Listen, this is a little awkward, but Iâve been working all day here in these blogmines for over a month now and not one of you has bought me a damned thing. I bust my back grinding out news and spittinâ hot takes for you, and you canât even send over a fruit basket?
With that new Bumblebee movie coming out, the subject of Transformers Ethics and Culture has been gaining increased attention and scrutiny lately. This national focus has caused many Transfomers scholars to ponder some complicated questions, such as this ethical pickle: if a Transformer dies, is it disrespectful toâŚ
Did you know thereâs a whole other Spider-Man series that takes place in a multiverse where each universe has its own version of Spider-Man? Iâll admit I was not aware of this arachnid-humanoid-related development, but I am now. Thereâs a new movie coming out about one of these Spider-verses, and, for our purposes,âŚ
There are a lot of great movie cars. Fast and Furious helped make the Toyota Supra an icon, the Ford Mustang from Bullitt hasnât left the spotlight since 1968, and Aston Martin is almost synonymous with James Bond for those with casual knowledge of either. But none of those are my favorite. Not even close.
An important discussion arose in the Jalopnik pod this week: why, in Batman Begins, did Batman ask then-Sgt. Jim Gordon if he could drive stick before he got into the Tumbler Batmobile, when thereâs no way the Tumbler Batmobile has a manual transmission? Why would Batman just lie like that?
No, this isnât the same Subaru WRXÂ stunt car from Baby Driver that we wrote up over the summer. While that car had been converted to rear-wheel drive, this one is all-wheel drive.
Like most people who saw Black Panther, I thought the views of Wakanda, a wildly-advanced and fictional East-African country, were some of the most compelling and exciting parts of the movie. Of course, seeing Wakanda brought up a lot of questions: Whatâs the deal with those sand-like 3D display systems they have? HowâŚ
You may have noticed that Lexus has been leveraging the new Black Panther movie to pimp the LS500 sedan and concept coupe that get heroic appearances on screen. Thereâs another Toyota in the movie too, but it totally misses the perfect chance to show off one of its best features.
Over the weekend, The New York Times shared actress Uma Thurmanâs accounts of abuse from producer Harvey Weinstein and her hospitalizing car crash from the Kill Bill series in a Karmann Ghia she called a âdeathbox.â Director Quentin Tarantino, who told Thurman the road she had to drive the car on was straight andâŚ
Since the outpouring of incidents of sexual assault and harassment by movie producer Harvey Weinstein sparked a massive backlash against the abuse of women in Hollywood, one of the most anticipated voices has been that of actress Uma Thurman, who worked with Weinstein on a number of high-profile movie projects. AndâŚ
Dude, look! DKâs ride is for sale!
Ford trotted out the 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt at this yearâs Detroit Auto Show, along with a highly special guest: the original Mustang used in the 1968 Steve McQueen film, Bullitt. Jalopnikâs on-hand photographer Kurt Bradley got a close look at the iconic car that was, until just a few years ago, thought to be lost.
Radwood 2 looked like a good neon time full of the old cars we actually care about. If you were stuck at home, you can relive the good old times vicariously through Jalopnikâs Instagram here, or Radwoodâs main account here. We hope you all enjoyed it and werenât hassled too much for rad props by The Man.
Actor Dax Shepard is a friend of Jalopnik who likes to make fun movies that feature cool cars and bikes. Because I live the #dadlife, I finally got around to watching one of Shepardâs more recent films, CHiPs. Co-staring along with Shepard is a Chevy SS. If you saw the film, did you catch the swap when the SS meetsâŚ
Last year, we reveled in the â80s-tastic nostalgia-porn of Stranger Things, and, predictable bastard I am, wrote about all of the period cars used in the series. Season two was released last Friday, and over the weekend sweet, loyal Jalopnik readers were already all over my ass to do this again for the new series.âŚ
So far, the big automotive news about the latest Replicantsplotation movie, Blade Runner 2049, is that it seems that French cars like Peugeot will make their return to America with some very impressive flying cars. I have some potentially bigger news, though: it appears that in 2049, thereâs at least still some oldâŚ
More so than its central mystery or its musings on the nature of memories and humanity, I love Blade Runner for its world-buildingâeven if that world is decidedly not a very nice place. The sci-fi classic is back with Blade Runner 2049 and Iâm not spoiling anything by telling you that world is even worse now. MoreâŚ
Special-edition cars based on movies are certainly A Thing, and some have even become so desirable that there are hopeful hoaxes swirling about their existence, like we saw with the alleged 2018 Mustang Bullitt edition. But for every Bullitt-edition Mustang or 007-themed Aston Martin there are a lot more really lousyâŚ
Itâs Oct. 3, which means itâs Mean Girls Day!
Iâm pretty excited about the movie adaptation of Ernest Clineâs novel-length love letter to video games, â80s tech and pop culture, Ready Player One. The novel is set in a future where life is essentially divided into two spheres: a utopian online virtual world, and a shitty, grimy dystopian reality. Shooting hasâŚ
