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The key problem that I had with the "Super Mario Bros." movie is that it had the wrong look concerning the production design. The movie had a very dirty, industrial look, when it should've had a bright, "Alice in Wonderland" type of feel.
I honstly don't think that "Batman Forever" has as bad (I thought that the movie was an improvement over "Batman Returns", which was too dark, sinister, macabre, incoherent, and nasty for my taste) as certain people make it out to be. It primarily gets a bad rap due to its ties with "Batman & Robin", and from Tim Burton marks.
What hurt the "Star Wars" prequels in my estimation, was George Lucas being more concerned over the special effects, than quality writing and acting.
Hey everybody, and welcome to Ten Deep: Week 16!
This past week saw the rekindling of a friendly debate between a friend of mine and myself. I'm sure that everyone has debates the likes of the one that my friend and I have: it's pointless, inconsequential, and ultimately completely and utterly meaningless, as neither one of us will ever budge on our own personal stances on the subject (though it's one I never tire of debating with him, oddly enough). And so, I thought that it'd be fun to pose the same thing here, just for kicks. So here it is, in all of its excruciatingly pointless glory: Does the Legend of Zelda videogame series qualify as being an action-RPG (and, thusly, an RPG)? I say yes, he says no. Of course, beating him in this debate is as easy as Lisa Simpson beating Bart in a game of rock, paper, scissors; much as how Bart always picks rock, no matter what, my friend always goes back to his old standby of there being no such thing' as an action-RPG which is relatively easy to deflect, as I just bring up things like Diablo and Secret of Mana. Of course, Zelda isn't stat-based, but the heart system can be construed as a form of leveling up. Plus, later installments of the series have been subjected to some fairly intricate and complex storylines that are staples of the RPG genre. Eh, who knows.
Well, I finally got caught up a bit on my comic book reading, to which all I can say is Secret Invasion sucked, for any of you who read comics and have been keeping up with Marvel's big crossover. It started off fantastic, but as the thing went along it felt like an exercise in tedium and lost possibilities. The big tease about whether or not Tony Stark was a Skrull could've really been played to the fullest, but it was instead just treated like an afterthought after the big tease in Issue #3. It was just like, Oh, yeah, you're not a Skrull, Tony', and that was it. So I hereby officially deem that DC's Final Crisis the winner for the big crossover, as even though it's not yet complete and has left me in bewilderment at times, it actually feels like SOMETHING. Secret Invasion just felt like someone swindled me.
And since this IS the New Year, here are my own personal resolutions
I resolve to quit smoking. Yes, I smoke, and I've tried quitting several times over the past couple of years. But it's tougher than you'd think, as once you get past the initial few days or so, it all becomes a big mental thing. However, whereas there used to be times when I actually liked smoking (i.e. on a cool, early morning in the Springtime when nothing else is stirring ah, relaxing!), I'm tired of smoking at this point. Also, it's bad for my health, I hear.
I resolve to beat Final Fantasy III on my Super Nintendo(FF6 to those not down'). For years, I've touted this game as being one of the finest RPGs ever crafted, and yet, here I am, never having beaten it. Actually, there's a story to that but suffice to say that I leveled up only four people, and by the time I reached Kefka's Tower, I had screwed myself. I swore it off, but now, I think it's time to revisit AND CONQUER!
I also resolve to have somebody buy me tickets to the MLB All Star Game in St. Louis. So get on it, whoever it is that will buy me tickets to this glorious event.
MOVIES TO GIVE A SECOND CHANCE IN 2009!
Of course, this being the new year and all means that everybody gets another shot. If you didn't accomplish some of your resolutions from last year, it's not that big of a deal, really; you got a whole nother, brand-new year in which to succeed. Same goes for movies (or so I'd have you think), and, as such, this week's list should be fairly self-explanatory. Just pick a movie that people have crapped on that either you think isn't all that bad or unfairly tossed under the proverbial bus, and you'd have the idea behind this list. This list isn't really to be taken all that seriously, and also keep in mind that the rankings themselves don't really mean too much. It's all in no particular order.
The key problem that I had with the "Super Mario Bros." movie is that it had the wrong look concerning the production design. The movie had a very dirty, industrial look, when it should've had a bright, "Alice in Wonderland" type of feel.
I honstly don't think that "Batman Forever" has as bad (I thought that the movie was an improvement over "Batman Returns", which was too dark, sinister, macabre, incoherent, and nasty for my taste) as certain people make it out to be. It primarily gets a bad rap due to its ties with "Batman & Robin", and from Tim Burton marks.
What hurt the "Star Wars" prequels in my estimation, was George Lucas being more concerned over the special effects, than quality writing and acting.
