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Sorry this is my first post here, but as a long-time lover of cars in film, and a frequent visitor to this site, I wanted to point out some things that boggle my mind about how the site is setup and maintained.
#1 is the lumping of cars together.
The General Lee is a huge offender here. We all know a couple of HUNDRED cars were used during the TV Series' long run. Posting photos of any of those cars under the title of the TV Series seems fine by me, despite that they'll vary wildly in appearance (if you're a detail guy like me). But too many people post pictures of General Lees from the TV movies, or even the '05 and '07 film versions under the TV Series heading. They're even posting pictures of fan-created replicas that have never been on film. This is not how the site should work. The TV Series title should ONLY have pictures of cars seen IN the original TV Series. A separate title exists for "Dukes of Hazzard (2005)" and again for "Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007)" as well as for the TV movies. Despite the paint job, these are NOT the same cars- just the same make and model- "lookalikes". Does this sound too anal-retentive? Perhaps, but the site loses a lot of credibility by just letting just about any orange car end up pictured under the title. The comments area of such pages need to be policed a bit to clean out such 'wrong' pictures.
Another variation of "lumping" is having a film title, and listing the year/make/model of the main car without separately including that car's stand-ins. As example, "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" features three slightly-different Dodge Chargers all playing one "character". Having all submissions for "the Charger" included as being one car is incorrect. There should be an entry for a 1969 Charger R/T, another for 1969 Charger (base model), and another for 1968 Charger R/T. Then, photos should be segregated between the three to better illustrate each car.
Anyway- just a few thoughts on things that could stand improvement.
Still love the site...just wish it wasn't so...messy?
#1 is the lumping of cars together.
The General Lee is a huge offender here. We all know a couple of HUNDRED cars were used during the TV Series' long run. Posting photos of any of those cars under the title of the TV Series seems fine by me, despite that they'll vary wildly in appearance (if you're a detail guy like me). But too many people post pictures of General Lees from the TV movies, or even the '05 and '07 film versions under the TV Series heading. They're even posting pictures of fan-created replicas that have never been on film. This is not how the site should work. The TV Series title should ONLY have pictures of cars seen IN the original TV Series. A separate title exists for "Dukes of Hazzard (2005)" and again for "Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007)" as well as for the TV movies. Despite the paint job, these are NOT the same cars- just the same make and model- "lookalikes". Does this sound too anal-retentive? Perhaps, but the site loses a lot of credibility by just letting just about any orange car end up pictured under the title. The comments area of such pages need to be policed a bit to clean out such 'wrong' pictures.
Another variation of "lumping" is having a film title, and listing the year/make/model of the main car without separately including that car's stand-ins. As example, "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" features three slightly-different Dodge Chargers all playing one "character". Having all submissions for "the Charger" included as being one car is incorrect. There should be an entry for a 1969 Charger R/T, another for 1969 Charger (base model), and another for 1968 Charger R/T. Then, photos should be segregated between the three to better illustrate each car.
Anyway- just a few thoughts on things that could stand improvement.
Still love the site...just wish it wasn't so...messy?