Dangermobile - End of the Season Review

[Jager]

Originally Posted by Daniel R

You forgot that we need REALLY sticky tyres as well. How else does one stay firmly planted on the ground in the southern hemisphere!

That's right JD... If you actually looked at Australians from outer-space they are driving on the right/correct side of the road but upside down.

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by Jager

That's right JD... If you actually looked at Australians from outer-space they are driving on the right/correct side of the road but upside down.

Wasn't Australia at one time - just a big penal colony for the UK ?

[Jager]

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

Wasn't Australia at one time - just a big penal colony for the UK ?

Yes, perhaps that's why I like them so much.

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by Jager

Yes, perhaps that's why I like them so much.

You're not one of those guys who's into "jailhouse" movies are you ?

[Jager]

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

You're not one of those guys who's into "jailhouse" movies are you ?

As a matter of fact I am! I just looked at my collection of prison movies and an interesting discovery, most of them were made in the UK... What does that mean?

The Hill (1965, UK)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962, UK)
Hunger (2008, UK)
Greenfingers (2000, UK)
Scum (1979, UK)
Lucky Break (2001, UK)
Porridge (1979, UK)
Ghosted (2011, UK)
In the Name of the Father (1993, UK)
Bronson (2009, UK)
Captives (1994, UK)
Screwed (2011, UK)
The Quare Fellow (1962, UK)
Scrubbers (1982, UK)
McVicar (1980, UK)
The Criminal (1960, UK)
Silent Scream (1990, UK)
The Pot Carriers (1962, UK)
Offender (2012, UK)
Mean Machine (2001, UK)
Sense of Freedom (1979, UK)
Two Way Stretch (1960, UK)
Diamond Geezer (2005, UK)
So Evil, So Young (1961, UK)
Convict 99 (1938, UK)
Prison Without Bars (1938, UK)
Yield to the Night (1956, UK)
Mickey B (2007, UK)
Release (2010, UK)
Borstal Boy (2000, UK / Ireland)
The Weak and the Wicked (1954, UK)
Jailhouse Rock (1957, USA)

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by Jager

As a matter of fact I am! I just looked at my collection of prison movies and an interesting discovery, most of them were made in the UK... What does that mean?

The Hill (1965, UK)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962, UK)
Hunger (2008, UK)
Greenfingers (2000, UK)
Scum (1979, UK)
Lucky Break (2001, UK)
Porridge (1979, UK)
Ghosted (2011, UK)
In the Name of the Father (1993, UK)
Bronson (2009, UK)
Captives (1994, UK)
Screwed (2011, UK)
The Quare Fellow (1962, UK)
Scrubbers (1982, UK)
McVicar (1980, UK)
The Criminal (1960, UK)
Silent Scream (1990, UK)
The Pot Carriers (1962, UK)
Offender (2012, UK)
Mean Machine (2001, UK)
Sense of Freedom (1979, UK)
Two Way Stretch (1960, UK)
Diamond Geezer (2005, UK)
So Evil, So Young (1961, UK)
Convict 99 (1938, UK)
Prison Without Bars (1938, UK)
Yield to the Night (1956, UK)
Mickey B (2007, UK)
Release (2010, UK)
Borstal Boy (2000, UK / Ireland)
The Weak and the Wicked (1954, UK)
Jailhouse Rock (1957, USA)

What, no Bird Man of Alcatraz ?

[dbear61]

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

What, no Bird Man of Alcatraz ?

There's also Shawshank Redemption, and who could forget Cool Hand Luke?

[Daniel R]

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

Wasn't Australia at one time - just a big penal colony for the UK ?

Yes it was. The country was essentially settled by English convicts, although it could have been worse and we could have got the Puritans.

[Nimbus117]

These days, Australia ships their convicts to the UK, they all work in bars in London.

+1 for the steering wheel on the right (correct) side: