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From: Whammo on 28 Jul 2008 22:20
This may have been covered already, but Mr. Royalton in the 2008 movie
Speed Racer says, "I still remember working all night on a Commodore 64 in
the basement of my foster parents home. I built RI from below the ground
up!"


From: David Murray on 28 Jul 2008 23:10
On Jul 28, 9:20 pm, "Whammo" <wha...(a)bgne.com> wrote:
>  This may have been covered already, but Mr. Royalton in the 2008 movie
> Speed Racer says, "I still remember working all night on a Commodore 64 in
> the basement of my foster parents home. I built RI from below the ground
> up!"

Hahah.. No, I haven't seen that mentioned. But I do remember that
line from when I saw the movie. However, I've been trying to block
the memory of that movie from my head. It was one of those all-
action movies with no plot. Well, I've seen worse, I suppose.
From: Rik on 31 Jul 2008 02:05
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:10:44 -0700 (PDT), David Murray
<adric22(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Jul 28, 9:20�pm, "Whammo" <wha...(a)bgne.com> wrote:
>> �This may have been covered already, but Mr. Royalton in the 2008 movie
>> Speed Racer says, "I still remember working all night on a Commodore 64 in
>> the basement of my foster parents home. I built RI from below the ground
>> up!"
>
>Hahah.. No, I haven't seen that mentioned. But I do remember that
>line from when I saw the movie. However, I've been trying to block
>the memory of that movie from my head. It was one of those all-
>action movies with no plot. Well, I've seen worse, I suppose.

But you have to admit, it was some damn good action! Certainly
nothing like you've ever seen on film before (or likely to again)...

It had as much plot as any Speed Racer cartoon... (Which isn't saying
much), but it was a fun movie. I loved the C-64 line! You could tell
the 80's nerds in the audience because they were the only ones that
laughed at that... Do teenagers and younger even know what a C-64 is
these days?

Rik
From: Dombo on 31 Jul 2008 03:04
Rik schreef:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:10:44 -0700 (PDT), David Murray
> <adric22(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 28, 9:20 pm, "Whammo" <wha...(a)bgne.com> wrote:
>>> This may have been covered already, but Mr. Royalton in the 2008 movie
>>> Speed Racer says, "I still remember working all night on a Commodore 64 in
>>> the basement of my foster parents home. I built RI from below the ground
>>> up!"
>> Hahah.. No, I haven't seen that mentioned. But I do remember that
>> line from when I saw the movie. However, I've been trying to block
>> the memory of that movie from my head. It was one of those all-
>> action movies with no plot. Well, I've seen worse, I suppose.
>
> But you have to admit, it was some damn good action! Certainly
> nothing like you've ever seen on film before (or likely to again)...
>
> It had as much plot as any Speed Racer cartoon... (Which isn't saying
> much), but it was a fun movie. I loved the C-64 line! You could tell
> the 80's nerds in the audience because they were the only ones that
> laughed at that... Do teenagers and younger even know what a C-64 is
> these days?

Probably not, considering that the C-64 was already obsolete before they
were born, and the Commodore brand is pretty obscure these days. Any one
with fond memories of the C-64 is most likely 30+ years.
From: RobertB on 31 Jul 2008 04:19
On Jul 30, 11:05 pm, Rik wrote:

> It had as much plot as any Speed Racer cartoon...

I loved how most of the movie stayed true to the
Speed Racer cartoon. The only problems were
when Speed would talk to a family member for
a heart-warming moment; there were far too many
moments, and then the movie would slow to a
crawl each time. Also some of the race scenes
were confusing. A bit of editing would make it a
better kids' movie.

I had mentioned the Commodore line weeks
ago at the #acug chat.

As for those with fond memories of the
Commodore, we had several atttendees at
CommVEx v4 who were under 30, including
one who was 9 years old.

Recovering from CommVEx,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
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