Much as I like GM, and hugely admire whats he's done in racing, and so many other fields ... I wasn't so sure about this one.
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The magic of recreating a real event seemed to be lost, as it never happened outside of the movie , and the "jump" seemed to be just to get extra drama, and McQueen star value to boost 1963 ticket sales (I watched it then :-) ). And so much was faked (Triumph bike not BM etc etc). And the bike jumping thing seems to have moved on so much in 55 years - just look at any modern motocross race!Â
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The real story was bl..dy amazing and inspirational, and tragic for 50-odd of them. GM description of those parts was great. More so than the bike bits, for me. Respect to those brave guys back in the real tunnels ⦠and good luck to GM on his NEXT programme.Â
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The magic of recreating a real event seemed to be lost, as it never happened outside of the movie , and the "jump" seemed to be just to get extra drama, and McQueen star value to boost 1963 ticket sales (I watched it then :-) ). And so much was faked (Triumph bike not BM etc etc). And the bike jumping thing seems to have moved on so much in 55 years - just look at any modern motocross race!Â
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The real story was bl..dy amazing and inspirational, and tragic for 50-odd of them. GM description of those parts was great. More so than the bike bits, for me. Respect to those brave guys back in the real tunnels ⦠and good luck to GM on his NEXT programme.Â
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