Truckers in the movies

Hey, Check out the movi "Black top" starring "MeatLoaf". Another ridiculous trucker movie, but somewhat entertaining, none the less. I thing movies, like "Joyride" are really ridiculous, and after seeing about half of it, I turned it off. "Duel", on the other hand..., Well I liked it a lot as a kid. How about "Over the Top", with Sylvester Stallone? That was a farce, if I ever saw one, but for some reason I could alwas sit through that one,too. I think that's just because it's another one I loved as a really little kid, when it first came out. None of them beat "Maximum Overdrive", though. That one always got my attention, even to date. I remember laughing as a kid, when I could hear the trucks grinding gears, even though they were supposed to be operating, all on their own. Very funny movie, and very intense, and scary, if you are a little kid, with a lot of imagination to curb.

 

Actually, the film is called "Black Dog", not "Black Top". And before anyone tries to read too much into any movie or television depiction of trucking, remember that they are movies made to display a certain trait and appeal to an audience, and have little basis in reality.

As far as tv and it's versions of reality, Will and Sonny had to sleep in that cramped coffin box sleeper of a Kenworth, and even on his best days, BJ had to stop several times a day and change Bear's diapers and wipe a monkey's butt, and put up with the smell of monkey droppings..

 

ALOT of our trucker's say GO MAN GO when they are driving thru the worst traffic possible!

I have to admit, alot of them have nerves of steel and prove it each time.

As far as the MOVIES...I don't really get into them as hollywood will portray anything and anybody the way that will sell and MONEY rules for them.
I just laugh them off.

 

BJ and the Bear was an awesome series, considering I was just a 10 year old kid when it was on the air.

Of course, I was a big fan of the first Smokey and The Bandit. (less than 10 years old when this came out)

"over the Top" was OK. It was nothing great, but I enjoyed watching it.

Gotta understand though, I have always been obsessed with trucks, going all the way back to when I was 5, and my parents ran a janitorial business in California. We cleaned F.B. Hart (peterbilt dealership), and the security guard let me honk the horns in the trucks
Been around these things all of my life to some extent, so if the movie is based around a truck, I am probably going to be watching, even today.

 

I wonder if I could be in one of the movies.

I would be the bad log auditor who does bad things instead of the right things.

Sounds fun to me and I bet drivers would get a kick out of it.

We could make it a commedy movie

So who has the money to do this?

 

DOES bad things??
This wouldn't be something like...LOGS DOES DALLAS would it?

 

You know that made me laugh, thanks. No my mind wasn't being that bad (for once). I was thinking of fixing logs and telling you to log it illegal. I don't know just making cracks to drivers about logs. I think a driver would get some humor out of it and having the driver tick me off.

Then ya "YOUR" idea would definetly be a great title The truckers would be buying that. I would not be in it though

 

I think we should do a candid camera incident at a truckstop and see what kind of hell we can raise!

 

Cybergal that sounds good to!