Thread:Wilesjeffery2152/@comment-4273152-20141207061110/@comment-4803039-20141218171528

Nope, Rod Serling wrote 'A Thing About Machines' and Earl Hammer Jr. wrote 'You Drive'. King wrote 'Trucks' that he converted into the screenplay 'Maximum Overdrive' and later the TV movie 'Trucks'.

The Car, The Hearse, Super Hybrid (forgot to mention that one), and Christine are more based on the 'possessed car/driverless car' urban legend.

Earlier it was asked if an artifact coul make another artifact, well Maximum Overdrive is a prime example I think. In the story, it was only the vechicals that came to life and was reflected in 'Trucks', but Maximum Overdrive kicked it up a level to all forms of electronics. Lawnmowers, Trucks, Electric Knives, RC cars, and more were also included. My point towards it being a separate artifact is that there are three factors that played a role:


 * King admits to being 'coked out of his mind through its whole production' when doing the film, making the fuel for it


 * The 'Dixie Boy' Truck Stop was a full-scale set, and had to put up signs saying it wasn't a real truck stop, adding believability


 * Incidents on set ranging from an ice-cream truck not flipping like it should and nearly killing a camera man to a RC controlled lawnmower hitting a block of wood, sending a splinter into the director of photography's eye.  This latter being a sign of the artifact having been created (Lawnmower 'attacking' a human).

Look, I'm teetering on the edge of finishing my current semester (one more final that'll be later this afternoon), and I need something to keep myself pre-occupied beyond SMITE and studying.