigeons on the roof of a BMW dealership so they'll crap on all the cars).

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_2813-BMW-7-E38-1995.html

In the scene they hit two cars, a BMW 7-Series and a Volkswagen New Beetle and spare a Chevrolet Prizm. Now if you were either the two characters in this film, or if you were directing this film, which two cars would you want to have smashed up and which one would you want spared? Which cars do you really hate and which ones do you see as an underdog? They can be absolutely anything, though modern cars would make more sense in the context of the scene.

I'd smash up a BMW X5 and a Porsche Cayenne and I'd spare a Vauxhall Omega (my dad has this car and I'm borrowing it at the moment). I'd also like to smash a Range Rover Sport and if there was a Bentley Arnage parked there, I'd spare that (because it's such a fabulous car) unless it was owned by someone like David Beckham, then I'd smash it.

And before people reply "vandalizing cars is wrong" we're talking about a completely hypothetical situation so ethical considerations can go out the window.
29/08/2007 @ 19:16:27: Neptune: If you were in Fight Club...
Is there a limit on number of vehicles? You said two cars, so I’m assuming just two? Right?
29/08/2007 @ 19:30:02: G-MANN: If you were in Fight Club...
Well in the film you only see them smash two, you can have a few more if you like, just not too many.

I bet you're going to pick the Mercedes GL, the car your neighbour owns.
29/08/2007 @ 19:46:53: antp: If you were in Fight Club...
Strange that you did not mention a Cadillac Escalade :grin:
29/08/2007 @ 20:02:32: Neptune: If you were in Fight Club...
This is going to be hard because I really like all vehicles.

These are listed in no order of importance:

1: Ford Explorer (First Generation Only)
2: Dodge Ram (Second Generation Only)
3: Pontiac Aztec (2001 model Only)
4: Cadillac Escalade / Escalade EXT / Escalade ESV (All Generations)
5: Mercedes-Benz ML (All Generations)
6: Lexus LS (Fourth Generation Only)
29/08/2007 @ 20:04:26: Neptune: If you were in Fight Club...
Well in the film you only see them smash two, you can have a few more if you like, just not too many.

I bet you're going to pick the Mercedes GL, the car your neighbour owns.


No, I do like the Mercedes GL (even though it’s not built to work, It can’t tow anywhere near what my Ford Expedition Limited can) I would however like to hit my neighbor with a base ball bat. :grin:
30/08/2007 @ 00:24:02: qwerty_86: If you were in Fight Club...
Two vehicles eh? I'd go for a Honda Accord and any Lexus SUV.
30/08/2007 @ 02:44:53: MBSL65fan: If you were in Fight Club...
Sorry I've been gone for so long. Schooling is all. :grin: Since I can get offended of seeing luxury or exotic cars get smashed, I'd choose an older modeled Ford or a Geo.
30/08/2007 @ 14:34:36: dmoss: If you were in Fight Club...
If I were the director, I'd have had them bash a Lexus RX 400 and a Porsche 911 Carrera while sparing a Honda Civic.
04/09/2007 @ 01:03:27: 97fordf1: If you were in Fight Club...
id have them hit any new bmw most likely an X5 or an M5 and a merc s class and id have them spare something very simple like a dodge neon, a ford escort or a chevy cavaler
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