12.08.2005
Potpourri Division: Round 1, Match 2
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The Duel for fuel!
Herbie: The reason why VW bugs were cool in the 70's. Also contained an accurate sub-text about the social role that a car could play when it came to young love. For those of us old enough to remember the Sunday night Disney show, we all know how happy you were to find a "Herbie" feature as opposed to "The Space-Donkey that Played Basketball", or some other nonsense.
Speed Buggy: The Scooby-inspired mystery solving car, who had the coolest victory dance of any sentient anthropomorphic car ever. Loved the scenes where he would drive through caves, inside houses, etc. (sentient or not, no car is going to be tooling around my haunted mansion, marking up my carpet and leaving oil everywhere).
# posted on Thursday, December 08, 2005
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I don't mean to disagree with Jon A on everything but a vote for the "cute" Speed Buggy is a vote for machines to take over and rule the world. Look again at the pictures. Where are the poeple in the "cool" Speed Buggy picture?
Eaten.
'Nuff Said.
Eaten.
'Nuff Said.
I feel very out of it - I don't remember Speed Buggy at all. But, I do remember Herbie - wasn't there just a movie out about Herbie? He stands the test of time. Speed Buggy who?
Lauren
Lauren
Who objected on the grounds of Disney?
Objection sustained!
Also the recent remake nixes a lot of the ironic value, by me.
Objection sustained!
Also the recent remake nixes a lot of the ironic value, by me.
Herbie had an incredible capacity for love and mischief. He was this crazy, intelligent car - plus he was a VW Bug!
I'm not sure of the intellignece level of Speed Buggy - he doesn't look all that smart to me - maybe it's the eyes. Plus, if it says anything I don't remember Speed Buggy, but I remember Herbie - that's got to be grounds for a win in this icon tug o war...
one for Herbie
I'm not sure of the intellignece level of Speed Buggy - he doesn't look all that smart to me - maybe it's the eyes. Plus, if it says anything I don't remember Speed Buggy, but I remember Herbie - that's got to be grounds for a win in this icon tug o war...
one for Herbie
Don't forget Rule/Criteria #3 about keeping it non-current. Herbie: Fully Loaded was released (to poor reviews) in 2005.
Plus Speed Buggy can talk. Well, sort of.
Plus Speed Buggy can talk. Well, sort of.
The sheer thought of Herbie brings pictures of thousands of 60's-era bugs still traversing the dusty roadways of Mexico even today. And how can an air cooled, three cylinder gas powered car win any kind of race period, no matter how loveable and personable? It just can't happen.
But a cartoon dune buggy that can solve mysteries and "walk" on two wheels is far cooler. It was always much more fun to watch Speed Buggy on a Saturday morning with your brothers and/or sisters than Herbie on ABC's Disney Sunday movie with mom and dad.
And to echo the comments already left, Hanna-Barbera beats Disney hands down anytime.
But a cartoon dune buggy that can solve mysteries and "walk" on two wheels is far cooler. It was always much more fun to watch Speed Buggy on a Saturday morning with your brothers and/or sisters than Herbie on ABC's Disney Sunday movie with mom and dad.
And to echo the comments already left, Hanna-Barbera beats Disney hands down anytime.
Here is my ruling on Jeffy's Rule Appeal.
Remakes/Renaissance does not neccesarily make something "current". There is no doubt that the Transformers, Strawberry Shortcake, and, in future matches, many of the video game sprites to be used, have a current pop-life. That doesn't disqualify them from having a presence in the retro-ironic world. As long as we are clear that we are referring to the original, I don't think it's a conflict.
The rule was written to exclude icons whose lives are SOLELY tied to the present (like Pikachu, or Dora the Explorer).
If we were to have a competition of live-action TV, we certainly wouldn't want to exclude Bewitched or Dukes of Hazzard, regardless of their crappy recent remakes.
Remakes/Renaissance does not neccesarily make something "current". There is no doubt that the Transformers, Strawberry Shortcake, and, in future matches, many of the video game sprites to be used, have a current pop-life. That doesn't disqualify them from having a presence in the retro-ironic world. As long as we are clear that we are referring to the original, I don't think it's a conflict.
The rule was written to exclude icons whose lives are SOLELY tied to the present (like Pikachu, or Dora the Explorer).
If we were to have a competition of live-action TV, we certainly wouldn't want to exclude Bewitched or Dukes of Hazzard, regardless of their crappy recent remakes.
Like it or not, Disney was a major factor in my childhood (and I would hazard to guess, yours as well). While not as currently edgy or socially acceptable, I cannot deny that it was a formative influence.
Judging the joys of the past with jaded adult eyes won't diminish the power of the Love Bug. As much as I would very likely enjoyed Speed Buggy, this is the first time I've heard of him/her/it.
Another for Herbie.
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Judging the joys of the past with jaded adult eyes won't diminish the power of the Love Bug. As much as I would very likely enjoyed Speed Buggy, this is the first time I've heard of him/her/it.
Another for Herbie.
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