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  1. Posted · Edited by Helmsly

    53 minutes ago, Nicktendo said:

    Less excited by DK64, but would love to go through DKR again. Must've been a couple of decades now since I've played it but I'll always maintain it was a better game than MK64. 

    I wouldn't mind seeing the OG Smash 64 get dropped too, just for nostalgia's sake. 

    Their N64 line-up as it currently stands is very strong though, they've done a great job. Wishlist games would be Perfect Dark and a couple of racing games like World Driver and Top Gear Rally, but I doubt any of those will happen. 

    Yeah i am surprised Smash 64 has not been added to NSO already, when/if it does it would be a big deal for a Direct so that would be a perfect thing to announce in June.

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  2. Posted · Edited by Helmsly

    The Super Mario Bros movie was the most profitable film of 2023:

    https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-super-mario-bros-movie-profits-1235902894/
     

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    Not only is The Super Mario Bros Movie the highest-grossing Illumination movie of all time with $1.36 billion at the global box office, but it’s also the most profitable at $559M, besting Minions‘ net of $502M in 2015.

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  7. Posted · Edited by Helmsly

    Nice write up @darksnowman i agree with everything you said there. I picked this game up a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. The humour works really well and its one of the few games to make me laugh out loud. I keep meaning to go back and finish it. Also a suggestion, if you ever want to play another Lego game, Lego Marvel Superheroes (the first one) is very good and also features a hub world of New York city. Normally it's on sale for a few quid on the eshop

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    22 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    What the hell was he doing? :laughing:

    The best I can come up with is that Warrior was trying to show the bond his team had... by taping them all up lol I'd love to see what happened after the crew said Cut! and they all had to awkwardly remove the tape while asking Warrior "what the hell was that about man!?" I bet they all had a laugh about it though

    22 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    Shawn Michaels looks so young there. Quite beefy as well compared to when he was HBK.

    Yeah i forgot he got that big but i think there was a lot of pressure on the guys back then to look huge or they'd never get pushed higher up the card. I assume he was on something like so many of them were back then

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  12. Posted · Edited by Helmsly

    The WWF Attitude Super Bowl commercial from 1999, randomly popped into my head this morning so I found it on YouTube to see it again. This video also shows some of the behind the scenes stuff that went into making it as well.

     

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    I've been watching the new Fallout series on Amazon and it's pretty good. I think its on of the best shows i've seen in a while.

    I know next to nothing about the games, as I've only played Fallout 3 for about all of half an hour. So I'd say its worth watching even if you know nothing about games series, as it stands on its own feet

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    Yes, that was the first time I’d ever watched AEW and that CM Punk video seemed ultimately pointless. It didn’t achieve anything. Other then that I enjoyed the show though and thought the match between Edge and Penta El was pretty good

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    47 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    I couldn't get away with Afterlife and came away disappointed by it. It just felt like a retread of first movie. Also, I hated what they done with Egon's character and his relationship with the other OG Ghostbusters.

    Yeah this is my problem with Afterlife as well. I don't think they did a good job explaining why the other Ghostbusters would not believe Egon that Gozer is returning. Why would they doubt him? And once he done a runner to Oklahoma with all their gear and the car etc wouldn't at least one of them have come up to investigate?

    Other stuff like the Egon we knew in the first movies seemed like a very sensible straight laced if socially award scientist. Afterlife shows him to have lived like a slob, be a collectamaniac who horded everything and had a daughter he never mentioned all during the first two movies.

    Despite that I still enjoy Afterlife, but I think they could have done a lot better to get to that ending

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  18. Posted · Edited by Helmsly

    1 hour ago, Beast said:

    I can understand why people choose GB2 (the courtroom scene for me will be the greatest and the outbreak scene too) but for me, 1984 has me in a chokehold with its quotes, charm and humour. The second one does have its moments, don't get me wrong, but I feel like 1984 has this perfect blend of comedy which both kids and adults can enjoy, supernatural horror and wit.

    For me though, GB2's ending kind of ruins it. It just didn't feel much like a fight. I don't know. It was a bit underwhelming in that respect but I do love the movie anyway because it's Ghostbusters and it's nice seeing the gang together. But if I had to choose between the two, 1984 all the way. Actually, for me, having rewatched all of them, if I had to rank them...

    1984 > Afterlife > Frozen Empire > GB2 > 2016

    Yeah, i think GB1 is objectively a better movie but i enjoy GB2 more because of the age I was when it came out and the overall feel of it. I had both GB1 and 2 on VHS as a kid, i'd rewatch them many times but i think i rewatched GB2 more, it's just a more enjoyable feel good movie for me.

    Funny you mentioned the ending of GB2, I recently found out the original ending was for Vigo to walk out of the painting, rather then just materialize out of no where. They had created and filmed everything:

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    But in the end, Ivan Reitman wasn't happy with it an changed the ending:

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    Though Eytchison was very happy with the results of the “test” shoot, something about it—Eytchison still isn't sure exactly what—just didn’t work for Reitman. “Ivan changed the entire ending,” Eytchison says. The director decided to replace the living picture scenes with a visual effect of Vigo’s disembodied head floating over a river of slime. At the end of the film, the villain doesn’t step out of the painting, but disappears from it, then reappears in the scene. Eytchison and his team weren't called back for the final shoot, which is why Vigo looks so different at the end of the film.

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71284/creating-vigo-carpathian-and-ghostbusters-ii-ending-you-never-saw

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  19. Posted · Edited by Helmsly

    On 10/04/2024 at 8:29 AM, Hero-of-Time said:

    Ghostbusters 1 + 2 - Still absolute classics. I will always be in the camp of preferring the second over the first. Don't get me wrong, both are still amazing but I just find the second more likable. Vigo over Gozer any day. I didn't realise that the actor for Vigo didn't get to use his own voice in the film. He didn't find out until the premiere and was fuming. :D
     

    Yeah, its Ghostbusters 2 for me as well. Like you said, both are amazing movies but the second is more likeable and I think has a nice feel to it.

    Perhaps this is because they took into account kids that had become Ghostbuster fans in the time that had past since first movie, thanks to the cartoon and toys and stuff, so they made it more kid friendly. I also agree that Vigo is a better villain. We get to see/hear him many times before he actually materializes so he is like a looming threat, unlike Gozer who we just hear about once or twice. Theb she shows up at the end, asks the Ghostbusters are Gods, does a backlip and disapears lol

     

    On 10/04/2024 at 8:29 AM, Hero-of-Time said:

    Watching the movie made me think of the cereal boxes that came out during it's release. You got free stickers in certain cereals and you could place them on the back of the box to create a scene.

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    I've not seen/thought about these in decades. Really brought back the memories. Being a big Ghostbusters fan, do you remember them, @Helmsly

    Funny enough, no, I don't remember these at all!. I remember that around the time Burger King had a pretty bizarre promotion where you got a "Ghost in a can" with their equivalent of a Happy Meal:

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    These were literally a sealed can of nothing lol

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    An update to F-zero 99 is due tonight/tomorrow:

    Nintendoeverything had a summary of it:

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    The update will let players access the new Mirror Grand Prix, Mirror Tracks for Knight League, and Classic Mini Prix. Note that Mirror Tracks for King League and Queen League will become available in the future, too.

     

    That’s not all, as Steer Assist is being added to help guide your machine around turns and barriers, and an expanded Practice Mode will be available. Players can also check out Timed Challenges for limited time in-game rewards, Recommended Challenges for tips on what to tackle next, and newly added Achievements.

     

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