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The Tron Trains Make Me Face a Harsh Reality

The Tron Trains Make Me Face a Harsh Reality

By March 24, 2010 Movies, Nerdery 0 Comment
The tagline for Topless Robot is “nerd news, humor, and self-loathing.” The news and humor is obvious, but some people are confused about the self-loathing part. The point is that while I am a nerd, I do recognize that being a nerd is often an intrinsically ridiculous thing. Some times that’s insane fan fiction, but more often it’s just someone caring way too much about something not terribly importantly. I poke fun at those people, but I’m well aware I do the same thing, and when I go insane about Masters of the Universe, a lot of you guys are there to make fun of me. As you should. I’m being ridiculous too, because I’m also a nerd. Fair play.

I bring this up because every once in a while, something happens that makes you look at your own nerdy self, and gives you a clear view of how ridiculous you truly are. Case in point — I’d heard about the Tron: Legacy-themed trains at Disney, and was dying to see them. /Film obliged with a video, and you know what I saw? This:

…yeah. Some trains. With a lightcycle painted on the side. Going about 20 mph. I had been eagerly anticipating one of the most boring online videos I have ever seen, just because Tron was tangentially involved, and I am properly ashamed. Just thought you should know. 

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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.