There have been a surprising number of vehicles throughout the decades with "Hornet" in their name, most infamously the AMC Hornet. That Hornet morphed into the AMC Gremlin, the AMC Spirit, the AMC Concorde, and, finally, the AMC Eagle. You probably don't have any of...
The auto industry has long ago shaken the perception that trucks were for workers, while sedans were for commutes and families. A glimpse into an $85K luxury pickup truck that has the interior of a fancy luxury sedan shows just how everything has changed. Further...
Our world runs on electricity, whether it's powering the lightbulbs that let you enjoy nighttime activities, the machines in a factory making tractors so we can eat, or any of a million other uses for this lifeblood of our modern era. Electricity has to come from...
John (Byron Mann) is a handsome, self-confident man of action who finds himself in a hotel bar, trying to pick up the beautiful Jane (Helena Mattsson). To get her attention he hands her the keys to his Lamborghini, insisting that it's now her car, not his, which she...
If you're a naysayer who believes that it's only Hollywood that can produce big-budget action nonsense, you'll be surprised by Wolf Pack (Lang qun). It's jam-packed with exciting stunts and action sequences that are barely tied together with a rather banal plot. The...
There's something inherently appealing about undergrounds. The idea that you can move lots of people around a city with just a few doors on the surface is pretty magical, a rather sci-fi approach to transportation. And it works! Many cities are defined by their...
One of the most common tropes in horror movies is that a group of young, likable characters are going to find themselves in in a dangerous and scary situation. Camping, a cabin in the woods, a boat, a trip to an exotic locale, all revolve around the likeability of the...
Three-in-a-row games date back to ancient Egypt with the earliest boards dating back to 1300 BCE. Three millennia later, have we figured out how to take a fundamentally simple game and make it complex? Yes, yes we have. Tic-tac-toe still has the benefit of requiring...
It's the near future and most of the major powers are working together to expand the exploration and exploitation of space, including an international station orbiting the moon. South Korea has decided to go its own path, however, pulling its top scientists back home...
While I am the first to say that having a comfortable and familiar interior design is a boon for new car owners, there's also something to be said for occasionally reinventing things and shaking up what might well have become a stale and boring design. My son's 2022...
Poker is probably one of the most popular card games in the world. With its straightforward play, simple betting, and standardized - and very inexpensive - decks of playing cards, it's a solid option for people who want to have a game without table-size boards and...
Get behind the wheel of a premium automobile and you want to feel that not only are you surrounded by luxurious design elements, but that it's all been thoughtfully engineered to deliver an exceptional experience. Luxury doesn't come from using better materials for a...
Our planet is facing unprecedented changes in climate and while many of us are seeking to do what we can to help mitigate the crisis, others are plowing ahead with their industrial efforts, convinced that it's all cyclic and the Earth will heal itself. But we can't...
Some films beg you to take them seriously. People aren't heading to see Oppenheimer because of Cillian Murphy's comic timing and pratfalls. But we filmgoers have proven again and again that comic mayhem stories, particularly those with great visual effects, are a...
To Mrs. Saville, England, Dec. 11th, 17--: You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. Yes, we have managed to create a spot for you in the Global Abomination...
Planet Dave is run by Dave Taylor, who has been writing about film, cars, games, and his lifestyle for many years. He's based in Boulder, Colorado and assures readers he's only occasionally falling into a gravity well or temporal distortion field.