wow, that was actually quite good

i just saw the new star trek in theaters about twenty minutes ago, and this still entertained me just as much

perhaps a little cliche with the plot, but still engaged my suspension of disbelief

can't wait to see what else comes out of this fledgeling studio

modern day Wizard.. i love it.

Woah. Plot was cliché but the effects were amazing, especially for a student project. Definitely worth watching.

Cool JCon82, nice to have you on Dtoid.

Yeah, for all their cheesy poofness, I love The Wizard and The Last Starfighter, good classic I grew up. Its all about the fun of games, and those sweet, chessy memories.

I'm sure we'd love to see Turbo go further. I admire you guys for sticking to your vision, as its not easy to create something cool and get an audience to show love.

Hey, they say hollywood is out of ideas, hopefully they'll come your way. Respect to BFAM (gotta love that name).

One last thing JCON82. Do you guys plan on any promotional stuff, or panels for upcoming stuff like PAX East?

Absolutely loved it. The camp factor stays in my own comfort range (that is, it's "classy camp" in my book). For only being a student film, I thought the shots and effects were great -- definitely indicates a cinematic know-how. I also want to mention and praise just how much you condensed into about 25 minutes -- absolutely great pacing! If you do flesh it out, I hope you stay conscious of just how well your current piece flows. I'm certain there's a lot of things you wanted in there that just wouldn't fit due to time and budgetting constraints, but really, with what you had, you absolutely soared. Finally, and most importantly here on Dtoid, it's a great celebration of the gamer.

I feel like I could go for a number of criticisms about the actual script, such as the cliche stuff, but I just liked it too much anyhow -- you don't have to be afraid of treading familiar territory, especially when you do it this well (heck, that's the critical success of Uncharted 2 so far -- nothing original, but some of the best presentation of familiar gaming concepts).

And after actually visiting the site, what do I already see. A DVD is for sale. *adds to his collection when he gets paid again*

my god that movie was amazing!

Haha the story is packed with cliches (jean claude van damme's kickboxer anyone?) but the movie itself is really entertaining. Very cool special effects and the actors are pretty good as well. Compare this movie with the Resident Evil 1 live action intro movie for example.
Zero budget + lots of effort = Very very cool movie.

Hey everyone. Yeah there are DVDs and T-shirts, etc at the website. www.turbothemovie.com. The feature script is grittier...but for it to see the light of day I need to get TURBO in the millions of views. I did get a manager a few months ago because of the film.

Cowboy TTop! I'd love to go to PAX East or any convention that would have me...but alas, I haven't been invited anywhere and TURBO cost me money, it hasn't made me money...yet. I'm trying to save up money to buy Uncharted 2 before I buy a plane ticket anywhere. lol.

As for the discussion on Cliches...not every film can be a Charlie Kaufman film and honestly if it was the Kaufman version of TURBO I'd probably isolate 99% of my audience, myself included. The trick is to present a familar idea in a fresh new way. I hope I accomplished this. For me the core of the story is a guy who admires his brother so much that he wants to be him, and the game let's him complete the destiny his brother never could. I wrote the scene with the brothers first then formed the rest around it. But, it's challenging because I was writing the feature at the same time and I needed a 25 min or less version for film festivals and to graduate from USC film school. Please spread the word!

*PURE SHOCK* :O

Wow! The effects looked professional, the script was straightforward and easy to relate to, and the acting, though not star-quality, was excellent. The choreography was great... couldn't help but smile with a warm pleasent feeling when he won at the end and told them his gamer 'tag'. Touching and fun to watch with plenty of action ;D