Famicom Dojo Podcast: Movies About Video Games

Wow, thanks for taking my suggestion guys!  I pretty much agree with everything said, and I also join Vinnk in shaming SeanOrange for not having an encylopedic knowledge of “The Wizard.”  Of course, I’ve never seen Tron nor its sequel, so shame on me too. 
 
Fun Facts!  According to Edgar Wright’s blog (director of Scott Pilgrim, as well as Hot Fuzz and Sean of the Dead, both great movies in their own right), he screened the movie for Miyamoto to get the rights to use the Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past theme, calling it “a fairy tale of the modern age.”  I’m glad he did, cause when I watched the movie in theaters and heard that theme, it had me.  And I had even read the book before had too. I’m glad they did it in one, cause they weren’t getting a sequel.  Though I’m sure this movie will do well on the long run, and is already growing its cult following.  Theaters all across the country have been having special screenings of it, one of which was in Minneapolis over this summer (I forget when, since I’m nowhere near there).  I highly encourage people to go to one when its playing near you. Also, did you know that the evil ex-girlfriend (her!?) also did the voice of the lead girl in Avatar: The Airbender?
 
As for the Wizard, did you also know that Jenny Lewis, who played the girl in the Wizard, went on to be indie musician and is the lead singer of Rilo Kiely?  She was also in the indie-supergroup The Postal Service.  That also reminds me that Beck (of Odely fame) did the music for Scott’s band in Scott Pilgrim. 
 
The only movie I think you could have talked more about would have been King of Kong.  I really can’t think of anything else at the moment without going into TV parody like the episode of Clerks TAS or that part of an episode of Futurama.

The reason the guy got to be the last starfighter was that he went home during the attack. That’s when the cheap looking alien assassin came after him and he decided to return and be the last. I remember seeing that movie as a kid. The first movie to use CG I believe.

I must be a little bit older than you fellas since I watched a lot of these at the time. I remember a friend of mine had the Tron action figures and light cycle toys. Those were amazing at the time.

I know it isn’t a movie, but there was a short lived show in the 80’s called AutoMan. It wasn’t directly game related, but it did try to get in on the Tron idea. I remember AutoMan was a computerized guy who could become this cool Tron-ish looking car and fought crime (of course.)

Another movie that had a game theme was Joysticks. Terrible movie, almost so bad it’s good. Check it out, but be prepared for 80’s B-movie cinema at its best.

As usual, fun show guys. Keep it up!

How about the super cheesy (and bad!) 1983 sex comedy “Joysticks”?

Never heard of it? That’s probably a good thing;but it is worth watching for the nostalgia a lone…if not for some certain other things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4QoLpJE6XA