Please defer further comments on this thread to a Friday. As far as I can read, said "VW Transporter" was not a T3 Vanagon. Therefore, off topic.

BenT
Mod

On May 23, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Kurt Grotz <kgrotz@CRAFTECH.COM> wrote:

> Something happend to me Saturday night that left me with a question
> begging for an answer.
> 
> I suppose this may have already been a list question since the movie in
> question "Monsters" came out a while ago.  Sat night me and two friends
> were the last three winding down from a nice little gathering.  It was
> 2:00 AM and somehow we started watching Monsters.  I think the only reason
> we stayed with it was to actually see one of the beasts they were talking
> about. Talk about a tease.
> 
> My opinion of the movie....well it turned into slam....like Mystery
> Science Theatre.  It is a bad movie (I think) - but so fun to have fun
> with.  Why the hell did they get off the train!  How was lead male so
> stupid as to lose passports when his life depended on it.  And the boat
> engine....please........
> 
> What made the movie great however (and I hate to give away a piece of it)
> was when they were driving thru the Mountians and deep Jungles of Northern
> Mexico (somewhere along the Rio Grande)  The monster, which is like a
> giant Octopus treated with a black light, attacks the convoy.  He/she
> completly destroys every vehicle...munch munch.  It then kills all the
> people/coyotes that had run out of the vehciles.
> 
> Our American heroes meanwhile stayed put and cowered all night in their
> safe red vehicle.  When they slide the door open in the morning and walked
> out I knew the sound instinctively - it was a VW Transporter!!!  It made
> the torture of the movie all worth it!!!!!  What sybolism!!  What portend
> of the future!!!  With the world ending - we chosen few (owners) can be
> safe!
> 
> So my question.  Did the monster just have good taste?  Or do VW Buses
> just taste bad?  I know my answer.