American Flyers is on… again. A little Rae Dawn Chong and that other chick on a saturday afternoon, to bad it’s on public TV and I cannot get the mandatory 80’s movie boob shot
Note : I did race this morning, so I am entitled to laying on the sofa watching one of the greatest cycling movies (okay there are only around 3 cycling movies, but it beats the Lance Chronicles rerun I’ve seen 4 times)
Ooh, Costner just pumped up his tires with a frame pump, sweet.
Here comes Eddie, damn that’s one fast dog… shift David, shift, get in the big ring you pussy!!! Who loses a shoe anyways?
I forgot that Ferris Bueller’s sister was in this, she’s cute for the 80’s.
“Once you got it up, keep it up”… sounds like a Viagra commercial.
Cycling is an incredible sport, but ‘American Flyers’ is SO terribly weak, I think it did the sport a disservice.
I saw it once years ago and I can’t bear to watch such a lame movie anymore.
For example, to compare to a damn good film…
Too bad there is no film that shows cycling like the movie ‘Without Limits’ shows running (I guess ‘Breaking Away’ was close, but ‘Without Limits’ is better as a purely sport focused film).
I wasn’t racing bikes when this movie came out, but the peloton could not have been that freaking weak looking. And what teams had two people? It looks like a Cat 5 crit, not the “Hell of the West”. I agree, it makes cycling look amateur. I ended up turning it off to watch MLS Soccer.
“Forget this sunday stroll… let’s hurt!” Yeah Muzzen, let’s hurt, he’d get eased into a guard rail.
I wish there was a real cycling movie. I was in “The Game of Their Lives”. It’s coming out this summer. Anyways, it was about the 1950 US World Cup soccer team that beat England. It was done by Angelo Pallazo (sp?) who did Hoosiers and Rudy. It should be the first real soccer movie (Victory w/ Stallone makes soccer look stupid, even with Pele). If he would do something like that for cycling it would be awesome. He actually rides too, except he shouldn’t wear his cycling shorts on set all day, kinda fruity.
The other chick was Alexandra Paul ( I just looked it up to make sure -she’s married to Ian Murray, listed as actor, athlete, TRIATHLON COACH!) She actually trained for an Ironman several years ago. And the Russian dude really looks like a pro biker, doesn’t he - more like a linebacker. I much prefer “Breaking Away”. But hey, any movie where Costner’s ears bleed and he ends up dying aint all that bad.
Can anyone explain why the referee on the motorcycle chose to hang back with the Russian, and let Muzzin & David head off on their own to puch each other off a cliff?
That said, I’ll also admit that I own the DVD, of course of course.
Yeah, it’s cheesy, but any movie with Rae Dawn Chong in it works for me. In fact, I would watch American Flyers any time just to watch her change a rear wheel. The cycling race footage was pretty decent considering this was the pre-OLN 1980s. “Riding with Eddie” and “Res Firma Mitescere Nescit” are nearly as classic as anything out of Caddyshack.
Concerning the pulse measurement – The chest and limb electrodes sense heart electrical activity and conduct it to an electrocardiograph (or amplifier and recorder). Normally, one ECG complex produces one heart beat resulting in a pulse. In some abnormal situations, the electrical activity is disorganized, the heart doesn’t contract well enough to pump blood well, and a pulse does not occur (dropped pulse or pulse deficit). Presumably, Costner was feeling the pulse to detect pulse deficits. Still, I wonder how easy that can be when your subject is bouncing all over the place.
Yeah, “tour of the moon/shoot the moon”. That is the Colorado National Monument, which is between Grand Junction and Fruita Colorado. If you are ever in town, it is a great ride. Despite having great trail running/mountain biking there is some really great rode riding in the area too.
yeah, rae dawn chong could change my rear wheel anytime she wants.
muzzen is a total caracature and is mostly just laughable, but he does have that good line - “I Am half-human.” might be dangerous to bully him b/c he has that apollo creed guy as a teammate/enforcer. what else is he there for, he can’t ride.
I agree with you about Muzzen. However, I don’t remember Carl “Apollo Creed” Weathers in the flick. If you’re referring to the brother who rode with Muzzen, I think that was Robert Townsend. If so, unlike Carl, I don’t think he could punch his way out of a wet paper bag. However, Robert could slaughter you with his humor. He was a lethal stand-up comedian and wrote or co-wrote “Hollywood Shuffle” and (I think) “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka” – two hilarious films.
yeah, the guy looks like carl weathers but definitely is not the same guy. didn’t bother to do my research. looks like the movie should’ve put his talents to better use. i’ll check out those movies, though. thanks.
