Suggestion: Driver Faces Passenger

British drivers vs. French◊ and the (in)famous "Stare and Drive" trick from 2Fast2Furious. poster◊ and close in.◊

edited 23rd Jan '14 12:19:23 AM by Paktra

When that was called Hollywood Driving, there were two IP threads about it ([1] [2]), and in one of them a similar picture was suggested but rejected.

edited 23rd Jan '14 1:31:09 AM by rodneyAnonymous

Thanks for the background, but this is solely within the context of the new description and name.

I somewhat like the poster - seems to be the closest to the trope, rather than merely being literal.

Yes it is also my favorite for those reasons and more. It provides self-referential context for the image as opposed to just a picture of a guy looking at a guy.

I still think it is not an example. Looks like one, but is not. It is "merely literal".

edited 23rd Jan '14 10:40:27 AM by rodneyAnonymous

Is that because you feel that it is reliant on the context of the previous and following Frames of video? You feel it lacks motion, yes?

Um, no, as explained in the other threads, because he's not doing the thing described by the article ("the tendency of characters in TV shows or movies who are driving to spend a dangerously long time looking at the person in the passenger seat"), he is flirting with the girl by intentionally not looking at the road.

I understand that, but what illustrates that he is not simply just taking his eyes off the road to flirt with a girl, is dependent on the associated frames in the video (if you're familiar with the particular stunt). Of course, going that far was ehat I was trying to avoid, as it discredits the image by being too literal or may use too many frames... which makes it a moot point on my end.

What about 1.1? Lack of context?

edited 23rd Jan '14 11:47:41 AM by Paktra

It's true that "it's not an example if you're familiar with the source" is not as serious a criticism as "it doesn't look like an example if you're unfamiliar with the source", but it's still a problem.

Without something lampshading the fact that the driver isn't watching the road, I don't think any pic of he/she just looking at the passenger is going to be adequate.

Well that's why I thought the movie poster with the caption "You might want to keep your eyes on the road Playboy", along with the added motion blur in the driver's side window and the speedometer clocked at 60, would work.

Since if I'm not mistaken, that particular version of the Drive and stare was not posted in the previous threads.

edited 23rd Jan '14 3:57:38 PM by Paktra

Clock is set.

The drive and stare from 2Fast2Furious was what I instantly thought of when I read the name of the trope. I believe that he is invoking this trope. I guess that doesn't count for that reason, eh?

What bout this that I found just browsing around? [1]◊ It's from Hawkeye.

edited 15th Feb '14 10:28:37 PM by Lakija

Bro?

I think it looks good.

Pretty nice, bro!

The latest suggestion is good. Panels 2 + 4-6?

edited 16th Feb '14 10:24:19 AM by Willbyr

Okay bro. I'll get that done for you bro.

I think I might actually buy this particular comic. :)

HERE IT IS.

edited 16th Feb '14 10:04:02 PM by Lakija

I had a hell of a time trying to figure out how to download that.

Sorry. What happened? Next time, I can just use the uploader and either put it in the post or in the sandbox.

Flickr just didn't let me download without doing something counter intuitive. No need for sandboxes. Just upload it and show it in a post like I did. That way is easiest for everyone else. It saves people from having to leave the thread.

19 looks good.

Wait, I just realized 19 is not 2&4-6.

Caption: Watch the road, bro.

yeah that'll work short sweet.