Darth Chaltab

Originally posted by: Zion
When does it come out?

Originally posted by: C3PX
I do remember that Nintendo Power map being a must at one point. Now a days there are a number simple easy to use maps availible online. And I guess the password system is kind of annoying, but it really never bothered me, the Mega Man games were the same way. The two Zelda games with the ability to save were not the norm back then. In fact, I am having a hard time remembering too many other NES games that had the ability to save. My only real complaint about the original Metroid is the fact that you can't duck and shoot, those guys that are just under your line of fire get really annoying.

Yeah, the lack of crouch'n'shoot is one of the things I forgot to mention. Seems odd that it wasn't there when games of the same era like Contra had it. As for the maps, I know I could probably find one online, but I prefer to use as little outside help as possible. It's hard to feel like you've beaten a game when others do most of the work for you.

Hmm, I got the chance to play Metroid Fusion for a bit, and while I liked the overall feel of how the game played, I didn't like all the text boxes poping up all the time. I am used to Metroid being a fast paced action game with the only narrative being confined to the instruction manual, or as with Super Metroid only at the beginning and end of the game. It feels kind of annoying playing that kind of game and having to stop and read all the time. Samus' sprite didn't quite look right either, usually she is very tall and slinder, in fusion she seemed kind of hunched over and boxy. More brute like.

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Yeah, I was so angry when those boxsets came out because that would have been the perfect, economical way to collect the entire series, but FUNimation not only ruined it but lied terribly about it saying all this bullshit about getting more picture by showing bogus comparison images of cropped vs. double cropped pictures. I so would have bough those if FUNi hadn't been so dishonest about them and just released them in their proper aspect ratio.

Originally posted by: Nanner Split



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I'll take the American Football, thanks.

Man, I wish there was away to unlock the old NES Metroid without having a GBA and Fusion. It would be fun to be able to play that again without having to hook up my old NES.

Originally posted by: C3PX
Man! Terry Gilliam directing Dune, even imagining it is exciting. That would be no end to awsome. A real David Lynch version would be pretty cool too.

Northern Lights/Golden Compass is the first book in the His Dark Materials Trilogy, so at least one third of it will be made even if it is unsucessful. But I highly doubt it will be, with how popular the books have been, no doubt this thing will really take off. Childrens' fantasy is the type of thing that sells these days. But then again, you never know.

I was actually surprised with how well Narnia did, I wasn't expecting it to be as popular as it was. The things that make the books so great doesn't translate to the screen very well, and the Christian community took to it like mad. It was kind of annoying to pass church buildings and see them advertising it on their signs. I don't even think Lucas would have like it being pushed so much as an allegory, something he was not to fond of. He had an interesting idea in mind when he wrote it, and he added a good dose of his personal theology to it, which he did with most of his fiction. But people take it now as event for event allegory of the gospels, which it is not. People write books about it and give sermons on it, for Pete's sake, if it is what you are trying to make it be, then it is a bit redundant isn't it? Why should you have to wrap your Bible stories in fantay before you can throughly appreciate them. Eleminate the middle man, when you want a Bible story pick up your Bible. Narnia is much more than that. Anyone who has read much of Lewis' works will understand this. Lucas himself admited to not being the fondest of allegory, and said that people tend to take it to extremes and see things that were not intended by the author (too true!), this is most certainly the case with his books.

Originally posted by: sean wookie


The Daily Show reports the real news it just makes fun of it. Which I prefer over the constant fear the local news spits out at you.