Wild Hogs - Which Character Are You?
by Steve
Monday, August 20, 2007
So, everyone's watched the movie "Wild Hogs" by now. There was an interesting post on HDForums asking the question, which character are you?
Here's the primary cast of riders...
- Woody Stevens (John Travolta) - Leader, lonely, wealthy, always wants to ride somewhere, has plenty of time for it, but can't get people to go
- Doug Madsen (Tim Allen) - Tied down at the job, always worred about work, always worried about everything but riding
- Bobby Davis (Martin Lawrence) - Pussy-whipped, bark is worse than his bite, can't ride because the wife won't let him
- Dudley Frank (William H. Macy) - Science nerd, politically correct, in touch with his feelings
- Jack (Ray Liotta) - Leader of Del Fuegos, needs to be center of attention, always wonders what his idols would have done
- Damien Blade (Peter Fonda) - A former clubber turned independent, blazes his own trail, doesn't try to be cool because he just is
Most people who responded on the forum saw themselves either as John Travolta's character or Tim Allen's character, either because they saw themselves as often having to lead and never finding people wanting to ride, or never having enough free time to ride.
I suppose I see quite a bit of John Travolta's character in me, in that I'm usually the one who steps up to plan a ride and organize a ride, and often find myself searching for people to ride with. My job situation is such that I can usually ride most any day of the week. I also see a little of that William H. Macy character in me because of my quirky thoughts and introverted self.
As for Peter Fonda's character, some people likened themselves with that. The truth is that his character is the biker we all want to be like: free, independent, a bit of a rebel, fearless, and wise. But no one ever becomes all of that. Some people surround themselves with the people, places, and things they idolize in hopes that it rubs off on them. Most of us try to conform to the culture a little, but not too much. I mean, how many of us wear vests when we're taking the family out to dinner? A few of us just screw the culture altogether.
Basically, nobody is "Damien Blade". Most of us are one or more of the Wild Hogs, and only a few us are "Jack".
Labels: Biker Life, Biker Movies, Wild Hogs
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Tim Allen Wants Motorcycle Crash Lessons
by Steve
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Here's gossip piece from StarPulse.com claiming that Tim Allen, one of the stars on the new movie, "Wild Hogs", wants lessons on how to safely crash a bike...Funnyman Tim Allen is begging the motorcycle experts who trained him to ride a Harley Davidson for new film Wild Hogs to teach him how to crash - because he doesn't want to risk injury now he's hooked on motorcycle.
Apparently his brother was injured on a motorcycle, and because of that, he's been skittish about riding.
Read article here:
http://www.starpulse.com/tim_allen_wants_bike_crash_lessons
Labels: Biker Movies, Tim Allen, Wild Hogs
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Wild Hogs Gets a Bad Review
by Steve
Thursday, March 01, 2007
The Christian Science Monitor is one of the first fish wraps out with a review of the new biker movie, "Wild Hogs".
Peter Rainer, the paper's film critic, pretty much picked it apart, ridiculed the pieces, and tossed it all in the trash. He gives it an "F"...The subculture of weekend warrior bikers is such rich comic material that the ineptitude of "Wild Hogs" is doubly offensive. After all, it's not often that a subject this good comes along. The whole time I was watching "Wild Hogs" I kept putting together in my mind the movie I wanted to see. Not a good sign.
Who is he trying to kid, anyways?
I already know film critics are going to barf at this movie.
The reason why I'm going to watch it is because those of us who ride cruisers, and make them our lifestyle, see plenty of RUBs (rich urban bikers) everywhere we go. We'd like to laugh at them at loud, but we don't, because it's not cool to laugh at people.
So, we go to a movie like Wild Hogs and laugh out loud at the people we'd really like to laugh at in real life.
For many others, they'll be laughing at themselves. And who know, I may just end up laughing at myself too.
Labels: Biker Movies, Wild Hogs
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