"POD" (podimus)
12/27/2013 at 20:36 • Filed to: Watch This, Redneck
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"POD" (podimus)
12/27/2013 at 20:36 • Filed to: Watch This, Redneck | 2
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I don't have Cable T.V., but I watch it at the gym and I just stumbled upon this show.
Some internet dives later and I'm still not sure what to think.
It's sensationalism television to be sure. The added sound effects, the fiddle ridden soundtrack, the nationalism... However it's got some very interesting cars.
Having grown up in podunk small town 'Merica, I've been witness to my fair share of muscle cars, trucks, and gun racks (in both). Having left said podunk small town and having left 'Merica, I've been witness to plenty of rice, no guns, and exotics. As such, this show has a weird unorthodox appeal to me.
On the one hand, the classic American Muscle has had some work done to it. Like an aging Hollywood star, the surgeon behind the scenes makes the old gals look good. On the other hand, the redneck kid in me doesn't care that the the classics have had work done, I just want them to Hee-Haw their way to victory!
Then that rational (on a good day) frontal lobe kicks in and reminds me of my other two hands. The drivers and the editors. You've got an open call that was probably inflammatory and will likely draw any and all comers not actively working at the time of the shooting. You also have a show engineered to incite a dichotomous response with a host of cameras and editors that will cut and splice the final product to make it as fantastical as possible.
There is a 5th hand as well. A hand any gambler on a souther bayou riverboat would be familiar with, a stacked deck. Those Redneck cars are the wet dream of any kid that grew up watching Horsepower TV.
As a show, it ranks up there with Fast N Loud. It's fun, it's good background noise when I'm working on projects, and on occasion it really can surprise you. Overall though it's nothing to hang ones hat on.
Jordan Clifford
> POD
12/27/2013 at 20:44 |
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Oh my god.
I HATE MY COUNTRY
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POD
> Jordan Clifford
12/27/2013 at 20:50 |
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Because of performance or because of how the driver handled the car?
I should probably ask, which country?
TheJWT
> POD
12/27/2013 at 20:53 |
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I always found it ironic that what they try and portray as the "simple muscle car built by a southern redneck" often has much more work done to it then whatever they're racing. Many of the American cars on there are pretty hardcore track machines.
Tom McParland
> POD
12/27/2013 at 21:09 |
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There was one episode where a dude in a tuned S4 Avant (B5 I think) totally spanks all the muscle cars.
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POD
> TheJWT
12/27/2013 at 21:11 |
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That was exactly my thought as well. Old muscle all done up.
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POD
> Tom McParland
12/27/2013 at 21:12 |
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I'm getting the whole season so I'm sure I'll come across that episode. I'll watch out for that.
Burrito de EJ25
> POD
12/27/2013 at 21:15 |
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Good lord is this show insufferable.
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POD
> Burrito de EJ25
12/27/2013 at 21:19 |
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Hahaha, yea it's pretty bad. It's on FOX though, so that should be a warning.
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Burrito de EJ25
> POD
12/27/2013 at 21:28 |
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Something similar to this minus the borderline xenophobia could be really good, though. Tuned car challenges Best Motoring style.
Oh, and the buttrock has to go, too.
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POD
> Burrito de EJ25
12/27/2013 at 21:30 |
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I really agree! On both points!
New Avatar and screen name?
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Burrito de EJ25
> POD
12/27/2013 at 21:43 |
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Nope! Same as always.
Stef Schrader
> Tom McParland
12/27/2013 at 23:29 |
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That episode was the best. Ever. Of all of "Speed's" cheesy reality shows. EVER.
I spent too much time in northeast Texas. I'm not sure what side they'd stick me on. Like setting things on fire, jumping cars and prefacing things with "dude, watch this." Use too many syllables in words and can't actually understand some relatives' accents at all.
Is "just likes to watch the world burn" a side? I think that's it.
SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
> POD
12/27/2013 at 23:36 |
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SPEED TV originally made it.
but SPEED has been owned by FOX for years...
deadpedal
> POD
12/27/2013 at 23:38 |
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This.
Is why TV is silly.
Still watched it. Because cars and class wars.
Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> POD
12/27/2013 at 23:40 |
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It would be fun to show up in this. They would never say another word.
