"40 Year-Old Virgin": Commuting's latest media image
08-23-05, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jagged
he also plays lots of video games and collects action figures.
Opps, sorry. I missed the part about being a virgin. I guess it's not about me.
08-23-05, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by koffee brown
Oh. I thought you were going to say there were plenty of 40 year old virgins here on the forums. 
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08-23-05, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyclaholic
And so did the karate kid, untill Mr Myagi gave him that old car
08-23-05, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jagged
The main character's car-free lifestyle is also shown to be a serious impediment to getting laid (a central goal during the film). On the other hand, at one scene in the end of the movie his bike gives him a unique advantage over cars.
I haven't seen the movie yet.
And I have never been car-free so I have no clue. But I can say that riding a bike has its advantages to getting laid. Or maybe that is just being in shape. Or is it that being in shape is a confidence booster?
I agree that the movie may give car-free people a bad rep. But then again there is some truth to that considering that "Losers" come in all shapes and sizes and age.
This 40 year old virgin movie just happen to be a car-free commuter.
08-23-05, 11:11 PM
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The auto companies are really getting desperate these days (except Toyota hehe) and anything that can make a non-car person look dumb is OK with them. In our corporatist culture, the guy's being a dork on a dorky bike may be what actually sold the script.
08-24-05, 09:52 AM
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Go see Wedding Crashers instead, it's very funny.
Originally Posted by SpokesInMyPoop
omg carbon fiber kickstands...
lol 40 y/o virgins lurking on BF...
Koffee wants them all!! (not sure of the carbon fiber kickstand, tho)
What is it about this movie? The trailers didn't spark any interest for me. Maybe I should get out and watch the movie @ Clinton theatre about the giant squid who falls in love with a woman. Or maybe I should watch this. whatever... somebody (besides my landlord) will be acquiring my hard earned cash this weekend. *sigh*
whoa... wtf did i just write??
lol 40 y/o virgins lurking on BF...
Koffee wants them all!! (not sure of the carbon fiber kickstand, tho)
What is it about this movie? The trailers didn't spark any interest for me. Maybe I should get out and watch the movie @ Clinton theatre about the giant squid who falls in love with a woman. Or maybe I should watch this. whatever... somebody (besides my landlord) will be acquiring my hard earned cash this weekend. *sigh*
whoa... wtf did i just write??
08-24-05, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by As You Like It
Just like if they want to portray a girl as a "free spirit" they'll have her driving a vintage Volkswagen.
08-24-05, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by scarry
a bike can be a serious prop to GETTING LAID.
08-24-05, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by scarry
a bike can be a serious prop to GETTING LAID.
Just practice safe sex......... by locking your bicycle up
08-24-05, 06:01 PM
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in the past few weeks i've seen three movies - all of which had people transporting themselves to various locations around the city by bike. not in any way referencing their character, just used as transportation and a means of getting (or getting away) from point A to B
the movies were german, german, and french. oh well.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/anatomy/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Lola_Run
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie
the movies were german, german, and french. oh well.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/anatomy/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Lola_Run
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie
08-24-05, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by lilHinault
The auto companies are really getting desperate these days (except Toyota hehe) and anything that can make a non-car person look dumb is OK with them. In our corporatist culture, the guy's being a dork on a dorky bike may be what actually sold the script.
You're really reaching with that one.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
08-24-05, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jagged
...The main character's car-free lifestyle is also shown to be a serious impediment to getting laid (a central goal during the film)....
08-24-05, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by lilHinault
The auto companies are really getting desperate these days (except Toyota hehe) and anything that can make a non-car person look dumb is OK with them. In our corporatist culture, the guy's being a dork on a dorky bike may be what actually sold the script.
In fact, you put anything out there about someone GETTING LAID and they'll buy it.
08-24-05, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
Well, if he lived in Houston, Texas, serious impediment would be an understatement.
08-25-05, 01:47 PM
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Just once I'd like to see a commuter portrayed better in movies, like a chick in full team kit, colnago carbonissmo, large messenger bag, running lights and darting into 8 lanes of cross traffic.
Is that too much to ask?
Is that too much to ask?
2 Secondes is a French Canadian film about a female downhill racer - turned - bike courier. I bought the DVD.
The Time Machine remake from a couple years ago depicts a future where at least one very attractive woman commutes by bike wearing a flattering form-fitting garment. Too bad she doesn't spend more time on screen. She almost makes the rest of the movie worth watching. Several parts of the movie have an overly preachy anti-automobile subtext, but there are a couple of jokes of that cyclists will appreciate.
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08-25-05, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
Well, if he lived in Houston, Texas, serious impediment would be an understatement.
I'm sitting outside work, I'm in my cycling spandex, and this incredibly gorgeous blonde, 20-something, with this toned body (especially her calves... uuuhhhhh), wearing a power suit and stockings comes up and starts chatting me up concerning cycling.
I'm trying to be helpful, authoritative, sagacious and all that, but really I'm smiling inside and out thinking "Yes! This is such a cool hobby! It has turned me into a babe magnet!"
Quite the opposite from the portrayal of the cyclist commuter in "40 Year Old Virgin" !
That's the second hottie who has chatted me up recently while I'm outside our office tower in cycling kit.
So she has my business card, she's going to email me to get more information on our corporate club.
This is just so entertaining. What fun.
08-25-05, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by kf5nd
So she has my business card, she's going to email me to get more information on our corporate club.
This is just so entertaining. What fun.[/I]
This is just so entertaining. What fun.[/I]
Let us know how you dooooooooo
08-25-05, 07:53 PM
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Holy cow... I can't believe you can remember that in such detail after you woke up... 
Originally Posted by kf5nd
Alan, I beg to differ, this happened to me yesterday:
I'm sitting outside work, I'm in my cycling spandex, and this incredibly gorgeous blonde, 20-something, with this toned body (especially her calves... uuuhhhhh), wearing a power suit and stockings comes up and starts chatting me up concerning cycling.
I'm trying to be helpful, authoritative, sagacious and all that, but really I'm smiling inside and out thinking "Yes! This is such a cool hobby! It has turned me into a babe magnet!"
Quite the opposite from the portrayal of the cyclist commuter in "40 Year Old Virgin" !
That's the second hottie who has chatted me up recently while I'm outside our office tower in cycling kit.
So she has my business card, she's going to email me to get more information on our corporate club.
This is just so entertaining. What fun.
I'm sitting outside work, I'm in my cycling spandex, and this incredibly gorgeous blonde, 20-something, with this toned body (especially her calves... uuuhhhhh), wearing a power suit and stockings comes up and starts chatting me up concerning cycling.
I'm trying to be helpful, authoritative, sagacious and all that, but really I'm smiling inside and out thinking "Yes! This is such a cool hobby! It has turned me into a babe magnet!"
Quite the opposite from the portrayal of the cyclist commuter in "40 Year Old Virgin" !
That's the second hottie who has chatted me up recently while I'm outside our office tower in cycling kit.
So she has my business card, she's going to email me to get more information on our corporate club.
This is just so entertaining. What fun.
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08-25-05, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Metieval
Just practice safe sex......... by locking your bicycle up
08-25-05, 09:07 PM
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Let's not forget the movie Dave (1993) where the title character (Kevin Kline) is shown coming to work by bicycle. It establishes him as slightly goofy and well-meaning. Later scenes show him driving a ten-year-old Honda Civic, to the same effect.
08-25-05, 09:09 PM
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Or arrested development, where the main character, the only responsible one, rode a red road bike to work in a suit and tie.
08-26-05, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Or arrested development, where the main character, the only responsible one, rode a red road bike to work in a suit and tie.
i think he stopped riding when he bought the "staircar" (an aircraft stairway they were driving all over the city"
i can't wait til that show starts again - i think it's on monday's soon....
08-26-05, 09:08 AM
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I was awake... you can't read Penthouse Letters when you're asleep!
Originally Posted by slvoid
Holy cow... I can't believe you can remember that in such detail after you woke up...