![]() 05/30/2014 at 14:20 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Saw a poll on imdb for who is the best driver and most of the choices were fast and the furious characters and #1 was vin diesels ff character. All I know is the dude gets hit by a train at the end of the first movie. We can do better Jalops. If I didn't include your favorite write them in and include them in the comments.
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Gah! I got it wrong. I knew I should have looked it up.
I just know in the movie he's called Misuser Frank, but it's actually Frank Martin.
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Frank Martin the transporter. The end. But I think the right answer is Will smith and Martin Lawrence in bad boys. The Porsche vs AC cobra at the end was the ish
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the driver from Ronin -
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In the immortal words of all those immortals "there can be only one." If I recall Lawrence was driving in the scene at the end of the movie.
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Franco or the guy in the Cobra.
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Don't mind me, I'll just be over here smoking.
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I meant to include them but I'm a little drowsy with all this bennadryl. Absolutely.
Franco : And now my friend, the first-a rule of Italian driving.
[Franco rips off his rear-view mirror and throws it out of the car]
Franco : What's-a behind me is not important.
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I'm going to go with Burt Reynolds in "Smokey and the Bandit." :-)
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My io9 roots are showing...
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Yup and the immortal words of Will smith, "From now on, that's how you drive!!"
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That's Sam
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Yeah my vote is also Takumi Fujiwara or his dad.
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SPEED MFING RACER
.........try and do better
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I thought of Takumi first, but then remembered how his dad handed him his ass in the later episodes.
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sorry, I was mostly thinking of movies and speed racer from the movie would never make my list.
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Joe Tanto.
Who knew the 53 year old former CART champion still had it in him.
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Very true. Hard to top a hands free 4 wheel drift while lighting a cig.
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I went with Racer X because Speed's a bit wussy.
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Physics...HOW DO THEY WORK!?!?
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Fred, from Scooby Doo. No, really! First, he's got one of those flat-front vans from the 70s or so, which, as cool as they are, neither run nor handle any better than a wet cardboard box. Then, he's got a handful of freaks and losers for passengers in there, too. Seriously, he's got to try to keep the attractive-but-dumb Daphne out of trouble (remember, she's the one that always walks in to the Obviously Creepy And Dangerous Room/Building), Thelma's smart but basically blind, losing her glasses in every episode (Lasik already, would you?), and Shaggy... holy crap, the back half of that van must normally have like 3 hay bales of high test weed. And on top of all that? There's goddam *talking dog* riding around with him, while they get chased by ghosts/monsters/the-old-man-from-the-store. And guy just cruises along with a thin-lipped perma-smile, never wrecks the Mystery Machine once. Maybe he's no Racer X, but he is impressive.
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double points for when he's dealing with Scrappy's BS.
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Oh, man, I'd totally blocked out the memory of that little piece of animated hell. Even as a kid I found Scrappy annoying. Scrappy is the inspiration behind the phrase, "Makes me want to kick puppies", I'd bet.
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Yeah, kick'em to the curb.
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This f'ckin' dude:
I mean, c'mon:
Though I am a firm supporter of Mars Guo. No replacement for displacement!
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On second thought, screw the movie. Videogame is where it's at. This had a ton of different environments, quite a bit of variety in vehicle choice and a bunch of parts that customised them in meaningful ways. As a kid I found the single player campaign tough as nails. I still don't think it's easy at higher levels. And split screen multiplayer... that was just mental. Have a sample of the low-res, low draw distance, but surprisingly good sounding racer, that is fun as [expletive]:
To be had on Nintendo 64 and PC. Possibly elsewhere. Not sure if the PC version had split-screen, but there's always emulators. Gonna have to dig it up soon. :)
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Can't believe this had 0 recommends. Great stuff. :)
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Ey-yo buddy, the poll can be voted-on any number of times. So Sebulba is now in the lead. I guess it's a race! Broop-broop-broop-broop-broop.
Anyway, just discount the Sebulba votes. Sorry for being a prat.
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Meh.
Everyone knows if this guy can't win on skill alone his passenger will take care of the competition.
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Maybe Americans have no idea what it is
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Jean Reno is so badass, the Japanese made a video game where he decapitates, slices and explodes a bunch of daemonic samurai and their minions, equipped with a high powered classic motorcycle and a child in distress.
No, for reals, though:
The trailer manages to pack a massive load of trippy badassery in 2 minutes and 32 seconds.