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    Image of Thomas Paladino Thomas Paladino
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    Sorry, but what a fucking tool. Reagan and Thatcher are the reason we're all alive today.
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    scroggs promoted this comment Thomas Paladino was starred Thomas Paladino was unstarred
    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    08/31/09

    @Thomas Paladino: Tom, you know your propaganda, but you don't know your history.
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    scroggzilla raids again was starred scroggzilla raids again was unstarred
    Image of Thomas Paladino Thomas Paladino
    08/31/09

    @scroggs: Sorry, you're right. Pope JP2 should be in there as well.
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    Thomas Paladino was starred Thomas Paladino was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    I just now realized the shot with the Falcon convertible and the Impala, third pic from the bottom, is likely the very same site in which the original John Connor nearly pranged a still barge-like '75-'77 Eldorado into a wall.

    Cool.
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    that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    In one scene, an interior shot, you're supposed to be with Otto inside the Cutlass, but careful observation spots incongruities. He gets into the Cutlass, but the interiors are from something else. I don't know what, exactly.
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    Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    What a great interview. The Little Tree part is amazing.

    And Harry Dean Stanton is a National Treasure.
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    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    08/31/09

    @Novaload Is Just Plain Novaload Again: Meh. I liked where he got his head popped off in a movie about a bus that had to keep speeding and speeding because it had a bomb that would go off if it went below a certain speed.
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    Edited by Elhigh at 08/31/09 8:26 AM Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    08/31/09

    @Elhigh: Uh, wasn't that Dennis Hopper? (...who is another National Treasure...)

    Harry Dean got his head popped off when he messed with an Alien...
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    SeanKHotay was starred SeanKHotay was unstarred
    Image of Turboner Turboner
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    A 68 Impala would have had a 307, not a 305, but whatever, I digress ;)
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    Turboner was starred Turboner was unstarred
    Image of coupeZ600 coupeZ600
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    Whenever (and this has become more and more seldom) I see a '64 Futura, I yell, "F@*#ing Rodriguez Brothers!" and swerve violently into an open lane, much to the chagrin and bewilderment of my passengers. They have no idea what I'm talking about, but they can tell it's intense, and don't ask questions.
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    mechimike promoted this comment coupeZ600 was starred coupeZ600 was unstarred
    Image of mechimike mechimike
    08/31/09

    @coupeZ600: Life of a Repo Man is always intense. Some people just fail to grasp that fact.
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    mechimike was starred mechimike was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    08/31/09

    @mechimike: I used to be a Repo Man. Furniture, not cars. A smart bank has the key code for the car, you get a new key made and you can hop in, fire it up and roll away. If you're lucky.

    Repoing furniture, man...you gotta get 'em to let you in. And facing down a guy with a shotgun over his - er, that's my dryer - crazy. Don't miss those days at all.

    It's weird when you get home from work and the wife says, "Any new holes?"

    "Nope."

    "Good. Here's some dinner."
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    Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of underwear-ninja underwear-ninja
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    I like how the last comment is about what little product placement there was in the film, and then at the bottom of the interview is a big Gawker ad for pop-culture skateboards.

    Oh you guys~
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    Elhigh promoted this comment underwear-ninja was starred underwear-ninja was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    08/31/09

    @underwear-ninja: Questionable Content nerd!
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    Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd. The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd.
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    Repo Man blew my mind the first time I saw it on Speedvision's The Lost Drive-In (hosted by the awesome Bruce Dern).

    Thanks for the great work MM.

    Other awesome movies from The Lost Drive In that now litter my shelves and hard drives include:
    The Driver (starring Bruce Dern)
    Vanishing Point (original)
    Gone in 60 Seconds (original)
    Grand Prix

    /anyone up for a SpeedTv is a lowest common denominator pile of nascar driven shite rant?
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    Tomsk welcomes the Jezebanned home promoted this comment The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd. was starred The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd. was unstarred
    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    08/31/09

    @The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd.: I second your rant. I watched Speed Report tonite and they gave Travis Pastrana a single sentence congrats for his newly earned rally chamionship. It was the last sentence said in the program as the music and credits were playing.
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    Tomsk welcomes the Jezebanned home promoted this comment joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    08/31/09

    @The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd.:

    Thirded.

    Though it's better than a few years back when they were showing old NASCRAP races as filler.

    Sigh. Hard to believe I know about WRC/BTCC because of SpeedTV. How times change.
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    that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    I should also mention that I may have the door emblems from Harry Dean Stanton's '71 Impala in my collection. Cox says he drove the Impala for a couple years after the film, until it died. I was living in Southern California at the time and was a regular at most of the major self-service junkyards, so I'd have pried the emblems off the Repo Man Impala if I saw it on the yard. If only I'd known! But blue POS Impala sedans were as common in junkyards then as are early-90s Tauruses today.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars

    I'm proud of ya, Mur'lee! Thanks for reporting to us.

    I have a roadside-found New Car Scent Little Tree hanging from the handlebars of my Gary Fisher. I thought it humourous given its lack of smell even when I got it, and the fact that it's travelled hundreds of miles by my hand in the open air.

    Old (pre-pipe-clamped-headlight) photo above.
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    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    08/31/09


    @FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway: There seems to be something missing from your handle bars though.
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/31/09

    @joneez wants the clunkers he paid for: I don't have to take a hand off the handlebars to shout at motorists, and if I wanted to do so, I know plenty of great hand signals!

    Still not the worst idea.
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    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    You might enjoy the comic strip Cox drew up to try to sell the film concept to ...
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Anaximander Anaximander
    08/31/09

    In reply to Repo Man Creator Alex Cox Tells Jalopnik How He Selected The Film's Cars
    "Food" and "Beer" came from Ralph's? Of course!
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    Anaximander was starred Anaximander was unstarred
    Image of Nate with shorter name Nate with shorter name
    08/31/09

    @anaxomander: I shop at Ralph's to this day but I am still a little disappointed that they long ago changed the labels on the generic food. Right now I colld use a "beer".
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment Nate with shorter name was starred Nate with shorter name was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    08/31/09

    @Nate with shorter name: I used to drink a lot of "Beer," because of this movie. Never could find "Food" cans, though.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    08/31/09

    @anaxomander: When I was a kid I remember several friends of my Dad drinking a substance out of a drab tan can that was simply labeled "BEER." I also remember eating "COOKIES" from similar packaging. Is this the same stuff?
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    08/31/09

    @joneez wants the clunkers he paid for: There were many varieties of generic products during the late-70s/early-80s period. The blue-on-white ones were most common, but by the time Repo Man came out the generics were already something of a joke. They still exist, but they're store brands.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    08/31/09

    @Murilee Martin: I think the store was either Scolari's or Lucky's. There's been 5 different stores in that building.

    Thanks for the interview and bringing back some near forgotten memories. It's funny the things you remember from childhood. I can still recall the taste of "COOKIES" 35 years later.
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    joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of coupeZ600 coupeZ600
    08/31/09

    @joneez wants the clunkers he paid for: "Put it on a plate, Otto, it'll taste better...."

    (eating with spoon straight out of the can) I don't know how much better than this it could get, Ma"
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment coupeZ600 was starred coupeZ600 was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    08/31/09

    @coupeZ600: In the original screenplay, Otto burns his parents' house down after he finds they've given all their money to the Reverend's Bibles For El Salvador scam. That scene wasn't used in in the film.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/31/09

    @Nate with shorter name: There was a lot of that back in the day. 7-11 also sold "Beer" with black letters on a white can.
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    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of mechimike mechimike
    08/31/09

    @Murilee Martin: I still drink "BEER". Except its now called "Schlitz".
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    mechimike was starred mechimike was unstarred
    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    04/24/09

    In reply to Jason Castriota: Stile Bertone Mantide, Pininfarina P4/5 Designer
    LEAVE JASON ALONE!!!

    Seriously though, I don't care much for the car but that doesn't mean he didn't put everything he had into it. I would give my left nut (probably the right one too) to be doing what he is doing.


    I raise a glass of Breakfast Scotch to Jason Castriota and look forward to his next masterpiece.
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    Jo Schmo was starred Jo Schmo was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/24/09

    In reply to Jason Castriota: Stile Bertone Mantide, Pininfarina P4/5 Designer
    Great interview, very nicely done.


    That bastard has stolen the life I was supposed to have. And hearing hi, I'm kinda cool with that.


    I can't wait to see the real car, out showing what it can do.


    HMMM, he went to emerson, just like Jay Leno, so maybe there'll be a market for this beast after all. And some Corvette groupies...

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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was starred Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was unstarred
    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    04/24/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:


    Yup, my brother liked it.

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    lilwillie was starred lilwillie was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/24/09

    @lilwillie wants another PCH: MAybe Dennis Leary wants one too...
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was starred Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was unstarred
    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    04/24/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:


    He dealt with Leary, my brother worked in Event planning and housing maintenance. He said Leary wasn't a bad guy if you get him away from the media and public.


    The one celeb he said was the nicest was The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, during filming for a movie there. Never spoke down to anyone, took the crew out for drinks all the time. Decent guy.

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    lilwillie was starred lilwillie was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/25/09

    @lilwillie wants another PCH: Leary seems like a guy who works hard for other folks to think he's a prick. Probably alright when he doesn't feel he's got to posture.


    Didn't know that about The Rock. Glad to know there are some decent folks in show business.

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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was starred Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was unstarred
    Image of CurtisLolzord CurtisLolzord
    04/24/09

    In reply to Jason Castriota: Stile Bertone Mantide, Pininfarina P4/5 Designer
    I love it when car designs are this polarizing -- usually (there are some instances where it just kills me to see someone screw up a design). Personally, I love this design.
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    CurtisLolzord was starred CurtisLolzord was unstarred
    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    04/24/09

    @CurtisLolzord: And I think that's one of the weaknesses of the C6 Corvette. It's not polarizing enough. Park it next to a Viper, and you'll see where the Corvette was dumbed down to appeal to a broader audience. Which I understand from a business perspective--it's just a little depressing when you're adding vanilla to your flagship sports car. The Z06 and ZR1 inject significant attitude to the design, but you can't help but wonder what it would have been like if they had started with the ZR1 and then gone more aggressive from there. And, just for kicks, the Spadaconcept Codatronca:

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    theeastbaykid was starred theeastbaykid was unstarred
    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    04/24/09

    @theeastbaykid: That kind of looks like a digital speedometer on the back, reading zero. If it actually was, it would only be slightly less visible to other traffic than the digital speedo in the Civic.
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    GreenN_Gold was starred GreenN_Gold was unstarred
    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    04/24/09

    @GreenN_Gold: Yep, digital speedo on the back. Both awesome and probably not such a good idea. I'm with you on the Civics, though, I've calibrated several vintage cars and a bike to those things.
     Reply
    theeastbaykid was starred theeastbaykid was unstarred
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