Most of the books I read in '97 were probably for college, so I don't remember any of them. I know at some point I read a lot of Calvin and Hobbes books for a report I was doing for my English class, and I got a 100 on it. :)
Gaming in 1997, 1998, and 1999 was a bit of a blur for me now. I was in college and starting to pick up steam revieweing games for The Dallas Morning News, so it was hard to remember all I played! I do remember enjoying Diddy Kong Racing a lot, as it was the first kart game to compete with Mario Kart. But it was also that year's big N64 holiday release, which really disappointed me. So soon after, I bought a PlayStation. That was one of the best gaming purchases I ever made. Even though I couldn't afford it, after buying a PlayStation I was reviewing games for it left and right. I think 1996 and 1997 were the years that the Namco Museums were first released, which ended up becoming one of my top five favorite games of all time.
I like the minions, but I wish Servebots were just as popular. :)
I've been kind of bouncing the idea of having a podcast with my brothers. They would do all the technical stuff, though, and I could just talk with them. I decided if we ever do that, our first topic would be about Mega Man because that's something we all enjoy and know about.
They need to live up to their names and take up opera.
I may have to just Netflix that one. Once I get to the end of the summer and start preparing for PAX Prime, I don't have as much time to see movies on the weekends anymore.
i'm a huge fan of Mega Man, too. I think I have better memories playing those over Mario titles. Mega Man Mystery Boxes? What's that?
Nope, the new Star Wars comes out Dec. 18 of this year. I double checked!
I knew about Dragon Ball since I was in middle school. But I think that's because FUNimation, who was first based in Ft. Worth and now is in Flower Mound, TX, had Dragon Ball shown on local channels back then. Surprisingly, the Dallas area is a pretty big hot spot for anime stuff.
Did you know that the old NES game Dragon Power was actually a Dragon Ball game in Japan?
Yeah The Room was very painful to watch, but it did have a lot of great quotes. "Oh hi doggy."
Of course your female friends liked Mad Max! Women kicked butt in that movie. They should've called the movie "Mad Max and his Lady Friends Who Do All the Work!"
I didn't feel the speech in Tomorrowland had a political bent, but of course the media will see it that way. But oh well, I don't like to talk about politics on the Internet, so that's all I'm going to say about that!
If you studied psycholoogy, you really need to see Inside Out. It's a bit thought-provoking and a little depressing, which makes it hard to watch. But I am definitely getting it on DVD, and I only get movies on DVD that I really like.
Yeah I agree about the Despicalble Me movies and other non-Pixar CG fare. Sometimes you don't have to Oscar-worthy. As long as your movie is entertaining, that's what's important.
Yeah if you like Wallace & Gromit, you need to check out the spin-offs. Also, TellTale made some fantastic Wallace & Gromit point and click adventures a few years ago.
I'm not a big fan of Dragon Ball Z, but the original Dragon Ball is one of my favorite animes of all time, so I do have at least a passing interest in DBZ. But I guess I wasn't interested enough to look up where to see the new movie. But that's OK. I have a feeling that SPOILER ALERT Goku wins in the end.
You never heard of Paddington Bear? Did you ever see the stop-motion Paddington Bear shorts when you were a kid? Oh wait, you are a little younger than I am, aren't you? So you may have missed them. Well, look up Paddington Bear sometime. It's very charming and the movie was cute, too.
Only movies I'm looking forward to this holdiay season are The Good Dinosaur, the Peanuts movie, and something I keep hearing about a new Star Wars? :)
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The Room was very painful to watch. Full of great quotes, but nothing else.
