Possible pictures of actual Fury Road vehicles

[pauli77]

The whole idea behind the blower switch is it is a symbol of action by the hero.

Think Dirty Harry. Movie just moved along, but at the action point, harry draws that 44 out of its holster, and that signals that shit is about to get real.

Same with other gun movies. The racking of a shotgun or slide signals action. Those stupid car movies where the driver is racing along and then flicks the nitros switch.

Its symbolism rather than any specific engineering fact.

Spot on, sir.

It's a cinematic device and one of the most iconic ever used in car chases.

Agreed. Is this even the right place for this discussion? Shouldn't it be in the cars section. Are people seriously arguing the reality of a blower switch? We might as well stop watching movies. This has got to be some sort of mischief.

[Bomber]

The whole idea behind the blower switch is it is a symbol of action by the hero.

Think Dirty Harry. Movie just moved along, but at the action point, harry draws that 44 out of its holster, and that signals that shit is about to get real.

Same with other gun movies. The racking of a shotgun or slide signals action. Those stupid car movies where the driver is racing along and then flicks the nitros switch.

Its symbolism rather than any specific engineering fact.

Spot on, sir.

It's a cinematic device and one of the most iconic ever used in car chases.

Agreed. Is this even the right place for this discussion? Shouldn't it be in the cars section. Are people seriously arguing the reality of a blower switch? We might as well stop watching movies. This has got to be some sort of mischief.

It started as a reference to somebody saying that the cars in Fury Road were not realistic at all while the ones in RW are the most realistic vehicles ever made. The point of the on/off blower is to show they're movies and there are lots of points that can be made about the BoB and others to show that the originals have as many flaws as the new. Somebody can't accept that as true.

[rustycarr]

[quote="DetritusMaximus"]
The real issue is air intake plumbing. Magnusson has even solved the bypass issue with an internal (to the blower case) air bypass to divert air from above the rotors to below the rotors.
http://www.carcraft.com/featuredvehicle ... to_05.html[/quote

Very Intresting Detritus, evolution of this idea could support the on/off method, especially since it mentioned fuel economy. Of course its a movie , but who knows what Barry did to the internals of the blower? We never see inside it in the movie. Im just glad its in the movie as opposed to not. George Miller was forward thinking.

[DetritusMaximus]

I can't believe how hostile this board has gotten in the past month and it's not all the side of the new members. I find myself agreeing with elements on both sides. I want realism, not spectacularity and Michael Bay silliness, but I'm not going to be a slave to only what was done or possible 35 years ago.

The blower switch is an iconic thing, but to say it is impossible is just as silly as expecting an injection system designed for all-out drag racing to be practical in any sense for a street car. Can it be done? Yes. And a complete utter headache to keep running in that environment. So, we accept one implausibility while rejecting another. Why?

[Bomber]

I can't believe how hostile this board has gotten in the past month and it's not all the side of the new members. I find myself agreeing with elements on both sides. I want realism, not spectacularity and Michael Bay silliness, but I'm not going to be a slave to only what was done or possible 35 years ago.

The blower switch is an iconic thing, but to say it is impossible is just as silly as expecting an injection system designed for all-out drag racing to be practical in any sense for a street car. Can it be done? Yes. And a complete utter headache to keep running in that environment. So, we accept one implausibility while rejecting another. Why?

I have no problem with the blower switch. It made for great scenes and dramatic effect. My only point was and is don't say the Gigahorse is unrealistic and that Max's is because it's not. Because it's in the original movies there's a perfectly good explanation for it but since this is the new movie and has a little cgi it's become pure fantasy and couldn't possibley been done? I'm ok with it all if it works in the context of the movie.
The leader of the biggest clan/gang or whatever we're calling them would want the biggest baddest vehicle around. considering the other vehicles with seen pictures of with in the context of the movie it works for me just as well as turning the blower on and off worked for me in Mad Max.

[blackmocco]

Well, I hate to be the one to say it but if it's realism anyone wants from this movie, they're in for some serious disappointment. I really don't understand why everyone is getting so heated up about what is very blatantly a sci-fi/fantasy movie. Far more sci-fi/fantasy than the previous three. Most of this movie is straight out of the pages of 2000AD. Whether the cars work correctly or not is just the tip of the iceberg here. There are elements - not just mechanical - all throughout the movie that aren't going to stand up to any serious scrutiny. They're not really designed to, either. I'm not suggesting you should go in expecting something a la Michael Bay but I warned you with the review that it's going to require a bit of a leap from the purists, both car and Mad Max experts.

[roadwarriormfp]

That was hilarious!

As for the mythical blower, of/on switch, it's only a technical difficulty of a machine. Something similar has been done. I can't find the link but have read that something similar has been built recently. That gearhead in MM could have designed something that worked.

The whole arguement about the blower is to do with this comment by leadcounsel....

It hasnt been made or built.

And it cant be made or built as per the movie using a roots blower set up.

It had nothing to do with anyone expecting realism or being critical to the movie.

The constant bleating from leadcounsel shows he doesnt know what he is talking about.

[DetritusMaximus]

What I'm looking for is what is possible and believable. It has to make sense, that's all. The first Die Hard movie made sense and was within the realm of possibility. Live Free or Die Hard got silly, especially the part on the back of the jet.

[leadcounsel]

The on/off blower was only mentioned because there was somebody complaining that the Fury Road cars weren't realistic. I was only pointing out if you want to nitpick then even the hero car from the original lacks realism.

Yep, we've gone from a iconic BoB vehicle with a on/off supercharger - which is mechanically feasible and makes 100% complete sense in the era it was build during MM1 - to cliche monster trucks built in a post apocalypse world (totally impractical for fuel consumption and nearly implausible given the structural design requirements) high jumping rock formations during a high speed chase...

It started as a reference to somebody saying that the cars in Fury Road were not realistic at all while the ones in RW are the most realistic vehicles ever made.

If you're going to have a discussion, please accurately paraphrase the other side. This was never MY position, nor anyone else for that matter.

[leadcounsel]

I can't believe how hostile this board has gotten in the past month and it's not all the side of the new members. I find myself agreeing with elements on both sides. I want realism, not spectacularity and Michael Bay silliness, but I'm not going to be a slave to only what was done or possible 35 years ago.

The blower switch is an iconic thing, but to say it is impossible is just as silly as expecting an injection system designed for all-out drag racing to be practical in any sense for a street car. Can it be done? Yes. And a complete utter headache to keep running in that environment. So, we accept one implausibility while rejecting another. Why?

Yes, this board is incredibly hostile to any dissent. I, too, want realism even if "it's just a movie." I prefer realism science fiction over just spectacular video game explosions and Michael Bay silliness too... I'm 100% open to new ideas, new story lines, and creative plot twists.

Let's just have it fit in the framework of "that makes sense" versus a real stretch of reality and make believe. Cartoon characters like Ironbar and cartoon vehicles like the Bigfoot will quickly ruin any film.