web02.fireside.fm Tue, 05 May 2026 08:02:07 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Not There Yet - Episodes Tagged with “Movies” https://www.ntyessays.com/tags/movies Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:00:00 -0600 The Not There Yet podcast is a ongoing series of short essays covering a wide range of subjects from the perspective of the third decade of the 21st century. They are intended to be thought provoking, challenging, skeptical and hopefully funny once in a while. They are sometimes conventional in nature and others are a little more experimental. They cover science, history, sports, technology, philosophy or just about whatever subject comes to mind. Sometimes they look forward, other times they look back. They will not, however, take up a lot of your time and will be told in an interesting and accessible way. en-us episodic Eclectic essays podcasted from the third decade of the 21st century. Terence C. Gannon The Not There Yet podcast is a ongoing series of short essays covering a wide range of subjects from the perspective of the third decade of the 21st century. They are intended to be thought provoking, challenging, skeptical and hopefully funny once in a while. They are sometimes conventional in nature and others are a little more experimental. They cover science, history, sports, technology, philosophy or just about whatever subject comes to mind. Sometimes they look forward, other times they look back. They will not, however, take up a lot of your time and will be told in an interesting and accessible way. no Terence C. Gannon ntyessays@intellog.com Framing John DeLorean https://www.ntyessays.com/043 22ff2e02-a1a0-4a28-bc63-87b7d0c98cdd Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:00:00 -0600 Terence C. Gannon full Terence C. Gannon It’s a three-fer: biopic drama, documentary and the-making-of all rolled into one. 23:32 no <h3>It’s a three-fer: biopic drama, documentary and the-making-of all rolled into one.</h3> <p>Three cars were most likely to adorn an adolescent boy’s room in the early 1980s. The first was the brutish Porsche <em>Turbo Carrera</em> with its outlandish fender flairs and whale tail. The second was the Lamborghini <em>Countach</em> which, in its original and purest form, was a single, hard-chined arc from nose to tail. The third was the DeLorean. It might have had a model name but nobody knew what it was. With its unique stainless steel body and gull-wing doors, the car was unmistakable. It was the Potemkin-esque ‘concept car’ you glimpsed at the auto show, but made real and available soon on a lot near you. For a time, the public couldn’t get enough of it...</p> <div>*     *     *</div> <p><em>Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The <a href="http://bit.ly/2KjwXqD" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">text version of this essay</a> can be found on <a href="http://bit.ly/2X6HDiB" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Medium</a> where it was published contemporaneously. Alec Baldwin as John DeLorean in _Framing John DeLorean</em> (credit: XYZ Films)_ </p> Movies, Cars, Culture, Business, Film It’s a three-fer: biopic drama, documentary and the-making-of all rolled into one.

Three cars were most likely to adorn an adolescent boy’s room in the early 1980s. The first was the brutish Porsche Turbo Carrera with its outlandish fender flairs and whale tail. The second was the Lamborghini Countach which, in its original and purest form, was a single, hard-chined arc from nose to tail. The third was the DeLorean. It might have had a model name but nobody knew what it was. With its unique stainless steel body and gull-wing doors, the car was unmistakable. It was the Potemkin-esque ‘concept car’ you glimpsed at the auto show, but made real and available soon on a lot near you. For a time, the public couldn’t get enough of it...

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Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on Medium where it was published contemporaneously. Alec Baldwin as John DeLorean in _Framing John DeLorean (credit: XYZ Films)_

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Three cars were most likely to adorn an adolescent boy’s room in the early 1980s. The first was the brutish Porsche Turbo Carrera with its outlandish fender flairs and whale tail. The second was the Lamborghini Countach which, in its original and purest form, was a single, hard-chined arc from nose to tail. The third was the DeLorean. It might have had a model name but nobody knew what it was. With its unique stainless steel body and gull-wing doors, the car was unmistakable. It was the Potemkin-esque ‘concept car’ you glimpsed at the auto show, but made real and available soon on a lot near you. For a time, the public couldn’t get enough of it...

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Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on Medium where it was published contemporaneously. Alec Baldwin as John DeLorean in _Framing John DeLorean (credit: XYZ Films)_

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