tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post4875276139709726738..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: Tracker #1Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-63294748318833096992013-08-03T08:07:27.916-05:002013-08-03T08:07:27.916-05:00I was an aircraft maintenance administration clerk...I was an aircraft maintenance administration clerk in the Marine Corps when this POS came out, and one thing in the book jumped out at me: not one piece of Tracker's F-15 had a serial number.<br /><br />That killed my suspension of disbelief. Airplanes fly on two things: jet fuel and paper. Lots and lots of paper. My job consisted of tracking all that paper. The parts have part & serial Ken Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779589712239613030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-27101124621051134872011-05-25T14:29:48.825-05:002011-05-25T14:29:48.825-05:00Marty, thanks for the posts. I didn't know Be...Marty, thanks for the posts. I didn't know Bendell aso worked in film. I definitely intend to keep on with his Tracker series...I'm sure it will get better.Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-30103671201346762092011-05-24T23:34:42.808-05:002011-05-24T23:34:42.808-05:00Yep, found the email. You can find Bendell online ...Yep, found the email. You can find Bendell online at www.donbendell.com. He was apparently ripped off by Shapiro/Glickenhaus (wouldn't be the first to claim that) of profits from THE INSTRUCTOR. I thanked him for being a good sport concerning my snarky review, and he said he wasn't offended. He also was apparently planning a film with stuntman Dar Robinson, who died before that could Marty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084642122976337263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-44272866804222910692011-05-24T23:23:30.659-05:002011-05-24T23:23:30.659-05:00Bendell is also a filmmaker. I wrote about his pic...Bendell is also a filmmaker. I wrote about his picture THE INSTRUCTOR here:<br />http://craneshot.blogspot.com/2007/05/chopsocky-bob-chaney.html<br /><br />Bendell read my post and wrote me a very gracious email giving some background on the film. I'll see if I still have that email someplace.Marty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516468586469252914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-12427949965037510592011-05-24T10:37:25.149-05:002011-05-24T10:37:25.149-05:00Jack, you made me laugh out loud with your "A...Jack, you made me laugh out loud with your "Apache attack helicopter" line. Nice one!<br /><br />Brian -- as I recall, Tracker decides to keep those glasses to himself for the very reasons you bring up: so they don't fall into the wrong hands. Apparently they look like regular sunglasses, as a pair of SEALs who pick Tracker up in Libya wonder why he's wearing "Foster Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-75879202438553718512011-05-24T03:17:50.235-05:002011-05-24T03:17:50.235-05:00It would seem that the idea was to make men's ...It would seem that the idea was to make men's action version of the "techno-thrillers" that were popular at that time -- Tom Clancy et al -- but boy, the execution was certainly botched. <br /><br />There's some hilarious stuff in later volumes though. Don't give up. In one, while hanging from a balcony, he deters an attacking ninja below by peeing in his eyes.English Teacher Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566898470803597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-37798115227554264812011-05-23T20:48:24.699-05:002011-05-23T20:48:24.699-05:00It sounds like the THE BIG ENCHILADA, a satire on ...It sounds like the THE BIG ENCHILADA, a satire on super hardboiled detective fiction that came out in the 80's. Except there was no attempt at being socially conscious.Tim Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191899859528990414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-9947161594486996582011-05-23T09:10:53.546-05:002011-05-23T09:10:53.546-05:00A couple of questions (if you can stand it):
1) D...A couple of questions (if you can stand it):<br /><br />1) Does Tracker share his "high-tech sunglasses" with the rest of the world, perhaps making a trillion dollars in the process, or does he just keep it to himself?<br /><br />2) Assuming the latter, is the government not concerned that Tracker's device could fall into enemy hands? (And what about hiring an undercover commando Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-86068009166566317262011-05-23T08:58:51.913-05:002011-05-23T08:58:51.913-05:00Wow. Yeah...that's pretty ridiculous. And yo...Wow. Yeah...that's pretty ridiculous. And you hit it right on the head; it's as if once the Berlin Wall fell, men's adventure novels immediately pussed out and became some sort of crappy self-referential parody of themselves in a weird attempt to keep clinging to life just a little while longer...with sad results.<br /><br />Time to hop in my Apache attack helicopter and go grab a Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.com