Vehicle casting for an imaginary film set in the future.

[misteralz]

Yesterday was the day that that bloke from Blade Runner was born. Which got me thinking about something that's been gestating in the back of my mind for quite some time now. Every so often, a vehicle is released that manages to look like something from an alien planet, utterly futuristic and yet completely timeless, and even now still makes you stop and go 'Whoa!'. And will still do so in 50 years time. Big Citroens are obvious candidates:







As is the Porsche 928:



And in the small hatchback category, I think we have a winner with the mk1 Twingo:



But past that, I'm kinda stuck. But you've got the idea - you're an anti-Tarantino props buyer and you need this to look real, but relatable. What do you choose?

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[Mercdan68]

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The stuff of nightmares:

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Or how about this prototype Aurora:

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Or the Bond Bug

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Or this Tatra 603:

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Lagondas belong on a different planet too



Davis D-2 Divan



Nissan S Cargo



Another fugly Fiat:



Corbin Sparrow:



and pretty much anything manufactured by AMC...

[misteralz]

The Tatra is a very big YES. As is the S-Cargo, both FIATs and the Lagonda. The '50s stuff, though? No. It's futuristic from the '50s, not futuristic from I-don't-know-when, if you know what I mean? More Barbarella than Blade Runner.

I thought of a few more examples on the way back from town earlier:









I think the requirements are it has to be either groundbreaking or exceptional in one way or another. Slimline bumpers are another thing, as is minimalism. Although I don't think the Prius or the Tesla fit the vibe.

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We need to rename this thread "Eye Bleach Required" LOL

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(I just went with "From another planet, probably needs to stay there" when I looked for cars lol!)

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Totally blew my mind the first time I saw one.

sierra by quickrack, on Flickr

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[Darkspeed]

Well what else did you expect.....

[Littlepixel]

Ooh good thread!
I can think of a few! IMCDB (Internet Movie Car Database) is great for this sort of thing:

Back to the Future II (Citroen DS Taxi, loads of others)
www.imcdb.org/movie_96874-Back-to-the-Future-Part-II.html


Gattaca (graceful 'electric' Rover P6, Lincoln Continentals, Studebaker Avanti, Jag Mk II, Citroen DS Convertible. Basically - any car that looks like it could hover.
www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=119177


I, Robot - Early 00's Audi's - esp A2 and A6s as well as 'That' RS8
www.imcdb.org/movie_343818-I,-Robot.html




Children of Men - Renaults, Citroens, Multiplas, All sorts of oddities with lots of fibre-glass bolt-on-goodies
www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=206634




Black Mirror S4E01 "Nosedive"
Daewoo Matiz / Daihatsu Materia / Geely Dc





Mood Indigo
Weird French Franken-Cars








My list of cars for a film would include:

Daihatsu Step-vans, Daihatsu Naked, Daihatsu Midget




Renault Twizy, Avantime, 80's Master Van





Audi A2


Subaru SVX



Nissan Pao / Cube



Honda Element, N-box




Citroen Mehari


Autozam


Toyota Will, Sera, Scion BB Opendeck




Talbot/Matra Rancho


Unimog


Land Rover 101 Forward Control (not the Judge Dredd ones)


Trans-Am Kammback


Smart Roadster


Skôda Roomster

[Littlepixel]

Jan 10, 2017 15:17:06 GMT @quickrack1 said:

Totally blew my mind the first time I saw one.

sierra by quickrack, on Flickr

[misteralz]

Yes, Littlepixel, you have completely got it. Knew there would be loads of Japanese ones but my J-car knowledge is poor.

Thought of this earlier as well:

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Can I add the Daewoo Espero, as its the sort of bland styling that I can imagine a car being in a dystopian future, where no emotions are shown, and as such cars don't evoke any feelings.

[PandaSelecta]

Also a white Nissan Cube for a film about Utopia



These are weird little things which I can definitely see in a film of the future

[Littlepixel]

Love it - those Daewoo's remind me a bit of the Ford Taurus in Robocop - which somehow are so bland they still don't look dated:





For bland generic "It's so car-like, it must be a car" see also late 80s Mazda 323 saloon (which I love for their non-style), and Mazda 121 'cartoon saloon car' - which I'd love to see dumped and tuned to look like a little Impreza