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forum_emoticons.html	[quote=G-MANN,3254]But with movies set in a period before cars (except films like Back to the Future Part III and Army of Darkness, I'm talking about realistic dramas) it should be obvious. Very, very few western films set in a period within the last century are car-free, even films where characters are in a wilderness often have them either leaving civilization or re-entering it at the end. Basically the majority of films on this site are made in the developed world and set in civilisation, or have characters that come from civilisation (and cars are very much part of modern civilisation). Unless of course they are pre-20th century period films or space-set sci-fi films (and even some of them have land vehicles in them, at first I didn't realize Aliens would have anything in it. So it ought to obivious to most people what films won't have cars in them, with some exceptions (like Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Aliens). The best thing to do would be to make a list of films where one might think there's a chance of cars appearing but there aren't (like Mary Poppins or something), and leave out all the historical films like Gladiator and Braveheart and the fantasy films like the Lord of the Rings trilogy.[/quote]
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stronghold

Quote From: DIEHARD

There could be thousands of movies without cars, are you really want to list those on a site that specialices in cars in movies??

..I'm not saying we need to go out of our way ...Searching/Looking to find films to add to a list of 'NO Cars' ..I was only asking for a space or a mention of a movie /TV episode ...which we had watched ..but found to contain no cars.! (..as said a couple of times above by other contributors ..It's Obvious the Majority of Westerns,Sword & Sandal dramas,Historical pre-1900 period movies will have No cars ...and DO NOT Need to be listed)
All that would be required for films seen, would be the IMDB#,film title,year,(episode if applicable)...and maybe the contributor/watcher of the movie (who can confirm No Car/vehicle content)..and possibly the date.?.. Just a basic A to Z list ..which would come up in a film search. (It doesn't need to be fancy ..or complicated (..or take up to much web-space.!)
Maybe some more opinions from other Admins & contributors.?

stronghold

Quote From: G-MANN

I hope you don't watch movies just to see cars, there's so much more to cinema than that (except for things like Fast and the Furious).

..Not all the time.! (..I never used too ..but since joining the IMCDB ... I have watched /taped films ..I would not have looked at previously.!) ..but maybe a good thing ..broadening my film experiences.?
(I used to only watch TV cop/action shows & lots of Horror/sci-fi films.!)

wickey

personally I find the whole thing pointless :smile:

- so if we will vote, I will be for "no" :wink:

antp

A background car picture = 10 to 50 KB, visible in the listings of the cars of the make/model
A movie entry = 0.050 KB, visible only on a search on some word contained in the title
That's a huge difference :grin:

DIEHARD

Quote From: antp

DIEHARD >> are there so many movies that are set between 1900 and now, and that do not feature any interesting car?

Sadly, there are too many :sad:

I think every movie should have at least a dozen well worth mentioning cars.... :smile:

No, but on a more serious note, there really are, what about movies that play in Airplanes or in U boats or in deserted areas or inside an office?

It truly doesn't matter to me if you want to list them, I'll keep coming to this site anyway :smile:

But the paradox strikes me, you have a site about cars in movies and you are listing movies without cars.....if you would like to have more work and more use of diskspace, why no include more background cars...? :wink:

But maybe I am just wining, so feel free to do whatever you like...

antp

DIEHARD >> are there so many movies that are set between 1900 and now, and that do not feature any interesting car?

Bebert >> Le problème c'est qu'il faut pouvoir tomber dessus lors d'une recherche. Si on doit chercher à deux endroits différents c'est pas très pratique...

Bebert

On est peut être pas obligé de les lister directement sur le site. On peut le faire dans un topic sur le forum, avec un lien sur la page d'accueil. Qu'en pensez-vous?
(Si tu veux traduire, Antoine, ne te gêne pas. Il est trop tôt pour moi, pour parler anglais... :lol:

)

DIEHARD

There could be thousands of movies without cars, are you really want to list those on a site that specialices in cars in movies??

wickey

Quote From: G-MANN

But if we list films like "The Ten Commandments" or "Ben-Hur" with "does not contain any car" tags, we're going to look silly.

I was going to say exact same thing - Ben-Hur was first movie, that came on my mind :tongue:

- No cars, but some fast chariots :grin:

G-MANN

Quote From: antp

Or I could add a flag "does not contain any car"

But if we list films like "The Ten Commandments" or "Ben-Hur" with "does not contain any car" tags, we're going to look silly.