Review of "R U Faster than a Redneck"

[Roberts68]

Originally Posted by Shmoov69

Little too much play on the redneck for sure.

Originally Posted by tmadden

A little over the top with the Redneck behavior

Originally Posted by frankv11

I agree get rid of a few of the torn flannel cheer leaders and it will definitely improve.

While I was pretty entertained with the sillyness the more I think about it the more I am inclined to agree with you guys. I realize it is just a show and not to be taken too seriously the whole mullet, muscle shirt and t-tops Camaro bit is a little tired...

As it is though the shows are surely all taped and the season will be what the editors made it into. Hollywood has a knack for over doing a lot of good ideas to the point where it is a turn-off to the subject matters own enthusiasts or competitors. Give me a one hour show with more Goldberg than exhaust note while racing and you will get a similar gripe, but that will be another thread.

You should hear me rant at the tv when some actor recites his lines filled with ridiculous ballistics, conflicting facts or any other tech jargon I know a thing or two about. I assume I am not alone.

All that said,
With footage of these cars doing what they were built for I would probably watch even if it was replayed backwards with a Lawrence Welk soundtrack... Well, maybe not but you get the general idea. I'm really happy to see more and more about our kind of cars on my TV.

[JasonElvisHeard]

saw the pilot and some other footage about 6 months back and it was different... far more tucker presence.

show is cool, but with speed going down seems like a dead end until it gets picked up by another network.


funny thing is that pro-touring is Far from red-neck... typically you have to be more affluent then the average "red-neck" to afford these toys...


good for the sport, hopefully more "red-necks" will want to get involved!
Jason

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by The GMR

but with speed going down

Jason - Can you expand on this?

[JasonElvisHeard]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Jason - Can you expand on this?

word on the street, Speed network is not doing all that great and is possibly going to be morphed into an online network. So in theory no more speed channel. I heard this will happen in AUG. but I could be wrong.

JAson

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by The GMR

word on the street, Speed network is not doing all that great and is possibly going to be morphed into an online network. So in theory no more speed channel. I heard this will happen in AUG. but I could be wrong.

Jason

Ouch! I wondered if there was trouble when they announced the F1 divorce.

Thanks for the input.

[coolwelder62]

Fox bought out the speed network.Fox want's to to more stick and ball crap.Most of the show's (on speed)that Bud B. guy is involved with suck anyway.All he wan't is show's w/drama crap.If there is something good on TV,hollywood will screw it up w/drama.

[Roberts68]

Originally Posted by coolwelder62

Fox bought out the speed network.Fox want's to to more stick and ball crap.Most of the show's (on speed)that Bud B. guy is involved with suck anyway.All he wan't is show's w/drama crap.If there is something good on TV,hollywood will screw it up w/drama.

You said it much more concisely then I did Scott. Well put.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

as i said on pt.com

Im not a redneck.. and I know there are more than a few rednecks(respectfully) here at pt.com
but I still wonder wether this show makes our type of builds respectable amongst the other driving oriented crowds.

or does it make somewhat of a mockery of the seriousness most of us put into these old american cars.. the driving, the build quality?.. when was the last time you heard "quality redneck built"

I know I know I know... entertainment.. i get it..

but does it?

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Mr.VENGEANCE

or does it make somewhat of a mockery of the seriousness most of us put into these old american cars.. the driving, the build quality?.. when was the last time you heard "quality redneck built"

I know I know I know... entertainment.. i get it..

but does it?

It definitely detracts from the top 20% of the builds........IMO

Sadly the mega companies cannot survive on 20%.......

I was hoping "Faster than" would have more substance.

Sadly television has become SO dumbed down IMO that there are very few channels that garner my attention anymore. CNBC for financial, Speed for select events, Golf Channel, and ESPN and Velocity again for select events. Most the major networks programming gets my hackles up.

[DRJDVM's '69]

So I guess driving an American Musclecar automatically makes you a redneck....

Nice driving Bill....