Desoto from hit the road?

[doom saber]

l was browsing images on yahoo search for the cancelled freelance police game and found this concept art.

So is this why the original desoto is not in the telltale games?

[OnCallDoc]

Just a guess, but I think a new version was made so that they can jump into the car. Basically making it easier to animate. Besides, its much cooler when they jump into the car.
About the pic... its making my mouth water. I hope they go to space in the second season. Look at the floating items... hehe.

[NatsFan]

I like their new car , and the explanation for why they have a new one is in the games.

Click on the bent parking meter in the street outside the office.

[Udvarnoky]

The covered Desoto is not LucasArts property. Steve Purcell chose to make it convertible for the Telltale games. Notice how his art for the T-shirt and the CGW cover also sports the redesign of the car.

Telltale probably had some say-so in the Desoto's new look too, but I don't think it's because they legally had to make it different.

[doom saber]

I know that the Desoto is is not owned by lucasarts; the covered Desoto is in the cartoon and the comic strips (long before Hit The road).

However, I am wondering if part of the reason they used a different Desoto is because of the events of the cancelled Freelance police. In other words, my point is if part of the reason the old Desoto isn't used is because of a possible storyline in the cancelled sam and max 2 game. If so, does this make the cancelled game canon?

As for the parking meter, I know about that as well. But I don't think it would explain why the car isn't there anymore. It is possible Sam is reminiscing since the old one probably hit the meter a few too many times and that is where they used to park the old car.

[Udvarnoky]

I don't follow.

[doom saber]

I am just saying is part of the reason the desoto is not present in the new games is because of what happened in freelance police? If so, does this make the events in freelance canon?

[jp-30]

I'd say "no".

[jp-30]

Originally Posted by OnCallDoc

About the pic... its making my mouth water. I hope they go to space in the second season. Look at the floating items... hehe.

What makes you think they won't go into space in THIS season?

[LuigiHann]

Originally Posted by doom saber

I am just saying is part of the reason the desoto is not present in the new games is because of what happened in freelance police?

No.

If so, does this make the events in freelance canon?

No.

Dialog present in the first 3 episodes strongly suggests that the HtR Desoto was destroyed when it collided with a parking meter, or some similar accident.

[marsan]

I hate to burst your bubble, but the parking meter in front of their office were already bent in Hit the road(that's where they had parked their car, on top of the meter), which is why the bent meter reminds him of their old car. Still, my bet is that the simplest solution is probably the correct one(such as that there is no answer to why it is like that just as there is no complete and full answer to why it's possible to link through a book in Myst).

Picture here: http://www.flatrock.org.nz/wolf/images/Sam_and_Max.JPG

Anyway. Most cars don't run for 14 years, do they(especially not with such a crazy dog behind the wheel)? would it appear a bit odd if they still had their old car?

[doom saber]

Originally Posted by marsan

I hate to burst your bubble, but the parking meter in front of their office were already bent in Hit the road(that's where they had parked their car, on top of the meter), which is why the bent meter reminds him of their old car. Still, my bet is that the simplest solution is probably the correct one(such as that there is no answer to why it is like that just as there is no complete and full answer to why it's possible to link through a book in Myst).

Picture here: http://www.flatrock.org.nz/wolf/images/Sam_and_Max.JPG

Anyway. Most cars don't run for 14 years, do they(especially not with such a crazy dog behind the wheel)? would it appear a bit odd if they still had their old car?

True, I just don't find it how a bent parking meter would have single handedly destroy a car. It is not logical. As I and Marson said before, Sam is reminded of the old car when he looks at the parking meter since that is where the two used to park their car(in the lucas art's hit the road and from the trailer of the cancelled Freelance police.)

[tabacco]

Who ever said Sam & Max was logical?

[doom saber]

Originally Posted by tabacco

Who ever said Sam & Max was logical?

I knew someone was goin to say that. I meant illogical even for Sam and Max.

[Jake]

I think the reason is that Steve (and others) thought it would be cool if Sam & Max sweetened up their ride in the 14 years between adventures.

[Lysandus]

The new car is probably easier for highway surfing too.

[LuigiHann]

I stand semi-corrected.
In fact, if not for the "I miss our old car" line, I wouldn't have any problem believing that it was the same car as before, and that Max had sawed the roof off manually, and any other differences would be attributed to artistic license.
In any case, Max's line "I said I was sorry!" still suggests that the car was destroyed in some unspecified accident, but there's no reason to assume it's the same accident that could hypothetically have happened in Freelance Police.

[Jake]

Though I really don't know, I suspect it's the same car. Maybe it's just not the same to Sam now that the roof's gone. (awwww)

[doom saber]

Originally Posted by LuigiHann

I stand semi-corrected.
In fact, if not for the "I miss our old car" line, I wouldn't have any problem believing that it was the same car as before, and that Max had sawed the roof off manually, and any other differences would be attributed to artistic license.
In any case, Max's line "I said I was sorry!" still suggests that the car was destroyed in some unspecified accident, but there's no reason to assume it's the same accident that could hypothetically have happened in Freelance Police.

There is also no reason not to suspect it isn't from the same accident from Freelance. For all we know it could be an inside joke from the former freelance police staff. Just that the episodic games has references to their former adventures such as the stack of boxes in their office and the picture of the facuet guy from hit the road.

But like most ppl are sayin, it is most likely that the designers gave them another car for other reasons. For example, the hoodless roof makes it easier for the characters to yell , shoot, or throw things at the ppl in front of them.

[Udvarnoky]

Originally Posted by doom saber

There is also no reason not to suspect it isn't from the same accident from Freelance.

Sure there is - Freelance Police never existed! And anyway, the Desoto's taken more damage in the past than it seems to have sustained in that piece of concept art. The front's just banged up a bit. That's nothing for a car that's proven to be indestructible.