...what car would you cast in the starring role?
Background: It looks like they're making a reboot of the Christine movie, with Bryan Fuller in charge. Suppose it was set in the present day instead of the same 1983 that the original movie came out in - if that happened, what sort of car should the title character be? The 1957 Plymouth gives any reboot some big shoes to fill, but it's hard to imagine a a broke high school kid getting his hands on one now, even a derelict. And it's even harder to imagine the kid being able to scrounge up the parts to restore it.
So - what sort of car could a high school kid with very little money pick up and restore that could still have the proper level of menace? For something with really unusual with aggressive styling, how about a BMW 635? I could see one of those being reasonably priced in "ran when parked" form.
The other idea I have is a bit further afield: What about a Chevy Suburban? Not an implausible choice for a kid to pick as a project, certainly has an intimidating presence, and in its own way as much a symbol of excess as the Virgil Exner cars of the '50s.
How about you - what sort of car would you cast as the title character?
A Tesla. Self driving system becomes self aware/infected by Skynet.
Electric = quiet. And you won't outrun it.
Keeping within a similar year spread, Impala SS. With little effort it could look very menacing
That may have been the first movie I saw with PW
Mustang. The carnage from the cars and coffee scene might earn an NC-17 rating.
84FSP
UltraDork
6/16/21 8:24 a.m.
ProDarwin said:
A Tesla. Self driving system becomes self aware/infected by Skynet.
Electric = quiet. And you won't outrun it.
Love this one - was immediately where my head went.
XR4Ti. Unloved, oddball, mostly forgotten about, and junkyard parts would be perfect...
It has to look evil though, cars are largely too aerodynamic to look evil now. Maybe an SS Chevy truck? Start with a beater pickup that morphs into this:
slefain
PowerDork
6/16/21 9:11 a.m.
C4 Corvette. To me the car has to be desirable to a teenager, but still have a "face". A beat to hell C4 probably wouldn't be as cheap as Christine was in the original movie.
The idea of the car sitting at the back of the shop and suddenly having the "eyes" rotate up and pop on behind a goon seems right to me. Plus it has the power.
Pretty sure the if you tried to do a 1:1 make/model update you'd end up with this:
Not exactly fear inducing, even if it is possessed.
It would still be a blood red 57 Fury. Because? Its. A. Fury. FURY.
She was Fury, she was wrath, she was vengeance
... No modern-ish car can project that kind of menace.
Miata, duh. No one would expect it to turn into a beast from hell.
84FSP said:
ProDarwin said:
A Tesla. Self driving system becomes self aware/infected by Skynet.
Electric = quiet. And you won't outrun it.
Love this one - was immediately where my head went.
Great plan for a stand alone movie, or a remake of a few different B movies
But not Steven King appropriate, any more than some furring' car would be. And someone said "desirable to a teen". That misses the point, as well.
Maybe a really rough Buick GN. No average modern teen would even look twice at a waisted out one!
Maybe a 03 Merc. Marauder. In black. But have to be lowered and supercharged 
It would have to be an International Semi-Truck the Clown Truck
bentwrench said:
It would have to be an International Semi-Truck the Clown Truck
Let me tell you about a film called Maximum Overdrive...
I'd go the other way. A 15 year old beige Camry. The blandness rebels.
slefain
PowerDork
6/16/21 10:00 a.m.
Keith Tanner said:
I'd go the other way. A 15 year old beige Camry. The blandness rebels.
Ha! The entire car magically rebuilds itself...except for the Camry dent in the rear bumper.
What about that BMW M5 with the V10?
Keith Tanner said:
bentwrench said:
It would have to be an International Semi-Truck the Clown Truck
Let me tell you about a film called Maximum Overdrive...
Or Duel. Better movie IMO.
I think a nod should at least be given to a Mopar.
Challenger?
In reply to slefain :
Thinking about it... any car with pop-up headlights could work. Good idea. 
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) said:
Mustang. The carnage from the cars and coffee scene might earn an NC-17 rating.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Of course with flowmasters for the right sound.
G.I. got his hands on it and snuck it back to the states in pieces.
Kid encounters disassembled truck as a barn find with gun removed, painted over insignia, and no knowledge of the wicked, wicked history infused in its sheet metal.
The movie pretty much writes itself...
Big open with showing the truck's violent history...explain why the G.I. character is no longer in the picture (spoiler - the truck killed him even while in pieces, yah, it's that evil)...establish kid's character so you like / care about him and shout "no, no, stay away from that truck kid" for the balance of the movie.
In reply to RX Reven' :
I had a suggestion but I think we're done here
