ROTTEN TOMATOES: Hop Aboard the Fantasticar!!

Hop Aboard the Fantasticar!!

by Scott Weinberg | April 18, 2007

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Dodge has put together a nice partnership with Fox for "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." The slick yet odd-looking Fantasticar will come complete with ejector seats, advanced weaponry, and built-in product placement.

Click here to get a peek at the team's shiny gold disc, which can speed up to 550mph and get 30,000 feet into the air when needed. The thing breaks up into three sections, all the pieces can fly, and the whole thing's covered with Dodge logos, apparently.

"Ha, they need a car!"

Nah, just kiddin'. Thing looks precisely what the "Fantastic Four" should be driving: High-tech, glitzy, and full of nifty features. We'll see how it runs on June 15th.

Sources: JoBlo, Comnet

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Xhrix writes:
on Apr 18 2007 12:58 AM

Aren't we paying enough admission $ to skip this tacky product placement?

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cgcbooks writes:
on Apr 18 2007 02:47 AM

How do they all fit in that thing?

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Defmonkey writes:
on Apr 18 2007 06:23 AM

[b]Da Hell?[/b]
When I saw that, it looked like I was watching an episode of Star Trek!

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think_first writes:
on Apr 18 2007 08:13 AM

[b]OMG...[/b]
...Fantasti-Gay!

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Rockslide writes:
on Apr 18 2007 08:41 AM

That Dodge product placement is ridiculous. Why not replace the FF uniform with Nascar style suits. I'm sure they could fit in another hundred or so product logos.

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dagreenman18 writes:
on Apr 18 2007 09:57 AM

on the bright side, at least it's a Dodge.

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MovieSamurai writes:
on Apr 18 2007 10:15 AM

I wouldn't have noticed it was a Dodge had this not been presented. Now I'm going to go out of my way to see it in the film.

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Iamcool2007 writes:
on Apr 18 2007 10:36 AM

[b]It is all cool!!![/b]
I am ok with this after all this makes the movie cheaper for the studio since they might have made money from this.

DODGE paid a hefty amount and beat out ford, gmc and some other companies too.

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arendr writes:
on Apr 18 2007 10:45 AM

[b]one word[/b]
LAME

does the batmobile have "Hummer" written on the front?

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Tombstone Law Dog writes:
on Apr 18 2007 11:47 AM

[b]don't hate the playa..[/b]
Lame:
"Reed, pull the Dodge(tm) Fantasticar around the block and pick us up, would you?"
"Yes, dear. Did you notice how only a Dodge(tm) Fantasticar has the smooth handling?"
"Oh, totally!. And the interior of the Dodge(tm) is so much more lush..."

NOT lame:
simply having the fucking logo on the thing, maybe devote one screen shot to it and one punch-line.

In other words, 'Damn, people. Get Over It. It's FF2, not Batman or Doctor Zhivago.'

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arendr writes:
on Apr 18 2007 11:54 AM

In reply to this comment (#861942)
that dialogue was hilarious.

you might be right, except you know they'll have a shot where the car drives up and stops with the camera framing DODGE perfectly.

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Merlin235 writes:
on Apr 18 2007 01:52 PM

I like product placements. Why? It makes the movie more realistic. Everywhere we go in life has advertisements, and to see an actor drinking a coke, or eating McDonald's French Fries, or driving a Dodge to me makes the movie more life-like. Who gives a rip. I agree with the previous poster, unless they say something like that in the movie, who cares what we see them driving. It of course can be abused, but I see nothing wrong with the Fantasticar.

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arendr writes:
on Apr 18 2007 02:10 PM

In reply to this comment (#861944)
it's not realistic because it's always done in an obvious way to make people notice.

and it dates a film.

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liono86 writes:
on Apr 18 2007 05:04 PM

DAMN! How could they dis Ford like this. Now, that's a vehicle.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Apr 18 2007 06:42 PM

I actually thought that the movie might be good, but then this piece-of-shit news came up, and I'm worried that it will be just another commercial heavy travesty.

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Iamcool2007 writes:
on Apr 19 2007 01:56 AM

[b]oh common u guys[/b]
it looks cool and i think it will help dodge and also gives more money to studio for using it on the sfx and stuff

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saiga6360 writes:
on Apr 19 2007 05:10 PM

It's a fucking car. It's not even a real car.

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pinkincide writes:
on Apr 21 2007 10:23 PM

I dunno...it just doesn't have the balls of the Ambiguously Gay Duo's car.

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