Just a few days ago over on Netflix, the latest Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie was released. After 17 attempts, they needed another one, apparently. The way things are these days, everyone has to put their own spin on it. That is all fine and dandy, but when you start attacking diesel trucks for no reason, then we have a problem.

During the first few minutes of the show, one of the characters that would eventually be our diesel truck guy was introduced. I’m into the movie. I’m listening, picking up on different lines, waiting to see what happens next and just as “Richtor” (truck guy) pulls in, I notice it has a pair of smoke stacks. Woah. That’s cool. I haven’t seen that in a movie before.

As the truck approaches the lot of which the other characters are in, for the inevitable meeting, I noticed the forced V8 rumbling sounds. Why do they do this? Why can’t they just use the genuine sounds the prop vehicle makes? Anyway, that is strike number one. The second strike is when I notice the wheels on the truck are the beefy 1/2-ton wheels and it still has factory exhaust underneath the bed. The really small diameter exhaust that you would see on a 5.7-Liter HEMI truck.

I’m seeing this correctly, right? Does that say 1500?

Now we have two sets of exhausts on this truck, which isn’t entirely off the wall because some people have actually done that, but these movie big-wigs know that most people won’t notice. Well, we do. After their awkward meeting setting up something spectacular for later on, the cast hits the road. They’re driving down the road when suddenly our “diesel truck” friend Richtor comes blasting by.

It looks realistic. I’ll give them that. I just wish both exhaust systems did it.

No big deal, right? No, they have to make this guy a jerk somehow. They literally plumbed black smoke into this exhaust and made it looks like he was blowing it all over them for no apparent reason. Then, they went as far as having a line in the movie saying, and I quote, “He’s just a fu****g coal roller.” What? Hollywood can push their narrative and try to make people believe whatever they want, but diesel trucks and “coal rollers”?

Wow.

We all know that exists, but why does Hollywood need to expose that. Stop making diesel trucks sound like gas trucks, stop plumbing gas trucks with fake diesel exhaust, and don’t bring diesel trucks into your films if all you’re going to do is ridicule them. I want to know what you think. Is this not a big deal or does a big film like this hold some integrity for the viewers where they may change their view on something like diesel trucks from seeing that?