Comments on: Hammer & Coop Episode 1 & 2 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/ MINI Cooper news, reviews and opinion. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:28:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bloggingit.info - Automotive » Hammer & Coop: Episodes 1 & 2 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-100315 Bloggingit.info - Automotive » Hammer & Coop: Episodes 1 & 2 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:42:36 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-100315 <p>[...] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [...]</p> [...] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [...]

]]> By: Flo http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-99878 Flo Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:51:43 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-99878 <p>really grewat idea but why does the 2007 Cooper S from the outside sound like tho old model with a supercharger?</p> really grewat idea but why does the 2007 Cooper S from the outside sound like tho old model with a supercharger?

]]> By: Automotive Articles Magazine » Just another WordPress weblog » Blog Archive » Hammer & Coop: Episodes 1 & 2 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-98720 Automotive Articles Magazine » Just another WordPress weblog » Blog Archive » Hammer & Coop: Episodes 1 & 2 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:28:21 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-98720 <p>[...] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [...]</p> [...] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [...]

]]> By: MOTORING FUN - MINI Cooper Chat & Blog » Blog Archive » Hammer and Coop Episodes 1 and 2 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-98375 MOTORING FUN - MINI Cooper Chat & Blog » Blog Archive » Hammer and Coop Episodes 1 and 2 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:51:04 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-98375 <p>[...] In case you missed this last week or did not make it to your local MINI dealer to see it, the first 2 episodes of Hammer and Coop were released (The Clean Getaway and Dawn of Silverfox). MotoringFile.com was nice enough to post the episodes up on YouTube for all to enjoy! [...]</p> [...] In case you missed this last week or did not make it to your local MINI dealer to see it, the first 2 episodes of Hammer and Coop were released (The Clean Getaway and Dawn of Silverfox). MotoringFile.com was nice enough to post the episodes up on YouTube for all to enjoy! [...]

]]> By: Jorge http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97800 Jorge Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:07:09 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97800 <p>Yeah, is there any way to download these?</p> <p>Or will they be available for purchase a la the BMW "The Hire" films?</p> Yeah, is there any way to download these?

Or will they be available for purchase a la the BMW “The Hire” films?

]]> By: GZ http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97753 GZ Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:12:39 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97753 <p>GREAT STUFF. Says it all. This is and always was the funnest car in the world.</p> GREAT STUFF. Says it all. This is and always was the funnest car in the world.

]]> By: Alan Ashcroft http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97722 Alan Ashcroft Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:03:32 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97722 <p>Any way to download these vids? I am trying to get them from South Africa, and I get no further than half way and it crashes out.... Driving me nuts!!!!</p> Any way to download these vids? I am trying to get them from South Africa, and I get no further than half way and it crashes out…. Driving me nuts!!!!

]]> By: Ian http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97614 Ian Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:19:52 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97614 <p>Are these entertaining to anyone but us MINI FANATICS? I doubt it.</p> <p>Not quite up to level of the innovative advertising we saw in 2002...</p> Are these entertaining to anyone but us MINI FANATICS? I doubt it.

Not quite up to level of the innovative advertising we saw in 2002…

]]> By: AJ http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97530 AJ Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:52:29 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97530 <p>I agree with the podcasts. At least let us download the episodes through the Owner's Lounge (unless we're going to see a DVD release, ala BMW's "The Chase").</p> <p>I'm definitely liking this, but it was mentioned and I agree, the bad guy should be in a Hummer. If every MINI out there has an arch-nemisis, it is an H2.</p> I agree with the podcasts. At least let us download the episodes through the Owner’s Lounge (unless we’re going to see a DVD release, ala BMW’s “The Chase”).

I’m definitely liking this, but it was mentioned and I agree, the bad guy should be in a Hummer. If every MINI out there has an arch-nemisis, it is an H2.

]]> By: Bud http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97378 Bud Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:43:00 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97378 <p>Substituting a menacing Hummer or better yet an AMG Unimog might have intensified the drama of the chase. Moreover it would communicate the "little gulp" eco-friendly antithesis to gas guzzling SUVs that MINI represents.</p> <p>The Geraldo-looking dude is "spooferific" attired in his Jockeys. Purveyors of men's underwear could have derived some great ad exposure with a tight insert shot of a label when the MINI jockey fell on his ass!</p> <p>The concept is very entertaining in a retro sorta way which is very appropriate for hyping MINI. The lightening bolts are also comic book cool for the ad but I wouldn't want them on my car.</p> <p>In the mean time I'll be hanging on the cliff eager to see the next episodes.</p> Substituting a menacing Hummer or better yet an AMG Unimog might have intensified the drama of the chase. Moreover it would communicate the “little gulp” eco-friendly antithesis to gas guzzling SUVs that MINI represents.

The Geraldo-looking dude is “spooferific” attired in his Jockeys. Purveyors of men’s underwear could have derived some great ad exposure with a tight insert shot of a label when the MINI jockey fell on his ass!

The concept is very entertaining in a retro sorta way which is very appropriate for hyping MINI. The lightening bolts are also comic book cool for the ad but I wouldn’t want them on my car.

In the mean time I’ll be hanging on the cliff eager to see the next episodes.

]]> By: Bart http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97368 Bart Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:50:11 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97368 <p>Funny... zero 7 is also the name of an excellent downtempo electonica group also from the U.K. I guess great things come from there in droves...</p> Funny… zero 7 is also the name of an excellent downtempo electonica group also from the U.K. I guess great things come from there in droves…

]]> By: iriemanhq http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97349 iriemanhq Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:06:29 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97349 <p>kitsch at it's finest. i love it!</p> <p>BSSP certainly did their homework on 80's action cop genre. Starsky, Magnum, Hasselhof, "K.I.T.T.", <em>and</em> a fun infomercial all rolled into one? Classic!</p> <p>Pity it's not available in podcast format (hint hint, MINIUSA!)</p> <p>irieman</p> kitsch at it’s finest. i love it!

BSSP certainly did their homework on 80’s action cop genre. Starsky, Magnum, Hasselhof, “K.I.T.T.”, and a fun infomercial all rolled into one? Classic!

Pity it’s not available in podcast format (hint hint, MINIUSA!)

irieman

]]> By: kookmyers http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97333 kookmyers Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:05:14 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97333 <p>This is interesting marketing. If it is difficult for the new mini to "get away" from a big, lifted, beat-up 4x4, and the mini must resort to its size to get away rather than its speed and handling then we all need to look for a different car......</p> <p>I also found it funny to see the mini drifting around the corners while the truck just plain turned...</p> <p>My honda insight could have gotten away. :)</p> <p>I think they should use the idea from The Simpsons where a "slight bend" caused all the SUV's on the road to roll off to their flaming deaths...</p> This is interesting marketing. If it is difficult for the new mini to “get away” from a big, lifted, beat-up 4×4, and the mini must resort to its size to get away rather than its speed and handling then we all need to look for a different car……

I also found it funny to see the mini drifting around the corners while the truck just plain turned…

My honda insight could have gotten away. :)

I think they should use the idea from The Simpsons where a “slight bend” caused all the SUV’s on the road to roll off to their flaming deaths…

]]> By: LannyMCS http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97317 LannyMCS Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:09:03 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97317 <p>The chase scene reminds me a little of Risky Business, wherein a Caddy is somehow able to keep up with a 928...for a while at least...</p> The chase scene reminds me a little of Risky Business, wherein a Caddy is somehow able to keep up with a 928…for a while at least…

]]> By: Marco http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97291 Marco Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:30:36 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97291 <p>Was that supercharger whine i heard in the first video?</p> Was that supercharger whine i heard in the first video?

]]> By: Pete http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97284 Pete Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:42:13 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97284 <p>Just tell me where that car wash is...</p> Just tell me where that car wash is…

]]> By: MrChips http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97279 MrChips Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:23:01 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97279 <p>My guess regarding the R53 for stuntwork is that they probably only had 1 R56 available for shooting. It was the "Star", and they didn't want to mess it up in the stunts, so they used R53 "standins" for that purpose - lots of R53s around. If one gets scratched, dented, etc. just get another one.</p> <p>Remember this was shot back when the R56 was pre-production - not many of them around at that time. I'm sure they were treated as "precious" commodities.</p> <p>That's my tuppence-worth...</p> <p>Rich.</p> My guess regarding the R53 for stuntwork is that they probably only had 1 R56 available for shooting. It was the “Star”, and they didn’t want to mess it up in the stunts, so they used R53 “standins” for that purpose – lots of R53s around. If one gets scratched, dented, etc. just get another one.

Remember this was shot back when the R56 was pre-production – not many of them around at that time. I’m sure they were treated as “precious” commodities.

That’s my tuppence-worth…

Rich.

]]> By: eto http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97271 eto Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:44:11 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97271 <p>I've been thinking about the R53 used for the stuntwork. If you notice in the scenes in which the MINI crashes through the window and the mirror, it is an R53. I wonder if this is some slight humor about the R56 needing a "stuntman" so it doesn't get hurt, similar to how you could notice in the old shows that the person doing the rough stuff was someone else disguised to resemble the actual actor.</p> <p>I can't think of a technical reason the R53 would be used over the R56, so if this is true, then great attention to the details by BSSP and MINI!</p> I’ve been thinking about the R53 used for the stuntwork. If you notice in the scenes in which the MINI crashes through the window and the mirror, it is an R53. I wonder if this is some slight humor about the R56 needing a “stuntman” so it doesn’t get hurt, similar to how you could notice in the old shows that the person doing the rough stuff was someone else disguised to resemble the actual actor.

I can’t think of a technical reason the R53 would be used over the R56, so if this is true, then great attention to the details by BSSP and MINI!

]]> By: mark http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97257 mark Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:57:17 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97257 <p>weren't photos of the alley chase shown on motoring file when the R56 was still in spyshot mode? regardless, genious.</p> weren’t photos of the alley chase shown on motoring file when the R56 was still in spyshot mode? regardless, genious.

]]> By: Ross http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-97255 Ross Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:50:19 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/15/hammer-coop-episode-1-2/#comment-97255 <p>excellent - I can't wait to show my nephew - ugg. no edit on this web tool huh?</p> excellent – I can’t wait to show my nephew – ugg. no edit on this web tool huh?

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