The Wizard Released on DVD 75
The Wired Game|Life Column points out that something momentous happened yesterday: The Wizard was released on DVD. From the post: "And I do not understand how any sane person couldn't be happy about this. Generally recognized even by the small children who saw it in 1989 as being a ninety-minute ad for Nintendo, The Wizard is quite frankly a masterpiece of our time. It starred Super Mario Bros. 3." From 1up's post on the release: "Appropriate celebrations include sending Wizard cards (depicting Fred Savage in all his pre-teen glory, natch), the decorating of the Wizard tree (ornaments should resemble characters from Super Mario 3), and wearing the Wizard celebratory garments (also known as the Nintendo Power Glove). I'm sure the lack of Blu-Ray release was simply an oversight, and not a monstrous snub by the higher-ups at Sony."
Yeah, well... just keep your Power Gloves off her, (Score:4, Funny)
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Awesome!! (Score:3, Funny)
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Wii have three contestants (Score:3, Funny)
Wii have three contestants: one, two, thrii!
I give you ... Super Mario Brothers ... WIIIIIIII!!!!!11
I love this movie. (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:I love this movie. (Score:5, Informative)
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Thank you.
Oh...that one.... (Score:2)
When I saw the subject line, I thought that maybe, just maybe, "The Wizard of Speed and Time" had been released.
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Re:Oh...that one.... (Score:4, Funny)
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Fortunately, that one is aready out on DVD.
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For those too lazy, Ralph Bakshi continually blames George Lucas for stealing his budget, and repeatedly states that most of his inspiration came from the desire to draw elf girls with little or no clothes.
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-Eric
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Finally (Score:1)
Neuromancer moment (Score:5, Funny)
"Based on the hit video game 'Chessmaster 3035,' Chessmaster 3035 stars in: 'Chessmaster 3035, the Movie.'"
Love to see Uwe Boll try to tackle that one.
One was almost elected President in 2000 (Score:5, Funny)
Not only can they become citizens, they can run for president and just about damn near win (2000).
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I know.... (Score:1)
Re:Neuromancer moment (Score:5, Funny)
My guess is that it wouldn't have anything to do with chess.
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Of course it will. Chessmaster 3035 will be a first-person shooter. The full title will be "Chessmaster 3035: The Hunt for Bobby Fisher".
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Ofcourse it will end when the "White Side" defeates the evil "Black King" freeing the universe from 10,000 years of horror!
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This ain't no game (Score:2)
This ain't no game [wikipedia.org]. It's the first ever video game to movie adaptation.
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What are you talking about?
I cannot talk about what.
What?!?
Does that question interest you?
Jesus...
Please, call me Chessmaster 3035.
That how cool nintendo was (Score:3, Informative)
Best review of this film I've ever seen is here: http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0795/ [x-entertainment.com]
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You shouldn't expect anything less from the communist propoganda campaign [aethiamud.org] - it targets children when they are very young as they are the most mallable to ideas. (Okay, bad running joke.)
On a more serious note, people do watch video games as movies. There's the classic Speed Demos Archive [speeddemosarchive.com] for games as they were meant to be played, and then the Tool Assisted Speedruns [tasvideos.org] for those wanting to drop their j
Lucky for me (Score:2)
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Ah! An intellectual.
Cloak and Dagger (Score:2)
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Actually, it's just a cardboard box I found.
Torrent in 5...4..3... (Score:1)
memories (Score:1)
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Oh, and Caaalliiforrniia!
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Recently (as in, within the last 3 years or so), an individual wrote a "glove driver" module for
I love Power Glove, it's so bad! (Score:2)
I love the Power Glove (Score:2)
It's so bad. [x-entertainment.com]
I have this on laserdisc and didn't realize it had never made it to DVD after all these years.
Now where's my Max Headroom and Reboot season 1+2 DVDs, dammit!
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On the plus side, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and the Batman/Superman Animated Series are already arriving on DVD. My sister was kind enough to get me the Superman: The Animated Series Season 1 DVD for my birthday.
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its soo bad (Score:1)
Now all I need is Rad on DVD (Score:1)
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Not a bad movie... (Score:3, Interesting)
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The writer's of this movie were pretty dumb too.
-Eric
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Can't wait. (Score:1)
Nintendo cartoons (Score:2)
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Thanks for the tip, though. I'll go order copies.
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