FElony: I feel Roadkill is the best thing on TV right now but I totally agree. They build the Ranchero and really put no extra effort into it aside from lettering and deride it as slow and garbage, then on RK Garage they build an absolute beater Chevelle and act like it is gold. Still love the shows, but you can't make on the order of 80 episodes between them, have 4 Fords and none of them "done" and not say that there isn't bias.
Sorry, just had to agree and add to the rant. :-p
I started to write a more detailed opinion of the whole Roadkill thing in this reply, but I blew it off as inconsequential after a couple paragraphs. The bottom line for me personally is this: for years I've been trying to decide whether to kill off the character known as FElony or take it to another level. 46 or 47 of the vehicles I have in hand right now could be built to run the gamut of Roadkill to Barrett-Jackson and everywhere in between, without having to buy any major engine, trans, or rear axle parts at all. Could I find a middle path in the video world between the hack work at RK and the bucks-up Houses? Can I do this while injecting the narrative with FElony style? (I use "style" loosely). Maybe and maybe. Actually sketched out an initial episode as well as an intro segment. I've seen YouTube channels from "regular guys" that are working with far less and still have a decent following (every writer needs a following, you know).
What they have that I don't is youth and friends. Friends that work the camera. Friends that do editing. Friends that help them jockey things into place. Friends to bounce jokes and banter off of. Friends to rush you to the hospital when you zig instead of zag. So, could I find an angle to use this? "Crotchety Old Fart Garage"? Can I come up with endless barbs towards a wife-->ex-wife although I've never been married? Can I use a headgear cam exclusively because my face was horribly disfigured from hitting a concrete bridge abutment at speed? Can I reference my impressive arrest record, including the fact that when the cops show up with a warrant, I never ask what it's for because I'm sure I'm guilty anyway?
I dunno. Uh, what were we talking about again? Oh yeah, Roadkill. Lately, Lucky Costa has become my favorite Motor Trend personality. Although he plays off with Tony Angelo quite well, a Costa/FElony dialog boggles my diminutive mind. OK, gotta go now. I just realized I left my keys in the passenger door lock. I'm wearing my Speed Racer jammies. I hope nobody sees me go out to the driveway in them. Could be embarrassing. Better than when I was caught going out to the mailbox in Depends, I guess. Not sure.
