Comments on: Comic: “Fan Boy Disease” http://www.myextralife.com/comic/comic-fan-boy-disease/ Web comic, podcasts, and other junk. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kayshihttp://www.myextralife.com/comic/comic-fan-boy-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-500254 kayshi Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:50:30 +0000 http://www.myextralife.com/?p=12693#comment-500254 I thought tron was a psuedo religous movie.. talking about the rise up against the all powerful users and and embracing the mcp... but oh well... i agree that we are all entitled to our opinions about what movies are good and which ones are not... however we can all admit freely that Tron is not anywhere near as good as The Princess BrideIn regards the over generalization of the plot you may be correct... but think about what if a new movie was (takes on best movie announcer barritone...) "billy was a kid that no one understood... always the target by the school bully named skull. but one fateful day billy gets sucked into his Xbox and becomes..... THE STREET FIGHTER!." obviously this is a much better premise than the other two street fighter movies and odds are would have made more money... but still...you know? that doesnt sound so bad.... I thought tron was a psuedo religous movie.. talking about the rise up against the all powerful users and and embracing the mcp… but oh well… i agree that we are all entitled to our opinions about what movies are good and which ones are not… however we can all admit freely that Tron is not anywhere near as good as The Princess Bride

In regards the over generalization of the plot you may be correct… but think about what if a new movie was (takes on best movie announcer barritone…) “billy was a kid that no one understood… always the target by the school bully named skull. but one fateful day billy gets sucked into his Xbox and becomes….. THE STREET FIGHTER!.” obviously this is a much better premise than the other two street fighter movies and odds are would have made more money… but still…

you know? that doesnt sound so bad….

]]> By: Erich the Mad Bassisthttp://www.myextralife.com/comic/comic-fan-boy-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-500251 Erich the Mad Bassist Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:08:51 +0000 http://www.myextralife.com/?p=12693#comment-500251 Love the strip, dude!   Don't even talk to me about being a Tron fan unless you've had frisbee bruises on your shins in your childhood--the sentient turds (love that term!) will be there, because that kind of movie demands to be seen in a dark theater.   Anyone complaining during the movie will do well to remember that I play Disc Golf from time to time, and I'll be tempted to bring a driver or two. Wham-O can be a verb too... Mwahahahahahaaa! Love the strip, dude!
 
Don’t even talk to me about being a Tron fan unless you’ve had frisbee bruises on your shins in your childhood–the sentient turds (love that term!) will be there, because that kind of movie demands to be seen in a dark theater.
 
Anyone complaining during the movie will do well to remember that I play Disc Golf from time to time, and I’ll be tempted to bring a driver or two. Wham-O can be a verb too… Mwahahahahahaaa!

]]> By: Mr. Casualhttp://www.myextralife.com/comic/comic-fan-boy-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-500238 Mr. Casual Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:47:16 +0000 http://www.myextralife.com/?p=12693#comment-500238 Actually, Kayshi, I thought Tron was a wonderful movie, in terms of story _and_ effects. Tron was the source that started off virtual-reality-meets-actual-reality movies like The Matrix, The Thirteenth Floor, and Lawnmower Man (which had very little to do with Stephen King's short story). Sure, if you watch it today, some of the tech jargon can make you cringe, but that was the times. Some of the acting was passable, but I felt the key elements were superb for the strangeness of the setting and plot. Jeff Bridges made an excellent protagonist with plenty of faults and a dose of honest humor. David Warner managed to pull triple-duty as all three of the film's key villains (not that Dillinger really amounted to much, but he was _there_), and the MCP was a very dark and foreboding character, nevermind that it turned out to be a giant face. Who doesn't love a truly evil A.I.? Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan made for good secondary characters.Captain N was a lame attempt to stuff as many popular Nintendo characters as they possibly could into the same storyline. I'll admit I watched it a few times, and even liked a few episodes, but it was nowhere near the same concept. It was probably birthed in marketing. Yes, they both involve being thrust into a computer world to fight a giant face, but I think that's generalizing them a bit too much. Tron was a story about Flynn's redemption and the wonder of the world inside our computers. There was death and pain and real danger. Captain N was a money grab with lots of bad jokes.Still, you are entitled to your opinions, just as is anyone who says Tron was a bad film. Even though it makes me die a little inside every time I hear it. :PI, for one, am excited to see the sequel. Actually, Kayshi, I thought Tron was a wonderful movie, in terms of story _and_ effects. Tron was the source that started off virtual-reality-meets-actual-reality movies like The Matrix, The Thirteenth Floor, and Lawnmower Man (which had very little to do with Stephen King’s short story). Sure, if you watch it today, some of the tech jargon can make you cringe, but that was the times. Some of the acting was passable, but I felt the key elements were superb for the strangeness of the setting and plot. Jeff Bridges made an excellent protagonist with plenty of faults and a dose of honest humor. David Warner managed to pull triple-duty as all three of the film’s key villains (not that Dillinger really amounted to much, but he was _there_), and the MCP was a very dark and foreboding character, nevermind that it turned out to be a giant face. Who doesn’t love a truly evil A.I.? Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan made for good secondary characters.

Captain N was a lame attempt to stuff as many popular Nintendo characters as they possibly could into the same storyline. I’ll admit I watched it a few times, and even liked a few episodes, but it was nowhere near the same concept. It was probably birthed in marketing. Yes, they both involve being thrust into a computer world to fight a giant face, but I think that’s generalizing them a bit too much. Tron was a story about Flynn’s redemption and the wonder of the world inside our computers. There was death and pain and real danger. Captain N was a money grab with lots of bad jokes.

Still, you are entitled to your opinions, just as is anyone who says Tron was a bad film. Even though it makes me die a little inside every time I hear it. :P

I, for one, am excited to see the sequel.

]]> By: kayshihttp://www.myextralife.com/comic/comic-fan-boy-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-500182 kayshi Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:47:54 +0000 http://www.myextralife.com/?p=12693#comment-500182 oops i said fundamental when i meant monumental oops i said fundamental when i meant monumental

]]> By: kayshihttp://www.myextralife.com/comic/comic-fan-boy-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-500181 kayshi Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:47:08 +0000 http://www.myextralife.com/?p=12693#comment-500181 Well ransom... i pointed out in my post that captain n came out after tron (thanks for reading my post by the way) and i am more than well aware its a sequel... that wasnt what i was addressing... i just thought the story and the movie wasnt that good... i was just trying to understand the whole appeal of it thats all! lol man didnt mean to start a fight...and to charles actually yes it is the same! getting pulled into a computer/ video game system to fight a big head that is ruining the videogame world/ what ever world tron was in.... again i think tron was absolutely fundamental to art direction and of course lightcycles kick buttocks however you have to admit the similarities are there sheeshregardless of the the secret agenda of captain i was just saying the plots were similar... Well ransom… i pointed out in my post that captain n came out after tron (thanks for reading my post by the way) and i am more than well aware its a sequel… that wasnt what i was addressing… i just thought the story and the movie wasnt that good… i was just trying to understand the whole appeal of it thats all! lol man didnt mean to start a fight…

and to charles actually yes it is the same! getting pulled into a computer/ video game system to fight a big head that is ruining the videogame world/ what ever world tron was in…. again i think tron was absolutely fundamental to art direction and of course lightcycles kick buttocks however you have to admit the similarities are there sheesh

regardless of the the secret agenda of captain i was just saying the plots were similar…

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