Indy 500

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sun May 29, 2005 11:59 am

Go Danica!

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Sun May 29, 2005 12:43 pm

I'm glad her driving is much better than her acting :)

audiobass10 · Post by **audiobass10** » Sun May 29, 2005 1:58 pm

I thought she did a great job out there today. She lost it at the end but 4th place isn't too shabby.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sun May 29, 2005 5:44 pm

4th place for a rookie driver, and first woman ever to hold lead lap in an Indy 500. Ever. She did damned well. I like her because she disproves all of the jerks who think NHRA drivers are talentless straight-line driving apes who couldn't get into a stock or formula car and make it one lap around a track. She just showed every single one of the nay-sayers that you can go from drag cars to Indy cars and still be damned good.
As for the acting, if you ever pay close attention to the SpikeTV segways she does, you'll notice she's restricted in movement due to green-screening her onto the backgrounds they use. The effect looks like a highschool attempt at photochopping boobs onto a westler or something. The entire segway portion is poorly produced. I don't blame her any mroe than I blame that entire staff. Note the shows are all recorded on video as well, instead of film. Low budget programming. What did you expect from Spike though, seriously. Oscar winning performances on 70mm film?

My loyalty still lays with the former NHRA driver.
I also found it really funny that even in fourth place, she's getting more press right now than the Brit who did win. hahaha

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Sun May 29, 2005 8:25 pm

KikiTheCat wrote:As for the acting, if you ever pay close attention to the SpikeTV segways she does, you'll notice she's restricted in movement due to green-screening her onto the backgrounds they use. The effect looks like a highschool attempt at photochopping boobs onto a westler or something. The entire segway portion is poorly produced. I don't blame her any mroe than I blame that entire staff. Note the shows are all recorded on video as well, instead of film. Low budget programming. What did you expect from Spike though, seriously. Oscar winning performances on 70mm film?

? What does all that have to do with her acting?

She used to be very stiff and very bland when she first started. She's gotten much better. I don't blame the crew for her acting; they can only do so much, but they only do what is necessary. She is restricted, but not that much.

Hardly anyone uses film anymore. Film costs FAR more money and takes so much more time. The only real difference between film and video is the light processing and focus of the images (but not so much with the focusing on the newest equipment).

Most Oscar winning performances are recorded on 35mm film :) . 70mm cannot be shown everywhere and it is also a bit more expensive. The most popular 70mm film is probably Lawrence of Arabia.

Sorry I'm a film major :)

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sun May 29, 2005 8:33 pm

I'm all for Danica, I like Ashley Force too.

audiobass10 · Post by **audiobass10** » Sun May 29, 2005 10:33 pm

I've never seen her act, but I could care less lol. Any chick that drives a car like that is ok in my book. Wasn't she averaging like 220-230 MPH? That's insane. I've never been in a car going that fast, but wouldn't mind to so long as she's drivin it and not me.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:07 am

I'm not going to sit here and bicker about bullshit that's totally unrelated to my thread. Go start your own if you want to talk about film. You're just jealous of her!

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Mon May 30, 2005 11:53 am

Before this thread I had no idea she raced at all... I watch "power block" and I don't think she does to bad.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Tue May 31, 2005 5:19 am

you never noticed the "Team Rahall" captons under her name on the show? :)