David Freiburger is one of our heroes. If you haven't heard of him. He has an amazing career. Including working for Hot Rod Magazine, co-host of several success series on YouTube and the former MotorTrend TV. Lately he's been giving us a glimpse of the car culture he grew up with in the 1980s on his YouTube channel. If you're a fan of car stories and hot rod pictures from the 80's then you're in for a treat! Not to spoil anything, but one of his friends had a movie car! Watch the video to see what it was! See ya!
Have you ever wondered what certain movie car mash ups would look like? Now you can with the power of AI! The image above was generated using Google Gemini with a simple prompt (see below). I shared this image with friends and we've already been coming up with fun dialog for a Smokey and the Bandit/Back to the Future mashup. All in good fun of course. So what's a prompt you may ask? A prompt is a set of instructions to give the AI for which movies to use and what cars to mash up. I've only tested the following prompt with Google Gemini but it may work for other AI models. Enjoy!
Prompt: Draw a picture mashing up two cars from the movie Back the Future and Smokey and the Bandit. Use the DeLorean from Back to the Future and the black Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit.
Looking for a car related movie to watch this May? Here are some car related gems available on streaming this month. Using an awesome post over at ComicBook.com, we were able to filter it down to great shows and films that feature car related content. A little bit of something for everyone! Especially if you're a Death Race or Mad Max fan. Some of these may not be just pure car movies. But you will see some awesome cars in all of these options.
Homer Simpson is a man of many talents. No that's not right. Homer Simpson is a man of many hats? True, Homer has done just about every job imaginable, a jack of all trades so to speak. But did you know he was once a truck driver? Well he was! Way back in episode 17 of season 10, Home drives a big rig called "The Red Rascal." We thought we would celebrate this one episode wonder.
Looking from the side, the Red Rascal bares resemblance of a late 90's Freightliner front end with a Mack cab. It's not uncommon to see this an animation. Resemblance to anything real life is just a mark of artist inspiration. On side you can see a nifty logo for the trucking company. A pinup girl with a confederate flag one-piece swimsuit posing with a cartoon wolf. You may remember a similar wolf in older Looney Toons cartoons.
Here's a little background on the episode. Homer finds himself pitted against a truck driver in a showdown steak eating contest. His rival, Red Barclay wins the contest only to die shortly after. In honor of Red, Homer takes its to the road in The Red Rasel to complete Red's final haul. Meanwhile Marge and Lisa have a unrelated adventure of their own. Here we can see Barclay's operators license under the visor. Rest in peace Red. Here's to the hero we didn't know we needed.
Toward the end of the episode Homer falls asleep at the wheel and rescued by this little gadget called the "Navitron Auto-Drive System." Apparently in the Simspsons world, every truck has auto pilot. But it's a trucker's best kept secret, at least until Homer spills the beans. As one trucker says "..with this baby driving your truck. You just have to sit back and watch your ass grow." I'll take their word for it. Say, is this another example of how the Simpsons predicts the future?
Homer and Bart end up getting a lot of valuable bonding in episode. Activities ranging from fishing to enjoying a truck stop meal. I won't spoil the whole episode for you.
But let's just say. It's pretty good. Oh remember Marge and Lisa's adventure. Here's a little tease of another On Screen Car for ya. Till next time, keep on truck'n!
Looking for a car related movie to watch this April? Here are some car related gems available on streaming this month. Using an awesome post over at ComicBook.com, we were able to filter it down to great shows and films that feature car related content. A little bit of something for everyone! Especially if you're a Fast and the Furious fan. Some of these may not be just pure car movies. But you will see some awesome cars in all of these options.
* Generated using Google Gemini
