I can recall typing in quite the variety of words into a Speak and Spell and have it say them back to me. It was far more than 12(-ish) phrases. Not an extensive dictionary by any means, although the add-on cartridges extended that a fair bit at times. I think you may be confusing an old orange, yellow, and blue Speak and Spell with something else entirely.
Unfortunately, I think they are considering Tron 2.0 to be non-canon. Kinda blows, as there were some good elements there. I think it might be that they don't want mention of the attempted takeover of Encom or the death of Lora. In the graphic novel, there's no mention of her dying, just taking a new job outside the company.
I agree with you there, humble AC. However, the "from what I've seen" does imply that Smooth Wombat has not seen any screenings. I tried to get into a screening of Tron Legacy last night and it reached capacity very quickly. I wish I had heard about it a few hours earlier...
You make a good point here. But on the other hand - those trailers, commercials, etc. are produced by people who are paid fairly large amounts of money to make people want to go see the movie. If this material, which ought to be the best representative material of the film, fails to impress people, then there actually is a fair chance the movie itself isn't worth seeing.
You also have a good point. Sometimes, the people putting together the promotional material are totally and utterly clueless and either put such obtuse and disjointed clips that it's not representative of the whole or they put all the best moments of the whole movie in the 2-minute trailer. In the later case, word of mouth will kill a movie right quick the moment there are any screenings or critic previews. An even more telling indication is when there are no critic screenings. I am fairly certain there have been early reviews, but I don't have time to look them up right now, unfortunately.
What I have seen of the movie has impressed me enough to make me excited about it coming out this weekend. Am I ready to say it will be the best movie ever? Not even close. I'm interested, but reserving judgement until I actually do see it.
So you're basing your opinion on trailers, commercials, and little else? The movie isn't out yet and you're already saying it's forgettable "shit"?
You must be the next stage beyond those that the article talks about... The people that "oooo" and "ahhh" over something for a few weeks then forget about it... (Yes, I did RTFA) You seem to be over it before it has even occurred.
How is it that you are able to discern so much from so little information? Can you see the future? Or are you just talking out of your ass?
With regards to Tron Legacy, given that it is from Disney Pictures (as opposed to their more dramatic Touchstone label), it's not meant to be deep. How can you tell the story is hackneyed if you haven't seen the full story? How do you know it has no similarity (which can also be taken to mean connection) to the original Tron if you haven't seen it yet? Please point me at the reviews from which you have gleamed your pervasive insight?
Yes, I am looking forward to Tron Legacy, both as a fan of the original and as a techie of many different foci. The CGI looks interesting, the fantasy of what might such a world be like is intriguing, and I am curious as to how they will bridge the two movies, outside of Jeff Bridges (and the tie-in graphic novel/comic). Besides, it should be 2 hours of fun that I'm more than willing to turn my brain off during.
Seriously though, you might want to lay off the energy drinks and go get some exercise. You seem to have an undertone of anger there... Try to smooth it out a bit.
Sheldon?
Dr. Sheldon Cooper?
Is that you?
I was thinking more along the lines of:
Well, it's called Tron. It's a security program itself, actually. It monitors all contacts between our system and other systems. It finds anything going on that's not scheduled, it shuts it down. I sent you a memo on it.
Life mirrors art? Then again, maybe I just have Tron on my brain after seeing an extended 3-D preview of Tron: Legacy at Disney's California Adventure on Friday. If anyone reading this can, I highly recommend visiting DCA to see the ElecTRONica section they have going on (Friday through Sunday nights). Flynn's Arcade is pretty well done.
No, I am in no way affiliated with Disney either. Just a fan of Tron.
This is the last one for Bungie. Microsoft, if I recall correctly, is already planning on working with a new developer to "continue" the Halo series. I expect quality to drop...
Bungie, on the other hand, is taking their reputation and starting something new without being tied to being a first-party developer (again, from what I can recall... I have no links to back that up right now).
How many of those did you keep for strategic sheep purposes?
Then again, I can understand some of the islands and the beaches.
Most presenting devices have at least rudimentary pairing between remote and dongle. At least I know that the Keyspan remote I've been using for the last 5 or more years works that way. Just bringing another remote of the same kind would likely do nothing.
Is this giving Uwe Boll more fodder for another movie?
Completely offtopic, but the M-Tron sets completely rocked. As for the ability to just "play" and use your imagination, I suspect that if you gave yourself time and leave to go back to it, you'd be able to find the fun again and your life would be somewhat better for it. Just because you're an adult doesn't mean you have to stop playing. Imagination is always useful.
Some plotters are able to move the substrate... Others merely had a stationary flatbed and had a dual-axis armature to generate lines in any direction. The flatbeds worked great for smaller sheets while the moving substrate models were more suited to larger sheets.
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