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Nostalgia has convinced me that i want to buy this on DVD. Can anyone remember if it was actually any good, or am i likely to fall into the same trap as i did in buying Tron? - It turns out on repeated viewing, that it is in fact, shit.

GavMinnaars | 03 Jul '08, 10:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Tron shit?

You don't deserve films.

bumlord | 3 Jul '08, 10:43 | Reply
- Tron IS shit
  
  Yesiamaduck @bumlord | 3 Jul '08, 10:47 | Reply
  - Tron shits all over the Matrix.
    
    AND all over your Mum. True fact.
    
    bumlord @Yesiamaduck | 3 Jul '08, 10:52 | Reply
    - i never really
      
      got the appeal of the matrix anyway....i mean, it's ok, but there aren't enough Ducks in it
      
      GavMinnaars @bumlord | 3 Jul '08, 10:56 | Reply
      - If you get the special edition DVD
        
        of the Matrix there's a whole 20 minute duck scene that didn't make it to the final cut.
        
        bumlord @GavMinnaars | 3 Jul '08, 10:58 | Reply
        
        Joke about
        
        Red Bills and Blue Bills
        
        GavMinnaars @bumlord | 3 Jul '08, 11:07 | Reply
        
        She's Hearing Goslings
        
        snow_brigade @GavMinnaars | 3 Jul '08, 11:12 | Reply
        
        lovely stuff...
        
        thanks mate x
        
        GavMinnaars @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 11:13 | Reply
        
        that is a very good joke
        
        snow_brigade @GavMinnaars | 3 Jul '08, 11:14 | Reply
        
        conclusive proof
        
        that you are a hoot
        
        GavMinnaars @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 11:19 | Reply
        
        Follow the white duck
        
        msmonipenni @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 11:16 | Reply
I'd completely forgotten about this

and only have vague memories of ropey special effects.

TheSoundofBastards | 3 Jul '08, 10:44 | Reply
I don't ever want to see it...

lyle | 3 Jul '08, 10:46 | Reply
It will be shit.

Sorry. It's cheap in the Virgin sale right now, though. Sorry, Zavvi sale.

TheoGB | 3 Jul '08, 10:46 | Reply
- it has been at least
  
  15 years since i saw it...you're probably right. Ok, Tron wasn't shit, just not that great.
  
  GavMinnaars @TheoGB | 3 Jul '08, 10:47 | Reply
  - Tron IS shit
    
    Yesiamaduck @GavMinnaars | 3 Jul '08, 10:49 | Reply
    - its no...
      
      spaceballs, I grant you
      
      GavMinnaars @Yesiamaduck | 3 Jul '08, 10:49 | Reply
      - Spaceballs ROOOOLZZZ!
        
        davoirgoir @GavMinnaars | 3 Jul '08, 10:59 | Reply
        
        Pizza the Hutt?
        
        TheSoundofBastards @davoirgoir | 3 Jul '08, 11:03 | Reply
        
        Ha I loved it when they comb the desert
        
        http://kapgar.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/spaceballs_combing.jpg
        
        msmonipenni @TheSoundofBastards | 3 Jul '08, 11:17 | Reply
forget all that crap

GET INNER SPACE!

tuppence | 3 Jul '08, 10:52 | Reply
- It's Marin Shorterrific
  
  snow_brigade @tuppence | 3 Jul '08, 10:54 | Reply
  - *Martin
    
    damn.
    
    snow_brigade @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 10:54 | Reply
- haha
  
  got it!
  
  GavMinnaars @tuppence | 3 Jul '08, 11:01 | Reply
- Innerspace is amazing.
  
  I own it for sure.
  
  TheoGB @tuppence | 3 Jul '08, 11:15 | Reply
I'm quitting

until you retract that Tron comment

snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 10:53 | Reply
- you have retracted it already
  
  good. close call.
  
  snow_brigade @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 10:55 | Reply
  - ^
    
    good.
    
    GavMinnaars @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 11:02 | Reply
- Tron IS shit
  
  Yesiamaduck @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 10:56 | Reply
  - You are shit
    
    Tron is ace. It reminds me of those Tomy hold-up-to-your-eyes based video game things that were around late 80s/early 90s. There was one with weird upside down square U shaped red things you had to shoot. They looked a bit like the support struts for my Tomy train set, and I'd re-enact that video game with the Tomy train bridge supports IRL. Incredible scenes.
    
    snow_brigade @Yesiamaduck | 3 Jul '08, 10:59 | Reply
    - It's also
      
      a beautifully realised meditation on hierarchies, the dehumanising effects of capitalist society and the folly of unquestioning religious belief. And it still looks amazing.
      
      bumlord @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 11:03 | Reply
      - plus
        
        I like 12:51 by the Strokes
        
        snow_brigade @bumlord | 3 Jul '08, 11:04 | Reply
    - i had forgotten those
      
      but yes, exactly the same. can we get you one for onstage?!
      
      GavMinnaars @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 11:09 | Reply
    - does tomy even still exist?
      
      what about smoby? they made brilliant kiddy-sized kitchens.
      
      klaire @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 11:14 | Reply
      - ebay...
        
        must have em!
        
        GavMinnaars @klaire | 3 Jul '08, 11:20 | Reply
        
        i don't want one
        
        i was just indulging in pointless nostalgia. i have a real kitchen now.
        
        klaire @GavMinnaars | 3 Jul '08, 11:20 | Reply
        
        I have no idea what any of those are
        
        Clearly growing up in South Africa ruined my childhood
        
        msmonipenni @klaire | 3 Jul '08, 11:22 | Reply
        
        less watching films on tv...
        
        ...more building houses out of tin? xxx
        
        GavMinnaars @msmonipenni | 3 Jul '08, 11:25 | Reply
        
        Nope we had servants to do that for us!
        
        :)
        
        msmonipenni @GavMinnaars | 3 Jul '08, 11:26 | Reply
        
        and
        
        snakes in the branches
        
        GavMinnaars @msmonipenni | 3 Jul '08, 11:28 | Reply
        
        again
        
        the servants took care of that
        
        msmonipenni @GavMinnaars | 3 Jul '08, 11:52 | Reply
      - Tomy exist
        
        Smoby too, although they're about to de-merge with model car manufacturer Majorette and ditch a bunch of jobs.
        
        I am king of researchers.
        
        snow_brigade @klaire | 3 Jul '08, 11:25 | Reply
        
        i should probably do some work
        
        snow_brigade @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 11:29 | Reply
        
        meh
        
        COLOUR
        
        GavMinnaars @snow_brigade | 3 Jul '08, 11:33 | Reply
        
        BLACK AND WHITE
        
        i can't find the colour printer in Word and i really need to print something out in colour.
        
        klaire @GavMinnaars | 3 Jul '08, 11:53 | Reply
it was a load of shit then

and it'll be a load of shit now. Don't buy it.

Ricky_Ronco | 3 Jul '08, 11:17 | Reply
- thats quite stern...
  
  were you bitten by a duck as a child?
  
  GavMinnaars @Ricky_Ronco | 3 Jul '08, 11:21 | Reply
utter shite

but it may be amusing to watch now... I used to have it on video.

doubtful | 3 Jul '08, 11:27 | Reply

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