SW10/HCC: The Tape #2: THE POWER OF THE TAPE! Clip

[Scott Eiler]

On 7/11/2011 4:55 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 21:48:52 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:
>
>> Caption: Ben Edmond, March 28, 1999.
>
> Oho.  I assume this is the reference it seems like.

Seems likely...

>> Janna's military commander
>> (and enemy of The Tape), "Spamflinger" Tregg Bandler, is ranting.
>
> Ahhhhh, just the kind of censorship they'd slip it in with.
>
>> Spamflinger: "Bullspam. No sail's gonna move a whole planet!"
>
> Heeheehee

Thanks.  I was afraid my satire hero script might be about as funny as, 
uh, bullspam.

>> The movie's science is intentionally loose. I doubt the movie writers
>> really care what the interplanetary radio transmission delay is, or
>> where The Tape put a planet's worth of tape.
>
> When you have "it sticks to space", I think you're a bit beyond worrying
> about those.

Heeheehee.

>> "Spamflinger" was called "$#!+flinger" (yes, with the special
>> characters) in The Tape's comic books. You can bet there's lots of
>> fanboy outrage that his movie name makes him look less like a vengeful
>> chimpanzee and more like a cafeteria lady.
>
> I dunno, it seems like the kind of change that'd be pretty easily accepted,
> IMHO.
>
> Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, versus not getting him in there at all.

It's been a while since I hung out in those other comic book groups, but 
I'm pretty sure real fanboys will still complain about anything they can 
at movie time.  So my imaginary ones do too.